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The Roswell Encyclopedia [Paperback]

Kevin D. Randle (Author)
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September 5, 2000

On July 6, 1947, rancher Mack Brazel walked into the sheriffs office in Rosewell, New Mexico, to report some strange debris in one of his fields.  The incident was the culmination of several reports of strange lights, sounds, and shapes in the sky; the beginning of a series of government statements, retractions, and denials; and the subject of a thousand conflicting stories.


What actually happened at Rosewell-and how the government reacted to the case-has been in dispute for more than half a century.  Now this unique reference guide, by one of the best known and respected Rosewell experts, presents a mountain of pertinent information in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, including facts, theories, people, objects, observation, and events.  Exhaustive, up-to-date, and compelling, The Rosewll Encyclopedia will help you come to your conclusions about an incident that continues to mystify and fascinate believers and skeptics alike.


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Kevin Randle is known as the foremost expert on the 1947 UFO sighting in Roswell, New Mexico. His thorough encyclopedia offers an A to Z-style listing of all you ever wanted to know about the Roswell incident. Regardless of whether you come to this encyclopedia as a skeptic or a firm believer in the landing of an alien spacecraft and the subsequent government cover-up, this book presents a host of fascinating information. Randle provides the names of key witnesses, such as Major Edwin Easley (a soldier responsible for security at Roswell Army Air Field) who cryptically concurred with the theory that the crash was caused by visiting extraterrestrials. Other players include J. Bond Johnson, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographer who shot six photos of the debris from the crash site.

Roswell aficionados will have no problem finding their desired listings, knowing to look under the letter "I" for "International Roswell Declaration." Newcomers will have to thumb their way through--not a tough assignment considering all the intriguing facts and entries in this enthusiastic Roswell almanac. --Tara West

About the Author

Kevin D. Randle, Captain, U.S.A.F.R., is the author of Project Moondust, Conspiracy of Silence, and A History of UFO Crashes, and the co-author of UFO Crash at Roswell and The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell. A Captain in the United States Air Force Reserve, he is considered the foremost expert on the Roswell incident, and is well known as a serious researcher of extraterrestrial phenomena. Captain Randle makes his home in lowa.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 1 edition (September 5, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0380798530
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380798537
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,397,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kevin D. Randle is a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and in Iraq as a battalion intelligence officer. He began writing for UFO magazines and eventually moved onto books. A goal had been to publish science fiction and to join the Science Fiction Writers of America. He has appeared on countless radio and television programs in the mid-1990s hosted his own show on KTSM Radio in El Paso, Texas. To prove that he hasn't been stuck in a rut, he has written books about UFOs, science fiction, action adventure and even a vampire novel called, cleverly, VAMPYR. Someday he hopes to be on The Amazing Race. His blog can be found at www.KevinRandle.blogspot.com.

 

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, December 11, 2003
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This review is from: The Roswell Encyclopedia (Paperback)
For anybody interested in Roswell, skeptic or believer, this book is a must have!

Not only is the Roswell Encyclopedia informative, but's it's also entertaining. It's always fun to go back and discover new things in the encyclopedia. Overall it's a wonderful source for anyone studying this fascinating topic.

It was written in a more objective style than Randle's previous efforts, he even refutes some past witnesses, but he shows that there are questions still unanswered.

So if you're like me and want to know everything about Roswell, then I highly recommend getting this book. It's Randle's best (and most up to date) work on the subject.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and persuasive, January 31, 2001
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Mac Tonnies (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Roswell Encyclopedia (Paperback)
Kevin Randle's "Roswell Encyclopedia" is a comprehensive reference devoted entirely to the alleged UFO crash of 1947. Loaded with biographies, historical notes, book reviews and longer chapters that delve into territory familiar to readers of Randle's other books, the "Encyclopedia" is an admittedly biased effort on the part of Randle; the conclusion one tends to reach after plowing through this tome is that something weird indeed happened outside Roswell Army Air Field in the summer of 1947, and that this weirdness is most easily attributed to a spacecraft crash.

The question that naturally arises is whether Randle's bias is grounded in fact or wishful thinking. To Randle's considerable credit, he devotes quite a few pages to Roswell detractors, quoting lengthily from Kent Jeffrey's skeptical "expose" in which he claims to have eliminated the possibility of a UFO crash once and for all. Also available for curious readers are references to most of the competing Roswell literature. All said, this is a practical reference for the curious, while students of the Roswell case are liable to digest it in one or two sittings (I write from experience).

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A so so book., July 3, 2001
This review is from: The Roswell Encyclopedia (Paperback)
I thought this book would be great, since I at a time was heavenly into Roswell, both the tv series and the actual place. But when I recieved this book, it wasn't what I expected. The key word is "Encyclopedia". If your just looking for a book defining everything about roswell, this book is for you. But I thought this book should have been more informative. Maybe its just me, but I seemed to have skipped over "Encyclopedia" or payed less attention to it. Overall, this book is book to have, but I ended up throwing this book away.
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First Sentence:
Adair, Robin A. Robin A. Adair, the "wire chief," along with Jason Kellahin, a reporter, were dispatched from the Associated Press in Albuquerque to Roswell on July 8, 1947, to cover the breaking story of the flying disc crash. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tent footage, anonymous archaeologist, rawin targets, autopsy footage, array train, balloon array, flying saucer crash, first final report, balloon explanation, crashed craft, metallic debris, crashed flying saucer, autopsy film, balloon bomb, anthropomorphic dummies, missing nurse, crash debris, army air field, debris field, crashed saucer, bomb group, ranch northwest, weather balloon, flying disk, alien autopsy
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Force, New Mexico, Fort Worth, Mack Brazel, United States, Jesse Marcel, Kevin Randle, Wright Field, White Sands, Glenn Dennis, General Ramey, Roswell Daily Record, World War, Bill Brazel, Jim Ragsdale, Wright Patterson, New York, Frank Kaufmann, Naomi Self, Roswell Army Air Field, Walter Haut, Major Jesse, Don Schmitt, Cactus Jack, Foreign Technology Division
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