Thursday, 18 September 2025
UAP? Ghosts? Strange Phenomena? Cryptozoology? We Got It Covered!
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After more than 40 years as an investigator and more than fifty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has accumulated dealing with such things as..
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn, The Ghosts Of All Saints Church, Dead Aquatic Creatures of Canvey Island, captured bigfoot like creatures in India -all exclusively presented for the first time and with new added research previously unseen.
PLUS a vastly expanded section on Spring-heeled Jack! Photographs, maps, line drawings and up-dated to make 358 pages looking at Things truly Strange and Sinister.
Cryptozoologist,Ghost Hunter,Ufologist or Fortean:this book has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive!
ContentsForeword by Travis L. Whitehurst
Introduction de occultis non judicat ecclesia
The Bristol Rocking Horse
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn
The Coonian Ghost
The Ghosts Of All Saints Church
His Luminous Chamber
The Late Reverend Dr. Blomberg
And More Ghost Stories
The Thomas B. Cumpston Case
The Chupacabra
The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle
What’s Tall,Hairy And Vanishes?
Mystery Beasts Of Ireland
The Creature Of The Dump
The Strange Creature Of Repton Woods
The Bizarre Legends,Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
The Black Beast Of Darmstadt
The Nameless Thing Of Berkley Square
The Terrifying Case Of The U.S. Naval Transport
The Case Of The Ghost Lear Jet
Ghost Planes,Crashes And Dead Aquatic Creatures
The Mitchison Loch Ness Monster Video
From The Deep Below To The Air Above –USOs
Aerial Encounters Over Austria
A Crashed UFO In 1790?
Angel Hair
Quimper-Corentin:Where “Thunder Fell”
Strange Aliens From Space
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ And Other Crash Retrievals
Transient Lunar Phenomena,Alien Structures And Moon Vegetation
Whiddon Down-Saint-Jean-du-Guard:Impossible Correlations?
The Venezuelan HorrorA Final Word.
Alleged piece of crashed UFO from Berwyn Mountains, Wales.
After more than 40 years as an investigator and more than fifty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has accumulated dealing with such things as..
ContentsForeword by Travis L. Whitehurst
Introduction
The Bristol Rocking Horse
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn
The Coonian Ghost
The Ghosts Of All Saints Church
His Luminous Chamber
The Late Reverend Dr. Blomberg
And More Ghost Stories
The Thomas B. Cumpston Case
The Chupacabra
The Strange Case Of The Gotherington Gargoyle
What’s Tall,Hairy And Vanishes?
Mystery Beasts Of Ireland
The Creature Of The Dump
The Strange Creature Of Repton Woods
The Bizarre Legends,Crimes And Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
The Black Beast Of Darmstadt
The Nameless Thing Of Berkley Square
The Terrifying Case Of The U.S. Naval Transport
The Case Of The Ghost Lear Jet
Ghost Planes,Crashes And Dead Aquatic Creatures
The Mitchison Loch Ness Monster Video
From The Deep Below To The Air Above –USOs
Aerial Encounters Over Austria
A Crashed UFO In 1790?
Angel Hair
Quimper-Corentin:Where “Thunder Fell”
Strange Aliens From Space
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ And Other Crash Retrievals
Transient Lunar Phenomena,Alien Structures And Moon Vegetation
Whiddon Down-Saint-Jean-du-Guard:Impossible Correlations?
The Venezuelan Horror
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Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are evidence of aliens visiting the Earth. Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings were talked about but not taken seriously.
In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a "slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon and claims made by researchers such as Budd Hopkins, Prof. John Mack and Dr David Jacobs and Whitley Streiber.
But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?
Are these people all hoaxers, psychotic or suffering from some other mental illness as some claim?
Are those people who were exposed by Ufologists against their wishes, people who wanted to report what happened and then just get back to their everyday lives -thrust into the media glare against their will?
