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"Men In Black" - Art Bell Show Tonight

 

If you're a night-owl...I'll be on Art Bell's show tonight, from 11PM to 2AM (Central Time) talking about my new book, Men in Black: Personal Stories and Eerie Encounters .

Here's the page-link and here's where you can listen to the show . 

A Crashed UFO and Telephone Weirdness

That's the title of a new article from me , which focuses on a particularly strange UFO affair that I got caught up in, close to 20 years ago. A very, very odd saga...

Here's how it starts:

"Back in 1991, UFO researcher Leonard Stringfield published his then-latest of many reports on crashed UFOs. I had read all of Stringfield’s earlier reports, booklets and books, but this one stood out for me. The reason being that it referenced the alleged crash of a UFO, in 1964. The location was an area of woodland and fields near the Staffordshire, England market-town of Penkridge. It’s a town only a short drive from where I grew up as a kid. At the time, however, I was down in the south of England, in Harlow, Essex. But, I made a note to look into the affair next time I was back in the Staffordshire area.

"As for Stringfield’s story, it was an intriguing one. Unfortunately, and as was the case with so many of Stringfield’s informants, the name of the person who provided the story was not listed. Or, rather, it was, but in the form of a pseudonym: 'S.M. Brannigan.' According to the story, back in early 1964 'Brannigan' was serving in the US military aboard '…a specially rigged LST, a flagship that was attached to a naval amphibious force at an unspecified point in either the Caribbean or the Atlantic…'"

A Manifestation Of Monsters

   Received in the mail...a review copy of the new book from Dr. Karl Shuker, A Manifestation of Monsters: Examining the (Un)usual Suspects , which looks very good, and which has a foreword from Ken Gerhard.  Check it out.  A review from me of this new title from Anomalist Books will be coming soon...

UFO Deaths on June 24, Pt. 2

Here's part-2 of my article on UFO deaths on Ufology's most famous date (June 24).

And here's how part-2 starts:


"Part-1 of this article introduced you to a varied body of deaths in the field of Ufology, all of which occurred on one specific date. That date was June 24. Way back in 1947, June 24 was the date on which Kenneth Arnold had his now near-legendary UFO encounter at Mt. Rainier, Washington, State. It was an encounter that gave birth to the Flying Saucer phenomenon. And with that said, let’s now continue with our look at ufological deaths on June 24, which began – in part-1 – with Frank Scully, Ernest Arthur Bryant, Richard Church, and Frank Edwards.

"Willy Ley was a German-American science-writer, engineer, the founder of the German Rocket Society, and someone who was very interested in UFOs and alien life. As one example of many, in 1958 he wrote an article for Science Digest titled “What Will ‘Space People’ Look Like?” NASA notes of Ley: 'The German expatriate Willy Ley, had worked with some of the builders of the V-2 personally and had described his experiences, and their hopes, in his book Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel. The first version, titled Rockets, appeared in May 1944, just months before the first firings of the V-2 as a weapon. Hence, this book proved to be very timely. His publisher, Viking Press, issued new printings repeatedly, while Ley revised it every few years, expanding both the text and the title to keep up with fast-breaking developments.'

"Willy Ley died on June 24, 1969."

Walsall...

Well, this was a cool surprise. Watching one of my soccer channels here last night and my old, home town team of Walsall, England were announced as being the next game. It was unfortunately a no-win for Walsall but they played well against Chelsea!

June 24: UFO Deaths

June 24, 1947 was the date on which Kenneth Arnold had his now-famous sighting of unidentified objects in the vicinity of Mt. Rainier. June 24 also happens to be the date on which there were a number of deaths in Ufology. Those deaths spanned the 1960s to the 2000s.

Of course, if we went looking, there's a very good chance we could find half a dozen UFO deaths on May 2, October 28, February 12, etc., etc.

In other words, it may simply be a case of looking for deaths on that specific date of June 24, of finding some deaths, and then interpreting that to mean something.

On the other hand, maybe it does mean something.

Anyway, however we look at it, it's the subject of a new 2-part article from me.

Here's part-1 and part-2 will follow tomorrow.

Djinn, ETs, "Star Wars," and Mysterious Deaths

My latest 2-part article at Mysterious Universe is, as the title above demonstrates, a very strange and sinister one.  In fact, just about anything and everything to do with the Djinn is strange and sinister.

Part-1 starts as follows...


"On June 3 of this year, I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe titled “ The Mystery of the Marconi Deaths .” It began as follows: “To many, it might sound like the ultimate plot-line of the equally ultimate conspiracy-thriller: dozens of scientists and technicians – all working on highly-classified programs, and all linked to one, particular company – dead under highly controversial and unusual circumstances.

 "It’s a controversy that ran from the early 1980s to 1991 and remains unresolved to this very day. And it all revolves around the top secret work of a company called Marconi Electronic Systems, but which, today, exists as a part of BAE Systems Electronics Limited. Its work includes the development of futuristic weaponry and spy-satellite technology."

And here's the link to Part-1.

 Part-2 begins like this...

"Part-1 of this article introduced you to a varied body of people, places, and projects. We’re talking about mysterious deaths, U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative ('Star Wars,' as it became known), and the sinister and sometimes dangerous Djinn. They were issues that deeply concerned the late Gordon Creighton. For a long time, he was the editor of Flying Saucer Review magazine. Back in May 1989, I interviewed Creighton on these same issues. Specifically because he had briefly made his thoughts known on how all these things were allegedly inter-linked. It was quite an interview, to say the least.

"According to Creighton, two things were going on. First, he was of the opinion that many of the 'Marconi scientists' deaths were indeed due to suicide. However, he qualified this by adding that he felt the unfortunate individuals were driven to commit suicide via what, in simplistic fashion, has popularly become known as 'Mind-Control.' Creighton was open-minded on who the guilty parties may have been, but he suggested maybe the Russians – who would, of course, have had both a deep desire and a pressing need to derail “Star Wars.” But, he said, the Russians weren’t the only guilty parties."

Here's where you can find part-2.

The "British Bigfoot" - 2 Parts

There's a new 2-part article from me, on how and why I got interested in the seriously weird phenomenon of Bigfoot in Britain.

Here's 1.

And here's 2.

Here's how it starts:

"On more than a few occasions I have been asked why it is I take an interest in such a certain, deeply weird, phenomenon; namely that of the so-called 'British Bigfoot.' After all, while it’s not inconceivable that unknown ape-like animals could dwell in the forests of the United States, or on the slopes of the Himalayas, to suggest that such things might actually exist in the UK often results in shaking heads and rolling eyes. But, hell, I don’t care. There are numerous reports of Sasquatch-style things in the UK, many of a strange yet intriguing nature. So, someone has to look into the matter, right? Right! And 'look into the matter' I certainly have, and on dozens of occasions. But, how did it all begin? Well, like this…"

Hollywood, MIB, and Dark Skies

Robbie Graham shares with us a fascinating story of the Men in Black, Hollywood, and the 1990s TV series, Dark Skies...

An Old Mystery - Which Remains A Mystery

I've just started writing regularly for Jim Harold's website, and my first article has just appeared. The article is focused on a strange and still-unresolved mystery that dates back to the late 1800s and which continued into the early part of the 20th Century.

The reason I decided to focus on this particular case is simple: it all went down only about ten minutes from where I lived as a kid.

The article deals with a saga filled with terrible attacks on animals, a "hypnotized ape," a "malicious aviator," a large cat, and much, much more...

Here's the link...