MetaFilter posts tagged with UFOs

UFO or Solar Car?

mrgrimm — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:09:49 -0800

Marcelo da Luz has been attracting a lot of attention with his snazzy solar car. He's hoping to set a new world record by driving the car from Buffalo, NY, to Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

Unbelievable, Fantastic and Odd

MrMustard — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:28:15 -0800

The UK Ministry of Defence has just released previously classified documents detailing numerous UFO sightings and alien contacts from across the country. Report yours at UFO Watch.

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous

KokuRyu — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:06:50 -0800

Alien Images Appear On Wall In Calgary "I looked out and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I've lost my mind,'" resident Karen Henuset said of the first time she saw the specters. "So I asked our nanny to come and take a look at this, and the hair on her arms just stood straight up."(photo) (video)

Im Loving Aliens Instead

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:52:46 -0800

He'd speak wistfully about some future day when he'd have less work on and could investigate the paranormal for real. And now that day has come. Jon Ronson attends a UFO conspiracy conference with Robbie Williams. Compare and contrast, Dan Aykroyd.

Staging a UFO crash to attract Men in Black.

Effigy2000 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:31:41 -0800

Staging a UFO crash to attract Men in Black. Don't worry. The batshitinsane tag is in full force here. For further reading, enjoy The Walter Hill MiB case and the Malevolent Alien Abduction Research Web Site.

Roswell Redux

Roman Graves — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:40:21 -0800

We all know the UFO Festival is coming, but with it just a week away also comes fresh news of the crash itself. Walter Haut, the former PR man at Roswell Army Airfield, filled out an affidavit in 1993 detailing his experience with the crash. But nine years later Haut secretly filled out another, much more detailed, affidavit that was to be sealed until after his death. One with much heavier implications. Seeing as how this information was first released in book form, are we looking at a postmortem fame grab or a genuinely guilty conscience?

the Amazing Roswell UFO Festival

janetplanet — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:22:31 -0800

LOOK UP! (or down, if you happen to be reading from one of these. The annual "Amazing Roswell UFO Festival" happens this weekend, and it looks like ~~people~~ - er, visitors - are coming from all over! Who knew back in 1947 that this little incident would be the start of an entire sub-culture? Well, for me the fascination started with two of the the greatest UFO movies ever. For my grandparents, it started with one of the greatest radio broadcasts ever. But hey, there's no need to rely on fiction when we have one of the most insanely great UFO videos of all time provided by none other than the Mexican Government! Seen anything strange in the sky yourself lately? If so, you'd better report it here.

Arise, ye prisoners of delusion! Arise, ye whackjobs of the Earth!

jason's_planet — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:14:13 -0800

Have you ever run into Trotskyites before? You know, those dour, uptight dudes handing out free papers at demonstrations? They can spout some pretty colorful rhetoric but apart from that, most of them lead dull, constricted lives devoted to Party meetings and getting out the Party newspaper. Juan Posadas was the exception to this rule. Señor Posadas was a high-octane Trotskyite superfreak who advocated a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the USA in order to hasten the proletarian revolution. He looked to the skies and saw UFOs as evidence of the triumph of communism on other planets. Fidel Castro banned the Cuban section of his movement for trying to organize an attack on the U.S. base at Guantanamo. They don’t make ‘em like Posadas anymore. That’s for sure. (If you’re curious, there’s an archive of his works stored here. And some people are still keeping the faith.)

Emperor Penguins Uber Alles!

jason's_planet — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:30:03 -0800

Why are political extremists so interested in UFOs? The Nation of Islam has its “Great Mother Wheels.” Their melanin-challenged brethren in the Neo-Nazi movement have the myth of Neu Schwabenland, an Antarctic redoubt where the remnants of the Third Reich fled after the war, with the U.S. military in hot pursuit. There, hidden among the ice and the Emperor Penguins, the frostbitten Aryans plotted to reconquer the world. To that end, they created a fleet of UFOs, using top-secret Nazi technology that They don’t want you to know about. Nizkor has recreated pamphlets published by the Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel on this topic, one of which includes a helpful list of German phrases to be used during an encounter of the Third Kind. (This myth is also covered in the eighth chapter of this book.)

The Brother From Another Planet

jason's_planet — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:46:44 -0800

"White people call them Unidentified Flying Objects." This blog covers the incorporation of contemporary UFO myths into the Nation of Islam's peculiar pigmentational eschatology. It includes a link to a fire-and-brimstone speech by Reverend Farrakhan himself on this topic. (Due to subject matter and racial themes, these might not be the best links for work.)