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REVIEWS © which show humans with dinosaurs. B oO oO K S Thirty years ago, thousands of images inscribed on stones were found near the WITNESSED: The True Story of the mysterious Nazca lines in Peru. Dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge Abduction "Ica stones", these included realistic depic- by Budd Hopkins tions of stegosaurs and pterodactyls, ancient 1996: Bloomsbury, ate USA, pilots flying strange craft above herds of , in, dinosaurs, and advanced surgical proce- ISBN 0-7475-3322-9 (408pp s/c) dures, including one that appears to be a Price: AUD$21.95; NZD$n/a; heart transplant. STG£11.99 + £1.50 p&h; USD$23.00; The Acdmbaro collection, found 3,000 Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph (047) 58 7676; NZ—Hodder Moa Beckett, ph (09) 478 1000; UK— Bloomsbury; USA—Pocket Books Witnessed is Budd Hopkins' long-awaited book describing the abduction of Linda Cortile by aliens on 30 November 1989. Several eyewitnesses (some anonymous) eventually contacted Hopkins, the well- known abduction researcher, to confirm the event. Linda was seen being 'beamed' out of the bedroom window of her 12th-storey THE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE SERIES apartment in the middle of New York City, Volumes One, Two, Three not far from Brooklyn Bridge. She was Producer: Avante Garde Ltd, UK, 1996 accompanied by three "Grey-type" aliens Price: AUD$45.00 ea (3 for ‘AUD$120); and taken aboard their hovering disc-shaped NZD$59 95 ea + &h: STGE21.00 ea: , craft which then moved toward the bridge. NFLE55 00 ° UsDsig 95 : ah , Two witnesses who confirmed the event Available: AaHINZ/UK Eur oaks were ‘policemen’ driving a highly-placed oe nar international figure at the time. They all offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, ph saw the event at quite close range, for their (815) 253 6390. car had ‘died’, presumably due to local elec- In May 1996, Amateur Astronomy & Earth tromagnetic disturbances caused by the Sciences (AA&ES) Magazine assembled a UFO's presence. The 'policemen' made con- fine collection of speakers for a conference tact with Linda shortly after the incident out 12 London. The three videos in The Quest miles away in Mexico, consists of 33,000 clay figurines depicting fantastic creatures resembling extinct dinosaurs, mythological figures similar to those in Egypt, and reptil- ian creatures involved in strange interactions with humans. The video takes an unbiased look at evi- dence on both sides of the argument: are they authentic and millions of years old, or are they elaborate hoaxes? of concern for her safety, but the senior For Knowledge Series feature many of the ‘official’ still refuses to go public. leading proponents of the theory that Linda survived to tell her tale, much of it mankind has been on Earth a lot longer, and recovered in hypnotherapy sessions con- has been more technologically advanced, ducted by Hopkins, sometimes in the pres- than recognised by modern science. ence of a trained psychologist. Hopkins has Video One (130 mins): Includes Robert included transcripts of those sessions, which | Bauval and Graham Hancock launching reveal many puzzling and frightening situa- _ their bestselling Keeper of Genesis, and tions during Linda's abduction. making important announcements about Linda's story (with Hopkins' faithful excavations beneath the Sphinx and the reporting) is a milestone in ufology, particu- _ opening of the shaft door in the Great larly for the independent eyewitness Pyramid. accounts and visual representations. Video Two (126mins): Includes John Anthony West, leading researcher into the V | D E oO S age of the Sphinx, with the latest controver- sial evidence; and John Lash, a compara- Reviewed by Duncan Roads tive mythologist who talks about new evi- JURASSIC ART dence of an advanced society buried in myth Producer: BC Video, USA, 1997 and in reality—the true Atlantis? Price: AUD$45.00; NZD$65.00 + p&h; Video Three (120mins): Includes Peter STG£21.00; NFL£55.00; USD$19.95 Whitehead, author of The Risen, anew (48mins; PAL/VHS; USA: NTSC/VHS) novel that combines technology and myth to Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Eur—NEXUS transport the characters back and forth offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, ph through time (Peter believes that the ancient (815) 253 6390. Egyptians used a similar holographic Jurassic Art is the third video in the method); and Andrew Collins, author of Mysterious Origins of Man Series. It inves- From The Ashes Of Angels, who tells of his tigates two controversial collections of art, search for an ancient race of beings who were and, literally, are out of this world. 86 = NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1997