Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups

354 Pages·2008·6.85 MB·English

by  Stanton T. Friedman

Praise for Staiitoer 3riedmabr and his work:
"The most explosive book yet on UFOs."
-Star Magazine
"Friedman operates mostly as a scientist, carefully weighing all
evidence before coming to a conclusion."
-Library Journal
"This book will delight those who can't get enough of crashed
saucers and government cover-ups."
-Booklist
"Can they get here from there? If so, have they already arrived? And
what is the evidence? Nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman, a 50-
year veteran scientific ufologist known for his impeccable research,
shares his findings with us. A must-have for anyone who wants to
know the truth with the documented evidence to back it up."
-Kathleen Marden, coauthor of Captured! The Betty and Barney
Hill UFO Experience
"Friedman has been involved in UFO research for more than a
quarter century. During that time, he has struggled tirelessly against
a vast amount of resistance on almost every level. He has uncovered
hoaxes, discovered hidden truths, and has fought arrogant
bureaucrats and fallacy-happy UFO debunkers, not to mention other
researchers eager to discredit him for their own ends. He is one of
the few truly professional UFO researchers."
-Whitley Strieber, New York Times best-selling author of
Communion and 2012: The War for Souls
FLYING SAUCERS
AND
SCIENCE
A SCIENTIST INVESTIGATES THE
MYSTERIES OF UFOS:
INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL, CRASHES,
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GOVERNMENT COVER-UPS
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Stanton T. Friedman, MSc.

Zhis book is dedicated to my loving wife, Marilyn, who has so patiently for
decades tolerated my fixation on getting to the truth about flying saucers. She
has put up with late night radio programs and phone calls, my long trips away
from hone, visits from a wide variety of media people, and a huge accumulation
of (hopefully) relevant papers, books, and videos I only hope it has been worth
the effort.
Acknowledgments
I wish to gratefully acknowledge the Mutual UFO Network for sponsoring my
numerous appearances at its annual symposia, forcing me to prepare papers for
inclusion in the symposia proceedings.
Thanks also to The Fund for UFO Research, which provided some research
grants to assist in my field investigations related to Roswell and my visits to a
number of document archives.
To Robert Bigelow for a generous research grant for Roswell and MJ-12related
research.
To the producers of a large number of radio and TV programs who have given
me a platform.
To the hundreds of colleges who have allowed me to stimulate campus
communities with lectures and class visits.
To my literary agent, John White, who has successfully pursued publishers. To
all those brave witnesses who have been willing to speak out despite the
antipathy from nasty, noisy negativists.

Contents
Forewords by Dr. Edgar Mitchell, ScD, and Dr. Bruce Maccabee, PhD. . I I
Introduction ......................................... 23
Chapter I : The Case for the ET Origin of Flying Saucers ........... 29
Chapter 2: You Can Get Here From There .................... 59
Chapter 3: From Where Do They Come? ..................... 93
Chapter 4: The Cosmic Watergate ......................... 103
Chapter 5: The Cult of SETI ............................. 129
Chapter 6: The UFO "Why" Questions ...................... 153
Chapter 7: Science, Science Fiction, and UFOs ................ 175
Chapter 8: UFOs and Public Opinion ....................... 199
Chapter 9: Update on Crashed Saucers at Roswell .............. 217
Chapter 10: The Press and Flying Saucers ................... 243
Chapter I I : The Operation Majestic 12 Documents ............ 257
Conclusion: What Does It Matter? ........................ 297
Bibliography ........................................ 303
Index ............................................. 309
About the Author .................................... 315