And if US authorities were so interested that in one case at least they broke into the home of two abductees and this was later proven -why?
Why did a hard core of these people never want publicity or to make money from what happened to them?
Above all, why did a major UFO landing incident take place on a US Inbterstate road in front of a large number of observers (all willing to talk to investigators) never get investigated? If it were not for a radio presenter interviewing and taking notes we would know nothing of the case -it would be labelled "insubstantial".
James and Coral Lorensen -the Scopolamine Kids; using a very notorious "truth drug" on alleged UFO witnesses and selling stories to newspapers. An investigator (a veteran) showing a witness images of "aliens" encountered in other cases before any memories were retrieved. Worst of all, the constant "pissing competition" and breaches of trust between UFO investigators.
2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the faults within Ufology.
Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.
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A must read for those with a serious interest in UFOs Some of the contents:
The Nottinghamshire UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ and
Strange
UFO Abductees and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
The UFO That Landed On
My Encounters With The Men In Black
A Previously Un-noted Alien Entity Type
Early 20th Century
Close Encounter with a Boggart
Some Odd and Unusual Cases
Rosa Lotti and the Happy Entities
The Strange Case of the Woollaton Gnomes and the Mince-pie Martians
What Happened on the
The ‘Lost’ Belgian UFO Landing Case
Strange Aliens from Outer Space?
Encounter with Black Aliens and Landed UFO
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Beyond UFO Contact i the fourth book in the groundbreaking series looking at reports of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Alien-Entity reports from around the world and reassessing these. In addition there is a look at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligences (SETI) and its relevance to the UFO phenomenon.
contents list:
Introduction: The Path of Counter-Actuality
1. Dionisio Llanca: Truck Driver, UFO Abductee and Human Guinea Pig
2. Aliens -What Can We Expect?
3. The Moreland Incident
4. It Is All Fake: Ufology Needs To Be Reassessed
5. Warminster UFOs and Entity Reports
6. Have Things Changed Since 1977?
7. The Beausoleil Cas -Even Aliens Like Theatre
8. The Pwca
9. Contact...with the Vegetable Alien
10. The Casitas Dam UFO Photograph and Entity
11. The Crystal Lake Encounter
12. The Humanoids at South Riverand the Luczkowich Encounter
13. Harrison Bailey
14. Sonny DesVerger
15. The UFO "Borderline"-The Imjarvi Skiers
16. Some Interesting Reports to Note
17. Dead Aliens in Photographs
18. Ufology, Government Cover Ups and Disclosure
19. The Reports That You Might Not Want To Look Into
20. Conil de la Frontera -a Credible Report?
21. Eighteenth Century Aliens?
22. Clearview Ranch
23. The Pat McGuire Case
24. Piero Fortunato Franzetta
25. The Silbury Hill Encounter
26. The Bridge Abduction
27. The Bagshot Heath UFO Incident
28. Lurkers and Alien Disinterest
29. What If YOU See Aliens Land?
30. So What Would YOU Do If You Encountered A Landed UFO?
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Friday, 12 September 2025
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
The Beast Of Faudiere -The Investigation Continues -Un cas pour nos amis français
When you look at the all time views of this blog you'll notice France has provided 25,000 views. I had hoped that some of those reading the blog from France might have been interested in looking at the Beast of Faudiere case -looking into archives- but no. Sad as so far no local authority in the area has bothered responding.
In case you have no idea what I am talking about...
Please bear with me since a wildlife mystery involving a rather odd canid (or other animal) literally drags me in and as an historical researcher and archivist....
Since the 1970s I have blundered into one wild canid mystery after another. In some cases, such as Charles Forts mythical "killer canids of Cavan" -there was no such thing. The "Beast of Ennerdale" was another and so was the "Beast of Gevaudan" .
