Most hypotheses about a giant yet unseen Planet 9 orbiting the Sun are based on the need to explain why many space objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune have orbits that are so contrary to those of the planets and closer objects that they border on impossible … unless something with a massive gravitational […]
Entertainment
Steal the Stars: UFO Secrecy and Pulp Storytelling Enter the Era of New Media
Last December, we learned about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program or AATIP, a once-secret Pentagon program involved in the study of unexplained aerial phenomena or UFOs. The program came to public awareness after a lengthy article on its funding, secured in part by former Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, who secured assistance in the […]
Mysterious Vanishings and the Devil’s Sea of Japan
The sprawling oceans of our planet have long been a wellspring of tales of the strange and the unexplained, perhaps not surprising considering the sheer vastness of their largely unexplored depths. Among all of the various phenomena of the sea, perhaps the most well-known is that famous anomalous region of vanishing ships and planes called […]
19.22 – MU Podcast
Fraud, after-death communication and betrayal collide on this episode as we follow one sociologists’ journey from fighting in Vietnam to believing in psi phenomena. All is revealed when we look at the mysteries of the “Mini-lab” that facilitates communication with disincarnate entities. We also follow up on the incredible life story of Julliena Okah, a […]
Jovian Mystery Moons: Spotting Anomalies on Jupiter’s Satellites
In the late spring and early summer, Jupiter is one of the most prominent objects appearing in the night sky. Appearing vivid and bright on any clear evening, it rises in the east and follows a westerly course throughout the nighttime hours, receding beyond the horizon to the west prior to dawn. Stargazing apps will […]
Severed Snake Head Attacks Texas Man and a Rare Orange Lobster is Caught in Canada
It’s time for another edition of Anomalous Animals – tales of strange creatures found in real places that defy the laws of nature and occasionally kill humans in the process. Today we offer for your education and entertainment a story from Texas, the state that prides itself on threatening anyone who messes with it, about […]
A Tale of an Exploding UFO Implodes
Here’s my third and final article (well, for now, at least…) on how and why we need to be so very careful when it comes to addressing and investigating tales of UFOs that have fallen to Earth. This one deals with a case that has been championed by quite a few UFO researchers, but which […]
American Psycho: MIT Models Machine Learning Program After Norman Bates
It’s just the kind of thing you’d hope some of the world’s leading experts on artificial intelligence would be doing: creating an AI that conflates things like “weddings” with “murders,” and possesses a generally disturbed outlook on the world. But it’s precisely what one group of MIT researchers have done in a recent study, where […]
A New Religion Based on Blockchain May Have a Prayer
The number of people who understand or can adequately explain bitcoins is small. Not surprisingly, the number of people who understand or can explain the blockchain technology behind bitcoins is even smaller. This frustrates the vast majority who want to get filthy rich like they know the bitcoin owners and blockchain gurus undoubtedly are, but […]
Bizarre Encounters with the Batsquatch
In the annals of strange animals, monsters, and mystery beasts there are some that seem to truly defy classification, and which really go to the far extremes of the weird. These are creatures and entities that defy any real category, cause us to scratch our heads, and which flutter on the edge of absurdity, and […]