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...]
Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman – “Descent into Hell” and the Bebedouro Abduction
In my last post, in honor of my old friend Jerome Clark and the forthcoming third edition of his monumental UFO Encyclopedia, I spoke of the Bebedouro UFO abduction and the Jungian interpretation of it that he and Loren Coleman published in their 1975 book The Unidentified. Jerry has since … [Read more...]
My Friend Jerry – Jerome Clark – and “The UFO Encyclopedia”
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2018. I've never met Jerry Clark, the editor and for the most part the author of the monumental UFO Encyclopedia that's about to come out in its third, updated edition. Yet he's one of my oldest friends and, for a few … [Read more...]