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Beyond Area 51: The Mysteries of the Planet's Most Forbidden, Top Secret Destinations...
The truth can’t be hidden forever. Unlock the secrets of Earth's top secret destinations—including Area 51 and more.
Few have ventured into the many heavily guarded, top-secret locations scattered across the earth. Even fewer have emerged with stories to tell. Yet every now and then the common man is given an illicit glimpse of something extraordinary...
In Beyond Area 51 , Mack Maloney explores the truths behind the many myths and legends surrounding some of the world’s most mysterious locales. From the Homestead Air Force base in Miami, Florida to Russia’s Kapustin Yar, Maloney investigates incredible reports of extraterrestrial experimentation on animals, UFOs with road rage, and other unbelievable tales beyond our wildest imaginings. Filled with fascinating, true accounts, Beyond Area 51 will convince any skeptic of the infinite possibilities of what exists on, and beyond, our tiny planet.
Includes 8 pages of rare pictures
Few have ventured into the many heavily guarded, top-secret locations scattered across the earth. Even fewer have emerged with stories to tell. Yet every now and then the common man is given an illicit glimpse of something extraordinary...
In Beyond Area 51 , Mack Maloney explores the truths behind the many myths and legends surrounding some of the world’s most mysterious locales. From the Homestead Air Force base in Miami, Florida to Russia’s Kapustin Yar, Maloney investigates incredible reports of extraterrestrial experimentation on animals, UFOs with road rage, and other unbelievable tales beyond our wildest imaginings. Filled with fascinating, true accounts, Beyond Area 51 will convince any skeptic of the infinite possibilities of what exists on, and beyond, our tiny planet.
Includes 8 pages of rare pictures
- GenresParanormalAliens
293 pages, Paperback
First published July 2, 2013
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About the author
Mack Maloney
109 books161 followersMack Maloney is the author of numerous fiction series, including Wingman, ChopperOps, Starhawk, and Pirate Hunters, as well as UFOs in Wartime – What They Didn’t Want You to Know. A native Bostonian, Maloney received a bachelor of science degree in journalism at Suffolk University and a master of arts degree in film at Emerson College. He is the host of a national radio show, Mack Maloney’s Military X-Files. Visit him on Facebook and at www.mackmaloney.com.
Mack Maloney is the Pen name for BRIAN KELLEHER
Mack Maloney is the Pen name for BRIAN KELLEHER
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August 27, 2013
Mack Maloney’s, Beyond Area 51 (Berkley 2013) is a breezy catalogue of the world’s allegedly most secret locations, many of them military, and the strange events that have been reported over the decades, real and imagined. Just like Maloney’s previous book, UFOs in Wartime, Beyond Area 51 is enjoyable even though he is doing little more than rehashing what has already been written and reported countless times. Everything here is well represented across the internet and at the occult shelves at your local Barnes and Noble.
If you are a UFO, modern folklore or conspiracy theory enthusiast Beyond Area 51 and Maloney’s previous works are worthwhile to have on your bookshelf as sourcebooks. Mack Maloney is a pseudonym for a writer who is supposedly a journalist that has “spook” friends who “fact check” him over beers in a dark tavern. So take everything with a grain of salt.
Legends and hoaxes abound when it comes to this subject.
This is one of the biggest problems in the field of UFO’s and strange secrets – unnamed and unverifiable sources. How can anyone take this type of “journalism” seriously when it is so easy to create a hoax with the aid of the internet? Search for the legend of Ong’s Hat and you’ll quickly see what I mean.
Ong’s Hat is a deliberate piece of collaborative fiction, an experiment conducted during the early years of the World Wide Web in order to see how easily “legends” could be created and become rooted in our collective consciousness.
Another amusing legend: the Dulce Base. Both of these fun and outrageous stories are briefly catalogued by Maloney in his book. If little more than entertainment for the non-delusional they demonstrate how easy it is to start a hoax. And who doesn’t like human hybrids, zombies and flesh eating aliens harvesting human beings for food? This calls to mind the Twilight Zone episode, “To Serve Man.” This teleplay creeped me the hell out as a youngster and when I see it occasionally on the Syfy Channel I still experience a remnant of that childish cold chill up the spine. The Dulce Base mythology just makes me snort in derision.
What attracted me to this latest book is a chapter on the San Luis Valley in Colorado. However, the works of Christopher O’Brien, long time resident of the SLV, whose books offer up a better description of events rounded off by the author’s on personal experiences. I was disappointed in the brevity of Maloney’s reporting of this wonderfully strange alpine valley just a few hours from where I live in Denver.
Nonetheless there is still plenty of good material between the covers.
