Return to Magonia

 

Investigating UFOs in History

Chris Aubeck & Martin Shough

with a Foreword by Jacques Vallée

Anomalist Books 2015

  "Amazing! . . . should be required reading" Clas Svahn, journalist & bestselling author

"significant: the first 21st-century UFO book . . . patient, persistent, scientifically sophisticated . . . 
thorough . . . meticulous . . . an engaging scientific detective story . . . Return to Magonia is 
a model of how to conduct productive historical UFO and anomalies studies. 
An instant classic and likely to remain an enduring one."
Jerome Clark, Fortean Times #335

"This is an excellent collection of reports that shows the rich variety of aerial anomalies . . . 
They do a good job of trying to scientifically explain these sightings . . . A great book 
showing that flying saucers are nothing new."
Starburst Magazine Nov 20 2015

"surpasses all earlier attempts at documenting historical reports of strange occurrences in the heavens, 
including its predecessor 'Wonders in the Sky'. . . . 
I would label 'Return to Magonia' an original marriage between history and science, 
packed in 21 chapters that read like short detective stories. Ufology doesn't come better than this."
Amazon Feb 12 2016

"A very detailed and thorough review and analysis of historical aerial anomalies. Essential reading."
Nigel Watson (author of UFOs of the First World War, Ghostships of the Skies, etc.) Amazon, Nov 19 2015

". . . combines modern tools and resources to dig deep into history . . . 
 before flying saucers became an international sensation."
Ben Jones, The Transcontinental, Dec 1 2015

"an excellent study . . . very impressive . . . has much to offer"
Bill Chalker, The Oz Files

"Along the way we learn a lot about astronomy; mirages; other meteorological phenomena; 
human observational skills, and, of course, UFOs. . . . 
As an individual who loves "cold case" analysis, I was in my element with this book."
Keith Basterfield, author and researcher

"In a word, brilliant!  The most important UFO book in years."
Peter Hassall, NZ, researcher and author
"a book that should be read by everyone professing to be a UFO investigator or researcher . . .  
 of great utility for modern UFO research . . . this rich and dense examination of historical UFO events. . . . 
Another volume could become available should this first volume sell well. I certainly hope it does."
UFO Truth Magazine, December 2015 pp.53-4

 

People have always been fascinated by lights in the sky.

Early astronomers and astrologers, medieval pamphleteers, scientists, navigators, and weather observers, 
all recorded sightings of strange phenomena. 

The question is: Were these the same as our modern UFOs? 

The authors of Return to Magonia have taken a serious, critical look at some of those sightings.
           Using modern resources and tools, they dissect more than 20 fascinating cases from the last 500 years, 
showing that reality can be more interesting than any popular catch-all theory.
 
They discover that UFOs in history are as intriguing, as entertaining, and often as baffling 
as they are today.

 

The large-format (25.4cm x 17.7cm) volume contains

 

 

"As a reader I found myself delighted and surprised at every turn as I followed their investigation of cases like the sightings

reported by the brig Victoria in June 1845 (with the shocking conclusion that the witnesses may have seen a rare natural event)

or their field trip to Taylorsville, Ohio in the amazing case of 'The Alien that Drove Away'... in April 1873. As you follow

the data gathering process and the careful, step-by-step detective work of our two authors, you will be in turn bewildered,

amused, and frequently shocked at the evidence they uncover.

But they have done more in this book than setting a new standard for the analysis of extraordinary reports:

they have forced us to think about them in new ways."

 
From the Foreword by Jacques Vallée

Combining science, history, and a broad knowledge of the UFO field, 
Martin Shough and Chris Aubeck set a new standard for UFO research and shed light on
one of the oldest recorded mysteries in human experience.

Return to Magonia ~ available now

 

   Table of Contents
Foreword by Jacques Vallée
Introduction
1. Years of Prodigies & Wonders
2. The Stralsund Incident
3. Fiery Exhalations
4. Attacked by a UFO From the Sea
5. Discs & Saucers
6. The Rampaging Cloud
7. Men in the Moon
8. Running Man
9. It Came From the Sea
10. Triangles in the Sky
11. Dark Objects
12. The Alien that Drove Aaway
13. The Flying Dead
14. The Oblong Light
15. Strange Mid-air Ships
16. The Electric Disc
17. Anaconda Starfish
18. Lights of Fancy
19. The Aldeburgh Platform
20. Event at Lake Keuka
21. Giant Flying Eggs
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Event Index

       
 'Following in a tradition of careful, sober examination of human and sociological factors in combination with physical parameters, this book by Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough is evidence that they have traveled along the same route as the best researchers of the past and reached similar conclusions: “We have learned from decades of study that striking patterns of reporting can arise from dissimilar causes, especially where a popular conception of how UFOs ought to look gains hold through newspapers and books.” But they have also given us a completely new way of assessing the relevance of this extraordinary body of data. Their careful approach touches on new territory because it involves a reexamination of little-known cases that are fascinating both in the unfolding of the testimony and in the twists and turns of the analysis.'

From the Foreword by Jacques Vallée
   "Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough's work should be required reading for any who call themselves UFO investigators."

Clas Svahn, Swedish journalist and bestselling author.