On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance [Paperback]

Nicholas Redfern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006

The Government knows all about UFOs. And it knows all about you, too. It isn't paranoia if you think "they" are watching you: they really are! Nick Redfern's timely new book, "On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance," reveals that Government, Military and Intelligence agencies have been secretly spying on UFO researchers, writers, investigators, and witnesses for decades -- and for countless reasons. If you've been watching the skies, or watching those who have been watching the skies, the government may have been watching you! Highlights of this groundbreaking book include: the FBI's reports on people who claim to have met extraterrestrials; Top Secret surveillance of alien-abductees; the real-life Men in Black who spy on UFO witnesses; phone-tapping and mail-interference of UFO researchers and authors; Scotland Yard's secret monitoring of UFO computer-hackers; classified files on researchers of the famous Roswell crash of 1947; official infiltration of Flying Saucer research groups; UFO writers suspected by the Government of working for hostile nations to uncover defense secrets; and much more. No one involved in the UFO mystery can afford to ignore this book. Nick Redfern is one of the world's foremost authorities on UFOS. His previous books include A Covert Agenda; The FBI Files; Cosmic Crashes; Strange Secrets (with Andy Roberts); Three Men Seeking Monsters; and Body Snatchers in the Desert. He has written for Military Illustrated; Eye Spy; Fate; Fortean Times; Phenomena Magazine; and the London Daily Express newspaper. He runs the American office of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...great late-night, page-turning reading that will no doubt have you looking over your shoulder, especially in this day of domestic spying." -- Marie Jones, Curled Up with a Good Book

"I recommend this book to everyone and especially to those who have not yet requested a copy of their 'file.'" -- Bruce Maccabbee, Journal of Scientific Exploration

About the Author

Nick Redfern is one of the world’s foremost authorities on UFOS. His previous books include A Covert Agenda; The FBI Files; Cosmic Crashes; Strange Secrets (with Andy Roberts); Three Men Seeking Monsters; and Body Snatchers in the Desert. He has written for Military Illustrated; Eye Spy; Fate; Fortean Times; Phenomena Magazine; and the London Daily Express newspaper. He runs the American office of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Anomalist Books (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933665106
• ISBN-13: 978-1933665108
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nick Redfern is a full-time author and journalist specializing in a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO sightings, government conspiracies, alien abductions and paranormal phenomena. He writes regularly for the London Daily Express newspaper, Fortean Times, Fate, and UFO Magazine. His previous books include Three Men Seeking Monsters, Strange Secrets, Cosmic Crashes, and The FBI Files. Among his many exploits, Redfern has investigated reports of lake monsters in Scotland, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England, aliens in Mexico, and sea serpents in the United States. Redfern travels and lectures extensively around the world. Originally from England, he currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They've been watching all along...And Redfern Can Prove It!, May 31, 2006

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Rev. Marie (Rev. Marie Jones) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance (Paperback)

Nick Redfern is the one authority on UFOs and government cover-ups that wins my total trust. His meticulous research, smooth style, and occasional well-placed wit make for books that simply cannot be argued against as he proposes that the governments and military agencies of many a nation have long been interested in keeping a spying eye on UFO witnesses, researchers and investigators.

"On The Trail of the Saucer Spies" documents the below-the-radar interest of the U.S. and British official agencies in all things ufological, focusing on clandestine investigations carried out on the parts of the CIA, FBI, Air Force, NSA and British MoD, since 1947. In many cases, the sinister spying has served to undermine legitimate UFO research, and even the researchers themselves, as thousands of classified documents show.

Redfern lays out the blow by blow agendas of these mysterious agencies, along with many eye-witness reports and anecdotes from those who've been spied on (including himself!). As a researcher, Redfern does his best to unturn every stone, with a sense of objectivity and a strong curiosity that propels him to boldly go where few researchers have gone before, even if it means getting his own butt tailed by the Feds. He covers everything from the bizarre Men In Black to Area 51 and the alleged crashes at Roswell and Bentwaters, and a whole lot of stuff you may never have heard of, but should know about, some courtesy of his underground source known only as "The Sandman."

The story of Paul Bennewitz is most chilling. Paul was a physicist who, in the late 1970's, began digging into Air Force and NSA secret projects, and soon found his life unravelling at the hands of sinister forces bent on preventing him from getting too close to the truth. Other chilling stories include one about an abductee who "came out" of an abduction to see actual humans in black fatigues in her room. They even apologized before they hustled away in their black helicopter!

