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, April 30, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: Rapture on October 28, 1992

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Billboard near San Diego, CA, May 2, 2011 In honor of the next scheduled Rapture, coming on May 21 From the Skeptical Inquirer , Summ...

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Another Doomsday Coming this Year in September

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As many of my readers already know, the Rapture and all that end-of-the-world stuff is supposed to start on May 21 , only five weeks from no...

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Major Media Reports 60-year-old Eighth-hand Rumor as Proof of a Crashed UFO.

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I was tempted to make a posting a few days back when the major media made such a big thing out of the 1950 memo written by FBI Agent Guy Hot...

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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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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