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1) Area 51
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"Is Area 51 a testing ground for new military aircraft, or a center for reverse engineering alien technology? The intense secrecy surrounding this Air Force base in southern Nevada has led to a wide range of speculations. Read more about the unusual phenomena surrounding Area 51"--Provided by the publisher.
3) UFOs
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Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the idea of UFO sightings, discussing whether or not UFOs are actually alien space ships.
4) UFOs
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Investigates several well-known accounts of UFO sightings as well as theories aimed at explaining why such reports cannot be true.
6) Space case
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When the thing from outer space visits Earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.
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"E.T. meets The Giving Tree in this stunningly illustrated picture book about friendship, family, wonder, and magic that shows how, sometimes, the things we're searching for have been right in front of us all along. From the award-winning creator of The Bear and the Piano."--Publisher's description.
8) UFOs
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Examines historical and anecdotal evidence, as well as modern theories about unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, features primary source quotes from scientists, experts, and eyewitnesses, and includes sidebars and illustrations.
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"UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky is the first book to explore the strange, exciting, and unknown world of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena for kids. UFOhs! cuts through speculation and pseudo-science to describe real phenomena as observed and documented by pilots, ship captains, scientists, and ordinary men, women, and children from around the world. Playful, probing, and beautifully illustrated, UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky prompts kids and their parents...
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"In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, a field in Roswell, New Mexico was disturbed by a strange crash and smattering of debris. Some say the bodies of extraterrestrial beings were strewn across the ground, that a UFO had crashed there, and that the government was covering up the evidence in a massive conspiracy. But what really happened at Roswell? The infamous "crash from outer space" has become a fixture in our culture, inspiring a surge...
12) UFOs and aliens
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An exploration of unidentified flying objects and aliens that discusses reports of encounters and abductions, hoaxes, government cover-ups, Roswell, and other related topics.
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"More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. In American Cosmic, D.W. Pasulka examines the mechanisms that foster a thriving belief in extraterrestrial life. Her work takes her from Silicon Valley to the Vatican Secret Archive and reveals how media has supplanted religion as a cultural authority that offers believers...
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This thrilling story of science, the Cold War, Nazi research, atomic anxieties, secret spy planes and the space race draws on original archival research, declassified documents and interviews to present a narrative history of humanity's hunt for alien life, including the military and CIA's secret, decades-long quest to study UFOs.
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This volume claims that there is a clear conspiracy to deny the existence of UFOs and that the mainstream media has misinformed us for years about legitimate and compelling UFO studies conducted by leading scientists. It alleges that the U.S. government has covered up the alien presence through misinformation, distortion, obfuscation, and ridicule. This book claims to present the most compelling UFO evidence, including a variety of large-scale scientific...
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In 1969, the U.S. Air Force issued a statement that read, "No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security." Some believe this statement has been proven untrue by the testimony of many military officers and airmen and documentation of incidents involving UFOs, credible testimony of which the Air Force was fully aware. In its effort to discover the facts within the fog of misapprehension,...