M. J. Banias, The UFO People: A Curious Culture. N.p.: August Night Books, 2019. This is a book that's brilliant in spots, fascinating in long stretches, intelligent and thoughtful throughout. It contemplates the paradoxical reality of a subculture committed to what to our cultural mainstream … [Read more...]
The Man Who Was a “Zetetic Scholar” – Remembering Marcello Truzzi
I hadn't thought much about Marcello Truzzi until about two months ago, when I saw a post on the Facebook page of UFOlogist Isaac Koi noting that the full archive of Marcello's Zetetic Scholar is available on the Web, with the permission of his widow Pat Truzzi. I remembered Marcello from more than … [Read more...]
Remembering Stanton Friedman – The Recollections of Kevin Randle, Kal Korff
I never met the late Stanton Friedman. Nor did we exchange correspondence, nor did I ever hear him speak. To the memory of this man, I have no personal contribution to make. I can only repeat the obvious: that with his passing on May 13, UFOlogy lost a major figure. I'm moved to write … [Read more...]
UFO Cover Art – Frank R. Paul, Donald Keyhoe
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...]
Frank R. Paul – “The Man Who Created Flying Saucers”?
It's an accolade more commonly given to Ray Palmer, the Amazing Stories magazine editor who's best known for his promotion of the "Shaver Mystery" of the late 1940s. The idea, floated in 1983 by UFOlogist John Keel in a self-assured article entitled "The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers," was that … [Read more...]
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