Canada's UFO Secrets by Chris A. Rutkowski (Dundurn Press)

Most UFO books sell a fantasy; Rutkowski sells a spreadsheet. Canada’s UFO Secrets is a documentary trapped in a book cover. It lays out how the Canadian government watched the sky since the seventies, trying to decide if they should be worried or just annoyed by the paperwork.

The experience is like a phone book for the paranormal. Pacing does not exist because the book is a flat line of reports. One after another. No peaks, no valleys, just a steady stream of sightings where nothing was found. The characters are generic officials who vanish after a paragraph. There is no sentimentality here; just ink spent to keep the record straight.

"The government does not have a secret hangar for saucers; they just have files they do not know where to put."

Read this if you care about the history of bureaucratic incompetence. Skip it if you want entertainment. It is a necessary archive, but it will not keep you up at night.

3/5

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