"On The Trail of the Saucer Spies" is great late-night, page-turning reading that will no doubt have you looking over your shoulder, especially in this day of domestic spying. If you are a UFO buff, all the more reason to read up, and be prepared for anything.
MARIE JONES, Book Reviewer, Curled Up With A Good Book

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saucer Spies - UFO Reality, March 11, 2006

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Stuart Miller (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance (Paperback)

It would seem fair to say that at least for the last year, Nick Redfern has been the hottest topic around when it comes to UFO related books. Back in June 2005 we had Body Snatchers, the story about what really happened at Roswell, and now we have Saucer Spies, the history of American and British Intelligence agency observation of Ufologists.

Now when you read that last sentence it makes a kind of natural sense. After all, you would think, of course the Intelligence agencies are going to watch Ufologists and they are going to smack them sharply on the nose like a naughty puppy if any of them get too close to any kind of truth.

Except that's not how it was. It seems that the spooks couldn't care less what researchers found out about UFOs, which isn't very nice of them. Their interest it appears was more to do with the concern that some Ufologists might be using an interest in the subject as a cover for less patriotic activities. Like for instance spying for a foreign power, and so on.

And Nick Redfern should know as he himself was watched by the UK's Special Branch for a number of years. You see, Nick kept company with very bad men. Matthew Williams, Matthew Bevan and Robin Cole were all dastardly villains because they too were Ufologists and rather than just sitting lamely back and fiddling with their widgets, they got off their backsides and either broke into restricted government buildings to get answers or hacked into the Pentagon's computer system, or, as in Robin's case, had the temerity to actually write a pamphlet on what the GCHQ (UK equivalent of the NSA) knew about UFOs.

But not satisfied with just consorting with these grave threats to the security of the realm, Nick further compounded his attraction to Special branch by standing outside Porton Down, the UK government's centre for biological warfare research, and noting down the car registration numbers of people driving in and out of the base. Why would a Ufologist want to do that for God's sake? I'm afraid the answer is in the book.

Nick covers Adamski, Newton/Scully/Gebauer, Van Tassel, Albert Bender, Men in Black, the real story behind some alien abductions, APEN - a mysterious group of UK individuals from the political far right, the Berwyn Mountain incident, Jenny Randles meeting with "Robert", animal mutilations, the escapades of Matthew Williams, Matthew Bevan's hacking into the Pentagon, the Provost and Security Services, direct approaches to Ufologists by AFOSI, and much, much more. In particular, Nick has the assistance of a former Special Branch detective who he calls The Sandman who, years after the events described in Nick's book, is quite happy to confirm and clear up and explain what was going on and why.

This is an excellently researched and well written and informative book that casts Ufology in another perspective. It is a perspective that some may feel uncomfortable with but you need to remember that this is a Nick Redfern book and Nick isn't in to tucking us up all safe and snug at night. What this is is a further clarification of the UFO Reality and that reality isn't exactly what a lot of Ufologists currently believe it to be. Prepare to be disturbed.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It isn't paranoia if you're really being watched., March 9, 2006

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C. W. Lorance "Long Time UFO Nut" (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFOs and Government Surveillance (Paperback)

Nick Redfern has produced a factual recitation of the many and varied agencies who spied on anyone anywhere connected with UFOs. Welcome to a house of mirrors as you read about the FBI attending lectures by 'UFO contactees' that the agency believes are KGB 'plants'. Unless they were CIA 'useful idiots' giving lectures trying to convince the public that 'UFO contactees' were all nutcases. Peer over the shoulder of commonplace people who, after seeing something in the night sky, are visited by agents from parts unknown. Could the MIB have been merely play-acting CIA agents intimidating innocent folk? Even the FBI wasn't sure. The illustrations included in this book of actual de-classified documents makes it abundantly clear that a lot of time and effort went into keeping tabs on anyone, or any group, connected with UFOs. Most often they are heavily censored, with handwriting corrections and notes, but the detail they go into is astounding. Included in all this are the famous, and the unknown, names you'll instantly recognize, and people you've never heard of. The only connecting thread is UFOs. At times gripping, and other times mundane, this a great mixed bag of a book for either UFO believers or sceptics, because it never delves into the question(s) of where the saucers came from, or who flew them, just the government antics that ocurred afterwards ...