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, October 4, 2021

Is the O'Hare Airport UFO Case still "A Great Case"?

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Previously UFO blogger David Bates posted part one of his reply to my long, three-part article about " The New Yorker's Credulous A...

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

A "Professional Skeptic" Replies to Kecksburg Defense

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On April 30, 2021 the normally serious New Yorker has dropped a very misleading article titled "How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O....

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

The Case of the Missing Fetus, Starring Travis Walton

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In another startling development in the unraveling of the Travis Walton story , Travis was the guest on August 7 on the Theory of Everyth...

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Monday, August 9, 2021

Some Thoughts on the new Galileo Project

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By now, most readers have heard about The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technologi...

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Travis Walton - The Empire Strikes Back!

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As we have seen in the past few postings , the 45-year old "UFO abduction" story of Travis Walton ("Fire in the Sky") is...

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Travis Walton and Ryan Gordon Chat Like Old Friends

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Travis Walton, whose claim of a famous UFO abduction in 1975 is increasingly under scrutiny as a hoax , has been publicly saying bad things...

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Saturday, July 17, 2021

The Travis Walton 'UFO Abduction' Story - Meltdown!

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Forest Service CL-100 lookout tower (same model as Gentry Tower in Apache-Sitgreaves Natl. Forest) My, how quickly things have been happenin...

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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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