Brief review to be added of Whitley Strieber's book “Communion” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK)
Web Resources
There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...
The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.
Book References
The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.
Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.
For discussion of “Communion“ see the following:
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Boylan, Richard and Boylan, Lee in their “Close Extraterrestrial Encounters: Positive Experiences With Mysteries Visitors” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in the Introduction), 201 (in Appendix C, Recommended Readings) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “Alien Abductions” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in Chapter 1), 155 (in Chapter 5) of the Barnes & Noble hardback edition. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 120 (in Chapter 6) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”). |
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Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 420 (in Chapter 20) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at page 567 of the Orion paperback edition. |
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Bullard, Thomas E in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition in an entry entitled “Abduction Phenomenon”. |
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Cannon, Dolores in her “Keepers of the Garden” (1993) at page 209 (in Chapter 20) of the Gateway Books softcover edition. |
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Chalker, Bill in his “Hair of the Alien : DNA and other forensic evidence of alien abduction” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 117-119 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “Extraordinary Encounters : An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-97 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial among us”) of the ABC-Clio hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 16 (in Chapter 1, unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “A Brief History of the UFO-Abduction Phenomenon”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Conroy, Ed in his “Report on Communion” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 2, 13-15, 16-17 (in Chapter 1), 99-137 (Chapter 3 generally, “Communion Goes Public”) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Dean, Jodi in her “Aliens in America” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 100-101 (in Chapter 3), 154 (in Chapter 5) of the Cornell University softcover edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-67 (in Chapter 2), 104 (in Chapter 4) of the Carlton hardback edition. |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 212-213 (in Section 3) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Haines, Dick in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (in Chapter 1, question and answers following unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “A Comparative Study of Abduction Reports Update”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Hough, Peter and Kalman, Moyshe in their “The UFO Files: Alien Abductions” (1999) (previously published under the title “The Truth About Alien Abductions) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60-61 (in Chapter 5) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Huyghe, Patrick in his “The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 5 (in the Introduction), 129 (in the Afterword) of the Avon softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL softcover edition). |
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The Threat” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 42-43 (in Chapter 2) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in his “UFO Abductions: A Dangerous Game” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 127-139 (in Chapter 13 generally “Communion?”), 141-149 (in Chapter 14 generally “Rivals”) of the updated Prometheus softback edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26 (in the postcript to the entry entitled “alien iconography”), 477-478 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 28, 467 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29 (in the postcript to the entry entitled “alien iconography”), 574 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Matheson, Terry in his “Alien Abductions : Creating a Modern Phenomenon” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 161-179 of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Moffitt, John in his “Picturing Extraterrestrials : Alien Images in Modern Mass Culture” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-171, 252 of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 357-358 (in Chapter 5) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Preiss, Byrob in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-2 (in the Preface) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 1 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ and Cone, William in their “The Abduction Enigma” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 347 (in Chapter 24) of the Forge hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “50 Years of UFO Encounters” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 78-79 (in unnumbered section entitled “1985: A Horrific Abduction”) of the Encounters Magazine softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 175 (in Chapter 2, unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “An Analysis of British Abduction Cases”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 2, question and answers following unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “Why Are They Doing This?”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Abduction“ (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 12 (in the Introduction), 24, 27-28 (in Chapter 1) of the Hale hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Headline paperback edition). |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 112 (in the chapter entitled “1987”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Demon Haunted World” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124-126 (in Chapter 7) of the Headline softcover edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 382 (in Chapter 5, unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “A Skeptical Perspective On UFO Abductions”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 134, 136 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1987-1997”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 12 (in the unnumbered section entitled “North America”, in the chapter entitled “Last Bastion of |
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Stacy, Dennis in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 289 of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition (in Chapter 4.3.4, entitled “Alternative Hypotheses”). |
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Stone, Reuben in his “UFO Investigation” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 56 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Abducted by Aliens”) of the Blitz Editions hardback edition. |
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Strieber, Whitley in his “Breakthrough“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3-4, 9 (in Chapter 1), 96-98 (in Chapter 8) of the Harper Collins hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition) at pages 4, 9-10, 102-104 of the Harper Spotlight paperback edition. |
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Tonnies, Mac in his “After the Martian Apocalypse” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 125-126 (in Chapter 5) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Turner, Karla in her “Into the Fringe” (1992) at pages 2-3 (in Chapter 1) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 96 (in Chapter 6) of the Monarch softcover edition. |
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