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...
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Former Pentagon Aerospace ID Director: Some UFOs Still “Defy Explanation”
Precisely. As illustrated by one of the best scenes in X-Files history: Here's the article from the Daily Beast.
UFOs Over Nuclear Bases and the Paul Bennewitz Affair
Robert Hastings recently posted an essay that intertwines these two familiar UFO research topics: UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area: Important New Revelations about the Paul Bennewitz Affair. The connection? In a sentence: ". . ....
The Current State of UFOlogy
This essay pretty much sums up the situation. It ain't good. Editor's note: the article below: In the past five years, I have identified an array of noteworthy concerns that I believe have derailed the study of Ufology. Regrettably, these problems have ruined the...
The International UFO Congress: Sense of Humor Required
As many of you recall, I attended the International UFO Congress in Scottsdale, AZ a week ago. The trip had three purposes. The first was publisher business. I wanted to promote my novels, The Facade and The Portent. I didn't sell much. You never do at an event like...
U. S. Mind Control Programs, UFOs, and Alleged Alien Abductions: A Cold War History Lesson
Honestly, folks, this piece by Jack Brewer at the UFO Trail is one of the best things you'll ever read on this topic. Psy Ops and Mind Control: Then, Now and the UFO Community It's a telling history of how these odd subjects are inextricably related, complete with the...
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...
Mirage Men Trailer
I wasn't aware that the Mirage Men, a book I reviewed here some months ago, was being made into a documentary film. I liked the book, so hopefully the film will be well done. Here's a look at the recently released teaser-trailer. Editor's note: broken link to the...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 4
So far we've covered the first three of the four elements to a Christian fundamentalist view of UFOs and aliens (i.e., that UFOs that are not man-made or other natural phenomena are demonic and alleged alien life forms are demonic). The four were: 1. Abductee...
Atheism and Belief in Intelligent ET: Trusting in The Blessed Equation
Over the course of the last couple of days we've been treated once again to the parade of astronomers and astrobiologists pontificating on the likelihood that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. In the wake of a couple of decades of failure on the...
John Milor vs. Gary Bates, Part 3
Here's the third argument as written by John Milor in his exchange with Gary Bates. My comments are inserted at MSH: [Gary Bates}: Point 3: Since extraterrestrials would have no hope for salvation, this would mean that any ETs would be lost for eternity when this...
Blogging with Dr. Barry, Part 2
As before, I'll preface my comments with "MSH" and indent them. Everything else is Dr. Downing's. ------ One way to respond to this kind of charge is to take the texts that Heiser mentions, and show why I think my hermeneutics is not as radical or serious a violation...
Ezekiel’s Vision: Why it Wasn’t a Flying Saucer, Part 1
I've decided to post my old notes on Ezekiel's vision, as I put the link into some comments earlier. As I noted in that comment, these notes are in need of revision. I wouldn't change much until the end, when the statuary about the eyes in Ezekiel comes up. In the...
Critical Re-Examination of a 1461 UFO Account
Jason Colavito posted an interesting essay today where he checks up on an alleged UFO account in a 1461. His post begins: Let us stipulate at the outset that the famed ufologist Jacques Vallée is French, so we should expect that his translation from his native...
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...