UFOs - by Robert Powell (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Whether you suspect the origin of UFOs is one of the thousands of exoplanets that have been discovered or whether you believe it come from here on earth or are a myth, this book will fill you in not only on the phenomenon itself but on how we as individual human beings and as a society have reacted to the phenomenon.

Review Quotes

Robert Powell clearly explains the role that science must play in furthering universal understanding about UFOs. Scientists must claim this investigation as their own, and balance the national security narrative that has become so dominant. What facts do scientists already know about this phenomenon and how can they go about studying it in the future? I found the information in UFOs to be educational, though-provoking and inspiring.

Robert Powell is one of the luminaries of the UFO world, an accomplished scientist who brings rational, objective analysis to a complex subject where the evidence is all too often peremptorily dismissed by dedicated skeptics or naively accepted without proper analysis by true believers. Even-handed, methodical, and insightful, Robert's new book will help the educated reader to understand and interpret the best current evidence regarding one of the world's greatest and most portentous mysteries.

The first comprehensive stock-taking of the UFO problem, both scientific and big picture, since the Pentagon's about-face in 2021 confirming the existence of "UAP" and their potential threat to national security. Sober, reliable, and refreshingly free of conspiracies, Powell's book is in the great tradition of Sturrock's The UFO Enigma (1999) and Hynek's The UFO Experience (1972). Clear prose and a logical structure make it an outstanding introduction to the field.

About the Author

Robert Powell has 28 years of engineering experience in the semiconductor industry. He helped Advanced Micro Devices develop its first flash memory technology that is used in today's flash cards for cameras, PCs, video cameras, and other products. His experience includes managing a state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory and managing a Research and Development group that worked on nanotechnology using atomic force microscopes, near-field optical microscopy, and other techniques. Robert is also a co-holder of four patents related to nanotechnology.

Robert Powell is a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). He was the Director of Research at MUFON from 2007-2017 and created MUFON's Science Review Board in 2012. Robert is one of two authors of the detailed radar/witness report on the "Stephenville Lights" as well as the SCU report "UAP: 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico". He is also the primary author on the recently published paper, "A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven's Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle" and a secondary author of a paper published in the journal Entropy entitled, "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles." Robert is a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, the UFODATA project, and the National Space Society.