Good Alien/ET books?

I want to get more into Aliens and Extra-terrestrial life and I'm trying to find a good book.
If anybody can recommend a good book on Aliens could you please tell me as I'm very interested.

Thanks.

I enjoyed Interdimensional Universe by Philip Imbrogno. He highlights past and present cases. He also talks about how the lead scientist for project blue book went from skeptic to believer.

Here's five books I consider must-reads for those interested in the UFO phenominon.

"The UFO evidence" by Richard Hall, Volumes I and II
"Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience" By Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden"
"UFOs and the National Security State" by Richard Dolan parts I and II

Glad your starting to get interested in this important topic! Enjoy reading!

-TST

Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth, by Greg Bishop

Saucer's of the Illuminati by Jim Keith

Here you go, This is my list.

A Paranormal Story - Jeff Behnkepdf
A Wanderers Handbook - Carla Rueckert
Alien Abductions - A Critical Reader
Alien Encounters - Chuck Missler
Alien Initiations - Harald Kleemann
Alien Interview - Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy
Alien Mind - A Primer - George LoBuono
Alien Revelation - Tony Ruggiero
Alien Within - Richard Allen
Allies of Humanity Book 1 - Marshall Summers
An Introductory Guide to Ufos - Robert Morore
Andromeda - Robert Shapiro
Angels in Starships - GIORGIO DIBITONTO
Angels, Women, Sex and the Occult - William F. Dankenbring
Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation - Michael Tsarion
Barbara - The Story of a UFO Investigator
Behold a Pale Horse - Milton Cooper
Bringers of the Dawn - Barbara Marciniak
Chasing Phantoms - Carissa Conti
Come Sail Away - Guy Malone
Communication With Extraterrestrial Intelligence - LD Callimahos
Communion - Whitley Strieber
Contact With Alien Civilizations - Michael A.G. Michaud
Cosmic Explorers - Courtney Brown
Cosmos - Carl Sagan
CRASH AT CORONA - Stanton Friedman
Creatures in the Mist - Gary R. Varner
Crop Circles A Beginner's Guide - Hugh Manistre
Crop Circles Signs of Contact - Colin Andrews
Dark Object - Don Ledger and Chris Styles
Discerning Alien Disinfo - Montalk
Disclosure Military and Government
Disneyland of the Gods - John Keel
Divine Encounters - Zecharia Sitchin
'___' The Spirit Molecule - Rick Strassman
E.T. Talk - Fernando J. Ballesteros
Encyclopedia of Mind Control - Jim Keith
Erich von Daniken - Chariots Of The Gods
Erich von Daniken - Miracles Of The Gods
Erich von Daniken - Return To The Stars
Erich von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods
ET Contact - Gina Lake
Evidence - David Sereda
Exopolitics A Comprehensive Briefing - Ed Komarek
Extraordinary Encounters - Jerome Clark
Extraterrestrials and Aliens - Various Info
Extraterrestrials Where Are They - Ben Zuckerman and Michael Hart
Facts and Stories - Unknown Author
Fire From the Sky - Contact Journal
Firefighters FEMA UFO Training Manual
First Contact - Billy Meier
Flying Saucers Fact or Fiction - Max Miller
Flying Saucers Have Landed - George Adamski
Fringe Knowledge For Beginners - Montalk
Genesis for the New Space Age - John B. Leith
Genesis Revisited - Zecharia Sitchin
George Adamski - The Story of a UFO Contactee
Giants, Nephilim, and the ancient Egyptians - Jeremy Kapp
God Drives A Flying Saucer - R.L. Dione
High Strangeness Of Dimensions - Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Hitlers Flying Saucers - Henry Stevens
How to Refuse Alien Abduction - Lightside UFO Study Group
I Forgot What I Wasn't Supposed to Remember - K Wilson
Inside Saucer Post 3 - Leonard Stringfield
Inside the Spaceships - George Adamski
Intelligent Design - Rael
Into The Bermuda Triangle - Gian J. Quasar
Into the Fringe - Karla Turner
Is Another World Watching - Gerald Heard
Jacques Vallee - Confrontations - A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact
Jacques Vallee - Dimensions - A Casebook of Alien Contact
Jacques Vallee - Passport to Magonia
Jacques Vallee - Revelations - Alien Contact and Human Deception
John E. Mack on Dreamland
Keepers of the Garden - Dolores Cannon
Legacy from the Stars - Dolores Cannon
Leslie Kean - UFOs- Generals, Pilots & Government Officials Go On the Record
Lost Book of Enki - Zecharia Sitchin
Mars As The Abode of Life - Percival Lowell
Masquerade of Angels - Karla Turner
Meiers Summary of Contact
Messages from the Stars - Ian Ridpath
Mothman Prophecies - John Keel
My Contact with Flying Saucers - Dino Kraspedon
My Trip to Mars - William Ferguson
Mysterious Beings - John Keel
Mysterious Visitors - UFO Story
Nasa Mooned America - Ralph Rene
New Lands - Charles Fort
Occult Science Dictatorship - William Lyne
Operation Trojan Horse - John Keel
Other Tongues Other Flesh - George Hunt Williamson
Our Haunted Planet - John Keel
Penetration - Ingo Swann
Pentagon Aliens - William Lyne
Physics of a Flying Saucer - Ted Roach
RattleSnake Fire - Jean Eisenhower
Regional Encounters - The FC Files
Return of the Star Gods - Richard Vizzutti
Roswell Testimony - Christopher Schmidt
Secret Cipher of the Ufonauts - Allen Greenfield
Secret of the Ages UFOs Inside the Earth - Brinsley le Poer Trench
Secret Projects Flying Saucer Aircraft - Bill Rose and Tony Buttler
Sedona UFO Connection - Richard Dannelley
Skeptics Guide to the Paranormal - Lynne Kelly
Son of the Sun - Orfeo Angelucci
Stairway to Heaven - Zecharia Sitchin
Star Gods of the Maya - Susan Milbrath
Star Kids - Richard Boylan
Steps to the Stars - Daniel Fry
Strange Evidence - Bill Chalker
Strangers From The Skies - Brad Steiger
Taken - Karla Turner
Tbird vs The Flying Saucers - Michael Topper
The 12th Planet - Zecharia Sitchin
The Agenda - Beverly Fox
The Bible and Flying Saucers - Barry H. Downing
The Book of Enoch
The Book of the Damned - Charles Fort
THE CAPE MAY INCIDENT - John Keel
The Case for the UFO - Varo Jessup Edition
The Coming of the Gods - Jean Sendy
The Cosmic Code - Zecharia Sitchin
The Cosmic Conspiracy - Unknown Author

