Mirage Men: How the Secret Services Work with UFOs

Flying saucers, big-eyed humanoids, nighttime abductions, and mysterious signals from space—all of this is UFOs: the subject of heated debate and wild beliefs. But where UFOs appear, one should also expect people in black. British writer and paranormal researcher Mark Pilkington decided to find out what the secret agents who supposedly know where the flying saucers come from and where the aliens are hiding actually do—but who manage to keep ordinary people in the dark. What hides behind the image of the silent agent who sweeps away the tracks? Is there a connection between UFO visits and the activities of secret services? And if there is, what exactly are they hiding from us? “UFOlogists in Plain Clothes” is an embedded investigation into UFO-mania that swept the planet in the middle of the last century and has not faded to this day. At UFO congresses and at an American military base, in the deserts of Nevada and the slums of Detroit, Pilkington talks to the widest range of people—from enthusiasts who believe in aliens to evasive special agents—diving deep into the history of alleged contacts with extraterrestrial life and reaching paradoxical conclusions that will flip not only your view of aliens, but also of people.