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Title: Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us? by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0-312-96704-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.24 (21 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: What Hard Evidence?!!
Comment: Whitley Strieber continues his series of books about human interaction with the "visitors". This time out, however, he tries to offer up "proof" of visitation by aliens in the form of videos, letters and medical evidence. The result is quite lacking.
Let me first state that I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Strieber's book, Communion. This was an excellent book documenting one man's experience with something real to him. It offered no definitive answer and was more of a quest for the ever elusive truth. With each succesive book about the phenomena that he has experienced, his interepretations get more far out. The other main advantage that Mr. Strieber has over other authors on similar material, such as Budd Hopkins, is that Mr. Strieber is a professional writer and his books are very well-written.
Back to Confirmation, the first third of the book discusses video evidence of UFOs. It would have helped if Mr. Strieber had given readers some suggestions as to where they might find copies of the footage he is describing. (I did see one of the videos he was descibing on Larry King, so at least that one should be available somewhere.) He describes the movements that the UFOs make, and how they would be difficult to falsify - not impossible, just difficult. Now without being able to view the footage, it is very difficult to come to your own conclusion about the said footage. It is also very difficult to evaluate video footage from a written description. (try to imagine describing one of your favorite action scenes to someone who has never seen it, but don't tell plot just give descriptions of the movements, their mental image would probably be much different than the actual footage)
My other complaint/concern about the first section of the book is that Mr. Strieber is making comments about propulsion and how this particular movement isn't possible, etc. While, I firmly believe that he is a very intelligent man, I've never seen anything to believe that he is a physicist or an expert on propulsion systems.
The next section describes close encounter experiences from witnesses across the nation. While very interesting, since these are mostly taken from letters, and don't have corroborating testimony or evidence again there is no hard evidence.
The third section of the book is the most interesting, and could have come closest to providing that all elusive "proof". Mr. Strieber conducted a number of tests to try to find implants that people remember having inserted into them during their close encounters. While some very interesting data was recovered, the results were inconclusive to say the least. There is no way of proving that the implants removed from these people were put in during their alleged encounters. The materials are not out of this world, odd, yes but not necessarily from somewhere else.
Finally, I do appreciate what Mr. Strieber was trying to do here but it just doesn't work. I think the biggest problem is the title, the book does not live up to it. I hope that Mr. Strieber continues his personal search, but I don't know that I'll continue reading about it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Mmmmm....Hard evidence..my favorite.
Comment: You got to hand it to Whitley, he's quite a genius. From the advent of the book "Communion," Whitley single handedly created the abduction phenomena.
And since then, we've seen this humble writer create Strieber Corp. Books, workbooks, worksheets, bed sheets, a radio program, abduction insurance, "'Lil Gray Condoms" and even those cute minature Whitley wind-up dolls.
He's created quite a nice empire.
So, yes, I was skeptical about "Confirmation." I mean after all, I only just received "Communion" last year. Was I ready to commit myself to the Catholic faith?
Well, let's face it, the book is Whitley-lite. But I'll give him this, at least he really followed through with the hard evidence.
I mean what other alien book includes a limited edition embalmed alien limb? I got the gray arm, complete with the hidden alien implant tracking device somewhere within the decaying folds of the ET flesh.
Of course my alien bounty was short lived. Soon after, those two anemic goons dressed in black suits came and confiscated my alien limb, threatening me to keep my mouth shut or I would be erased from existence.
Hahaha! Yea, right! As if they could make me disap
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad, but Strieber is out of his element
Comment: This is one book that shouldn't be judged by its lurid, tabloidesque cover. Strieber's approach is honest and evenhanded, and, unlike the back cover with its screaming red warning that "AFTER YOU READ THIS BOOK YOU *WILL* BELIEVE IN ALIEN LIFE," he never makes any over-the-top claims of conclusive proof. Critical of both debunkers and believers, Strieber argues simply that the UFO and close encounter phenomena are genuine unknowns that deserve serious scientific attention. Nothing more.
While it's a decent introduction to the field, though, Confirmation is definitely not Strieber at his best. What Strieber really has to offer is his own close encounter experiences, documented in Communion and its sequels, and the thousands of letters he has received from other close encounter witnesses, many of which are published in The Communion Letters. But when it comes to a general overview of UFO sightings, implants, etc., he has no particular credentials. The result is that Confirmation is mostly a rehash of evidence published elsewhere. Strieber is a storyteller, not a scientist, and is probably better off sticking to fiction and autobiography and leaving the "hard evidence" to professional UFO researchers.
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Title: Communion : A True Story by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0380703882 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Breakthrough: The Next Step by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 006100958X Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: WITNESSED by Budd Hopkins ISBN: 0671570315 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Secret School: Preparation for Contact by Whitley Strieber ISBN: 0061096180 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Casebook: Alien Implants by Whitley Streiber, Roger Leir ISBN: 044023641X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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