Ufologists, researchers and cryptozoology enthusiasts put in countless hours and valiant efforts into research that in most cases doesn't pay the bills. Many do it for simply one reason; a passion to seek the truth.
While there are some who make a living (part and full time) off the study of the unknown, most have careers outside, which is a testament to the passion the people involved in this field have to donate a lot of their free time for a "hobby" that doesn't always pay-off fiscally or in terms of results.
Read more"Love & Saucers" is a fascinating film any UFO enthusiast needs to have on their radar from the sheer uniqueness of it . Director Brad Abrahams does a fantastic job of humanizing a story that is absurd upon concept, but by the end of the film even the biggest skeptic should at least feel something. And that is what good art does; it elicits feelings and emotions just like the subject of the documentary David Huggins and his memorizing paintings, which detail visitations that include alien sex ever since he claims he lost his virginity to an alien.
Read moreA bizarre , unidentified marine life carcass recently washed up on the shore of Georgia's Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge in Golden Isles. The creature has Loch Ness monster-like features; elongated neck, small head, and fins. Georgia has its own cryptid legend in Altahama ("Alty") that resembles a plesiosaur . The local legend is so popular that the county of Darian, Georgia even uses a plesiosaur as its logo.
Read moreFor a president who doesn't care much about space (or most people for that matter), the recent news that Donald Trump is open to the idea of a "space force" as a branch of the military that will be a "war-fighting domain" is a surprise to some.
Read more"Patient Seventeen" is a fascinating documentary on alien implants that suffers from over-dramatic directing and editing, but still provides an interesting documentation of the removal of "offworld implant technology."
Read moreNew kid on the block Chris Cogswell has been a household name the past month in Ufology, as MUFON's new Director Of Research has been making the rounds introducing himself and his data-driven ideology to the field fascinated with how he can help grow the study of the phenomena.
Read moreThe famous case of Donna and Clayton Lee can be described as a "modern day Betty and Barney Hill."
Sometimes when investigating the subject of UFOs and the unknown, you look no farther than your own backyard, as the Lees live a mere minutes from this writer in Houston. The highly publicized case is worth another look, as over the next few months the goal is to get to know the Lees more in a multi-part interview series.
Read moreFirst Rob Lowe, and now Zachary Quinto will be throwing his celeb tin-foiled hat into the field of the unexplained.
Read moreKudos to The Black Vault for its consistent work with collecting and providing a database of declassified documents on its site, and recently the site posted an extensive look at the FBI’s paranormal files. The Freedom Of Information Act allows full or partial disclosure ( notice the “or partial part”) of classified government documents, but the documents can still be censored or only partially disclosed.
Read moreWhether it's a cryptid like the the Orang Pendek, the mythical Mothman or searching for haunts in the Midwest, no paranormal case is out of the ordinary for Allison Jornlin. Jornlin, an award-winning 20-year veteran of paranormal research, will be curating this year's Hawaii ParaCon, and also recently got back from a Chicago Mothman expedition. Jornlin is also a fellow plant-powered paranormal investigator along with this author and Jason McClellan. Below,Jornlin talks about the backlash for her Mothman findings, what 2018 holds, and her interest in the field.
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