P.S. to my last two posts: I've talked about the amazing cover painted by the great science-fiction artist Frank R. Paul for the pulp magazine Science Wonder Stories, showing a huge mechanical disk drifting through space with the Woolworth Building in tow. I've noted what's yet more amazing: … [Read more...]
“Project Blue Book” – Truth, History, and the History Channel
I hate to admit it, but I have no choice. I've started to look forward to the weekly one-hour shows of the History Channel series, "Project Blue Book." My initial response to the debut episode two weeks ago was that it was trash: awful as history, mediocre as drama. I still think it's trash, … [Read more...]
“Holy Fools” – Jack Womack’s UFO Library
Jack Womack, Flying Saucers Are Real! Brooklyn: Anthology Editions, 2016. Flying Saucers Are Real! is a beautiful book. Given the author's background, it had the potential of being an intelligent and insightful book as well. It is neither, and the missed opportunity is saddening. First, … [Read more...]
Lindbergh, UFOs, and the Jews
In July 1959, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh paid a visit to the aged Carl Jung in his home in Bollingen, Switzerland. Lindbergh and Jung talked about—what else?—UFOs. This I learn from A. Scott Berg’s 1998 biography of Lindbergh, which my old friend in UFOlogy Jerry Clark has called to my … [Read more...]
