Searching for UFOs

by Jennifer Rivkin

Overview

In a universe that stretches across billions of light years, can Earth really be the only home of intelligent life? This book avoids the sensationalism often attached to discussions about UFOs and aliens. Instead, science is coupled with historical information and firsthand sightings to teach students about responsible research, evaluation of sources, and critical thinking, even when confronted with mysterious topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781477771099
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	07/30/2014
Series:	Mysterious Monsters Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

What Is a UFO? 4

Is There Life Out There? 6

First Sightings 8

Roswell UFO Crash 10

Area 51 12

Close Encounters 14

Strange Lights 16

Government Studies 18

UFO Organizations 20

Hoaxes & Misunderstandings 22

The Scientists' View 24

UFOs In Popular Culture 26

Is the Truth Out There? 28

Glossary 30

For More Information 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 4–6—Characterized by well-balanced measures of skepticism and willingness to believe, these portraits of prominent cryptids offer a mix of tantalizing eyewitness accounts and legends, "evidence" either inscrutable or noted as proven bogus, and rousing, sometimes gruesome illustrations. Searching for the Yeti notes supposed evidence of the creature, such as sightings by Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and photos of footprints taken by mountaineer Eric Shipton. The ravening beasts described and depicted in the volumes covering El Chupacabra (a creature "taking alarming eating habits to a whole new level.") and the Wendigo ("Cannibalism makes for interesting stories.") are particularly frightening and therefore likely to be a strong draw for young monster lovers. Searching for UFOs includes a juicy discussion of conspiracy theories, and elsewhere the author expands her major subjects to mentions of related creatures from kelpiesto the (original) Jersey Devil and the supposed "Wendigo Psychosis." This series overlaps but also extends John Hawkins's Bigfoot and Other Monsters (PowerKids, 2012).

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