I was fortunate to spend some time with Derek and Sharon Gilbert last week in Missouri. One of the things we talked about briefly was Annie Jacobsen's work. I highly recommend her books Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base and Operation...
Conspiracy Theories
True Conspiracy Theories
I'd like to direct readers to another compelling piece by Jack Brewer over at the UFO Trail. This one is about conspiracy theories that are demonstrably not theoretical -- they're real. Naturally, I have some (post-Portent: subliminal plug) thoughts. Jack's focus is...
Did Muslims Discover America in 999 AD?
Short answer: No. Longer answer: Jason Colavito's post: Did Ibn Farrukh Discover America in 999 CE? (CE is the "non-Christian" abbreviation commonly used in academic convention in place of "A.D."). As usual, Jason has done a great job here. I recommend the post to...
Robert Ripley: A More Honest Showman Than Steven Greer
I just blogged this over at UFO Religions so I thought I'd reproduce this here. >> In the latest twist to the Steven Greer ET disclosure shell game (hat tip to BK), Greg Newkirk of the Who Forted? blog and Lee Spiegel of the Huffington Post (photo credit for the...
Majestic 12 Documents Show on Coast to Coast AM Tonight
I'm guessing I have some C2C listeners as readers, so I thought I'd blog this even though it's outside the realm of UFOs and religion. Ryan and Bob Wood are the guests tonight on the show. The topic is the MJ12 documents. I've had some people email me with some sort...
Newly-Released CIA MK-ULTRA Documents
I saw this today on Twitter. Apparently the newly-released material is the result of the tenacious efforts of John Greenewald and his amazing Black Vault website. Here's a link to the Black Vault archive for CIA mind control programs, including MK-ULTRA.
Why I’m Not on the Bandwagon with Christian Nephilim Hunters
Well, there are several reasons that I could go into at length, but you really don't need any more of an explanation than this essay by Jason Colavito. What he's shooting at is a testament to poor thinking, shoddy research (biblical and otherwise), incoherent...
MJ-12—The Hoax That Quickly Became a Disinformation Operation
That's the title of an essay by Robert Hastings. It's well worth the read, as it does more than beat a dead horse. It has a number of salient details that should convince any clear-thinking person that the Majestic documents should not be trusted. This paragraph...
PseudoAstronomy Podcast Episode on the Mandela Effect
Stuart is on a roll. Fresh off this three-part series on the flat earth nonsense, here's an episode on the goofy Mandela Effect. Needless to say, I can hardly wait to listen.
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 99: Debunking New Testament Manuscript Conspiracies
The episode is now live. This episode is in response to listener requests. Mike and Trey interview Rick Brannan, the information specialist for Greek New Testament products and databases at Logos Bible Software, about how we got the New Testament, the KJV-only idea,...
Pluto Fly-By Conspiracies: More Pseudo-Science
The fly-by photographs taken of Pluto as part of NASA's New Horizons mission to gather data on Pluto have been all the rage on the internet. Naturally, not everything has gone as expected; there have been technical glitches. Equally as normative, voices on the...
Calculating and Fixing the Date of Easter
I'm once again feeling wearied by all the nonsense (pagan and fundamentalist Christian in equal doses) about how the date of Easter was the result of some sort of deliberate paganizing conspiracy. Personally, I don't like the modern trappings of Easter. A lot of the...
Josephus Code Follies
I've gotten a half dozen emails about the new (it's not really new) Joseph Atwill book and "Covert Christianity" PR launch (er . . . conference). The big media event is really about Atwill's rehashing of his material in a 2006 book called Caesar's Messiah. It was...
The Elephant in the Alien Abduction Research Room: Methodological Integrity
In another excellent piece on the UFO Trail blog, Jack Brewer takes the issue of the use of hypnosis in alien abduction research head-on. The post is another example of why, if you care about thinking clearly about matters ufological, you should be reading his blog. A...
Simcha Jacobovici’s Conspiracy Fantasy
I recommend readers have a look at this recent post by Dr. Larry Hurtado. It begins this way: If you want to see a good example of what be-devils any scholarly analysis of practically anything to do with Jesus and early Christianity, have a read of the postings of the...