Tens of thousands of people gathered recently in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square to protest against the regime of Vladimir Putin and his party. But amid the pro-democracy chants and police presence, there was a mysterious visitor: An unidentified craft was spotted hovering...
UFOs and Aliens
MSNBC Carries My Investigation into a Kansas “UFO”
Recently a "UFO" was spotted cruising down a main street in Cowley County, Kansas. It wasn't in the skies, but instead being hauled on a flatbed truck driving down the middle of US Highway 77. From at least one angle, the strange-shape aircraft resembled a saucer, and...
New Phoenix Lights UFO Mystery Solved
On Friday night Oct. 28, four bright lights were seen and videotaped during a high school football game in Scottsdale, Ariz., near Phoenix. The strange lights, which were seen by hundreds of people and videotaped by at least two of them, seemed to move slowly in the...
My New Book ‘The Martians Have Landed!’ Now Released
I'm pleased to announce that my sixth book, The Martians Have Landed! A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes, is now available. The book is co-authored with sociologist Robert Bartholomew (who also co-authored my first book back in 2003, Hoaxes Myths, and Manias:...
Did UFOs Visit the Mayans?
According to film producer Raul Julia-Levy, extraterrestrials contacted the Mayan civilization in Mexico thousands of years ago — and he claims he'll prove it in an upcoming film, "Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond." Unproven claims of ancient astronauts in...
UFOs Sighted Over Utah- My Analysis on MSNBC
On the evening of Oct. 1, a series of strange lights were seen in the skies over the city of Washington Terrace, in northern Utah. The UFOs — more than a dozen in all — were first seen just after 11:30 p.m. and glowed a strange fiery red as they as they headed north...
My MSNBC Article on UFO Reports and Flaps
MUFON, the world's largest UFO organization, claims that there has been a spike in UFO reports. My discussion of UFO reports and flaps appeared on MSNBC and can be found HERE.
Interview with UFO Author Leslie Kean
I did an interesting interview with Leslie Kean, author of a recent book titled UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record. Of particular interest was the fact that one of the high-profile UFO photos she discussed in her book has since been...
Step Right Up! Bare Breasts! Equal Rights! UFO Literature!
"Free your breasts! Free your mind!" That's the rallying cry of the group GoTopless.org, which held a series of recent events around North America promoting a woman's right to bare her breasts in public. Is this pro-nudity, equal rights group an unlikely covert front...
UFO Over Chinese Airport: Aliens or Cloud?
According to a Chinese newspaper, air traffic at a major Chinese airport was temporarily halted on Wednesday Aug. 17 — not because of a power failure or bad weather, but because of a potentially threatening Unidentified Floating Object….It's amazing what a little...