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UFO Sightings: The Evidence Hardcover – August 1, 1998

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Engaging and entertaining, UFO Sightings: The Evidence is the most up-to-date overview of the UFO phenomenon, a controversy that gains strength with each new report of strange happenings in the sky. Written from the skeptical perspective, and applying the scientific method to the cases explored, this book differs greatly from the proparanormal tomes widely available today."Most broad survey UFO books contain absolutely uncritical presentations of sensational claims," says author Robert Sheaffer. "Typically, pro-UFO books deliberately omit all facts that tend to discredit the cases."UFO Sightings is unique because it gives the reader a broad overview of the world of UFOlogy, dealing with most major cases and trends, while offering references and commentary to provide a clear perspective. Incidents and photographs are scrutinized within a framework of objective science.Included are the Jimmy Carter UFO sighting; the "abduction" of Betty and Barney Hill; the incidents at Exeter; the Men in Black; messages from space; mothmen, wolf girls, and transparent apes; films; the UFO blitz of Mexico; and the comparisons to sightings of fairies and witches in colonial times.
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    348 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Prometheus
  4. Publication date
    August 1, 1998
  5. Dimensions
    6.33 x 1 x 8.96 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1573922137
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1573922135
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Robert Sheaffer (born 1949) is an American freelance writer and skeptic. He is a paranormal investigator of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), having researched many sightings and written critiques of the hypothesis that UFOs are alien spacecraft. In addition to UFOs, his writings cover topics such as Christianity, academic feminism, the scientific theory of evolution, and creationism. He is the author of six books. Sheaffer wrote for Skeptical Inquirer (where he contributed the regular "Psychic Vibrations" column), 1977– 2017. Fate Magazine, and Spaceflight. He was a founding member (with Philip J. Klass and James Oberg) of the UFO Subcommittee of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and is a fellow of that organization. He is the author of six books, including The UFO Verdict, Resentment Against Achievement, and The Making of the Messiah.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prometheus; Illustrated edition (August 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1573922137
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1573922135
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.33 x 1 x 8.96 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016
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A truly wonderful book from a skeptical perspective. The author successfully debunks UFO reports as misperceptions, dreams, fantasies, lies, hoaxes, credulity, exaggeration, hypnotic suggestion, delusions, hallucinations, nameless witnesses, contradictory testimony, false memories, imagination, hysteria, rumor, preposterous stories motivated by greed, hearsay, irrationality, unsubstantiated claims, myths, misrepresentations, inaccurate reporting, and the results of the will to believe. The book is strong on the philosophy of science. The author shows that beliefs in UFOs, witchcraft, fairies, paranormal phenomena and miracles are due to insufficient skepticism and insufficient naturalism, in other words, an unscientific (superstitious) worldview.
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Jeffrey Leeper
4.0 out of 5 stars A Call for Rationalism
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2002
Robert Scheaffer is not a proponent of UFOlogy. Instead, he is a skeptic who is trying to point out some of the irrationalities in the beliefs in UFOs and other related phenomenon.
Using different scientific laws and principles, like Occam's Razor, Schaeffer debunks the "proof" of UFOs in our world today. In each chapter, he walks through many of the classic UFO sightings and shows you how all the "facts" don't fit together or are changing as the story gets older.
At first, I read this as a believer who was calling for more rigid investigation so that we can focus our attention on what we believe to be actual unidentified flying objects. As you read, you will see that he feels that the believers, of whom he is not one, should adopt a more rigid standard in their investigations just as science does. In science, open forum is welcomed to search for truth whereas many UFO studies refuse to scrutinized and result to ad hominem attacks to protect their copyrighted property.
Scheaffer does bring in a strong argument. He does have a chapter on witchcraft in the Middle Ages to help support his argument. After reflection, it does help, but it is not immediately apparent in the writing.
If you are a believer or UFOlogist, you will not want to read this book. If you want to take a more balanced view of UFO phenomenon, this should be among the books you read.
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J Doe
5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Wrong With This.
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2015
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Been reading UFO books since I was a kid. I'd love for it to be true, but those who show hoax videos, un-falsifiable stories, etc. do no credit to their cause. Robert Sheaffer IMO has inherited the mantle of Arch-UFO Skeptic from the late Phil Klaas. He brings knowledge of the field and the people in it to the case.
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Margaret C. Jacob
1.0 out of 5 stars MAYBE HE'S A DISINFO AGENT; THEY WOULD LIKE CSICOPS
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2010
These kind of guys hang together; they don't want to read the scientists that are considering the paranormal like Charles Tart  The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal Is Bringing Science and Spirit Together (co-published with the Institute of Noetic Sciences) (Ions / Nhp)  , Russell Targ  Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness and others  Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities (Studies in Consciousness) and  Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics  . They are stuck in the 3rd dimensional, materialistic,solely mathematical world view and you cannot learn anything about other dimensional things while being stuck in this one. There is enuf evidence out nowadays by authors like the "Intention Experiment"  The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World  to make the average person realize they can choose their reality. The brain has left and right sides and you don't have to use the left side exclusively!!! Read Leslie Kean's latest New York Times bestseller  UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record  if you really want to know what all has been going on the past 6o years or so and who's been analyzing it, etc. She is a New York investigative reporter and has done a good job of listing the pioneers and people who've been looking at this topic and trying to tell us what has been going on behind the scenes. .
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