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, September 2, 2011

Comet Elenin "Self Destructs"

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Sorry to disappoint those who were expecting Mayhem and Destruction from puny Comet Elenin this fall. However, Sky and Telescope magazine h...

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Some Comments on the History Channel show "UFOs On The Record"

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On Thursday, August 25 the History Channel premiered a UFO documentary titled "Special Access - UFOs On The Record." It was based ...

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Hilary Evans (1929-2011) Fortean author, "PsychoSocial" Theorist

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Hilary Evans, a leading British Fortean author and researcher of “marginal human experiences,” died on July 27, 2011. He was the author of ...

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Budd Hopkins (1931-2011) - Pioneering UFO Abductionist

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The famous UFO Abductionist Budd Hopkins succumbed to cancer in New York City on August 21, at the age of eighty ( http://www.intrudersfound...

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Just Published! My "Psychic Vibrations" - Skeptical Giggles from the Skeptical Inquirer

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Just Published! My first new book in 13 years: Psychic Vibrations - Skeptical Giggles from the Skeptical Inquirer. So new that the review c...

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

A Skeptic does the MUFON Symposium - Part 5 of 5

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The Sunday afternoon session started off with Major George A. Filer (USAF Retired), MUFON's Eastern Regional Director, who says he worke...

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Friday, August 5, 2011

A Skeptic does the MUFON Symposium - Part 4 of 5

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(See Lee Speigel's Huffington Post article on the MUFON Symposium ) The next speaker Sunday morning was Ted Loder, PhD, Professor Eme...

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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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