Project Identification: The first scientific field study of UFO phenomena

By Harley D. Rutledge

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137307136
• ISBN13: 9780137307135
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

First Hand Experience

I was growing up in the town of Piedmont during all of the activity described. Dr. Rutledge's experience was a vindication of sorts for the whole town. Here was an admitted sceptic and a man of science saying that there really were things in the sky around Piedmont that couldn't be explained by natural phenomena.I'm not a mathematical type at all, but I found Dr. Rutledge's use of formulas and his explanations fairly easy to follow. The photos were very interesting, too.

An attempt to study UFOs with instruments yields results.

I just read the book for the second time since 1981. Dr. Rutledge was a totally skeptical scientist until he undertook this study of UFOs using instruments. Most of his conclusions came about from using time-lapse photography at night along with calculations made by using a Questar telescope. The really interesting part was the feeling of the investigative group, mostly his physics students, that the phenomenon was interacting with them by means of awareness and perhaps telepathy. This came about through a numbr of "coincidences," such as UFOs abruptly turning when a camera was pointed at them, or even by pointing a finger at them. The writing drags at times in an attempt to create a storyline, but this book is a UFO classic since it is a chronicle of an innovative early attempt to study the phenomenon while it was in progress. A gargantuan effort, the project involved 620 volunteers over a seven-year period.

A Very Unique and Interesting Book

Few books tackle the subject of UFO's on scientific grounds and this is the first I have read that does not stray from that path. Though an account of a scientific study, it is an easy and interesting read for the layman.