There's been an explosion of UFO initiatives over the past 12 months, including the formation of the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research and the launch of the Galileo Project. And then there was the groundbreaking report by the Pentagon, in which it admitted there were incidents of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that couldn't be explained.
Yet a new book, 'In Plain Sight', by award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart could be one of the most interesting developments yet. Coulthart has no reputation to uphold in the UFO community, but has long held a desire to tackle the big question: are we really alone?
"I've always been intrigued by the subject matter, mainly because there's such a taboo attached to it. In journalism, there's a real stigma," he said. "I can remember editors telling me, 'Ross, we don't do UFO stories.' I did a lot of national security and defence intelligence-related stories. I've spent a large part of the past 30-something years covering wars, terrorist acts and all the miseries of the world. And a lot of those contacts [I made]... when I asked them about UFOs, they wouldn't dismiss it [ie, the idea they existed]." Born in New Zealand, Coulthart was fascinated by the 1978 incident in which a cameraman captured footage of an object flying alongside a plane above the town of Kaikoura on the country's South Island. Weeks later, the authorities attributed it to either the planet Venus or a reflection from fishing boats.
"As a 16-year old boy, it sounded plausible to me, so I didn't think much of it," he admitted. But, at university, Coulthart secured his first scoop by tracking down those involved, who assured him what they saw was a solid object...<<<Read More>>>...
