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Selected by Extraterrestrials: My life in the top secret world of UFOs, think-tanks, and Nordic secretaries
Bill Tompkins was embedded in the world of secrecy as a teenager, when the Navy took his personal ship models out of a Hollywood department store because they showed the classified locations of the radars and gun emplacements. He was personally present at the “Battle of L.A.” when a thousand rounds of ammo were fired at UFOs, and one of the Nordic craft may have selected him to be their rep in the evolving aerospace race. This book is a partial autobiography about his life to the beginning of the 1970s including some of his early work for TRW. Selected by the Navy prior to completing high school to be authorized for research work, he regularly visited classified Naval facilities during WWII until he was discharged in 1946. After working at North American Aviation and Northrop, he was hired by Douglas Aircraft Company in 1950, and when they found out about his involvement in classified work, he was given a job to create design solutions as a draftsman with a peripheral assignment to work in a “think tank”. This work was partly controlled by the Navy personnel who used to work for James Forrestal, who was allegedly assassinated because he was going to publicly reveal what he knew about UFOs. Bill Tompkins was asked to conceive sketches of mile-long Naval interplanetary craft designs. Later, as he became involved in the conventional aspects of the Saturn Program that later became the Apollo launch vehicle, his insight to system engineering resulted in his offering some critical suggestions personally to Dr. Wernher von Braun about ensuring more reliable checkout using the missiles in their vertical position and also some very efficient launch control concepts adopted by both NASA and the Air Force. This story is peppered with very personal interactions with his co-workers and secretaries, some of whom the author believes to be Nordic aliens helping the “good guys” here on Earth. Towards the end of this volume of his autobiography, he sketches what he personally saw on TV when Armstrong was landing on the moon. Born in May 1923 but passing in October 2017, Bill Tompkins was one of the few survivors of the “big war”, married to the same girl Mary, and was willing to tell his story about what he really did during his aerospace life in the 40s, 50s and 60s that relate to aliens, NASA and secrets that now can be told. This recent printing adds captions to the figures, making them self-explanatory, and includes an index. “Selected by Extraterrestrials, Volume 2” is now available and includes Bill Tompkins later and other memories beyond the scope of this volume.
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Published July 14, 2016
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December 7, 2018
INTERESTING DISTURBING....IF THIS BOOK IS TRUTH AND I BELIEVE IT IS....WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD WE COULD BE LIVING IN NOW...IF ONLY COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING THE CHOICES RATHER THAN THE DISHONEST, GREEDY, SCHEMING, PSYCHOPATHS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AGAINST HUMANITY AS A WHOLE.
November 28, 2017
This needs to be on every reading of those researching alien species and race for space conspiracies. For me I gained further knowledge about the reptilians.
August 31, 2016
I read this book hoping it might shed some light on the complicated issue of extraterrestrials and how much our government knows and has been hiding from the public. There was little new on that subject, so was a disappointment, but geeks will probably like the detailed reporting on the technology. The authors claims to have been selected for his high security position because he had a photographic memory and made accurate models of navy ships as a teenager, but, of course, it would take much more than that to design rocketry, intergalatic weaponry, underground bases, moon bases, etc. He spent time in the navy and may have been trained there, but never says so. He hints that he was getting the information telepathically and was chosen since birth for the job. He spends almost as much time describing the joys of his secretaries' glorious bottoms as he does describing his accomplishments. Every secretary was gorgeous, had more understanding of intergalactic warfare technology than he, dressed like show girls and were extremely lusty. He describes Friday afternoon sex parties at the expense of tax payers, and weekend sex parties.
The information does not flow easily, sometimes one paragraph is not related to the preceding paragraph and the writing jumps back and forth in time. There are typos and editorial mistakes. The author says he was told to release this information which was classified as top secret. I suppose he added the soft porn to make it more interesting to the male reader, but his description of female coworkers in thongs and miniskirts seems to be a desired fantasy, as these were not in style at the time.
