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The UFO Challenge by Richard M. Rasmussen: Book Details and What It’s About

Richard M. Rasmussen’s 1990 juvenile nonfiction book explores reported UFO sightings, alleged alien encounters, human reactions, and official investigations.

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The UFO Challenge is a juvenile nonfiction book by Richard M. Rasmussen, published by Cengage Gale in September 1990. Its ISBN is 9781560061229. The book covers reported UFO sightings, alleged encounters with aliens, people’s reactions, and how authorities investigate such reports.

What is The UFO Challenge about?

The book looks at UFO reports and claims of meetings with aliens, along with how people respond and how authorities investigate. The available description does not specify the cases covered, the book’s research method, or whether it reaches conclusions about particular sightings.

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Who wrote it, and which edition is this?

The title is The UFO Challenge by Richard M. Rasmussen. Better World Books lists a library-binding edition published by Cengage Gale in September 1990, ISBN-13 9781560061229. Use the author and ISBN when searching or asking a bookseller, since “UFO Challenge” is a generic title that can refer to other works.

What age is it for?

The Better World Books listing categorizes the book for ages 9–12 and also places it in Teen/Young Adult. Those are catalog categories, not a detailed reading-level assessment.

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Is The UFO Challenge a book or a TV show?

The Rasmussen title is a book, not the television series. Gerry Anderson’s separate UFO is a live-action science-fiction series produced in 1969–70 and first broadcast in 1970. The official Gerry Anderson production record lists 26 episodes. Its story follows SHADO, a secret organisation defending Earth from alien incursions. Gerry Anderson’s official UFO page describes the series and related franchise products.

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Where can you find the book?

Search a library catalogue, used-book service, or bookseller for The UFO Challenge Richard M. Rasmussen 9781560061229. The bibliographic listing identifies a library-binding edition; availability and price vary by seller, and no current stock or price is established here.

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Related reading on UFO records

For a distinct, more recent route into government UFO documentation, Inside The Black Vault: The Government’s UFO Secrets Revealed is a 192-page Rowman & Littlefield paperback published April 15, 2019 (ISBN-13 978-1538118375), according to The Black Vault’s book page. The page says John Greenewald Jr. began researching government records in 1996 and used FOIA requests to build the archive; it claims the archive contains more than two million pages of documents. This is a separate adult-oriented research path, not a description of Rasmussen’s book.

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