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UFO encyclopedia volume 1
Publisher
Apogee Books
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
xv, 234 pages ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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English
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We can't escape them; aliens are everywhere. They sell us soft drinks and star in their own sitcoms. But to the many people who believe they have been abducted aboard strange crafts, aliens are a very serious reality. Stories of these encounters, taken from investigators' files, have been vividly depicted in television specials and motion pictures. Despite their predominance as a cultural phenomenon, experts offer drastically conflicting opinions:...
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UFO's are a truly global phenomenon. Although many of the best-known cases have taken place in North America, amazing stories of witnesses encounters with strange disc-shaped objects (and their occupants) have come from every corner of the globe. From a floating platform watched by dozens in Indonesia, to a Saturn-shaped object that flew over a ship off the coast of Brazil, to a landing Down Under, UFO's have been baffling witnesses and making headlines...
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Although many adults believe they have had encounters with strange creatures from alien spaceships, not everyone has actually reported their experiences to official investigators. But if you're a young person it's even less likely that people will believe you and more likely that your story will never be officially recorded. After all, who would believe a kid? I Saw It Too! is the first collection of stories told by children, documenting what they...
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Chris Rutkowskis name is synonymous with UFO research the world over, and this book captures his most breathtaking research, along with new and exciting accounts, that will have you questioning "are we alone in the universe?" The Big Book of UFOs is a compendium of his best and most disturbing UFO stories for enthusiastic fans everywhere, with startling evidence to make even the biggest skeptics believe. The renowned ufologist takes us on a tour of...
6) UFO Hunters
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UFO Hunters® follows the team of bestselling author William J. Birnes, former NASA physicist Dr. Ted Acworth, and former US Army engineer Pat Uskert as they investigate UFO cases around the world. The team's access to UFO evidence is unparalleled-and their expertise allows them to quickly identify bogus claims. Together, they use eyewitness accounts, scientific experimentation, documents recently released through the Freedom of Information Act, and...
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Unidentified Funny Objects is a collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy. Packed with laughs, it has 29 stories ranging from lighthearted whimsy to the wild and zany. Inside you will find a zombear, tweeting aliens, down-on-their-luck vampires, time twisting belly dancers, moon Nazis, stoned computers, omnivorous sex-maniac pandas, and a spell-casting Albert Einstein.
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SCIENCE FICTION. FANTASY. HUMOR.
This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers.
These are some of the unlikely characters you will encounter in the pages of this book:
* Hobo Satan
* Vampire novelist
* Traveling robot salesman
* Brain-in-a-jar superhero
* Jinn trapped in a mattress
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Astronomer and ufologist Chris A. Rutkowski has spent the past forty years investigating reports of UFOs and other strange phenomena. This collection of his writings about people's experiences with UFOs, alien abductions, and other unexplained events is perfect for enthusiastic fans everywhere, and includes startling evidence to make even the biggest skeptics believe. Includes: Abductions and Aliens: What's Really Going On Based on almost 25 years...
10) UFO Hunters Two
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A young girl digs up a thousand-year-old humanoid skull from a cave in northern Mexico. But the skull contains no human DNA.
An amateur videographer taking footage of lights over Mount Shasta, California, captures a giant floating triangle on tape. It's not a plane. It's not a helicopter. What is it?
These questions and more are answered in UFO Hunters Book Two. Using eyewitness accounts and information from footage never before seen on television,...
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR
* Aztec Astronauts
* Punster Prophets
* Apocalyptic Apps
* Cantankerous Cryptids
* and the Duck Knight
Fifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features eighteen lighthearted science fiction and fantasy tales from the masters of the genre.
Read about planetary adoptions, secret agent princesses, alien cooking reality shows, rigged elections, magical insurance agents, and much more.
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Deutsch
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Am 4. September 1964 begaben sich 3 Kollegen im Tahoe National Forest in Kalifornien mit Pfeil und Bogen auf die Jagd. Sie teilten sich auf und einer der drei fand nicht zum Camp zurück. Er dachte er müsste sich nur vor wilden Tieren fürchten, wenn er die Nacht draußen verbringt, aber es wurde zu einem Kampf ums Überleben gegen ihm völlig unbekannte Wesen.
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Am 18. September 1976 bemerkten mehrere Einwohner Teherans, der Hauptstadt des Irans, ein merkwürdiges Objekt am Himmel. Nachdem mehrere Anrufe beim Kontrollturm am Flughafen eingingen wurde die Luftwaffe verständigt und zwei Jets gestartet um die Sache zu überprüfen. Die Verfolgung wurde zum Katz-und-Maus-Spiel.
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Am 11. Mai 1950 wurde ein unbekanntes Flugobjekt in den Vereinigten Staaten in Oregon gesichtet und sogar fotografiert. Die Fotos sind inzwischen weltbekannt geworden. Die Zeugen selber sind bereits verstorben, aber hielten bis zu ihrem Tod an der Echtheit der Fotos fest.
15) Funny Fantasy
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From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fantasy fiction published in the past decade.
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR
* Cranky Goblin Cooks
* Unscrupulous Chemists
* Lecherous Space Pirates
* Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes
* Soul-Searching Snot Elementals
The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander...
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR
The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices!
* A long time ago in a galaxy close enough not to violate any copyrights, the clone army fighting for the side of the evil empire is made up of a bunch of bros named Chad.
* Can a couple of wise guys from New Jersey broker a sit down between two...
19) The Copse
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A man standing in a copse of trees observes an UFO floating down into the marshy area in Norhthwest Arkansas.
So begins this black comedy.
Ed has an alien recording the Government wants.
Darla has an unique ability to handle aliens who take people for abductions they want to study.
Noone is immune from being abducted - not even the Vice President of the United States.
Mistaken identities and miracles.
The Mission will amaze and amuse.
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