Conventional thinking judges those who report UFOs or other Close Encounters as hoaxers, severely incorrect interpreters of mundane if unusual events, or as certifiably insane. In this lead article, Jose Antonio Caravaca continues to unfold details of his novel “Distortion Theory” for such anomalous experiences, taking things in a different direction and at least according […]

Courtesy of blogmeister Rich Reynolds, Spanish journalist-ufologist Jose Antonio Caravaca offers three more explications of his novel “Distortion Theory” behind certain Close Encounters reports, especially those with UFOs. In the title article, Jose suggests such experiences begin with what Jenny Randles has called the “Oz Factor,” an altered state of consciousness that enables witnesses to […]

First up, Rich contemplates the lack of serious new attempts to postulate “what UFOs are or have been.” There are good points on ufologists seemingly bent upon assiduously tallying and categorizing UFO cases, apparently hoping that a Resolution to the UFO Mystery will pop out of the pile–if indeed they even look towards some end. […]

John Keel still has many fans in the UFO community, but Rich Reynolds is not so enamored of the late fortean anymore. He believes that Keel was “apparently demented because of the supposed communications by ‘the others’ that took over his life about which he wrote extensively.” He also believes that Keel was perhaps a […]

Spanish journalist-ufologist Jose Antonio Caravaca’s attempt to graphically represent his novel “Distortion Theory” deserves thoughtful review. There is also dialogue between Caravaca and a noted Commenter on issues with the theory itself. Blog owner Rich Reynolds earlier granted Jose the opportunity to make A Plea for Information pertaining to the familiar “knock on the door […]

Rich Reynolds has a message for those (likely, very few) individuals who discount the notion of “inner circle” groups in numerous enterprises holding unique information. And it would be nice to know just what that knowledge could be in the case of UFOs. Rich’s article elicits an “Absolutely interesting and fascinating” three-part response. Taking its […]

Rich Reynolds touches upon the difference between finding Roswell an interesting historical piece of ufology and a nearly all-encompassing urge to “prove” or “disprove” a case likely incapable of either outcome. At the same time, many of us have watched for decades the Roswell event being the “litmus test” adopted by many for whether a […]

Rich Reynolds begins his quartet of diverting opinion pieces with a fundamental question: why don’t close encounter witnesses report pets on alien craft? This elicits some good responses, including Bryan Sentes’s “like terrestrial astronauts, they don’t bring their pets on missions…” However, things have been a bit too cramped so far to allow for companion […]

Rich Reynolds turns his blog over to Spanish journalist/paranormal researcher Jose Antonio Caravaca, for another explication of Jose’s “Distortion Theory” of UFO and other paranormal close encounters. Caravaca now identifies the “external agent” that interacts with a human observer with the “Collective Consciousness,” itself an offshoot, perhaps remnant, of Jung’s “Collective Unconscious.” This strategy seeks […]

Rich Reynolds considers perhaps the Biggest Question of all, and how contact with extraterrestrial species might shed some light upon it. This latter, Rich explains, is one of the reasons he keeps trying to mine ufological insights, and why, though perhaps a windmill, it’s a better bet than “mute spirits, or Big Foot entities, or […]