Majestic

Wow! I just finished this book. What a great read, it was terrifying and beautiful all at once. Space craft, mind control, are these beings here to help or hurt? Should we be terrified or grateful? Is it all in our imagination or are we only now beginning to see reality? I've never read anything like this before but I think that this is only the beginning of some great reading experiences for me. We are all wondering what strange things are going on in our world. I think that Whitley is on track here about what is actually going on.

I've read most of Strieber's non-fiction and find it frustrating that the author persistently relies on emotion as a gauge for truth; if it feels good, it must BE good. Decided to give this "fictional" work of Strieber a try because Bill Cooper mentions it in his book, Behold a Pale Horse, where Cooper calls out Strieber as a paid purveyor of false-narrative, with this book being a psyop piece. Majestic does not disappoint! Having just finished all of Majestic, I wish I'd skipped Part 4. Parts 1 - 3 of Majestic are narritive and grounded in "reality". There are some astonishing, not pleasant, ideas / hypotheses introduced here that have stayed with me. Strieber demonstrates his incredible gift as an author in these first three parts of Majestic. But Part 4. Oh, my. Part 4 is an all-too-familiar repeat of Strieber's "raise your frequency" message. Part 4 almost completely ruined the book for me. What is telling, however, is the stark contrast between Parts 1-3 (intelligent discussion of novel ideas) and Part 4 (detailed description of a bad acid trip). Perhaps Strieber gave us Part 4 as a clue and a warning to ignore new age B.S. and pay attention to the ideas layed out in Parts 1-3. This book is definitely a worthy read. Parts 1 - 3 really scared me and I can't shake it.

This is probably my favorite piece of writing ever. It is an incredibly exciting and brilliantly written hyper-suspenseful novelization of the best research available to explain the Roswell New Mexico UFO incident in 1947. You don't have to believe one tiny bit in the UFO phenomena to be thrilled and stunned by the story and quality of writing. I find the creative power of the writing to be just amazing and I keep a copy of this book for that reason. I tend to give copies away so this is my latest restock. Read the Introduction and you will be hooked and on your way to the most intense and unpredictable thrill ride of your life. It is also an incredibly detailed period-piece that takes you deep inside the mind and heart of the darkest parts of the US spy and espionage program that helped the Allies win WWII, including the style and attitudes by which Truman, Eisenhower, top military brass, and others managed the secrets of the US.

With vast witness testimony many people believe that something extraordinary crashed in Roswell NM, but the picture is far from complete. This book is fiction, but whatever you believe, this is an amazing literary work. It presents some of the most important elements to understanding what would have led to the formation of MJ-12, Majestic It is hard for most people to understand the terror of the torturous Gestapo and the cost of freedom which America paid during WW2. There was a dark side to the happenings and those in power, in whose hands the protection of the common people lay, were strained to their wits end in dealing with these events around the most secure site in the world, the only air base with nuclear bombing capability. Deeper questions are dealt with. Was the crash intentional and did they thus trick our government into instituting policies which have enforced secrecy and excluded mainstream intellectual and scientific wisdom from coming to bear on the issues? Has the official denial and ridicule policies allowed the others to operate in secrecy without any significant public awareness to thwart their activities? Regardless if you believe in the Roswell crash of not, this novel is a page turner with insightful thinking. It makes it clear that in the case of contact, then or in the future, the ethical nature of our conduct is essential. The ability for humans to underestimate the level of advancement of the others in a contact situation, coupled with an attitude that one knows the truth, is a guaranteed formula for disaster. A book which is worth re-reading.

Loved the book, very informative and interesting, looking forward to reading more about this subject. I will definitely read more of his work

If just half this novel is true then we humans have been modified and choreographed by the knowledgeable ones since the beginning of our time. This novel in some ways answers the question WHY. The aliens apparently believe, reinforced by our government's actions, that we humans are not ready for a conscious face to face meeting with them. Their solution was to trick the government into creating a top secret organization to keep them a secret. My understanding of this book and numerous other books is that the aliens are so far advanced that we cannot perceive or understand them in our human experience; therefore, the aliens have developed a method/program to transition mere humans to a higher level of knowledge and understanding. Their solution is to develop Hybrids that contain both human and alien DNA/characteristics. This is a stop gap method to ultimately create a new race of humans that have the psychic and mental integrity to began to understand these highly advanced aliens. Unfortunately numerous humans of all ages have been sacrificed by the aliens to meet that goal and our government is aware of this and completely defenseless to prevent it! An analogy being that to upgrade your computer from a 10.6 program to 10.9 program, you first have upgrade to 10.7 program, etc.. The problem is that the human brain needs to be upgraded to a 50.6 program and normal evolution takes too long, so the aliens have devised a method to speed up evolution and prevent us from destroying ourselves and the world we live on. We can only hope they are benevolent!

About once every ten years I read a UFO book, or two. I treat the subject like I do religion: neither believing nor disbelieving, just waiting for some solid answers. 'Majestic' fit that gray area quite well in that I did not find it totally fictitious; it is not just a novel. Just before I read 'Majestic' I had a visit from an old college friend from Houma, Louisiana (yes, Jesse Marcel Sr.'s home town) who slid 'The Roswell Legacy' under my nose, a book written by the son, Dr. Jesse Marcel, Jr. The latter book gave me a thorough grounding in the background of some of the characters in Strieber's work; their names were either changed or not by Strieber. Read 'The Roswell Legacy' first then dive into 'Majestic,' a very unsettling book especially concerning unsolved human disapperances. I was intrigued by the claim that Strieber thought he could get closer to the truth of what happened at Roswell and what it implied on a larger scale by presenting it as fiction. I was more interested in what the government did to people to keep them quiet than what the aliens did to the main character, the latter being the fictitious part. But we must remember that Strieber lays claim to some possible alien contact in his own life, the inspiration for his book 'Communion.' So he may know something beyond that of the rest of us. Last, an unidentified apex government overlord in D.C. had a copy of 'Majestic' in front of him when he pointedly told Dr. Marcel that it was 'true,' this was related in that author's work. You be the judge. I am still waiting. Note that I have not dealt too much on the plot, development, et c; I am just trying to lead the interested book worm toward a work that will definitely leave an impression on the psyche.

Great piece of semi-historical fiction, or alternative historical fiction, loosely-veiled non-fiction, or science fiction (depending on your perspective on the issue). Majestic is yet another take on the events of the infamous alleged Roswell flying saucer crash and subsequent cover up in 1947. Centered around interviews with a career CIA man who was involved with government UFO research and deep cover intelligence from WWII until retirement, Streiber puts a few new spins on a story that's been dissected and written about 1000 times, as he inserts his usual perspective on the matter (if you're familiar with his other books). I read this book when first released and have never been able to find another copy in print in any Borders or Barnes and Noble anywhere in the continental US since the mid-1990's. Of all of his preachy alien abduction novels, it's surprising to me that this one is darn near impossible to find. If you're reading this for research into the Rosell incident, you won't find anything earth-shattering. If you're looking for a solid page turner to keep you busy on a cross-country flight, this is it. A good read, regardless of which category you place the book; it reads like a good Twilight Zone episode.