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Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups | 
 enlarge | Author: Stanton T. Friedman
Creators: Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Bruce Maccabee
Publisher: New Page Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 21643
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1601630115
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.942
EAN: 9781601630117
ASIN: 1601630115
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Flying Saucers and Science is a comprehensive look at the scientific data on the flying saucer phenomenon. Nuclear physicist and lecturer Stanton T. Friedman has distilled more than 40 years of research on UFOs, and shares his work on a wide variety of classified advanced nuclear and space systems. He answers a number of physics questions in layman's terms, and establishes that travel to nearby stars is within reach without violating the laws of physics.
Photographs of little known, far-out advanced propulsion systems, on some of which he worked, are included. Friedman also presents data demonstrating the ability to withstand high accelerations with some surprising results. He clearly shows that government policy on this subject has been to provide false, misleading claims and disinformation, and establishes that the subject truly represents a Cosmic Watergate.
Flying Saucers and Science presents intriguing data from a number of large-scale scientific UFO studies that almost no one, especially the noisy negativists, has discussed in detail. It deals with a host of "why" questions such, as reasons for the cover-up, reasons for aliens to come to Earth, and reasons for not landing on the White House lawn. Friedman unveils the SETI program, and details the antipathy of science-fiction writers to UFOs and other mysteries of the saucer conundrum. False notions about those who believe in the reality of alien visitors and the adequacy of coverage by the journalistic and scientific communities are reviewed.
In this book you'll discover:
*What type of energy and technologies could provide travel *between the stars.
*The most likely locations in the universe where aliens come from. *Why the aliens are here.
*Who believes in the flying saucer phenomenon.
*The government's motives to cover-up.
Readers of Flying Saucers and Science will never feel the same about UFOs again.
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 Flying Saucers and Sleep October 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I enjoyed reading Stanton's other books (they are 4+stars) and I admire his enthusiasm and facilitation of the subject, this one is not much more than a running dietribe/debunking his critics debunking of him and ufos. I give this read a generous two stars, dont pay full price for this one either!
Flying Saucers & Science September 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE GRANDFATHER OF MODERN UFOLOGY HAS COME OUT WITH HIS BEST BOOK TO DATE IN MY OPINION. HE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM INTERSTEALLER TRAVEL TO MJ-12 TO THE COSMIC WATERGATE. YOU MIGHT NOT FIND ANY CRAZY ABDUTION STORIES HERE BUT STAN PROVIDES THE FACTS. THIS BOOK IS ACUALLY LOADED WITH FACTS. HE WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE SKEPTICS ARE FULL OF IT AND THAT THE GOVERMENT IS TRY TO HIDE SOMETHING WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THE BEST CHAPTERS ARE (WE CAN GET HERE FROM THEIR) AND (MJ-12 UPDATE) AT LEAST I THINK. THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHINGS (A VERY MINORITY) HE HAS TO SAY. I HAVE COME OUT MORE EDUCATED ON THE TOPIC WHICH IS WHAT STAN A THINK STRIVES FOR.
 Good reading. Buy to use as a resource August 28, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Probably your best bargain in the ufo category written by a physicist once employed (through civilian contractors) by the Air Force. Despite what the nay-sayers have written here, this is your best buy on the subject, from a no-nonsense researcher.
Mr. Friedman summarizes the best cases, though providing many resources for you to look up on your own. He explains in detail the fallacies of arguments against these best cases. In fact, he encourages you to read the original sources and so follow in his footsteps.
I admire this man for his courage to speak out when to do so, brings censure and derision. Good work! And a very good buy for you.
For the best of the subject, I heartily recommend this book and the following: Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings, by Hynek et al, Interdimensional Universe by Imbrogno, Dark Mission by Hoagland, and Alien Agenda by Marrs.
Flyng Saucers and Science August 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Finally a book on Flying Saucers/UFO's that gets away from the old genre and brings us into the 21st century. Stanton Friedman's handling of the subject is befitting a man of his education as a scientist and stature as a life long researcher and believer in the phenomenon. This should be required reading in every news room across the globe. Let every empty talking/writing head who ever made fun of the idea or derided those that reported the sightings take a sobering look at themselves and the matter. I hope I live long enough to see this government 'give it up' and open up their UFO files to the world. Best work yet on this issue.
 Superficial and uninformative August 26, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Readers looking for a scientific appraisal of the UFO phenomenon or even a coherent overview of the subject should look elsewhere. Friedman's rambling polemic achieves neither objective.
The author spends the first third of this rather slender volume rehashing a number of reports issued decades ago. He presents no new evidence and basically insists that a careful reading of these old documents will prove that some UFOs are alien spacecraft.
The remainder of the book is largely dedicated to claiming a government cover-up and rebutting his critics, many of whom are dead. Ironically, he denounces the critics for making unwarranted assumptions about the motivations of a reputed alien civilization, then proceeds to do exactly the same thing himself. For instance, he suggests that one reason the aliens don't reveal themselves is that they would want little direct contact with beings who spend vast amounts on armaments while permitting 30,000 children to starve to death each day. Moreover, they might avoid landing on the White House lawn because it is in a "no fly" zone and heavily defended.
Apart from its superficial content, the rambling and repetitive text has the feel of a compilation of dictated notes. For example, Friedman informs us at least five times that the stars Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticuli are only 1/8 of a light year apart from each other, and he repeatedly notes that 300,000 documents in the Eisenhower Library are still classified. Numbered points that promise a concise examination of some issue frequently drift into petulant asides or long lists of irrelevant facts. Someone named Kara Reynolds is identified as the book's editor. She must have been on holiday when this book passed muster.
This is a poor effort, especially for someone who has spent a lifetime investigating the subject.
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