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).

Thursday, December 21, 2017

About those "Glowing Auras" in the Pentagon Infrared UFO Videos

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Following up on the media's DeLonge Overload we wrote about three days ago , there is a lot to report. According to that now...

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Monday, December 18, 2017

DeLonge Overload - And a Secret Federal UFO Investigations Program!

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So much exciting stuff to write about, I scarcely know where to begin. I will assume that by now, everyone here has read or heard about the...

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Socorro Again: Did Zamora Simply Make the Whole Thing Up?

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In the previous posting, we talked about all of the new controversies swirling around the "classic" 1964 sighting of an alleged ...

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Friday, December 1, 2017

Socorro 'Student Hoax' Tempest in a Pentagon Teapot (or something)

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Well, the iconic 1964 reported sighting of a landed object with two occupants by Patrolman Lonnie Zamora in Socorro, New Mexico is certai...

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Tom DeLonge, Serial Deleter

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By now you probably have heard all about rocker Tom DeLonge, formerly of Blink 182, and his long-promised "UFO announcement" on ...

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

At Longe Last - Tom DeLonge's Dramatic UFO Announcement!!

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This past February 15, rocker Tom DeLonge, formerly of the band Blink 182, was named the UFO "Researcher of the Year" at the Int...

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Another Nonsensical "Explanation" for the Kecksburg Incident

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The so-called "UFO Crash" at Kecksburg, Pennsylvania on December 9, 1965 has become a UFO legend as a 'second Roswell.' ...

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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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