Unearthly Disclosure

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Summary: A stew of misinfo. spiced with "leaks"
Review: I had not read much Timothy Good since _Above_Top_Secret_, and fans of that highly footnoted and tightly focused volume may be quite shocked by this work, as was I. With little if any structure, this work is basically a seemingly random collection of anecdotal information. In other words, it reads like the typical, bad UFO books we're all used to. But this is Tim Good?!? What's going on? Early in the volume(?), Good says that he will relay some information from highly reliable sources AND some which is "almost impossible to believe," and herein lies the substance of this book. He gives credence to wackos like Adamski, and lets every theory and idea through the gate ALMOST AS IF he is deliberately discrediting himself. Call me paranoid, but I think he IS. I think there are tidbits of truth scatterred about, and burying it in a massive pile of garbage was part of the deal for receiving the info. Clearly, a vast part of this book should be discounted and dismissed, but I suspect there are core truths revealed within through the conscious executive decisions of Mr. Good's established contacts.

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Summary: A Paranoid Book for Paranoid Times
Review: I think it says a great deal about the state of UFO research that the other reviewer of this books believes that Good is deliberately discrediting himself,deliberately including good,factual information with nonsense,for an unstated purpose.This paranoid outlook makes it difficult to reccommend any current UFO books to "outsiders"-people who aren't especially informed about UFOs and who are looking for a good starting place in the literature.Good fills this book with information culled from "intelligence sources" who may or may not be giving him the straight story.There is no way to check any of the information he receives.Furthermore,Good is a champion of some of the "contactees"-people who claim to have regular,deliberate contacts with aliens. The classic case is that of George Adamski-Good believes that he was in contact with aliens and that his claims were,for the most part,true as he stated them.(Most mainstream UFO researchers regard his stories as ridiculous.)This book includes a great deal of information from a contactee from,I believe, Costa Rica.This gentleman describes his trips in space craft and his conversations with aliens in great detail,but there is no way for the reader to evaluate the information Good presents.The reader is left to either accept or reject it.There is also a good deal of information concerning a man who has photographed what he believes is an "alien,"but which looks suspiciously like a model.And in fact the witness is a sculptor!Good is an intelligent,sincere man who demonstrates the danger of getting too deeply involved in UFO research.The UFO community is swarming with people,some sincere,some deluded,some dishonest-who are ready to "tell the truth." But there is no way to know what the truth is.This book is better used as a cautionary tale of the dangers of submerging oneself in the UFO ocean than as a factual account of real events.