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Followed: Pacific UFO Mystery
by Nebojsa Borkovich
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Imagine yourself on the Pacific Ocean, hundreds upon hundreds of miles from shore, in a 29 foot sailboat. Your only companions are a friend ( a really good friend who went with you in spite of the dangers you might encounter), the sea (as fickle as she might be), and the starry sky ... with one exception ... UFOs, unexplained lights and crafts which seem to be following you in your slow, but steady, progress across the great expanse.

This is exactly what Neb Borkovich is trying to explain to those who will take the time to read his amazing story.

Neb and his Navajo friend, Don, set sail from the lower Baja peninsula in Mexico in April 2000. Destination: Hawaii. This had been a long time dream for Neb, whose heart is with the sea. Mira, their small but sturdy sailboat, is loaded with gear, and as ready for the long voyage as she could be. Both men realize that their fate is in the hands of their skill as sailors, the ruggedness of their boat, and the whim of the great Pacific.

This book is one of the first I’ve read in quite some time which is able to capture the vastness of the open ocean, giving the reader the sense of how tiny a sailor is amid the enormous sea... and how helpless. The author’s descriptions of sunsets, wind and waves is worth a read in itself. But there is more. Not long after leaving the harbor in Mexico, strange lights begin to manifest themselves to the two sailors. Sometimes the lights would show up on consecutive nights, other times there would be days in between their revealing themselves.

After days of lights moving in odd patterns in the sky, often dancing with each other, the oddities become more bold and approach the small boat much closer. Neb and Don are able to see clearly the shape of the objects, their light patterns, so much so that two craft which seem, at first, to be the same object, actually are two different objects, detectable from the pattern of lights on them. Neb took the time to record the events in his logbook, and both men tried to video tape the lights.

Upon reaching Hawaii, the story is only half finished. After their Hawaiian interlude, Neb and Don sail for San Francisco. The story continues with the UFOs dogging them all the way to their west coast destination.

"Followed" is not just a tale of UFOs. It is a story of two men who experienced the loneliness of the open sea and the helplessness one feels when you know that you are not entirely in control of your situation. More importantly, it is a story of how Neb Borkovich tries to come to grips with the reality that UFOs do exist. It becomes Neb’s quest to seek answers to what he saw, and prove it to the authorities. Unfortunately, that task becomes more difficult than he ever imagined.

Neb’s firsthand account is an informative read for any UFO researcher, and many of the observations he makes show a man who is seeking answers to a definite unknown. Here are a few to consider:

"It is entirely possible to read innumerable books, watch TV shows and listen to first hand accounts [of UFOs] from people one knows well, and still remain a skeptic. The mind simply wants to reject something that it is not used to processing, something that goes against the grain of comprehension and familiarity."

"Conflict, mayhem and murder are obvious human traits. To ascribe them to a completely unknown intelligent species is totally irresponsible but done regularly, even by some of our brightest scientific minds. On the other hand, to think of these beings as our ‘cosmic brothers’ who are here to help us solve our problems, an idea espoused by New Age cults and early ‘contactees’ who claimed to know the aliens on a first name basis, is equally ill-advised. The best and only course of action is to accept and understand the fact that they are here and it doesn’t seem that they are going away any time soon. We must learn all we can about them, and this is something that requires patience and, above all, open-mindedness."

"To the ruling elites in control of the government, the church and education, truth is often a real or perceived threat, ignorance an ally. The preservation of the status quo is their primary concern. To openly admit that there exists a little understood force capable of undermining even a small slice of their powerful monopoly over thought would be akin to political suicide. Therefore the silence."

I heartily recommend this book for, in its very simple style, it has much to offer the reader from many perspectives. As Neb Borkovich states on page ninety-one (softcover),  "If you want to find the truth, you have to look for it yourself."

I couldn’t have said it better.