Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #330286 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Customer Reviews

Another unorganized bunch of Cr*p from this author
This is just like UFO's over Calif. A bunch of unsupported "eye witness accounts" of undocumented stuff.. a real disapointment.
I would not buy this again.

Comically Bad...
I had my doubts about this book the moment I thumbed through it. Like most non-scientific, high-strangeness UFO books, it contains not a single photograph or video still of a craft, alien, landing site, physical trace, or radar return. Nothing. As I started to read, I found my initial supposition to be proven most accurate. Apparently, Topanga Canyon in the '90s remained so totally impervious to modernization that gadgets like cameras and video recorders were not possessed by any of the populace.

This book is sadly typical of many in the UFO canon. It's got the obligatory contactee couple who claim a variety of UFOs routinely park across the street while the occupants relay strange messages about Ross Perot (hey, it was '92 and maybe the UFO pilots were big Clinton backers) and the usual nonsense about "impending disaster." There are also suggestions that the UFO occupants might have impregnated the woman or at least bestowed upon the baby some kind of "starchild" status, as it is alleged that the baby possesses psychic powers. "Proof" of this absurdity is offered by making yet another preposterous, unsubstantiated claim: that the government intercepted the ultrasound images and vials of amniotic fluid (cue X-Files theme music)

Of course, the contactee is too dumb to think, "Hey, maybe a picture of this craft would bolster the credibility of my story, as well as bring a tidy sum from basically every news outlet on the entire planet." Nope. The usual nonsense about how they don't want attention, blah, blah, blah. They allegedly come to KNOW when it's going to show up and are STILL too incompetent to get a picture of it. Crap like this is why the legitimate UFO research initiative has had so much trouble gaining traction in the public domain.

Then there's a couple who witness nearly 200 UFOs over a period of several hours, but apparently don't own a camera or recording device of any sort. Not only that, they make no effort to contact friends or family. Personally, I see 200 glowing orbs performing aerial maneuvers that don't correspond to the laws of known physics, I'm probably going to call a couple of my buddies and tell 'em to look skyward.

That's the essential flaw of this book as opposed to one like "Night Siege." Virtually none of the stories are corroborated by multiple, independent witnesses. It's always a couple driving down a road deep in the midnight darkness of the canyon. A couple living in a house perched high on the canyon wall. Or four friends out conducting a midnight seance in the park. It's all related by very isolated groups of people. The author routinely throws the word "flap" or "wave" around to describe the sightings, but it's really nothing of the sort. Read about the Hudson Valley sightings in the mid-80s where hundreds of cars stopped along the Taconic Parkway on multiple nights if you want an informed discussion of a true wave of UFO experiences.

an excellent read
This is such an enjoyable book. It's an easy read and yet draws you in to where you really feel excited while reading the experiences of some of the people involved. Preston Dennett is a very good writer. He moves things along. I read another of his books, "UFO's over California", and while good I enjoyed this more........I think because all of the events take place in one location....Topanga Canyon. You get the feeling of the setting.....rural, dark, and a little spooky.