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Oh Roswell!

If ever you are in Downtown Roswell, (and why wouldn’t you be?) You may see a very singular place. As a matter of fact you’d have to be blind and pretty messed up not to see it (or on your way to see Carlsbad Caverns … Continue reading →

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the-star-stuff: Shadows of the Sun. This gives you an idea of what SDO will see on June 5-6, 2012. I

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CFI Charges Country Club with Religious Discrimination After Cancelled Dawkins Event

  On April 30, 2012, the Center for Inquiry (CFI) filed suit against a Michigan country club for religious discrimination and breach of contract after the club cancelled an event because of the attendees’ lack of religious beliefs. CFI is … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse never: Newly discovered Mayan calendar disproves 2012 doomsday myth

I know this is going to be disappointing a lot of people out there.  I never figured out the overwhelming desire of some wo-woos to see the end times. I think it would be a lousy experience all around. I mean, even the most pleasant end of the … Continue reading →

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The UFO Bestiary

Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute You may not see massive UFO exhibits at your local science museum, but there’s no dearth of saucer stories infesting my email. Every day I receive several reports of alien sightings, extraterrestrial plans for … Continue reading →

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Extraterrestrials: Florida witnesses report alien, unusual eyes

I love stuff like this, a couple of high school kids see a 9 foot being with a bag and florescent eyes, and it’s assumed it’s an alien! Why and alien and not a hyper-dimensional being or a shaved Bigfoot with florescent eyes?  Why is … Continue reading →

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Investigating New Mexico’s less-famous UFO landing

Dave Thomas, president of New Mexicans for Science and Reason, stands near the Socorro UFO landing site. (Credit: Amanda Kooser/CNET) SOCORRO, N.M.–Roswell gets all the glory. It has a UFO festival, a UFO museum, and a prominent place in the … Continue reading →

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David Edgar Love: “I Think I Have Scientology By The Balls”

When I talked to David Edgar Love by Skype at his Montreal apartment Wednesday evening, he sounded exhausted — he’d had only an hour of sleep in the past two days. “I’m pretty tired. I was up until about 5 … Continue reading →

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‘Monolith’ Object on Mars? You Could Call It That

Amateur stargazers have discovered an intriguing object jutting out from the surface of Mars. The seemingly perfectly rectangular, upright structure, found in NASAimages of the Red Planet, bears a striking resemblance to the monoliths planted on Earth and the moon by … Continue reading →

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After 65 years, events at Roswell, NM, still evoke thoughts of extraterrestrials

  EL PASO – Rapidly moving and unusually powerful storms do hit the southwest of United States from time to time and one of them struck near Roswell, NM, in the late hours of July 4, 1947. An aerial craft … Continue reading →

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