I bought Beyond Area 51 just a few days before the internet reports of the CIA’s recent declassification of Area 51 showed up on my news service alerts. Yes, the government officially acknowledges the existence of the not-so-secret base near Groom Lake. But, as those of us who are not delusional have noted with wry amusement, no startling revelations have been made regarding crashed flying saucers and their crew.
Given that stealth technology is a well known reality this declassification is probably not surprising for military historians. Area 51 is reported to have been one of the main military bases where this technology was developed and tested. This still has not stopped a few diehards from speculating that the government is now testing the waters to see how the public will react when the big reveal about our government’s cover-up regarding other worldly plots are made public.
One item new to me is AUTEC. The author reports the existence of the Navy’s top secret submarine base on Andros Island in the Bahamas. The base is known by the acronym AUTEC. The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center is considered by those in Ufology and related fields to be the Navy’s Area 51. And yes, the navy base is in the Bermuda Triangle. Naturally the US Navy denies the triangle exists, but don’t tell that to their Russian counterparts who will tell you otherwise. Skeptical as I am, the magnetic anomalies, outright equipment malfunctions and strange disappearances of planes and vessels are well documented and real.
Beyond Area 51 is an easy read that can be completed on a Sunday afternoon. For the hardcore enthusiast there is nothing here of value necessarily, but for the rest of us who love the strange and weird stuff it is a nice diversion.
If you are a UFO, modern folklore or conspiracy theory enthusiast Beyond Area 51 and Maloney’s previous works are worthwhile to have on your bookshelf as sourcebooks. Mack Maloney is a pseudonym for a writer who is supposedly a journalist that has “spook” friends who “fact check” him over beers in a dark tavern. So take everything with a grain of salt.
Legends and hoaxes abound when it comes to this subject.
This is one of the biggest problems in the field of UFO’s and strange secrets – unnamed and unverifiable sources. How can anyone take this type of “journalism” seriously when it is so easy to create a hoax with the aid of the internet? Search for the legend of Ong’s Hat and you’ll quickly see what I mean.
Ong’s Hat is a deliberate piece of collaborative fiction, an experiment conducted during the early years of the World Wide Web in order to see how easily “legends” could be created and become rooted in our collective consciousness.
Another amusing legend: the Dulce Base. Both of these fun and outrageous stories are briefly catalogued by Maloney in his book. If little more than entertainment for the non-delusional they demonstrate how easy it is to start a hoax. And who doesn’t like human hybrids, zombies and flesh eating aliens harvesting human beings for food? This calls to mind the Twilight Zone episode, “To Serve Man.” This teleplay creeped me the hell out as a youngster and when I see it occasionally on the Syfy Channel I still experience a remnant of that childish cold chill up the spine. The Dulce Base mythology just makes me snort in derision.
What attracted me to this latest book is a chapter on the San Luis Valley in Colorado. However, the works of Christopher O’Brien, long time resident of the SLV, whose books offer up a better description of events rounded off by the author’s on personal experiences. I was disappointed in the brevity of Maloney’s reporting of this wonderfully strange alpine valley just a few hours from where I live in Denver.
Nonetheless there is still plenty of good material between the covers.
I bought Beyond Area 51 just a few days before the internet reports of the CIA’s recent declassification of Area 51 showed up on my news service alerts. Yes, the government officially acknowledges the existence of the not-so-secret base near Groom Lake. But, as those of us who are not delusional have noted with wry amusement, no startling revelations have been made regarding crashed flying saucers and their crew.
Given that stealth technology is a well known reality this declassification is probably not surprising for military historians. Area 51 is reported to have been one of the main military bases where this technology was developed and tested. This still has not stopped a few diehards from speculating that the government is now testing the waters to see how the public will react when the big reveal about our government’s cover-up regarding other worldly plots are made public.
One item new to me is AUTEC. The author reports the existence of the Navy’s top secret submarine base on Andros Island in the Bahamas. The base is known by the acronym AUTEC. The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center is considered by those in Ufology and related fields to be the Navy’s Area 51. And yes, the navy base is in the Bermuda Triangle. Naturally the US Navy denies the triangle exists, but don’t tell that to their Russian counterparts who will tell you otherwise. Skeptical as I am, the magnetic anomalies, outright equipment malfunctions and strange disappearances of planes and vessels are well documented and real.
Beyond Area 51 is an easy read that can be completed on a Sunday afternoon. For the hardcore enthusiast there is nothing here of value necessarily, but for the rest of us who love the strange and weird stuff it is a nice diversion.
