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The flying saucer conspiracy [Hardcover]

Donald E. Keyhoe (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 315 pages
  • Publisher: Holt; 1st edition (1955)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1122709447
  • ISBN-13: 978-1122709446
  • ASIN: B0007DQVJY
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,471,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars UFO Conspiracy openly acknowledged for the first time, June 13, 2010
This review is from: The flying saucer conspiracy (Hardcover)

This, Donald Keyhoe's third book on the UFO issue, was published in 1955 with a major reprint in 1957 when he had retired from the Marine Corps and NICAP had just been formed, though Keyhoe was not yet formally involved in this civilian organization. It is read less often than the first two books or his fifth, the classic "Aliens from Space". However this one is as interesting as the rest and gives good insight into how the UFO issue was managed at every level in Washington DC in the late 1950s.

As usual, the author's informal and colloquial writing style makes for easy reading. What modern researchers refer to as the "cover-up" Keyhoe here documents as "The Silence Group": the early incarnation of the information embargo initiated from the highest level of government and managed by a powerful faction of the Air Force inside The Pentagon, whose job was to conceal, discredit and debunk high-profile UFO reports and prevent them reaching the mainstream media.

Keyhoe still had multiple "warm" contacts in The Pentagon and received a great deal of information on sightings and encounters from his former colleagues in the military. Some of the early UFO-military encounters documented here were quite remarkable, and it seems the ETH was by this time universally accepted in private by virtually all the US military but kept from the public domain as much as possible.

At 236 pages plus appendices, it's a good weekend read. Pick up a good original hardcover copy if you can.
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4.0 out of 5 stars UFO Conspiracy openly acknowledged for the first time, June 13, 2010

This, Donald Keyhoe's third book on the UFO issue, was published in 1955 with a major reprint in 1957 when he had retired from the Marine Corps and NICAP had just been formed, though Keyhoe was not yet formally involved in this civilian organization. It is read less often than the first two books or his fifth, the classic "Aliens from Space". However this one is as interesting as the rest and gives good insight into how the UFO issue was managed at every level in Washington DC in the late 1950s.

As usual, the author's informal and colloquial writing style makes for easy reading. What modern researchers refer to as the "cover-up" Keyhoe here documents as "The Silence Group": the early incarnation of the information embargo initiated from the highest level of government and managed by a powerful faction of the Air Force inside The Pentagon, whose job was to conceal, discredit and debunk high-profile UFO reports and prevent them reaching the mainstream media.

Keyhoe still had multiple "warm" contacts in The Pentagon and received a great deal of information on sightings and encounters from his former colleagues in the military. Some of the early UFO-military encounters documented here were quite remarkable, and it seems the ETH was by this time universally accepted in private by virtually all the US military but kept from the public domain as much as possible.

At 236 pages plus appendices, it's a good weekend read. Pick up a good original hardcover copy if you can.
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4.0 out of 5 stars UFO Conspiracy openly acknowledged for the first time, June 13, 2010
This review is from: The flying saucer conspiracy

This, Donald Keyhoe's third book on the UFO issue, was published in 1955 with a major reprint in 1957 when he had retired from the Marine Corps and NICAP had just been formed, though Keyhoe was not yet formally involved in this civilian organization. It is read less often than the first two books or his fifth, the classic "Aliens from Space". However this one is as interesting as the rest and gives good insight into how the UFO issue was managed at every level in Washington DC in the late 1950s.

As usual, the author's informal and colloquial writing style makes for easy reading. What modern researchers refer to as the "cover-up" Keyhoe here documents as "The Silence Group": the early incarnation of the information embargo initiated from the highest level of government and managed by a powerful faction of the Air Force inside The Pentagon, whose job was to conceal, discredit and debunk high-profile UFO reports and prevent them reaching the mainstream media.

Keyhoe still had multiple "warm" contacts in The Pentagon and received a great deal of information on sightings and encounters from his former colleagues in the military. Some of the early UFO-military encounters documented here were quite remarkable, and it seems the ETH was by this time universally accepted in private by virtually all the US military but kept from the public domain as much as possible.

At 236 pages plus appendices, it's a good weekend read. Pick up a good original hardcover copy if you can.
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