The UFO Enigma: A New Review of the Physical Evidence

by Peter A. Sturrock

“A comprehensive investigation of encounters with unidentified flying objects, all the more riveting because it is both skeptical and scrupulously objective.” — Kirkus Reviews For over fifty years, the modern UFO controversy has raged between believers and debunkers, with little input from the scientific community. Now, in a major report commissioned by Laurance S. Rockefeller, an international panel of scientists grills UFO investigators and debates the physical evidence of dozens of cases, Paris, 1984: Military radar confirms reports of a gigantic disc, more than half a mile in diameterOhio, 1978: An Army Reserve helicopter’s flight-control system is disrupted by an unknown cylindrical objectSouthern France, 1981: Scientists find soil and vegetation evidence at the location of a reported UFO landingTexas, 1980: Witnesses to a large flaming object suffer radiation-type injuriesFeaturing a focused, sober assessment by a distinguished scientific panel, here is a challenging—and disturbing—inquiry into one of the new century’s greatest mysteries ... “An important contribution to a popular field infested with misinformation, misunderstandings, and tripe.” —John Alexander, PhD, National Institute for Discovery Science“A powerful statement about the nature of the UFO mystery.” — UFO Magazine “Many readers will come away from this book convinced that there are genuine questions still to be answered.” — Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine “Informative reading ... a hoard of raw information, and some admirably cautious reasoning, from which any reader who already cares about UFOs might be glad to learn.” — Publishers Weekly

Genres: Nonfiction, Science

426 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Dan Zarfati · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book could be summarised as a very brief Condon report in the 90s, by that time believers among academics could not convince hard-core mainstream scientists. Some very poor argumentation on the part of the believers I must say. The whole effort was financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The importance of this book was how science was seen in the UFOs in the 90's, I believe the UFO camp is way stronger than what we had at that time.

[Tom Kenis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sceptic's guide into some mind-boggling unsolved cases.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

What can I say? Reports of UFOs have fascinated me since the '60s, after my mother telling me about Betty and Barney Hill being abducted by aliens and examined against their wills in the hills of New Hampshire. My husband and I became field investigators for the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization in 1974. (Google "APRO"!)