I should also say that at least half of these are just crazy ramblings of lunatics. The other half are from respected authors who are experts in their field. Enjoy.

Originally posted by jNormal
I want to get more into Aliens and Extra-terrestrial life and I'm trying to find a good book.
If anybody can recommend a good book on Aliens could you please tell me as I'm very interested.

Thanks.

The first thing you need is an open mind because you are dealing with a subject that lacks evidence so whatever you read is going to be someone's creation and they are free to state whatever they want. You will NOT read factual material it's all going to be speculation and assumption. However, keep in mind that you are asking for help from people who are only going to express their opinion.

Can a Mod put a sticky on this thread? Seems like we get this same question every week from new members.

Not that it's a bad question to ask about the books, but its the same question.

"Communion" by Whitley Strieber is my personal favorite btw. Start with this one.

Originally posted by amongus
Can a Mod put a sticky on this thread? Seems like we get this same question every week from new members.

Not that it's a bad question to ask about the books, but its the same question.

"Communion" by Whitley Strieber is my personal favorite btw. Start with this one.

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Your recommendation is exactly what I warned the OP about. Strieber is a writer best known for his horror novels "THE WOLFEN" and "THE HUNGER" and for "COMMUNION, a non-fiction account of his perceived experiences with non-human entities. However, could you take the word of a horror author claiming that he interacts with aliens? The title of his book happens to be a catholic ritual due to the fact that he attended Central Catholic Marianist High School in San Antonio, Texas.

Alien agenda, by Jim marrs. Covers a wide range of topics neatly split chapter by chapter. Great place to start covers all the bases from abductions to zeta reticuli. You can also check him out here on ATS. He,s one of the pros here. Read a little "the view from marrs" his section here,under conspiracy professionals.

