Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us

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Summary: Extremely well documented and researched, a must read...
Review: Marrs has once again pursued, exposed, and documented the proof of U.S Government cover-up and/or conspiracy within the highest elements of defense and political order. From it's inception, Alien Agenda delves into such topics as ancient biblical accounts of U.F.O's, the Great Airship Mystery of 1897, the Roswell New Mexico Air Force Cover-up in 1947,and crop circles documented throughout the U.K. This is a must read, and should be reguarded as hard core smoking gun proof that we our not being informed on real world events. Furthermore, real world order.

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Summary: Comprehensive, open-minded and mind-opening. . .
Review: I read this book during a cross-country drive that took me through Roswell and up past Area 51 in Nevada. So perhaps my mind was fertile to receive the incredibly comprehensive treatment of UFOs and related materials that Marrs gives in Alien Agenda. Suffice it to say, though, that the book produced an exciting sense of the POSSIBLE plausibility of a (to me) new vision of the world as a far stranger place than I had ever imagined. I heartily recommend this book to anyone who is willing to be lifted out of the groove of normal, everyday experience.

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Summary: In-freaking-credible!!!
Review: Whether you're a learned UFO and/or conspiracy nut or just plain drawn in b/c of the advertising on the book jacket, Jim Marrs accomplishes something with his writing that is almost as uniquely rare as the phenomenon he explores; you finish each chapter, and you might -- you just might -- look at your world a bit different. Adjectives haven't been invented to describe how much I enjoyed this treat. Although the enclosed appendix, relating issues of world power to whom the aliens would indeed contact, is a bit of a stretch in the eyes of this reader, ALIEN AGENDA is a book for our times.

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Summary: This Book Reveals Information That Will Turn Your Head..
Review: This book has a lot of interesting points on the agenda of the Aliens. What is explained in this book is "What are the aliens all about"??? To me this book explained alot more than the other books I have read (The Day After Roswell, Genesis Resurection). Thoses books had interesting points on certain topics discussed, but if you are looking for a book to explain the entire story about Aliens, and answer all the questions you have in mind this is the book. But I warn you this is what the author feels and think about aliens with supporting points from other books and witnesses.. But these points come to believe that "are we alone" or "is the government hiding this information under our noses". Overall this book is great I would defintly read this book over again.

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Summary: Why read this? Go elsewhere.
Review: I read this book expecting that Jim Marrs would do the same for UFOlogy here that he did for JFK conspiracy theories in "Crossfire," that is, present the most comprehensive summary available. While I can't say for a fact that there are more comprehensive works out there, I can say that from this perspective, "Alien Agenda" is nearly a waste of time. Marrs' organization is comprehensive enough--covering UFO sightings, Roswell, abductions, cattle mutilations, crop circles, ancient astronauts, even "remote viewing"--but his prose is poor, and his style is anything but journalistic or objective. Differences in opinion over the validity of UFO evidence are invariably chalked up to "mind-set," which as far as I can tell is Marrs' way of saying that one sees what one wants to see. "Mind-set" is therefore useful to him as a derisive device whenever a debunker comes along; it never occurs to him to apply it with the same derision to himself or to fellow believers. The believers' "mind-set" is presumably an "open" one, and therefore more receptive to new and strange possibilities. For Marrs, unfortunately, this means he must present--with a straight face--some truly ludicrous stories as if they were fact; some of these were good enough to make me laugh aloud. Based on this book and "Crossfire," I am now firmly convinced that Jim Marrs could find a conspiracy involved in your choice of breakfast if he only looked for it. Are aliens visiting us? Does the U.S. government know? I couldn't say for certain, but books like this one hardly bolster the argument.

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Summary: Interesting-- fact or fiction?
Review: Hard to seperate out what is fact and fiction in this book. I prefer the line to be clearly stated. Recommend you read a book where the author writes fiction: AREA 51 by Robert Doherty. The author was an ex-special operations guy in the military and you have to wonder how much of his fiction is indeed fact.

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Summary: Mostly a Rehash
Review: This book, though an interesting overview of UFOs, is mainly a rehash of cases most UFO buffs are very familiar with intermixed with a few interesting tidbits I hadn't heard before. I would be much more likely to recommend this book to someone who is just getting interested in the subject as a jumping off point to research some of the more interesting cases and topics Marrs skims the surface of.

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Summary: Investigation is evenly reported/written
Review: Most of the subjects covered in Jim Mars book have been covered more thoroughly elsewhere, therefore, do not come to this book expecting to be enlightened or, if you are a researcher, to gain new information. Mr. Mars never really provides the "alien agenda" in any specific way. It is simply alluded to, as in so many other books. Apparently, he finally gives up trying to provide the "agenda" and instead gives us words from the "galactic command" as the ending for the book - new age type rhetoric on just "getting along with each other" and "saving the environment." If you are looking for a good book as background research, don't waste your time with this one.

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Summary: A "must read" for anyone interested in the ufo phenomenom.
Review: Without a doubt, one of the most comprehensive and interesting books written on the subject of ufos. Are they a threat or part of a conspiracy? This book offers the reader some interesting answers backed with a lot of facts and an open-minded approach to a problem that's getting increasingly hard to ignore.

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Summary: What Can I Say
Review: Come on, I'm not the type to believe in UFOs and other "crazy" ideas, but this book is so brilliantly researched and set up that it is hard to ignore all the evidence for other beings inhabiting our planet. I believe that aliens have been here and will continue to be here, feeding off of the ignorance of those who believe all this is just dim-witted blabbering from a bunch of nuts. Aliens control our every move, from birth to death. This book reveals it.