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...
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Secret Gospel of Mark Paper at International SBL
For those interested in the Secret Gospel of Mark (SGM; blogged on this before), check out this link. The remarks are technical, since the blog source is a group of professional New Testament textual critics. But it's useful to show that there are MANY textual...
An Astronaut in the Carvings of a 12th Century Cathedral?
Well, not quite, as this link explains. (Editor's note: content of the link reproduced below.) Here are some pictures: First off, the example errs a bit in identifying the astronaut carving as adorning the wall of a cathedral built in 1102. The city of Salamanca in...
The Secret Gospel of Mark: Genuine or Hoax?
The Secret Gospel of Mark (also called "Secret Mark") has been controversial for some time (click here for an overview). Aside from purporting to be another gospel, the controversy is primarily about a passage in it that has dialogue between Jesus and an unnamed...
Giant Human Skeleton? Nope, Just Photoshop
I've had some recent email about this picture. Apparently there are still some who don't know this was a hoax. The link shows the photos and how the hoax was put together. There are many other such links, too. Cool, actually. Go here for the information. Editor's...
The Crystal Skulls: Not Alien Relics (What a Shocker)
It just kills me how, when certain people find an impressive work of craftsmanship or art that appears old they conclude it must be alien. "I couldn't have made anything like that, and no one I know could have, either. They must have an extraterrestrial origin!" ...
Defining Terms and Narrowing Focus (a short sidebar)
The UFO question is very complex. Anyone who puts any serious time into studying it will know that. Any UFO sighting can be filed (immediately or eventually) into one of several categories: 1. The misidentification of a man-made flying craft (plane or something less...