UFOs and The White House: What Did Our Presidents Know and When Did They Know It?

by William J. Birnes, Joel Martin

Overview

The author team that wrote the upcoming Skyhorse title Edison vs. Tesla, as well as The Haunting of the Presidents and other titles about the weird, the supernatural, and the unexplained, turn their attention to the oval office for a unique view of UFOs in America and more specifically, what America's presidents—from Washington to Obama—have witnessed and believed.

• Most of us know that George Washington was heavily involved with the secret society the Freemasons. But how many of us know about George Washington's UFO sighting during the terrible winter at Valley Forge, and how the experience guided his future?
• Marilyn Monroe is rumored to have had UFO intel that she gained via pillow-talk from JFK.
• Under Nixon's presidency we orbited and walked upon the surface the moon while almost at the same time the Air Force was exploiting the Air Force as scientific cover for its decision to terminate Project Blue Book.
• Jimmie Carter was visited by UFOs multiple times.

UFOs and the White House is an oft-overlooked glimpse at history that will appeal to historians as well as advocates of the paranormal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510724303
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	02/13/2018
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

William J. Birnes is the New York Times bestselling author of The Day After Roswell and many other books including the Skyhorse titles Dr. Feelgood, Wounded Minds, and The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth. He was the consulting producer, writer, and lead host of the History Channel's "UFO Hunters," and the publisher of UFO Magazine from 1998 through 2014. He lives in Lambertville, NJ.

Joel Martin is the bestselling author of paranormal titles, as well as a radio and television host. Joel has interviewed many of this country's mediums, channelers, and scholars in the field. He and Birnes collaborated on several titles including The Haunting of America, and the Skyhorse title Edison vs. Tesla. Joel & Bill coproduced "Presidential Prophecies" on the A&E Network. Joel lives in Babylon, NY.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Governors John Winthrop and William Phips, UFOs in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the Salem Witch Trials 1

Chapter 2 George Washington and the UFO at Valley Forge 5

Chapter 3 President Thomas Jefferson's UFO Report to the American Philosophical Society 15

Chapter 4 Lincoln's UFOs 23

Chapter 5 President William McKinley and the Texas Airship Mystery 25

Chapter 6 Teddy Roosevelt and the UFO Sighting Over Sagamore Hill 29

Chapter 7 FDR's Presidency, World War II, and the UFO Flap over Europe 33

Chapter 8 Harry Truman: Roswell, the Summer of the Saucers, and MK-ULTRA 47

Chapter 9 We Liked Ike 57

Chapter 10 JFK, the Marilyn Monroe Conspiracy, and All the President's UFO Memos 69

Chapter 11 LBJ and UFOs 89

Chapter 12 Nixon, "The Great One," and the ET in Florida 117

Chapter 13 President Gerald Ford's Quest for UFOs 125

Chapter 14 The Turbulent Presidency of Jimmy Carter 131

Chapter 15 President Ronald Reagan and UFOs 159

Chapter 16 George H.W. Bush: "Americans Can't Handle the Truth!" 175

Chapter 17 The Clintons Come to Town 185

Chapter 18 President George W. Bush, Vice President Cheney, and the UFOs 197

Chapter 19 The Obamas and UFOs 203

Chapter 20 Hillary Clinton's Promise of ET Disclosure and the John Podesta Email Flap 215

Chapter 21 The Age of Trump: Aliens, New Disclosures, and Climatic Armageddon 223

Notes 235

Editorial Reviews

"This fascinating history of the UFO phenomenon in the United States is told through the clever mechanism of breaking events down by presidency, and then analyzing not just the sightings themselves, but the intriguing question of what various presidents believed or knew about UFOs. Meticulously researched and data-rich, Birnes and Martin have produced a work that is both scholarly and eminently readable." – Nick Pope, UK Ministry of Defense UFO Project, retired

