It Rhymes with 'Bars Mace'

If you've fallen for the recent 'Mars base' claims and have been too submerged in your own beliefs to look for opinions and information to the contrary, then this post is not for you!

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Mars Express orbiter image H5620_0000_ND2

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Dimensional Wrinkles

Some time ago I had been thinking about the morph-able abilities of some UFOs, giving them an almost living quality, as opposed to an actual craft of some kind of metallic-esque alloy, welded or bolted together, with computers inside, some sort of propulsion engine, and a crew. I wondered if a vessel could be constructed in a way that would allow for physical transformation into various shapes, and what the purpose of such a vessel would be.

Then I began thinking about your more typical sightings: saucers, cigar-shaped, triangles, rectangles, and so on. How peculiar it seems that in our own imaginings (i.e. Science Fiction), alien ships would look something more like a Klingon Bird of Prey, The Millennium Falcon, or the Battlestar Galactica. If sightings of classic UFOs are indeed extraterrestrial in nature, the contrast is stark, with these craft carrying few details, save for their shapes, lights, and in some cases, portholes. And maybe that’s really how it goes. As creative as human beings appear to be, maybe we’re really over-thinking the whole thing. In fact, I’m pretty sure we are.

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Cheap Wine and Plastic Cups: McMinnville 2011

I guess I'll give an update on the McMinnville UFO Festival. If you're expecting to hear my opinion of the three speakers, Robert Salas, Stan Gordon, and Paola Harris, you might as well click another link, because I only saw one of them and that will possibly be addressed in a collaborative post that Regan and I are considering. It might go a little something like this, though:

"Paola walks into a bar..."

My girlfriend and I had a mess of a time getting down to the festival. I had busted ass to get all of my work done on Thursday night so I could have Friday off to sleep in a bit, tidy up the house, and then get the Hell out of Portland. That all happened pretty much according to plan with the exception of timing. We hit the road an hour late, which turned into two hours and some change with rush-hour traffic. I use to think rush hour started at 5pm, but as I've grown older, I've come to realize that rush hour starts whenever I get on the fucking road.

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Reaching Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Today I happened upon a post written by Bryce Zabel on A.D. After Disclosure, titled Calling Roger Ebert. I am not in the habit of reading A.D. -- not because I have a particular issue with the site or Richard & Bryce, but because I typically stay away from much of the disclosure topic. You can blame this on the Disclosure Movement, and not so much on the idea of disclosure. I'm all for it, provided there is something to disclose. However, I am skeptical that the government knows as much as many claim. But this isn't really about secret government knowledge or reverse engineered craft. Instead, it's about Roger Ebert.

It's really hard not to love Roger. Well, for me, at least. As a native Chicagoan myself, Ebert's face was always in the paper and, of course, on the television series At the Movies (along with the late Gene Siskel), which was a staple in our house during the 80s. He had a pleasant voice and a familiar perspective when it came to cinema. Ebert is certainly a knowledgeable and intelligent man, and so it came as little surprise to discover he recently penned a journal entry, A Quintessence of Dust. The piece is his perspective on the universe and sentient existence. It makes for an enjoyable read and is presented in such a way that anyone who has ever become dizzy pondering the expanse of space, would likely appreciate it. Go on, give it a read. It's rather lovely. He also gives a little nod to Prufrock near the end.

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Conversations with Dr. John Mack

Interesting article over at The UFO Iconoclast(s) by Anthony Bragalia, regarding interviews and discussions he had with John Mack in the early 90s:

The Fabrication of Alien Abduction: My Conversations with Dr. John Mack

Clarification on a Statement

In my last article, Ufology: Live at Budokan I used the term "non-biased therapists."

In his article, The Illusion of Objectivity, Arvin Hill points out:

"It would be easier to prove the existence of highly advanced non-human, trans-human or non-corporeal intelligent lifeforms than prove the existence of non-biased therapists or hypnosis specialists"

I agree with this, but would like to make a clarification on my use of the term 'non-bias,' which may not need to be made, but here it is in case there is any confusion:

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Ufology: Live at Budokan

It is often said that within ufology, the internal dialog is often more about it’s players than the phenomenon itself. While this is probably true in many fields of interest, it seems to glare more harshly in ufology.

