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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Quite interesting, but sometimes gets bogged down in the details.
The storytelling and was interesting to listen to. I don’t know how based in reality the book is parts seem to be over the top but maybe their supposed to be to throw you off. 🤷♂️
Fun fact: did you know the aliens in the Roswell crash had a flaky pastry with fruit in the middle? If not for them we wouldn't have Pop Tarts.
Filing this book in my "nut file."
Filing this book in my "nut file."
Little green men in white coats: Pant Y Wacco, according to John Lloyd and Douglas Adams, in the wonderful Meaning of Liff, is the state of mind of retired Lieutenant Colonels before the men in white coats come to take them away. Or, pay your retired spooks and gooks a decent pension or they’ll do this to you. This stuff is superior schlock and it’s fascinating in terms of Cold War paranoia, and American exceptionalism. Did the aliens give us microwave ovens so that we might enjoy Kevlar heated for dinner in a moment? I’m still doubtful, even if I’ll get in so much trouble for this, and anyway the iowaska beckons. I’ll be barking at the moon....
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
If 1% of what's in this book is true, it still recounts one of the most important events of the 20th century. Accusations of hubris aside, Corso's story is credible, detailed, and worth checking out by believers and doubters alike.
This topic is very interesting, especially in light of disclosures made by the military this year, and the source (Corso) is believable. What I find interesting is that the knee-jerk reaction of the military to aliens was, and still is, to view them as threats and ONLY as threats. No discussion of communication with the aliens, just an endeavor to make bigger and better weapons than extraterrestrials. Are aliens a threat? Maybe, maybe not. But if they exist, we need to adopt a more open view in contrast to the narrow-minded military approach.
informative
medium-paced
It didn't make me a believer but I enjoyed the read.
Reading this book as a fictional account is pretty entertaining. On that note, I rate it four stars, although it is very repetitive.