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...]
The Coast Guard (Salem) UFO Photograph – a Pair of Jungian Quaternities?
I suppose it qualifies as an iconic photograph. Taken at Salem, Massachusetts, on July 16, 1952, it remains more than 50 years later a stock illustration for popular journalism on UFOs. The Guardian used it in 2011, Time magazine in 2015, the New York Times in 2019. Just this month, attractively … [Read more...]
“Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO” – Two Reviews, an Interview
Something of what it is to publish a book: You send your thoughts, your ideas, your stories out into the world. You hope to hear echoes; you dread the inevitable silences. You just love it when you get applause. But when you get thoughtful criticism, you've received a gift just as fine--not … [Read more...]
“Handbook of UFO Religions” – “Judaism and the UFO”
E. J. Brill, according to Wikipedia, is "a Dutch international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, Netherlands. With offices in Leiden, Boston, Paderborn and Singapore, Brill today publishes 275 journals and around 1200 new books and reference works each year." I've known its hefty, … [Read more...]
Books That Horrify – Ezekiel, “1984,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau”
There was a chapter of the Bible that people were afraid to read, I told the little girl. I want to know why they were afraid to read it. Her name was Rebecca, and she was eight years old and the daughter of a friend and colleague of mine, a scholar of Islam who taught at a nearby university. … [Read more...]
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