February 26, 2023
3.5 stars
I've never been a big fan of non-fiction books on aliens and spacecraft, however, this book had piqued my interest when I was scrolling down from a blog's recommendation's list. The book was packed with numerous of stories and events that I've never heard of, which was quite interesting, and the author did a good job in writing this book. The writing is easy-to-read, and informative. So why did I give it a 3.5 stars, but not a 5 stars then, since I've given so many compliments to the book? It is mainly because I am not necessarily interested in this topic, and although the book was well-written (in my opinion), but kind of boring, maybe because I am not a fan of these kind of stuff? At first actually, before picking this book up, I was to be honest kinda worried that the book gonna turned out to be scary (I used to be afraid of unexplained mysteries, and aliens), but it turns out that I am now totally desensitized from it which I am glad! Anyways, I recommend this book to people who like to read about spacecraft, unsolved mysteries, aliens, and Area 51!
🌎👽☠️
I've never been a big fan of non-fiction books on aliens and spacecraft, however, this book had piqued my interest when I was scrolling down from a blog's recommendation's list. The book was packed with numerous of stories and events that I've never heard of, which was quite interesting, and the author did a good job in writing this book. The writing is easy-to-read, and informative. So why did I give it a 3.5 stars, but not a 5 stars then, since I've given so many compliments to the book? It is mainly because I am not necessarily interested in this topic, and although the book was well-written (in my opinion), but kind of boring, maybe because I am not a fan of these kind of stuff? At first actually, before picking this book up, I was to be honest kinda worried that the book gonna turned out to be scary (I used to be afraid of unexplained mysteries, and aliens), but it turns out that I am now totally desensitized from it which I am glad! Anyways, I recommend this book to people who like to read about spacecraft, unsolved mysteries, aliens, and Area 51!
🌎👽☠️
February 28, 2018
As he did with UFOs in Wartime: What They Didn't Want You To Know, Mack Maloney put together an interesting collection of accounts between the covers of this volume. The book covers many familair places ranging from the alleged Dulce Base to HAARP and goes on the hunt for the British equivalent of Area 51. The terriotry is quite familair as a result but Maloney does a good job presenting these places, the oddities around them, and even does so with an all important skeptical eye at times. For the newcomer, the book's well worth a read though it makes a nice refresher course for those more familair with the topics of UFOs and secret government bases.
August 11, 2024
Such an interesting read! So far, only Area 51 is the widely known secret location that is linked to UFOs, but through this book, I got to learn some other secret places and the conspiracies that are attached to them! Other than UFOs and aliens, this also opened my mind up to other strange things that happen such as the appearances of the Big Foot, "lost areas", and many more!
October 10, 2013
This is an intriguing book about some of the most fascinating and mysterious places on Earth. The book asks some interesting questions and tells some equally interesting stories. The author, Mack Maloney, is at times funny, and at times stern, keeping the book moving along nicely. While many books about UFO’s and Area 51 sound as if they were written by nuts, Maloney sounds creditable and does not take himself too seriously. Even if all of the hoopla surrounding UFOs and aliens is false, you have to admit that the investigation into all of the top secret military advances is worth discussing. The pace of technology is changing rapidly and who really knows what is being developed on those mysterious installations? You also have to admit that with all of the new data from space research and modern biology that there is more and more proof that life can, and probably does, exist on other worlds, possibly many worlds. If life probably exists, then does that not improve the odds that it is possible that they could be visiting us? If you are open minded and like to question things, this book may be for you.
October 26, 2013
This book was actually better than I thought it would be and is very well written. Not really about Area 51 at all, but it's essentially a brief rundown on a number of 'secret' bases and facilities around the globe that are alleged to be connected with the UFO phenomenon and other strange events. Maloney presents the information in a relatively neutral way and tends to call a spade a spade, ie. when something sounds bogus or outrageous then he says so, which I liked. A good book for those new to the UFO and conspiracy topic, it's all quite general and impartial in nature with a closer look at a few cases. It introduces the reader to the bigger idea that there's quite possibly more going on around us than meets the eye. I recommend it.
January 18, 2014
I enjoyed the book I must say, some great comedy in this one of fanciful stories. I think of the stories, maybe 5% have some level of truth in them (and believe me, I'm a big fan of aliens and UFO's). These stories are not scanty by any means in this book, where you readily have a new one about every 2 pages. Having never witnessed accounts of UFO's personally, I am highly skeptical but believe they are out there. If you are really into conspiracy theories and some off the wall stories that are difficult to believe, it is the book for you. If you hate conspiracy theories and ridiculous notions, this book will be more fuel for your angry fire. Just do not look at this as a credible book for proof of UFO's and you'll not be committed to a mental institution :)
November 30, 2013
I went ahead and pulled, and stretched, this review out to a three star plug. The author does a fair job of glossing over a lot of "secret" military bases where a lot of U.F.O. activity has been spotted. Followers of this phenomenon will probably not find a whole lot of new info in this book, however it was still a fairly entertaining and quick read.
July 29, 2013
So so, with some I the resting material I wasn't aware of.
December 28, 2013
I loved this book. To anyone who finds this subject material interesting all I'm going to say is read it. You'll love every page
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