CE-5 : Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind

By Richard Haines

Are We Alone in the Universe? CE-5: a report of deliberate human behavior which was followed by an obvious response from an unidentified object and/or humanoid. The response of the craft or being... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570714274
• ISBN13: 9781570714276
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

CE 5 - Waving Hello To Superior Beings

Regardless of the outcome of purposely contacting UFO occupants, it is a good idea. One needs to be brave, as well as brazen to undertake such a task. But we need to know if it is a route which these beings find acceptable, otherwise their covert activities will continue unabated. So contact is essential. It is sad that the entire subject is submerged in denial and ridicule. This book is the first book I have seen which attempts to collect case histories of the agenda of purposeful contact. It offers no solutions and is a little sketchy so I think it needs a follow up. If the author wishes to concentrate on CE-5s as this effort continues, it would still be welcome. Since this is the only book I have read which researches the evidence for this area of ufology it is an excellent source.

Excellent compendium of UFO case files

I found this book contained a wealth of information.Dr. Haines has done his homework and provided a wealth of documented case histories to do with the UFO phenomenon. He brings a credibility and analytical bent to the realm of UFO research that has been and continues to be sorely lacking.

Professional and compelling!

CE-5, the newest book by internationally acclaimed UFO expert Richard Haines, Ph.D. (with Steven Greer, M.D., and Mark Rodeghier, Ph.D.), is a professional, riveting, and in places, mind-boggling resource for serious UFO researchers. For me, reading CE-5 was an absorbing and engrossing experience. In 435 pages, in two major parts, CE-5 chronologically presents abstracts of 242 of the world's most fascinating UFO sighting reports. Part I discusses apparent communications between witnesses and UFOs; Part II discusses apparent communications between witnesses and alien beings. But what exactly do you get when you read CE-5? A lot. Case 14: A disk 1,000 feet in diameter and 12 feet thick was seen by multiple witnesses as it crossed 150 miles of Minnesota countryside over a period of five hours. The moment a witness switched his truck's headlights on, the object changed color from white to red. Case 35: A witness ran to within about 20 feet of a landed UFO. Two days later he became very ill - reduced body temperature, black vomit, diarrhea with blood in the stool - and two weeks later he died, supposedly from gastroenteritis, although a nearby scientific organization said his symptoms were similar to those caused by a lethal dose of gamma radiation. Case 39: Two witnesses shined their flashlights at a mysterious aerial object that had landed. The flashlight beams bent up 90 degrees about 18 inches in front of the object. Case 49: The crew of a US Army tank in Germany, at night, saw a bright UFO flying beneath the overcast. When the object approached, the tank driver flashed the tank's searchlights, and the UFO echoed the flashes. At one point the UFO appeared extremely bright but even then it did not illuminate the clouds above it or the ground beneath it. Case 75: A medical doctor flashed a 500,000 candlepower spotlight at a UFO, in sequences of three, two, and five flashes. The UFO echoed each sequence, and this apparent communication was witnessed by 39 bystanders. Case 110: Russian jet fighters intercepted a UFO, fired their machine guns at it, but the UFO zig-zagged and out-maneuvered the interceptors. Case 183: A police officer drove up to within 40 feet of a landed UFO and saw red lights inside the object. When the police car's headlights finally illuminated the object, the red lights began flashing. Then the police car's engine died and the officer's flashlight failed to work. The officer was unable to account for about 30 minutes of his shift around the time of the sighting. Case 207: A priest and several dozen other witnesses waved to human-like "people" standing on a UFO that hovered near the mission. The "people" waved back. This apparent communication continued for about three hours. (Another report in this Part of CE-5 describes a man who jabbed his knife at a "creature's hairy body," only to feel the knife glance off as if it had struck a rock. Still another UFO-related fight involved a young man and a being

This is a book worth pondering.

It took a lot of courage to put together a document of this nature, especially for someone working within the NASA culture, as Dr. Haines does. It's a reminder for all of us who are interested in the question of extraterrestrial intelligence to keep an open mind to the possibility that ETI has discovered us and can physically get here. I am always amused when pompous scientists arrogantly dismiss the UFO question without ever having looked into it themselves. It stands to reason that older technological civilizations may have developed the capacity to place our violent species under some form of long-term monitoring. Dr. Haines is a pioneer who has my utmost respect.Bob

An intelligent, intriguing book on CE-5

I found this book very thought-provoking. The book's tone and structure allows the reader to explore and focus their own thoughts about the cases presented. Dr. Haines has presented a maturer approach than countless other books that appear to press towards a premature conclusion to this mystery. Many authors/researchers treat this subject as if the mystery is solved, making bold statements about the nature and origin of UFO, and supporting their views with a few handpicked cases. Such an approach numbs any intelligent, critical discourse on the subject, and leaves the reader with a sense that the truth is being avoided. To me, this book is different. By imposing a consistent structure on the cases presented, it dissuades speculation, instead offering useful information to those thinking seriously about the nature of UFO/human contact. If any underlying truth is to be discovered about UFO, I believe that we need to move away from the rampant speculation that is currently fashionable, and adopt a more calculated, critical approach as Dr. Haines has taken.