Friday, May 16, 2014

"Science and the UFO controversy" and "The OZ Files" columns in the UFOlogist and "UFO Truth" magazines


I have columns in both these magazines - A review of Dr. B. Timothy Pennington's book "Science, Skeptics and UFOs" and commentary on the "Close Encounters" TV series I have been involved with; Comments on "Science, Skeptics and UFOs" and some ball lightning encounters in my "OZ Files" column in UFO Truth magazine.
Both publications are worth your support:
http://www.ufologistmagazine.com/
www.ufotruthmagazine.co.uk

Something Intelligent This Way Comes

An intriguing article has been just published in the peer reviewed Journal of Astrobiology: "Something Intelligent this Way Comes" which includes the following quote: 
"... as a society we have difficulty dealing with the possibility that intelligent life may reach us first and may have already done so."
The author - Robert Powell, a friend, a co-author with me & others on the book "UFOs and Government" and research director of MUFON. The word UFO doesn't appear in this peer reviewed article, but this is a nice stealthy alternative, seemingly acceptable to current mainstream scientific sensibilities.
Nice one Robert. Congratulations.

http://www.sciknow.org/journals/show/id/ja

Thursday, May 01, 2014

The Australian Chief Defence Scientist Dr. John Farrands and UFOs

From the UFO Truth magazine just out - Issue 6 - April 2014 - the first 2 pages of my 5 page OZ Files column, covering contact I had with the late Dr. John Farrands - the Australian Chief Defence Scientist from 1971 to 1977 and head of the Australian government's Department of Science from 1977 to 1982. He had a strong interest in UFOs: