The International UFO Reporter (IUR), published by the Chicago-based Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), terminated its print edition about three and a half years ago, ending more than 35 years of publication. A great pity. The IUR in its heyday was just about the finest UFO journal the world has ever … [Read more...]
UFOs, Louis Farrakhan, the “Mother Wheel,” and … “Independence Day”
The date: September 17, 1985. The place: Tepoztlan, Mexico. Louis Farrakhan, controversial leader of the Nation Of Islam--NOI, better known as "the Black Muslims"--is abducted into a UFO. Or is he? The issue may be one of nomenclature. For Farrakhan the experience wasn't an abduction but a … [Read more...]
UFOs, Louis Farrakhan, and the “Mother Wheel” – The Scholarship of Stephen Finley
About a month ago I was privileged to attend a small gathering of writers, scholars and thinkers--some from academia, others from outside it--loosely structured around the theme of UFOs. Professors Jeffrey Kripal and Diana Pasulka, two religious-studies scholars doing groundbreaking work on UFOs … [Read more...]
Landed UFOs and a Flying Cross – Two Stories from David Clarke
Two UFO stories from David Clarke's new book How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, which I'd planned to include in last week's book review but couldn't find room for. One of them is pretty funny. The other is intriguingly serious, and opens questions which neither Clarke nor … [Read more...]
David Clarke, “How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth”
Can there possibly be anyone who knows the UFO files of the UK Ministry of Defence better than David Clarke? A dogged, affable journalist, a UFOlogist-turned-skeptic with a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Sheffield, England, Clarke spent years prying UFO documents loose from his … [Read more...]
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