- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; St. Martin edition (Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312965214
- ISBN-13: 978-0312965211
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,631,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Men In Black has to be one of the most mysterious aspects of the whole UFO phenomenon, and a book on this subject is long overdue. Jenny Randles is always a reliable author, and she doesn't let us down here. She gives a lot of background to some cases that are quite famous in the UFO area, but aspects of which aren't that well-known. For instance, I didn't realise that there is a lot more to Kenneth Arnold's experiences than him simply sighting the first 'flying saucers' in 1947. I feel that the book could have benifited from some illustrations, as Ms Randles often refers to pictures, and it would have been nice to have seen them for ourselves. I was also quite surprised she didn't mention the Blairgowrie incidents of 1985 (which are detailed in Ron Halliday's book on Scottish UFOs "McX"), which are, for me, one of the most wierd tales of the MIB to come out of these islands. And some more detail on the Broad Haven flap of 1977 would have been nice, although as most UFO writers seem to ignore that one entirely, I was just pleasently surprised that she mentioned it at all! Plus there is no mention of Ted Holiday's sinister experiences with the MIB at Loch Ness in the early 1960s. But perhaps I'm just nit-picking. This is Randles's book after all, and she writes about the cases she knows well. And after reading this, the Mothmen case seems more dark and terrifying than ever!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Jenny Randles has pulled together plenty of accounts of strange MIB encounters and analyses the information collected. You have to make your own conclusions and decide who they are and what they represent. Jenny has an easy to read style that any Jenny Randles reader can identify with. However, Jenny has an eye for detail and corrects myths such as the Kenneth Arnold discs actually being crescent-moon shaped. Unfortunately there is no catch-all explanation for all the cases investigated but a "Shady intelligence unit who are deliberately hamming it up to the point of absurdity" is high on the list of possibilities. This possibility was highlighted on 20th July 2002 (Weekend Mail Magazine) when Julian Champkin reported the recent release of confidential documents regarding Britain's 'Men in Black'. This previewed the Discovery Channel programme "Britain's Men in Black" screened on the Wednesday of that week. The article and programme revealed that the Ministry of Defense had investigators such as Wing Commander Myles Formby on the case. With this established you can revisit reports of MIB in a more down to earth light. For those readers who want related information of MIB investigations into so-called abductions check out "The complete book of Aliens and Abductions" by Jenny.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I found this to be a typical Jenny Randles book so if you're a fan of hers you'll enjoy it. I thought it focused too much on government documents and missing film and not enough on the Men In Black. Randles seems to have gone into the book with the pre-conceived notion that the MIB are government secret agents and spends the next 200 pages trying unsuccessfully to prove it. The book offered nothing new about the topic.
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The best book available about the Men in Black (The Truth!)
well, if you want the real MiB stories then buy this book... it will blow your mind man... it is absolutelty amazing! BUY!
Published on 3 Sep 1999
Suprisingly good.
This is a suprisingly good book.
Randles goes in-depth into a number of bizzare cases. It is interesting reading - if you like novels, I suggest you drop the fantasy and go... Read more
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