Swamp Gas Times: My Two Decades on the UFO Beat [Paperback]

Patrick Huyghe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001

SWAMP GAS TIMES is a revealing memoir by a journalist who has covered the UFO field for more than twenty years. This honest, behind-the-scenes look at how the media handle UFO stories also examines the dramatic events and major players that have transformed UFO research in the past quarter century. In a series of commentaries and updates to articles written for the New York Times, Omni, Science Digest, Newsweek, and elsewhere, you'll learn:

• whether the New York Times and other media organizations have conspired to keep the truth about the UFO phenomenon from the public

• why “60 Minutes” hasn’t pursued the UFO mystery

• what the government really knows about UFOs (and whether or not the president has been told)

• what role NASA has agreed to play in UFO research

• whether UFO home videos have captured advanced technologies on tape

• if crime lab techniques could help finger an alien abductor

• whether defense satellites have tracked objects not of this earth

• what made Carl Sagan think we may have received signals from an extraterrestrial civilization

• what the Pentagon says when asked if the military is involved in “alien abductions”

• and what those top-secret National Security Agency documents reveal about UFOs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...an excellent writer... will keep the reader turning the pages as they review highlights of the past half century." -- Dwight Connelly, MUFON UFO Journal

"...one of the best journalists covering the UFO scene...fascinating, level-headed and filled with  behind-the-scenes insights... highly recommended..." -- Peter Robbins, UFOCity.com

"Huyghe lives up to his ambition of tackling the topic with honesty and integrity. This one comes highly recommnded..." -- Kenn Thomas, SteamshovelPress.com

"The UFO book of summer 2001! ...[will] please readers looking for something other than the usual dry recitation of sightings." -- F. Milton Olsen III, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy

"[Huyghe's] interviews and oversight give him an unrivaled vantage point ...It's an insider's view well told." -- William Corliss, Science Frontiers

A model of literate UFO journalism...An essential book for anyone who wants a rational guide through the UFO jungle. -- John Rimmer, Fortean Times

You do yourself no favor if you fail to buy, read and seriously think about this book. -- Geroge W. Earley, UFO Magazine

About the Author

PATRICK HUYGHE was a freelance science journalist for more than two decades during which he also acted as contributing editor to Science Digest and Omni. He has authored numerous books, including a series of field guides to the unknown for Avon and Quill; taught science writing at the college level; produced public TV documentaries for WGBH-Boston and WNET-New York; and written texts and interactive scripts for science exhibits from New Jersey to Malaysia. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Paraview Press and also edits a print and web journal on the mysteries of science, history, and nature called The Anomalist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Paraview Press (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931044279
• ISBN-13: 978-1931044271
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,195,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful trek with a GREAT writer, August 6, 2001

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This review is from: Swamp Gas Times: My Two Decades on the UFO Beat (Paperback)

Patrick Huyghe's book skips along from place to place with a well-written light-hearted seriousness that has been missing in the study of this subject for years. Not a flippant investigator at all, this science journalist talks to some of the most intriguing people on earth - and takes us along for the ride. It examines its subject, ufology, so closely from the inside out, it makes your feel like you are right there with Huyghe. Highly recommended. This is the most level-headed, down-to-earth, funny, scientific look at the day-to-day investigations of ufology that I have ever read.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was Expecting, February 27, 2003

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Doug Traversa "Doug Traversa" (Tullahoma, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swamp Gas Times: My Two Decades on the UFO Beat (Paperback)

Mainly a collection of articles from Omni, many from the anti-matter section. Not a lot of depth to most of them, which is to be expected, since anti-matter was a collection of short articles about the paranormal. I was hoping for something along the lines of "Shockingly Close to the Truth" by Mosely, so we could get a deeper look at the investigative process, which is what I thought I was buying. I found it a bit dull, and can't recommend it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Inevitable Classic, September 10, 2001

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Larry W. Bryant (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swamp Gas Times: My Two Decades on the UFO Beat (Paperback)

When the occasional UFO-oriented reporter interviews me about my UFO activism, I offer this word of caution: "Be careful: UFOs are habit-forming!" As seen from "Swamp Gas Times," Patrick Huyghe (rhymes with "Weege") has chosen not only to ignore my warning but also to heighten his, my, and every other inquiring mind's addiction to the quest for UFOtruth. Let's hope that this landmark in serious UFO literature ends up in every public library, where it can entice a whole new generation of inquiring minds to start asking the right questions of the right people. -- Larry W. Bryant (Director of Governmental Affairs for the Mutual UFO Network, Inc.)