Quite simply, this is THE book to buy if you're interested in learning
about the UFO phenomenon. Many UFO books are often written by "true
believers" with dubious credentials, and as a result they feature little
or no research to support the author's claims. However, Jerome Clark is
a respected UFO historian whose books have won awards from the New York
Public Library, and even UFO skeptics regard him as a legitimate UFO
researcher and historian. An abridged version of this encyclopedia ("The
UFO Book") won the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award in the
Science/Environment category from the Independent Book Publishers
Association, and the two-volume encyclopedia was praised by "Library
Journal" magazine, which recommended the encyclopedia to public and
academic libraries. Clark has packed this encyclopedia with a massive
amount of research and plenty of references to back up his arguments.
And this is a true encyclopedia - the 273 articles cover,
alphabetically, almost every major UFO sighting since the 1890's, as
well as the major theories that are used to explain UFO sightings, and
biographies of almost every major ufologist and skeptic in the field.
Although Clark is a "believer" in the sense that he tends to side with
those who believe that UFOs represent something real and extraordinary,
he is fair to the skeptics and debunkers and does include their
explanations for each sighting, even though he often disagrees with it.
However, he does agree with their explanations for some UFO cases (such
as the 1948 "Gorman Dogfight"), and his fair-mindedness permeates the
book. It is this even-handedness that makes the "UFO Encyclopedia" stand
out from most other UFO books. If you want a handy reference book that
will answer almost any question you have about UFOs, then this is the
only book you'll ever need. And, as a rebuttal to those who believe that
UFOs are "nonsense" and not to be taken seriously, Clark's "UFO
Encyclopedia" presents a mighty challenge. If you could only buy just
one UFO book for your personal library, then the "UFO Encyclopedia" is
by far the best choice - I have no doubt that it will be the standard
reference book for years, if not decades, to come.
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