In fact, ufology feels so propelled by the celebrity aspect, that it makes one wonder if there is really a true and deep interest in the subject by certain names, or if it’s a vessel for mediocre fame by those who might not otherwise gain notoriety. Big in Japan.

Hey, it worked for Cheap Trick.

In the case of abduction research and hypnotic regression, names like Budd Hopkins and David Jacobs are reminiscent to some of old-Hollywood royalty: even if they’re bad actors, they still get the headlines. And like Hollywood, interest is more often placed on the people themselves than the details of their work. Fans tend to cling to the legendary status of the figures they admire and adore, simply because of headlines, causing them to brush away criticism of their work, citing blasphemy.

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Forensic Science - Best 50 UFO Blogs

Google Alerts brought this rather unexpected news to my attention. Apparently, Forensic Science has placed The Interstellar Housewife in the top 5 of their Best 50 UFO Blogs listing, and wrote a cute little blurb about the site. Regan Lee's The Orange Orb and Lesley Gunter's The Debris Field are also listed.

Check it out!

Paratopia Magazine: Preview

Paratopia, the brain-child podcast of Jeff Ritzmann and Jeremy Vaeni has entered a new vein in the vesel of a quarterly digital magazine: Paratopia Magazine.

Currently, Paratopia offers a preview which includes two full articles. The Priests of High Strangeness by Carol Rainey, an award-winning PBS documentary filmmaker (and ex-wife to Budd Hopkins), and Tainted, Toxic & Taboo, by Tyler A. Kokjohn, Ph.D, a biochemist and Professor of Microbiology at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine.

This impressive preview of their first issue demonstrates the tenacity and to-the-point nature we've come to expect from Jeff and Jeremy, and serves as an excellent introduction into this new venture.

Paratopia pulls no punches with this puppy, building ever further on their case against hypnotic regression as a useful tool for abduction research and the lack of accountability by it's major players, namely Budd Hopkins and David Jacobs.

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In Response to an Email Request

And no, it's not a photo of me flashing my tits.

Last week I received an email from a man who thought I might be able to help him understand something about the abduction phenomenon and the claims therein. To protect his privacy, I will not be including his name or contact info, but only the body of his email (including the part where he says I'm attractive).

His email is as follows:

Hi,

I am contacting you just to see if you are a real person, I was not aware there were such attractive women involved with this UFO thing.

Anyway, my major reason for contacting you is to find someone who will answer my question as to why abductees do not have CCD video to provide proof of their claims of a felony kidnapping/abduction committed against them or their loved ones. If any of these people are allowing this to happen without contacting the police I believe this is also a felony or an 'indictable offense' in Canada; i.e., a serious crime, also not reporting a felony is a crime.


-Name withheld

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The Good, The Vague, and the Ho-Hum

It (almost) never ceases to amaze me how quickly a minor comment will snowball into something huge. For instance, this whole WikiLeaks / Assange UFO statement. What Julian Assange actually said was:

"Many weirdos email us about UFOs or how they discovered that they were the Anti-Christ whilst talking with their ex-wife at a garden party over a pot-plant," he wrote when asked if any of the documents he had received referred to extraterrestrial life.

"It is worth noting that in yet-to-be-published parts of the cablegate archive there are indeed references to UFOs."

That's a fairly tame statement, one which says to me that the references are nothing more than off-the-cuff remarks or part of a general discussion. When you take into consideration the preface, "Many weirdos email us about UFOs...", it becomes more difficult to believe that any major or shocking information will be disclosed. Now, if Assange had worded it like this:

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A Little Slap & Tickle

I want to express my thanks for the support I’ve received regarding the kooky, yet entertaining attempt at an assassination piece (UFO Mag Columnist is an Insult To Readers) written by David P. Kuhlman in UFO Digest. Extra-special thanks go out to Lesley Gunter for her write-up on The Debris Field, and of course, Regan Lee for her hilariously wonderful article “Brazen Hussies Invade Earth! Serious UFO Research Attacked!" (with the delicious subtitle: “Cigarette Smoking Woman Single-handedly brings down UFO research! In her slip, no less!").

A few people have asked if I was going to respond to the original article by my admirer, Mr. Kuhlman -- but what is there to really say that wasn't already addressed by Lesley and Regan? I dunno, I'll give it a whirl anyway:

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Oh, Dear - I’ve Done It Again!

