As you may know, I have for many years had a deep interest in the Contactee/Space-Brother movement, which culminated in the publication of my book Contactees: A History of Alien-Human Interaction in December of last year.
One of the chapters in the book focuses upon one of the most legendary of all the Contactees of the 1950s: George Van Tassel of Giant Rock and Integratron fame (the picture above was taken by me when I visited the Integratron in 2008). Van Tassel was a fascinating character and had an equally fascinating life that saw him mixing with the likes of the legendary Howard Hughes when Van Tassel worked for Hughes Aircraft. Not only that: Van Tassel became the subject of an extensive FBI surveillance file, and his conferences out at Giant Rock, California attracted literally thousands at their height.
So, you may wonder, why am I mentioning this today? Simple: it was 100 years ago today that Van Tassel was born. Happy birthday George, wherever you may now be!
Good friend Peter Robbins will be speaking on March 25 about his research (and co-authored book with Larry Warren: Left at East Gate) into what is arguably Britain’s most famous UFO event: the UFO landing at Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk in December 1980. If you happen to be in Niagra County, NY on the 25th, you won’t want to miss this presentation from one of Ufology’s best and most eloquent speakers.
Here’s the press-release where you can learn more:
NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NY
PRESENTS
A BENEFIT NIGHT FOR NIAGARA HOSPICE
Sponsored by the NCCC Student Activities and Student Speaker’s Bureau
Peter Robbins
Bentwaters UFO Case
Peter Robbins has been involved in UFO studies for twenty-five years – as a researcher, investigator, writer, lecturer, best-selling author and currently as Executive Assistant to Budd Hopkins’ Intruders Foundation. He also serves as head of the UFO Media Group of Central Park Media Corporation and is Editor-In-Chief of the ground-breaking website UFOcity.com.
Mr. Robbins will discuss recent developments in the famous Bentwaters UFO case of 1980, which is detailed in his and Larry Warren’s book Left at East Gate. On three successive nights, the US airbase at Bentwaters, United Kingdom experienced a series of unearthly events. Bentwaters military police and their commanders were drawn into the nearby Rendlesham forest to investigate strange light phenomena linked to mysterious craft that violated their air and radar space. They encountered, and even touched, luminous vehicles, which sent light beams probing into nuclear weapons bunkers. They observed and experienced the effects of close encounters of the UFO kind on animals and humans alike. And some of these American servicemen would experience the ultimate encounter – confrontation with the inhuman occupants of these alien vehicles.
Peter Robbins Appearing at
NCCC (Niagara County Community College)
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the Humanities and Social Sciences Building E in Room E-140 – Parking in Lot #1
Admission is free but a voluntary donation of $3.00 to benefit Niagara Hospice will be collected at the door.
If you happen to be in the Dallas-Fort Worth area this coming Sunday, you may want to come along to the monthly meeting of the Dallas-Fort Worth Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) group.
The speaker will be none other than my good friend, Jon Downes: the head-honcho of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology. Jon is deep in the heart of the Lone Star State right now, investigating the so-called “Texas Chupacabras” phenomenon. And, he’ll be revealing his thoughts, theories and ideas at the MUFON gig this Sunday.
In 2004, Jon and I went on an expedition to Puerto Rico in search of the island’s very own Chupacabras – an investigation that Jon will also be discussing in his presentation, and which was the subject of his book, Island of Paradise.
For those wanting to attend Jon’s lecture, and to find details of time, location and more, click right here.
Nick Redfern is originally from England and lives in Dallas, Texas. He is the author of many books, including Contactees; Science Fiction Secrets; There’s Something in the Woods; Strange Secrets; On the Trail of the Saucer Spies; and Memoirs of a Monster Hunter.
He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Monster Quest; UFO Hunters; Proof Positive; Countdown; and Paranatural. He can be contacted at his website, nickredfern.com
On January 23, 2010, New Zealand-based news reports stated “The military is all set to release hundreds of pages of secret documentation on UFO sightings across New Zealand. The papers will be released during this year itself. After nearly 30 years of concealing the facts, previously classified details of UFO and extraterrestrial-related files. will be available for scrutiny.
