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Are UFOs fact or fiction? Several figures from the Bible, such as Ezekiel, Elijah, and Enoch, as well as those from mythology, have either been directly taken "into heaven" or, in Ezekiel's case, experienced a vision that can be viewed as a UFO. Baptist minister Burrell Cannon even built an Ezekiel airship and claims to have preceded the Wright Brothers by one year by flying this ship in Pittsburg, Texas, in 1902. One way of interpreting ancient myths from Egyptian, Sumerian, Japanese, and Incan cultures is as records of star lore and other celestial figures. Native Americans, such as the Hopi, Cree, and Zuni, have traditions of their ancestors descending from the stars.
Many have undoubtedly heard of the 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico, but they may not be aware that the 509th Bombardment Group was stationed at the Roswell Army Airfield. Several investigations by concerned citizens and officials took place after the "crash." The author claims the government actively engaged in misinformation and strong-armed people into silence afterwards. The nuclear connection has echoes with a missile shutdown at Malmstrom Air Force base in 1967 and an uncontrolled arming of ICBM missiles in Ukraine that were aimed at the U.S. in 1993. Both are claimed to be due to UFO activity.
The author has provided many illustrations, photographs, and news clippings to add flavor and variety to the story. Some wonderful pictures of planets, quasars, and pulsars are also provided. Explorations of string theory and the role of quantum mechanics as potential approaches to these highly unusual phenomena are succinctly presented. Tentative in some ways yet committed in at least describing this reported phenomenon that has recently been discussed in the United States Congress, the writer is fair in discerning the theoretical and the factual. The result is a thought-provoking read.
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