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Aerial Phenomena - Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century Paperback – January 1, 2012

by Antonio Paris (Author)

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Evidence of extraterrestrial life remains elusive as ever. The lack of physical and scientific proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, has pushed UFOs to be regarded along with Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the chupacabra, and leprechauns: subjects nestled together in the occult section of your local bookstore or library. This unfortunate occurrence, in my opinion, is a direct result of a once-worthy subject being hijacked by a convergence of armchair UFO investigators, conspiracy theorists, hoaxers, and people taking occasional cheesy photos of alleged extraterrestrials or flying saucers. In hopes of reviving Ufology, the Aerial Phenomenon Investigations Team (API) was founded to investigate UFO phenomena from a nuts and bolts perspective. This book, in its strictest sense, provides the reader insight into API's UFO investigative process, synopses of 50 UFO investigations completed by API, an analysis of UFO phenomena, and the author's vision for reviving Ufology.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aerial Phenomena (January 1, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1467549274
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1467549271
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces

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Antonio Paris is the Chief Scientist at the Center for Planetary Science, an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at St. Petersburg College, FL and a graduate of the NASA Mars Education Program at the Mars Space Flight Center, Arizona State University. He is the author of three books: Mars: Your Personal 3D Journey to the Red Planet; Space Science; and Aerial Phenomena. His latest peer-reviewed publications include:

---The Physiological & Psychological Aspects of Sending Humans to Mars - an extensive research centered on the implications of prolonged spaceflight, which include radiation, the cardiovascular system in space and long-term nutritional concerns in a microgravity environment.

---Hydrogen Clouds from Comets 266/P Christensen and P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) are Candidates for the Source of the 1977 "Wow" Signal - a hypothesis proposing the alleged extraterrestrial "Wow" signal was a result of a neutral hydrogen envelop from a planetary body.

---Hydrogen Line Observations of Cometary Spectra at 1420 MHZ - a theory proposing the alleged extraterrestrial "Wow" signal was a result of a neutral hydrogen envelop from a planetary body.

Prof. Paris is a professional member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Astronomical Society, and has appeared on the Science Channel, the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel.

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O. Blasingame

A new approach to the often irrationally treated subject of UFO research.

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019

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Very interesting book. A different and more scientific look at the UFO phenomena. By taking the alien question out of the formula and substituting an unbiased, investigative approach Anotion Paris and his team have brought UFO investigations back down to earth and reality. All while keeping an open mind to the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. I read the entire book in one evening. Highly recommend the book for the rational reader.

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Mark

Admirable Effort to Bring a Scientific Approach to UAP analysis

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023

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This is a fairly short book that describes the author's investigations of 50 UAP sightings. Paris assembled a team of investigators (the Aerial Phenomenon Investigations Team or API) who spent over 2000 hours interviewing witnesses and analyzing data from UAP 50 sightings (an average of 40 hours on each case). Ten of the fifty were concluded to be unknowns, but none were particularly impressive. Paris concluded that the evidence that UAPs represent extra-terrestrial visitation was weak at best.

Paris's use of a systematic and scientific process was definitely on the right track, but unfortunately the number of cases was relatively small, and as his team found, none of the cases they investigated were in fact particularly impressive. Apparently, they abandoned their efforts after these 50 cases. I have not been able to find any additional info on his organization.

I wonder what his team would think if they had investigated the 2004 Nimitiz "Tic-tac" incident?

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013

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Antonio Paris has set himself the ambitious and laudable goal of scrubbing the subject of Aerial Phenomena (don’t call them “UFOs” any longer) free from the crust of paranormal garbage that has accumulated on it over the last few decades. He has recently founded, and serves as director of, the “Aerial Phenomenon Investigations Team” comprising a few individuals other than himself who are named in this book but whose qualifications are, unfortunately, not detailed. (Could Chief Scientist, Paul Carr, be the fellow who works at Goddard Spaceflight Center?) Paris’s own qualifications are stated to include a background in military intelligence and at least one advanced degree in planetary science (unverified directly by this reviewer). This is may earn him animosity from true believers who will likely consider him a government disinformation agent, but there are always those who consider any scientific investigation of aerial phenomena to be an attempt to cover up the truth rather than reveal it. However, one doesn’t come away with that impression from APIT’s work.

