A Fascinating Firsthand Nuts & Bolts Analysis of the Grays When an alien craft stalled Stewart Bench's truck on a backcountry road, he tried his best to just forget about it. But then they came back and made it personal. In A Cosmic Encounter, for the first time, Stewart tells the incredible true story of being encountered and then abducted by aliens. As an engineer, Stewart uses his technical experience to describe the specifications of the alien craft, their technology, their communications, and their mission. You will discover the details of the alien device implanted in his nose, the telepathic communication displayed by the aliens, and a wealth of information about the layout and operation of their vehicle and equipment. This is a highly detailed, close-up look at how aliens infiltrate our airspace and conduct experiments on humans—without any official acknowledgement—as well as the personal toll these encounters have on the abductees.

As an astronaut on your first solo flight, you are adrift in space when the lifeline slips loose from your belt. What fate will you choose for yourself?

Looking to do more than paying her bills, Shray, a corporate employee shifts to Alora, a small town in the lap of the mountains. Hardly, does she know that she would be drawn into the world of cosmic chaos leading her to take up an exhilarating tour across the universe where the boundaries between reality and the unknown blur into a mesmerizing tapestry of adventure and discovery. Amidst all the chaos, Shray finds solace in her interstellar bonds, punny conversations and light-hearted moments in Alora. Even though it starts with a simple change in her life, it ends up with her questioning the karmic debts we carry within our smallest acts. Are you ready to count your debts?

More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions. Over the course of a six-year ethnographic study, D.W. Pasulka interviewed successful and influential scientists, professionals, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, thereby disproving the common misconception that only fringe members of society believe in UFOs. She argues that widespread belief in aliens is due to a number of factors including their ubiquity in modern media like The X-Files, which can influence memory, and the believability lent to that media by the search for planets that might support life. American Cosmic explores the intriguing question of how people interpret unexplainable experiences, and argues that the media is replacing religion as a cultural authority that offers believers answers about non-human intelligent life.