Book Review: The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomena from the Beginning (3rd ed.)

This document is a book review of the third edition of 'The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomena from the Beginning' by Jerome Clark, published in 2018. The review, written by John B. Alexander for the Journal of Scientific Exploration, acknowledges the massive scale of the two-volume work and the decades of research behind it. Alexander notes that the encyclopedia provides considerable depth for many historical cases. However, he expresses significant conflict regarding the work, citing 'glaring omissions' that undermine its claim to be comprehensive. Specifically, he points to the absence of recent developments, such as the U.S. Department of Defense's revelations regarding military interactions with unknown objects since December 2017. Alexander also criticizes the exclusion of influential figures and cases, including Phil Corso and his book 'The Day After Roswell', Steven Greer, and filmmaker James Fox. He highlights the inadequate coverage of the Bentwaters (Rendlesham Forest) incident and the omission of the International UFO Congress and its coordinator, Alejandro Rojas. Furthermore, he notes that the index and bibliography are inconsistent, failing to include some researchers mentioned in the text. Alexander concludes that while the encyclopedia may be of interest to history buffs, the print medium is anachronistic and the content represents a biased sample of the field.