Timothy Good - Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth

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Copyright

Published by Century in 1998

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Copyright Timothy Good 1998

Timothy Good has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

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Acknowledgementsvi

Introduction1

PART ONE

1 Strategic Reconnaissance11

2 A Pantomime of Unrealities29

3 A Festival of Absurdities45

4 Steps to the Stars57

5 Proliferating Encounters79

6 The Space People100

7 Claims, Contradictions and Corroborations126

8 From the Benign to the Bristly158

9 Alien Fantasia?177

10 Cosmic Shock197

PART TWO

11 Let Humanity Beware!223

12 Continuing Contacts239

13 Neither Rhyme nor Reason258

14 Contrasting Encounters280

15 The Plantation301

16 Perplexing Trends327

17 Disquieting Developments344

18 Beyond Belief362

19 Alien Base Earth286

Appendix: Some Recommended UFO Journals405

It would be impracticable to acknowledge here all those who have contributed directly or indirectly to the production of Alien Base, but I would like to record my thanks in particular to the following individuals and organizations:

The George Adamski Foundation; Walter Andrus and the Mutual UFO Network; Rafael Baerga; Margaret Barling; Juan Jose Benitez; Ted Bloecher; Ralph and Judy Blum; Jonathan Caplan QC; Filiberto Caponi; Gerry Casey and the Western Flyer (Tacoma, Washington); Ronald Caswell; the Central Intelligence Agency; Paul Cerny; Antonio Chiumiento; Jerome Clark and the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies; Arthur C. Clarke; Terence Collins; Stephen Darbishire; Domenica del Corriere; Britt and Lee Elders; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Ugo Furlan; Bruno Ghibaudi; Dr Daniel Rebisso Giese; Horacio Gonzales; the Gteborg (Sweden) Information Centre on UFOs; Charles Gourain; Antonio Giudici; Jane Thomas Guma; Bill Gunston; Dr James Harder; Carol Honey; William E. Jones; Peter Jordan; Tony Kimery; Kevin McNeil; Carlos Manuel Mercado; Lawrence Moore and Central Independent Television; James W. Moseley; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Hector Antonio Picco and Cronica (Buenos Aires); Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR); Lieutenant Commander Rolan D. Powell, US Navy (Retired); the Public Record Office; Madeleine Rodeffer; Pedro Romaniuk; Herbert Schirmer; Dr Berthold E. Schwarz; Dr Irena Scott; William T. Sherwood; Warren Smith; Dr Leo Sprinkle; Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, US Air Force (Retired); Ray Stanford; Hal Starr; Bill Steele; General Boris Surikov, Soviet Air Force (Retired); Neil Thomas and the Staffordshire Newsletter; Donald R. Todd; Marc Tolosano; the United States Departments of the Air Force, Army and Navy; Dr Jacques Vallee; Walter N. Webb; Don Worley; the Wroclaw (Poland) Club for UFO Popularization and Exploration.

I am especially indebted to: Warren Aston, for his research material relating to the case of Udo Wartena; Jeannie Belleau, for terrific transportation around New Mexico in 1997; Mark Ian Birdsall, for research material from his forthcoming book Flying Saucers of the Third Reich and for his report on the Jan Siedlecki case; Mark Booth, my editor at Century, for his unswerving loyalty; Lieutenant Colonel Philip Corso, US Army (Retired), William J. Birnes and Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), for extracts from The Day After Roswell; Gordon Creighton, to whom Alien Base is dedicated, for huge chunks of material from Flying Saucer Review, of which he is editor; Frederique, for advice and help relating to her mother Joelle's contact story; Rachael Healey and Katie White, my publicists at Century, for first-rate promotion; Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley and his publisher Leo Cooper, for lengthy extracts from Sir Peter's autobiography, Sounds From Another Room; Desmond Leslie, for much material from Flying Saucers Have Landed (which he coauthored with George Adamski), a great deal of additional information, and for some unforgettable visits to Castle Leslie; Andrew Lownie, my agent, for his loyalty, support and sensible advice; Jorge Martin and his wife Marleen, for a great deal of material from their magazine Evidencia OVNI, for additional information, and for driving me around Puerto Rico to meet witnesses. Their courage and dedication, often in the face of adversity, arc admirable; Howard Menger and his wife Connie, for much material from their books, in particular Howard's From Outer Space to You; Joel Mesnard, editor of Lumieres Dans La Nuit, for articles and drawings; Carlos L. Moreno, for translations, and for acting as interpreter and providing transportation in Puerto Rico; Ludwig F. Pallmann wherever he may be for the story of his remarkable encounters with extraterrestrials; Sue Phillpott, for superb proof-reading; Bob Pratt, for extracts from his book UFO Danger Zone; Walter Rizzi, for the report and sketches of his encounter; Liz Rowlinson, Mark Booth's assistant at Century, for her patience and professionalism; Jane Selley, for superb copy-editing; Captain Graham Sheppard, for his transcription of the voice tapes relating to the America West encounter over New Mexico, and for additional advice relating to matters aeronautical; Jean Sider, for the use of extracts from his book Ultra Top-Secret and for additional help and advice; Neville Spearman, publisher of Flying Saucers Have Landed (Leslie and Adamski) and Inside the Space Ships (Adamski), for lengthy extracts from these books; Lieutenant Colonel Wendelle C. Stevens, US Air Force (Retired), for accounts from several of his books; Mrs Leonard Stringfield, for reports from her late husband's books; Sir Mark Thomson, for his contribution and support, including the funding of a reconnaissance flight to Dulce, New Mexico; Dorothee Walter, for help with word-processing and translations; Carroll and Rosemary Watts wherever they may be for their report and photographs of Carroll's encounters; Haroldo Westendorff, Michael Wysmierski of The Brazilian UFO Report and the Grupo de Pesquisas Cientifico-Ufolgicas (GPCU, Pelotas, Brazil), for material relating to the Lagoa de los Patos incident.