Beyond Top Secret Hardcover – 10 May 1996

I have read a number of Tim Good's UFO books, and I have to admit, they are very good. This one is no exception. He writes well, he is persuasive, and his research is meticulous.However, it has to be said, Mr Good comes across as fairly desperate to believe that space aliens are visiting this planet! You have to understand that there are lots of ideas and possible solutions to the UFO phenomenon, and the idea that extraterrestrials are visiting this planet is just one idea among many. Mr Good nails his colours very firmly to the mast in this book - he really believes. Which is fine, of course! He is perfectly entitled to his opinion. However, the fact that he does believe so strongly in the extraterrestrial hypothesis makes for a book which is not really critical enough of the subject. In other words, he tends to take the reports at face value instead of being a bit more critical.Take the Big Daddy of all UFO incidents - the Roswell Incident. There are many ufologists who have spent years studying and researching this one incident, and a lot of them have now said that they no longer believe that this incident was a case of space aliens visiting the earth. In particular, the idea that alien bodies were found at the crash site is a piece of nonsense, which has gradually entered the mythology of the incident as it has been told over the years. As to what crashed, I don't know. But it was just debris that was found.Mr Good even gives some credence to that well-known charlatan, Mr George Adamski, who claims to have visited the planet Venus, having been taken there by alien spacecraft! OK, so the author accepts that some of Adamski's claims are ridiculous, but then says that some of Adamski's claims are "less easy to dismiss". Well really. There are lots of these nutters, who claim to have been contacted by aliens and are now the voice of interplanetary parliament, etc etc. Mostly they are just trying to draw attention to themselves, and ensuring that their name lives on after their death.So is the UFO subject a lot of tosh? No, not at all! There have been some remarkable cases (Varginha and Kelly-Hopkinsville are two) which may possibly be due to space aliens. But you must be careful to sort the wheat from the chaff. Mr Good needs to be a bit more critical to get my respect. So read and enjoy - but keep your skeptical wits about you!

I found this very interesting and obviously there is something in this UFO business as the United States Navy have now owned up they have seen and even filmed UFO's over many years, and recently released some of the films taken.Watch this 'SPACE!'

That is a very interesting book, but you should buy only if you are a fan, otherwise I would recommend Richard Dolan;s books, that goes through in historic detail about every single case. This book goes on highlighting a lot of cases who are not mainstream, the book also does not focused on the American cases, so you will see a lot British, Canadian, Australian, Italian cases, and also how the authorities spin or react to these cases. The book is really well written though, but as I said it is not the best book from the author, and not the best cases, but for the researcher is a very good acquisition, it is a very interesting book though.

A fantastic author. If you are blind, deaf and dumb you won't be interested in whats going on in the real world. Get this while you still can........

this is the first book i have read by timothy good and was very impressed by the author's serious research and attention to detail.if you are a first time buyer on books about the UFO phenomenon then i can recommend this for a truly absorbing and sometimes alarming insight into this fascinating subject which can no longer be ignored.

Another great book by Timothy Good, Timothy has done some amazing incredible assiduous work on the subject of UFO's, Definitely one the best UFO Researchers from Britain. Worth buying this book.

Good gives a comprehensive account of a number of prominent UFO encounters. I really can't fault this book. It's a great source of information on UFOs which many ufologists will find useful. I would also recommend 'Aliens Attack' by Chip Norton.

The depth to which various governments are willing to go to just to cover up unexplained phenomena amazed me. The book was very well researched which some extremely interesting facts.