Mom Is Sad

This isn't UFO or paranormal related but she is my mom, so I'm promoting her blog. She told me the other day she's sad there aren't any comments. I told her it takes time, etc. but the blogging thing is all new to her. So visit her blog: why? . . . thoughts of an angry old woman, and maybe leave a comment. Thanks!






Read about gossip and the McMinnville UFO here:

UFO Mania!

Trickster's Realm
I got my dates mixed up and didn't realize my Trickster's Realm column wasn't due 'til next week, so no new TR today.

UFO Magazine's The Green Room: Stephenville Lights and the Creepy Beam
I do have something up at UFO Magazine's blog The Green Room: Stephenville's Creepy Beam: The Return of the Stephenville Lights and a Creepy Beam of Light

UFO News: They're Here!

"You sure don't look like an iguana." ~ V, 1983

Some amazing UFO news from a variety of places that seems to be just . . . there, here, on the Internet and in small places. UFO Magazine's blog has some interesting items on UFO news. We're in a UFO flap and have been for at least a year now. MOD and others are releasing their UFO files and basically are saying "Well, UFOs are real, and we don't know much what to do about it." It's exciting to those of us who are immersed in this world, but outside it's business as usual, and yet, "they're here!" and it all seems so . . . casual. And I think if the Big D (disclosure) would ever to take place, it would be in this way: just a plethora of quiet little items, casually dropped about but without any mainstream big time fanfare, until . . . "oh, yeah. the alien dudes. kinda freaky, huh?' and then back to work on Monday. We'll be going fucking nuts over this of course, including "told yas!" but the uber-skeptics would still be fighting with each other, with us, with anything that they even think gives off the faintest whiff of woo. Now and then there'll be something about "alien rights" akin to animal rights, or like something out of the television series V.

UFO Hunters New Season This Wednesday
UFO Hunters new season starts this Wednesday on The History Channel. 10:00 pm Eastern time.

Mothman, Fire Eating Cousins, and Mystery UFO Guest

Lots of synchronicities in my life lately.

I was contacted a few weeks ago by someone who found my request on line about my grandmother Louise Gladstone (Lee.) Turns out we're second cousins. You can read more about that on Women Of Esoterica. But after the initial contact, I hadn't heard from her again, and was thinking very heavily about her yesterday; couldn't get her out of my mind. Today I found several e-mails from her about what she's found. (One interesting thing was that someone in the family had run away as a teen, returned home a few years later, with her husband, a fire eater. Not that unusual, considering that side of the family is what you'd call "circus folk.")


I'm reading Gray Barker's The Silver Bridge, which has been reprinted, thanks to Andrew Colvin, author of Mothman's Photographer II. So I pick up a bookmark that was in the bottom of the book basket, not even looking at it, turn it over, and there's a picture of a butterfly on it.

Finally, I'm associated with a local group of people who are very interested in UFOs, and they had quite a bit to do with bringing Dr. Stephen Greer here to Eugene about five years ago. One of the "members" of this group has been working hard to get another speaker here; we had discussed this awhile ago. I was thinking of him and what was the status, etc. very heavily yesterday as well; when, again, I found an e-mail from him today. Looks like it's going to happen, and more on that later. Very exciting!

Binnall of America News

Tim Binnall of Binnall of America (B0A) was recently interviewed by Karyn Dolan, on Karen's Through The Keyhole podcast. You can listen to it here. I'm happy to say that Karyn is also a contributor to Women Of Esoterica.

My Trickster's Realm column for Binnall of America should be up sometime Monday. This week's column is about Mothman and animals.

And last but definitely not least, the BOA season opener is an interview with Jim Marrs! It premired earlier tonight, but you can listen to it anytime, for free, here.

Stephenville Lights Are Back!

The UFOs are back, right now, in Stephenville, Texas. With video of object.

Rants of the Day

Previous Rant of the Day: for new one check menu on right.

What's "Hurting" UFOlogy

Very little if anything is hurting "Ufology" including using the term "UFOlogy." UFOlogy is kind of full of itself as a term, but what do you suggest we replace it with? UFO Studies? UFO research? Okay, not too bad. But there are bigger and better things to concern ourselves with other than the use of "UFOlogy."

