I remember hearing about the Phobos 2 event back in grad school, listening to the Art Bell show. It seemed truly anomalous and therefore something that one might put in the evidence bin for alien contact. But then why did it take the Art Bell show for me to hear it?...
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Elementary, Dr. Watson? Is the New “Wife of Jesus” Text a Fake?
As a couple of readers here and over at my Naked Bible blog have brought up the recent proposal that the Coptic text in question is a fake, I thought I would direct readers to this short (6 pp.) explanation from Prof. Francis Watson as to how he thinks it was done....
Shock: Baltic Sea ‘Underwater UFO’ not an Alien Spaceship
Another blow to the faith of thousands.
Transporting the Trilithon Stones of Baalbek: It’s About Applied Physics, Not Ancient Aliens
PaleoBabble readers know that ancient astronaut theorists suffer from a fixation on megalithic construction. The “impossibility” of moving stones of great size and tremendous weight appears to them as proof of alien assistance. This argument of course is simply...
Easter Island, Gobekli Tepe, and Robert Schoch
Kudos are once again in order for Jason Colavito's seemingly boundless enthusiasm for exposing poor thinking (having a PhD doesn't mean someone thinks well ... boy could I tell stories). Anyway, Jason recently wrote the two essays that follow. They are in regard to...
Ancient Construction: No Aliens Needed
Yeah ... scholars are so overwhelmed by the building projects of the ancients that they just have no idea how it was done. They're so frightened by the clarity of the ancient alien visitation idea that they remain silent. There's just no way to explain the precise...
Ancient Aliens, Religion, and Nature.Com
Dr. Michael Blume, author of the SciLogs blog, whose focus is "the nature of faith / evolutionary studies of religion, was kind enough to ask me for a short interview regarding why modern people believe in PaleoSETI -- visitation of earth by aliens in antiquity. I was...
Taking Genesis 1-3 at Face Value: Is it Compatible with Recent Genome Research?
[Addendum 7/27/2012: I hope readers will have a look at the comments on this post when they are done reading the post. There are some good, coherent questions asked. I hope readers will see that these questions only *appear* problematic *since* they are asked from the...
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...
Helpful Summary of the “God Particle”
The UFO Trail (a blog I recommend following) posted a helpful summary of the Higgs-Boson particle ("God particle") discovery. It's brief and covers the salient points, including the regrettable hype.
Sorry, But I Just Can’t Get Excited About the “God Particle”
Okay, I'm not a physicist, so there's going to be an enthusiasm gap from the get-go. Still, I guess that the new "discovery" (if that's an accurate label; still seems to be some level of uncertainty there) of the Higgs-Boson "God particle" is truly important. But the...
“We Couldn’t Build the Great Pyramid Today” – We Could Do Better
I'm nearly finished with the book by David McCullough, The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914. I don't ever want to hear any such nonsensical statement again about how the Great Pyramid is beyond modern reach. Ever. To not laugh when I...
Tunguska: Mythology Versus Science
Readers conversant in UFO lore will recall that the 1908 Tunguska event has not escaped the "UFOs are the key to the theory of everything" mindset that infects many in the ufological community. While scientists have opted for mundane explanations for the event, like...
The Evolution of Adam: Additional Thoughts
[NOTE / UPDATE: 6/6/2020 - I was recently informed that BioLogos deleted that article mentioned below by Dennis Venema because the science in it was deemed indefensible. For details on that, click here.] A few weeks ago I had offered some thoughts on a review of Peter...
Not Quite Panspermia
Readers who follow the panspermia discussion in science outlets aimed at the non-specialist may find the recent news release / article from Science Daily of interest: "Organic Carbon from Mars, but not Biological." Close, but no cigar. A biological outcome would...