IN ALIEN HEAT: The Warminster Mystery Revisited

by Steve Dewey, John Ries

Overview

There has probably never been anything like it in UFO history, but the UFO fever that gripped the small British town of Warminster for about a decade is now largely forgotten. It was one of the largest UFO flaps ever to occur. Thousands of witnesses reported seeing the "Warminster Thing." The hilltops around the town attracted a loyal band of followers, all waiting for the magic sighting, the landing, the contact. The authors were themselves among the skywatchers and spent nights on Cradle Hill, the center of the phenomenon, watching and waiting for UFOs.

IN ALIEN HEAT introduces the Warminster phenomenon to a new generation of readers. It contains a short history of the phenomenon, places it in its social and historical context, and examines the possible mechanisms that initiated and sustained this remarkable UFO flap.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933665832
Publisher:	Anomalist Books
Publication date:	01/25/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	889 KB

About the Author

Steve Dewey grew up in Warminster. He has a bachelor's degree in Society and Technology and a master's in Popular Culture. He is a technical author by trade.

John Ries also grew-up in Warminster and was a computer programmer specializing in databases. He passed away in June of 2009.

Editorial Reviews

This book is a remarkable achievement, meticulously researched and documented, well-written, often humorous account of a fascinating piece of not just ufological history, but British social history. Perhaps it will help recover Warminster from the historical black-hole it seems to have fallen into. Buy it. Read it.

Magonia - John Rimmer

[The authors] introduce a new generation of readers to the remarkable story of Britain's biggest UFO flap. .. In Alien Heat is an impressive and scholarly tome that should be added to the library of every ufologist and fortean.

Fortean Times - David Clarke

Dewey and Reis have done a public service in dragging the Warminster Thing and the Warminster phenomenon back into view...this book is a gem, not just for having resurrected the 'case,' but for the relentless dissections the authors put it through...The story of the Warminster phenomenon as Dewey and Reis tell it is at once singular and weird... and archetypical. This book should be read with care, patience, and reflection, but most of all it should be read.

Journal of Scientific Exploration - Peter Brookesmith

[The authors] introduce a new generation of readers to the remarkable story of Britain's biggest UFO flap. .. In Alien Heat is an impressive and scholarly tome that should be added to the library of every ufologist and fortean.

David Clarke

Dewey and Reis have done a public service in dragging the Warminster Thing and the Warminster phenomenon back into view...this book is a gem, not just for having resurrected the 'case,' but for the relentless dissections the authors put it through...The story of the Warminster phenomenon as Dewey and Reis tell it is at once singular and weird... and archetypical. This book should be read with care, patience, and reflection, but most of all it should be read.

Peter Brookesmith

This book is a remarkable achievement, meticulously researched and documented, well-written, often humorous account of a fascinating piece of not just ufological history, but British social history. Perhaps it will help recover Warminster from the historical black-hole it seems to have fallen into. Buy it. Read it.

John Rimmer