UFOs and The Mysteries of the Mind

Can we trust our memories? Read my new post on the UFO Magazine blog…

Downplaying UFO Sightings

If you quote a statistic, you sound reasonable and intelligent—especially if the statistic downplays the prevalence of paranormal encounters. What do I mean by that? You’ve probably heard more than one UFO researcher state that 80% (or 90%) of the sightings are nothing. “Nothing” means hoaxes, misidentifications, or total loons wasting everybody’s time.
But from whence [...]

Glowing Orbs vs. Ball Lightning, Round Two

To call glowing orbs ball lightning only serves to lock one mystery inside another. Read the rest of this post to learn the secrets of both phenomena.

Is the Evidence Objective?

Part Three of “Is Anyone Objective?”
Human beings have a hell of a time remaining objective. Our subconscious minds foil us without our knowledge. What about evidence? Can that at least remain objective?
Evidence “belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events” or “based on observable phenomena” is objective. Yet objectivity relies on the extraction of [...]

Are Witnesses Unobjective?

Part Two of “Is Anyone Objective?”
To be truly objective, a person would have to toss aside all her hang-ups and repressed feelings. Human beings, however, have a hard time divorcing their emotions and biases from their actions. Even when we think we’ve treated a topic objectively, our subconscious minds let our biases, fears, and inhibitions [...]