Robert Hastings recently posted an essay that intertwines these two familiar UFO research topics: UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area: Important New Revelations about the Paul Bennewitz Affair. The connection? In a sentence: ". . ....
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Another Illustration of Why Anomalist Research Needs to be Submitted to Peer Review
Remember the demon fairy fiasco? If not, read that link first. Although "peer review" in this case (below) isn't about submission to an academic journal, the principle is the same. Anomalous objects, experiences, events, etc. should be submitted for review by experts...
Did the Nazis Have a UFO Base in the Antarctic?
Readers of The Facade know that one of the important sub-plotlines in the story concerns Nazi occult mythology and the idea that UFOs extend from human technology traceable to research done by German scientists during World War II. Part of the lore associated with...
The Faux Mystery of Phobos 2
I remember hearing about the Phobos 2 event back in grad school, listening to the Art Bell show. It seemed truly anomalous and therefore something that one might put in the evidence bin for alien contact. But then why did it take the Art Bell show for me to hear it?...
Appreciative, but Not Amazed by Wonders in the Sky
PLEASE BE PATIENT - This post has a lot of images to load. Review of Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times, by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck (Tarcher / Penguin, 2009); 500 pp. I've been promising this review for some time, so...
Critical Re-Examination of a 1461 UFO Account
Jason Colavito posted an interesting essay today where he checks up on an alleged UFO account in a 1461. His post begins: Let us stipulate at the outset that the famed ufologist Jacques Vallée is French, so we should expect that his translation from his native...
New Book on the Great Airship of 1897
The Magonia blog posted a review today of a new book on the great airship sightings of 1897: The Great Airship of 1897: A Provocative Look at the Most Mysterious Aviation Event in History. Amazon has the publication date as February 11, 2010, but I'm guessing you can...
Documentary About UFOs Over US Nuclear Bases Now on Amazon Prime
This film documentary is about UFO incidents involving multiple military witnesses at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities. It is based on the research of Robert Hastings, one of the serious people in ufology. The documentary -- widely praised for the quality of the...
Nick Redfern: UFOs Most Likely Not Extraterrestrial
Anyone interested in UFOs knows the name Nick Redfern. Whatever your assessment of Nick's work, he can't be labeled a hostile debunker. He's someone that "wants to believe." In this recent essay, Nick expresses his transition away from an extraterrestrial explanation...
Kevin Randle on the Decline and Fall of Ufology and the SOM 1-01 Manual Fraud
An interesting essay on the famous Kingman, Arizona, crash, the MJ-12 SOM 1-01 manual.
Quadrocopters as Mistaken UFOs
Stuart Robbins has an interesting post about how quadrocopters can (and have been) mistaken for UFOs. In case you're not familiar with quadrocopters, here are some YouTube videos:
Mothman and Soldier of Fortune
I presume many readers have already heard of this, but in case not, I though it was worth a link. Writing on Cryptzoonews.com, Loren Coleman, well known for his work in cryptozoology, writes: The February 2014 issue Soldier of Fortune contains an article entitled “UFO...
The Famous Cash-Landrum UFO Incident: Detailing Its Lack of Credibility
Hat tip to Jack Brewer at the The UFO Trail for tweeting this one. Robert Sheaffer over at the Bad UFOs blog posted this lengthy overview and telling debunking of the famous Cash-Landrum UFO case. The incident became a classic case in part because it involved physical...
Russell Crowe’s UFO Explained by Photo-Analyst
Below is a pretty sweet video explanation for the "UFO" Russell Crowe captured on his camera. Credit for bringing this to my attention goes to Jason Colavito, via Twitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjlK7kjgphU
UFO Battle Over Nuremberg in 1561?
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post on this infamous "proof" for UFO visitation. The whole idea of a "UFO Battle" derives from the woodcutting shown here (courtesy of Wikimedia commons). Jason's post tells you a few things about the origins of the woodcut that the...