The UFO Community Experiences, Activities, and Agendas Eyes Only: Some Notable UFOlogists of the Past (Part 2) John Keel (1930–2009) Influential and prolific American author, investigator, and lecturer whose conception of aliens as other-dimensional beings, rather than extraterrestrial, gives UFOlogists plenty to discuss. Based in New York City by the mid-1950s, Keel was a working … Read more
The UFO Community Experiences, Activities, and Agendas Eyes Only: Some Notable UFOlogists of the Past (Part 3) Ray Palmer (1910–77) Astute American magazine editor-writer who had equal, enormous influence on UFOlogy, science fiction and SF fandom, hollow- Earth speculation, and the conspiracy-theory subculture. Hunched and startlingly diminutive—results of a road accident suffered at age seven—Palmer … Read more
Credibility vs. Amateurism Today, UFO book publishing is defined by traditional houses (St. Martin’s, Tor, Haynes, Schiffer, Little Brown, et al.); specialty small presses (Feral House, History Press, Disinformation Books, Adventures Unlimited Press, New Page Books, et al.); e-books (many issued by Amazon Digital Services); and self- published books (Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing is the … Read more
Post-Fort People and Activities A significant portion of UFOlogy is scientific, and dominated by persons trained in astronomy, avionics, astrophysics, biology, and other pertinent disciplines. Such people are familiar with the scientific method, and when they write, it is for peer-reviewed journals. Some in this group dedicate themselves to investigatory activity and a careful recording … Read more
The UFO Community Experiences, Activities, and Agendas: Shaping a Community The structured UFO community can be traced to an individual, American writer Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), a habitual contrarian eager to scold scientists for “dogmatic” attraction to scientific fact. He also was an early collector and chronicler of UFO reports. A reclusive autodidact, Fort spent … Read more
UFO FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers Throwing Open the Doors: Blue Book In January 2015, more than 130,000 pages of declassified documents related to Project Blue Book became available on the World Wide Web. Blue Book—set up by the U.S. Air Force in 1947 to investigate … Read more
UFO FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers – What Is a UFO? The question posed above seems absurdly simple. A UFO is an unidentified flying object. Yes, but just what does that mean—and what does it imply? The meaning is basic: a skyborne object (usually on the … Read more
UFO FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers – UFOs and Us Over the many centuries of human history, and particularly since the late 1940s, countless people around the globe have witnessed Unidentified Flying Objects that could not be explained in conventional terms. Not that the authorities haven’t … Read more
