The Aircraft Man

By Alex R. Encomienda

In this peculiar story involving UFO's, Mexican Cartels and the high desert mirages, two unlikely friends decide to venture on a quest to unveil a mysterious aircraft that is believed to be an experiment conducted by the government. On their journey, they discover strange characters, dark truths and hoaxes that make the duo question their lives and their existence. "The Aircraft Man" is filled with dark humor, themes of friendship, adventure and heroism.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alex R. Encomienda
• Release date: Apr 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310538209

Alex R. Encomienda

Alex R. Encomienda is an author of fantasy and adventure books. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and started writing at age nine. When he was 18, he started modeling for an agency in Mesa, Arizona and left a year later to pursue his writing career. He took several writing classes at Glendale Community College and Phoenix College and won several writing competitions. He entered a poetry contest and won 2nd place, also getting his work in The Traveler magazine. He currently lives with his family in El Mirage, Arizona.

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The Aircraft Man by Alex R. Encomienda

Formations; a stealth like triangular aircraft going 5mph at a very high altitude, silent and seemingly weightless.

Triads of the air and sky; an orange orbing light passes through the windstorms and makes no sound and then shoots up into space while alerted ones below stare in astonishment.

A man in his twenties named Larry sits aloft with a can of beer in his hand; the good kind- and he looks into the sky. He hopes for better luck in seeing a falling star tonight than yesterday and he hopes for a better understanding of who is in charge of those falling stars.

Last night’s newscaster reported there being a meteor shower two days from now. He already bought the best set of binoculars on the market so tonight he wants to lay arrest and switch back from drinking beers and listening to music; the rebel against society, classic rock type.

Last June, he created this model alien ship in his backyard and told a few teenagers in the neighborhood to go around spreading word of a spaceship crash landing. When he finished the crash, he invited a few people over to check it out and they took pictures and told him what an amazing job he did with it.

Nobody fell for the old UFO crash landing hokey pokey. Not like the way he fell for the ones others made, and he knows how good they can get. People in the desert can get pretty tricky when it comes to faking a UFO. Especially the ones faked by the government, those are tricky and clever. Not to mention impractical.

He doesn’t know who the governor of New Mexico is but all he can imagine is some man with an alien head for some reason.

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Hey Marty, come here boy. He says with a mouth full of potato chips. He