UFO Testament: Anatomy of an Abductee [Paperback]

Raymond E. Fowler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2002

This book entails the life of one who has not only become internationally respected as a UFO investigator and author but now as a so-called UFO abductee. It is strikingly different from other works dealing with UFO abductions in that it will provide an overview of the complete life of an abductee from early childhood to sunset years of his life. The exciting descriptions of UFO sightings, investigations and documentation would be worthy of a book themselves. The Chief Scientific Consultant for the USAF UFO Project Bluebook, Astronomer Dr. Hynek is on record as stating: "Raymond Fowler whose meticulous and detailed investigations far exceed the investigations of Bluebook." However, this book is about much more than investigating UFO sightings. Throughout the warp and weft of the author's UFO and paranormal experiences is the slow but sure realization that he has been investigated since childhood by the very phenomenon he was investigating!

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About the Author

Raymond Fowler?s career included a tour with the USAF Security Service and twenty-five years with GTE Government Systems as Senior Planner for the Minuteman Missile Program. Ray has directed his own planetarium and observatory and teaches courses on Astronomy and UFOs. UFO Testament is his tenth book on UFOs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 542 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595241301
• ISBN-13: 978-0595241309
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,333,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Biography and Resume of a Famed UFOlogist, August 20, 2006

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thebinkle "jeanmank" (McVeytown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFO Testament: Anatomy of an Abductee (Paperback)

Ray Fowler seems like the type of man I'd feel very comfortable sitting down to dinner with; even more comfortable than even Whitley Strieber, of whom I am a huge fan. Ray has no pretensions or knee-jerk emotional reactions to things like Mr. Strieber, who has a checkered relationship with the media. Ray tells it like it is, DESPITE THE FACT that, unlike Mr. Strieber, he is ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT FROM HIS OWN FAMILY. They are fundamentalist Christians who feel their own husband/father is being attacked by "demons." His own daughter won't allow his grandchildren to visit them at his home. A pity, because he had previously agreed not to discuss his interests with them. The book is fascinating! It details Mr. Fowler's entiring career as a UFOlogist, beginning with his initial big break working for J. Allen Hynek. With great humor and humility, Fowler summarizes some of his greatest cases, including the Beverly, MA sightings in 1966, and of course his ground-breaking work with Betty Andreasson Luca. Best of all, he tells of how he came to terms with the unsettling realization that he himself was an abductee, going back to childhood! This is a good "beginner" book for the works of Ray Fowler, sort of a "Cliff Notes." Then you can go back and get the individual works, starting with "UFOs: Interplantary Visitors" and work your way up from there. You won't be dissapointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, Personal & Poignant, March 5, 2011

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re70667 (U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFO Testament: Anatomy of an Abductee (Paperback)

This is Ray Fowler at his most personal and fearless. A well written autobiography that is thoughtful and honest to a fault. Fowler's lifelong fascination and investigations into UFOs and then the abduction phenomena is understood by his own experiences, which, like most close encounter experiencers, were buried or in half-memories.

Included are case reports that were in his packed files that he hadn't shared until the writing of this book. Some of the encounters are so bizarre that I can understand why, at an earlier time (1960s/70s) he didn't know where to put them. Also included is his work and friendship with Dr. J. Allen Hynek.

Fowler, a committed Christian from a very early age, retired in the early 2000s from serious investigations because his wife and daughters believed the ufos/aliens to be demonic and somehow his fault (as if he was causing it/them to happen in their lives). His daughters wouldn't even let his grandchildren sleep over his house! And, his son (apparently a strict material rationalist), told him he needed to see a psychiatrist! So, this brave man has it coming at him from all corners it would seem. There's no support from his family but he doesn't seek it nor want it. He did respect his wife's wishes though and retired (he's well into his 70s though, so it's no surprise he'd want to take it easy from this subject of high strangeness).

This is a must read from the one of the best, if not the best UFO investigator and Abduction investigor who was doing this difficult work long before it became 'cool'.

Like the previous reviewer, I'd recommend reading this book first and then going back and reading Fowler's earlier works - starting with the strictly ufo reports and New England investigations on upwards into the Andreassen abduction saga and the Allagash abductions.