(For part 1 of this post, click here.) "'Aliens' is a code word for something that exists, something that's evidently wiser than we are or wise in a different way, and we don't know what it wants or is able to do. Really, what's the difference between an 'alien' and God? Different people give … [Read more...]
An Alien Abductee in Israel – the Strange Story of Ariel Semmel (Part 1)
Director Ariel Semmel is convinced that aliens have abducted him, runs the headline in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. And he's made a documentary film about it. My friend Professor Yaakov Ariel was kind enough to send me a link to the article by Nirit Anderman, which appeared on the Haaretz … [Read more...]
MJ Banias, “The UFO People” – The Case of Amy
(This is the second installment of my review of M. J. Banias, The UFO People: A Curious Culture. N.p.: August Night Books, 2019. For the first installment, click here.) “The UFO phenomenon/subculture is a reflection of ourselves, our fears and desires, our ghosts. In some curious way, it, … [Read more...]
MJ Banias, “The UFO People” – The Case of Roy
M. J. Banias, The UFO People: A Curious Culture. N.p.: August Night Books, 2019. This is a book that's brilliant in spots, fascinating in long stretches, intelligent and thoughtful throughout. It contemplates the paradoxical reality of a subculture committed to what to our cultural mainstream … [Read more...]
The Man Who Was a “Zetetic Scholar” – Remembering Marcello Truzzi
I hadn't thought much about Marcello Truzzi until about two months ago, when I saw a post on the Facebook page of UFOlogist Isaac Koi noting that the full archive of Marcello's Zetetic Scholar is available on the Web, with the permission of his widow Pat Truzzi. I remembered Marcello from more than … [Read more...]
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