Tag Archives: Fortean Times

Churchill’s Secret War

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dr David Clarke

Winston Churchill’s interest in strange phenomena and UFOs makes the cover story in the November 2018 issue of Fortean Times magazine. Top Secret War chronicles the British Prime Minister’s curiosity about a range of unexplained phenomena during his long career … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Ministry, flying saucers, Fortean Times, Helen Duncan, Major Wellesley Tudor Pole, Richard Nixon, The National Archives, UFOs, University of Cambridge, Winston Churchill, witchcraft, WW2 | 1 Comment

Six Months, Five Podcasts

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Dr David Clarke

During the past six months I have contributed to five Fortean-themed podcasts reflecting the range of my UFO and legend-related research interests. Brian J Robb who curates the monthly Sounds Peculiar round-up in the excellent Fortean Times magazine says that podcasting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brian J Robb, crying boy, Dr Jill Tarter, Dr Seth Shostak, FOIA, folklore, Folklore Podcast, Fortean phenomena, Fortean Times, Freedom of Information, Gimlet media, John Burroughs, LBC radio, Linda Moulton Howe, Mark Norman, Ministry of Defence, Nick Margerrison, Phenomena, podcasts, Professor Jim Al Khalili, Rendlesham forest UFOs, Science Vs, Slenderman, Sounds Peculiar, The curse of the crying boy, The National Archives, UFO files, UFOs, urban legends, Wendy Zuckerman | Leave a comment

Hunting the Northern Lights

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Dr David Clarke

One of my ambitions has always been to take a voyage beyond the Arctic Circle in search of the elusive aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. For years I have been fascinated by the mythology of the lights and the stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 11 year sunspot cycle, aurora borealis, BBC Stargazing Live, Bergen, Brian Cox, Carolyn Waudby, Dara O'Briain, dog-sledding, folklore, Fortean Times, Hurtigruten, king crabs, Kirkenes, Lofoten Islands, MS Midnatsol, NASA, Nordkapp, Northern Lights, Norway, Russia, Sami people, sea eagles, Sheffield Star, Thon Hotels, Tromso, Trondheim | Leave a comment

Angels makes FT Top 40

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

My investigation of the First World War legend, The Angels of Mons, is among the top ‘all time favourite stories’ chosen by a panel of contributors to Fortean Times magazine. ‘Angels of the Battlefield‘ – published in 2003 – came 4th … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 4th Middlesex Regiment, angels of mons, armistice, Arthur Machen, Battle of Mons remembrance trail, BBC, Belgium, British Expeditionary Force, city of Mons, European Capital of Culture, Fortean Times, George Ellison, John Parr, Maurice Dease, Mons-Conde canal, phantom bowmen, Saint Symphorien cemetery, Ted Harrison, The Bowmen, urban legends, Victoria Cross, WW1 centenary | Leave a comment

Ten Years of Saucery

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

Happy birthday to us! April 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the Flying Saucery gossip column I co-write with sidekick Andy Roberts for our favourite monthly ‘zine, Fortean Times, that celebrates its 300th issue this month. Since 2003 we have provided FT readers with an eclectic … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien abductions, Andy Roberts, Berwyn Mountains UFO crash, Britain's X-Files, Exopolitics, Flying Saucery, Fortean Times, Gordon Creighton, Graham Birdsall, John Mack, John Rimmer, Magonia, Ministry of Defence, MoD, Rendlesham, Roswell, Sky Lanterns, The National Archives | Leave a comment

Farewell to the Solway Spaceman?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

Retired fire fighter Jim Templeton died on 27 November last year. His name will mean little to all but the more ardent students of Forteana and UFOlogy. But the ‘freak’ photograph he took in May 1964 on the Solway Marshes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Roberts, Cumberland spaceman, Fortean Times, Jim Templeton, Men in Black, Solway Marshes, Solway spaceman | 8 Comments

New for 2012!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dr David Clarke

I’m bringing in 2012 with two new books and the cover story in Fortean Times in what should prove to be an interesting year. If the doomsayers are correct we should expect the coming year to bring (in no particular … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Radford, Dara O'Briain, End Times, Fortean Times, Mayan Calendar, Men in Black, MIB, Orson Welles, Pokemon panic, Professor Brian Cox, Robert E Bartholomew, Satanic cult scares, scared to death, Skeptical Inquirer, Stargazing Live, the crying boy curse, The National Archives, UFO files, War of the Worlds panic | Leave a comment

Scared to Death

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Dr David Clarke

The Fortean Times Unconvention 2011 – billed as the world’s weirdest weekend – returns to London in November. I’m on the bill for both days (12 and 13 November): on the Saturday I will be speaking about my research into … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celtic stone heads, Colin Drury, cursed stones, Fortean Times, ghosts, Halloween, Hexham Heads, magic lanterns, Mormons, scared to death, Sheffield Star, Tigh nam Bodach | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Fortean Times

Churchill’s Secret War

Six Months, Five Podcasts

Hunting the Northern Lights

Angels makes FT Top 40

Ten Years of Saucery

Farewell to the Solway Spaceman?

New for 2012!

Scared to Death

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