Mirage Men, 9781845298579
Paperback
UFO truth stranger than fiction: conspiracies, espionage, and manufactured reality.

Mirage Men

a journey into disinformation, paranoia and ufos.

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2010

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Summary

Mirage Men: Unmasking the UFO Conspiracy

Seeking the truth about UFOs in America, Mark Pilkington and John Lundberg uncover a 60-year-old story stranger than any conspiracy thriller.

Through the fascinating account of their quest, Mark Pilkington reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little-known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare, and advanced military technology. Along the way, he discovers that the truth about flying saucers …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781845298579
ISBN-10:1845298578
Series:Tom Thorne Novels
Author:Mark Pilkington
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:28 July 2010
Weight:279g
Dimensions:133mm x 200mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

Totally absorbing - I couldn’t put it down. Full of fascinating stuff I’d never heard before and beautifully written into the bargain, it reads like a thriller, or maybe a really good ghost story. I’ll be recommending it to everyone I know.

An incredible, complex, fascinating story… I loved it. - Jon Ronson, author of ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’ and ‘Them’

Pilkington leads us into a hall of mirrors where the shadowy intelligence officers may be the deluded fantasists, and the craziest ufologists may be the ones guarding the biggest secrets. As the rug of reality is pulled repeatedly from under our feet, one thing becomes clear: the standard narrative, in which governments and the military are concealing the existence of extraterrestrials, is the opposite of the truth. Mirage Men turns the baffling world of UFOs and their investigators into a master key for decoding the twentieth century’s dreams and nightmares.

Written in a lively, “Can you believe this stuff actually happened?” style, the book

is an absolute must-read for believers and skeptics alike. - Booklist

A good read - Total Sci-Fi

Informative as well as hugely entertaining - The Times

Fascinating - Choice

Great credit to Pilkington - Daily Mail

About The Author

Mark Pilkington

Mark Pilkington is a writer, editor and filmmaker. He has written a weekly weird science column, Far Out, for the Guardian’s Life supplement and has been a contributing editor to Fortean Times magazine. He has also written for, among others, The Times, the Wire, Arthur, Plan B and has contributed to fiction and non-fiction anthologies. He also edits Strange Attractor Journal, which was described in the Independent on Sunday as ‘a unique and necessary collection of eccentric scholarship, weird journalism and obsessive research’.

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