Christopher Buckley’s close attention this time was attracted by UFOs, or more precisely, by how representatives of different layers of American society react to the appearance of certain mysterious green creatures. Mass hysteria of ordinary people and the quackery of the “initiates”, the intrigues of those in power and the machinations of the intelligence services - all this is mercilessly ridiculed by the author of the book, which has become a national bestseller in the United States.