His impeccable investigative journalism makes other books on this subject read like fantasy fiction.
Pilkington knows how to spin a yarn.... Written in a lively, 'Can you believe this stuff actually happened?' style, the book is an absolute must-read for believers and skeptics alike.
Ultimately it is persuasive, if not definitive. In Pilkington's telling, UFO stories are "weapons of mass deception," used in bureaucratic battles to discredit competing agencies or protect real secrets. This is the stuff of normal power politics.
[Pilkington] makes a persuasive case that much UFO-logy canon was started or encouraged by the government trying to conceal Cold War military projects.