In the Cavan case it took over 30 years to get access to the records of the "Ennis Asylum" where 'victims' were sent. Charles Hoy Fort (who gave his name to the equally dubious "Forteana") was either a very bad researcher, added 'details' that were made up to spice a story up or a downright liar. Yes, I have read the 1942 edition of The Books of Charles Fort so many times that I know their contents better than my own books!
The Beast of Gevaudan, Forteans and cryptozoologists will give you a number of explanations for and I have read and heard certain Forteans literally dribble over the "childe serial killer who was covering up his sexual crimes". I ought to point out that that particular explanation has absolutely no facts to back it up. Communicating with French museums I eventually communicated with the curator of one who had produced a paper on the Beast and clearly identified it as a striped hyena. Wolves were the "great enemy" in France and still are (see the Red Paper 2010 for a history of wolves and encounters in France -not included in the 2022 edition).
But researcher 18th and 19th centuries newspaper and journal archives I discovered many things -including a gorilla brought to England in 1801 (detailed in Some More Things Strange and Sinister).
“Yesterday evening about eight o’clock, a wild
beast devoured two girls,one about twelve, and
the other seven years of age, the daughters of a
farmer in the Commune of Chevroliere. The
animal immediately after took shelter in the fo-
rest of Faudiere. It appeared to be larger than
a wolf, had a snout about a foot long, and a very
formidable set of teeth.”
Having proven beyond any real doubt just what The Beast of Gevaudan and the Girt Dog of Ennerdale (read Some Things Strange And Sinister) had been, I tried long and hard to identify or even get additional information on a French case of 1800. If any existing or would-be investigator of the mysterious could come up with more than a non-French speaking / reading English idiot (me) could then I would give a big cheer.
I have now continuously searched the internet since 2008, originally once a week and then once a month but all I came up with was my account of what happened. I have scoured as many of the newspaper titles as I can from the United Kingdom at that time. However, in the early days news was received in letter form from Englishmen or travellers abroad –everything from food shortages, crime and much more.
It may well be that some other newspaper also published a piece on this but it is more than likely only one did!
This is where French researchers who know the newspaper / local record system can help.
So, if not a wolf, just what was The Beast Of Faudiere?
Sunday, 7 September 2025
Proximity: Life Changing UFO Experiences. Volume 1 The Early Years
John Hanson and Shirley Edwards
236pp
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157276331175?itmmeta=01K4JFAY8FVJV4HYBHAM14FVM4&hash=item249e665ca7:g:XsQAAeSwl7hory8f&pfm=0The UFO books by John Hanson delves into the historical and paranormal aspects of the topic, published by Haunted Skies. The paperback books offer an intriguing narrative in English, focusing on real-life stories and encounters related to UFO sightings and alien phenomena. Perfect for those interested in the mysteries of the unknown, this book series explores the fascinating world of non-fiction storytelling in the genre of the paranormal.
Very few UFO books impress me these days as they are usually the same old-same old and usually leave me asking why I spent my valuable money on them. There are the exceptions such as John Hanson's Haunted Skies UFO Encyclopedia series which is not as boring as "encyclopedia" may make it seem. Those are thoroughly researched books and many cases often left "hanging" have been looked into revealing factors that previous Ufologists never asked about or bothered with.
It cost me a fair amount but I at least have a full set of HS and every single volume is full of post-it notes and the more post-it notes shows how valuable a reference a book can be. Having specialised in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Alien Entity reports since 1974 I have to admit that Haunted Skies as a series turned up a good few UK reports that I had never heard of -because they were reported to and investigated by Hanson.
HS as a series does not just focus on the UK as anyone who has ever read a volume will know. The in depth work on the Rendlesham Forest Incident -The Halt Perspective for instance are valuable sources for serious researchers.
So what does Proximity Volume 1 have going for it? Firstly, it brings together some of the best cases from the HS series (which are hard to come by volumes now). There is a look at some of the personalities involved in Ufology from J Allen Hynek, Trevor James Constable, Dr Condon, the now sadly forgotten Arthur Constance and many others including astronauts. There is a look at UFO Disclosure but the main "meat" of the bookare the actual witness/percipient accounts.
