Ufos Above the Law: True Encounters With Law Enforcement Paperback – November 28, 2011

There is not a lot of new stuff here for anyone who has read much of the UFO sources. Much of it is anecdotal and unattributed. Strange for police officers not to cite the witness names, I thought anyway. The cases cited that are attributed are already generally well known.My other complaint - and this is about all recent publications in general, not just this book - is the sorry reliance on spell check instead of proof readers. There are all sorts of transposed words and odd ball spellings of words that spell check won't catch, because spell check doesn't "context" check, but you'll catch them. And I hate it.

I know there are "UFOs", and by that I mean : legitimate, not of this earth. And they have been seen by untold numbers of people worldwide. I've read books where pilots (commercial and recreational) reports verified this. This book involves law enforcement officers and it's very convincing.The problem not THAT they are, it's WHAT they are. Of late, I tend to lean toward inter-dimensional origin and, in fact, one of a spiritual nature. That's way out there for some folks but I've read an awful lot on this topic and it seems to make sense to me. Evil entities at a time in history where Evil is ubiquitous and waging a serious war, a war it can't win.

Law enforcement personnel are often the first to receive UFO reports, and being among those occupations that require the ability to critically and objectively observe and report, they are consequently among the more credible witnesses of UFO sightings. It is also true that, along with such professions as air traffic controllers, airplane pilots and others, there are powerful systemic and cultural impediments against these people coming forward with their reports. In that context, then, Frank Soriano and James Bouck deserve praise for this work. Both of these gentlemen had their own UFO experiences, described in the book, which emboldened them to pursue their own investigations of the phenomenon.Drawing from various sources, including significantly the late UFO researcher Bob Pratt's files and those of British law enforcement officer Gary Heseltine's on-line UFO database `PRUFOS', the authors provide many cases of law enforcement personnel (broadly speaking) and their personal experiences with UFOs, many of them very well documented and quite dramatic. Even cases that are known within the UFO `community' are expanded upon and given more detail than previously reported (the Varginha, Brazil case, for example).The cases are organized by `types' of sightings, i.e. Military Sightings, Police Reports, and Police Chases etc. The reports, however, are not exhaustive (how could they be?). For example, I am personally aware of two sightings by law enforcement myself, not contained in the book. During the 1990s, while I was serving as a Field Investigator with MUFON, in my former home town of Norfolk, VA, two patrol officers chased a huge (football field size) boomerang-shaped, silent object throughout the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. This well-documented case included investigation by a colleague, himself a police officer in Chesterfield, VA, and I still have the transcript of their official report to this day. There are no doubts many other such incidents largely remain unknown to the public still.As valuable as I think this book is, it could have been improved upon. To begin with, there is too much extraneous material to the topic at hand. For example, providing recaps of such well-known sightings as Kenneth Arnold's, the Roswell incident, the Lubbock Lights, etc.; sightings by `politicians and celebrities'; well-reported comments by astronauts and so forth seem outside of the scope of the book, as do recaps of other historical aspects (i.e. The Robertson Panel, Project Blue Book, etc.). Another complaint is that the top corners of each page contain cartoonish drawings of either a `grey' or a `flying saucer'. I found these silly graphics both distracting and detracting from the seriousness of the subject matter.Relatively minor complaints aside, this book should serve as a helpful resource for UFO researchers, as well as provide an eye-opening glimpse into a world not known by many...UFOs and law enforcement.

This book is full of great new cases where law enforcement encountered ufos. My favorite part is the 911 exchange. I would recommend this book to everyone, but police officers really need to read it. This book proves Police have encountered UFOs. Thank you to the authors.

It was an okay book. Obviously self-published with lots of typos and grammatical errors, but who notices anymore? I found it repetitive and gave up reading it halfway through. Buy it used and re-sell it if you must read it.

This is a great book to show to your skeptical friends. Point out to them that the very same people that we trust to safeguard us in everyday life, our police officers, can certainly be trusted to be reliable witnesses to these strange encounters.Even for those of us already steeped in UFO lore there are plenty of cases reported here that are new to us.So, I'm now looking forward to their next books.Great job guys,Dave Bodner

Being in law enforcement for years,it was nice to see other stories of police,fire and ems come across some things they couldn't explain either,lol

This ia a fantatic book of law enforcement officers who are well known to see things and analysebetter than ordinary individuals. There all mutiple cases that are well documented and proven!A great book, I advise everyone to get it!