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Gray Highway: An American UFO Journey

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While I love reading about the unexplained, supernatural, and otherwise curious, I'm about as skeptical as people come about the existence of "original" UFO books. It's all been covered about a million times, in a million different ways, right?

WRONG. Gray Highway approaches the American UFO mythology from a totally new angle: two friends embark on a roadtrip of famous UFO sites. From Roswell to New England, to the mesa vortex of Sedona, they scrounge the American landscape for signs of intelligent life...and often come up with the unexplicable. The co-authors recorded their experience vigilantly, and their back-and-forth narrative is the work of people unhampered by commercialism or preconceived notions of the subject matter. Which isn't to say they don't know what they're talking about!

Gray Highway is a light but literate exploration of how a collective mythology shapes the American landscape. Whether you believe in little green men or not, you will surely be taken in by this very original and entertaining book.

I found little engaging in this account of a couple of young, somewhat naive, Eastern college post grads on their road trip west in search of information about some well known occurrences of UFO sightings and personalities that surround them. In my estimation 'Gray Highway: An American UFO Journey' is not written in a manner that provokes contemplation about UFO's. Perhaps the author did not intend it to?
A considerable chunk of the volume frames topics unrelated to the implied theme, such as how these two inexperienced lads confront the 'Motel vs Tent?' dilemma.

Perhaps you are looking for an epigrammatic examination of some of the most famous UFO stories?
If you are there are some better reads:
' UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record' is one example. It is objective, extensively researched, and skillfully written.

I absolutely respect Nixies and the others positive reviews, but personally I failed to see how "Gray Highway approaches the American UFO mythology from a totally new angle....".
Quite the opposite.
To me it was another example of as Nixie says: "It's all been covered about a million times, in a million different ways....".

Animal House meets Ghostbusters meets Independence Day... an irreverent look at UFOs and alien phenomena you always wanted someone to articulate, but no one ever did until now.

Very entertaining. From the "close encounter" with a teen at a campsite in the Sand Dunes State Forest in Minnesota, to the meteor crater in AZ that charged $8 so you could stare at a hole in the ground that you could not even go into, to Leah Haley who was abducted but made them erase their tape because they wouldn't buy her and her husband dinner during the interview, to interrogating the cashier at Wright-Patterson AFB to see if she'd seen any grays.

The book just keeps getting better. Original and humorous.

Gray Highway redefines the American fascination with aliens ... but it is also a very stirring portrait of America. This book is incredible -- looking forward to the next Holm/Follett book!

This book had me rolling on the floor -- three cheers for the intrepid UFO searchers. Can't wait for the next book!