Greetings all - Robert from everywhere but currently residing in Louisville, KY. I first got interested in this topic due to an inadvertently taken photo quite a while back, and a friend who read on Roswell and maintains that a saucer crash and ETI are the best explanations for the event. After things percolated for a while and I encountered a few of the "it's impossible, therefore it didn't happen" people, I decided to start digging on my own. Digging may be a weak word for it
In the past 3 months I have read the following (in general order of most-least useful IMO)
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - Ruppelt
The UFO Controversy in America - Jacobs
The UFO Enigma: A New Review of the Physical Evidence - Sturrock (ed)
The UFO Enigma: A Scientific Enquiry - Hynek
The Roswell Incident: Case Closed - USAF/GAO, etc.
Crash: When UFO's Fall out of the Sky - Randle
Spaceships of the Visitors - Randle
Reflections of a UFO Investigator - Randle
Wonders in the Sky - Vallee and Aubeck
UFO's: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities - Alexander (MIB lol)
Area 51 - Annie Jacobsen
Shoot them Down - Flying Saucer Wars of 1952 - Feschino
UFO's: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials go on the Record - Kean
Unconventional Flying Objects: A Scientific Explanation - Hill
UFO's and the National Security State - both books, not very useful and conspiracy loaded but fun to read, I guess
The Phoenix Lights - Kitei
Definitely not my cup o tea!
Saucers and Science - Friedman
Evidence: The Case for NASA UFO's - Sereda
As you can see, I read some very good books and some that weren't so good to be polite.
Stuff on the menu is:
UFO's: A Scientific Debate - Sagan, etc.
Hynek's second book
A deep dive into the earth lights idea/phenomenon just to see
James E. McDonald's complete works if I can find them, and possibly the Druffel book.
If I had to classify myself at this point, the old Hynek/Vallee school of "scientific Ufology" would be where I am aiming. Very interested in statistical analysis of sightings, how they are filtered for verity, etc. Since I just joined up, am looking forward to reading, and any books I missed that I need to read, please let me know via PM.
I may post the photo one day although as is typical, it is distant and rather blurred
was using a dig cam w/o viewfinder and taking landscape shots, and didn't notice it until I blew it up on my PC.
Cheers / Robert