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**The most authoritative UFO reference book on the planet.** This is the definitive A–Z guide to all things alien, from the first-ever-recorded incidents of close encounters to the latest information on worldwide UFOria. Over 400 fascinating entries cover everything from the incidents and witnesses involved to the concepts at stake and experts’ personal position statements. ● Over 300 rare images, eyewitness drawings and classic UFO photographs. ● Fully up-to-date on the events and developments of the last decade. ● Entries from all the top thinkers in the fields of UFO research and SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence), including Jerome Clark, Erich von Däniken, Hilary Evans, Timothy Good, John Mack, Nick Pope, Jenny Randles, Carl Sagan, Whitley Strieber and Jacques Vallée. Exactly what happened on JAL Flight no. 1628, in the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Episode, or at Roswell? What do people mean by the Fantasy Prone hypothesis, mind control by aliens or the Prison Earth Theory? And what do the top thinkers of our time really think about the question of extraterrestrial encounters? **The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters** is more than just a history of witnesses and incidents – it is the ultimate source book on the subject. **The truth is out there – how close do you dare get?**