The Alien Seeker News Dr. Robert E. Farrell Biography Dr. Robert E. Farrell received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, his MBA from Western New England College and his Doctor of Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. For nearly twenty years, Dr. Farrell worked in the plastics industry, designing industrial machines for which he holds six patents. Sixteen years ago, Dr. Farrell gave up his position as vice president to become a Professor at Penn State University where he helped start a Plastics Engineering Technology program. Today, that program is recognized as one of the best in the country. He recently retired from Penn State University as Associate Professor Emeritus. For most of his life, Dr. Farrell has been interested in UFOlogy. Ten years ago, he began doing serious research for his newly released book, Alien Log. He believes good science fiction is soundly based on good science. To that extent, Dr. Farrell is trying to follow the style of Michael Crichton (Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, and many others) and Arthur C. Clarke in his Odyssey series. In addition to this first novel, he has written numerous technical papers and articles for the plastics industry and three science fiction short stories that are included in an anthology, Sonoran Mirage, published by the Writer’s Round Table of Phoenix. Since retiring from Penn State University, Dr. Farrell and his wife live in Peoria, Arizona where he is now working on other short stories and novels, including a sequel to Alien Log. CONTACT: Email (for general questions): info@alienlog.com Email (for questions about his book): author@alienlog.com Dr. Robert Farrell's Website: www.alienlog.com/ Fact or Fiction? Excerpt from the Book - Chapter 7 "ALIEN LOG" Author, Robert Farrell (retired Associate Professor Emeritus from Penn State University) combined his life-long interest in physics with ten years of research to create this Sci-Fi thriller. ALIEN LOG is on one level a moving story about a pair of scientists hired to decode a mysterious artifact found at a UFO crash site in 1953 in Arizona. On another level, it is an enlightening story, which posits the connection between current scientific knowledge and alien technology. In a secret base in Nevada, Colonel Mitchell aids the two scientists, Dr. Corey Newton, an astrophysicists, and Dr. Wendy Ahearn, a world renowned linguist, in their mission to decode the alien artifact. This artifact, apparently, is not only the alien ship’s log but also a link to the mother ship’s computer. In ALIEN LOG , Farrell takes the reader to the ancient Sumerian culture when humans suddenly displayed a quantum leap in mathematics and human development as if tutored by a higher form. The author also jets the reader to the present, when higher beings watch over humankind to make sure they don’t kill one another off with their newfound discovery of nuclear power. ALIEN LOG will thrill and inform not only those interested in Science Fiction and UFOlogy, but also those curious about the Universe.