Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe

Reflections on UFOs, skepticism, and practically anything else by Robert Sheaffer, author of the book "Bad UFOs," plus the "Psychic Vibrations" column in The Skeptical Inquirer).

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: The Zetas and "Planet X", 2003

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With the earth now scheduled to end twice in the near future, once on May 21 of this year, and again on December 21 of 2012, let us look at ...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Global Competitiveness Through UFOlogy

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The Global Competitiveness Forum is a meeting of the world's top Movers and Shakers, held each year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Industry le...

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988"

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In honor of the approaching Mayan Calendar Doomsday in 2012, I am presenting an occasional series of "Doomsdays of Yesteryear," to...

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: "The Jupiter Effect," 1982

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With so many people getting worked up over Doomsday predictions for 2012, I think it's instructive to look at some previous End-of-The-...

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

2012: The "Cosmic Alignment" and the Maya Birth Canal

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Two postings ago I wrote about Peter Gersten's planned "Leap of Faith" from Bell's Rock in Sedona, Arizona at the prec...

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

2012: A "Cosmic Alignment'?

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We keep hearing from "New Age" folks and many others about an major "cosmic alignment" that is supposed to occur on the ...

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

2012: Peter Gersten's "Leap of Faith"

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Lawyer Peter Gersten has been a well-known figure in UFOlogy at least since the 1970s. He filed suit against the CIA in U.S. District Court ...

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Robert Sheaffer: Robert Sheaffer is a writer with a lifelong interest in astronomy and the question of life on other worlds. He is one of the leading skeptical investigators of UFOs, and wrote the "Psychic Vibrations" column in The Skeptical Inquirer for almost 40 years. His book Psychic Vibrations reprints some of those columns. His most recent book is Bad UFOs (2016), which is also the name of his Blog that casts a skeptical eye on claims about UFOs. He is also the author of "UFO Sightings" (1998), and has appeared on many radio and TV programs. His writings and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as OMNI, Scientific American, Spaceflight, Astronomy, The Humanist, Free Inquiry, Reason, and others. He is also a founding director and past Chairman of the Bay Area Skeptics, a local skeptics' group in the San Francisco Bay area. Mr. Sheaffer lives near San Diego, California. He has worked as a data communications engineer in the Silicon Valley, and sings in professional opera productions.

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