"UFO Mag Columnist is an Insult To Readers"

Beautiful post over at UFO Digest about yours truly. Take a peak!

http://www.ufodigest.com/article/ufo-mag-columnist-insult-readers


Apparently, I've helped tarnish the good name and respectability of UFOlogy.


PS the lipstick is actually Rimmel shade 136 Balistic.

Der Untergang - UFOlogy

Another "Downfall" spoof, this one illustrating Hitler's frustration with UFOlogy. Found it via UFO Blog.

Made me laugh -- especially the bit about analyzing photos.

Newest Caricature from D. Rano - Tina Sena

Dennis Rano has added another female UFO enthusiast to his portfolio. This time it's the lovely Ms. Tina Sena.

For more caricatures and info on Dennis, check out his website, The UFOlogists. You can also read my December 2009 interview with the artist.


Thanks to Lesley for the head's up, via The Debris Field.

Denver Discs & Fruity Loops

As most of you have probably heard, J-Peck's Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission ballot failed with only 15% of the vote. I know some of you are shocked - shocked - that the measure failed. After all, with this kind of logic, how could it possibly have received so little support:

"It [the Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission] is important because if you're driving down the highway and you saw a crash of a small spaceship and a car or a bus full of kids, you really wouldn't know what to do," Peckman told the Rocky Mountain News. "Do you wait for the hazardous materials experts to show up because of potential contaminants from another solar system? What do you do? People really don't know."

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Saucers, Slips, and Cigarettes

Just a few lines to let you know that my first column, Saucers, Slips, and Cigarettes (which is really just an introductory piece) is now available in the latest edition of UFO Magazine (Vol. 24 No. 1, Issue #154).

If you pick it up, be sure to also check out the columns of Regan Lee & Lesley Gunter, not to mention the piece Aliens vs. Predator: The Incredible Visitations at Emma Woods, by Jeremy Vaeni!

I haven't gotten around to the other articles and columns yet, but I'm sure there are more great pieces in this issue. Give it a go!


Thanks for reading!

~Deirdre

Cool News

I've had a busy month - some of which has even been UFO related.

I have 2 book reviews in the newest issue of JAR Magazine #9, which came out a 2 weeks ago and I have also been working on the re-design of JAR's new website which should be launched within the month.

The biggest news, however, came unexpectedly a little over a week ago. Nancy Birnes contacted me and asked if I would be interested in having a column in UFO Magazine. I gladly accepted this offer and have already sent in my first piece, which is basically an introduction. I think she is is gearing up to put it in the next issue, so if you are a subscriber, check it out!


More soon!

~Deirdre

Sometimes It's Just a Giant Sumerian Phallus

It's July 19th, and while I'm unhappy that we're officially in the Summer-zone, I'm glad May and June are over. Not that May was a bad month. In fact, it was one of the better months I've had in many years.

A lot of change has happened (and still continues to happen), that really began to show form in early May and carried on through until the end of last month. As anyone who has gone through significant life changes can attest to, it can be positively exhausting! I've not written much anywhere in the last few weeks -- been too busy fighting through the cloudiness and disorientation that often travels with discovering new perspectives... but I hope to be coming out of that haze sooner rather than later.

I've been thinking a lot about my voice (however small it is) in UFOlogy, and it's been occurring to me that I pick on so many topics, that some of you might think I don't believe in anything. I even began to wonder if I was looking like a debunker more than someone actually interested in sorting out the un-sortable mysteries of the world.

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Rayguns: Practical Applicatons

As sick as I am hearing about Roswell, I think I’m more sick of people talking about how sick they are of hearing about Roswell.

And of mysterious alien technologies, too.

There’s a lot of people swearing by extra terrestrial technologies that could be made available to humanity that would cure cancer, solve our energy problems, and cleanup the BP oil spill. Boy, ‘those aliens, sure do have everything, don’t they!

“Commander Zorlagh, it looks like those neurotic ape-people have fucked up the ocean again. Better pull out the ol' OS Raygun.”

Jeff Peckman, the godfather of Metatron Technology and the Extra Terrestrial Affairs Commission, has told the Denver Daily News that if we made contact with ET, they could fix that big BP mess right up:

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