Did an overseas publisher release details on Lue Elizondo’s book, Imminent, without authorization?
If so, the leak shows the book covers such well-known cases as Roswell, Area 51 and the Phoenix Lights. It promises to tell what the secret program AATIP found, supplying findings that are “groundbreaking – even shocking.” The biographical details on Mr. Elizondo sound right, and the profile resonates with his general perspective on the phenomenon.
It would be great to get an insider’s scoop on the notorious “UFO Skunkworks” base, or the most famous crash-retrieval case in history. But a listing on Imminent with a generous summary seems wrong, given that most book sites say nothing of the contents. That’s not all. One thing sketchy is that the listing was named “Untitled – Lue Elizondo.” And yet, a snapshot of the Imminent cover was posted with the details, meaning it is definitely about his upcoming book.
It is unlikely that the original publisher (HarperCollins) would pay good money for a book re-roasting old chestnuts like the Roswell Incident, unless one of two exceptions applied:
a) publisher believes the author has such a high profile in the given genre that their “take” on old stories would rate significant public interest;
b) author delivers never-before-seen revelations on long-debated topics (the Phoenix Lights etc.).
Here without further adieu is the breakdown on Imminent–caveat emptor:
The Roswell crash site. The Phoenix Lights. Area 51. Sightings, conspiracies, glimpses of the unexplained.
Decades of questions unanswered. Forget what you think you know about Unidentified Flying Objects.
On 25 June 2021, the Pentagon released an historic report confirming 144 incidents of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ (UAP) with no easy explanation.
The US Navy and Air Force have confirmed ongoing sightings of bizarre objects moving at blinding speeds – often around nuclear and defense sites.
Barack Obama has publicly acknowledged the concern. Luis Elizondo spent an accomplished military career hunting drug traffickers and terrorists, before being posted as Director of US Government’s highly sensitive Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in 2008.
In that capacity, Elizondo led an international effort to study UFOs around the world.
Shocked by what they found, Elizondo told his commanding officers: the world needs the full truth.
When Elizondo’s superiors refused, he resigned his post in order to go public.
Since then, he has led the global disclosure effort. – Are we alone? – Are governments in possession of wreckage? – What do we know about the science and tech of UAP? – Have UAP compromised our nuclear weapons caches?- What’s inside a UAP? – Where do UAP go between sightings? Do they have a base, or do they live among us? – And the biggest questions of all: Who. Are. They? As a civilian with high-level national security clearance, Elizondo is widely viewed as the world’s most credible authority on UAP and UFOs.
This memoir reveals groundbreaking – even shocking – details of what AATIP learned, and the profound implications, not just for humanity but for everything we think we know about our lonely place in the universe.
Format: Paperback / softback
£12.74
Published: 20/08/2024
Publisher/Imprint: John Blake Publishing Ltd.
ISBN/Ean: 1789466067 / 9781789466065
Published: 20/08/2024
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Book Language: English
Pages: 352 pages
Dimensions: 153 x 234 mm
To view the source:
https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Elizondo-Lue/Untitled-Lue-Elizondo/9781789466065 (accessed 5-31-24).
None of the preview details IMHO should be taken as fact. Notably, the basics are checkable: The pub date is correct. But the page count is wrong–352 pages versus the 304-page-length listed at most booksellers (e.g. Barnes and Noble, Amazon) as well as the publishers, William Morrow/HarperCollins. Is the length difference attributable to a different format for UK? A chance, but 50 pages is quite a disparity. Perhaps it is due to the reviewer having an early-release copy, a manuscript fielded so long ago that the title had not yet been determined. Since then, the copy could have been shortened–or redacted.
As a guess, I would say that a staffer wrote the preview off the cuff and wasn’t cleared for publication. They carry another listing page, but the content is missing. That is quite a mystery, so I wrote to Browns Books to ask about the listing in question. Will follow up in this thread if they reply.
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