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Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal

A veteran paranormal investigator applies forensic methodology to a range of anomaly claims including UFO sightings and alleged occupant cases, most notably his field reconstruction of the 1952 Flatwoods Monster as a barn owl on a tree limb combined with a documented meteor and an aircraft beacon.

Author
Joe Nickell
Published
2001
Library rank
#87

Why it matters

Contains the field's cleanest forensic debunking case study — the Flatwoods Monster reconstruction — down to the misidentified species.