Lamar Public Library

On Halloween a spaceship turns Miss Irma Birnbaum, the cruelest teacher in the world, into a fifty-foot monster, inspiring terror in her students.

When a mysterious green, glowing object drops from the sky on the outskirts of Oakdale, Wishbone and friends set out to investigate.

"A.J. and the gang at Ella Mentry School are in for a super surprise when a new teacher, Mr. Cooper, take over their third grade class"--

14-16 carefully edited, accessible articles that clearly express various perspectives on the topic at hand. Useful charts, graphs, and cartoons illustrate each article, while attractive color photos enliven the text. Engaging fact boxes further provide the reader with at-a-glance information.

A 1992 conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss close encounters brings out many reports of alien abductions, some of which are further investigated by the author.

Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job. Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands...

"A boring summer vacation turns unexpectedly interesting when mysterious lights appear over Roberta's hometown in northern Maine. Roberta is convinced she and her best friend Marillee can win the Maine State Science Fair if only they can find an amazing project to showcase. Communicating with aliens would certainly do the trick"--

There is a place in the Nevada desert the size of Belgium that doesn't officially exist.  It is the airbase where test flights of our top-secret experimental military aircraft are conducted and —not coincidentally—where the conspiracy theorists insist the Pentagon is hiding UFOs and aliens.  This is Dreamland—or Area 51.  For Phil Patton, the idea of writing a travel account of a place he couldn't actually  visit...

"Describes aliens and alien encounters, including history and current research"--Provided by publisher.