There are reports beginning in 1870, through the early 1900s and 1920s through to the 1960s; everything from missing time incidents to recalled abductions and close proximity sightings that caused physiological effects in the observers. There are the claims of sightings and then threats and intimidation of observers to keep them quiet. Enough is presented here to make you ask "What is going on?"
But there is more. There are features within the book such as a large section on the Betty and Barney Hill case and one asking whether Morris K Jessup was murdered for getting too close to the truth. There is a look at the claims of George Adamski and correlations from other UFO reports. One thing that stands out are the stories of the people who became involved in Ufology and how they set up groups or investigated personally reports as they came in (such as Gavin Gibbons who looked into the 1954 Jessie Roestenberg CE3).
The volume is not just a boring citation of report after report but fills in many things that people want to know such as "Who was this person? Were they a loony?" or even "Has anyone else ever reported what that person saw or says happened to them?" You will find those questions answered where ever possible in this book -Shirley Edwards adding notes where necessary. And on top of everything else the book is full of photographs and illustrations many of which have not seen print before -some in colour and some in black and white. The last chapter of the book looks at some cases from the 1970s on that will no doubt get fuller treatment in the next volume.
If you are looking for a book that genuinely looks at the phenomena involved then this has to be it whether you are just curious or trying to learn more to become active in Ufology. The book is highly recommended.
Note: John is also interviewed and looks at his work on the Haunted Skies Project here: https://terryhooper.blogspot.com/2024/09/john-hanson-haunted-skies-and-british.html
A Comet? An Alien Space Probe -or overpaid Scientists Looking For The Next Grant Cheque?
Four Telescopes Confirm There's Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System
By definition, scientists don't know what to expect as they inspect the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, since it's only the third object detected from beyond the solar system in human history.
But the surprises just keep coming. The mysterious entity, which was first spotted hurtling towards the Sun from far beyond in early July, has fascinated researchers ever since. As Science Alert points out, a quartet of powerful telescopes — NASA's Hubble, SPHEREx, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and James Webb Space Telescope — have now turned their powerful gazes to observe 3I/ATLAS.
And while there's a broad consensus among experts that the object is a comet — a small, icy body that releases gases as it passes by the Sun — the data tells a strikingly more nuanced story, making clear that the object is deeply strange in ways that will make it a topic of study and comparison for many years.
For one, SPHEREx and James Webb observations have both shown that its coma, which a large atmosphere of gas and dust that surrounds a comet's nucleus, bears a much higher proportion of carbon dioxide gas than expected. In fact, scientists found it to have the highest carbon dioxide to water ratio ever observed in a comet.
TESS, which had technically already spotted the object months ahead of its July discovery that were later found in its archived observations, showed the object was already bright and active when it was six astronomical units from the Sun, well past the orbit of Jupiter, far more distant to be showing activity than most comets.
NASA's Hubble revealed a "teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off of the comet's solid, icy nucleus," yet it "does not feature a distinct cometary tail," according to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb (who has colorfully suggested that the object could have been sent to us by an extraterrestrial civilization.)
The object's origins remain as elusive as ever. In a preprint paper, an international team of researchers posited that 3I/ATLAS may contain "ices exposed to higher levels of radiation than Solar System comets," or it could've "formed close to the CO2 ice line in its parent protoplanetary disk."
For now, we'll have to be patient until the findings — as well as any future observations before it screams back out of the solar system's other side — undergo further analysis and peer review.
By the time the object makes its departure, it will have made relatively close flybys of Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. Loeb has proposed that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter should have a closer look, as the object comes within less than two million miles of the Red Planet.
And roughly five months later, NASA's Juno probe could intercept it as it approaches Jupiter. Perhaps then, we could finally get a better sense of its peculiar nature.