The information does not flow easily, sometimes one paragraph is not related to the preceding paragraph and the writing jumps back and forth in time. There are typos and editorial mistakes. The author says he was told to release this information which was classified as top secret. I suppose he added the soft porn to make it more interesting to the male reader, but his description of female coworkers in thongs and miniskirts seems to be a desired fantasy, as these were not in style at the time.
October 19, 2018
This is an interesting subject but I found this book repetitive and poorly written. As others have commented in their reviews, the Nordic blonde female aliens distracting some of the players mentioned did not build credibility in my mind. As I always tell people, 97% of these ET/alien/UFO stories are fake and this book has not convinced this is one of the 3%.
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September 11, 2016
Interesting
This was an engineer's version of what went on in the back engineering of alien space crafts and our world's position in our endeavors to get our technology up to speed with those of our alien visitors. Very interesting material although I found the dialogue between the supposed Nordic women tiresome and wholly distracting. Their being included in the book offered no value to the overall story of our efforts to get to the stars and the continuous sexual references however accurate they may have been I wonder and am somewhat annoyed if this might be one of many aspects in which aliens perceive us as incompetent and stupid being driven only by sexual urges. Aside from those references it's interesting to understand how we took our first baby steps into the cosmos
This was an engineer's version of what went on in the back engineering of alien space crafts and our world's position in our endeavors to get our technology up to speed with those of our alien visitors. Very interesting material although I found the dialogue between the supposed Nordic women tiresome and wholly distracting. Their being included in the book offered no value to the overall story of our efforts to get to the stars and the continuous sexual references however accurate they may have been I wonder and am somewhat annoyed if this might be one of many aspects in which aliens perceive us as incompetent and stupid being driven only by sexual urges. Aside from those references it's interesting to understand how we took our first baby steps into the cosmos
February 16, 2017
Compelling!
Even if you are not into the UFO genre you should read this book. Tompkins provides an in depth look into the Apollo space program from its infancy through our landing on the moon. If you believe we are being visited by aliens then this book should be a must read! This is one of the few books that I have read on this subject that includes detailed conversations with aliens and gives you a peek as too who are the good guys and not so good guys, the star girls are funny and captivating at the same time and act in a supportive role to selected humans while other aliens work to retard human development. The book ends a bit abruptly and hopefully a second book is in the makings. Our future is not set nor very bright should we continue down the road towards stagnation. 4 Stars for great subject matter but there seems to be some proof reading errors that didn't get caught.
Even if you are not into the UFO genre you should read this book. Tompkins provides an in depth look into the Apollo space program from its infancy through our landing on the moon. If you believe we are being visited by aliens then this book should be a must read! This is one of the few books that I have read on this subject that includes detailed conversations with aliens and gives you a peek as too who are the good guys and not so good guys, the star girls are funny and captivating at the same time and act in a supportive role to selected humans while other aliens work to retard human development. The book ends a bit abruptly and hopefully a second book is in the makings. Our future is not set nor very bright should we continue down the road towards stagnation. 4 Stars for great subject matter but there seems to be some proof reading errors that didn't get caught.
September 14, 2021
This was an abysmal book, a far cry from what I had gone in expecting - well, excepting the nuthouse ramblings of any one-hundred percent convinced UFOlogist in earnest. This book is hardly even about aliens - not in the way you would expect anyway. Aside from some boring technical stuff, most of this rubbish is just promiscuous, sexist descriptions of g-string wearing secretaries (who are also supposedly aliens), with countless cringeworthy conversations about sex in all its various forms.
This book is complete trash. I am hardly a prude but the filth in this book is mind-blowing. Reading it just makes you sad that there are people who actually enjoy this kind of shit. A terrible book, a waste of time. Tompkins should have just written a smut book and dropped the whole pretence of being a serious scientist.
This book is complete trash. I am hardly a prude but the filth in this book is mind-blowing. Reading it just makes you sad that there are people who actually enjoy this kind of shit. A terrible book, a waste of time. Tompkins should have just written a smut book and dropped the whole pretence of being a serious scientist.
February 6, 2020
A very amazing story of a wonderful, blessed, gifted, and beautiful soul.
