“[M]any of the UFO reports now being published in the popular press recount alleged incidents that are strikingly similar to demonic possession and psychic phenomena which have long been known to theologians and parapsychologists.” — Lynn Catoe, a senior bibliographer for the Library of Congress, after reviewing 1600 books & articles on UFO phenomena As […]
“Did you know that it’s a lot harder for the government to arbitrarily cut off your access to power if you’re using gas as opposed to electric? Or is that really the point?” — Nick Freitas, Virginia state Delegate Some on the Left are trying to convince the American public that this whole we-want-to-outlaw-gas-stoves narrative […]
“I want to believe.” — FBI Agent Fox Mulder, “The X-Files” In Part 1, we began to delve into the phenomenon of “residual UFOs” (aka RUFOs). We noted several questions/issues that need to be addressed by proponents of both the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) and the extradimensional or interdimensional hypothesis (IDH). This time, I want to […]
“You misunderstand me. I can only demonstrate that UFOs defy the laws of physics. That is not to say they cannot be real.” — Dr. Hugh Ross, in response to a challenge from a member of an audience of Russian scientists As mentioned at the end of “When Is a UFO Not a UFO?, Part […]
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a bi-annual “Top 10” list, in which I briefly preview and link to my favorite posts from this blog — this time, from 2021 and 2022. (Last such post was here.) In particular, they are typically ones in which I did more than just quote a big block […]
“The eruption demonstrated that geologic catastrophe can produce in hours and days geologic features previously believed to have taken millions of years. When we see what the volcano did in such a short time, we can better appreciate how the catastrophe of Noah’s Flood formed the much larger geological features on planet Earth.” — Dr. […]
You might read that title and think I’m a little weird. But, by the end of this post, you’ll be thankful for the lil fellas, too. (Though you may still think I’m weird.) A few years ago, I was having some digestive issues. (Nothing major.) I don’t remember the details — probably just as well […]
“The more you investigate, the more likely you are to find that there is LESS to these stories than meets the eye.” — astronomer Andrew Fraknoi, Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future journal Continuing from Part 1, we again consider the question asked in the post’s title: When is a UFO […]
“They can fly rings around the moon, but we’re years ahead of them on the highway.” — old man re UFOs, Close Encounters of the Third Kind There is more than one way to answer the titular question here. One response is, “When it’s called by another name.” During World War II, Allied aircraft pilots […]
“What one man can fantasize, another man will believe.” — William K. Hartmann A couple weeks ago, I shared from Stephen Webb’s book (2015), citing one solution to the Fermi Paradox. This week, I present a follow-up of sorts. It might sound like a joke, and in a sense it surely is. But, as we […]
