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).

Monday, July 22, 2013

UFO Researcher of the Year Displays some Careless Research

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Grant Cameron is a well-known in the UFO community as a researcher who specializes in documentation, especially about supposed "Presi...

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

R.I.P., Marjorie Fish and her Star Map

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Most followers of the UFO scene are familiar with the supposed 'alien star map' that Betty Hill drew after her alleged UFO abduct...

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

British UFO Document Release is Really a Coverup, says UFO Abductee Nick Pope

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UFO Abductee Nick Pope, formerly of the MoD UFO Desk On June 20, 2013, news outlets reported that the British Ministry of Defense, whi...

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Friday, June 21, 2013

UFO Hoaxes? There's an App for That!

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Anyone who follows news stories about UFOs knows that there are a heck of a lot of them these days, and that many if not most of them invol...

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Guerilla Skepticism - Now We Have Klass' Wikipedia Back

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Susan Gerbic Susan Gerbic is becoming well-known in the skeptical world as the inventor and leader of Guerilla Skepticism - a grass-ro...

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Monday, May 13, 2013

That "Citizens Hearing" on UFO Disclosure Got the Respect it Deserved - (Very Little)

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Recently I wrote about the forthcoming "Citizens Hearing on UFO Disclosure" arranged by the Paradigm Research Group, headed up by...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Greer's "Sirius" Documentary - no "Bombshell," just Nonstop UFO Claims

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I had previously written about the forthcoming 'blockbuster' UFO documentary movie Sirius , produced by CSETI's Dr. Steven Greer...

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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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