Bill Tompkins has been an amazing example of American exceptionalism. His story is rich with details and seems very credible. I have read many accounts of “out of this world event”. Never before have I heard the ring of truth so clearly. It answered many of my questions about our “space adventures” stopping so abruptly in 1970. The only negative thing I have to say is that I am heartbroken at the loss of Bill from our lives. I really wanted to read his next couple books. I look forward to meeting you when I get to heaven Bill. God speed brother.
Bill Tompkins has been an amazing example of American exceptionalism. His story is rich with details and seems very credible. I have read many accounts of “out of this world event”. Never before have I heard the ring of truth so clearly. It answered many of my questions about our “space adventures” stopping so abruptly in 1970. The only negative thing I have to say is that I am heartbroken at the loss of Bill from our lives. I really wanted to read his next couple books. I look forward to meeting you when I get to heaven Bill. God speed brother.
September 1, 2017
I do know why the author wanted to make it more like a day time drama with all the sex and drinking? The story kept jumping back and forth in the time line and went over the same days more than once and the ending was fast and gone.
January 8, 2022
This is an interesting subject, and the book starts out fairly cohesively in describing the author's early history and how he starts working for Douglas. It gripped me for several hours.
Then I found the writing start to descending into ramblings and incoherent dialogues. There are jumps between different jobs and periods of Bill's life, speculation on other people and ideas, and tedious descriptions of engineering systems.
As an engineer myself I was most curious to learn about the technology he worked with, and see how it developed into the tech we're familiar today. But his descriptions were somehow detailed but lacking information. Tompkins mentions things like "system engineering" a lot as if it was a radical new discipline. But that only seemed to involve things like taping a number of engineering flow charts together to make an 8 foot megachart.
It's frustrating because i think if this had been better edited into more of a linear biography, with a continuous narrative thread as he advances in his career, his writings would make a lot more sense and be much easier to read.
I get the feeling that Tompkins himself suffered from dementia or similar and sporadically remembered snippets of conversation or events. These were then written down in the order of recollection, and not edited into a proper sequence - perhaps if the author was forceful about his words not being edited too much.
I'm not even half way through the book right now and I doubt I'll read much more. The dialogue parts are especially difficult to get through as there is so much context missing. It often reads like two characters having teo entirely separate conversations, with their sentences smashed together.
Then I found the writing start to descending into ramblings and incoherent dialogues. There are jumps between different jobs and periods of Bill's life, speculation on other people and ideas, and tedious descriptions of engineering systems.
As an engineer myself I was most curious to learn about the technology he worked with, and see how it developed into the tech we're familiar today. But his descriptions were somehow detailed but lacking information. Tompkins mentions things like "system engineering" a lot as if it was a radical new discipline. But that only seemed to involve things like taping a number of engineering flow charts together to make an 8 foot megachart.
It's frustrating because i think if this had been better edited into more of a linear biography, with a continuous narrative thread as he advances in his career, his writings would make a lot more sense and be much easier to read.
I get the feeling that Tompkins himself suffered from dementia or similar and sporadically remembered snippets of conversation or events. These were then written down in the order of recollection, and not edited into a proper sequence - perhaps if the author was forceful about his words not being edited too much.
I'm not even half way through the book right now and I doubt I'll read much more. The dialogue parts are especially difficult to get through as there is so much context missing. It often reads like two characters having teo entirely separate conversations, with their sentences smashed together.
December 20, 2018
I really enjoyed Bill Tompkins book. I have been interested in the Disclosure Movement for a long time and his book really helped to fill in some info that I was kind of late to the party on. However, and this is just a heads up...Bill began making models of Navy ships while he was in school, they were extremely detailed models and they were noticed by the Navy. He was later part of a think tank where they were asked to imagine certain kinds of vehicles that many years later would be used by NASA . This was years before NASA even existed. I give this note as a caveat because while Bill's book is very interesting, at times there is a lot of engineering talk and detail which was a bit above my head. It doesn't take away from the narrative, he adds it as explanation, it just means I had to wade through some stuff in spots.
If you are new to this stuff, I suggest you read the book and then jump on-line and do some You Tube research on your own. There is tons of it out there. I do recommend it as a good read but I do suggest for those who are new to the Disclosure Movement, read it with an open mind. That's always a good place to start. Two thumbs up.
