"There are no such things as flying saucers. The government has told you that. ... If you believe in Donald H. Menzel, President Eisenhower, and Government announcements you need have no fear of being frightened by this story. Read it on a stormy night, or in the middle of a graveyard if you wish. … [Read more...]
Antonio Villas-Boas and the Astounding She-Monster – A Zeitgeist Tale
This is the story of two space females. One of them, in October 1957, kidnapped a Brazilian farmer named Antonio Villas-Boas and half-seduced, half-raped him twice before letting him go. The other appeared about six months later on the silver screen, and far more powerfully in a movie poster that, … [Read more...]
“Can It Be Coincidence?” – Barney Hill, Whitley Strieber, and the Sinking of the Titanic
"The single most important thing to understand is that in most cases of startling coincidences it is impossible to make even a rough estimate of their probability. They are what mathematicians call problems that are not 'well formed.'" --Martin Gardner, The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold? How … [Read more...]
From Superman to Whitley Strieber – Reflections on a “Super-Story”
"I am not denying the obvious. I am simply suggesting that there is also a 'secret life' to Superman that extends far, far beyond his latest incarnation and 'descent' (or crash landing) into American pop culture." --Jeffrey J. Kripal It takes a big book to encompass between the same two covers … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Merkabah – The Alien Eyes
(This is the fifth and final post of a series. To begin the series, click here.) "Oh--oh, the eyes are there. Always the eyes are there. ... Only the eyes are talking to me. I--I--I--I don't understand that. Oh--the eyes don't have a body. They're just eyes ... not connected to a body. … [Read more...]