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The Chinese Roswell: UFO Encounters in the Far East from Ancient Times to the Present

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For this lifelong believer that humanity has always been observed by advanced off-world intelligences, a doorway was opened into ancient vistas never before glimpsed. CHINESE ROSWELL is a translation into English of a German text by Hartwig Hausdorf that clearly and concisely describes his investigations into unexplained mysteries of the Far East. Hausdorf's fascinating descriptions include unusually marked stone disks found in the Bayan Kara Ula Mountains, the probable existence of Shangri-La, a 1,000 foot white pyramid in Xian, the origins of the mythology of great winged dragons, and modern day sightings of possible extraterrestial craft. If it is true that Alien Mind(s) have long been present on Earth, this is the most astounding overlooked fact in human history. One of the great benefits of modern trends in literature/journalism is that a treasure trove of vital information is readily available to anyone who wishes to expand his/her knowledge of extraterrestrial impact on human civilization (and it is difficult to imagine anyone who would not). CHINESE ROSWELL is an important addition to that growing collection.

Hausdorf makes some interesting points, rambles occasionally and generally comes across as a bit of a looney, but is entertaining none the less. The way in which he combines science and fact with pure conjecture does little to support his hypothesis, but somehow he does manage to make a compelling argument. He hasn't convinced me that aliens visited ancient china but he has opened my mind to the possibility.

The Chinese Roswell by Hartwig Hausdorf

Trans. by E. Mathaey & W. Smith New Paradigm Books 22783 South State Rd. 7 € Suite 97 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Softcover; $13.95; 224 pages ISBN: 1-892138-00X

Reviewed by Berthold E. Schwarz, M.D. Review published in Alternate Perceptions Winter 1999, #45

The more ancient, remote, and populous Far East including China, Japan, Tibet, India, and surrounding countries have rich traditions in their history, myths, and geopolitics for UFOs. In many instances venerable texts and writings can easily be extrapolated to the Western world and our era. In both cases ‹ past and present, East and West ‹ the twain exists and transcends the specific cultural and ethnic religious differences. Hartwig Hausdorf, like his famous and admired predecessor Nicholas Roerich ‹ artist, explorer, guru ‹ has traveled to these exotic lands, and, in some cases, to mysterious and impenetrable locations to witness, study, and learn all he can about various UFO experiences and encounters and their possible relationships to ancient monuments, pyramids, and archaeological artifacts. He provides a wide-angle overview of the UFO enigma. Although espousing the ET hypothesis, he does not let this viewpoint cloud his vision and exclude geographic and Fortean shreds of data that are challenging to the reader/researcher; he successfully penetrates the armor of 'think alike' mentation. He has a knack of presenting disparate material in a highly readable form that is highlighted by his free thinking questions and care in separating 'soft' from 'hard' data. He offers probing scholarship and leaves the reader more curious than ever about this most baffling phenomena that arches from the 'nuts and bolts' to the sometimes esoteric, recondite paranormal and, in many cases, the inextricable and inexplicable elements of the 'people part' of the equation: the always to be considered and never to be discounted parapsychological aspects. For all who wonder and desire to expand their vision about the origin, purpose, meaning, and understanding of the UFO problem, The Chinese Roswell by Hartwig Hausdorf is indispensable reading.

That anyone would drag out the Bayan Khara Uula yarn is simply sad.(Supposedly Chinese scientists-none of whom ever verifiably existed or could subsequently be identified-found mysterious graves and stone disks which eventually taught them that a spaceship crashed in China and that the stranded aliens were slaughtered by surrounding tribes.Needless to say the "authorities" suppressed the "truth," but luckily for us the word leaked out.) Gordon Creighton demolished this story in the Flying Saucer Review (in the article he refers to it as "the most phony,slipshod and halfbaked stuff that has ever found its way on paper.")The story originally appeared in a German vegetarian magazine,which quoted nonexistent Soviet and Chinese scientists and the trail went cold there.Creighton proved that the physical attributes given to the "descendents" of the aliens are laughably incorrect. The author of this book does not produce a single piece of verifiable evidence concerning the event-which is not surprising.(Neither does he mention Creighton's article.) Readers should refer to "Enounter Cases from Flying Saucer Review"(Signet 1977)for the Creighton's article debunking this campfire story.(And the FSR was pro UFO.)There MUST be better books about Chinese UFOs-Tim Good includes sections on China in several of his books.The fact that this author devotes so much space to an event that demonstrably never occurred proves that he's either a liar or...well,what do you say? The kindest thing would be if he WERE a liar, wouldn't it?. No doubt some readers will find some way to rationalize including nonsense like this in UFO books,but they will be wrong.Stories like this are fine if they're presented as science fiction,but they make the study of UFOs look ridiculous and the people who investigate them look like fools.This is a book that no UFO debunker should be without-they will be able to find plenty of ammunition here proving that uflologists are gullible rubes who enthusiastically swallow anything.People honestly interested in UFOs should boycott books like this a a matter of prinicpal,and never buy any other product this author is associaed with.

This book consists primarily of retellings of a variety of esoteric stories legends and myths from the far east. There is very little original material in the book. There is certainly nothing startling or memorable. Far inferior to the works of David Hatcher Childress.

Hausdorf approaches a fascinating subject without any serious understanding of Chinese mythology and culture. He unfortunately gives equal weight to the hallucinatory poetry of James Merril, dated pulp fiction stories of Western travelers, and second and third hand accounts of strange goings on in Asia. His high seriousness combined with gross inanity make it a very funny read, though. (He should have visited/studied at the ancient Taoist monastaries such as Wu Dang and have delved more deeply into the X'ian enigma by studying Qin Dynasty cosmology/mythology for at least some understanding of a truly "otherwordly" superadvanced culture).

I enjoyed this book a lot. So did my non-UFO-interested girlfriend, which surprised me. Hartwig spins a great tale of mystery and adventure, enough to hook just about anybody.

Whether all of it is "fact", I don't know, but this reads like a fantastic true-life Indiana Jones meets X-FILES and that was enough for me.

Also, very little of this material is covered in other UFO books, so it was refreshing to find such a wealth of possibilities.