If you are new to this stuff, I suggest you read the book and then jump on-line and do some You Tube research on your own. There is tons of it out there. I do recommend it as a good read but I do suggest for those who are new to the Disclosure Movement, read it with an open mind. That's always a good place to start. Two thumbs up.
May 20, 2017
Exceptional chronicle of US Space program.
While this author is more engineer than writer, he has an astounding story of our engagement with space vehicles - ours & ET's - during WWII up to the last decade. Tompkins is an exceptional man who was chosen by extraterrestrials - friendly ones - when a young boy. He communicated w many of them throughout his space science career - was guided by them frequently by telepathic means, to design systems and vehicles - both for space flight and for defense of our world. More than perhaps any human alive today, he has had a Big Picture view of our fate in a thousands of years plan to join the dozens of White Hat aliens of our galaxy to fight for freedom & justice. While Tompkins written record skips around a bit, the meat of this book will astound the reader. We are Not Alone!
While this author is more engineer than writer, he has an astounding story of our engagement with space vehicles - ours & ET's - during WWII up to the last decade. Tompkins is an exceptional man who was chosen by extraterrestrials - friendly ones - when a young boy. He communicated w many of them throughout his space science career - was guided by them frequently by telepathic means, to design systems and vehicles - both for space flight and for defense of our world. More than perhaps any human alive today, he has had a Big Picture view of our fate in a thousands of years plan to join the dozens of White Hat aliens of our galaxy to fight for freedom & justice. While Tompkins written record skips around a bit, the meat of this book will astound the reader. We are Not Alone!
December 20, 2022
Crikey, this book was a mess. As other reviewers have mentioned, the dialogue is all over the place and it's really hard to keep up, let alone understand all the technical stuff. However, I waded through it as I have such an interest in UFO's and this is supposed to be one man's true story.
Leaving all the technical stuff behind, which strangely I felt compelled to read despite having no interest or background in engineering, I found most of what Bill had to say matches up quite nicely with things I have heard or read on this subject - such as the aliens already being here on earth, that some of them are working with/for us, and some races being overtly sexual. Because of this, I do believe Bill's career recollections to be true.
I will go on to read the other two volumes as I feel Bill has a lot more to tell us, but as this first volume took me a month to read I'll be taking a short break for a while - in the company of much lighter and fictional novels!
Leaving all the technical stuff behind, which strangely I felt compelled to read despite having no interest or background in engineering, I found most of what Bill had to say matches up quite nicely with things I have heard or read on this subject - such as the aliens already being here on earth, that some of them are working with/for us, and some races being overtly sexual. Because of this, I do believe Bill's career recollections to be true.
I will go on to read the other two volumes as I feel Bill has a lot more to tell us, but as this first volume took me a month to read I'll be taking a short break for a while - in the company of much lighter and fictional novels!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 27, 2023
It was hard to keep up with what was going on in a technical sense as well as the underlying mystique surrounding government efforts to control the narrative & keep the American people in the dark, as the author was so busy writing of his macho sexual escapades. What he claims in pretty outlandish & reads more like the unrealistic letters to Penthouse Forum. He totally ignores the belief by so many of us that the Apollo 7 astronauts could never have gotten beyond low earth orbit as the control modules were not designed for the dangerous radiation of the Van Allen Belts & background radiation of space itself.
January 11, 2022
Sexist ego-tripper
Ignoring the word-for-word reprinted paragraphs and pages, the missing punctuation at the ends of sentences and supposed dialog from 40 or 50 or 60 years ago, every woman in this “story” is gorgeous and asking for sex. They are commonly called “bitches,” always have on 4” heals, always wear micro-mini skirts (sometimes see-through) and sometimes are completely naked. Even if all the alien stuff in here were true, the ridiculous macho telling of this story is so offensive and self-serving one cannot believe any of it. Glad I didn’t purchase Part 2.
