First there was one--the Chinese balloon first tracked over Alaska, making news as it drifted over Montana, then finally shot down off the coast of South Carolina. Now there seem to have been three more, genuine "unidentified flying objects" since they were airborne and we don't know what they were … [Read more...]
Cryptids, UFOs, Lost Continents – Colin Dickey’s “The Unidentified”
Colin Dickey. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with The Unexplained. Viking, 2020. "Obsession" was perhaps an unfortunate choice of words for the subtitle. It suggests a lesser book than The Unidentified in fact is. Any book that incorporates … [Read more...]
The Shaver Mystery – Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Quest for Lemuria (Part 3)
(This is the conclusion of my two latest posts, a review of the books The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey by Fred Nadis, and War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer, and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction by Richard Toronto, both published in 2013.) They're … [Read more...]