But this isn't about the use of clunky terms. Today's rant is about the idea that some theories, ideas, and people, are "hurting UFOlogy." As long as sincere, honest individuals -- whether or not we agree with them -- are following their paths, there is no fault to be found. We can learn from it all; old cases, current cases, contactees, abductees, mysticism, and all the rest. We're not robots, we're individuals, with a variety of abilities, talents, and experiences.

Those that spend the majority of their time attacking others, and constantly calling for some kind of purge of UFO land are doing nothing positive and nothing productive. They need to get over themselves and get to work, whether it's exploring the self and one's own experiences, solid field research, what have you. It's all good, it's all needed, and no one person can be all things to all of the thousands of facets found in UFOlogy.

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"Accountability" to Whom?

That’s a word tossed around a lot in UFOlogy: accountability. The fringe dwellers -- debunkers, skeptoids, fence sitters and pretenders -- use the word a lot as well. We say that UFOlogy, whether we mean individual witnesses or a more gestalt kind of thing, needs to be accountable.

It sounds good; perfectly reasonable. Who doesn’t want accountability?

But what does this really mean, when we say we expect, in the context of UFOs, accountability? Accountitilbity to what, and to whom?

I’m accountable to myself, first. On a broad, human type level I’m accountable, in general slightly vague but nonetheless understood ways. Aside from that though, accountable to who, what, and, why?

I’m not accountable to, say, the Big Infrastructures of science, academia, government. (Hell no, not government, if anything, government is accountable to me!) Neither am I "accountable" in this sense to any self-described UFO Guild/Foundation/Union/Collective whatever.

I have my story, my experiences and I’m not lying. That’s about all I can say about things. Take it, leave it, disbelieve it, whatever. But other than a mutual agreement between us -- you believe that I’m being truthful, (and I am,) and I believe that you ‘re honestly interested and not out to lie, harass and persecute to prove your own agenda -- is all that’s required.

Naturally there’s accountability on a personal level, and that includes everything from one’s story to investigations; for example, diligent and honest work in following the data, etc.
That goes without saying, I would think.

I’m only accountable to myself, as I said, and those that want more need to be accountable themselves. What do you want from me, (or from anyone that has a UFO experience to share) why do you want it, what do you want to do with it? I’m happy to share my story, but at a certain point, being accused of lying, or “selling something,” or being crazy or a drug abuser gets tiresome. If that’s the response I’m going to get, I don’t care how loudly or rudely you inist I do this that and the other, I’m moving on. There’s no accountability there; the person making those accusations isn’t being at all accountable.

There’s the stale misconception that the one making the claim is responsible to prove their claim. We all know damn well that this doesn’t work in the context of UFOs. I can’t prove my experiences at all. Does this mean I’m to just shut up about them? Hell no. After all, if I were to just keep quiet about my life long UFO experiences, that would mean I’m not being accountable.

Sunday Orb

Not much this Fall Sunday....

New posts over at Women Of Esoterica.

I like the new show My Own Worst Enemy. Better than I thought it would be. I like Eleventh Hour as well, but it isn't as good I had thought it would be. So there you go. Just about all of my favorite shows are laden with psy-op spook stuff, conspiracy, mystery, mysticism, metaphysics, monsters and aliens. Torchwood, UFO Hunters, Monster Quest, Fringe, Numb3rs, 24, My Own Worst Enemy, Eleventh Hour, Pushing Daisies, Eureka. A theme going on here I see, wonder how that is?

New post on Mothman Flutterings, which is really just a link to an article. I've started The Silver Bridge, a book I've been wanting for years. Thanks to Mothman's Photographer author Andrew Colvin, we all have the opportunity to get this book at an affordable price, since he's reprinted it. Check it out on amazon.com, etc. I can see that I'll be writing a lot about it when I'm finished. Already I'm hooked. And speaking of Mothy things, I have an article in Darklore III about Mothman -- it's not out yet but be looking out for it. You can read about that as it comes, and more, on The Daily Grail .