Ignoring the word-for-word reprinted paragraphs and pages, the missing punctuation at the ends of sentences and supposed dialog from 40 or 50 or 60 years ago, every woman in this “story” is gorgeous and asking for sex. They are commonly called “bitches,” always have on 4” heals, always wear micro-mini skirts (sometimes see-through) and sometimes are completely naked. Even if all the alien stuff in here were true, the ridiculous macho telling of this story is so offensive and self-serving one cannot believe any of it. Glad I didn’t purchase Part 2.
November 12, 2023
Stick with it
I am glad I stuck with it And got my money's worth reading Although I noticed a lot of repetitions. Could have been edited more. His remembered accounts Of working with Women (Educated, Intelligent Women, who contributed To the think tanks -which I like!) There always seemed to be Dirty talk...It sounded more like a man's fantasy than a real life. Did it really happen just like that? Did many women really speak that way back then?? Over all, book was decent enough. Stick with it if you lose interest at first!!
I am glad I stuck with it And got my money's worth reading Although I noticed a lot of repetitions. Could have been edited more. His remembered accounts Of working with Women (Educated, Intelligent Women, who contributed To the think tanks -which I like!) There always seemed to be Dirty talk...It sounded more like a man's fantasy than a real life. Did it really happen just like that? Did many women really speak that way back then?? Over all, book was decent enough. Stick with it if you lose interest at first!!
June 17, 2019
This book was highly entertaining.. I am not sure which parts of it are "enhanced memory" and which parts are real. I do think that he was worked for all those companies and an engineer but I really think the Nordic secretary "sexcapades" were over the top.. if he did all that he must have been three people and what about what his thought?..
OH: his technical information is partially corroborated...
Sci fi? or High Sci fi? like he said about NASA: Bill has been smoking pot.. ! LOL
OH: his technical information is partially corroborated...
Sci fi? or High Sci fi? like he said about NASA: Bill has been smoking pot.. ! LOL
January 19, 2020
Excellent b0ok it gives a breakdown about the alien influence both by good and bad. And their involvement in the Apollo space program. The author has a tremendous amount of credentials to back up his claim. About his own involvement in the secret world of future space travel technologies. Once you get to the end it will wake you up more about other things as well about who really runs our society.
December 24, 2020
LEGIT AND CERTIFIED FROM EVERY ANGLE .
REALITY IS STRANGER THAN FICTION , BY FAR ...
TOMPKINS RIP , TOLD HIS INCREDIBLE LIFE STORY THROUGH MULTIPLE AMAZING EVENTS UFO, ALIENS , US SPACEFORCE AND MANY MORE .
A MUST READ FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN REALITY INSTEAD OF EVERY LIE THEYVE TOLD US FROM DAY ONE .
TRUST ME IM STUDYING THE WHOLE STUFF FOR YEARS , HERES THE REAL DEAL ...
PS. WANT THE RED PILL , THERE YOU GO ...
REALITY IS STRANGER THAN FICTION , BY FAR ...
TOMPKINS RIP , TOLD HIS INCREDIBLE LIFE STORY THROUGH MULTIPLE AMAZING EVENTS UFO, ALIENS , US SPACEFORCE AND MANY MORE .
A MUST READ FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN REALITY INSTEAD OF EVERY LIE THEYVE TOLD US FROM DAY ONE .
TRUST ME IM STUDYING THE WHOLE STUFF FOR YEARS , HERES THE REAL DEAL ...
PS. WANT THE RED PILL , THERE YOU GO ...
May 7, 2021
Stranger than Fiction
So much information is packed into this book, and it's only volume one. It seems impossible for one person to have had this much impact on our advance from our ability to get experience basic airplane flight to reaching out and walking on the moon and heading out to Mars and other locations in space. I can't wait to dive into the rest of the story as told in volume two.
So much information is packed into this book, and it's only volume one. It seems impossible for one person to have had this much impact on our advance from our ability to get experience basic airplane flight to reaching out and walking on the moon and heading out to Mars and other locations in space. I can't wait to dive into the rest of the story as told in volume two.
October 23, 2023
Fascinating
I originally saw a series of interviews by the author on the Gaia series Cosmic Disclosure which ultimately led me to this book.
