Real Visitors, Voices from Beyond, and Parallel Dimensions

by Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger

The mysteries of strange visitors is explored, revealed and recounted by two respected experts on the unexplained and paranormal. Are we alone or are there intelligent life-forms out there? Or are they already amongst us? Can we even know the Truth? Exploring the myths, stories, history, and facts of documented encounters, mysterious experiences, and unexplained visitors, Real Visitors, Voices from Beyond, and Parallel Dimensions by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger examines the “other” forms, entities and beings inhabiting our universe. Building on their decades of research into the paranormal, mystical, and supernatural, the Steigers analyze the influences and theories behind these mysterious “visitors,” whether they appear as aliens, ghosts, spirits, angels, demons, monsters, or some other form. The visitors have been called metaterrestrial, extradimensional, interdimensional, ultraterrestrial, and supraphysical intelligences, but regardless of the label, these inscrutable existences have left their mark on the people they've met―and a host of weird, wondrous, and horrifying stories. There are more than 200 thought-provoking stories that make you wonder about the Truth, including ...

448 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2016

Reviews

[Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book for anyone interested in the paranormal, time travel/slips, tales of inter-dimensional travel, and similar topics. Many of the tales told in the book I had read, or seen videos/shows on in the past, but I felt the author did a good job of bringing them all together in a simple to read and precise format.

[Robert Goerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real Visitors, Voices from Beyond, and Parallel Dimensions by the amazing Steiger duo is a lighthouse guiding us through the murky realm of the Other. Decades of diligent research and professional writing have rewarded this couple with a smorgasbord of fascinating colleagues and access to literally thousands of personal narratives from readers and fans everywhere. Brad and Sherry Steiger maximized these assets and created another volume that will dominate paranormal libraries for many years to come.

What is the Other?

The authors explain: "We are now comfortable with the thesis that the aliens, angels, spirit guides, demons, fairies, elves, and gods and goddesses encountered by receptive percipients may actually be the product of a multidimensional intelligence that masks itself in physical forms that are more acceptable to humans than their true images. It may be equally appropriate to refer to this enigma as UFO Intelligences, but we chose to define and to name this multidimensional intelligence and its multitude of manifestations as the Other."

These are ageless mysteries. Do they really share a mutual origin? John Keel thought so. He coined the terms "ultraterrestrial" and "superspectrum" to describe this timeless, shape-shifting intelligence. Dr. Josef Allen Hynek, the astronomer and professor best remembered for his enduring UFO research, suggested that we are dealing with "metaterrestrial" entities that originate from unseen realms beyond our three-dimensional world. Jacques Vallee believes that religious apparitions, UFOs, and appearances by supernatural creatures rely upon the same mechanisms and share similar effects on the human observers, interpreted within the prevailing cultural environment.

As an investigative scholar of the unknown and unexplained, this reviewer has also researched the apparent overlap between nonhuman creatures, aerial phenomena, and "ghosts." Certain locations have been haunted by a medley of otherworldly visitors. These phenomena can materialize, affect our reality, and disappear again. Time and space become "terra incognita." Stranger still, unsuspecting folks have even briefly stepped over into so-called parallel worlds.

Brad and Sherry Steiger write that "readers may find that they will learn of more possibilities and probabilities than final answers to some age-old dilemmas and puzzles, but that is because there can be no dogma in a serious study of the paranormal and the UFO Mystery."

The greatest strength of this book is its thought-provoking variety. Facets of encounters with every manner of entity are described by every manner of experiencer, scientist, engineer, and scholar. Many have contributed their own unpublished accounts, theses, papers, and research data.

I have followed Brad Steiger since Strangers from the Skies in 1966. His early writings and my personal encounters with the Other triggered my own lifelong role as an author and researcher. Real Visitors, Voices from Beyond, and Parallel Dimensions is an enjoyable read that entertains and enlightens. This book easily deserves my highest recommendation.

[Jessica Weinreich · Rating 1 out of 5]

Garbage.

If I could give negative stars I would.

I was looking for simple "true sounding" ghost stories - like those skinny regional books you can get. This is not that, not even remotely.

Now, I knew there'd be aliens & other stuff covered, and I can live with that, but I wasn't expecting opinionated, biased pseudoscience posing as research.

Add to that the tedious, repetitious writing and terrible (& repeated ad nauseous) images and you have one of the worst books I've ever read.

And by read I mean mostly skimmed after chapter one and skipping entire chunks altogether.

[Frank Deschain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brad and Sherry Steiger always create massive tomes of bizarre supernatural phenomenon, and every book just keeps getting better. From cryptids to shadow people to the Greys, this book had a few accounts that definitely got under my skin. Highly recommended.