About a year ago my publisher asked me if I'd be willing to do a book about UFOs. Now I've been interested in the subject since I was a kid, but was at first hesitant to do so—there are so many books out there on the subject, I wasn't sure what I might have to add that hadn't already been done to death—but after some consideration I decided to take a crack at it. However, I wanted to write something a little different—something that takes a more atypical approach than does the standard UFO book out there. The end result is my upcoming book, UFOs: The Great Debate (due out in December, 2008)—which I believe to be a truly honest and hopefully balanced and objective look at the entire phenomenon from ancient times to the modern era which, while admittedly maintaining a more skeptical view of the phenomenon, also remains open to the possibility (and, indeed, the likelihood) that ETs are observing us and have been for many centuries. It is my hopes the reader will come away with more than just another collection of anecdotal stories and grainy photographs, but that they will come away with some insights and a fresh perspective by which they might be able to make up their own mind about this fascinating and extremely important phenomenon.

In any case, while researching the book, I have come across a great deal of what I consider to be either poorly thought out, spurious, or just plain silly stuff—some of which I talk about in my book and some of which I don't. For the stuff that didn't fit in the book, I thought this would be a good place to store it in the hopes that others might be able to benefit from the fruits of my labors. Of course, I realize that challenging some of the more deeply entrenched and cherished beliefs about extraterrestrials currently in vogue might make me something of a heretic to some people, I really am not the hardened skeptic some might imagine. I've never really had a problem with the idea that "they"—whomever "they" are—might be a part of our reality, but as I've grown older, I've become a bit more cautious about this stuff and less willing to take everything at face value as I once was. I don't think that necessarily makes me a bad person, but it does make me far more open to exploring other options to explain these things. Of course, like everything else on this site, these are just my opinions and nothing more, so feel free to take 'em or leave them.

As always, I'd enjoy corresponding with anyone who would like to open a dialogue on these issues.. Also always looking for some compelling UFO photos (please, no strange lights in the skies. It's almost impossible to tell anything from a static photo, especially at night. Looking for more substantial, daylight photos and please, no trickery.) Rational queries and comments only please.

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