Oh boy, this is tough because I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this book but at the same time was left extremely frustrated with the close of the final page. Interdimensional Universe: The New Science of UFOs, Paranormal Phenomena and Otherdimensional Beings by Philip Imbrogno suggests that the reader will be getting some new information on this phenomena. Well, unfortunately that’s just not the case. Other than a few pages on the recent developments with quantum physics and string theory, much of the book discusses theories that were put forth years ago by guys like John Keel and Jacques Vallee. So if your familiar with this theoretical direction, you know there’s no nuts and bolts to be heard of. Which at the same time, is exactly why I picked this book up.

I had heard a couple of interviews with Imbrogno, who by the way has been a science educator in the secondary and collegiate levels for almost 30 years, discussing the work he had done with the late Dr. J Allen Hynek and how at the end of Hynek’s career, even Hynek began to get away from the nuts and bolts theory. So for me anyway, when someone with a scientific foundation like these guys have, begin to lean to the more controversial side of the spectrum, it really makes you stop and listen. And this is the science-based/skeptical approach the book takes as it touches briefly on cases such as Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting, Roswell, Project Grudge, Project Blue Book, The Betty and Barney Hill abduction case and then into Imbrogno’s own investigation into the Hudson Valley UFO Mystery to name just a few. Then the book begins to turn a precarious corner and down that damned rabbit hole.  Imbrogno makes some interesting connections between many of the ancient megaliths found in the northeastern United States with UFO sightings. But then we get into some really far out and even frightening stuff that we have to take on face value with really no documentation other than Imbrogno’s case files. For instance Imbrogno discusses a case where fellow investigators started dropping like flies after mysterious voices we’re heard warning them not to interfere. One of the unlucky investigators had a dream where a hooded figure stood by his bed and said, “This could be your heart” and squeezed the beating heart until it burst. This same investigator would die of heart failure a week later. Doctors could not explain why. Another investigator from the team would jump in front of a train, killing himself after being visited by unknown beings. And don’t get me wrong these are interesting accounts, but they don’t help us move forward with what’s really going on.

So overall an interesting, well written selection of UFO and paranormal activity and the possible overlap of these phenomena. But for the seasoned UFO and paranormal reader, not much new information that hasn’t already been covered.