Of No Defence Significance by John Jenkins
PUBLISHER: The Pen-Y-Coe Press
PRICE: £4.99

Since the author's own UFO sighting back in 1992, the subject of UFOs has held a deep fascination for him, so much so, that he decided to go on a one man crusade and delve into researching the mysterious world of UFO sightings. This book, is the culmination of John's efforts and research. It is an informative little booklet, which contains a number of UFO cases that John himself, has personally been involved with. No book on Scottish UFO reports would be complete without including the Bob Taylor UFO Incident of 1979, and John presents the case here in graphic detail. There is also some new information about this impressive Scottish case which I won't disclose here, (buy the book and find out!).

The UFO sightings of Joyce Byres from Moffat are perhaps not so well known to some UFOlogists, but I'm pleased to see that the author discusses them here. This concerns a wave of UFO reports in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland back in the late 1970's and early 1980's. The author presents some of these cases which even today, still sound impressive. (I know, I cut my teeth on these early UFO sightings!).

But the big cases in this book are that of the A70 Incident which is briefly covered here. This concerns the abduction of two Edinburgh men who came in direct contact with a UFO hovering above a road. This is an immense case, and John discusses its implications here. Another big case, is that of Andy Swan who saw a UFO at close quarters of which he then telephoned the police who came out due to the distress that he was in. John informs the reader all about this case and one is left with the distinct impression, that this object clearly was not man made! The UFO sightings at Bonnybridge are also briefly discussed here and a number of new and never before published cases are presented for the very first time.

The good points about this book must be the information that it contains, some of which, as I say, is being presented for the very first time. My only minor criticism of this booklet is that it has no page numbers or table of contents. That aside, this is a smashing wee publication, which will no doubt prove to be a hit amongst UFO fans young and old alike. A fine booklet then, and one worthy of gracing anyone's bookshelf

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