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).

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Widespread Sightings Clinch that Jimmy Carter's UFO Sighting was a 'Space Cloud'

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In a 2017 posting, I noted how it was suggested that Jimmy Carter's famous UFO sighting from back in 1969 might have actually been a r...

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Saturday, July 25, 2020

The "Disclosure" Shoe Finally Drops - And it's a Huge Dud!

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We reported last week about the widespread expectation among the "Young Guns" of UFOlogy of a groundbreaking UFO Disclosure re...

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Saturday, July 18, 2020

UFO "Disclosure" Coming Next Week, Suggest UFOlogy's "Young Guns."

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Those of us who have been in UFOology for some times have seen and heard so many rumors of immanent "UFO Disclosure" (meaning th...

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Saturday, June 27, 2020

Richard Dolan - Three Strikes, and You're Out!! - Strikes Two and Three.

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Part Two - Continued from the First Part Strike Two: Philip J. Klass Blackmailed by Gay Russian Boyfriend!! Richard Dolan, working ...

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Richard Dolan - Three Strikes, and You're Out!! Strike One - the "UFO Leak of the Century" Collapses

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For years now, Richard Dolan has promoted himself as a 'sensible,' or 'thoughtful', or 'conservative' UFO research...

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

More History of 'Pentagon Woo' from Annie Jacobsen - Part 2

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Continuing the Discussion of Annie Jacobsen's 2017 book Phenomena Continued from Part 1 "The potential of prophecy as a ...

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Monday, May 18, 2020

A Not-So-Brief History of Pentagon Woo, With a Familiar Cast of Characters

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Nearly all of the discussion about UFOology these past two and a half years has centered around Tom DeLonge and his "To The Stars Aca...

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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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