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Updated for March 31, 2009

2008 was a busy time. My new book Flying Saucers and Science has been doing very well since publication at the end of May. Sales were certainly helped by a 4-hour appearance on Coast to Coast Radio on Sunday night, June 22, 2008, with Las Vegas Journalist George Knapp, one of the most knowledgeable media people about UFOs of whom I aware. There were a number of phone/radio interviews and then another Larry King Show on July 18.

As usual there were too many people and the selected debunkers knew next to nothing about the subject. The first part was excellent with lecturer/researcher Robert Hastings introducing his new book UFOs and Nukes and having three former Air Force officers telling their UFO stories. Messrs. Salas and Jamieson were both involved with the very impressive Malmstrom AFB case involving the shutdown by UFOs of 10 ICBMs. The third was Dr. Jacobs who told the incredible tale of catching a UFO on film as it zapped the warhead on a missile fired down range from Vandenberg AFB and moving at 8000 mph.

Unfortunately, skepti-bunker William Nye, who for years was called The Science Guy (better would be Mr Deny) was on. He had appeared a few weeks earlier explaining away Roswell with a totally ludicrous explanation of a Skyhook Balloon supposedly used to spy on the Soviets. None had been launched at the time of Roswell. It was designed to lift large payloads to high altitudes for scientific experiments, was not a spy balloon and was made of polyethylene. Nothing matched witness testimony, but he insisted to me when I tried to talk to him off camera: “That is the way it was.”

Arrogance and ignorance make a sad, totally unscientific, explanation. He was even worse with the air force officers suggesting it was just a coincidence that all 10 missiles went off line. Maybe it was a power failure (power supply was, not surprisingly, triply redundant). Much more foolishness from him. He stayed on for the 2nd half of the program and was Joined by SETI specialist Dr. Seth Shostak and James Fox, TV producer of Out of the Blue, and myself.

I was interrupted so much I thought I was going through a revolving door. Seth misrepresented my views. Which is no surprise. He made an interesting point claiming that I had said people who haven’t done any investigation shouldn’t express an opinion. He noted that one can evaluate work outside one’s own specialty, if one reads the literature and checks out the person involved.

I totally agree and did this myself when I did a weekly science commentary for CBC radio for six years. Unfortunately, the SETI cultists have not read the UFO literature and never reference it. Therefore, they are not able to make scientific comments. I talk about this at length in FSS in the chapter about the Cult of SETI.

Also drawing a great deal of attention lately were comments made by Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the Moon (Apollo 14). He shocked a UK radio broadcaster by stating that Roswell was real, that there had been many alien visits to earth, and that there was a substantial worldwide cover-up. Been a lot of reaction to the comments. These views aren’t new. Edgar had lived in Roswell as a youth, had been informed by insiders that there was plenty of information, etc. He wrote a foreword to FSS.

A highlight:

July 2-6, 2008 Roswell, NM, Annual Crash Festival. I gave four lectures and signed a lot of copies of my new book. Kathleen Marden was there, gave a very well received lecture and signed many copies of Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience by Kathleen and myself. She is Betty’s niece and did most of the work.

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 / Murfreesboro, TN
Formal Debate with James McGaha
Middle Tennessee State University
(McGaha was the debunker on the Larry King show of November 9.)

The complete 2-hour DVD of the debate “Are Flying Saucers Real?” is now available from Stan Friedman, UFORI, POB 958, Houlton, ME 04730-0958 for only $20.00 including shipping and handling. See order form.
Thursday-Wednesday, April 2-8 (in Roswell April 5-6), 2009 / Roswell, NM
Elderhostel Roswell Tour
2 STF lectures and other site visits
Site: www.elderhostel.org/programs/programdetail.asp
(800) 454-5768
Monday, April 6, 2009 / Roswell, NM
The UFO Why Questions
Saturday-Sunday, May 2-3, 2009 / Bordentown, NJ
Pat Marcatillio’s “The Great UFO/ET Congress”
Ramada Inn
“Flying Saucers and Science”; “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience” with co-author Kathleen Marden, Betty’s niece
(609) 631-8955
Friday-Saturday, May 15-16, 2009 / McMinnville, OR
10th Annual McMinnville UFO Conference
Site: ufofest.com
Friday-Sunday, May 29-31, 2009 / Galena, IL
Illinois MUFON
Four Corners Conference,
    Majestic Eagle Ridge Resort
Site: www.illinoismufon.com/festival2009.htm
Thursday-Sunday, July 2-5, 2009 / Roswell, NM
Annual Roswellian Event
International UFO Museum and Research Center
Site: www.roswellufomuseum.com
Thursday-Sunday, August 6-9, 2009 / Denver, CO
MUFON 40th Anniversary Symposium
Denver Tech Center
    Marriott Hotel
Paper: “The Pseudoscience of Anti-Ufology”
Site: www.mufon.com/2009SymposiumSchedule.htm
Friday-Saturday, August 14-15, 2009 / Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia
2nd Annual Shag Harbor Crashed Saucer Conference
Site: www.shagharbourufo.com
Friday-Saturday, October 29-November 1, 2009 / Burlington, WI
2nd Annual Burlington Vortex Conference
Thursday-Sunday, November 12-15, 2009 / FL
Conference near Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Site: www.ufoinfoweekend.com