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Alien Investigator

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I had my spectacular UFO encounter in 1976 - but I never took up that incident and followed it up like Tony did. he has indeed written a "must read" even for the seasoned UFO and alien-buff. I learned a lot of details I wasnt aware of although I had previously read at least another 20 or so books on the subject and generally read up on the subject on the internet. highly recommended and wont be outdated before official disclosure, if it ever happens.

Tony Dodd has written one of the best UFO books out there, in my view. There are a variety of fascinating cases detailed in the book including those from England, America, Iceland, South Africa and other locations. Dodd, a former policeman, has a knack for doing detailed work and his descriptions of the various cases he discusses are thorough, credible, and in-depth. He covers the full gamut of UFO phenomena including sightings, abductions, animal and human mutilation, and other weird aspects. I found a lot of new cases I had never heard of before, and more detail about cases I already knew about like the strange incident of Captain Mantell in the late 40's. I can highly recommend this book to new and old UFO researchers alike. Anyone with a keen interest in the subject will learn something from Dodd's focussed and intensive investigations.
(Dr. Simeon Hein is the author of the OPENING MINDS softcover and audio books, and PLANETARY INTELLIGENCE.)

Lots of interesting stuff here. There's a chapter on the Kalahari UFO crash (see also UFO Crash / Retrievals: The Inner Sanctum, Status Report VI p82-101 for more on how Dodd, Armen Victorian and Len Stringfield teamed up to solve this mystery) including details of how Dodd was followed up and threatened by mysterious American intelligence officials. A mysterious contact visits Dodd's home to advise him on the NSA's role in the collection of UFO reports. Dodd also discusses alien abductions and cattle, other animal and human mutilations. Whereas the connection between UFOs and cattle mutilations almost seems to be taken for granted these days, the issue of human mutilations seems almost taboo in UFO literature and there's not a huge amount in this book. However, one very gruesome photo is included, taken in Brazil. Dodd points out that mice, seagulls, dolphins, foxes, deer and other creatures have been mutilated, including sheep, from under their farmers' noses.

If I have one criticism, it is that he seems to get a bit carried away at times. He doesn't credit it, but he includes material from Project Grudge/Blue Book Special Report 13. However, he doesn't mention that this report is of a highly controversial nature. Also, the photo section includes unconvincing UFOs that look like toys hanging motionless in the air.

After including a report on secret UK/US underground bases, Dodd states that he reckons that the aliens are "watching a primitive culture working towards its own self-destruction". He mentions his own telepathic contact with aliens and of how he came to believe that he had a role as "part of the conditioning process the aliens are following, preparing the human race for further, more open contact with them."

On the back cover it says that he served in the police from 1962 till 1988. A few shadowy, anonymous people supplied some of the material in this book, such as details of the Thomas Mantell crash and of how the Counter Intelligence Corps and the Project Saucer team conducted separate investigations of it, and details of a staged horse mutilation in England to coincide with a crop circle formation.

Very well done book,gives you an insite of what is happening in Europe and other countries besides the USA.

I also recommend "The day After Roswell" By Col. Corso.

I find most UFO books utterly boring. There is lots of speculation but few hard, cold facts. Tony Dodd's book gives you a look at a true investigator of the paranormal. He is fair minded, never revealing his contacts and he still tries to maintain some skepticism when investigating UFO sightings. I have read many of the British investigators books. Most are trying to fill pages with a very weak thesis or story. Dodd comes through with an exciting tale.