The Roswell Files [Hardcover]

Tim Shawcross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

The most celebrated UFO incident in history, the occurrence at Roswell led to several US Government enquiries, was the subject of a 1995 General Audit Office investigation on behalf of Congress, provoked a respected Republican Congressman from New Mexico to demand yet another enquiry and led to the creation of two museums in the town. The Roswell Incident also serves as the reference point for the television series, "The X Files", and features prominently in the recent blockbuster film, "Independence Day". The author provides an account of what he argues are the lengths to which the US Government and military establishment have gone to erect a smokescreen around the incident. Several elaborate hoaxes have been enacted and exposed in an attempt to discredit the evidence of reliable witnesses. The hoaxes range from the production in 1947 of pieces of a "crashed" water balloon, through the famous and discredited film of an "alien autopsy", to the very recent analysis of what purports to be a piece of debris from a crashed alien spacecraft. Tim Shawcross directed the award-winning Channel 4 documentary, "Incident at Roswell". He conducted exhaustive research into Roswell, interviewing witnesses in Roswell, Fort Worth and Washington. Much of his research could not appear in his film, and he has produced a comprehensive study of Roswell.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760304718
• ISBN-13: 978-0760304716
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,350,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Boooooring......, September 20, 2002

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This review is from: Roswell File (Hardcover)

I have had this book for over 2 years and just cannot finish it. I am halfway through and I can hardly remember anything. I struggled to get to the middle of the book. Stay away from this one. The book just seems to repeat the details and doesn't give you hard facts. I don't ever think I will finish this one!

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for School Reports, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Roswell Files (Hardcover)

I found the book extremely useful for the report I had to write on the Roswell "Conspiracy". Backing up statements and theories with clear facts, it makes speculations sound plausible to even some of the most disbelieving readers. Having had no previous knowledge on the Roswell matter, the book filled me in on the details and then some. I got an A on the report and I give the book 5 stars! :)