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As one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Gordon Cooper was a 20th-century pioneer, testing the limits of technology and the human body and opening new vistas of physical and intellectual exploration. In Leap of Faith, Cooper not only reveals what went on behind the scenes of the early U.S. space program, he also confronts a question that will be at the heart of space exploration in the 21st century: Is there life beyond our planet?
Cooper believes emphatically that there is. He describes his personal encounters with UFOs - and with the U.S. government's longstanding program of covering up even plausible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. On this subject, there is no more credible witness than Gordon Cooper -- and no more courageous, compelling, or thought-provoking account than Leap of Faith.
- Sales Rank: #7267883 in Books
- Published on: 2000-07-10
- Format: Bargain Price
- Number of items: 4
- Dimensions: 7.04" h x 1.17" w x 4.56" l,
- Binding: Audio Cassette
From Publishers Weekly
In this engaging memoir, Mercury 7 astronaut Cooper adds his compelling voice to the chorus of critics charging a U.S. governmental coverup of the UFO phenomenon. Written in the first person with Henderson (coauthor of And the Sea Will Tell), this book will challenge UFO skeptics and believers alike. On the one hand, Cooper states that, despite many reports to the contrary, neither he nor other astronauts saw UFOs in outer space. On the other hand, he reports that in 1951, as a young air force pilot based in Germany, he chased saucer-shaped UFOs, and that groups of UFOs passed over the base daily at speeds far superior to any manmade craft. In 1957, at Edwards Air Force Base in the California desert, Cooper was given photographs of a "classic saucer" that had reportedly landed at the top-secret military installation. He sent the photos to a Pentagon general, but never heard about the matter again. In the late 1970s, Cooper (who's now an aeronautical designer) unsuccessfully tried to launch a research company devoted to free worldwide energy transmission using Nikola Tesla's discoveries, as well as to advanced medical devices and other projects. His partner in this venture, Valerie Ransone, claims to receive scientifically useful telepathic transmissions from extraterrestrial sources. The story gets a lot weirder, as Cooper agrees to join Ransone in the Arizona desert for a telepathically arranged rendezvous with a UFO. Joining them at this alleged meeting (which was canceled) was Atlas missile aerospace engineer Dan Fry, who claims to have flown over Texas on board a UFO in 1950. On a more mundane level, Cooper's reminiscence offers an exciting insider's look at Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, full of startling details about NASA's internal politics, disasters, glitches and close calls. 16 pages of color photos. (Aug.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Although he is not, this autobiography of Cooper (youngest of the original seven Mercury astronauts) is slightly schizoid. Half of it recalls Cooper's distinguished career as an astronaut, which included the 22-orbit flight of Mercury Faith 7 and the record-breaking, trouble-plagued flight of Gemini 5 with the late Pete Conrad. Born and raised around aviation, Cooper left both the astronaut corps and the air force after the small-group politics of mission assignments led to his being denied an Apollo mission. He has devoted his life since, and devotes the rest of the book, to exploring the question of unidentified flying objects, in whose extraterrestrial origins he firmly believes, even if he isn't a UFO cultist. He draws on his background as an astronaut to bolster his persuasively argued position that, whatever UFO's may actually be, a policy of cover-up and obfuscation isn't going to help turn them into IFO's--identified flying objects. Full of tasty nuggets for space and ufology buffs and of portraits, not all of them kind, of his Mercury fellows, as well as his self-portrayal as an almost stereotypical fighter-jockey, Cooper's book attests that, when the time came, he boldly went where few had gone before, helping blaze the trail for the many who have followed. Roland Green
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"You must read Leap of Faith. Gordon Cooper is a true American hero from a stock in short supply today." -- --Art Bell
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A great book to read
By electronic shopper
This Book is great.
i worked off and on with him in Downey 1n 1966 when I was a technician on the Apollo command module in Downey bldg.290 performing integrated checkout on the bird. he was an interesting fellow and I decided to read book. He was One of the former Mercury Astronaut. the other astronauns had an agreement with a publisher not to discus their space experiences. Cooper was different he did talk about it.There was a newspaper article that Gordon Cooper “had seen a glowing, greenish object ahead of him quickly approaching his capsule” in space. Gordon Cooper the astronaut told me he did saw some object in space and it scared him. The mercury spacecraft could only carried one Astronaut into space and he was alone with that thing. I asked him for how long. He said the object came right next to the mercury spacecraft a few yards away and stayed there for about a day (20 plus hours) then it left quickly. He was sweating when he told me the tale. I asked him if it was saucer shape. He said no but it was a larger than the mercury spacecraft and he said it was bell shaped, more cylinder than bell and it was not greenish glowing, it was metallic. He wouldn’t give me any more details and dropped the subject. Gordon cooper was a back up crew member for Apollo One and 10, and then he left NASA. I guess because he would not keep quiet about the UFO he saw. Cooper spent 222 hours in space on Mercury Freedom 7 and Gemini 6 Missions
I was surprised because this conversation just came out of the blue and it was totally unexpected. I know he slipped and told me this story in confidence. I did not tell anybody about this conversation, because I did not want to discredit myself or this astronaut. This is not a common believable topic. I also thought that I would lose my security clearances if anyone found out. I tried not to remember and or think about it. I had forgotten the name of the Astronaut because I have a hard time remembering people’s name. But I remember and found the newspaper article about the green object seen by the astronaut in the mercury capsule in the internet-it jog my memory. It refers to Gordon Cooper and I am now positive it was Cooper. In Gordon Cooper’s book “Leap of Faith” he denied it happened. I guess somebody got to him or he was pulling my leg. LOL
Anyway the book is very interesting with tales he hear about of the v1 and v2 and ufo's. That being said the book really shines with his actual experience with the Mercury program. The book starts there then jumps around a bit. It is easy to read and is a must for somebody interested in the beginning of the space program.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Enjoyable, but full of wild, weird, woefully inaccurate claims
By Graham Dixon
I've read pretty much every astronaut biography out there, and this one was well written, with pleasing, flowing prose and a good structure which didn't drag the reader through the astronaut's early years before getting to his two space flights.
