PinnedThe UFO and the Human Fence, Part OneAfter keeping his 1980 Close Encounter a secret for decades, a retired soldier finds his voice — By Mark O’Connell What makes a person decide to report a UFO sighting ten, twenty, even thirty-some years after the fact? As a longtime UFO researcher/historian and former field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), I’ve been confounded by this question countless times. One might naturally expect a UFO…UFO8 min readUFO8 min read
Jun 22, 2021Are UFOs Finally Real?By Mark O’Connell A bevy of interesting characters with murky backgrounds working on behalf of mysterious organizations in the pursuit of nebulous ends would have us believe that 2021 is the year our government finally admits that UFOS are “real” — and possibly that we have been in contact with…8 min read8 min read
Jun 28, 2020The Satisfaction of Not KnowingBy Mark O’Connell As UFOs go mainstream, UFO “believerism” goes into overdrive, and only muddies the waters Belief is a tricky bugger. If you “believe in” something, does that mean you are certain of the objective reality of that something, or does it mean you acknowledge that the something may…UFO18 min readUFO18 min read
Apr 28, 2017Trump’s new “Illegal Alien Hotline” May Finally Force Disclosure of Alien ContactThis could finally be it. For decades, UFO enthusiasts have waited and hoped for “The Big One”; the one announcement or discovery or Close Encounter that would finally prove beyond a doubt that UFOs are spacecraft from other worlds, and would convince their friends and relatives that they weren’t just…Space4 min readSpace4 min read
