Tag Archives: The Guardian

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Dr David Clarke

Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon who became a celebrity believer in the UFO myth, has died aged 85. The Guardian newspaper once described the retired NASA astronaut as being an unlikely name on the list … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Monstrous Commotion, Alan Shepard, Andrew Smith, Apollo 14, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Dr Edgar Mitchell, Ed Mitchell, epiphany, ESP, Gareth Williams, George W Bush, Gordon Brown, Huffington Post, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Kerrang!, Lee Spiegel, Loch Ness Monster, Lord Hugh Dowding, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ministry of Defence, MoD, Moondust, NASA, Nick Margerrison, RAF, Richard D. Hall, Roswell UFO crash, sixth man on the moon, The Guardian, The National Archives, The Sun, UFO files | Leave a comment

‘I have some stuff you might be interested in…’: Edward Snowden and the ultimate secret

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Dr David Clarke

When four years ago Wikileaks published 250,000 US state department cables dating back to the 1960s, a believer in ET visitations asked why, in the great mass of data, there was not one major UFO secret. Soon afterwards, during a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boutros Boutros-Ghali, CIA, Daniel Ellsberg, Disclosure, Edward Snowden, Fars news agency, FSB, Iran, Julian Assange, Lord Hill Norton, Max Fisher, MJ-12 hoax, Nazi aliens, New York Times, Nordic blondes, NSA, Paradigm Research Group, Paul Hellyer, Richard Tomlinson, Roswell, Sorcha Faal, Stephen Bassett, Tall Whites, The Guardian, The Pentagon Papers, The Snowden Files, The Washington Post, UFOs, whatdoesitmean.com, Wikileaks | 18 Comments

UFO files – saved!

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

After six decades of official indifference UFO records have been finally recognised by Britain’s Ministry of Defence as being ‘historically significant’. MoD’s ‘Guidance for Record Reviewers’, lists files on ‘unidentified flying objects‘ alongside those concerning nuclear testing, Special Forces and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archives, Brussels, Freedom of Information Act, gun camera film, ICA, International Council on Archives, Julian Hennsessy, Merlyn Rees MP, Ministry of Defence, Public Record Acts, Sir Robert Grigg, The Foreign Office, The Guardian, The National Archives, UFO desk, UFO files | Leave a comment

Dowsing for Death

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

News that three British government departments promoted the sale of useless bomb detectors to security forces around the world has caused shock and outrage. But this is just the latest example of otherwise skeptical military and defence officials who have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ATSC Ltd, BBC, British Society of Dowsers, Bruce Hood, divining, Doubtful News, dowsing, fake bomb detectors, Gary Bolton, Home Office, Jim McCormick, Ministry of Defence, Rendlesham forest UFOs, Royal Engineers Export Support Team, The Guardian, woo | 2 Comments

The Will Smith Effect

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

Despite all the claims about ‘the death of UFOlogy’, the never-ending stream of movies and satellite TV shows, such as Chasing UFOs and UFOs: The Untold Stories prove the idea of UFOs and alien visitations is more alive than ever. And the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged After Earth, Chasing UFOs, David Clarke, death of UFOlogy, flying saucers, Independent Day, ITV, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Lankester, OnePoll, popular culture, The Guardian, The Will Smith Effect, This Morning, UFO flaps, UFOs, UFOs and Hollywood, UFOs: The Untold Stories, Will Smith, Yahoo News | 2 Comments

Space Age Folklore

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

Folklore is often regarded as something ‘other people’ have, certainly not educated people such as NASA staff at California’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. But a story on Stuart Clark’s Across The Universe blog for The Guardian demonstrates that we all have folklore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Across the Universe blog, Curiosity rover, folklore of astronauts, Gale Crater, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, NASA, NASA traditions, peanuts, Ranger 7, rituals and traditions, Stuart Clark, superstitions, The Guardian | 1 Comment

Silly Season Survey

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

Yes folks it’s August and we have officially entered the period of the summer that journalists have traditionally called ‘the Silly Season’. If you are a journalist please fill out a questionnaire to take part in my research into the origins … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alien invasion, Bad UFOs, Bob Sheaffer, Chinese lanterns, Daily Mail, Dan Brown, Fleet Street, Goodyear Blimp, great white shark in Cornwall, Huffington Post, Nick Pope, Olympics, Royal Wedding, Silly Season, Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Sun, UFO | 4 Comments

UFO Files make waves

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

The release of the ninth collection of MoD UFO files by The National Archives continues to make news across the world. On the first day of the launch (Thursday, 12 July) the website received almost 60,000 visitors – an uplift … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bbc news, BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Daily Mirror, Huffington Post, Lee Spiegel, Ministry of Defence, Richard Norton-Taylor, Sanchia Berg, Sky News, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The National Archives, The Sun, UFO files, USA Today, Voice of Russia | Leave a comment

Ghost Ships Ahoy!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dr David Clarke

The media is continually awash with old legends revived for a new audience and modern legends that are in the process of creation. This item by Jon Henley, from Guardian G2 (27 March 2012), resurrects a motif found in nautical folklore … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bel Amica, Bermuda Triangle, Flying Dutchman, G2, ghosts, HMS Bacchante, HMS Inconstant, Jon Henley, King George V, Mary Celeste, nautical folklore, Peter Haining, phantom ships, Pirates of the Caribbean, Prince George, Tai Ching, The Guardian, The National Archives | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: The Guardian

Farewell to the ‘mystical astronaut’: Edgar Mitchell 1930-2016

‘I have some stuff you might be interested in…’: Edward Snowden and the ultimate secret

UFO files – saved!

Dowsing for Death

The Will Smith Effect

Space Age Folklore

Silly Season Survey

UFO Files make waves

Ghost Ships Ahoy!

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