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The Roswell Encyclopedia

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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.

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).

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.

I've never committed a crime before, but I toyed with the idea when I spotted this book. I wanted to steal it. You see, UFO's have always been outside my sceptical radar, so I didn't want to be seen with it.

Why the sudden interest? Well, it all started when I got abducted, so to speak, by the TV series Roswell. I've become an unlikely fan and irresistibly curious. I did pay for the book, by the way, but reading it was still a guilty pleasure. Since it's an A to Z format, it's easy to jump in anywhere and browse. That makes it a fun book to have around for idle moments and idle minds.

I began with the B's - as in "Bodies" - and randomly chose this sentence: "Everything (from the crash) had been photographed, tagged and labeled, and all the documents had to be filed by someone. Norma Gardner was that someone." I learn that Norma had top security clearance, and that she claims to have seen alien bodies. She describes them in detail and says she also typed the autopsy reports. Well that got my attention; not to mention the fact that so many sources are military men with long and distinguished careers. Why would they lie?

Randle's encyclopedia is as compelling as it is complete. It's everything that's known about Roswell, in one handy reference book - great for newbies like me and for real UFO buffs too. So I'm ditching my pride, embracing the possibilities, and highly recommending this book.

This is a short, pre-read review/complaint 'cause I just got the book yesterday (2/8). However, as a former editor, I look first at how the book makes sense in style and this one, like Kal Korff's book, leaves one wanting for some kind of editorial control. By this I mean that I had to first count the entries (106). I found it aggravating that some authors, such as Randle and Korff, have egos so big that they have to see their name on every other page. At no time do you know what letter you are on so you constantly have to leaf back and forth. A proper, reader-friendly style would have been to have the book title on the left page, and the chapter/letter on the right side along with the title of the chapter/letter. But no one thinks of making life easy for the reader! This isn't an encyclopedia 'cause a lot of titles were left out. So it should really be called "Randle's Roswell Effluvia"! This book would have been a better project if Randle had stuck to FACTS! He doesn't and that's why it's over 400 pages long. Yeah, theres some useful info but one has to separate the wheat from the chaff, which comprises the majority of the entries. Randle has never dealt with reality 'cause if he did his books would be pamphlets! There is nothing to Roswell in connection to UFOs, crashes, or aliens. It's good business but it's also B.S., for the believers.