Uninvited Guests: A Documented History of Ufo Sightings, Alien Encounters and Coverups

by Richard Hall

This is not a book of answers because nobody on any side of the issue really knows what UFOs are. Instead it is a book of questions starting with...What if UFOs are real? What might this mean for Humankind? Do UFOs represent 'nuts and bolts' craft piloted by sentient beings from other civilisations in space? Are they visitors from another planet? Are they human-like or human time travellers or beings from some other realm presently unknown to science? Recognition of this could profoundly alter our understanding of the universe and our outlook on life. The analyses and speculations are intended to encourage thought and discussion. The concepts explored here need to be critically examined and measured against the still unfolding UFO manifestation. Meanwhile we need to know what has been credibly reported, what possible explanations there are, and what it might all mean. Why did the CIA run a security clearance on this author without his knowledge or consent? The contents of UFO reports have become increasingly stories of alien creatures abducting humans and subjecting them to physical examinations have multiplied. The beings who sometimes appear more like apparitions than solid entities, display almost magical powers, including levitation, telepathy, movement through solid matter, and cause electrical malfunctions. Even if the abduction reports are imaginary, why would intelligent beings repeatedly hover over installations and then dart away, for no apparent purpose? Why would they buzz human vehicles, take soil samples and all the other repetitive actions year after year without doing something to remove all doubt about their nature and purpose? Why do they continue to dazzle us with exotic displays but not make open contact or whole communicate something definite to us?

Genres: Science

381 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1988

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[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I became interested in UFOs while still in elementary school, reading every book held at the Park Ridge Public Library on the subject, this being part and parcel with a broader interest in the space programs of the USA and USSR. The library books ranged from George Adamski's fancies, to Carl Gustav Jung's 'modern myth', to debunking of the whole matter. In addition to these books, I somehow obtained access to a host of men's magazines such as Argosy and True (gifts from an older relative?) which often featured articles on UFOs and to Fate, a magazine devoted to tales of the weird. Finally, this, the sixties, was a time when even respectable magazines such as Life, Look and the Post featured articles on flying saucers.

This interest abated somewhat during college, professional and graduate schools, my studies turning towards religion, psychology and philosophy. It was only when a close friend got a gig with UFO Magazine that I got serious about the subject again, fortified now with some background in altered states of consciousness, dream psychology and parapsychology. Since then I've pretty much read everything he'd pass on to me or I'd find in used bookstores.

This friend, now retired but still engaged, is soon to visit. To prepare, I made a special visit to a local bookstore, picking up a few volumes on the subject not yet read, this being one of them.

Hall is no crazy, this 1988 publication attempting to give a broad overview of the phenomenon, half of it being nothing but summary case studies from around the world. The rest is speculative, not conclusive beyond the recognition that there's something important that's been going on for a long time which has, so far, defied conclusive explanation.