{"product_id":"chasing-aliens-faith-and-conspiracy-in-the-ufo-heartlands-paperback","title":"Chasing Aliens: Faith And Conspiracy In The UFO Heartlands (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Orwell Prize winner Daniel Lavelle comes a wild road\ntrip through the UFO heartlands into the dark heart of America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe US government has been investigating unidentified aerial phenomena in a\nsecret division of the Department of Defence. President Obama admitted there\nare things happening in our skies that government cannot explain. A former\nintelligence official urged the US to disclose evidence of UFOs after saying\nthe government has possession of ‘intact and partially intact’ alien vehicles.\nWhat, exactly, was going on?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSetting off on a road trip through the UFO heartlands to get some answers,\nDaniel Lavelle encounters government whistle-blowers and Harvard scientists who\napparently have evidence of extra-terrestrial life, as well conspiracy\ntheorists, amateur fanatics and Starseeds (those individuals who claim to\nbe \u003ci\u003eactual \u003c\/i\u003ealiens), but where’s the line between a legitimate\nsource and a harebrained grifter? He talks to those who claim to have been\nabducted by aliens, attends ‘sky watches’, as well as venturing into the\nfringes of the far-right and clandestine ranches run by the Pentagon where the\ntruth – the long-awaited moment of disclosure – is jealously guarded.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eChasing Aliens\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly insightful journey into the dark heart\nof America, filled with adventure and hilarity, which will change how we think\nabout UFOs, our (possible) neighbours in space and the ongoing search for\nmeaning in a vast, unknowable universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Lavelle\u003c\/b\u003e is an Orwell Prize-winning\nfreelance feature writer from Manchester. His first book, \u003ci\u003eDown and Out\u003c\/i\u003e,\nwas published in 2022 and won a Royal Society of Literature award for\nnon-fiction writing. He has covered topics such as mental health, homelessness\nand culture for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (where he co-authored the series\n‘The Empty Doorway’), \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e.\nHe received the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e’s Hugo Young Award for an opinion piece on\nhis experience of homelessness. ‘The Empty Doorway’ won Feature of the Year at\nthe British Journalism Awards 2019 and was nominated for the same award at the\nNational Press Awards 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45020742320335,"sku":"9780241744161","price":39.19,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_de0114e6-d1c4-4900-9617-6832909c678e.jpg?v=1777961946","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/chasing-aliens-faith-and-conspiracy-in-the-ufo-heartlands-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}