THE 37TH PARALLEL: THE SECRET TRUTH BEHIND AMERICAS UFO HIGHWAY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Ben Mezrich | 272 pages | 08 Sep 2016 | Cornerstone | 9781785150852 | English | London, United Kingdom The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind Americas UFO Highway PDF Book I sure hope that Ben Mezrich was laughing his ass off when this book finally went into print. Jul 26, Veronica rated it liked it. Yet anyone with even a passing interest in the paranormal is unlikely to uncover any new "facts" here, just the same lukewarm, regurgitated tales with even the most wildly speculative accounts presented as genuine possibilities. There is nowhere in the text itself that felt like an attempt to be tongue-in-cheek or to seriously engage with Chuck's thinking. To return focus to his portrayal just within the book's narrative, Chuck is a gun-nut paranoid obsessive who forces his family to relocate from California to Colorado so he can go from a full-time job in microchips to a part-time freelance position closer to some of the more interesting paranormal activity he's gotten reports about. He opened his mouth to say something to Joe, but before he could get the words out, there was a sudden flash of light in the pitch-black sky above. Lest you doubt the findings of the scientific-leaning Zukowski, best-selling author Mezrich and Bigelow, consider this during the run-up to next week's presidential election: During a taping with talk- show host Jimmy Kimmel in March, Hillary Clinton said she would release UFO files or, in new government parlance, "unexplained aerial phenomena. What has surprised him has been the increasing frequency of government disclosures about UFOs and unexplained phenomenon. Another issue for me was the style. I would love to read more about Chuck Zukowski and also would really like to read a book by Mr. According to her website, she was supposed to be some sort of psychic. He reads Indian "sacred and historic" sites as somehow fundamentally connected to the paranormal phenomenon he tracks. In fact, he snapped a photo of some type of object in the sky during one of his first trips there in Chuck wondered if they should cut out and chalk it up as another in a long list of wild-goose chases. Shelves: sciences. With his newest non-fiction book, Once Upon a Time in Russia, Mezrich tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian Oligarchs. Unknowns are, to him, proof of his beliefs, rather than gaps in the path to better understanding. I was impressed by the fact that he never assumed that every anomaly was automatically UFO related but would try This book is basically the story of the journey of Chuck Zukowski who while working as a computer programmer and sheriff's deputy "moonlighted" as a self-trained UFO investigator. He has obviously seen some odd things along with his fellow investigator who happens to be his sister. The largest problem is the 37th parallel theory. Welcome to Riffle! Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Nov 20, Angus McKeogh rated it it was ok. Chuck Zukowski takes up UFO investigations as a hobby, but it slowly turns into something more. Government compounds and paranoia. There aren't any footprints! It's definitely entertaining but should not be looked at as non-fiction. Not because I want to blow the lid off some conspiracy or something, but because that's a more interesting world to live in. For such an overriding idea that it commands the title of the book, it only appears in the last twenty pages. These are odd but not at all [unexplained] moments where scavenged and decomposed corpses are discovered by people who don't know what they're looking at and who are often primed to believe that cattle mutilations occur. More Details In the words of Mr. The sky went back to black. They ended up with a lot of pins on a narrow band of a map after this highly guided approach, arriving at a predetermined outcome. Interview with Ben Mezrich. Dec 14, Rodger A. Mezrich has authored sixteen books, with a combined printing of over four million copies, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M. Local UFO investigator surprised by recent disclosures. Military after the crash was reported in True believers engage in so much magical thinking and confirmation bias that anything vaguely interesting or curious gets grafted on to support the colossal, rickety structure of belief that has grown to define their worldviews. Report a typo. When you decide that there are aliens and start looking for proof, basically, anything unexplained that happens goes into the "aliens are real" bucket. If I can't trust an author to know left from right, how am I supposed to trust him to tell a fatuous UFO kook from a legitimate scientific researcher? The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind Americas UFO Highway Writer Get A Copy. The three of them were now at least eight thousand feet up, high enough to feel the altitude; the other man, Joe Fex, part Native American, a rugged outdoorsman reared on the ranches that pockmarked this corner of the country, was barely sweating as he began setting up their makeshift campsite, raising a canvas tent to protect their equipment. An absolute waste of time. Frankly, there was quite a bit of overlap between these factors. Maybe that's the key. I'm not sure how to read that aside, other than as an admission by Mezrich that Chuck's delusional worldview is flawed and lacking in self-awareness. So, I put it down. Nov 01, Jack. Chuck and his wife Tammy, along with his kids and sometimes sister Debbie, have taken many, many trips to various UFO 'hot spots', including Roswell, New Mexico. Showing Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. He lives in Boston. The wind seemed to have stopped—not gradually, but suddenly—and the air went silent. There is nowhere in the text itself that felt like an attempt to be tongue-in-cheek or to seriously engage with Chuck's thinking. Trivia About The 37th Parallel Then, it seemed as if the entire sky had opened up, lights exploding everywhere, brighter than the Fourth of July. They ended up with a lot of pins on a narrow band of a map after this highly guided approach, arriving at a predetermined outcome. Mezrich tries to keep us in Chuck's perspective, only occasionally taking a trip to track someone else's typically sympathetic or allied viewpoint. From my research and investigations, the 37th parallel appears to be the main corridor of UFOs traveling across the U. Lame lame lame. I loved the way the author incorporated a short history of UFO sightings and newspaper clippings, along with the current experiences of the Zukowski family. He starts working with the Mutual UFO Network, an organisation that his sister, Debbie, also is associated with and discovers that all suspicious sightings are reported to the Bigelow Aerospace Company, a mysterious organisation founded by Robert Bigelow to begin the private exploration of space, but who seem to have feelers into other pies now. In , only 1, counties reported UFO sightings; these counties represent 2, reporting municipalities of all sizes. In sum: an unsatisfying, inconclusive, yet entertaining, account of the adventures of one investigator At the end, I guess I'll say I was very entertained by this and possibly a little convinced Chuck isn't wasting his time. The chapter organization follows no pattern of time or of geography or of Zukowski building expertise. Mezrichs style is that of a third rate fiction writer, which instantly discredits his subject matter and makes me wonder why no one at Penguin had a word with him or his editor. His expertise and his opportunities to investigate grow, eventually becoming known nationwide in Like Fox Mulder I want to believe. As usual, Chuck had done his research. The indigenous peoples of North America have many different legends about all of these events and who or what is behind them. It was interesting to see that he'd written a book on the paranormal, which I found squirreled away in a corner of my local library a while back. Where we're situated is informing the kind of reports we see, and the ones we can verify. Start a Wiki. This is a book that has no truth to it, but rather is shrouded in the dank mist of the unknown in order to allow these legends to remain truth-some to diehard believers. It was a case of extra-terrestrial light. Chuck wondered if they should cut out and chalk it up as another in a long list of wild-goose chases. This was an absolute headache and the fastest read. He hit the button again. Perfectly, scientifically sound, as I'm sure we would all agree. I award you [one star because I can't award you negative five], and may God have mercy on your soul. He does not seem to register that Mount Rainier, too, is outside of his predetermined band, and so the grandfather of UFO sightings would be excluded as well. Bearing down on them, louder and louder, diving headlong through the pines toward the clearing. It does seem that some in the paranormal community have latched onto this. So while that makes for an interesting read, it discredits the research he's done and thus discredits his subject's argument that there's a secret UFO highway on the 37th parallel.