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On
the Trail of the Saucer Spies reveals that Government,
Military and Intelligence agencies have been secretly spying on UFO
researchers, writers, investigators, and witnesses for decades -- and
for countless reasons. In this book Nick Redfern also
recounts his own
experience of being spied upon by the British Ministry of Defense for
his interest in UFOs. It isn't paranoia if
you think "they" are watching you: they really are!
Nick Redfern is one of the
world's foremost authorities on UFOs. His previous books include A
Covert Agenda; The FBI Files; Cosmic Crashes; Strange Secrets
(with Andy Roberts); Three Men Seeking Monsters;
and Body Snatchers in the Desert. He has written
for Military Illustrated; Eye Spy; Fate; Fortean Times;
Phenomena Magazine; and the London Daily Express
newspaper. |
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ON
THE TRAIL OF THE SAUCER SPIES
UFOs and
Government Surveillance
by Nick Redfern
An Anomalist Books Original
Trade Paperback,
$15.95
ISBN: 1933665106
308 pages, illustrated, index
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from
the Introduction:
In 1992 in a privately published paper titled “Have You Checked
Your File Lately?” Robert Durant, a UFO researcher and pilot,
discussed the theme of an all-encompassing, Government-
sanctioned-and-controlled operation designed to covertly monitor
the activities of the public UFO research community:
“You, the reader, are among the approximately 4,000
Americans
who subscribe to ufological journals or newsletters, buy UFO
books
through the mail, attend conferences, or spend time with others who
engage in such activities. Not a large group. We are only 3 percent of
the total number of citizens the government admits to watching with
intense care. A very easy group to track. Building your file is so much
easier than compiling one on a Russian spy or a Mafioso.
There is
a file on you at the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security
Administration, the driver’s license bureau of the state in which you
are licensed, the commercial credit card companies that do business
with your bank and your lenders, your doctor’s office, and so forth
and so on. Is it really unreasonable to suspect that a UFO file would
be created?”
The answer to Durant’s question is: it is not at all unreasonable
to suspect that such a scenario exists. Indeed, as On the
Trail of the
Saucer Spies demonstrates, such a scenario most assuredly
does exist.
This book does not attempt to answer in detail the complex questions
of what UFOs are, where they are from, or why there are
here—there are countless titles available that focus upon these
controversial issues.
Rather, it resolves the seldom-addressed questions of precisely why
and how the official world is keeping a close watch on those
individuals who engage in UFO research, or who are witnesses to
UFO activity.
The truth-is-weirder-than-fiction examples recounted in these pages
span more than half a century, and include all of the staple
ingredients of the most controversial aspects of the UFO puzzle:
crashed flying saucers, alien bodies held in cryogenic storage, black
helicopters, crop circles, alien abductions (by alleged aliens and by
elements of the military), underground bases, animal mutilations,
Government-sponsored disinformation campaigns, and even the
exploits of the nefarious Men in Black.
As will become apparent, however, the full story also incorporates
issues and organizations that—at first glance, at least—would appear
to be totally unrelated to the UFO mystery. Ultra-fascist political
organizations, the Irish Republican Army, communist-based
groups, animal rights activists, computer hackers, Chinese Military
Intelligence, and the North Korean Government ultimately prove
to be pivotal to both understanding and unravelling the full picture
of why a number of Governments take such a deep interest in the
activities of those who look skyward. Caveat lector: keep a close
watch over your shoulder. “They” may be watching you, too.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. The Early Years
2. Contacts of the Cosmic Kind
3. Who Goes There?
4. Here Come the Men in Black
5. Watching the Watchers
6. Cosmic Kidnappers
7. In Search of APEN
8. Enter Sandman
9. Beta and Beyond
10. Deep Throat or Disinformation?
11. Hacking the Hangar
12. Rudloe Revelations
13. Close Encounters of the Underground Kind
14. The British Roswell?
15. Penetrating the Pleasure Dome
16. Mystery Mutilations
17. The Spying Continues
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Keep up on the subject with Nick Redfern's blog,
SAUCERS, SPOOKS AND SPIES.
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Highlights of this
groundbreaking book:
- the
FBI's
reports on people who claim to have met extraterrestrials
- Top Secret
surveillance of alien-abductees
- the
real-life Men in Black
who spy on
UFO witnesses
- phone-tapping
and
mail-interference of UFO researchers
and authors
- Scotland
Yard's secret
monitoring of UFO computer-hackers
- classified
files on
researchers of the famous Roswell crash of 1947
- official infiltration of
Flying Saucer research groups
- UFO
writers
suspected by the Government of working for hostile nations to uncover
defense secrets
- ...and
much more.
What
they're saying...
"The
bottom line, according to Redfern's well documented book, is that there
has been a considerable amount of government spying on ufologists, but
it was not so much carried out because of a fear that ufologists would
learn government secrets about flying saucers, but rather because the
intelligence agencies were afraid that some ufologists were being
'used,' willingly or unwillingly, as information sources by foreign
intelligence services... Redfern demonstrates that the MIB myth is not
without foundation... I recommend this book to everyone and especially
to those who have not yet requested a copy of their 'file.'"– Bruce
Maccabbee, Journal of Scientific
Exploration
"Redfern
is the one authority on UFOs and government cover-ups who wins my total
trust...On The Trail of the Saucer Spies is great late-night,
page-turning reading that will no doubt have you looking over your
shoulder, especially in this day of domestic spying. If you are a UFO
buff, all the more reason to read up, and be prepared for anything.
They may, after all, be watching you." – Marie Jones, Curled Up with a
Good Book, Five-Star Review
"On
the Trail of Saucer
Spies
is a new book written by the great UFO researcher and author Dr. Nick
Redfern. His efforts address the very problem discussed above. He takes
you where only a handful of people have gone before; into that area
where the real boogie man is, where the men in black are, where wire
taps are common, and where cars seem to follow you wherever you go;
into the world of government cover up and disinformation. The old time
researcher has been there, and they will tell you, it's not much fun.
They are always given the runaround, and it takes a great deal of
patience to continue this thankless job. Redfern's new book covers all
the related problems; crashed saucers, alien bodies, secret documents,
and more. If you buy a book any time soon, this is the one you want."
-- Billy Booth, About.com
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