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).

Friday, July 8, 2011

Happy World UFO Disclosure Day!

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As you may have heard, UFO activists have declared today, July 8, as the first-ever "World Disclosure Day". This date was chosen b...

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

"UFO Mothership & Fleet over London"

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Another implausible video showing UFOs has gone viral, spawning a flurry of news stories in the major media.For example, the Daily Mail in...

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

That "Ghostly Mirage City" in China

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Once again, the mass media is filled with breathless nonsense about a "Ghostly mirage City" allegedly seen from Huanshan City in...

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Friday, June 3, 2011

More "Night Vision" UFOs : A Squadron of UFOs flying over Oakland?

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"Is this a squadron of UFOs flying over California?" , asks the London Daily Mail, adhering strictly to the First Law of UFOlogy: ...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Commie Nazi Saucer Crashed in Roswell

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Just when you think that the credibility of the mass media can't get any lower (see Major Media Reports 60-year-old Eighth-hand Rumor a...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: God in a Flying Saucer, March 31, 1998

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From my "Psychic Vibrations" column in the Skeptical Inquirer, September/October, 1998: As you might have heard, approximately 1...

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Doomsdays of Yesteryear: Harold Camping - Rapture in September, 1994

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From my column "Psychic Vibrations" in The Skeptical Inquirer , March/April, 1995: 1994 was a great year for the world ending....

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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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