UFOs and How to See Them

by Jenny Randles

."..the only book currently in print that could be described as a 'field guide' for UFO sky watchers. Veteran UFO investigator Jenny Randles points out the common aerial objects...that might be mistaken for truly anomalous UFOs, and offers some tips on places to go to maximize your UFO sighting possibilities...you will want to have this well-illustrated guide with you. Thumbnail sketches of famous UFO sightings and common UFO shapes (and the ever fascinating crop circles!) enhance interest. Appropriate for YAs and adults new to the topic."-- "Booklist. 144 pages (39 in color), 68 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 9 3/4.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

British author and former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA), serving in that role from 1982 through to 1994.

Randles specializes in writing books on UFOs and paranormal phenomena. To date 50 of these have been published, ranging from her first UFOs: A British Viewpoint (1979) to Breaking the Time Barrier: The race to build the first time machine (2005). Subjects covered include crop circles, ESP, life after death, time anomalies and spontaneous human combustion.

Reviews

[Alias Pending · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good UFO 101 course.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this non fiction book on the issue: from the first sightings to Roswell to alien contact, the author shows many spectacular photos here. You learn about corn circles as next step in UFO sightings and also see that how easily you can fall prey to optical illusions with regard to UFOs. Besides there is a section on the most haunted UFO places in the world and the most common shapes. Believe it or not, this is some really intriguing stuff I'm fascinated with since childhood days. Really recommended!

[Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent enough primer but the formatting felt questionable.

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jenny Randles is one of my favourite authors of UFO books as she is both trained as a scientist and sticks closely to stringent scientific investigation method but at the same time genuinely open-minded. A balance that extremely few UFOlogists are able to keep.

"UFOs and How To See Them" is a good example: This book both provides plenty of practical advice and instruction for how to organise UFO skywatches, and goes into detail about how professional UFO investigators work drawing on Randles' own experience in the British UFO Research Association. She also includes some interesting information about UFO sightings in Australia and New Zealand that are probably new or at least underexposed to readers from the Northern Hemisphere, eg the observation that Australia attracted crop circles in large numbers before the UK did. This might also be the book where I first read that alleged UFO occupants behave differently towards people from different countries, now that we're at it.

[Christøpher Es · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spooooky.