Originally posted by abe froman
Alien agenda, by Jim marrs. Covers a wide range of topics neatly split chapter by chapter. Great place to start covers all the bases from abductions to zeta reticuli. You can also check him out here on ATS. He,s one of the pros here. Read a little "the view from marrs" his section here,under conspiracy professionals.

Agreed about Alien Agenda. Amazing book as well. My second favorite.

David Icke, "Human Race get off your knees" - is a great read. Some subjects to be taken with a pinch of salt but it really does open you up and question everything happening in the world afterwards!

Depends of what do you need.

I'd start with Vallee's and Hynek's works but these are from times where there was that fabled period of "space brothers" in ufology and everyone considered aliens "good enlightened brothers from another galaxy".

More serious and competent read would be Budd Hopkins, Karla Turner, Linda Cortile, Katheleen Wilson, David Jacobs, et al. These books largely deal with abduction phenomenon in general. Kenneth, Barker, Fowler (albeit this one is actually bordering on hardcore fantasies), Steiger. Some people think that Communion is a good book, and try it although Streiber is hard to read (at least for me).

Generally reading UFO books is like going through a maze; you stumble across gems which are properly researched, analyzed etc and you stumble across total nut stories where everything is mixed up and fantastic, improbable ideas are intervined with scientific and ufology-proven facts.

Idk how it is in the U.S. but in the Europe the nut stories of Schneider, Valerian, Branton, Lear have gained little foothold. Most european ufologists cater to a mix of classic 60's-80's UFO literature with addition of newer works of well estabilished authors.

Originally posted by The Shrike

Originally posted by jNormal
I want to get more into Aliens and Extra-terrestrial life and I'm trying to find a good book.
If anybody can recommend a good book on Aliens could you please tell me as I'm very interested.

Thanks.

The first thing you need is an open mind because you are dealing with a subject that lacks evidence so whatever you read is going to be someone's creation and they are free to state whatever they want. You will NOT read factual material it's all going to be speculation and assumption. However, keep in mind that you are asking for help from people who are only going to express their opinion.

Boy! What a smack-'em-all-down-I-know-what's-true-and-they-are-all-false point of view. Having had a time-loss experience back in the '60s, and having seen a triangle in '98, I know your statement serves a purpose for your own well-being on the situation, but it is obviously false.

How about the book by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, the fomer head of Project Blue Book, entitled The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Doubleday, 1956? While it is a whitewash of that project, he tells us alot about it that we wouldn't know otherwise. However, you should know the subject within that time period fairly well because it enables you to read between the lines for what he doesn't say or why he does say some things.

Many debunkers have retired by now, isn't it time? You can never prove a negative (by denial).

The book I've mentioned above, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Doubleday, 1956, is the all-time, single, best classic book on UFOs and the early handling of the situation by the government.

You probably would have to go to Amazon to find copies. It is a collector's item, well worth the price.

I'm currently reading (off and on its big) "Wonders in the sky" by Jaques Vallee- If you read this you will believe.

I also like anything by- Nick Redfrend (and anything he recommends).

Currently reading and enjoying "High Strangeness: Hyperdimensions and the Process of Alien Abduction" by Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

I'm going to look some of them up this interests me too

. . .Over twenty years ago, a group of individuals from several different worlds gathered at a discreet location in our solar system near the Earth for the purpose of observing the alien visitation that is occurring in our world. From their hidden vantage point, they were able to determine the identity, organization and intentions of those visiting our world and monitor the visitors’ activities. This group of observers call themselves the “Allies of Humanity.”

This is their report.

1. Allies of Humanity - Book One - An Urgent Message About the Extraterrestrial Presence in the World Today
   
2. Allies of Humanity - Book Two - Human Unity, Freedom, and the Hidden Reality of Contact
   
3. Allies of Humanity - Book Three - A Message to Earth
   

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Here are some that I have read in the last couple of years:


UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record by
Leslie Kean

Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook by Stan Gordon

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: The True Story of the World's First Documented Alien Abduction by Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden

Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings by
Dr J. Allen Hynek, Philip J. Imbrogno, Bob Pratt

Crash: When UFOs Fall From the Sky: A History of Famous Incidents, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups by Kevin D. Randle


I found the book Captured! Particularly interesting because I have, of course, heard of the Hill case but had some misconceptions. The fact that author Kathleen Marden was Betty Hill's niece gave the book some interesting depth.

The Leslie Kean book was also top notch.