The Keepers; a Good StoryOctober 18, 2007 7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The keepers sure is a good story, but I am afraid that that's all it is..... a story.
I bought this book because I listened to Art Bell interview Mr. Sparks on the Coast to Coast AM radio show and thought that Mr. Sparks presented himself as a very creditable and one of the most convincing abductee interviewees (try saying that when you're drinking beer) that I have heard on Coast to Coast. I had to read this book. I wanted to believe this book. I wanted this story to be true, without a doubt, and with proof or some kind of solid collaboration.
Jim Sparks, aka Vincent Sparacino, (what's that about?) writes a good and entertaining tale of his eight or so years of being abducted, sucked through walls and windows, examined, tutored, taught, operated on, sexually assaulted, humiliated, and tortured by one or more alien races. Interestingly, the fact that his wife Teresa (who he just happens to run into one night on a spacecraft) has apparently undergone a lifetime of similar horrors barely merits mention.
Mr. Sparks must have said something that made Linda Moulton Howe and the late Dr. John Mack buy what he was selling, because I don't think he convinced them with the book.
While Mr. Sparks' book is certainly an interesting read the account he relates defies logic and really hits me as being far-fetched. Why would an alien race travel across the universe to teach Sparks and his wife their alien alphabet and how to read and write (and speak?) their language, particularly when they communicate telepathically, and in English? The reason he gives toward the end of the book is feeble a best.
And what's up with Teresa anyway? She doesn't want to talk about her "Helpers from Heaven" and he doesn't press her over it, or even mention it again, ever? I don't think so. I would never have let any of my four ex-wives get away with that.
After all these years and all these abductions Sparks has not one smidgen of physical evidence. Not even the gift they gave him of the gunk that they removed from his lungs. Just a friendly gesture I guess. I would have at least kept the box.
Dr. Carl Sagan said many times, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof". Just one gunk box, or a magic wand, would do so much for this guy's credibility. If the aliens wanted him to carry their spears for them and spread their warning, and they wanted him to be believed, wouldn't you think they would give him something like God gave Moses to bring back with him?
Then there is the ET's message, which doesn't pass the smell test either. "Your planet is in grave danger and you, Jim Sparks, must go out and tell the world." These guys come all this way to tell us that, through Sparks? They must be talking to Al Gore too?
"We don't want the human race to dry up because we have a lot of time and energy invested in cultivating your body parts for future harvest." Huh?
And, amnesty for all those in the world that know about the ETs and have been keeping it from the public? Who is going to pull that one off in Russia, China and Venezuela? If the ETs don't like the way we are treating our planet, why don't just come down and slap around a few oil executives or Ahmed Amadenajad? Sorry, but the alien message is pretty weak.
Then if one buys into the ETs and abduction stuff, one's sense of reason is further assaulted when Sparks starts talking about seeing other life-forms while passing through other dimensions, meeting people from the future that fold their cash into little squares and file it by the year, and time travel being so common that it's boring in 100 years.
Entertaining stuff to read and think about, which is why science fiction sells.
UFO's and other countries ????October 13, 2007 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book !
However, where are the sightings in other countries, lets say a UFO lands or crashed in Cameroon. I highly doubt the Cameroon government could could make an elaborate cover-up or keep it a secret.
Why isn't there more UFO information coming from these smaller countries.....or are Aliens only interested in more developed coutries?
Why is it the most elborate UFO stories come from highly developed countries...?
Fascinating account of abductionOctober 3, 2007 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a very interesting read. Sparks gives many details of his encounters with ETs including grays and reptilians. He was forced to learn some kind of language by these ETs who also claimed they own us! He also had encounters with military people who were working with grays and using some kind of teleportation device on him. Linda M. Howe and John Mack apparently found him to be credible. I read this book with a group and a skeptical member of the group was shocked to read an account that matched their own experience! Very interesting!
keepers:an alien message for the human raceAugust 28, 2007 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful, best recolection of an alien encounter ever. Makes you stop and think, eyes wide open, and it could happen to anybody.
Think about it...August 6, 2007 8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I am really so very tired of all the ignorant people who constantly ask: "If there are UFO's, why don't they show themselves in some irrefutable way, like hang out over the White House for a day?"
