It is time for the truth to be told...
On July 2, 1947 something crashed in the desert outside of Roswell, New Mexico. An explosion of light and sound made the sheep wail, the chickens squawk, and the children scream. And then the ranchers heard a noise they thought could only have come from the devil himself.
For forty years, Majestic Agency director Wilfred Stone helped the CIA pretend the landing never happened. Then his conscience got the better of him.
This is the real story, told to reporter Nicholas A. Duke by the guilt-racked shell of the man who once worked tirelessly to cover it all up. It is a truth so terrifying that Whitley Strieber had to call it fiction.
WHITLEY STRIEBER is the author of over twenty novels and works of nonfiction among them The Wolfen, The Hunger, Communion, and The Coming Global Superstorm (with Art Bell), which was the inspiration for the film The Day After Tomorrow.
"Thrilling, frightening and worthwhile." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An intriguing and unconventional tale." --Booklist
"An eye-opener!" --Pittsburgh Press
"Thoroughly enjoyable...." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eerie...entertaining." --New York Daily News
"Fascinating reading... will make people wonder...engrossing!" --Bay City Times
"Frightening...Strieber has a writer's eye for detail." --Village Voice