Nick Redfern's Blog, page 75

UFOs, Radar, and Operation Bulldog

"Operation Bulldog – held in September 1949, and overseen by the UK’s Fighter Command and Bomber Command – was a show of strength to the Soviets. It demonstrated that the West could take swift and decisive action in the event the Russians flexed their muscles a bit too much. And, for good measure, the operation also involved the air-forces of the United States, Belgium, France, and Holland. The Soviets took careful and concerned notice, which was the whole point. It appears it was not just the Russians that kept a beady eye on the military maneuvers. Just possibly, entities from another world did likewise.

"At the time Bulldog was held, the late J.R. Oliver was a radar-operator at a British Royal Air Force base called Sandwich , which was situated in the English county of Kent. Oliver said: “Even so long ago, it was almost impossible to fly a glider across the [English] Channel without it being plotted. The exercise was structured in such a way that the technical resources and personnel of the defensive screen were stretched to the limit.”

And here's my complete article...

Paranormal Book Lists

Over at Mysterious Universe there are a few new list-style posts from me:

1. On my favorite UFO books ;

2. On five cool cryptozoology books ;

3. On ten books that I think need to be written ( part 1 and part 2 ).

John Keel: Ahead of His Time

There's another new Mysterious Universe article from me.

This one on how John Keel, way back in the 1960s and 1970s, was talking about certain aspects of the UFO phenomenon/alien abduction controversy  that most people weren't even thinking about until the 1980s.

We're talking about abducted women, hybrid babies, and even the Black-Eyed Children...

Cecil the Lion and Bigfoot

Over at Mysterious Universe, I speculate on what the response might be if proof of Bigfoot is found as a result of some hunter killing it, in Cecil the lion style.

Capturing an Orang Pendek

There are a couple of new Mysterious Universe articles from me.

The first is on why I think Sumatra's resident, mysterious ape - the Orang Pendek - will likely be identified in the next years...

The second is a profile on a certain, infamous, Puerto Rican monster. Nope, not the Chupacabra, but the Moca Vampire...

A Government Secret In Plain Sight

That's the title of my new Mysterious Universe article , which starts like this...
 
"Sometimes, as I know from experience, the world of officialdom goes to great and extreme lengths to ensure that something of a secret nature remains a secret. On other occasions, however, the situation can be very different. A secret can be hidden in plain sight, with very few people having any awareness of it at all. Even though they might see it on a regular basis. All of which brings me to the photograph directly below. No, it’s not the entrance point to the legendary Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Nor is it the the doorway to some underground section of Area 51, Nevada. It’s something very different, but still intriguing in its own right.




"The photo shows my father, Frank Redfern, pointing at one of a number of large, thick, tall doors at the Chase Leisure Center in the town of Cannock, Staffordshire, England (which has since been dramatically refurbished – this photo was taken back in the summer of 2000). You may well wonder, why on earth would the below-ground level of the center – which is dedicated to providing the people of Cannock access to exercise machines, a swimming pool, etc. – need such vast and powerful doors made of solid, thick wood and metal? They look like they might be able to withstand an earth-shattering explosion, right? Yes, that is exactly what they look like! And there is a very good reason for that."

A Roswell 20th Anniversary

This week (actually yesterday) marks the 20th anniversary of a certain aspect of the Roswell affair that many might have forgotten about. But I haven't. You can find out what it is in my new Mysterious Universe article .

The Bigfoot Book...

Received in the mail today copies of my new book with Visible Ink Press: The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates .

If you've seen my earlier book with Visible Ink Press, The Zombie Book , it's the same format: 150,000 words, 400 pages, and around 200 A-Z entries.

So, as well as well known things like "B for Bigfoot," "Y for Yeti" etc, there are a lot of obscure Bigfoot-type creatures listed from Africa, South America, Europe, the Far East, and much more.

Plus, entries on Bigfoot in movies, TV shows, history, legend, and on what Bigfoot might really be, and 120 photos/drawings/paintings.

Also entries on some of the more controversial aspects of Bigfoot, such as the "infra-sound" issue and Bigfoot/UFO theories.

"Something" in the Water...

Both of today's Mysterious Universe articles deal with sightings of large, unidentified fish in English waters. Giant eels? Catfish? Sturgeon? Or something else? The jury is still out.
 
Here number one...

And here's the second...

MIB, Dragons, Secret Aircraft and More

There are four new articles from me at Mysterious Universe :

1. I take a look at an old movie that may have influenced some of Albert Bender's experiences with the Men in Black.

2. A strange story of a "secret aircraft" that may have crashed in the UK.

3. UFOs, two researchers and the Government .

4. A review of Karl Shuker's book on dragons .