The first chapter of the book outlines what Paris means by “scientific investigation” and details the Vallée UFO Classification System (which figures prominently in the nomenclature of the case numbers). Instrumentation (such as radiation monitors, cameras, audio recorders) is briefly listed and some of the questions a good investigator might ask are included. So far, so good.

Since Paris is currently based in Maryland, many of the cases detailed in Chapter 2 of the book center on that region—where travel to interview witnesses and collect evidence is presumably easiest and gentlest on the budget of a fledgling organization. However, not all the cases investigated herein are Maryland-based or even terribly recent. Case #12-063-FB1, for example, comes from the late 1970s in Genessee, MI and #12-007-FB1 hails from Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) c. 1953. This begs the question: Why aren’t some of the biggest and most interesting cases from the last few decades among those that APIT investigated for this book?

• What about the famous Japan Airlines Flight 1628 incident? There are still people living who investigated that event (perhaps eyewitnesses as well) and the FAA official responsible for the government investigation has remained in the DC region after retirement and still possesses radar and communications data from the case.

• What about the Phoenix mass sighting from the 1990s (*not* the obvious military flares from about 22:00 local time but the giant craft witnessed even by Governor Fife Symington about two hours earlier)? There are plenty of credible eyewitnesses still around from that event including the then-governor, himself—a pilot and former Air Force officer.

• Or, how about the Stephenville, TX mass sighting from just a few years ago which includes official radar tracking data and many credible witnesses? Perhaps there is a connection here to Case #12-021-AN1 stemming from Northrup Grumman research?

Most of the cases included in the book fall short of anything terribly interesting and the hundred pages of investigative reports might have been better spent concentrating on a just few more seemingly substantial encounters (for lack of a better word) with more details given about actual investigative methods and data obtained.

Chapter 3 summarizes the overall findings of APIT’s case investigations and reveals—surprise!—that most of what people see and interpret as Unexplained Aerial Phenomena are really very mundane objects. There is still a residue of unexplained or unexplainable events, but there is no hard evidence that anything extraterrestrial or paranormal is responsible. Some readers will find that very disappointing. Others will say, “Yeah, so, what else is new?”

Well, what’s new is that someone is tackling the subject again with a renewed passion for a *scientific* study and it is only such an approach that will reveal what these “aerial phenomena” actually represent. This book is a worthy first effort at possibly removing some of the taboo surrounding the subject. Perhaps, someone with deeper pockets than mine will pony up to help Antonio Paris and his organization really get moving toward their objectives before the institutionalized inertia or scorn grinds them down too far. I only hope that his next efforts will tackle some of the larger and more baffling cases mentioned above in order to see what a proper scientific investigation can bring to them.

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kristin staats

Straight Forward

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2013

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The author makes it clear why he decided to investigate UFO sightings, he also doesnt just put down what others have said over the years but rather him and his team actually investigate and eithier say what the UFO actually was or leaves the case open. If you want the facts read this book, if your looking for pure speculation don't...

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Alan Nance

factual and easy to read

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014

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Very scientific, clear, factual and easy to read. A sensible approach to a controversial subject.

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ron

Antonio Paris is one of the best investigators in the field

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2015

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Antonio Paris is one of the best investigators in the field. I ordered this book to loan out to friends interested in the subject.

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Jedwards

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013

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I enjoyed reading Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century very much. I would recommend to everyone, it's a great read for anyone who wants to know about UFOs

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Aerial Phenomena presents an objective view.

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2015

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I bought Aerial Phenomena for my husband. He found that it presented an objective view of ufology and the book was well structured.

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