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The UFO Book Of Lists

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Writer and popular culture expert Stephen Spignesi weighs in on the UFO field with this book of pop culture lists about UFOs and aliens, ranging from cases from the Blue Book files to celebrity sightings. As can be expected, the book is hit-or-miss. Some of the misses:

page 37: He confuses the facts about two Bentwaters incidents which are decades apart.
42-4: He gives a UFO opinion questionaire, but no method of scoring it.
70-2: Celebrity UFO sightings, ranging from the silly to the unbelievable.
79: He mentions the Betty Hill "star map", but doesn't mention that it has been successfully debunked.
86: He mentions the Alexander Hamilton sighting from 1897, even though this had been proven to be a hoax years ago.
92-4: A list of Stephen King stories about UFOs and aliens???
126-34: An interview with "scientist" Jack Laperitis about Bigfoot(???).
147: 9 "Oceanic" names for landmarks on the moon (???).
153: He mentions two UFO books for further reading, even though there are many, better books out there. One of the books he recommends is Corso's The Day After Roswell, which is more fiction than fact.
164-6: 9 Techniques to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction. This is just plain silly.
177: A listing of 14 songs about UFOs and aliens. Couldn't he have come up with a much bigger list with better songs?
192-4: A listing of chapters from Jerome Clark's UFO Encyclopedia. Pointless.
202-8: A listing of books about UFOs listed by TITLE, and with no indication of their content or worth. Again, pointless.
209-12: 97 novels about UFOs and aliens. Only 97?
226-7: A listing of documentaries about UFOs and aliens, with no credits, year, nuthin'.

As for the good parts, you could probably find them in any decent encyclopedic work about UFOs written by an expert in the field. Verdict: Worthless for anyone with a serious interest in UFOs. For the casual reader only.