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....
UFOs
How Would a Biblical Writer Describe a UFO if He Saw One?
One of my most frequent points of irritation in the whole UFOs and religion arena is the idea that there are UFOs (as in flying spaceships) in the Bible (this is basically an Old Testament / Hebrew Bible issue, so that's my focus here). I want people to trust me when...
UFO Battle Over Nuremberg in 1561?
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post on this infamous "proof" for UFO visitation. The whole idea of a "UFO Battle" derives from the woodcutting shown here (courtesy of Wikimedia commons). Jason's post tells you a few things about the origins of the woodcut that the...
Alexander the Great and UFOs
Bet you never thought you'd see those two subjects in the same sentence! Welcome to the wacky world of ancient astronaut twaddle. A reader recently sent me a link to this essay on the Chronicon Mirabilium blog: "Did Alexander the Great Really See UFOs?" It's a good...
American UFO News of Interest
The National Archives recently de-classified records concerning a USAF project from the 1950s that aimed to build flying saucers. The schematic below is one of the pictures found at the above link. The project was known as "Project 1794." I've seen several posts on...
Shock: Baltic Sea ‘Underwater UFO’ not an Alien Spaceship
Another blow to the faith of thousands.
Another Air Force Roswell Explanation (If You Can Believe It)
I've lost track of how many times the USAF has explained what happened at Roswell. First there was the 1994-1995 War-and-Peace-like, 1000-page tome, "The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert." This was the report connecting the Roswell crash...
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...
Can Christianity Accommodate An Extraterrestrial Reality? Dr. Heiser’s 2003 God, Man, ET Lecture
I just came across my lecture from the 2003 God, Man, and ET Conference on YouTube. The event was hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. I participated in the planning of the event. Aside from myself, the speakers were Dr. Hugh Ross, Dr. Paul Nelson, Richard...
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...
Review of Leslie Kean’s UFOs
Leslie Kean, UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record (Three Rivers Press, 2011). I read Leslie Kean's book a few months ago but haven't gotten around to a review until now. Readers should not take that delay as a sign of my own reticence or...
Panspermia and Religion, Part 1
I've mentioned the Journal of Cosmology on this blog before. This online academic journal is known for producing some high-level articles, but has been criticized as well for stirring controversy (most notably the recent claims of "alien bacteria" published in the...
Is the Idea of Man-Made UFOs a Myth? Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I posted Part 1 of my response to an essay on the UFO Iconoclast blog entitled, The Myth of Man-Made Flying Saucers. That essay listed seven operational and design characteristics of some UFOs that, for the essay writers, defied the notion that...
Addendum to My Previous Man-Made UFO Post
An alert reader (kudos to Keith) brought yet another alternative possibility to mind with respect to how a "shape shifting" UFO need not be alien technology. He cited the following from W. A. Harbinson's important book, Projekt Saucer: The fuselage of the experimental...
Is the Idea of Man-Made UFOs a Myth? Part 1
About a month ago the UFO Iconoclast blog posted an important essay entitled, "The Myth of Man-Made Flying Saucers." I've said before on this blog that the UFO Iconoclasts put out a lot of material that's worth your time. This essay is no exception. The essay begins...