Predictions of UFO appearances and disclosures, and I just wasn't that excited. Interested, of course; I'm a chronically curious Fortean, but just not excited. I am however intrigued by the opera like goings on about Ian Brockwell's research into the UFO photographed during a thunderstorm. I keep meaning to go further with that, maybe I will. I wonder about the overall bizarreness of photographing aliens inside a UFO during a thunderstorm, MUFON's involvement, and so much more.

You Are 70% Witch

You've got some pretty witchy stuff going on. Even if you're not a witch, you've got to admit that you're a little freaky. You have a strong independent streak - social norms be damned. More power to you. Luckily, the time when you would have been burned at the stake has passed!

Are You a Witch?

From 'The Heavy Stuff'

Could An Oct. 14th Alien Craft Display Be A Collective Lucid Dream Appearing In Space?

But, could there be something else - some other explanation? Something far more esoteric than the media ever refers to as real?

Indeed, just recently, MUFON in Kentucky labeled a particular event as being `more spiritual’ than real. You see, it seems a man in KY. has been able to `see’ or `call’ `lights in the sky’ for others to see. He did this while the MUFON investigator was there —

There's more to this than just glibly dismissing the prediction as more mere nonense, as THS comments.

Mothman, Disclosure, Bill Nye . . .

There is a lot of very good stuff on The Green Room, UFO Magazine's blog site. Authors like Alfred Lehmberg, Mike Good, Lesley, Lisa Shiel, (and me) so many -- go take a look and enjoy reading the collection of UFO goodness.

Great Guests on Coast To Coast Tonight

Stanton Friedman, and Derrel Sims (alien abductions) will be on Coast to Coast tonight!

Emerging From Blogger Hell

Somehow, I managed to get everything back. Well, it was all still out there, but I couldn't get into my blogs; only to post, but not to change things or retrieve things, etc.

It's a long story but has to do with Google Blogger having way too many complicated and - this is key -- unnecessary rules and loops and hoops -- to go through.

I'm finding that in my life, this seems to be the norm. Past few days, just about all areas of my life have been this way, from the mundane to the big. WTF? in other words.
Of course, that's the way of the entire globe these days: one huge and very major SNAFU, to say the least. That aside, the powers that be, whether it's on a local level like work or home, or your pleasant little town, there's a lot of ridiculous time wasting spinning wheel crap that doesn't do anyone any good at all, except to work everyone up and not get anything productive, positive, and loving done.

Rant over. Really, I'm happy! Blogs are back! Yea for me.

I'm still looking for reliable alternatives, but in the meantime, here we are.

Read it and weep, I know I did

I don't know what's going on but it isn't good, all my blogs are utterly screwed up and I have no access. Thanks, Google-Blogger! Well, you get what you pay for. So here's this: Orb News. Whatever.

Sunday Orb Ramblings

Trying to get inspired, or motivated, something. Not for lack of exciting news in UFO-Fortean land, for there's plenty.

The cow being lifted by an orange beam continues to intrigue. Green beings in the Pennsylvania woods is another exciting story.

The UFO flap is continuing, and there's the still strangely quiet story of the alien beings inside a UFO.

I write about two dreams I had two nights in a row about Mary and UFOs on UFO-Mary. Despite the crazy almost goofy imagery, what's lurking underneath is the Trickster element in Marian apparitions, as well as the whole UFO phenomena itself. If nothing else, you'd think we'd all get that. Still, there are those stuck in the rigid parameters of any particular theory, rejecting all others.

I'll leave with my usual rant about self important UFO pundits who have arbitrary pronouncements about "the state of UFOlogy" which is: feh! No one gets to tell anyone else what to do or say, or who gets to do or say it. Unless they're debunker-skeptoids, that's a given. They don't count.

Oh, and be nice. Really. Come on. We're grown-ups! For more on that read Karyin Dolan's post on Women Of Esoterica.

Will something of stupendous UFO proportions happen on the 14th? Very unlikely, depsite the UFO flap, hugely exciting yet oddly under reported sightings worldwide, and our current global financial mess. These guys say something big will most likely happen about now. If anything does, my inner paranoia says it will be human made, not aliens. Project Blue Beam Mind Control stuff.

On-line UFO Course

For $25.00, you can take an on-line course on UFOs, but you don't get a certificate. That'll cost you $50.00.