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The Lorenzen 's latest book is basically an update of Flying Saucer Occupants, published in 1967, with the addition of much new material. As such it makes a useful popular introduction to the contentious subject of CEIII cases. 164 cases are listed , perhaps 10% of the total sample.
As a serious work the present volume has a number of limitations; only the authors own files have been used for much of the time, giving a rather provincial air. This leads to some regrettable errors, for example the statement that "no occupant cases were reported in Canada prior to 1965". More seriously no acknowledgement is made of the contributions of other researchers in the field . Though much of the material reproduced from the 1967 book was taken directly from FSR’s special issue The Humanoids, there is not only no note of this, but FSR and Charles Bowen do not appear in the index, or in the main body of the text. Nor is there mention of Passport to Magonia, or Bloecher and Webb's HUMCAT. There is no bibliography to the main text at all.
These deficiencies are remedied somewhat by a valuable paper ‘Hypnotic and psychic implications in the investigation of UFO reports’ by Leo Sprinkle, which contains an excellent bibliography. This article first discusses the use of hypnosis in relation to 'abduction' reports , and also gives a survey of people who claim to experience various impressions of UFOs , including some obtained in altered states of consciousness. It is not possible to adequately summarise such a complex paper in a short review. Despite my criticisms, this work is well above average for the UFO literature, is inexpensive, and makes a useful addition to the UFO researcher 's library.
- Peter Rogerson, from MUFOB 8, Autumn 1977
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