Thomas Sawyer began investigating aliens in the 1950s when, after doing a two-year stint in the military in the UK, he returned to school at UC Berkeley; there to experience a late-night encounter at a diner. Thus began his belief in alien visitations and the decades-long research that would expand concepts of alien visitations and clarify otherwise-inexplicable phenomena.

Sawyer blends autobiography with these close encounters, juxtaposing foreign posting experiences with incidents of "unexpected happenings." This is not what one might expect from a military man's life, and provides a satisfying contrast in experience from those who adopt more staid approaches to UFOs and life experiences.

Throughout his domestic and foreign military assignments, Sawyer explored military and civilian experiences. Given the latest news about military documentation of UFO experiences, those who question some of the conclusions will find this military man's experiences especially enlightening, and much more thought-provoking than "official" studies.

Listeners of extraterrestrial nonfiction will find much to like in this survey of close encounters that shows how otherworldly encounters have been documented, but continue to stymie logical investigative processes.