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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Remembering “Zetetic Scholar”

Established in 1978, the Zetetic Scholar was an attempt to enhance communication between critics and proponents of claims of the paranormal, and also to explore the sociology and psychology of the debates themselves. The journal was edited and published by the late Marcello Truzzi of the Eastern Michigan University.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fortean Times # 268

Fortean Times, n. 268, November 2010.


Some articles and book reviews of interest:

-  Randles, J.: Life with the Aliens, Part 4.

- Needham, D.: Renovation Hauntings.

- Brookesmith, P.: Budd and the Abduction Trap.

Book reviews:

- Albert Jones: Angels – a History.

- Chaplin: The Portal – An Initiate’s Journey into the Secret of Rennes-le-Château.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Invasores-Historias Reales de Extraterrestres en la Argentina


Agostinelli, A.: “Invasores-Historias Reales de Extraterrestres en la Argentina”, Ed. Sudamericana, 2009.


Classical UFO tales from Argentina. Chapters on Ganimedes and the Duclot brothers, Pedro Romaniuk, the Vidal teleportation, the Peccineti case, Chupacabras and many more farcical CE.
A good-humored book from someone who has been on the field for more than 30 years.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

FT Unconvention 2010

Fortean Times Uncon 2010. Weekend of 23-24 October 2010, 10AM-5 PM.
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS.
(Opposite Madam Tussauds, nearest tube Baker Street).

Two special Sunday panels:
- Rendlesham and Ufology, with David Clarke, Ian Ridpath, Peter Brookesmith and special guest Nick Pope.
- Forteana and Fiction, with authors Mark Chadbourn, Adam Nevill and Natasha Mostert.


Monday, October 18, 2010

UMMO Affair

UMMO-Ciencias is a webpage (mostly in Spanish) dedicated to the infamous UMMO case. One can find here plentiful information, including the letters (some accessible to translations in French and Italian). The whole affair is believed to be the work of José Luis Jordán Peña, who himself confessed to be the “father” of  the most enduring Spanish UFO myth.