The Contactees of the 50s through 70s form a peripheral but significant aspect to the history of UFOs. Mark Russell Bell profiles four of the most important of these interesting people: Truman Bethurum, Orfeo Angelucci, Daniel Fry, and Arthur Shuttlewood. A George Adamski follower is the subject of the correspondence between John Keel and Lou […]

Some widely differing articles on witnesses and what they claim to encounter in UFO cases. First, Greg Bishop and “A” is for Adamski co-author Adam Gorightly shed light on fascinating but lesser-known contactees featured in their upcoming book. Next, Special Cases–The Long Island File (71): Maybe I’m the Nut illustrates John Keel’s self-doubts after listening […]

Forteana fuels pop culture, much like ancient legends informed the works of Homer and Herodotus. Nowadays, our Olympians wear capes and power rings, rather than laurels and togas. Take the origin of Hal Jordan’s superpowers, his recruitment by a universe-spanning police force known as the Green Lanterns, resonating with UFOlogy’s hoariest old chestnut. Yeah, DC […]

PopMatters Crashed Saucers and Contactees: UFOs and the Secret Origin of the Green …PopMattersIt has always seemed to me that Schwartz, Broome and Kane were drawing upon other sources for their new hero, however, namely sources more closely associated with the UFO movement than with the literary genre of science fiction. Schwartz must have …

Skeptiko interviews Mary Rodwell from ACERN, Australian Close Encounter Research Network, who takes a vastly different approach to counseling abductees, insisting that the experiences shouldn’t be viewed as either positive or negative. She approaches her clients’ experiences from spiritual angle as well, something that previous researchers such as Budd Hopkins and John Mack never considered. […]