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REVIEWS <= own interviews with eyewitnesses, he con- B oO oO K S vinces us that weird things did indeed hap- pen at Maury Island. The connections he MAURY ISLAND UFO: The Crisman makes between Crisman's intelligence back- Conspiracy ground and various conspiracy-type events by Kenn Thomas (e.g., the JFK assassination) in ensuing Publisher: IIlumiNet Press, USA, 1999 decades take this book well beyond the ISBN: 1-881532-19-4 (288pp tpb) bounds of ufology, but without necessarily Price: AUD$28.00 inc. p&h; NZD$n/a; resolving their relationship to the original £10.95; NLG36,90; USD$14.95 event. With extensive footnotes and appen- Available: Aust/NZ/Europe— NEXUS dices (occupying nearly half the pages), offices; UK—Counter Productions, tel Thomas's book is the most definitive Maury 0171 274 9009; USA—Adventures Island account yet available. Unlimited, tel (815) 253 6390 the post-war UFO era did not begin with © THE ATLANTIS CONNECTION pilot Kenneth Arnold's famous sighting by W. T. Samsel of unidentified craft in formation over the Publisher: Starfire Publishing, USA, 1998 Cascade Mountains, but three days earlier, ISBN: 0-9666607-0-6 (220pp tpb) on 21 June 1947, over nearby Maury Island Price: USD$14.95 + $3.00 p&h; overseas in Puget Sound near Tacoma, Washington. airmail, add USD$8.00; NLGf36,90 One Harold Dahl, on a patrol boat recover- Available: USA—The Atlantis Connection, ing logs, allegedly observed and filmed six 135 Pony Soldier Rd, Sedona, AZ 86336, doughnut-shaped craft, one of which was in te] +4 (520) 203 0703, website trouble, lost altitude and spewed black and www.wtsam.com; Europe—NEXUS white metallic substances into the bay, burn- Office, tel +31 1321 380558 ing his son's arm and killing his dog. Two days later, Dahl's associate Fred Crisman visited the site, viewed the debris and had his own UFO sighting, so he claimed. lhe search for the lost continent of Atlantis has always had "fringe" status in science and academia, but much popular appeal. The Atlantis Connection is not out HAURY ISLAND UFO to convert the sceptics (it won't; its contents are of the channelled variety), but to inspire seekers after ancient truth and wisdom. What if you underwent a past-life regres- sion and, soon after, began channelling mes- sages from an unexplained source? This is what author W. T. Samsel claims happened to him in 1988 when he started receiving automatic-writing messages from an entity named Tiagorrah, a high-caste Atlantean from Poseidon with a vitally important mes- sage for humanity (but don't they all have one?!). So what would you do? Dismiss it? After his life-changing experiences, Samsel opted to spread the word to the world. Apparently, says Tiagorrah, we are poised to repeat the same mistakes that led to the demise of the Atlanteans—much of these revolving around improper use of technolo- gy and disregard for nature and universal laws. Amidst his warnings, Tiagorrah These incidents have been generally enlightens Samsel to “our relations from the regarded as hoaxes in UFO lore, but, as stars" and links with Egypt, Atlantean histo- Kenn Thomas describes in Maury Island ry, culture, religion, ritual and technology UFO, the players and the associated circum- _ (including air and space craft), the three cat- stances warrant further analysis. Who was aclysms of Atlantis, and more. Even in the mysterious Man in Black who visited these legendary times, rogue Atlanteans Dahl the day after his sighting? And why allegedly used mind-control technology to did the Air Force send two investigators to subdue populations—and Tiagorrah says interview eyewitnesses, only to dismiss their today's New World Order is preparing for deaths in a plane crash and henceforth clamp __ the encore on a stage set up long, long ago. down on official UFO investigations? As Samsel says, it's up to the reader to Well, Thomas doesn't have all the answers —_ determine how valid and useful this infor- (many witnesses are now dead), but, draw- mation is in an individual sense—and, ulti- ing on FBI and Air Force documents and his _ mately, for the entire human collective. own interviews with eyewitnesses, he con- vinces us that weird things did indeed hap- pen at Maury Island. The connections he makes between Crisman's intelligence back- ground and various conspiracy-type events (e.g., the JFK assassination) in ensuing decades take this book well beyond the bounds of ufology, but without necessarily resolving their relationship to the original event. With extensive footnotes and appen- dices (occupying nearly half the pages), Thomas's book is the most definitive Maury Island account yet available. THE ATLANTIS CONNECTION by W. T. Samsel Publisher: Starfire Publishing, USA, 1998 ISBN: 0-9666607-0-6 (220pp tpb) Price: USD$14.95 + $3.00 p&h; overseas airmail, add USD$8.00; NLGf36,90 Available: USA—The Atlantis Connection, 135 Pony Soldier Rd, Sedona, AZ 86336, tel +1 (520) 203 0703, website www.wtsam.com; Europe—NEXUS Office, tel +31 1321 380558 lhe search for the lost continent of Atlantis has always had "fringe" status in science and academia, but much popular appeal. The Atlantis Connection is not out to convert the sceptics (it won't; its contents are of the channelled variety), but to inspire seekers after ancient truth and wisdom. What if you underwent a past-life regres- sion and, soon after, began channelling mes- sages from an unexplained source? This is what author W. T. Samsel claims happened to him in 1988 when he started receiving automatic-writing messages from an entity named Tiagorrah, a high-caste Atlantean from Poseidon with a vitally important mes- sage for humanity (but don't they all have one?!). So what would you do? Dismiss it? After his life-changing experiences, Samsel opted to spread the word to the world. Apparently, says Tiagorrah, we are poised to repeat the same mistakes that led to the demise of the Atlanteans—much of these revolving around improper use of technolo- gy and disregard for nature and universal laws. Amidst his warnings, Tiagorrah enlightens Samsel to “our relations from the stars" and links with Egypt, Atlantean histo- ry, culture, religion, ritual and technology (including air and space craft), the three cat- aclysms of Atlantis, and more. Even in these legendary times, rogue Atlanteans allegedly used mind-control technology to subdue populations—and Tiagorrah says today's New World Order is preparing for the encore on a stage set up long, long ago. As Samsel says, it's up to the reader to determine how valid and useful this infor- mation is in an individual sense—and, ulti- mately, for the entire human collective. 76 * NEXUS FEBRUARY — MARCH 2000