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John Philip Bessor (1914-1989) is best remembered for his suggestion that UFOs might be space animals, a theory he proposed in a letter to the Air Force as early as 1947. Most agree that the “space critter” idea, seen in Hollywood movies like Nope, originated with him. He wrote a full article about atmospheric beasties for FATE in 1955, but it wasn’t his first piece for the magazine. As early as 1950 he was submitting work about a variety of paranormal phenomena. One of our a

This was originally posted here Tony “Doc” Shiels (he purchased his doctorate for $5) has one of the better obituary headlines you’ll ever read. The Telegraph described him as a “hard-drinking bohemian artist who claimed to have raised the Loch Ness Monster.” Those are big shoes to fill. “Doc” sent this promo poster to FATE headquarters in the winter of 1974 with a handwritten missive on the back. Shiels was a magician, a practitioner of “bizarre magic,” and an unconventional

Someone get Richard C. Hoagland on the phone! We're talkin' moon bases!