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REVIEWS <@ CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: Among the numerous eyewitness accounts 2006. The first part deals with unknown UFOs in Ireland reported here is one from January 2004 that —_ aerial phenomena such as foo fighters and by Dermot Butler and Carl Nally involved an Aer Lingus Boeing 737 which ghost rockets observed during WWII, the - had one of its wings scorched and its brakes huge number of planes downed in mysteri- foreword by Timothy Good 4 F : : Sone Mercier Press, Ireland, 2006 jamaged in an encounter with the wake of a__ ous circumstances coinciding with the com- ISBN 1 85635 509-8 (206 tob UFO. Another example is that of a silent mencement of the nuclear age, Dr Wernher mh dtee A eten | pp tpb) object as large as a football field seen at von Braun's involvement in the Roswell Distributors: Australia— Tower Books, tel Lettercreeve in 2001. But Ireland has had a incident, the siege mentality that beset the (02) 9975 5566; Ireland— Mercier Press history of unusual encounters, such as the military and various government agencies, http://www.mercierpress.ie; USA—Irish wave over Northern Ireland in May 1909 and more. The second part concerns UFO Books and Media, tel (612) 871 3505 and even one dating to 1211 outside a flaps, the structure of secrecy headed up by Uncen flying objects have been church. The authors cover in detail the con- | MJ-12, attempts to shoot down alien craft, observed around the world through the troversy over an alleged UFO crash near the _ negative reports from Project Grudge, scien- ages, and Ireland is no stranger to such town of Boyle, Roscommon, in May 1996, tific boards convened to look into the prob- sightings—which is no surprise, seeing it's raising questions about covert operations, lem, and more. The third part leaves us in well known for paranormal phenomena. foreign military powers and secret bases. no doubt that UFO and alien sightings and Going back several thousand years BCE, the — They show that there really isa "conspiracy encounters are a global phenomenon. As legendary Tuatha Dé Danaan supposedly of silence" by those in the know. well as reports of intrusions over USAF arrived in "clouds of smoke" from the sky Their book is a welcome addition to the bases, there are details of incursions on rather than by boat. The subject of UFOs body of ufology literature. Russian military bases, flypasts over the has even been discussed in Q&A sessions in British Home Secretary's country home, the Irish Parliament, the Dail Eireann. NEED TO KNOW: aliens captured in Brazil, the spectacular To show that the UFO phenomenon is as UFOs, the Military and Intelligence Phoenix Lights incident of 1997 and the real in Ireland as it is anywhere else, by Timothy Good debate about public disclosure. researchers Dermot Butler and Carl Nally Sidgwick & Jackson, London, UK, 2006 If you've never read a book about UFO have investigated a range of testimony from —_|SBN 0-283-07037-4 (452pp tpb) history, Good's presentation of indisputable trained observers such as aircraft pilots, air Available: visit www.panmacmillan.com evidence is a suitable place to start. traffic controllers and UFO groups as well n his seventh book on the UFO subject, as the general public, but they leave it to | eae British investigator Timothy readers to draw their own conclusions. Good reveals more military-intelligence The authors are the co-founders of UPRI documents and accounts as well as eyewit- (UFO and Paranormal Research Ireland) and _ ness reports from pilots, scientists, politi- have been studying the phenomenon for two _ cians, journalists and others (some whose decades. Reports of bright, coloured light stories we've published, such as Clark balls that dashed off at great acceleration, McClelland and hacker Gary McKinnon in light beams, flying saucers, flying triangles, 13/04). While he does cover some of the close encounters, electrical failures, altered same ground as in his earlier books, he does states, abductions, crashed craft and more so because these books are now out of print. are all part of Irish UFO history, and Butler Need to Know is divided into sections rep- and Nally provide fascinating details about resenting the modern UFO era from 1930 to some key cases right up until 2005. 1949, from 1950 to 1959, and from 1960 to Among the numerous eyewitness accounts reported here is one from January 2004 that involved an Aer Lingus Boeing 737 which had one of its wings scorched and its brakes damaged in an encounter with the wake of a UFO. Another example is that of a silent object as large as a football field seen at Lettercreeve in 2001. But Ireland has had a history of unusual encounters, such as the wave over Northern Ireland in May 1909 and even one dating to 1211 outside a church. The authors cover in detail the con- troversy over an alleged UFO crash near the town of Boyle, Roscommon, in May 1996, raising questions about covert operations, foreign military powers and secret bases. They show that there really is a "conspiracy of silence" by those in the know. Their book is a welcome addition to the body of ufology literature. 70 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazi ne.com DECEMBER 2006 — JANUARY 2007