Roswell Slides Latest

Thanks to the excellent work of Shepherd Johnson (who used the Freedom of Information Act and who has just secured a near-200 page collection of material on the matter), it's finally time to put the "Roswell Slides" issue to rest. Check it out!

Official UFO File of the Very Weird Kind

There's another new Mysterious Universe article from me today; this one on what is without doubt one of the strangest UFO-themed documents (and attendant story) to have surfaced via Freedom of Information legislation...

UFOs, Project Pandora, MJ12

This is very interesting...

Over at the Department of Defense's website you can find a document that has been declassified via the Freedom of Information Act on the subject of Project Pandora (which, in part, was focused on how microwaves can affect the mind and nervous-system).

It's a fascinating file that dates back to the 1960s.

It's a lengthy file, too: it runs to 469 pages.

But, here's the weird thing...

If you scroll down to page 449, you'll see that it contains a copy of the controversial "MJ12/Eisenhower Briefing Document" on the Roswell affair of 1947!

Of course, as most people within Ufology know, the document is one that has been the subject of much debate regarding its authenticity or otherwise.

Indeed, the copy of the EBD in the Pandora file has a hand-written note on it stating that, "This cannot be authenticated as an official DoD document."

Well, that's fair enough, and something that most people within Ufology would agree with - it has not been authenticated.

But, here's the issue: what is a copy of the EBD doing in a DoD file on Project Pandora...?

Miss Richards' UFO

My latest Mysterious Universe article (which you can find right here) takes a close look at just one of many intriguing UFO reports that have surfaced via the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. In the case in question, it's fair to say it was a very close encounter - barely a few feet above the vehicle in which the witnesses were driving! That one of the two witnesses was in the employ of officialdom, and that the entire affair provoked an official inquiry, makes it all the more intriguing...

UFOs: The Oz Files

An interesting new article detailing Australia's official response to the UFO phenomenon: files, archives, documents and FOIA...