“From Valley Forge to the 2016 election, Birnes and Martin cover stories about UFOs and presidents ranging from obscure historical references to presidents – and presidential candidates – discussing UFOs and aliens on recent late night talk shows. Birnes is known for bringing controversial UFO accounts to light that forever change the historical record on the topic of UFOs and the accounts in this book are equally as fascinating." – Alejandro Rojas, Open Minds Forum columnist, Huffington Post

"Encompassing a time period from ‘ancient of days’ right up to yesterday, and maybe even tomorrow, the authors present well-known UFO sightings that various presidents could have known about and wanted to tell the people but were warned not to by secret agencies...A lot to think about in this book!” – Dr. Bruce Maccabee, physicist, UFO investigator, and author of Three Minutes in June: The UFO Sighting that Changed the World and The FBI-CIA-UFO Connection: The Hidden UFO Activities of USA Intelligence Agencies

“Birnes and Martin have painstakingly chronicled all of the significant, well-documented instances where US commanders in chief, presidential candidates, and future presidents have either confessed to having seen unexplained lights in the sky, expressed concern about UFO-incursions into sensitive airspace, or had knowledge as to their origin.” – Richard Syrett, guest host for Coast to Coast AM, Host of The Conspiracy Show and Conspiracy Unlimited Podcast

“Bill and Joel show that the story goes much further back than Kenneth Arnold or Roswell, and that the American Presidency has played a significant role. I've been studying Ufology for years and I learned a lot. Simply put, if you are interested in UFOs you must buy this book!” – Jim Harold, host of the Paranormal Podcast

"My good friend, Bill Birnes has done it again - written an important expose' book on a subject that I never thought of doing but wish I had. No matter what aspect of the UFO phenomenon you are interested in, this book is a real page-turning, eye-opener on a mystery that has reached (and still reaches) all the way to the highest office in our land." -Tom Carey, Roswell Investigator, Co-author of Witness to Roswell

"This fascinating history of the UFO phenomenon in the United States is told through the clever mechanism of breaking events down by presidency, and then analyzing not just the sightings themselves, but the intriguing question of what various presidents believed or knew about UFOs. Meticulously researched and data-rich, Birnes and Martin have produced a work that is both scholarly and eminently readable." – Nick Pope, UK Ministry of Defense UFO Project, retired

“From Valley Forge to the 2016 election, Birnes and Martin cover stories about UFOs and presidents ranging from obscure historical references to presidents – and presidential candidates – discussing UFOs and aliens on recent late night talk shows. Birnes is known for bringing controversial UFO accounts to light that forever change the historical record on the topic of UFOs and the accounts in this book are equally as fascinating." – Alejandro Rojas, Open Minds Forum columnist, Huffington Post

"Encompassing a time period from ‘ancient of days’ right up to yesterday, and maybe even tomorrow, the authors present well-known UFO sightings that various presidents could have known about and wanted to tell the people but were warned not to by secret agencies...A lot to think about in this book!” – Dr. Bruce Maccabee, physicist, UFO investigator, and author of Three Minutes in June: The UFO Sighting that Changed the World and The FBI-CIA-UFO Connection: The Hidden UFO Activities of USA Intelligence Agencies

“Birnes and Martin have painstakingly chronicled all of the significant, well-documented instances where US commanders in chief, presidential candidates, and future presidents have either confessed to having seen unexplained lights in the sky, expressed concern about UFO-incursions into sensitive airspace, or had knowledge as to their origin.” – Richard Syrett, guest host for Coast to Coast AM, Host of The Conspiracy Show and Conspiracy Unlimited Podcast

“Bill and Joel show that the story goes much further back than Kenneth Arnold or Roswell, and that the American Presidency has played a significant role. I've been studying Ufology for years and I learned a lot. Simply put, if you are interested in UFOs you must buy this book!” – Jim Harold, host of the Paranormal Podcast

"My good friend, Bill Birnes has done it again - written an important expose' book on a subject that I never thought of doing but wish I had. No matter what aspect of the UFO phenomenon you are interested in, this book is a real page-turning, eye-opener on a mystery that has reached (and still reaches) all the way to the highest office in our land." -Tom Carey, Roswell Investigator, Co-author of Witness to Roswell

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