Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception

by Jacques F. Vallée

Book Overview

In REVELATIONS, the final volume of a trilogy, Dr. Jacques Vallee presents startling evidence that well-constructed hoaxes and media manipulations have misled UFO researchers, diverting them from the UFO phenomenon itself. Vallee takes readers step by step into the tangled web of UFOlogy's dark side, in an effort to clear the ever-thickening underbrush that has obscured the real nature of the UFO phenomenon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933665300
• ISBN13: 9781933665306
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Anomalist Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Critical Analysis

In "Revelations" the author takes a critical look among other things at the standard ET hypothesis of crashed saucers, recovered disks, reverse engineering at Area 51 and secret government deals with the grays,and provides much needed balance in this area. He also looks at how alot of these stories came about, who could have been behind them and the possible reasons for doing so.For instance a lot of the stories about Area 51 could have been deliberately planted so as to distract attention away from what's really going on there i.e. the development of high tech planes like the Aurora. Psychological warfare and mind control could have been reasons behind certain other cases like the tragic case of Paul Bennewitz. This is not to say that the author is a sceptic of the phenomenon as a whole as he believes that UFO's are very real, and has presented detailed evidence of this in his previous books "Dimensions" and "Confrontations." He doesn't pretend to know the answer to the mystery but emphasises the need for a critical yet open minded approach, which I think is quite rare in this field as all too often researchers seem to take a very narrow minded view whether it be the sceptics who don't believe that UFO's exist at all and are always searching for some "logical explanation" which quite often are far more ridiculous than the ET theory, or the researchers who believe the ET theory is the answer to the mystery and so ignore all the cases that don't fit into the theory. He also takes a look at the Soviet UFO wave of 1989, and has some interesting comments on the Roswell crash. Overall I found this an entertaining and informative book, and one that belongs on the bookshelf of every UFO researcher. In addition I would also recommend his previous books "Passport to Magonia", "Dimensions", and "Confrontations", as well as John Keels book "UFOs Operation Trojan Horse." Regarding the possibility of man made UFOs I would recommend "The Hunt for Zero Point" by Nick Cook.

An ironic title indeed!

After a long hiatus (about 23 years), this was the first book I read on the UFO phenomenon. And I don't think I could have picked a better one start with. Here was a researcher who shared my reservations over the fascination with conspiracies and hypnotic regression and who openly doubted the extraterrestrial hypothesis. This book presents an unsparing view of ufology in the '90's, Bill Cooper, John Lear, Linda Moulton Howe, Bob Lazar, William Moore, and Paul Bennewitz all make appearances. The ruling obsessions of the "ufo community", MJ-12, Philadelphia Experiment, Roswell, Implants, are examined and found to be red herrings on their best days. I can't imagine the amount of rubbish I avoided by reading this book first. Thanks Dr. Vallee!

Another Excellent Work By A Great Scientist

Valle's finale to the UFO trilogy includes many incidents which have become household words. In the process, he shows how the unwary have frequently been made pawns in the ongoing controversy of UFOs and the holy grail of proof that so many are seeking or denying. As many have come to learn, the UFO controversy is a story that is true one day and false the next. The manipulations that go on inside the controversy are at once blatant and subtle; no "smoking gun" emerges, yet the magic show goes on. Why are so many lies used in refuting and denying this topic?Written with penetrating insight, and at times wry humor. The insitence of this author that the reader think for himself may irritate some people while delighting others. Interesting and thought-provoking light is shed on the disinformation activities of those who continue to claim that UFOs officially do not exist. This book can be read as a stand alone, or as the conclusion to the observations made in the first two books in the trilogy (Confrontations and Dimensions).

Thought-provoking

Jacques Vallee continues his fascinating studies into the realm of ufology. The terrific thing about Dr. Vallee's books, is that he doesn't claim to know "the answer". He also encourages you to use your mind and think about all the claims and truths spouted by most ufologists.While I might not agree with all of his conclusions, I appreciate the way that he presents his voluminous data and encourages you to make up your own mind. I encourage you to read this book if you're interested in the ufo phenomenon, and have read books by other authors. Dr. Vallee's unique way of studying this fascinating phenomenon is refreshing and very needed in the current climate of "final truths" about ufos.

Non-fiction horror!

A good friend who ran a used bookstore in the deep South one day traded in a pick-up truck full of UFO literature. Something grabbed hold of me, and that was the last I was heard from for about 6 months. But of all the UFO literature I ingested during that period of being so entranced by the subject, this book, by veteran researcher J. Vallee, was hands down the most frightening. There is nothing made up or fabricated in it at all, but you may wish there were. This book is about truths that are way scarier that fiction. (J. Vallee is reported now to have left the field altogether, and this book gives some intriguing possible hints as to why.)