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The OZ Files
Government Files Reveal the Inside Story of Australian UFO Sightings
Imported from Australia
By Bill Chalker
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246 Pages, Trade Paperback
Cover Size: 5 x 8 inches
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Date: 1996
ISBN: 1-875989-04-8
Country of Origin: Australia
Added to Catalog: 6/15/97
WIRT: 44333244
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Maps, Drawings
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Our Review |
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Credibility
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High |
Research Value
4
High |
Cultural Interest
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Moderate |
Visual Information
3
Moderate |
Style
3
Functional |
Silliness
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Low |
Wow Factor
4
Surprising |
Bargain
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High |
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Explanation of Ratings
Visual Information = Moderate: Includes a map of Australia showing major cases, and a few drawings by witnesses.
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In a blow to the the idea that flying saucers are an
American commodity,
Bill Chalker presents an excellent protrayal of the UFO situation
in Australia. Chalker comes from a no-nonsense science
background and it shows in this conservative,
well grounded effort. Don't
mistake conservative for boring... there's some plenty-weird goings-on
in the Outback.
In one sense, it is familiar stuff: saucer sightings,
abductions, trace cases, strange crashes, etc.
But
that's part of what makes it so intriguing...
that similar phenomena (or delusions, if you prefer)
are occurring in widely scattered locations on our planet.
The format resembles that of the Timothy Good books, with
plenty of references, and it makes a good supplement to
Above Top Secret.
Overall,
a very comprehensive work on the current UFO climate Down Under.
Imported from Australia by special arrangement.
-- Glenn Campbell
Comparison to Other Books
Similar in style to Good's
Above Top Secret.
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From the Book Cover
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MOST COMPELLING KIND.
This book contains the first authoritative account of Australian UFO
experiences ever published. Author Bill Chalker is a scientist and a leading
UFO researcher. He was the first outsider ever granted access to the Royal
Australian Air Force's classified UFO files. Here he presents the evidence of
police, pilots, top public servants, missionaries, scientists and other credible
witnesses. What he found may astound you.
- What was the strange craft that followed pilot Frederick Valentich until
he disappeared over Bass Strait in 1978?
- Is the Australian military hiding the wreckage of UFO crashes at the
secret government weapon and aircraft testing installation at Salisbury
in South Australia?
- Who or what abducted Kelly Cahill and two other women outside
Melbourne in 1993?
- Why was the Drury UFO film deleted after the government handed it
over to American Intelligence?
There are also many true stories of ordinary Australians whose
unexplainable experiences have changed their lives. In some cases
they produced trauma, breakdown, even death, but in others there was
enlightenment and personal transformation.
EXPLORE THE UFO ENIGMA WITH AN OPEN MIND,
Table of Contents
Map of Australia
Introduction
- Chapter 1: the extraordinary abduction of Kelly Cahill
- Chapter 2: the Aboriginal experience
- Chapter 3: 1788 to 1945--the Ark in the sky
- Chapter 4: evaluating the evidence--errors, hoaxes, and science
- Chapter 5: 1945 to 1953--the mystery of the Drury film
- Chapter 6: Government cover-up?
- Chapter 7: 1954 to 1958--navy pilot Shamus O'Farrell
- Chapter 8: 1959--thirty-eight witnesses in New Guinea
- Chapter 9: the 1960s--the Vicar of Creasy
- Chapter 10: the 1970s--Frederick Valentich
- Chapter 11: the 1980s-the Knowles family
- Chapter 12: abductions
- Chapter 13: the 1990s--searching for the truth
- Conclusion
Appendix A: Australian UFO groups--a brief history
Appendix B: How to report a UFO experience
Further Reading
Bibliography
Notes and References
Acknowledgments
Index
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About the Author
Bill Chalker, one of Australia's foremost UFO
researchers, is an industrial chemist with an honours
science degree. He has written and lectured
extensively on UFOs. Bill is coordinator of the New
South Wales UFO Investigation Centre and a
contributing editor to the International
UFO Reporter. He has been a
consultant for the television program The Extraordinary.
Since 1988 Bill has been working with psychologists
and other health professionals on the
investigation of Australian abduction stories. In
1996 during Harvard professor of psychiatry John
Mack's visit to Australia Bill lectured with him
and assisted with his research into the abduction
experiences of Aboriginal people.
-- From the Publisher
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