Nick Redfern's latest book, Science Fiction Secrets: From Government Files and the Paranormal, is now available. For more incluidng ordering info, go here.

Vintage Find: Get Your Own Astronaut Suit!

From the blogFound in Mom's Basement, devoted to vintage ads of all kinds. Couldn't resist this "genuine government surplus space suit" image!

Matt Damon to Play Bob Lazar

This just in from Alien UFO and Paranormal Casebook: Matt Damon to Play Bob Lazar.


And here's another link.

From Kithra: UK Government UFO Files

At Kithra's Krystal Kave, a great item on UK UFO files: More UK Government UFO Files Available.

"Hey Buddy": Aliens, ghosts and portals in Africa

The following was in my e-mail box this morning. I've left it as is, complete with grammar, spelling, etc. I think the worst part of this is being called "hey, buddy!"At first I thought it was spam, (I guess it is in a way) but it turns out to be about aliens in Africa. The e-mail is addressed to "undisclosed recipients" which means it was sent out to others, several others, no doubt, who are involved with UFO studies. Maybe you've received this as well.

Hey buddy,
let me introduce my self first, My name is Christopher Nsamba. I resided and studied in the U.S. but am Ugandan by birth. I came back in Uganda five years back. Aug-13-2006 an alien was killed in a place called Mitiyana Mistaken for a ghost. guess what, it was the specie of the Roswell Alien of 1947.
Here in Africa people are ignoran; They insisted they killed a ghost as if ghosts die.
There is also a place called Mitiyana; people see and describe the grey aliens and insist they have seen a ghost.
I volunteered to start teaching Africans about aliens, I have printed books with very basic English because here in Africa English is a second language.
In a place called Fortportal, we have Alien-Human hybrids! You might think am kidding or making fun but buddy am serious. I mean what am telling you and I do know how an alien looks like. Am not mistaking something else for another, am not mistaking 8 for B. Here in AFrica there is hidden evidence from the international world. Uganda in specific.
If you wish, I can send you the book i published as a PDF, it consists of a printout of the nation's news with an alien mistaken for a ghost.
It had 6 toes, 6 fingers, 2 pairs of teeth. We earthly humans have one, but it had two pairs of teeth. I can email you everything upon request.
If we don't teach people about ways of treating aliens, it could be dangerous to human kind; who knows whats to happen on Dec-21-2012. We all know aliens used to be part of us thousands of years back. To put the human race on a safe side, am educating Africans on these creature so that they never kill them again for ghosts.
If you can visit Uganda for a week, meals, accomodation will be on me. I really need to attract the international world to come hear what people are describing down here and evidence on ground. If you can come, the better, otherwise I need help on printingout books which are teaching Africans about Aliens and a Projector. That's it.

Seriously down here there is shocking alien evidence that one should see with their own eyes. If you have contact in Alien Associations please tell them what i have told you and tell them I need help printing out alien teaching books. DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU THE BOOK I PUBLISHED UNDER MAGISWIFT TEACHING ABOUT ALIENS AS A PDF?
You guys if possible, you gotta see for your self. If i send you content; one might think its fiction

Looking at this from a Fortean/folklore kind of angle, rather than fixating on the "is it true?" angle, it's interesting about the ghosts vs. aliens perception.

I'm tempted to take the Fortean bait and read the pdf just out of curiosity. . .

image source: Mystical World.com

UPS Man Brought Me . . .

Can't wait to dig into this one: Mass Contacts, by Stefano Broccia. Here's a review of the book on UFO Digest from Michael Salla.

On UFO Magazine Blog: "Knowing, stories and time. . . "

This is up at the UFO Magazine blog: "Knowing, stories and time. . ." An excerpt:

We just go round and round, don't we?

No one knows what the Big Answer is to the Big Question about UFOs. That doesn't stop a lot of people from deciding on a personal favorite "explanation" (as if) and ignoring everything else, UFO wise. The process for its own sake was kicked out long ago; we want answers, damn it! not wasting time grooving on the mossy path.

Then people get irritated; downright nasty. Turning on each other and showing off, stealing, lying. . . meanwhile, you know, those things in the sky are still doing whatever. . .

"Crystalline Crop Circles"

On YouTube, just put up yesterday, August 15th -- here's the info with the clip:
Crystal Blue Mind
This is a distillation of my powerpoint presentation about how crop circles act like liquid crystals with properties similar to photonic metamaterials. Thanks to Ron Russell, Colin Andrews, Matt Williams, and Peter Sorensen for photos. Original music by Simeon Hein - created at created here

Esoteric Connections in Mexican Wrestling

My new Trickster's Realm will be up sometime tomorrow for Binnall of America: Fun With Lucha Libre’s Esoteric Side. The column was inspired by the by now almost iconic photograph of two Lucha Libre wrestlers viewing an image of the Virgin Mary in a California restaurant.

While there at Binnall of America, be sure to read all the other great columns, and listen to the podcasts. As always, Tim Binnall offers the most interesting interviews -- and for free.

Project Camelot, Dr. Greer, and the Mob

Followed this link from today's Anomalist: Willful Misconduct, from the Uphill Snowballs blog. It's a very well written and different kind of commentary on the egos and bad behavior of so many in this field. It's different because of, among other things, the writer bringing in his own background growing up in a "connected" family and the expectations and cultural behaviors in that culture, and the comparison to that history and what has always been ego driven behavior in this field.

Here's the YouTube clip Uphill included in his article, with Dr. Stephen Greer and interviewers with Project Camelot. This operates on two levels; one, for its content about UFOs, and two, what it shows us about ourselves and our behavior, expectations and intent in partaking in this field.

Vol. 2: UFOs and the National Security State

Richard Dolan's second volume of UFOs and the National Security State will be available about the second week of August. I just ordered mine! You can pre-order at Dolan's site here.

Spirit World Contacts?: Dad Synchronicities

The night before last, I had a dream about my father. Rather, my father visited me in the dream . . . it had to do with illness. I won't go into details but I had the definite impression he was trying to tell something about that. (he passed away about ten years ago.) I check my e-mail this morning to find, in the subject line "From one Lee to another" from Jack. Jack was my dad's name. (Lee was his last name, I've never taken my husband's last name as my own.) Then I check Lesley's Debris Field blog, to find her opening post "This and That" about the movie Harvey. Harvey was one of my dad's favorite movies; as mine. We were both film buffs and played movie trivia all the time. . . and my dad was Harvey in a local production in Northern California. (He was an actor.) So, I wonder, are these little episodes communications? Nice to think so . . .

Johnny Depp in Burton's Alice

Depp is the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice; won't be out until March but here's a promo.

Vintage U.F.O. Moved

I've moved Vintage U.F.O. to WordPress. The new url is:

Vintage U.F.O. (new one):
http://vintageufo.net

The old version of Vintage U.F.O. is still up at blogger; I'll keep it up there for awhile. I'll probably move Orange Orb over there as well in the coming weeks.

Blogger Hell

Why the hell can't Blogger/Google do things in a simple way? All I want to do is change my email. That's all. You can do this anywhere else, except here.

Insane, I'm ready to throw my laptop out the door.

I understand; you can add, via permissions, other emails etc. but it still doesn't work as far as blogger/google are concerned as to WHO OWNS THE DAMN BLOGS! WHICH WOULD BE ME.