Earth: An Alien Enterprise is a deep-dive into the “contactee” aspect of the UFO phenomenon. The author, Timothy Good, is a respected UFO researcher who has produced solid investigative work through best-selling books for some forty-five years. In this one, he examines what can be learned from the often disregarded stories of the contactees.
CONTACTEE TALES
Before there were victims of alien abductions, there were the contactees. These were people who reported contact and interaction with extraterrestrial beings, usually over an extended period of time. Mostly, they reported the aliens as “space brothers,” who sent warnings to humanity and averred to be trying to help us. Many of them took pictures of the alien crafts and sometimes of the aliens themselves.
The contactees were telling their stories in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were largely displaced by the stories of abductions that surfaced. The abductees replaced the contactees in UFO lore, but their experiences and stories were similar. The biggest difference was the forced nature of the abductee experience, and that they rarely obtained the clear, close-up photos made by the contactees.
In Earth: An Alien Enterprise, Tim Good seeks to take a second look at the contactee stories to see if there is something there. To that end, he lays a groundwork in PART ONE, relating some well-known (in UFO circles) stories and a lot of lesser known ones. He includes the tales of President Eisenhower’s alleged meetings with aliens, Nixon’s showing Jackie Gleason alien bodies, and flying saucer landings at military bases.
Mr. Good starts with the stories of extended contact by the Dworshak brothers that began in 1932. These were benign encounters that began when the brothers were just boys. Their accounts laid a groundwork that continued with other contactees. This included effects from the alien craft that required “cleansing” (requiring the contactees to doff their clothing upon entering a spacecraft and undergo a treatment before continuing). They reported telepathy and missing time. The aliens they encountered were mostly human-looking, implying hybrids.
Then there is the tale of the Italian engineer, Giampiero Monguzzi, who photographed an apparent alien astronaut next to a spacecraft while on a climbing trip in 1952. That photo is included in this book’s Image Gallery section.
George Adamski, a near-famous contactee, is covered and several of his photographs included.
A lot of coverage is given to the Amicizia group, where humans were chosen for contact by a group of aliens who “infiltrated” human society. This theme of infiltration is echoed in other accounts, and carries through to today in the work of Dr. David Jacobs.
STORIES AND PHOTOS STRAINING CREDULITY
Mr. Good is a capable writer as well as researcher (and a professional violinist), and his books tend to be good reads. This one is no exception. His accounts of the presidential meeting stories, extended encounters, and the Amicizia group are compelling, though fantastic.
These stories, however, are woven amid accounts of “lights in the sky” that, while interesting, good UFO cases, basically constitute a long list that can become tedious in its repetition.
The contactee stories come through with all their outrageous aspects that originally led to their disregard. Still, one might wonder if at least some of that disregard was a consequence of the time period. Most common folk in the 40s, 50s, and 60s simply regarded flying saucer stories as fairy tales. Taken in the light of a more open-minded generation, however, leads one to wonder if there is more here than wild stories.
Also, the photographs included are easy to regard as faked, even when they are endorsed as “not image manipulations” by experts. The Ed Walters photos of Gulf Breeze UFOs are prime examples. Or could it be that a clear photo of something fantastically outside of our experience can only be perceived as fake?
In examining all these cases, Mr. Good does distill the essence of them, providing possible truths coming through all the incredulity. They seem to support the reality of alien-human hybrids, or even “humans raised by aliens,” as living among us. Crash retrievals, alien body recoveries, live alien recoveries, and even government-alien interactions with agreements, seem to achieve some level of reality.
UFOS AND ALIENS FOR REAL?
Earth: An Alien Enterprise is near encyclopedic in the scope of its content. As such, it is an essential reference within UFO literature. More important is what it says about the UFO phenomenon, the reality of the alien presence, and what that presence is all about. Are Earth and humanity nothing more than subjects of an alien enterprise? Being confronted with advanced technology along with evidence of reality being deeper than commonly perceived can make it seem so. Still, it is better to face reality than live in a fanciful bubble. Earth: An Alien Enterprise will help you burst that bubble.