UNIDENTIFIABLE FLYING OBJECTS – THE DWIN-DLING PROBABILITY OF SOLVING THE UFO ENIGMA

Unidentifiable Flying Objects – The Dwindling Probability of Solving the UFO Enigma, Jordan Hofer and David Barker, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA, 2017, 160pp, $16.99.

Now that we’re in the twenty-first century, it’s getting more difficult to determine what might be a UFO. In years past, sightings were discounted as the planet Venus, a bright star, an airplane or blimp. Twenty-first century UFOlogists are now encountering new challenges.

        Drones are for sale starting around $20, and they’re popular with many segments of our society. Realtors use them, for example, to film estate properties. How is the average person to know if that light in the sky is a UFO or a drone?

        For that reason, Hofer and Barker note, “…here is where ufology is really screwed: Some of these drones are enhanced by hobbyists and designed to appear exactly like UFOs.” Is a photo a UFO or a neighbor’s drone?

        Another challenge for UFOlogists is computer imaging. Is the photo online a true aerial anomaly or has someone manipulated the image for whatever reason? [Below image from pixabay.com]

        Hofer and Barker enlisted Shreya Joshi, the leading ufologist with the Indian Paranormal Team to help with their research. 

        Hofer says, “I present our IM dialogues unedited so [Shreya’s] character is revealed to you.” Although Shreya comes across as charming, I personally would rather have seen the edited, shortened, IMs because a lot of the conversations are overlong and shed little light on the subject. 

        Shreya had interesting insights into UFOs through her work with IPT. For example, in one exchange: “Some people think the Grays don’t breathe at all, that they are more like robots than a living species. Others think that the Grays are wearing spacesuits. My personal take is that they ‘breathe’ through the skin and nostrils.” She also had interesting insights into bacteria and breathing.

        Shreya was studying the case of a 5-year-old boy who had reportedly gone to an alien planet with cybernetic aliens beginning at 1-year-old. The information makes for a good read.

        Barker shares the adventures of a man named Earl Heriot, who was featured in their book Little Gray Bastards: The Incessant Alien Presence, as he relates recovered memories of abductions and other experiences.

        Where other books skip the images reported in the Rendlesham Incident (1980), Hofer and Barker devote an entire chapter to the Rendlesham Code. Witness Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston, USAF (retired), filled 16 pages of a notebook with the binary code he had seen on the craft. The code was given to “Professional Binary Code Expert” Joe Luciano, who interpreted it. The message is strange and may require further interpretation.

        In continuing Earl Heriot’s experiences, Hofer and Barker consider the possibility that alien abductions run in families, as Earl’s family members have had “a number of UFO sightings, a few alien encounters, and diverse ‘non-alien’ paranormal incidents.” I have never read of other researchers examining family connections in Ufology.

        On that same note, Hofer and Barker look into the possibility that some “humans” are actually hybrids carrying “implanted alien nucleic acid sequences.” In this chapter they refer to Nick Redfern’s books Women in Black and Bloodline of the Gods and Dr. David M. Jacobs’ book, Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity. 

        Unidentifiable Flying Objects is a well-researched book with probably more information than the average UFOlogist is expecting. It was written by two men who wanted to dig into the subject because their answer to any questions on UFOs and aliens was “I don’t know.” Their quest was to find answers. Did they succeed? You’ll have to read the book to find out.

-          Jeff O’Brien