Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: UFO Photographs – Ted Philips and Big Amber

UFO Photographs – Ted Philips and Big Amber As many of you know, I was at the Illinois MUFON Symposium hosted by Sam and Julie Maranto (seen here) and held over the last weekend in May. One of the speakers there, Ted Phillips, was a man I had heard about for years but had never … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: UFO Photographs – The Legend of the Joplin Spooklight

UFO Photographs – The Legend of the Joplin Spooklight The legend of the Joplin, Missouri Spooklight began in 1884 when, according to a pamphlet written by the original owner of the Spooklight Museum, Spooky (Arthur P.) Meadows, a young Quapaw Indian girl saw it weaving through the trees in northeastern Oklahoma. Or, maybe it began … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: The Amana Photographs – November 22, 1975

What Really Happened at Roswell? The Amana Photographs – November 22, 1975 High school student Mark Leonard was attempting to take time exposures of the moon on the evening of November 22, 1975 when his attention was drawn to a bright light overhead. He thought it would be a good reference point for a shot … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: Flushing Queens UFO Photographs

What really happened in the Roswell UFO incident? Flushing Queens UFO Photographs The witness, a president of an advertizing agency, told Air Force investigators that he, and others were traveling from New York to Washington, D.C. Because the sky was beautiful, with the sun setting, he decided to take several pictures. Holding the camera outside … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: Trindade UFO Photographs

Trindade UFO Photographs (Note: When people suggest there is no evidence of alien visitation, one of the first things pointed to are the photographs taken in 1958. Skeptics have said that only the photographer saw the object, that he was a note “trick” photographer, and that these pictures have been proven to be a hoax. … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: UFO Photographs – Fay Clark’s UFO Photograph

Fay Clark’s UFO Photograph A number of years ago, more than I like to think about, I used to visit newspaper morgues and ask about UFO stories. Sometimes I got lucky and found information on cases that hadn’t been reported outside the local area. In Cedar Rapids I was given a photograph of two objects … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: UFO Photographs – Lubbock Lights

UFO Photographs – Lubbock Lights The most famous of the Lubbock Lights photographs taken by Carl Hart, Jr. In 1951. It seems that every time I sit down to add to this blog, I’m exposing another myth or solving another mystery. It begins to look as if I’m really a debunker in disguise. The truth … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abduction

What really happened in the Roswell UFO incident? Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abduction For those of you who might have missed it, I was at the 40t h MUFON Symposium in Denver (speakers panelists seen here). I had the opportunity to give a talk about using the scientific method to upgrade the evidence that we … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: The Abduction Engima and UFO Research (Part 2)

Roswell incident: The Abduction Engima and UFO Research Depending on the study used, as many as half the people in the general population have experienced an episode of sleep paralysis. The symptoms match, exactly, those Jacobs outlined as his typical abduction experience cited earlier. No one has asked if the abduction researchers have taken care … Read more

Roswell, UFOs and the Unusual: The Abduction Engima and UFO Research (Part 1)

What Really Happened at Roswell? The Abduction Engima and UFO Research (Note: Russ Estes, Bill Cone and I published a book called The Abduction Enigmaabout a decade ago. We saw it as a way of changing abduction research for the better by pointing out the weaknesses in the field. Of course we were attacked for … Read more