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adnielsen's review against another edition
1.0
Complete and utter nonsense. Honestly, it’s just silly fiction chocked full of tall tales including talk of a secret moon base. A complete waste of time and a struggle to finish.
librarimans's review against another edition
3.0
While the subject matter is pretty fantastical (recovered alien technology from the supposed crash in Roswell in 1947 leads to nearly every major scientific advance made in the post war and Cold War period), I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some nuggets of truch buried in the more outlandish claims. Do I believe the KGB had infilitrated pretty highly into the US Gov't during the Cold War? Sure, I think it would be a bit naive to think otherwise. Do I think our comparatively limited technology of the time was enough to thwart the advances of a race that had mastered interstellar travel? Yeah, not so much. Ultimatelt it was a pretty interesting read though.
palipoto's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.0
This book seems to be part of a psyop
whitecat5000's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
While interesting as a read, it felt more fantastical than reality.
lilithsternins's review against another edition
3.0
This was kind of weird. Like. I don't know what point he was trying to make like I'm supposed to believe only him because he claims to have seen papers.
viva_pugnacio's review against another edition
2.0
It's hard to enjoy a nonfiction book you don't believe when it doesn't try to persuade you.
manga13's review against another edition
4.0
phaedosia's review against another edition
4.0
After the Chinese balloon and then the American F-22s shooting down “high-altitude objects” this year, I thought I would pick this up. He actually makes a pretty compelling case, though some things are pretty out there. I’m trying to think of reasons he would lie after such an illustrious military career - maybe to sway public opinion to continue to fund the space program and other DoD initiatives? I was also trying to figure out how to wrap it into a Christian worldview - demons? I don’t know. Good thing I have a nice supply of tinfoil laying around.
sizrobe's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting book. The main thesis is that the alien crash at Roswell in 1947 yielded a tremendous amount of technological wonders, which were all reverse engineered by a secret working group within the government. Stuff like fiber optics and microchips and night vision and lasers were all secretly farmed out to various corporate contracts invisibly enough that their true origin could never be determined.
One of the biggest claims is that the Cold War was secretly a front for funding and developing anti-UFO weapons, and that the CIA and KGB had completely infiltrated one another to the point of making one another worthless. The true threat was aliens that could penetrate our most vital airspace and do pretty much whatever they felt like, and we needed to turn their own technology against them to stand a chance.
If you suspend disbelief, it's an interesting enough book, but I'm not sure I buy it.
One of the biggest claims is that the Cold War was secretly a front for funding and developing anti-UFO weapons, and that the CIA and KGB had completely infiltrated one another to the point of making one another worthless. The true threat was aliens that could penetrate our most vital airspace and do pretty much whatever they felt like, and we needed to turn their own technology against them to stand a chance.
If you suspend disbelief, it's an interesting enough book, but I'm not sure I buy it.