UFO/FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government's Cover-Up [Paperback]

Bruce Maccabee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

This book details the existence of the "real X-Files" -- knowledge held by the FBI and the U.S. Air Force on UFO sightings between the years 1947 to 1964, and withheld from the media and the public. Often filed under the title "Flying Discs: Security Matter-X, " this information is revealed here, for the first time ever in any book. It highlights the fact that UFOs could not be explained away.

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"...a well-flowing account with fascinating case studies and asides." -- NEXUS Magazine

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UFO/FBI Connection by Bruce Maccabee could only have been written in the internet age. Maccabee was able to obtain thousands of pages of previously secret documents from the FBI, CIA and others, as well as do research through the Internet. You have a right to know the truth about UFOs! That's why Llewellyn is proud to publish UFO/FBI Connection!.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567184936
• ISBN-13: 978-1567184938
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,076,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention: FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully:, June 9, 2000

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Jim Ewart (see Money: Ye shall have honest...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFO/FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government's Cover-Up (Paperback)

You - and FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully - need to read "UFO-FBI Connection." It'll give you a close-up view of the _real_ X-Files. In fact, since 1952, I've read about 125 UFO books and I think "UFO-FBI Connection" is the best of the bunch. Here is why.

First, "UFO-FBI Connection" is clearly the most accurate UFO book. Author Bruce Maccabee is an optical physicist consultant to the US Navy. His decades of professional scientific research helped guarantee an accurate investigation of the early official history of UFOs. He dug up hundreds of long-forgotten or never-released FBI, CIA, US Air Force, US Navy, and Department of Defense documents, all from the critical early years of official UFO research in the United States; this huge inventory of raw data helped assure an accurate overall evaluation. Dr. Maccabee soon saw that even though all of these official documents appeared sensible, upon closer scrutiny he found that many were inaccurate, nonsensical, or outright deceitful.

Second, Dr. Maccabee's scientific background and personal courage helped him dissect a mountain of official press releases and public statements. After carefully studying the official record, Dr. Maccabee fearlessly but calmly blows the whistle on government sloth, stupidity, and arrogance, as well as on the occasional "red herring" press release aimed at misleading the public, the media, and naïve investigators.

Third, I consider "UFO-FBI Connection" the most thorough and well-organized investigation of one major aspect of the UFO subject. Dr. Maccabee's research took full advantage of the door-opening power of the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA). He then structured his discoveries in the most professionally organized report I've ever seen on this subject. Here you'll examine proof positive of government incompetence, outright lies, and Orwellian "double-speak" intended to steer the public away from certain explosive facts. And exactly what kinds of explosive facts are we talking about, do you wonder?

In "UFO-FBI Connection" you will read the revealing testimony of radar operators who tracked UFOs over Washington, D.C. in July 1952. But perhaps more importantly, you'll also read the first-person account of Dr. Maccabee's conversation with a scientist who confirmed mind-boggling allegations of an official recovery of UFO crash debris and corpses of alien beings.

Finally, Dr. Maccabee's razor-sharp wit and keen sense of humor help make this book a delight to read. "UFO-FBI Connection" sparkles with quick insight, spontaneous humor, and flat-of-the-blade asides.

So, I recommend "UFO-FBI Connection" to everyone who expresses serious interest in what's really been going on, especially in those critical, earliest official UFO investigations.

You - and FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully - can know the truth about the _real_ X-Files, and that truth can set you free.

[Jim Ewart - pilot, electronics guru, and author - lives near Seattle. His book, "Money: Ye shall have honest weights and measures," ISBN 0966357000, is available from Amazon.com.]

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bruce Maccabee is a legitimate UFOlogist, March 31, 2002

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Tom Bowden (Gresham, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFO/FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government's Cover-Up (Paperback)

When trying to choose a book about UFOs, you may not know how to avoid the flaky ones. This is a thoroughly researched and well written book, and a must-read for anyone beyond the initial stages of reading on UFOs. Bruce Maccabee is a solid, methodical investigator with years of background in UFO studies.

This book is not about abductions; it does not engage in any far out speculation. It is about evidence of government agencies' involvement of UFO matters over several decades--evidence gathered straight out of government files, mostly from FBI and Air Force Intelligence files, but also from the files of other agencies.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, September 28, 2000

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Mike Sivilli (Bayonne, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFO/FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government's Cover-Up (Paperback)

I found this book to be informatively thorough, yet tedious and repetitive in quite a few areas. This point-reinforcement method was useful, but could have been delivered in a more interesting way than simply repeating text. The incidents described are fascinating, and keep the reader absorbed. The documentation (or lack of due to ensuing chains of events) will astound the reader. The author's bibliographical references are somewhat impressive, but I felt a few key resources (such as The Day after Roswell were omitted. UFO-FBI Connection is not an "easy-read"; there are many names to keep track of, as they recur in later chapters, and Mr. Maccabee gets rather technical in some discussions. (He does, however, provide a nice little appendix of acronyms used in the book, which is nice, except some are merely abbreviations --- NOT acronyms). The author's obsession with the television program The X-Files is unnecessarily displayed throughout the book. (Personally, I have never seen the show, as I strive to deal with reality.) Still, UFO-FBI Connection has its place in this ever-investigative phenomenon, but perhaps a primer such as UFOs Are Real: Here's the Proof (the author's first book) would serve well.