However... and it's a huge 'however' for me... There are some inexplicable and irresponsible claims in this book. I won't even get into the UFO business, because far more worrying are the scandalous and unfounded 'revelations' about the Soviet space program. Cooper claims that no less a figure than Alexei Leanov told him that two cosmonauts died on re-entry due to pressure loss (this is flatly untrue). He also claims that he sketched out the concept of a drogue parachute, which might have saved the life of Soyuz 1 cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov (though he inexplicably fails to mention the mission or cosmonaut by name); in truth, the drogue parachute *cost* Komarov his life. The spurious rubbish about the V-1 and V-2 rockets is too silly even to repeat, and an astronaut of Cooper's standing really should know better.
The book is enjoyable and his descriptions of his space flights are very readable, but this should have been properly proof-read before publication, to avoid spreading misinformation.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Test pilot, space hero, Disney Businessman, UFOs then wierdness
By Thomas Erickson
Leap of Faith Gordon Cooper An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown with Bruce Henderson is a good book with good pictures.Its an easy read. Read it in 2 days.
We see Gordon learning to fly his father's plane at a very young age. He had to use blocks to reach the controls. He solos very young and gets his private pilot license no problem. Later in life he give his mom many rides. She would just hop in. Gordo joins the Marines as a rifleman for a short stay,then goes back to school and later gets into the Air Force. He already knows how to fly so its not too hard learning for Gordo to be a US Air Force pilot. He flies many fast jets and becomes a test pilot at Edwards Air Force base.
Later Gordo gets confidential orders to report to the new agency NASA. He goes through the selection process and becomes one of the Mercury 7 astronauts. So much training and training.He goes up in the last Mercury flight and does a super job. Later he goes up in a Gemini spacecraft. Right before he has an argument with Williams the number 3 man in NASA. Gordo is pissed and buzzes NASA in a jet and Williams freaks out and almost grounds Gordo from going up but later gives the go ahead. In space there is a major problem with an almost dead spacecraft as systems are shutting down and Gordo must manually land the spacecraft. He does great and lands near the water pick up area. Almost bulls eye. Later Williams shakes his hand and says " You were the right person for the job".He gets a big ticker tape parade. He is a hero. He goes to the White House to see President LBJ and asks who classified detailed photos he took from his Gemini flight and why. LBJ says soberly "I did son". Much later Gordo learns why... he took excellent accidental photos of Top Secret Area 51.
Later we see Gordo is very bitter and mad with Deke the head astronaut and Al Shepard being cutthroat and pushing Gordon aside and not allowing him to go up in an Apollo flight. Just back up, backup, backup. He thinks he won't get another chance and retires from NASA. General Curtis Le May says Gordon may get a star (Brig. General) if he stays in the Air Force but regulations say a General can't fly a one seat jet. So Gordo retires from the Air Force as a Colonel.
Later Gordo talks about a UFO sighting he had flying a jet over Germany. Officially its explained as a weather balloon. Gordo says that's the first weather balloon I've ever seen with landing gear. He also talks about the Air Force Blue Book and UFO sightings. So far so good. I enjoy this and have an open mind. Then he talks about that we have actually been visited by intelligent ETs. OK the book is still great. I read Chariots of the Gods and still have an open mind.
Later we see Gordon in a company that discovers a 3000 year old site that predated the Mayans and Incas. He lets the authorities have the artifacts rather than his company plunder them. He states it was the legal and right thing to do. Gordon becomes a VP with Disney involved with advanced technology.
So far the book is fascinating and 5 star. Then the crapola starts. He meets Valerie Ransone who claims she gets mental communications with extraterrestrial life. Later Gordon meets a PHD scientist claiming to have taken a ride up in an alien spacecraft. Its gets even more unbelievable as Valerie says the aliens want to take Gordon up with the scientist again. Just before Cooper goes out to go up Valerie tells Cooper the aliens have had second thoughts.
I am sorry Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson I'm a hard science kind of guy. As an amateur astronomer of over 40 years I do believe that there is intelligent life out there. New Exoplanets are being discovered it seems monthly. There are millions of galaxies each holding billions of stars. The probability is that there MUST be other life out there. However INMO it may not look like us or even be carbon based. Who knows. At this time its too far out for me to believe that Valerie and others are getting metal communications from ETs. Show ANY proof of these mental communications. Sorry Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson you left me way out there in space with this one. 90% a 5 star book then very late rapid degradation to 3 1/2 to 4 stars. Gordon Cooper a great American hero with many wonderful accomplishments. I am sad Gordon Cooper passed away but at this time I can't believe in mental communications with ETs. Its too big a Leap of Faith for me.
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