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Unidentified Flying Objects: Starcraft, A Review
Copyright © by Denise M. Clark, 11/7/02
(www.denisemclark.com)
Unidentified Flying Objects: Starcraft
By Der Voron
ISBN: 1591297389
Publisher: PublishAmerica (http://www.publishamerica.com)
The existence of extraterrestrials
has long been a subject of heated debate between scientists, scholars and
stargazers who've spent many an hour studying the night sky and the universe
beckoning beyond. Scientific proof of whether distant life forms and existence
are legitimate causes yet an addition bone of contention between UFOlogists and
skeptics alike, and while it's easy to make jokes about Area 51 or Roswell,
there is certainly a basis for those jokes and rumors. Something had to have
happened in these places and many others throughout the globe to engender such
speculation and argument.
In his book, Unidentified Flying Objects: Starcraft, Der Voron has
offered an extremely well researched and detailed report of incidents that have
occurred all across the globe, from many different eras. Ancient writings may
have been the first indication that 'we are not alone', and Der Voron cites
several of these sources as an example. Such statements originate from many
different countries and in different continents, from ancient times to
contemporary, from Indian tales of events that took place in the wilds of
Kipling country to experiences related by a German artillery gunner during World
War Two. Reports of 'unidentified contact with objects of undetermined origins' have been filed in
government offices from the plains of South America to the fjords of Norway and
the steppes of Asia.
Highly annotated and illustrated
with fascinating examples of starship models and their possible makeup,
armaments and defensive mechanisms, this ambitious work offers a wealth of
documented information on not only Starcraft, otherwise known as 'Flying
Saucers', but the types of extraterrestrials that have flown them. All aliens
are not created
equal, as their many varied depictions and origins in historical writings
attests. The author's use of a plethora of written documentation ably enhances
his description of personal civilian and military accounts of those who have had
some kind of interaction with these objects.
Also explored in great detail is
the intelligence of our sea life, mainly as that intelligence relates to
dolphins and the octopi of our deepest oceans, and how they, in turn, can be
used in the search for extended knowledge of the universe surrounding our
planet. How and why these creatures have gained such highly specialized
communication skills and how it is that an octopus can experience an event and
not only remember it, but learn from it, is explored, and commented upon as it
relates to man's search for a higher intelligence.
While replete with scientific
data, terms and information, this work by Der Voron is nevertheless highly
readable and extremely illuminating for the common reader with no prior
knowledge of extraterrestrial existence, while at the same time it also provides
hours of reading material and documentation to keep the more knowledgeable busy.
Der Voron's conscientious effort
to dig deep for his sources shows in his detailed reports, and his data
gathering and willingness to share that information is a challenging endeavor in
which he has aptly succeeded. The existence of extraterrestrials is an immensely
interesting topic, one that will be explored for years to come, and this work
can provide as an invaluable asset to any stargazer's bookshelf.
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