Suzanne Hanson of New Zealand’s UFO Research, Support and Resource Network states “UFOCUS NZ’s own archives contain credible and detailed UFO sighting reports from New Zealand pilots, air traffic controllers, and military personnel. In addition, the research network holds sighting reports from members of the public who experienced significant UFO sightings dating as far back as 1908. Some of these prominent cases were investigated by NZ Air Force personnel, and she is hopeful the MOD files may contain their reports.
Ms. Hanson reports “It is likely the files will also contain additional information about the renowned ‘Kaikoura lights’ sightings which made world headlines in 1978/79.”
UFOCUS NZ staff member and former Chief air traffic controller of Wellington International Airport, John Cordy, witnessed the Kaikoura lights on airport control centre radar, and states, “I hope the files will validate the reality of the sightings, and vindicate key witnesses who observed them, and faced ‘trial by media’.”
Stay tuned for more information, as the facts reveal themselves.
Did you know that Jackie Gleason comedian, television star, and motion picture actor of international acclaim, was a collector of paranormal books, journals, magazines, and publications. He had collected over 1,700 volumes on a broad and ecclectic interest in the paranormal.
The Jackie Gleason Collection includes approximately 1,700 volumes of books, journals, proceedings, pamphlets, and publications in the field of parapsychology, and a lesser quantity of titles relating to the entertainment industry. The Gleason Collection includes both scholarly and popular works published in the United States and abroad. Within the field of parapsychology, the collection offers materials on such topics as: witchcraft, folklore, extrasensory perception (ESP), unidentified flying objects (UFOs), reincarnation, mysticism, spiritualism, mental telepathy, the occult, ghosts, clairvoyance, cosmology, demons, hypnosis, life after death, mediums, psychical research, voodooism, and others.
His wife Marilyn donated his entire collection to the University of Miami Library, Coral Gables, FL in 1988.
Fate magazine has been reporting on the evidence of the afterlife since 1948!
Evidence of the Afterlife - Dr. Jeffrey Long, Jody Long, and Paul Perry
Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiencesby M.D. Jeffrey Long, was an instant best seller - having researched some 1,300 near-death experiences, Long present compelling proof ot the afterlife. His book is considered the largest research project on Near Death Experiences (NDEs) with over 1,300 NDEs researched by the Near Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF).
Crossing boundaries of age, gender, culture and time, Long says that the similarities recounted by near-death survivors are too similar to be chalked up to mere romantic, imagined, or cultured experiences, projected as defense mechanisms or the swansong of a dying brain.
Arguing that the accounts of young children hold the key to overcoming skeptical notions of ingrained cultural descriptions of what heaven “should be,” Long states that children age five and under hold true to explaining a world beyond that hasn’t yet been spoiled by the conventional wisdom of their cultures of origin.
Here is an excerpt: While few adults would claim to have memories stretching back beyond four or five years of age, a number of respondents to our Steiger Questionnaire of Mystical, Paranormal, and UFO Experiences say that they are able to recall dramatic near-death experiences (NDEs) that they experienced as young as two or three. Because both of us had near-death experiences as children, we have taken a personal interest in such reports of childhood NDEs. Of the approximately 36,000 individuals who have responded to our questionnaire since 1968, 69 percent state that they underwent a near-death experience—82 percent of that number had an NDE before the age of 12. Read the rest of this entry »
FATE is excited to announce the launch of our new website! FATE moves into a new era of reporting of the strange and unknown. FATE will continue to have articles of True Mystic Experiences, My Proof of Survival, Ghosts, Hauntings, Paranormal Investigation, UFOs, Aliens, Angels, Mysticism, Magick, Religion, Spirituality, Mystics, Mediums, Psychics, Cryptozoology, Ancient Mysteries, Crop Circles, Ancient Archeology, Pyramids, Telekinesis and much more.
