She was 13 when she, her brother, and a neighbor boy were overflown at close range by a flying triangle. She was 16 when the UFO appeared in her dreams, and drew her and her mother together before it drove them apart. Her name is Bella Clarke and she's a forensic investigator, a woman devoted to … [Read more...]
Colares and Coronavirus – UFO Epidemic Revisited
So now it's the Delta variant working its havoc. It fills ICUs. It evokes dismal recollections of the time nearly a year and a half ago when we first struggled to understand what was happening to our once-familiar world. It confronts us once more with the question: how many times do we got to do … [Read more...]
“The Phenomenon” – Reflections on James Fox’s New UFO Documentary (Part 3) – UFO Encounter at Ariel School
"The Phenomenon." Directed by James Fox. Released October 6, 2020. (The final installment of a three-part post. For the first two parts, click here and here.) There are impressive UFO witnesses. There are not-so-impressive UFO witnesses. And then there's Salma Siddick. She's a … [Read more...]
Teaching UFOlogy – UNC 1996, OLLI 2019
Among the unanswerable questions that come up as I ponder my life: At age 12-going-on-13, scared out of my senses but also thrilled and energized by Gray Barker's They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers, could I have imagined that at age 71 I'd be planning to use that same book as a text for a … [Read more...]
The Roswell Bookshelf – Kevin Randle, “Roswell in the 21st Century” (Part 2)
Kevin D. Randle, Roswell in the 21st Century. Naples, FL: Speaking Volumes, 2016. (For part 1 of this post, click here.) Suppose a man you don't know very well--you didn't know him at all, actually, until he sat down next to you at the counter of a crowded diner and the two of you fell to … [Read more...]
