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UFOs and the Kingdom of the Cults

It’s no wonder that there’s been a rise of cults looking to interpret UFO phenomena through a religious lens.[1] Some examples of such groups include the Aetherius Society, the Raelian Movement, and the Unarius Academy of Science. In the following discussion, I’ll briefly explore the core beliefs of each cult and wrap up with some…

A Primer on Psychic Techniques

While some psychics claim to possess supernatural abilities, one cannot avoid skepticism and suspicion of fraud in the face of the evidence. Let’s take a brief look at the modus operandi of psychics and try to figure out what’s going on here. At the outset, I will acknowledge that not all psychic phenomena are hoaxes,…

Assessing the Accuracy of Psychics

What can be make of the accuracy of psychics? Some people have assumed that psychics are incredibly accurate, but this is far from the case. Even psychics themselves admit that no psychic is infallible. My goal in this article is to challenge the notion of psychic accuracy and present the real facts. Former occultist and…

UFOs and the Occult Connection

Many UFO sightings can be easily dismissed as mistakenly identified planets, rocket launchings, weather balloons, and various atmospheric phenomena. Sometimes, however, sightings cannot be so easily explained. Indeed, the Air Force’s Project Blue Book could not provide a rationale for 700 out of 12,600 cases of sightings between 1947 and 1969, when the project was…

UFOs and Hard Evidence

UFOs are reported to appear seemingly out of nowhere, travel at phenomenal speeds across the sky, turn at impossible angles, and disappear without a trace. Given this, UFOs are scientifically very hard to explain. One researcher commented that “it is literally impossible to understand them within the space-time framework we use to interpret ordinary events.”[1]…