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...
Nazi Germany
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...
Plot Elements from The Portent In the News Since It Was Published
On the cover of The Portent (as was the case with The Facade before it) tells readers that the content elements of the storyline are all real. Some folks might think that's just marketing. It isn't. Since the release of The Portent this past August, several content...
Did the Nazis Have a UFO Base in the Antarctic?
Readers of The Facade know that one of the important sub-plotlines in the story concerns Nazi occult mythology and the idea that UFOs extend from human technology traceable to research done by German scientists during World War II. Part of the lore associated with...
Betty Hill’s Star Map vs. Real Astronomy
From time to time I see the idea of actual intelligent ET visitation defended on the basis of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction -- specifically, on the basis of the "star map" that Betty Hill allegedly saw while on board the alien space ship during her abduction....
Anti-Semitic Bible Study
I often get asked about the "true pronunciation of the divine name" or "the authentic meaning of YHWH, the Tetragrammaton." I've often wondered why people care -- why is it that they can't be content with the scholarly convention of "Yahweh" in this regard, especially...
Baltic Sea “UFO” Looking a Lot Less Like a UFO
The UK Mail Online posted an update on the so-called "Baltic UFO" a few days ago. I'd encourage readers to check it out, as the update includes pictures of sonar scans. The article theorizes that the object may in fact be a secret Nazi undersea submarine defense. If...
Aryan Mythology as Science and Ideology
I recently came across this interesting scholarly article on how Aryan Paleobabble was used by the Nazis. It's a good academic introduction tracing their rationale and (mis)use of archaeology, linguistics, and social science data.
Are There Nazi Occult Symbols and a Swastika Carved into the Ground Due East of Roswell, NM?
Someone sent me the picture below (actually, this is a better one, taken from Google Earth - I got the original in Google maps - put in the coordinates yourself and have a look: 33.206278, -103.584820). Certain bloggers have duly claimed that the image is the result...
Is Zecharia Sitchin Anti-Semitic?
I don't believe so (Sitchin is Jewish). That said, it seems Sitchin and his followers don't realize how his ideas open themselves to that charge. How? Aside from pure imagination, a lot of Sitchin's ideas presuppose a dependence of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) on...
The ET Mythology as a Propaganda Tool, continued
This is a follow-up to my earlier post in regard to the article on how folklore served as a useful propaganda tool in Nazi Germany. The article was meant to point out that governmental power, totalitarian or otherwise, often makes use of "big picture" ideas - BELIEFS...
UFO Mythology as a Tool of the State, Part 1
I know a number of you have been wondering why I "assigned" the second PDF article, the one on folklore as a political tool of the Nazi regime. I wanted readers to think about how folklore or religion serves many purposes of a totalitarian regime. Indeed, the folklore...
Getting Re-Kickstarted with a Bang
If you're following this blog you may have had two recent thoughts: (1) Mike's time is being spent more on replying to comments than blogging; and (2) the comments are drifting away from the UFO theme. Agree on both counts. Now for the remedy. One of the stated goals...