Bill Adler made a career churning out these kind of compilation books and was described as "the most fevered mind" in publishing by People magazine. You can't fault his choices for inclusion in this volume, bringing a broad spectrum of schoolkids, housewives, academics, professionals, and various cranks. Most everyone seems hopeful that the flying saucer mystery can be solved, with or without the Air Force's input, and that the most likely culprits are friendly, humanoid aliens who we should meet in the spirit of galactic brotherhood. There are a couple dissenters who have alternate theories of unknown electrical/weather phenomenon. Most of the firsthand sightings reported in the letters would qualify as Close Encounters of the First Kind, not reporting any saucer occupants, and read as honest attempts by witnesses to describe something unknown.
Available to read and download at archive dot org.
Dell Publishing, 1967
