Contents

Introduction

1 Strange Lights in the Skies

UFO FILE: Did Churchill order a UFO cover-up?

2 The Flying Saucer Age

UFO FILE: ‘Saucer Sam’

3 Cold War UFOs

UFO FILE: All Balloony?

4 Close Encounters

UFO FILE: A Visit from the Men in Black

5 Crop Circles and Alien Abductions

UFO FILE: The Missing Files

6 Turn-of-the-Century UFOs

UFO FILE: UFOs on Film

7 Closing the UFO Files

UFO FILE: Their Last Word on UFOs

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Appendix

Notes and references

Resources