The impending third edition of one of the ten most significant serious works of ufology is the occasion for this almost-lyrical musing by David Halperin. Halperin recalls a more than 50-year long distance friendship with Jerome Clark, editor-author of The UFO Encyclopedia, and Halperin’s article is more than just a promo; it’s a bit of […]

Interpol unveiled a new music video for “The Rover” which is the first single from their forthcoming album Marauder. The new album will be released on Aug. 24 via Matador Records. Filmed late last year in Mexico City while the band was there to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their debut Turn on…

Ariana Grande released a new music video for “The Light is Coming,” the latest single off her forthcoming studio album Sweetener. Directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Pharrell Williams, the video, which made its debut on Reebok.com, is as sparse as the arrangement for the song.  Featuring a guest…

MusicRadar Michael Schenker's 10 tips for guitarists: "The key is making each note carry a meaning"MusicRadarMichael Schenker is easily one of the more philosophical guitarists seen in these parts. When you talk to the 'blonde bomber' who rose to fame in the late 1970s and early 80s playing on legendary recordings by Scorpions and UFO, […]

David Halperin accepts the still-controversial notion that an episode of the “Outer Limits” television series inspired Barney Hill’s description of his alien captors in his and his wife Betty’s 1961 abduction. Halperin therefore wonders whether a 1964-5 Australian series had a similar effect on claims by about 200 students and teachers at a Melbourne high […]

Jason Colavito gives Andrew Collins and Rodney Hale’s upcoming book two out of five stars, then proceeds to a dissection that makes one wonder how the work got that high a grade. The full title of the book The Cygnus Key: The Denisovan Legacy, Gobekli Tepe, and the Birth of Egypt is enough to set […]

Three posts on very different angles of the UFO subject. David Halperin’s article is a delightful retrospective–almost a reverie–dealing with Halperin’s earliest adventures in the UFO publishing world. Michael Grosso’s article about Robert Hastings’ book and film UFOs and Nukes pairs the hard-edged account of purported UFO encounters at nuclear bases with Grosso’s own takeaway […]

<img src="https://i.axs.com/2018/01/49078-optimized_5a5cdacaa4a31.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=" The two Pinter shows continue through January 21 at BCT. ” align=”left” border=”0″ /> Playwright Harold Pinter never made it easy on his audience. His plays that were adapted for the screen (“The Birthday Party,” “The Homecoming,” and “Betrayal”) were fairly accessible, but many of his works were thought-provoking to the […]

The always-thoughtful David Halperin pens an elegant review of the first biography of pivotal figure in UFO history Dr. J. Allen Hynek, hired by the U.S. Air Force to explain away UFO reports. Hynek was converted into a believer by the significance of such reports, and, eventually and more dramatically, in some sort of physical […]

BOOK REVIEW: "The Zone of Silence" by Gerry HuntRed Dirt ReportAnd like her twin sister of the sea the Zone of Silence is full of mysteries: strong magnetic interference, strange animals and plants, UFO sighting, nightly meteorite shower with among other the famous Allende Meteorite and of course the crash of a US …