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...]
Eric Ouellet – (Para)psychology and the UFO
Eric Ouellet. Illuminations: The UFO Experience as a Parapsychological Event. San Antonio and Charlottesville: Anomalist Books, 2015. The question that kept occurring to me as I read Eric Ouellet's challenging, lucid, at times brilliant book: to what extent do you have to be a believer in … [Read more...]
UFOs and Parapsychology – Donald Menzel, Ernest Taves
"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...]
“Men in the Moon” (and Women) – Stories from Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough
Caliban: Hast thou not dropped from heaven? Stephano: Out o' th' moon, I do assure thee. I was the man i' th' moon when time was. --The Tempest, Act II, Scene 2 I'm not yet ready to review Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough's new book, Return to Magonia: Investigating UFOs in History (Anomalist … [Read more...]
A UFOlogy for the 21st Century
Here’s a proposition—a UFOlogical proposition. UFOs are a human phenomenon. A UFO sighting, therefore, is not bounded by the sky in which it’s appeared, or seems to have appeared. The observer—better, experiencer—is a part of the sighting. So is everyone who believes in that sighting. So is … [Read more...]
