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REVIEWS @ KEVIEWS dire warnings for humanity. Particularly fascinating are the FBI files on Adamski and van Tassel, who were regarded as security risks for promoting the idea of "Communist ETs", among other things. And then there are the tales of sexual encounters with irresistible Blond alien females...and more besides. Redfern includes interesting contextual asides in his narrative, such as comments on this period by veteran ufological observer Jim Moseley of Saucer Smear fame. This is essential background for honing your understanding of the UFO phenomenon and its history. reports from European explorers in far-flung places like Patagonia. He searches for giant skeletons in North American caves and relates stories of “hairy wildmen" who featured in mediaeval tales and drawings. He asks us to ponder whether a "giant" genetic heritage is alive in us today. Childress has amassed numerous photos and interviews here, and he can speak of many people who have not gone public with reports of encounters with anomalous beasts lest they be ridiculed. All he asks of the reader is to keep an open mind. Yet he acknowledges that there have been too many reports for them all to be hoaxes or misidentifications. If he's right, we can take heart that there are still mysteries in our world. It's up to us to keep up our curiosity. CONTACTEES: A History of Alien-Human Interaction by Nick Redfern New Page Books, NH, USA, 2010 ISBN 978-I-60163-096-4 (248pp tpb) Available: www.newpagebooks.com ound up in the history of the UFO phenomenon in the early years of he modern era are the stories of people who claimed to have made contact with extraterrestrial beings and even to have been invited aboard heir spaceships. Well informed to give a perspective on this period is US-based British researcher/author Nick Redfern (Strange Secrets, 11/01). The most famous "contactees" of his 1950s—60s heyday include George Adamski, George Hunt Williamson, George van Tassel and George King (what is it about all hese Georges, eh?), and their encounters often featured Venusians. As Redfern explains, many of them developed cult followings but most of heir members drifted away in time, disillusioned with the lack of real evidence for alien visitations. Many of these contactees claimed o be passing on messages from the Space Brothers and Sisters about the importance of living in peace and the dangers of nuclear power/warfare, but Redfern wonders whether they merely atched onto a new way of expressing YETIS, SASQUATCH & HAIRY GIANTS by David Hatcher Childress AUP, Kempton, IL, USA, 2010 ISBN 978-1-931882-98-9 (384pp tpb) Avail: adventuresunlimitedpress.com ecent eyewitness accounts and photographs of yetis in the Himalayas and "Bigfoot", sasquatch and "skunk apes" in North America suggest these phenomenal creatures are not just the stuff of legend. First off, though, in his new book, David Childress focuses on the giants of yore, quoting from Old Testament and Greek writings about Titans and Cyclopean giants and recounting NEW AUTHORS RadioOutThere.com stimulating news and Ee ete K views streamed direct se on the internet FICTION, NON FICTION, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORICAL, POETRY, RELIGIOUS, Presented by Barry SPIRITUAL/SELF-HELP, FANTASY & SCIENCE Eaton, the host of FICTION, ACADEMIC AND REFERENCE RadioNexus, each show SS presents a unique look at WRITE OR SEND YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO: a wide range of stories 7 ATHENA PRESS embracing mind, body @ BOOK PUBLISHERS and spirit the paranormal QUEEN'S HOUSE, 2 HOLLY ROAD, and the metaphysical. TWICKENHAM TW1 4EG. ENGLAND e-mail: info@athenapress.com www.RadioOutThere.com www.athenapress.com Advertise your business here An advert this size in NEXUS will be seen by over 100,000 people during the 2-month on- sale period. It costs just $165- including GST. Tel: Duncan on 07 5442 9280 or email editor@nexusmagazine.com stimulating news and views streamed direct on the internet Presented by Barry Eaton, the host of RadioNexus, each show presents a unique look at a wide range of stories embracing mind, body and spirit the paranormal and the metaphysical. Barry ast of ‘sale period. It costs just $165- including GST. APRIL - MAY 2010 NEXUS ¢ 71 _An advert this size in www.nexusmagazine.com