In Plain Sight: An investigation into UFOs and impossible science by Ross Coulthart

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Australian investigative reporter Ross Coulthart goes way out on a limb in writing this book.

Sharing, as we do, a longtime fascination with this subject, I've talked with Ross at great length on multiple occasions from beginning to end as he's undertaken this remarkable journey into the heart of the darkness that has veiled this topic for so long.

Finally, in the US at least, there are compelling signs that the veil is beginning to lift.

This is due to a small group of people who have persistently been brave enough to go public with all they can, even while being bound to legally binding non-disclosure agreements.

The very existence of those NDAs and the power they have over people is, on its own, enough to tell you there is so much more here than meets the eye.

UFOs — or UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomena) as they are called now — have been a subject so deeply mired in taboo and ridicule for so many decades that the default setting for science academia and the media has been to dismiss all serious discussion on the mistaken presumption there is nothing to see here.

It's an attitude I've experienced many times in my own efforts to get stories over the line.

This is not a media conspiracy, though be in no doubt there is conspiracy in play here. The taboo is the result of a very clever campaign by high-placed people in defence and intelligence to belittle and bespoil all attempts at serious analysis.

In moving to break through that taboo, Ross has risked his own professional standing. This is no small thing for anyone to do in the name of truth, and this book is to be applauded for that.

What Ross has uncovered, both in the US and in Australia, are remarkable instances of UFO sightings that simply cannot be dismissed or explained.

He has helped put this subject back on the agenda.

Even if you've never thought to venture into this topic, read this book — it will open your eyes.



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In Plain Sight: An Investigation Into UFOs and Impossible Science