The foremost scientific ufologist in North America, and likely in the world, Stanton T. Friedman distills more than forty years of research on UFOs in his new book, Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups.

He answers physics questions in layman’s terms, and proves that travel to nearby stars is within reach, giving evidence that government policy is false and misleading–comparing a Cosmic Watergate. Flying Saucers and Science presents intriguing data from large-scale, scientific UFO studies and deals with a host of questions concerning the cover-up, reasons that aliens come to Earth and why they don’t land on the White House lawn.

Friedman reveals insider information about the SETI program and answers:

• What types of energy and technologies could provide travel between the stars?
• Where in the universe do aliens come from, and why have they chosen Earth?
• Who believes in the flying saucer phenomenon?
• Why is our government afraid to reveal the truth?
• What are the false arguments against saucers by prominent science fiction writers?

A nuclear physicist who has worked at McDonnell Douglas and Aerojet General on classified nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power, Friedman has testified at Congressional hearings and at the UN, and has lectured at more than 700 colleges and over 100 professional groups in North America and in a dozen countries. He has published more than 80 papers and appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs including the History Channel, Larry King Live and Nightline.

Friedman was the original civilian investigator of the 1947 Roswell Incident and a major contributor to The Roswell Incident. He is the author of Top Secret/Majic: Operation Majestic-12 and the United States Government’s UFO Cover-Up; and he co-authored Crash at Corona and Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience.

Eleven years, three convictions, two deportations, ten thousand pints, six barring orders and a legion of leather-clad groupies later, Dave Walsh, Barry Kavanagh and Damien DeBarra (the cheap tarts that brought you Blather.net) bring you their latest labour of love: A Load of Blather: Unreal Reports from Ireland and Beyond, the first book that anyone has been nuts enough to let them publish. Shamelessly re-working articles which have been online for years anyway, this magnificent tome is a veritable smorgasboard of smut; bursting out of its trousers with a great heaving cavalcade of paranormal events, superstitions, mysterious happenings, conspiracy theories, hordes of rampaging kangaroos in the Dublin hills, and the previously untold story of General Michael Collins’ forays into outer space. There’s even a bit about talking cows in there. If the lawyers haven’t cut it out. There’s guest articles too, from the likes of Sue Walsh, Oliver Bayliss and Dr. Stewart Roberts.

Judging by the Table of Contents, this book promises to be entertaining, if not outrageously hilarious. The book is scheduled for release on May 12, 2008.

Thanks in part to such programs as “Ghost Hunters,” “Haunting Evidence,” and “Paranormal State,”
ghosts and the paranormal are fascinating a lot of people these days. And many people are learning that ghost tours and haunted locations can help add some excitement to tourism.

“It’s a wonderful way to learn about the history and culture of a city,” says Rhetta Akamatsu, author of Ghost to Coast: A Handbook of Ghost Tours, Paranormal Investigators, and Haunted Hotels.

Rhetta has collected contact information for ghost tours and paranormal investigation groups from coast to coast in this useful book. From Alabama to Wyoming, almost every state is represented. (A few, like North Dakota, do not seem to have any.) In addition, for the brave tourist, there is an illustrated list of haunted hotels.

“I only chose hotels which bragged about their ghosts on the Internet or in their brochures,” Rhetta says, “so that I knew they would be friendly to the ghost-curious.”

This 175-page directory also includes articles ranging from Rhetta’s own paranormal experiences to how-to guides for beginning paranormal investigators.

Ghost to Coast is available at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and most other major bookstores.

“It’s also available internationally,” Rhetta says with a laugh. “So if you’re in Hong Kong, or Germany or the UK, and you want to plan a trip to the U.S. to visit our ghosts, just Google Ghost to Coast and you can pick your destination.”

A measly 176 pages from cover to cover, this book promises to help you find that perfect haunted hotel for this year’s vacation, book a ghost tour, or contact a paranormal investigator about those pesky bumping noises you keep hearing in your attic.

“Long known for its history of being haunted by a witch who was hanged and buried there, Mary Jane’s Grave has been a teenage staple for decades. Local historians have since disproved the area as mere folk lore, but when a local teen is found brutally murdered at the grave, Detective Sergeant CeeCee Gallagher is forced to re-investigate the history, and find its link to the teen’s murder. With the aid of her powerful co-workers, Naomi and Jeff Cooper, CeeCee is thrown into the depths of a secret so horrifying; locals have kept it hidden for over a hundred years. Finding the chilling connection between Mary Jane, and an eighteenth century murderess, Ceely Rose, CeeCee refuses to believe in the supernatural occurrences that witnesses claim are taking place at the grave. CeeCee’s investigation takes her across the country in her hunt for the true killer while she tries to keep her relationship with FBI Agent, Michael Hagerman, from unraveling. CeeCee takes readers along with her to face their darkest fears, while holding their breath until the secret of the grave, and the identity of the killer, is revealed.”

I found the announcement for this book in my news aggregator this evening and thought about picking it up because I enjoy crime novels as well as supernatural stories. Then I read that it was the third in a series of the CeeCee Gallagher series. For more information about Stacy’s books, visit her website.