Confirmation : the hard evidence of aliens among us

[flyleaf: This book is at once a journey of scientific discovery and the story of the personal struggle Whitley Strieber has fought since he had an apparent close encounter in 1985, which he recounted in \*Communion: A True Story\*. He has been criticised for creating folklore; he has been called insane, labelled a liar and a cult leader. Naturally, he wants to correct the record. But more than that, he has come to feel certain that something truly earthshaking is happening, something far stranger, far more incredible than auyorie suspected, which has made mankind vulnerable. To change all this, what he's needed is \*physical proof\*. He has it, and this book is the story of how he got it and what it is. Strieber first reviews all the evidence for UFOs - including the remarkably dramatic and repeated sightings over Mexico City filmed by so many people - as well as the testimony thousands have given about their close encounter experiences, before turning to the shocking new physical evidence: five implants surgically removed under controlled and documented conditions from the bodies of people who have reported contact with aliens. The study of these 'implants' - what they are made of, how they function and what their ultimate purpose is - holds the final answers to this whole puzzle. In addition, in a remarkable appendix, Monsignor Corrado Balducci of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples and Propagation of the Faith discusses the perspective of the Catholic Church on the whole matter of alien contact and what it means within a religious perspective. -- Whitley Strieber is widely known for his bestselling account of his own close encounter: \*Communion: A True Story\*. He is currently engaged in the most advanced research being done into the physical evidence of close encounters. This book is at once a journey of scientific discovery and the story of the personal struggle Whitley Strieber has fought since he had an apparent close encounter in 1985, which he recounted in Communion: A True Story. He has been criticized for creating folklore; he has been called insane, labeled a liar and a cult leader. Naturally, he wants to correct the record. But more than that, he has come to feel certain that something truly earthshaking is happening, something far stranger, far more incredible than anyone suspected, which has made mankind vulnerable. To change all this, what he's need is physical proof. He has it, and this book is the story of how he got it and what it is. Strieber first reviews all the evidence for UFOs-including the remarkably dramatic and repeated sightings over Mexico City filmed by so many people — as well as the testimony thousands have given about their close encounter experiences, before turning to shocking new physical evidence: five implants surgically removed under controlled and documented conditions from the bodies of people who have reported contact with aliens. The study of these "implants" — what they are made of, how they function, and what their ultimate purpose is — holds the final answers to this whole puzzle. In addition, in a remarkable appendix, Monsignor Corrado Balducci of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples and Propagation of the Faith discusses the perspective of the Catholic Church on the whole matter of alien contact and what it means within a religious perspective. Confirmation - Dustwrapper (front) Flyleaf (front) Flyleaf (rear) Half-title Also by Whitley Strieber Title Page Printer's Imprint Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Something Truly New Part One: Theater in the Sky One: Miracle over Mexico Two: August 6, 1997 Three: Alien Shadows Four: An Undiscovered Country Five: Never a Straight Answer Six: Hidden Hardware Part Two: Close Encounter Seven: An Emergency Situation Eight: The Journey Begins Nine: Beyond the Dark Ten: Innocence Eleven: Worlds Beyond Twelve: Yes Or No [photoplates (16 sides/leaves) - facing pages 150/151] Part Three: Hard Evidence Thirteen: Early Days Fourteen: The One Within Fifteen: Dr. Roger Leir’s Discovery Sixteen: Jesse’s Story Seventeen: “Junior” Eighteen: My Implant Nineteen: What Do the Implant Data Mean? Twenty: “A New World, If You Can Take It” Appendix: Interview with Monsignor Corrado Balducci Afterword Further Reading Index Dustwrapper (rear) A sequel to COMMUNION. The author gives hard evidence for his paranormal close encounters, including debris from a UFO crash site and implants found in abductees' bodies. The author feels that something earth-shattering is going on and that mankind has been rendered vulnerable. Stieber, who claims to have had a close encounter in 1985, reviews the evidence for UFOs before discussing the discovery and importance of five implants removed from the bodies of people who have reported contact with aliens.