"In 1966 I was 8 years old. At sleep away summer camp (Surprise Lake near Cold Springs NY on the old Cornwallis estate). I had a strange night." What follows is the story of a UFO abduction, set in a time in which abductions were a rare novelty. It was reported on September 15, 2012, to … [Read more...]
The Roswell Bookshelf – Kevin Randle, “Roswell in the 21st Century” (Part 2)
Kevin D. Randle, Roswell in the 21st Century. Naples, FL: Speaking Volumes, 2016. (For part 1 of this post, click here.) Suppose a man you don't know very well--you didn't know him at all, actually, until he sat down next to you at the counter of a crowded diner and the two of you fell to … [Read more...]
The “Arrival” Movie – UFOs, Aliens, and the Rising of the Dead
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS "A leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately withdrawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint by joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion. ... Then I saw some cabmen and … [Read more...]
Alien Abduction, “Erotic Mysticism” – The Strieber-and-Kripal Challenge (Part 2)
Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. Tarcher/Penguin, 2016. (Continued from my previous post.) "Obviously something incredibly intense had happened to Whitley. I never have doubted the veracity of the intensity of it. ... As is the … [Read more...]
Alien Abduction, “Erotic Mysticism” – The Strieber-and-Kripal Challenge (Part 1)
Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. Tarcher/Penguin, 2016. "If Communion is not a piece of modern erotic mystical literature, then I do not know what it is. I consider Whitley Strieber and his most famous text to be, in effect, litmus … [Read more...]