"Selected by Extraterrestrials" is excellent background and much more detailed than that series. Although it's a bit of a long read, it's fascinating throughout and very worthwhile.
I look forward to reading the other other books in the series.
I originally saw a series of interviews by the author on the Gaia series Cosmic Disclosure which ultimately led me to this book.
"Selected by Extraterrestrials" is excellent background and much more detailed than that series. Although it's a bit of a long read, it's fascinating throughout and very worthwhile.
I look forward to reading the other other books in the series.
December 28, 2020
Disturbing yet insightful. Though I wish we got more information about what was discussed and shared in the book--it seemed they were omitted at some point. Nevertheless, a good read only for those with a strong mind and a strong heart. If your mind, heart and spirit are weak and a bit closed in beliefs and opinions, this book is not for you.
May 15, 2021
The truth about the moon projects
A man who designed the projects used by NASA, the Navy, and TRW, as well as the Douglas Think Tank was “inspired” by alien beings. This book had more information about some of these programs than most books I’ve read. If you’re into UFOs and the alien presence on earth, you’ll want to read this book. Very interesting.
A man who designed the projects used by NASA, the Navy, and TRW, as well as the Douglas Think Tank was “inspired” by alien beings. This book had more information about some of these programs than most books I’ve read. If you’re into UFOs and the alien presence on earth, you’ll want to read this book. Very interesting.
March 9, 2022
Great Book
The History of the space program we humans never were told.
Didn’t like all the sex that was going on but I do understand.
I would recommend to book to all people who believe in Aliens.
People who don’t believe in aliens would never finish this book.
Thank You for opening my eyes to things I didn’t know.
The History of the space program we humans never were told.
Didn’t like all the sex that was going on but I do understand.
I would recommend to book to all people who believe in Aliens.
People who don’t believe in aliens would never finish this book.
Thank You for opening my eyes to things I didn’t know.
September 15, 2023
Clarity Is Essey
I believe about 65 percent of everything Bill Tompkins says. So do we have an intergalactic space force or not. Yes we do. And the Deep State has kept a secret for 80 years, a secret bigger than the atomic bomb. The aliens are real but humanity is cruising the galaxy with help from friendly aliens.
I believe about 65 percent of everything Bill Tompkins says. So do we have an intergalactic space force or not. Yes we do. And the Deep State has kept a secret for 80 years, a secret bigger than the atomic bomb. The aliens are real but humanity is cruising the galaxy with help from friendly aliens.
November 26, 2017
A must read!!
The incredible life of William Tompkins and the secret government/corporate/black ops goings on, is amazingly revealed in this incredible, insightful book. I sincerely salute Dr Michael Salla
The incredible life of William Tompkins and the secret government/corporate/black ops goings on, is amazingly revealed in this incredible, insightful book. I sincerely salute Dr Michael Salla
August 6, 2018
Great read
I saw bill on cosmic disclosure and this is mind blowing intel.The book jumps ariund a little and repeats un places.but was so interesting that i can forgive this small fact. 5 stars
I saw bill on cosmic disclosure and this is mind blowing intel.The book jumps ariund a little and repeats un places.but was so interesting that i can forgive this small fact. 5 stars
November 7, 2018
Take what you will from this.
I really enjoyed this book, believe what you want to believe. personally I think it’s an extraordinary account of an insiders career. It definitely explains where all of the money in the world is clearly filtering to!
I really enjoyed this book, believe what you want to believe. personally I think it’s an extraordinary account of an insiders career. It definitely explains where all of the money in the world is clearly filtering to!
January 1, 2020
My once-a-decade dose of insane, rambling conspiracy theory nonsense. Poorly organized, chock full of impossible claims and self-aggrandizing to the extreme, this is all over the place. Even if we take the author's declarations of a photographic memory at face value, I have major doubts about his loaded conversations, recited in verbatim, sixty years after the fact, not to mention the stream of science-fiction engineering concepts and constant speculation about the outer-space origins of his long-legged, sex-crazed secretaries and assistants. When my eyes weren't glazing over, they were rolling. I might not be a rocket scientist, but I know a pile of BS when I smell it.
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