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
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
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
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 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
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
Roswell incident: Alien Abduction in Pop Culture What we have demonstrated here is that all the elements of the abduction phenomenon have been used in dozens of science fiction stories. These films might have been poorly attended when first released to the theaters, but have been replayed time and again on late night television and … Read more
What Really Happened at Roswell? Alien Abduction in Pop Culture (Special Note: Since there has been some discussion of the elements contained in this partial chapter from The Abduction Enigma, I thought I would reprint it here. It addresses the issue of the cultural elements that have found their way into abduction reports and it … Read more
What really happened in the Roswell UFO incident? The Roach Abduction (1973) Harder was impressed by a couple of details. Because the majority of the story was reported while in a hypnotic state, Harder believed it added a note of authenticity. Harder was aware that a subject can confabulate under hypnosis, but he was impressed … Read more
Roswell incident: The Roach Abduction (1973) Harder pressed on. “Did you get the impression that you were up on a table?” “Yes.” “Were your clothes on? Did they take your clothes off?” “I don’t remember.” “It might be hard for you to remember,” said Harder. “Did they tell you that you wouldn’t remember this? Did … Read more
