It’s one of the most famous conspiracies associated with the end of the Second World War: that a group of Nazis escaped to Antarctica, where they had a secret base established to aid in the furtherance of their top secret flying saucer development program. Such tales have been the stuff ofContinue Reading
As the Christmas holiday ensued in 1978, there was a disturbance in the force… one that would resonate with Star Wars fandom for decades. Continue Reading
There is a famous American legend about a shipwreck, which tells the fate of the vessel known as the Princess Augusta, better known as the “Palatine”, and her 150 passengers. Those aboard were among the remaining survivors of a group of Germans seeking a life free of religious persecution in America, when the shipContinue Reading
After a bitter and highly contentious 2016 election, the American people have elected Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, in an unexpected win for the non-establishment Republican candidate. And in other news, the sky appears to be falling. It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s “upset” victoryContinue Reading
Sunday, October 9th arrived, and I found myself on the road for the majority of the day, unable to settle in and observe the spectacle from home that most Americans were watching: the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. I was, however, able to stream the debate,Continue Reading
American politics, and culture in general, present numerous “vanity traps” to us today. Is there a deeper sense of self that we have lost, due to our absorption in the instant gratification of technology and culture?Continue Reading
On Monday, NASA announced that the agency’s astronomers would present new findings from a recent Europa observation campaign, which it was said resulted in “surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa.” During the 2 PM press conference, Paul Hertz, director of theContinue Reading
Secret Societies have, understandably, become a mainstay of conspiracy culture in the Western World today. As Manly P. Hall, the knowledgeable chronicler of philosophical studies in the early part of the last century had written, “Secret Societies have existed among all peoples, savage and civilized, since the beginning of recorded history… It isContinue Reading
Though the passage is oft cited, Tolkien’s famous poem does bear a memorable phrase, which strikes me as the final moments of this morning strike the sun’s highest point in the sky, and coalesce into the beginning of the afternoon. It goes: “All that is gold does not glitter, NotContinue Reading
“Of all the questions the Gallup pollsters have asked the American public, why have UFOs struck such a resonant cord with the average adult American?” This was a question asked by Allan Hendry, UFO investigator for the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) throughout the late 1970s, whose work alongside J.Continue Reading
In the realms of science fiction, the concept of an “alien invasion” is quite common. Often employed metaphorically as social commentary representing concerns about issues of the more earthly variety, the notion of a “real” alien invasion, and the concerns it may present, have garnered some very real champions in recentContinue Reading