Rich Reynolds begins a quartet of pieces with frank things to say that skeptics (including some of his best commenters) don’t employ scholarly rigor in debunking UFOs. Rich tweaks Gilles Fernandez about his adamant refusal to accept any possibility that some of the 1896/7 Airship reports are more than “stories, tales, concoctions or misrepresented observations.” […]

Three interesting opinion pieces from Rich Reynolds. Firstly, Rich is disturbed by all of the internet “hokum and inane detritus” that passes for UFO material, including the resurrecting of “tarnished UFO tales,” and the activities of “UFO rascals” who should be called out, not endured or, even worse, praised by those who should know better. […]

Rich Reynolds equates “greatness” in a book with its profound impact either/or/and on the “so-called phenomenon” or society. Under those ground rules, even Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s The UFO Experience would fail. Though it framed the general ufological discussion for decades and enshrined “Close Encounters” in the public mind, Hynek’s great work had not the […]

We were starting to wonder whether the mysterious Cretan “Phaistos Disc” was just somebody doodling, as no real progress has been made in interpreting its spiralized symbolic streams in over a hundred years. Rich Reynolds alerts us to some measure of success in at least vocalizing it, and perhaps even rather beyond that. The linked […]

What’s in a word? Well, Rich Reynolds thinks that “ufology” is a tired term and it’s time to junk it. Of course, later on, Rich says “it ain’t gonna happen”–at least to the substitution of the trendy “UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena)”. He’s also got a wish for UFO Commenters, which though useful towards advancing the […]

Rich Reynolds continues trying to distinguish ufology from Bigfoot, MIB, ghost, and other study categories subsumed under the term “paranormal.” Rich argues that “UFOs are flush with possibilities,” whereas these other pursuits, even if some are eventually accepted scientifically, just add another animal or weirdo to what’s already known. One might think that establishing the […]

The first in a series of Rich Reynolds-dominated links begins with Rich ruminating about why the military remains interested in UFOs, and directing us to Kevin Randle’s recent Moon Dust and the 4602 AISS. Kevin’s article provides documented evidence of a UFO-related Air Force program that extended at least until 1985, and likely continued beyond […]

Rich Reynolds continues his good-natured clash with Nick Redfern over the practical separation of UFO studies from those of subjects such as ghosts, Bigfoot, Nessie, and Men in Black (MIBs). Review the Comments section, where the debate continues, with Nick arguing that “MIB cases abound in ufology,” then slide over to Nick’s More on the […]

Rich Reynolds thinks that consumers of UFO-writing are, by and large, just folks who want to be amused by the surface features of the reports, avoiding asking the “deeper” questions the tales might pose. In light of the recent revelations about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, Mark Russell Bell seems to think that learning […]

Here’s a “Richfest” for you devotees of ufological gadfly Rich Reynolds. In this first essay Rich makes a practical plea for ufologists maintaining a separation between their favorite focus and the plethora of other anomalies with which they are often lumped. Be sure to read the short treatise by Bryan Sentes that Rich cites at […]