I've occasionally blogged about Stuart Robbins' podcast, Exposing PseudoAstronomy. Stuart has invited me for an interview. It will take place in November, but I'll let you all know when he actually posts it. Stuart has done excellent (and time-consuming) work exposing...
Conspiracy Theories
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 178: Why the World Didn’t End on September 23
The short answer: Because the people who said it would are either inept Bible interpreters or false teachers. For why that's the case, listen to the episode - recorded on Sept 22. Description: September 23 has come and gone. The world didn’t end. Jesus didn’t return....
Review of The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community
I've been intending to review Jack Brewer's book, The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community, for some time now. I've linked to some of Jack's research posted on his blog The UFO Trail before. Jack has devoted considerable effort into tracking the...
Modern Nephilim Nonsense: A Comparison Chart
For those Christian readers out there (and anyone else who follows this subject), I recently saw this essay come up in my Twitter account (thanks to Guy Malone for tweeting it). The "modern nephilim" idea -- that there is currently either a military effort to produce...
Theses and Dissertations on UFO-Related Topics
[UPDATE 6/26/2013: Thanks to Jonas for adding some theses and dissertations in a comment - I have added them at the end of this post. MSH. Thanks as well (7/1/2013) to the Spooky Paradigms blogger for directing my attention to his first post in the series, where he...
More Inept Bible Interpretation: David Meade Predicts Planet X Will Destroy the Earth in October
Hard to believe, but the Planet-Xers are still out there making more bogus predictions. David Meade says Planet X will crash into the earth in October, destroying us all. How is it that real astronomers don't see this happening? Good question. Meade has the answer:...
Archaeologist Specializing in Neolithic Period Reviews Hancock’s Book, America Before
No surprise, but it doesn't go well. Carl Feagans, "The Pseudoarchaeology of America Before: A Review," April 22, 2019 As in biblical studies, where a lot of research can impress amateur readers, so it is with books like those of Hancock, which emphasize data that...
U. S. Navy Awarded a Patent for Triangular UFO in 2016
I've blogged before about how there are patents, dirigibles, and other man-made craft that may easily be mis-identified as alien spacecraft. Here's a fascinating article (I found it via the Giza Death Star blog by Joseph Farrell) on the Navy's patent. You'll love the...
Why the Moundbuilder Myth is Wrong
Readers interested in ancient North America (and who are data-driven, not conspiracy-driven or fans of bad biblical interpretation) would do well to read this old (2011) essay by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick:...
Important PEERANORMAL Podcast Series on Quantum Physics and Metaphysics
Some of you know that I host a second podcast dedicated to reviewing fringe and paranormal topics using peer-reviewed literature. It's called PEERANORMAL. I have four co-hosts. We occasionally invite field experts depending on the topic. We're 16 episodes into...
What is Christian Middle Earth? A Brief Explanation
I've given my theory of Christian Middle Earth (CME) so many times that I can't remember who's heard it and who hasn't. So I thought a post on it was long overdue. In over-simplified terms, Christian Middle Earth is that realm between actual biblical scholars (people...
Leading Roswell Researcher Kevin Randle Recants the Alien UFO Explanation
UPDATE 1/22/2017: Kevin Randle has responded to Sheaffer's post. Guy Malone, organizer of the 2017 Roswell conference at which I'll be speaking, recently sent me this link: Leading Researcher Shocks, Debunking Own Roswell Story The article is by Bill Turner, but it...
Exposing Modern Flat Earth Belief – Part 2 of the Exposing PseudoAstronomy Podcast Series
I blogged a short time ago about Stuart Robbins' podcast series on modern flat earth belief. Stuart is a PhD in geology whose dissertation was on the geology of Mars. His podcast is, as its title suggests, about debunking nonsensical beliefs tied to astronomical...
Modern Flat Earth Theory Exposed, Part I
Back in February I caused a minor brouhaha (have to love that word) when I blogged, "Christians Who Believe the Earth is Really Flat — Does It Get Any Dumber Than This?" I'm a Christian and biblical scholar who has a grasp of the fact that ancient Israelite cosmology...
Short Summary of an Episode in UFO Infamy: the Paul Bennewitz Affair
I've often referred to the Bennewitz affair in conversation about how certain U.S. government agencies and personnel are not above using UFO believes as tools to perpetuate a UFO narrative they find useful (read: a useful myth designed to misdirect away from something...