Sightings [Paperback]

Susan Michaels (Author), Tim White (Foreword)

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Publication Date: May 16, 1996

For the first time in print, "Sightings" explores:

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Ghosts, UFOs and other mysteries--if you're familiar with the television show, you'll know what to expect from this book. Written with the same objectivity used in the TV program, you'll find evidence for ghosts, UFOs, psychics, and more of the mysteries that science has yet to explain. These stories, taken from the most popular episodes, kept me turning the pages. Like the television show, it answered old questions, only to point the way to new mysteries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (May 16, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684823691
• ISBN-13: 978-0684823690
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,787,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read alone..., July 18, 2000

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jyosefin (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sightings (Paperback)

You will definitely love to read "Sightings" if you are a fan of the TV Series, "Sightings". Basically, the book tells of the cases that the TV series have shown.

There are three sections in the book: Hauntings, UFOs and The Unexplained. There is a very touching story in The Unexplained section, A Mother's Love. It tells the story of a mother who even in death could not forget her children and want to see how they have fared in life. So she carried the memories of her beloved children with her into the next life. When she had enough money to travel to the location where she had lived in her previous life, she packed up to look for her "old" children. Not all stories are touching like this one. Some are pretty eerie, so you have got to have the nerves to read this alone. =)

There are even photographs in the book where you can see some of the unexplained phenomena. Overall, the book is pretty easy to understand and enjoyable to read. A MUST-READ for lovers of the Unknown.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Written And Interesting., March 5, 2001

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This review is from: Sightings (Paperback)

"Sightings" is a very good book companion to the television series. Like the show, this book presents convincing evidence for UFOs, ghosts among other things. I didn't really come out a believer, but the book is very enjoyable. The areas that study ghostly hauntings are chilling at times and the sections on UFOs will have you raising new questions to what lies out there, or what is it that the government is doing, or hiding regarding these matters. There are interesting photographs and the writing is fast-paced and seeks more to inform the reader rather than make a sensation of the subjects. That's one thing I admired about the TV show, and this book, it doesn't make some big spectacle about the unexplained, but simply reports the facts and presents the evidence and testimony. That makes it more effective (and sometimes scarier) still. This book documents these events, for sensation watch "Independence Day" or read some science fiction novel. A really good book. Wether you're a believer, a non-believer, or just a person who likes to read on many different subjects, "Sightings" deserves a peak.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than I anticipated, March 13, 2005

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This review is from: Sightings (Paperback)

The haunting section of this book truly creeped me out. Particularly the section about "Voices of the Dead". For some reason it brought to memory snippets from the ultra-spooky "Session 9" film (based on a true story as well). "The Ghosts of Gettysburg" made me sad rather than scared. To think of all of those young men lost forever really struck a nerve. "The Blue Lady" was a fascinating tale of co-existing between human and ghost/spirit that I found pretty nifty. Most of the tellings had to do with terrified humans being haunted by malevolent spirits that sometimes physically hurt them so the "blue lady" was a nice change of pace here. I saw the movie based on the story of "The Entity" so I knew what it was about going in and didn't learn anything all that new here though it did scare the life out of me when I was a young girl. I was hoping the "Sightings" crew would've dug up some fascinating proof or adding something new to the story but all in all this one seemed the least effective of the bunch. "Ghost Writer" was flat out creepy as I've seen (often) a figure out of the corner of my eye both at home and when alone at work. I chalk it up to an over-active imagination and a wee bit of paranoia but now I have to wonder . . . I wish I had caught this show when it was on the air. My only complaint are the pictures documenting the proof of each story are stuck smack in the center of the book so I have to keep flipping back and forth when a picture is referenced. It's a bit of pain but then again maybe I'm just lazy.

I could take or leave the UFO abduction stories as they all seem to be more of the same type of story I've read time and again (people see odd lights, black out, are missing huge chunks of time,etc.) None have turned me into a believer just yet . . .

Many of "The Unexplained" stories were emotionally moving. Especially "A Child's Premonition" and particularly "School Room Angels" which was a new case to me. It's sad and tragic that the children in Beslam didn't have the same experience.

I recommend to this to anyone with an open mind and curiousity about the unknown.