Title: Alien Autopsy Inquest
Author: Philip Mantle
Publisher: Filament Books
Review by Paul Stephen
Alien Autopsy Inquest by Philip Mantle (2007)
Published by PublishAmerica, LLLP; www.publishamerica.com
Just to let you know I finished the book yesterday Alien Autopsy Inquest - what a page turner!!! More in keeping with a twisting thriller...
I was always on the fence with this, until the Sky 1 and Alien Autopsy movie, but this book really did let me re-evaluate all the evidence in a chronological way I'd not done before. I have recollections of aspects of the case over the years, but in books and articles you always receive the authors bias -- so I'd just like to say firstly this book is superbly balanced, really factual without any idea on what your own feelings were.
You've managed to bring in all the experts, so the detail was interesting and warranted... I have to say from page to page my view altered from believer to skeptic, depending on the information each expert gave. Without the Sky One admission of Santili last year and his change of story, I think the evidence for me would be very much in the FACTUAL camp - believing that there was enough positive information to say the film was genuine. However, with all the stuff around last years film, its much more difficult to put one's neck on the line! Its a fascinating tale that I do think will still continue -- I'm sure there's more to come on the matter. As Michael Hesseman stated - you can only evaluate a case on the evidence given at the time, and the experts quoted were very credible indeed, so if people 'mock' the researchers for believing it and ultimately found out -- its certainly not the researchers who should hang their heads..... research should always continue for without the work of everyone in Ufology, we will never find out what is really happening. So my hat goes off to everyone involved.....
This is book a great credit to both yourself and others involved - by far the most in depth and important on this case. I'm not sure that the footage is genuine BUT it does highlight what needs to be done to keep the UFO flag flying... everyone must have an open mind, we must question and we mustn't stop believing.. the truth is out there and I'm sure our understanding will increase when the information is evaluated.
Well done and thanks for this book -- I hope it is widely read.
Alien Autopsy Inquest available at: www.filamentbooks.com