Firstly, can you imagine the scene? Most people are asleep and unenlightened. A UFO hanging over the White House would certainly seem threatening and would be completely and utterly life changing. Our ideas of who we are would change in an instant, especially for those whose ideas of life are founded in religion. This planet is not ready for such an event.
If there are aliens, obviously they've evolved in such a way that war and hatred are no longer a predominant focus in their lives. If they hadn't learned to get along, they would have destroyed themselves long ago. They are technoligically and spiritually evolved and obviously would not want to force themselves on a planet that is still in kindergarten in the Universe. We would revere them as Gods, and again, our planet is not ready for such an event.
For gosh sakes. The Universe is made up of, literally, MILLIONS of galaxies, like our own Milky Way. Are you really willing to declare that life on other planets could not have possibly evolved much in the way our planet has evolved? Isn't that a silly assumption? Are you the sort of person who would have jailed Galileo for stating that the earth is not the center of our galaxy? Or would you have laughed when it was said the earth was not flat? Stop driving into your garage after work and popping a beer! Learn to think! Go outside of your own comfort zone and imagine a reality different than the one you've created---one devoid of logic.
You think that a grand cover up could not have happened? Please! The Government would rather shrivel up and die than admit they've lied to us for more than fifty years about UFO's. Perfectly sane and logical people have attested to seeing them, including astranout Edgar Mitchell, the former Governor of Arizona, and emergency room doctor Steven Greer. In fact, the last person alive involved in the Roswell incident signed an affadavit right before he died attesting to the truth about Roswell! It was released last week. Heck, even Jimmy Carter says he saw a UFO. These people aren't crazy---just honest.
Hmmmm...what does the Government have to lose? Trillions of dollars in block operation money, their shirts, their integrity, their power...and last but not least----their oil! If aliens are visiting us, obviously they have found a better way to run engines than using oil. Imagine the oil magnates giving up their power and profits to entertain propulsion technology-----a use of natural laws to propel transportation systems, specifically crafts. You think they'd just roll over and let it happen? Cover ups happen by those who have the most to lose, especially the rich and powerful.
Think about alien visitation as a way for other planetary species to slowly indoctrinate us to their existence. They're letting us know that they are here without imposing their way of life on us. Clever and intelligent, I think. Heck, they're facing a government that won't even admit their existence. They know that. They get it.
Abductions? Maybe. They may be overly curious. I don't blame them, really. We're an interesting species... still murdering eachother. letting eachother starve, but capable of great compassion and good works. I'd be really curious about our species, too. Intersting sort we are.
Most people want irrefutable proof. If an astonaut and a Governor don't do it for you, visit this site (www.disclsoureproject.org) where dozens of high placed officials testified in front of the press that yes, ufo's exist. Guess what? The press didn't cover it very well...hmmm...wonder why. And here's a morning jolt along with your Starbucks coffee---the video of these people testifying are on line. All you have to do is look.
Brazil just initiated their own UFO Investigation council. Mexico is not shy about reporting them and other countries have opened up their books on UFO'S. Sorry your country stinks in this manner, but then think of JFK. There has always been a lot of secrets in this country. Face up.
Oh yes, America the beautiful, home of the brave, truth, yadda, yadda, yadda. You wouldn't believe what you don't know here, but hey, they keep you so busy paying bills, outrageous interest rates and working your butts off most of your life, you don't have time to think about important things like oil, aliens and war. They like it that way. They prefer us to be a bunch of sheep, but hey, keep telling yourself how free you are.
Life on other planets?
It very well may be. Einstein and friends all believed it, but who was he? Oh, probably the most intelligent man to ever walk the earth, but don't take his word for it. You must know better.
This book is interesting, but there's a lot of disinformation about the UFO experience. Personally, I don't believe in all this scary UFO crap---it seems to me another way to discredit this burgeoning reality. I'm skeptical of untoward and war-like aliens and if you don't believe me, read above.
Ask twenty of your friends if they've ever seen a UFO and then do some reading and do some logical thinking..... hmmmmm..... big universe, huh? other planets, too. Why wouldn't there be other life forms? Oh, yes, I know...the world is flat....and oh yes, we are the center of the universe. Poor logic.
