Those interested in ufology and the propensity of too many of within its investigative community to posture for self-importance and sabotage efforts to do objective research will find this telling narrative about the targeting of Isaac Koi (a pseudonym). Koi's work...
Conspiracy Theories
Mike Will No Longer Be Appearing on Paul E. Stevenson’s Revolutions Radio Show
[Addendum: It's been a while since posting this, and Mr. Stevenson has apologized to me. Consequently, I may at some point in the future do something "on air" with him, thought not on this show. In short, he did the right thing. That's all I know. I don't monitor his...
Sub-Plot from The Portent in the News: Secret Meeting Held at Harvard about Creating a Synthetic Human Genome
This happened at least a half dozen times with The Facade -- something in the book becomes news after the fact. Here we go again with The Portent: From the Christian Science Monitor: Why did Harvard Scientists Hold a 'Secret' Synthetic Genome Meeting? This is why you...
DNA CRISPR Critters: We Shall Be as Gods
Have you read my novel, The Portent? If so, the subject matter of the link below will sound familiar: Gene Drives – Will Conqueror Biomolecular Bots Dictate a New Book of Life? One of the sub-plots to The Portent is the use of genetic alteration and synthetic biology...
The Admiral Byrd / Operation Highjump Myth
Anyone who has read a bit on UFOs during World War II (especially any Nazi technology angle) has no doubt run into the story of how Admiral Richard Byrd "led 4,000 military troops from the U.S., Britain and Australia in an invasion of Antarctica called “Operation...
An Imaginary Conversation with a Modern Nephilim Believer
One of the major trajectories in my new novel The Portent, is how Christians think about end times -- specifically, how some are prone to marry end times to conspiracies about UFOs and alien abductions, which they believe are really cover for the creation of a new...
Majestic-12 Debunking by Prominent Ufologists: 30 Years’ Looking Back
Respected ufologist Robert Hastings has a nice summary of the research within the UFO community debunking the Majestic-12 documents and the conspiracy narrative that goes with them. It's an excellent set of links on what's wrong with the Majestic-12 documents. Readers...
The Myth of the Smithsonian Archaeological Conspiracy
I've directed readers to Jason Colavito's blog many times before, but I don't believe I've included this specific essay: How David Childress Created the Myth of a Smithsonian Archaeological Conspiracy. Jason makes a good case for the modern origin of this oft-repeated...
Exposing PseudoAstronomy Interview with Mike Heiser: Part 2
Stuart Robbins recently posted Part 2 of my interview on his Exposing PseudoAstronomy podcast. I had posted Part 1 earlier. For convenience, here are both podcast interviews: Episode 97: Interview with Michael Heiser on Ancient Aliens and Zecharia Sitchin,Part 1...
What Do UFOs Have to do with Animal Planet?
After watching this past week's Animal Planet show, "Uncovering Aliens," I'm still without an answer -- other than ratings. At any rate, I watched to see my friend Derrel Sims. It was fun to see him on TV. But I confess I had to roll my eyes in several places. Two...
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 people (attendees...
NASA and 3-D Printing
I had to say something about this recent article from DeZeen: "NASA Develops 3-D Printing Factory in Space." I just finished the draft for The Portent, and there's a scene in it that involves the marriage of nanotechnology (and/or synthetic biology) and 3-D printing....
$52.6 Billion = U.S. Black Budget
The Washington Post has published a Black Budget summary, complete with dollar distribution among U.S. agencies and project category expenditures. I highly recommend the link - and clicking on the interactive Black Budget display on the Post's site. It's pretty cool...
Dr. Tyler Kokjohn Reviews New Book: Alien Viruses, Crashed UFOs, MJ-12 & Biowarfare
[Hat tip to Jack Brewer at The UFO Trail for alerting me to this review.] Alien Viruses: Crashed UFOs, MJ-12, & Biowarfare is a new book by Dr. Robert Wood (with Nick Redfern) published by Richard Dolan Press. Dr. Wood has a PhD in physics and had a long career...
About Those Giants Hidden in the Smithsonian
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post demonstrating the flawed thinking and resourcing of such claims (and they are quite common). But hey, I guess it sounds better than a giant prehistoric dog eating the evidence.