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UFO Witness Paintings of Sightings in Brazil in the 60s and 70s
The Brazilian Government has just declassified a new set of significant previously secret UFO documents
, now covering the 80s. We already had disclosures covering the 50s, 60s and 70s, all with very important documents and information. So far over 4,000 pages have been disclosed. This material is public thanks to the efforts of the Brazilian Committee of UFO Researchers (CBU), and the Brazilian UFO Magazine, as a direct result of the campaign UFOs: Freedom of Information Now.
The recent disclosure is particularly powerful because it contains dozens of reports of UFOs on May 19, 1986, considered the “Official UFO Night in Brazil”, when 21 spherical objects, estimated 100 meters in diameter – according to military sources – were detected by radars and spotted by civilian pilots, and literally jammed air traffic over the major Brazilian Airports, such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Then, several Mirage and F5 jets were scrambled to pursue them.
As a result of that “invasion”, the Air Force minister brigadier Octavio Moreira Lima went public about it on the national TV network, declaring all facts openly. The pilots who took part in the pursue and their commanders also spoke freely about the pursuits, which occurred over several hours.
We’ve had several other disclosures since 2007, all as a direct result of the campaign UFOs: Freedom Of Information Now, promoted since 2004 by the Brazilian Committee of UFO Researchers. The latest disclosure comprises over 2,200 new pages of formerly secret UFO documents that were given to the Committee and also sent to the Brazilian National Archives.
In late July, hundreds of papers from the Brazilian Air Force’s official System for the Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (SIOANI)have demonstrated how the nation’s military authorities dealt with the UFO Phenomena in the 60s and 70s.
SIOANI and civilian researchers took part in the investigation and as a result of this combined effort, Brazil was the first country in the world to officially and publicly admit the reality of the UFO Phenomena, and the first to investigate it openly.
For instance, where have you ever seen color drawings of flying saucers reported by witnesses and investigated by military personnel, such as these one in this post?
These are only a few links to recently discovered colored drawings of UFOs seen in Brazil and investigated in the 60s and 70s by the Brazilian Air Force’s official System for the Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (SIOANI). Much more is about to be disclosed.
The Brazilian UFO Magazine website – www.ufo.com.br – already has thousands of pages for download, such as over 1,200 pages of documents, 200 photos of SIOANI’s activities and Operation Saucer, carried out in the Amazonian region in 1977. Along with documents received by the Committee from other military sources.
Included in the recently revealed documents are the detailed research proceedings carried out in dozens of UFO-related incidents which had not been made public previously. Some of the colored sketches of UFO incidents investigated by SIOANI are on the website.
Please note: PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR MUFON GROUPS AND CONTACTS. Download, print, publicize and otherwise share these documents, but please do not fail to mention the source, Brazilian UFO Magazine, and emphasize that this material is public thanks to the efforts of the Brazilian Committee of UFO Researchers (CBU), as a direct result of the campaign UFOs: Freedom of Information Now.
A. J. Gevaerd,
Editor, Brazilian UFO Magazine
Coordinator, Brazilian Committee of UFO Researchers (CBU)
Equipment for paranormal investigators has come a long way and is now growing by leaps and bounds as interest expands to tens of thousands of everyday folk. Gone are the days when a handful of writer/researchers dominated the landscape, and the best one could hope for was a new approach using the same limited tools. No one was creating new gear, at best we learned to modify what was already available to other fields. Today of course, it seems that there are as many qualified engineers working to keep us supplied with the new necessities of the growing market place as there are users. Some of the things you find on sale are useless, others so innovative that they boggle the mind. Here is a little look at what I think are possibly the most innovative as we enter a new decade. Read the rest of this entry »
Rosemary Ellen Guiley is one of leading experts on the paranormal and supernatural. With 42 books – including 9 encyclopedias – and hundreds of articles in print on a wide range of paranormal, spiritual and mystical topics, she possesses an exceptional knowledge of the field. She has approximately one million copies in print.
