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, September 28, 2015

Some Photos from the 2015 MUFON Symposium

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MUFON, the largest UFO group in the US, held its 2015 International Symposium in Irvine (Orange County), California, September 24-27. I wo...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Rendle-Sham Case: Phony and Phonier

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The supposed Rendlesham Forest UFO landing case (sometimes referred to as "the British Roswell") involved the supposed landing (or...

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Friday, July 24, 2015

The Amazing Meeting 2015 (and a bunch of other meetings)

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It has been almost two months since my last Blog posting, which is a bit unusual. But I have been going a lot of places, especially confere...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Betty Hill’s Last Hurrah – A Secret UFO Symposium in New Hampshire

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This article is reprinted from my Psychic Vibrations column in the Skeptical Inquirer, September/October , 2007. I am reprinting it becaus...

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Friday, May 8, 2015

"Roswell Slides" BUSTED! - "MUMMIFIED BODY OF TWO YEAR OLD BOY"

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Even as the excitement has been building over the unveiling of the so-called "Roswell Slides" in Mexico City on May 5, a group...

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The Great "Roswell Slides" Extravaganza - Social Media Pans It!

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I was unwilling to drop any money into the coffers of the scoundrels hyping the bogus "Roswell Slides" in Mexico City. Jaime ...

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Friday, May 1, 2015

Guest Post: The "Roswell Slides" depict Alien MATILDA by George Wingfield

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To follow up on my previous Blog posting, I am posting this guest article by George Wingfield. The opinions are his, not necessarily mine. ...

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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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