Jack Brewer has posted the thoughts of those who have contributed to his request for opinion on whether MUFON should ban the parties associated with the Roswell Slides fiasco: The UFO Trail: UFO Community Members Weigh in on Dubious MUFON Speakers It’s worth...
UFOs as Folklore
The Fermi Paradox Made Simple and Cool
Here you go – well worth a watch. Hat tip to Mr. Tudor for this. Remember this the next time someone starts talking about the likelihood of alien contact.
Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Meso-America
Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Mesoamerica is the second book by Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke I’ve read. I reviewed her first work, Encounters with Star People: Untold Stories of American Indians , some time ago here. Information on Dr....
Will Religious Beliefs Hinder First Contact?
That’s the opinion of this scholarly (but ill-informed) article: Gabriel de La Torre, “Toward a new cosmic consciousness: Psychoeducational aspects of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations,” Acta Astronautica 94:2 (2014): 577-583. Why do I say...
A Lesson in Retail Ufology
Robert Sheaffer gives his readers another bird’s eye view into how ufology is marketed to the masses in “More Museum Shenanigans.” Enjoy!
I Was Right About that CA Crop Circle
A few days ago I said the CA crop circle looked to me like a computer chip or motherboard. I suggested that it was part of some marketing campaign for a new chip or some other electronics toy. That suspicion turned out to be dead on. From the article (and the...
California Crop Circle
I'm sure by now everyone who frequents this blog has heard about the California crop circle. Naturally, it's generating talk of aliens. It looks like a computer chip. My guess is that it's a clever promotion for some new chip or motherboard for some new tech device -...
Theology, Politics, and Astrobiology
It’s been nearly two weeks since I attended the annual scholarly society meetings for scholars in my field of study and interest: the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS), the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR),...
Contact in the Desert Conference: Conclave of the Bizarre
Rob Sheaffer over at the Bad UFO blog offers a whimsical (and in places, disturbing) description  of the goings-on at the “alternative knowledge” conference held this past August at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. Every UFO conference is a mixture of...
Scientology’s Alien Space Cathedral and Spaceship Landing Strip
No, there’s nothing odd about Scientology. Unless you count building an alien space cathedral and spaceship landing pad in New Mexico for the post-Armageddon alien meet-n-greet. If I were in this (literally) space cadet religion, the first thing I’d want...
Is MUFON a Sham? Must it Be?
These are two fundamental questions that arise as one reads the recent two-part series by Jack Brewer of The UFO Trail entitled, “MUFON, Science, and Deception.” Jack describes the goal of these pieces as “a two-part post exploring recent MUFON...
Native American Star People: New Book
A recent book about “star people” legends has been getting some play in the blogosphere recently: Encounters with Star People: Untold Stories of American Indians . I tried to order it but it was temporarily out of stock. I’ll revisit it later since I...
Ancient Astronauts and Religious Yearning
Jason Colavito has a thoughtful post over at his blog entitled, “Ancient Astronauts and the Decline of the West.” I recommend reading this short piece, as it touches on a significant idea: that, as society and culture in the West declines or enters periods...
Hippies Waiting for Alien Ark for 2012 Rescue
I think I’ve seen this in a movie. Camper loads of happily deluded new-age pilgrim-hippies (pippies sounds like a good term to coin here) have descended upon the Pyrenean village of Bugarach, where a mountain overshadowing the tiny hamlet has been labeled the...
Of Starseeds and Hayseeds
I wanted to call the attention of readers to this informative and humorous post from Skeptophilia entitled, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starseed.” The post is about the nonsensical new-age fantasy maintained by some people that they are actually...