Her popular encyclopedias on ghosts and spirits, angels, demons, vampires and werewolves, magic and alchemy, witchcraft, dreams, mystical and paranormal experience and saints are considered essential sources for authors, researchers, film and documentary producers, and paranormal investigators. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 28th, 2009 by rickmoran in News, Rick Moran
Rick Moran
Well, 2009 is coming to a close and as in years past, folks expect that I will have some profound words of wisdom, possibly the paranormal investigator’s equivalent to Jean Dixon…sorry it doesn’t work like that! In fact, while preparing to write this blog I considered several year-end topics, but frankly my personality really detests retrospectives, so I will not allude to cheap tricks on Ghostie shows or pompous soothsayers who have to remind us how great they really are. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel, whose name means “hero of God” or “the mighty one,” is the angel of revelation, wisdom, mercy, redemption and promise, who sits at the left hand of God. His trumpet-blowing image is prominent at Christmastime, for he is considered to be the angel who tells Mary that she will bear a son named Jesus. Gabriel also figures in the angelologies of Judaism and Islam.
Gabriel is mentioned four times in the Bible, and always in connection with important news. In the Old Testament, he is named as Daniel’s frequent visitor, bringing prophetic visions of apocalyptic proportion (Daniel 8:16, 9:21). Angelic attribution of the visions, which were treasonous at the time of the writing of the book of Daniel, might explain Gabriel’s prominent presence. In the New Testament, Gabriel’s name is given to Zechariah: “I am Gabriel who stands in God’s presence” when he announces the coming birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:19) and cited in the annunciation to Mary (Luke 1:26) of the coming birth of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by webmaster in News
View of Earth from Space
Planetary Change and the Real Catastrophe
Oil, Coal and Crustal Displacement
by Jonathon Spinney
There is no doubt that the burning of fossil fuels and the resulting carbon monoxide releases in our atmosphere are rapidly changing our planet’s ecosystem. However, there is a much more serious fossil fuel issue that has been almost completely ignored by scientists, environmentalists and politicians. In fact, with few exceptions, almost nothing has been written about the more serious issue of crustal displacement. Read the rest of this entry »
FATE recently had the distinction of a personal interview with renowned physicist Michio Kaku when he visited Minneapolis. Kaku is the author of Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel. Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Read the rest of this entry »
We are all very aware of the contentious debate regarding health care reform. One of the most fear-ridden elements has been called “Killing Granny.” Folks are worried about end of life care and the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: death.
Fate has dealt with death—and life after death— for more than 61 years. This is a topic that has absorbed our readers too. However, we deal with it in an entirely different way. A way that gives hope and comfort to everyone who has been touched by the death of someone close to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Color drawing of Brazilian 'UFO night" in which 21 UFO were sighted and reported by the military and civilians.
May 19, 1986 was considered the “Official UFO Night in Brazil”. 21 spherical objects, estimated 100 meters in diameter – according to military sources – were detected by radars and spotted by civilian pilots.
The Brazilian Government has just declassified a new set of significant previously secret UFO documents, now covering the 80s. We already had disclosures covering the 50s, 60s and 70s, all with very important documents and information. So far over 4,000 pages have been disclosed. This material is public thanks to the efforts of the Brazilian Committee of UFO Researchers (CBU), and the Brazilian UFO Magazine, as a direct result of the campaign UFOs: Freedom of Information Now. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by webmaster in News
With the launch of NASA’s Kepler Mission earlier this year, the quest for alien life has been supercharged. Kepler, traveling in an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit, features a powerful space telescope specifically designed to find Earthlike planets orbiting distant stars. When such planets are identified, they become prime candidates in the decades-long Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
As SETI enters this exciting new phase, FATEmag.com is highlighting articles and video clips telling the story of this quest and its future prospects.
