The UFO Diaries This page intentionally left blank The UFO Diaries Travels in the Weird World of High Strangeness Martin Plowman First published in 2011 Copyright © Martin Plowman 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. Arena Books, an imprint of Allen & Unwin 83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100 Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.allenandunwin.com Cataloguing-in-Publication details are available from the National Library of Australia www.trove.nla.gov.au ISBN 978 1 74175 981 5 Maps by Ian Faulkner Set in 12/14 pt Requiem by Bookhouse, Sydney Printed in Australia by Griffin Press 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book is FSC certified. FSC promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable C009448 management of the world’s forests. For Priscilla Jane and my family This page intentionally left blank CnOnTe Ts PrOlOgUe ix 1 MelbU O rne 1 2 AO r yAl sOCieTy 19 3 Ro swell 37 4 n Oew MexiC TO nevADA 59 5 TheO C nTACTees 77 6 Chile 101 7 Bo liviA 121 8 The AlTiPlAnO 139 9 NaA zC 157 10 MAi ArC hU s 177 11 MelbU O rne 195 12 MexiO C CiTy TO TePOzTlán 209 13 Alien AbDUCTees 237 14 O AxACA 265 15 The Answers 283 b rPyibliOg A h 295 An eCk OwleDg MenTs 305 This page intentionally left blank Prologue My liFe As A UFOlOgy-OlOgisT I never thought I’d grow up to be a grave robber.