I've been preparing notes for my next Fringepop filming round. We're going to do some episodes on the latest UFO flap started several years ago by the New York Times and the leak of the "tic tac" video. I'd thought I'd post some notes here - early, to precede the...
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Giant Human Mummy Fakery
The Strange Remains blog recently published a worthwhile post on the fakery of giant (and otherwise) human remains in the 19th century. I recommend it. Folks who are into newspaper reports of giants in North America are often ignorant of the fact (or just don't want...
That NY Times / Department of Defense UFO Video Story … Unraveling?
You have to wonder after reading this essay at Wired.com: "What is Up with those Pentagon UFO Videos?" The article basically traces the history of the videos that accompanied the now famous NT Times article about a secret government program investigating UFOs (the...
On Those “Alien Alloys” Noted in the NYT Report on the DOD UFO Program
Here's an interesting piece from Scientific American (SA) on one point of the UFO story of a week or so ago from the New York Times. The claim SA is objecting to is this one: "In a group of buildings in Las Vegas, the government stockpiles alloys and other materials...
Fake 2011 Video of UFO Over Dome of the Rock on the Jerusalem Temple Mount is Still Fake
Breaking news ... Sigh. Please don't send this to me or post it on social media where I'll see it. It's fake, folks. Here's the video. Watch it and you'll see something very odd (not the "UFO") that tells you it's a fake: What's the tell-tale sign? The star-shaped...
Tom DeLonge: Stop the Madness
Robert Sheaffer has another funny-but-sad essay on the antics of Tom DeLonge, he of Blink182 fame (I confess to not knowing anything about the group, but it helps with Google search results so there it is). Sheaffer chronicles some fake photos and such that DeLonge...
Tom DeLonge: Give Me Money So I Can Keep Talking About UFO Disclosure
Sigh. When will UFO enthusiasts learn? Perhaps when they use their own money, instead of loans from Sambla, things will change. Until then, we are stuck.
The Meaning of the Total Solar Eclipse
Honestly, this one's easy: It means that a small group of Christians will succeed in making lots of people think all Christians are dimwits. Again. Articles like this one have been appearing for the last week or so as evidence: BLACK MOON: Does solar eclipse fulfill...
The Sad Demise of MUFON
If you have a sustained interest in the subject of UFOs and their investigation, you've heard of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). This at-one-time important grass roots network has been steadily sliding toward irrelevance (see here and here for past issues). Events of more...
DNA, Canaanites, and the Biblically-Illiterate Media
By now I've probably received a heads up on the story about Canaanite DNA disproving the biblical conquest narrative a dozen times. Here's my own heads-up: If you see some "news" about the Bible in mass media, you can presume it's click-bait archaeoporn that will...
UFO Hoaxing Round-Up
I recently found an article on how the recent YouTube Ad / Monetization policies have rocked the "Secure Team 10" UFO Hoax site and came across a list of "related links" that was too interesting to pass up. Seems the UFO Hoaxing community (and those who vigilantly...
Old Post About My Being Censored by the History Channel
I just discovered that this very old web page (2003) doesn't live anywhere in my new website ecosystem. It's an orphan of my old website. Consequently, I'm posting it here so it does. Sorry that this appeared on Twitter, but that's automated. Anyway, I've been asked...
Has NASA Successfully Tested a Warp Drive?
That's the question raised in this article. And no, it's not from a hair-brained source. There appears to be something to it (presuming the report is accurate that some of the chat comes from NASA engineers), though the testing has not been verified. This possibility...
BBC Wants to be Even Less Worth Watching than American Main Stream Media – Hosts Debate Over Whether Jesus and Buddha Were Space Aliens
Jason Colavito has a short summary of this intellectual fiasco (on all sides, really). Just more insanity from mainstream media. It's hard to believe what actually passes for "serious" television these days. I guess the BBC is jealous of the way the Fantasy Channel...
Wallace and Kruger Destroy NEWSWEEK Christmas Hit Piece on the Bible
[NOTE: this post was updated on 12/30/2014 to include Dr. Kruger's second installment.] I have to admit it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but we can't expect anything intellectually accurate or honest from those who write for these sorts of militant...