A UFO Hunter's Guide: Sightings, Abductions, Hot Spots, Conspiracies, Coverups, the Identified and Unidentified, and More - Softcover

Lueder, Bret

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ISBN 10: 1578634873 ISBN 13: 9781578634873

Verlag: WEISER BOOKS, 2012

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<div><p>Alien abductions. Repeated UFO sightings. Conspiracies and coverups. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, UFOs are part of our culture. How to sort out fact from fiction?<i> A UFO Hunter's Guide</i> has the answers: the facts, figures, people, places, and events that make up the modern scope of UFOology.</p><p><i>A UFO Hunter's Guide</i><I> features:</I><br><ul><li>Competing theories about UFOs</li><li>Famous cases and hot spots around the world</li><li>Field tips from investigators and researchers</li><li>An extensive list of international UFO research societies</li></ul></p><p>Lueder cites the contributions and findings of worldrenowned researchers Zecharia Sitchin, William Bramley, Jordan Maxwell, Nancy Red Star, Stanton Friedman, Dr. Carl Sagan, Jacques Vallee, Raymond Fowler, and many others, along with a vast array of cases sightings, alleged contacts, and abductions.</p><p>Whether you're simply curious, or a researcher with a serious interest in uncovering the truth about UFOs, <i>A UFO Hunter's Guide</i> is a valuable resource.</p></div>

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<div><div> Bret Lueder is a journalist, author, and filmmaker. He has published numerous articles on music, spirituality and UFO's in the <i>Chico News &#38;amp; Review, Magical Blend Magazine</i> and <i>UFO Magazine</i>, among others. He lives in Chico, California. Visit him at www.bretlueder.com or www.esotericguide.com. </div></div>

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A UFO Hunter's Guide

Sightings, Abductions, Hot Spots, Conspiracies, Cover-ups, the Identified and Unidentified, and More

By Bret Lueder

Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC

Copyright © 2012 Bret Lueder
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-57863-487-3

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: What Is a UFO?
2: Early Sightings, Researchers, and Contactees
3: Modern Research, Researchers, and Contactees
4: Top Cases and Hot Spots Around the World
5: Associated Phenomena, A–L
6: Associated Phenomena, M–Z
7: Protocols for Contact
Appendix A: The Field Investigator's Kit
Appendix B: Characteristics of an Abductee
Appendix C: Close Encounter Classification System
Appendix D: MUFON Code of Ethics
Appendix E: Sources Used in Writing This Book

CHAPTER 1

What Is a UFO?

There are many competing theories about the origins and nature of UFOs. Forexample, researchers Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger list seventeentheories at their website, www.bradandsherry.com. In UFO: The Complete Sightings(1995) by Peter Brookesmith, there is a list of nine theories. Further, thesetheories are often categorized. In The Mammoth Encyclopedia of ExtraterrestrialEncounters (2001) edited by Ronald D. Story, the subject is divided into"conventional (unintelligent)" and "unconventional (intelligent)" encounters.

Others use terms like "natural" versus "unnatural," "material" versus"immaterial," or "physical" versus "nonphysical" to categorize, or break down,the UFO situation. Choose whatever terms feel best to you. Below is a simplifiedbreakdown that gives three categories of UFO manifestation:

• External UFO theories suggest that UFOs are phenomena that originate outsideof the human mind, whether physical, ethereal, or inter-dimensional.

• Internal UFO theories suggest that UFO phenomena originate within the humanmind—that they are psychological, spiritual, and/or inter-dimensional.

• Internal/External UFO theories incorporate the first two categories into one,several of which offer inter-dimensional explanations.

Many of these theories can be interpreted as originating in one or morecategories, depending on your viewpoint. For example, inter-dimensionalphenomena can be described as external, internal, or internal/external,depending on your definition of the word—the objects can be physical and thenmorph into the ethereal, or vice versa. They may also be physical in onedimension, go through a wormhole or stargate (see chapter 6), and also bephysical in this dimension. Or they may be ethereal in this dimension and inothers. There's really no limit to the possibilities.

