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Close Encounters of the Police Kind
'I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' Follow Inspector Roy Teague down the rabbit hole as he explores the intriguing world of UFOs and other inexplicable events, told by the most reliable professional witnesses, UK Police Officers.
Close Encounters of the Police Kind is the first ever anthology of United Kingdom Police officer involved UFO sightings and encounters, written by a West Midlands Police Inspector, serving in their elite firearms operations unit.
The majority of the cases are new, previously untold and involve not only UFO sightings and encounters but missing time and actual abductions involving sworn police officers. Inspector Teague has conducted numerous interviews with Police UFO witnesses over the last several years. From these interviews, he has obtained direct evidence of the officers' UFO and paranormal encounters bringing them out in the public domain.
Many are speaking out for the first time. All have agreed to tell their stories. Each fascinating account in the book is for the reader to judge for themselves based on the evidence provided. UFO or innocent explanation?
Close Encounters of the Police Kind is the first ever anthology of United Kingdom Police officer involved UFO sightings and encounters, written by a West Midlands Police Inspector, serving in their elite firearms operations unit.
The majority of the cases are new, previously untold and involve not only UFO sightings and encounters but missing time and actual abductions involving sworn police officers. Inspector Teague has conducted numerous interviews with Police UFO witnesses over the last several years. From these interviews, he has obtained direct evidence of the officers' UFO and paranormal encounters bringing them out in the public domain.
Many are speaking out for the first time. All have agreed to tell their stories. Each fascinating account in the book is for the reader to judge for themselves based on the evidence provided. UFO or innocent explanation?
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July 17, 2026
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free ARC in exchange for this review.
As someone who loves a good paranormal investigation, I was really excited to dive into this book. I am very much in the team sceptic camp when it comes to UFO sightings and the concept of having highly trained, professional police officers as credible witnesses to them is a very good hook. Unfortunately, the execution just did not live up to the promise.
My main issue with the book is how repetitive it becomes. After a few chapters, the accounts start to blur together, offering very little variation in pacing or style. It quickly begins to feel like you are reading slightly different versions of the same file over and over again.
There is also no effort to provide a balanced, rational explanation to counteract the unexplained. In my opinion, a good investigative book should at least attempt to weigh alternative possibilities or offer some critical analysis, but here, every story is taken as fact without any healthy scepticism to ground it. The author provides a check list at the beginning and if the encounter does not meet any of those criteria, then it clearly must be aliens. I don’t for one minute take anything away from the people who have given their stories – I believe they believe that what they saw was real but 99% of encounters can be explained in a rational and scientific way yet there is no conversation around this.
Finally, the marketing feels a bit like a “click bait” scenario. The book relies on us being sold first-hand accounts from active duty police officers – highly trained observers whose professional testimony we are told we should trust. In reality, a large portion of the stories come from people who had encounters as civilians and simply became part of the police force much later in life. While their stories might still be interesting, they don’t fit the “professional witness” narrative the book relies on.
Overall, it is an interesting premise, but it desperately needed more analytical depth, and a more honest approach to the people who actually lived these experiences.
As someone who loves a good paranormal investigation, I was really excited to dive into this book. I am very much in the team sceptic camp when it comes to UFO sightings and the concept of having highly trained, professional police officers as credible witnesses to them is a very good hook. Unfortunately, the execution just did not live up to the promise.
My main issue with the book is how repetitive it becomes. After a few chapters, the accounts start to blur together, offering very little variation in pacing or style. It quickly begins to feel like you are reading slightly different versions of the same file over and over again.
There is also no effort to provide a balanced, rational explanation to counteract the unexplained. In my opinion, a good investigative book should at least attempt to weigh alternative possibilities or offer some critical analysis, but here, every story is taken as fact without any healthy scepticism to ground it. The author provides a check list at the beginning and if the encounter does not meet any of those criteria, then it clearly must be aliens. I don’t for one minute take anything away from the people who have given their stories – I believe they believe that what they saw was real but 99% of encounters can be explained in a rational and scientific way yet there is no conversation around this.
Finally, the marketing feels a bit like a “click bait” scenario. The book relies on us being sold first-hand accounts from active duty police officers – highly trained observers whose professional testimony we are told we should trust. In reality, a large portion of the stories come from people who had encounters as civilians and simply became part of the police force much later in life. While their stories might still be interesting, they don’t fit the “professional witness” narrative the book relies on.
Overall, it is an interesting premise, but it desperately needed more analytical depth, and a more honest approach to the people who actually lived these experiences.
September 1, 2026
I really enjoyed this book, probably the first book of this type i've read before and I found it very interesting! Definitely puts some thoughts into your mind about what our secrets our universe could truly hold.
Review of advance copy
This book was in Asda yet it's not supposed to be out till 30th July ?
It seemed intesting and was but it just seemed like a Wikipedia page of copied and pasted information .
A lot of the cases were bizarre and definetly unexplainable and only it was police reported it I'd definetly think it was lies or the people were mistaken .
It seemed intesting and was but it just seemed like a Wikipedia page of copied and pasted information .
A lot of the cases were bizarre and definetly unexplainable and only it was police reported it I'd definetly think it was lies or the people were mistaken .
Review of advance copy
Wherever you believe or not this book is certainly interesting! I really enjoyed it.👽
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