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, April 18, 2014

UFO, or Satellite Re-Entry? Finally, a List!

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As "UFO Realists" (meaning, those of us who think that facts matter when it comes to evaluating UFO claims), we all realize that...

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Carl Sagan, Laurance Rockefeller, and UFOs

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UFO researcher Shepherd Johnson of Virginia was researching Carl Sagan's papers at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. H...

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

More Museum Shenanigans

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Back on Sept. 6, 2012 I wrote a Blog entry, Smithsonian-Affiliated "National Atomic Testing Museum" Promises UFO "Secrets...

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

MUFON Jumps the Shark

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From the Urban Dictionary: To jump the shark: The precise moment when you know a program, band, actor, politician, or other public ...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The 2014 International UFO Congress, Part 5 (last)

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Glenn Steckling The fifth day of the International UFO Congress was Sunday, February 16, 2014, with a shortened schedule. The first sp...

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

The 2014 International UFO Congress, Part 4

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The fourth day of the UFO Congress was Saturday Feb. 15, and the day of the highest attendance. Starting off the proceedings with a Bang wa...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The 2014 International UFO Congress, part 3

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The third day, Friday Feb. 14, began with Robert Schroeder, a retired engineering manager, spoke on "How Modern Physics is Revealing ...

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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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