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UFOs: The Stiff Reality of a Flexible Phenomenon
When facing the UFO phenomenon head on, the most problematic question one may ask is actually the most simple: Are UFOs real?
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
A Crash Course on Roswell
The Roswell incident is known worldwide. It also remains one of the most compelling UFO cases in the modern UFO era. For those who may know the bare essentials, here's a primer on this deeply compelling and controversial case. For those veteran UFO enthusiasts out there... here is a refresher course with your morning coffee.
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
Sheperding In The Black Budget Sheep
As I sat down for a relaxing evening cup of tea and some social networking nirvana, I honestly wasn't expecting much. But suddenly, I found my Facebook page, Twitter account, and email completely flooded with messages from those who I have grown to call friends in the “UFO community”. Apparently, while I was at work, the C.I.A had disclosed the truth behind the secret military installation known the world over as Area 51.
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
Still Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Irrespective of Hollywood's perspective on the implications of alien contact, the dialogues that would inevitably follow an actual encounter are enormous, almost too staggering to conceive. Imagine the questions we could ask a visiting extraterrestrial: Do you have a cure for cancer? Is there life after death? Are the physical laws in your part of the universe the same as in ours? Is there a way to overcome the burden of gravity, prolong youth, exceed the speed of light...? Think of the things we could learn, among them, as Carl Sagan put it, how "possibly to avoid the dangers of the period of technological adolescence we are now passing through."
By James Lizowski9 years ago in Futurism
Who's Laughing Now?
“We could make you disappear, and your body would never be found.” Darren Perks knew that this wasn't going to be a friendly encounter, but had it really come to this?
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
Incident in Tehran
In 2013, I sent my first FOIA request for any information and documents pertaining to the 1976 Tehran UFO incident. This event remains one of the most well-documented and fascinating UFO encounters ever reported by military pilots and witnesses. After receiving a response to my request, I wrote the following article to give everyone an idea of just exactly what I was able to pull from the documents I received, and testimony from several witnesses, including Major Parviz Jafari of the Iranian Air Force. I hope this will give you some insight into this deeply dramatic event.
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
A Tough Day For Skeptics
In the small fishing village of Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia, things were pretty simple and quiet for this modest Canadian province. But on October 4th of 1967, the village would host one of the most well documented UFO incidents of all time.
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
From Kuji to Solo
In a field wrought with speculation and educated (and sometimes not so educated) opinions, there is a small section that stands on its own two legs with both technological and legal credibility. This section is unofficially known as UFO hacking. The name, although seeming rather self-evident, is the detailed, and sometimes arduous task of hacking into government funded, and/or military-centered computer systems in order to uncover information pertaining to the official research or activity of the UFO phenomenon.
By Ryan Sprague9 years ago in Futurism
UFO Belief Systems
The UFO discourse, like any other field of study, has philosophical underpinnings that function like a spectrum. The opposite ends of the spectrum provide an overly simplistic idea of the ‘reality’ of the UFO question. If, for the sake of argument, we assume UFOs are intelligently controlled, we generate a cornucopia of theories and hypotheses that attempt to establish the source. On one side, we have a “nuts and bolts” hypothesis. On the other side of the spectrum, a theological/theosophical mysticism. I will expand upon both of these to provide a clear understanding of the two philosophical extremes of modern Ufology. That being said, these two poles are not necessarily an ‘either or’, but simply lay out the general boundaries of Ufological belief systems. I must first make one note...
By MJ Banias9 years ago in Futurism
This Is What Mars Looked Like With Water
Obama wants to send astronauts to Mars by 2030, Elon Musk has plans for humanity to become a multiplanetary species and NASA’s Curiosity rover is busy taking photos that I can’t help but love to study in detail. Space colonization and Mars in particular are really on mind and so I always wonder what it would look like once we’re able to terraform our not so distant red neighbor.
By pionic9 years ago in Futurism
Transient Lunar Phenomena
In our present phase of post-Apollo enlightenment, it would be wrong to suggest that all the mysteries of the moon have been solved. Curious things, seen now and then—faint glows, flashing lights, patches of "mist"—still provoke argument and continue to enlist scientific inquiry and speculation.
By Stephanie Gladwell9 years ago in Futurism
Interview with Investigative Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell
Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell makes his living seeking out the ExtraOrdinary; that seemingly gratuitous capitalization perfectly encapsulating his mission to–as he puts it–“force us to reconsider the fabric of our own beliefs” and consider an atypical alternative. His approach is to undermine attempts to discredit unorthodox opinions by way of discrediting the opinion holders themselves.
By Rachel G. David9 years ago in Futurism