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Title: Dark Object : The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash by Chris Styles, Whitley Strieber, Don Ledger ISBN: 0-440-23647-9 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Far too lightweight to convince.
Comment: UFO infotainment about an alleged crash at Shag Harbour. Like far too many books of this kind, it is chock full of witnesses with false names (i.e. "We will call him 'Harry'.") and second hand rumors that lead nowhere. Something landed, but nothing save strange foam was ever found. That is basically all the authors can offer in 168 pages of second hand rumors and conjecture disguised as fact. Reading this book, one can see why the Shag Harbour 'incident' never caught on the way that the one in Roswell, New Mexico did. Nothing compelling happened! There are two moments of irony in the book though. Much is made of a conservative paper's bold statement of a UFO crash, only the writers later reveal that this had little to do with factual reporting and more to do with a believer staff member 'jumping the gun'. The paper was correct in removing the man from the story, he clearly could not be objective about the material and let the readers decide for themselves. The funniest irony though is when the authors and a television film crew from the show SIGHTINGS are confronted by believers and accused of hiding facts after they go out at night for some atmosphere shots. They went out at NIGHT, clearly this meant they FOUND something they wanted no one to know about. Pretty silly, considering that the whole point of the segment is to PROVE a UFO crash, don't you think? While the authors clearly admit to feeling that the shoe is on the other foot (the simple truth is dismissed by some as an outright lie), neither realize that they just might be doing the exact same thing, dismissing simple fact as 'plausible denial'. The book is more interesting for those glimpses of reality bending to fit a world view more so than for any of the supposed 'hard evidence' the authors claim to offer. For paranormal completests only.
Rating: 2
Summary: How to milk a mosquito...
Comment: Alrighty, to begin with, we have the following facts:
something goes and crashes in Shag Harbor and is witnessed by several people along this process. It resembles an orange intensely lit ball and seems to be under intelligent control. Local fishing botas go to the area after the "crash" (if indeed it was a crash) and the military takes up special interest on the issue as it endulges on investigating the incident itself.
Now all this, is documented in the local press (albeit dismissed as "nothing much") as well as in certain official files and becomes local folklore among the people in the area.
Then comes this book. Which adds what to this story. Sadly, absolutely nothing.
For those interested in the phenomenon of UFOs, and especially those that have read some from the massive bulk of books out there about the matter this book here will come across as one pathetic effort to milk a mosquito, i.e., score some cash.
There's no need to try and tell you in detail what the book professes really. The author maintains that the object was indeed an alien craft and that there were possibly not one but two such objects that crashed, but, he offers zilch evidence to back up his claims.
Sceptics will say "as if other books offer more evidence". That's a sad argument too, because other books offer indeed evidence! This book doesnt.
Books like this do more harm than good because they discredit honest UFO research and authorship as they make it look like a cheap way to earn a buck based on a public that feeds on empty stories. It's not like that any anybody who takes this matter seriously knows this all too well.
Even though it comes at a very affordable price avoid this book. Spend your money on books of the genre like "You cant tell the people" or "Aliens" by Colin Wilson to name just a couple that will really offer you evidence and food for thought.
'Nuff, and probably too much, said...
Rating: 5
Summary: tThe Haunting Story of the Shag Harbour Incident
Comment: Dark Object weaves a fascinating story, even for a UFO skeptic such as myself. The expectation of empirical evidence, which is forcefully projected by the book's subtitle, "The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash", was enticing enough for me. The saga begins with the bizzare, yet well-documented, events of early October 1967, and then proceeds to the exciting investigative odyssey of the 1990's. Here co-author Chris Styles discovered government documentation that presents irrefutable proof that the Canadian navy actively pursued the recovery of what it described as a disabled flying saucer. The intrigue was relentless, for intermingled with the big finds, were coverups which revealed more than they disguised. At the heart of this compelling narritive, is the personalities of the authors, who are raconteurs of the dramatic and humourous. Regardless of whether your interests are in science, history, or espionage-style intrigue, for the reader this book is money and time well spent.
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Title: UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence by Whitley Streiber, Don Berliner ISBN: 044023638X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 13 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973 by Richard M. Dolan, Jacques F. Vallee ISBN: 1571743170 Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Project Blue Book by Brad Steiger ISBN: 0345345258 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dreamland : Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51 by Phil Patton ISBN: 0375753850 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 18 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Project Blue Book Exposed by Kevin D. Randle ISBN: 1569246912 Publisher: Marlowe & Company Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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