Inside the Real Area 51: The Secret History of Wright-Patterson

Veteran UFO researchers Carey and Schmitt examine the 1947 crash of a mysterious craft in the New Mexico community of Roswell, and they assert that efforts to cover up the event actually extends to secrets housed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Paul Boehmer approaches his narration duties with precise pronunciation. He also provides emotional depth in his renderings of the more personal accounts found in the narrative—most notably that of a base secretary who kept her experiences secret until she was plagued by pangs of conscience as an elderly woman. However, the bulk of the performance consists of straightforward narration, and Boehmer’s approach—while always competent—sometimes feels overly technical and monotone. A New Page paperback. (Sept.)