I see this particular breakdown as helpful because it helps you visualize thevarious alleged dimensions and how a UFO may travel between them. It helps youimagine the many inter-dimensional theories quickly and easily and see thesubtle differences between other dimensions that are perceivable internally, aswell as ones allegedly proved by mathematicians to have originated externally. Ilike to imagine UFOs phasing from the ethereal to the physical worlds, orinternal images from within manifesting—not just as external projections,holograms, and/or hallucinations, but as physical, 3D objects. For me, it's partof the fun with this kind of research.

External Theories

The categorical breakdown, along with what I see as the most dominant theories,is listed below.

Extraterrestrial Space Craft

This theory suggests that UFOs are physical spacecraft built and operated by anintelligent species that is not indigenous to Earth. This is by far the mostcommon, popular, and prevalent theory. A variation on this theme suggests thatUFOs are inter-dimensional in the sense that they are physical craft in ourdimension and can phase into and out of other dimensions, where they are stillphysical in the context of that dimension (see www.startinglinks.net/cydoniaufo/11.htm).

Terrestrial Craft: Alien-Built vs. Man-Made

Several researchers have theories describing UFOs as being from Earth. WilliamR. Lyne finds that there is no evidence whatsoever to indicate that visitorsfrom other planets have come to Earth for any reason. His book Space Aliens fromthe Pentagon (1994) emphatically declares that all UFOs are physical craft madeby humans using technology stolen from Nikola Tesla and smuggled to Germanybefore World War I. Other researchers hedge more toward the middle. For example,William S. Steinman in UFO Crash at Aztec (written with Wendelle C. Stevens,1986, UFO Photo Archives) and Stanton Friedman, author of several books (seechapter 3) make the seemingly more rational case that some UFOs may be fromother planets while many others are no doubt man-made.

There is also a theory that claims that there is at least one advanced speciesindigenous to Earth—a species that has chosen to remain invisible to the"normal" world. In this scenario, these hypothetical beings manufacturephysical, metallic UFOs. Some say they reside inside the Earth. Some say theyare humans from the future of Earth. It may be that a combination of all fourtheories is true (see chapter 6).

Earthlights Hypothesis

First propounded in the 1970s by Paul Devereux, editor of the academic journalTime & Mind, this theory makes the case that tectonic stresses of various kindsin the Earth's crust can, under the right conditions, manifest in strange andelusive light forms. Particular mineral deposits are thought to influenceearthlights as well. Many promising UFO sightings, upon investigation, haveturned out to be some kind of light form.

Devereux told me in a personal interview:

Earthlights seem to belong to the same family of phenomena as ball lightning andearthquake lights but can sometimes show distinguishing properties and behavior,such as unusual longevity. They are exotic energy forms, which, like plasmas,can seem metallic when seen in daylight. There is a polarity effect too, in thatearthlights can occasionally appear pitch black, as can ball lightning.

These lights are often reported in conjunction with the seismic activity ofearthquakes and volcanoes and can apparently interact with the atmosphere.Researcher Michael Persinger has concluded that earthlights can generateelectromagnetic fields that can trigger hallucinations in some witnesses.Devereux advises: "It is important not to be misinformed, which is somethingufology has suffered from for decades." For more information on earthlights, seeEarth Lights Revelation (1989) by Paul Devereux, Examining the EarthlightTheory: The Yakima UFO Microcosm (1990) by Greg Long, and UFOs and Ufology(1997) by Paul Devereux and Peter Brookesmith.

Indigenous Atmospheric Beings

Trevor James Constable developed this compelling theory after studying the workon orgone by energy pioneer Wilhelm Reich. He found that UFOs were "spacecreatures" and claimed to take infrared photographs of the "plasma" beingsregularly. For more information, see Constable's classic works The Cosmic Pulseof...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WEISER BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1578634873
• ISBN 13: 9781578634873
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 253
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