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Being aware of Greer's work on the Disclosure Project I was eager to read his book. I was greatly disappointed for a number of reasons. Firstly, the book isn't so much about "Hidden Truth-Forbidden Knowledge" as it is the story of Steven Greer M.D. and what a wonderful and knowledgeable person he is. It was not surprising to read that another reviewer who know him personally describe him as megalomaniacal. Secondly, there is no corroborative evidence offered. Not a single footnote in the entire book. Here is a man who has made disclosure the center-piece of his life who claims he can summon a UFO at will and he offers neither a single shred of evidence nor any explanation for it's absence. If you were in his position, wouldn't the very first thing you would do would be to generate so hard data? Summon a UFO after you have arranged credible witnesses at different viewing points and some high quality video and still photography. And wouldn't this documentation move your agenda along a whole lot further and faster than writing a book about yourself? Thirdly, I ultimately found Greer simply not credible. It wasn't any particular thing or even some of his more extravagant claims that I understand are made later in the book. It was more a series of things that just seemed a bit too improbable. For example, he relates this story: He has a vision and then a dream relating to drug dealers in Columbia shooting down Air Force 1 and killing President Bush (senior). He calls the White House and tells them that he is Dr. Steven Greer, he is an emergency room doctor and that he has had a vision of an assassination attempt. On the basis of these 3 bits of information he is connected to the head of the White House Secret Service who assures him that they take this kind of information "very seriously". He takes down Greer's information including the steps necessary to protect the plane. "We'll do it" the Secret Service agent tells him regarding the protective measures. Later Greer is told by someone who simultaneously a "very high intelligence official" and a Secret Service agent that they had followed Greer's advice thereby saving the presidents life. Not impossible just highly improbable. Adding this to a series of improbable stories all offered with no supporting evidence and I decided there was no reason to finish the book. And finally, and perhaps most importantly, there is very little if anything of importance that is new. I'm not saying that what Greer is saying is true or not true, just that among the various explanations offered for the mystery of UFO's this is all pretty much old news. Before I wrote this review I read what others had to say in theirs and I was struck by a couple of things. There was quite a bit of what I would call rather extravagant praise for Greer personally. Here are some examples: courageous, brave, brilliant a saint thank heaven and the gods for you brilliant and surely sincere you are the much awaited 2nd coming of Christ And if you check out "Other Reviews" by these people you will find that many have only ever written a review for this book or perhaps one or two others. Interesting.