The following two experiences come from my aunt, who phoned me shortly after her first experience. This lady is new to the ‘contact experience’, and has always been a spiritualist. She has attended spiritualist churches, and has had many visions in which she describes ‘spirits’ that communicate with her in the bungalow where she lives. [...]
On his birthday, November 9, Carl Sagan fans should remember that he once said about the growth of scientific understanding: “It’s never been, `Oh, gee, this is nothing like what I had imagined. Just the opposite: It’s exactly like I imagined.” They would also do well to remember that the celebrated science popularizer not only [...]
Continue reading …Authors Walter Bosley and Richard B. Spence take a novel approach in examining the Zodiac killer crimes, the infamous and still open serial murder case in northern California, as part of their examination of crimes from another time and place. Empire of the Wheel initially uses the narrative of a novel to explore a rather arcane possibility [...]
Continue reading …Beside Top Secret becomes the latest comic book to attempt to tell parapolitical tales. Rick Thomas in Montreal produced the first issue with hopes to raise money for a continuing series, putting down in four colors (well, on the cover at least) comics depictions of the rise of Disney-type theme parks and the fall of the [...]
Continue reading …People in the Occupy movement might gain a better focus on their ambition by viewing Len Bracken’s film, The Lazy Ones. Occupiers are often lampooned as lazy do-nothings and defended as the 99% of the un-and-under-employed trying to free up resources from Wall Street greed to create jobs. The Lazy Ones presents a film narrative that takes seriously [...]
Continue reading …During the last few years of investigating UFOs I have received two calls which were very similar to this story covered in the Daily Mail. Although the newspapers angle is really about wasting police time, it is important to note how people can easily misidentify very familiar objects in our night sky. The vast majority of [...]
Continue reading …When I saw this article I stared in disbelief. Is this really where the UFO Community is in the UK? I really hope not! If we are taken in by obvious IFO photographs like this, then guys - hang up your cameras, binoculars and any other devices you may have (which probably go ‘beep’) and [...]
Continue reading …With hundreds of UFO reports carried out during my time running Swindon UFO Research I am all too familiar with the infamous ‘Orange ball’ sightings. These almost always turn out to be lanterns, although thankfully that trend has declined massively since the reporting desks of UFO groups across the UK where swamped a few years [...]
Continue reading …With the launch of our new magazine style web pages, Weird are looking for volenteer columnists to write articles on the many subjects of the Unexplained. We are also looking for contributor news-hounds who can post information on breaking news stories around the world. If you are interested in writing for Weird or becoming one [...]
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