Reviews Of The Oz Files
"(The OZ Files) is a splendid
book written by one of Australia's foremost UFO researchers ... readers will be
astonished at the sheer variety of UFO incidents that Chalker has chosen to include
in this welcome addition to the literature .... Bill Chalker has succeeded in
bringing out one of the best and most informed UFO books on events in Australia
and its surrounding neighbours for many-a-year." -UFO Magazine (UK), September/October,
1996.
"(The OZ Files) is the first
authorative study of Australian UFO experiences ever published and it's a really
good read. Author, Bill Chalker, is a scientist and a leading UFO researcher....
All in all this is an excellent and enjoyable book, and extremely educational."
- Encounters magazine (UK), September, 1996
"(The OZ Files)
is Australia's version of the X files but without the science fiction. If you
want the real story of Australian UFO sightings, then the OZ Files is the book
for you. A must read for all serious researchers and anyone wanting factual Australian
UFO information." - Keith Roberts and Paul Jackson, Tasmanian UFO Investigation
Centre, TUFOIC Newsletter, July, 1996 "
"(The OZ Files) is an
excellent compilation of some of the most important and interesting Australian
UFO reports ... We can recommend this book to anyone who is seriously researching
UFOs in Australia, and consider it deserves to become a classic text of Australian
ufology." - INUFOR (Independent Network of UFO Researchers) Digest (Australia),
July, 1996
"(The Oz Files) is a definite
'must' for those interested in the UFO scenario in Australia ... Written by Bill
Chalker one of Australia's foremost UFO researchers who has written and lectured
extensively on the subject this book brings us up to date on what has happened
and is continuing to take place in this country." - EXPOSURE magazine, Oct - Nov
1966
"Top Australian Ufologist, Bill Chalker,
has just produced his first book ... At last, Bill Chalker has put down his experiences
into book form and it provides a terrific chronological survey of the best cases
on the Australian continent." SIGHTINGS magazine (UK), Issue 4, 1996.
"One of Australia's leading UFO researchers, an industrial
chemist by profession, has distilled much of his research findings into (The
OZ Files). "In addition it provides us with an excellent, broad, sweeping
panorama of the interesting Australian UFO cases over the years, from a scientific
perspective. Featured here are the Drury film, the 1954 O'Farrell radar/visual
encounter, Cressy, Valentich, the Knowles family and much more."
Bill reviews (abduction) cases with which he has had personal
involvement since the 70s (urging) caution from a physical sciences perspective
.... "The OZ Files" is a valuable addition to Australia's
UFO history, and a call for reasoned, scientific exploration of this enigma."
- Keith Basterfield, UFOLOGIST, Jan/Mar 1997
"In a blow to the idea that flying saucers are an American
commodity, Bill Chalker presents an excellent portrayal
of the UFO situation in Australia. Chalker comes from a no-nonsense science background
and it shows in this conservative, well-grounded effort. Don't mistake conservative
for boring... there's some plenty-weird goings-on in the Outback. In one sense,
it is familiar stuff: saucer sightings, abductions, trace cases, strange crashes,
etc.
But that's part of what makes it so intriguing...
that similar phenomena (or delusions, if you prefer) are occurring in widely
scattered locations on our planet… Overall, a very comprehensive work on the
current UFO climate Down Under." - Glenn Campbell, UFOMind web site .
"Australia has a long and prolific UFO history, and Bill
Chalker has been one of the country's foremost Ufologist, uniquely qualified
to create this study of down-under UFO events." (Arcturus Book catalogue (USA)1996-8)
"Famous Australian UFO investigator Bill
Chalker offers a history of Down-Under UFO events from 1788 to today's
newspapers..." (Arcturus Book catalogue (USA) 1996-12)
Bill Chalker's UFO interests
developed as a young teenager in the mid sixties. He had a strong interest in
science and unexplained phenomena in general. January, 1966, saw his home town,
Grafton, become the focus of widely reported UFO activity. Many people, including
local police, reported sightings.
He recollects that there was a great deal
of excitement and interest locally. During 1969, the New South Wales north coast
region once again became the focus of intriguing UFO phenomena. There was a
rash of unusual ground effects in the area, the most prominent being a large
flattened saccaline crop site near Bungawalban found on April 17.
The talk was of flying saucers and that
this was a "saucer nest". The fact that the property involved was owned by the
local member of parliament ensured the affair leapt into national prominence.
Bill joined the curious throng.
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