UFOs : The Public Deceived

A tough start, with the author spending most of the time on esoteric minutiae that can make the head hurt. But if you stick it out, it does get better. He moves past the obfuscatory language into the plain language that skepticism needs to be more open to adopting if they want anyone to listen to

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them. The book is a bit old, so some of the things he talks about seem dated, such as his fondness for polygraph tests, which are no longer accepted as valid by the scientific community (though still loved by police departments and lawyers, maybe because they often do muddy the waters). Many of these cases were unfamiliar to me, and I was pleased to see the discussion of the Travis Walton case, with which I was familiar, but had not had anything like the detailed discussion of this alleged abduction case that I found in this source. Recommended reading for anyone with a mind that hasn't committed themselves to entrenched belief in UFOs; those who have will not change, a phenomenon he documents and discusses. Just don't expect it to be light weekend reading.

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