"Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings" By Jerome Clark

Title: Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings
Author: Jerome Clark
Published Year: 2000
Pages: 290
Genre: Metaphysical/Non-Fiction/UFO Encounters

Jerome Clark is a well known name when it comes to the UFO phenomena subject. He has written other books on the subject and is known to many as an authoritative source on UFOs whether it be actual encounters, contactee information or the beings themselves. In this book he takes his wealth of knowledge and puts it in an easy to use format so the reader is able to access the information that they find pertinent and want.

He not only discusses actual UFO encounters, but the people that witnessed them or believed that they were contactees or abductees as well. In addition to these short biographies of these people he also has information on channelers (people who say they channel extraterrestrials), researchers and other people that are well known on the UFO circuit.

UFOs are not the only thing that is brought up in this book as the title suggests. Clark also introduces ideas that such things like Sasquatch, Satan and Angels all have UFO connections. He does not say that you should believe any of the information and instead provides it in a manner that the reader can decide what they wish to believe and where to look for other sources on the material.

For most of the entries in the book, there are links to other entries that may be helpful with understanding or for further information on the current entry as well as a short bibliography of where the sources for that entry came from. Back up data is high on my priority list, so having these readily available for each entry is fantastic.

One thing that you may want to understand before picking this book up is that due to when it is published, there are not any current UFO encounter cases revealed in the book. Most of the information is from before the 80's. I now am on the lookout for a good source of updated contactee cases on UFOs. So if you have a suggestion, please let me know.