Published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranomal, the Skeptical Inquirer is busy "separating fact from myth in the flood of occultism and pseudoscience on the scene today."

These people don't believe in anything they can't see. UFO's? Aliens? Vampires? Ghosts? They think it's all a bunch of hooey, and they'll tell you why...

Did aliens build the pyramids? Does alternative medicine work? Such claims are critically investigated from a "responsible, scientific point of view" on these pages, which also host the Skeptical Inquirer journal.

You'll either love 'em or hate 'em. A lot can be said about these guys, but they've certainly exposed a lot of bunk.

Feeling awash in a tide of hooey? Here's your chance to bask in the light of rational, scientific, substantiated (if a tad dry) thought -- Skeptical Inquirer magazine. Published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), SI claims to be the only publication devoted to critical evaluation of purported paranormal activity. You'll find a current issue and online archives replete with articles that debunk everything from Satanic cults to extraterrestrial crash-landings. If you don't subscribe to your buddy's theory that JFK was killed by Elvis and his alien devil-worship cult, you'll want to subscribe to the Inquirer. But be forewarned -- we've seen the truth, and it's dull.

Flying saucers were always good for a fast buck, but credibility plummets far faster. And I daresay that not all Australians are given to simpleminded gullibility any more than all Americans are, eh? You want real information? Contact Australian Skeptics or get some pointers from CSICOP.

The correct title is "Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Home Page" and is certainly a bit of a mouthful, but the CSICOP group, publishers of the Skeptical Inquirer and some of the most famous officially noted conferences and briefs on paranormal research, has made a very impressive Web effort in the shape of this site. Their pages are nicely detailed, with reasonable graphical input and attractive layout, though this is one site that never seems to go over the top. As in their research in the CSICOP Web site, cool heads prevail. The only thing the layout cannot beat is the actual site content, which includes online versions of the Skeptical Inquirer, a magazine aiming to tell readers "what the scientific community knows about claims of the paranormal, as opposed to the sensationalism often presented by the press, television, and movies." text of briefs and conferences, and more. Adding a touch of balance to the perspectives on the Net about the paranormal world is no easy task, but this brilliant site has got it well in hand.

CSICOP's site gathers together links to carefully reasoned analysis of all sorts of implausibilities, including the Roswell incident and many other aspects of the UFO phenomenon. The site features highlights from CSICOP's magazine, The Skeptical Inquirer, which dissected matters Roswellian in its July-August 1995 issue.

SI takes aim at everything that "reason" can't explain: UFOs, ESP, even Chinese medicine and Transcendental Meditation. In other words, it's a publication for party-poopers. Produced by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal (CSICOP) -- whose faith in "science" (as CSICOP members define it) is fundamentalist in its zeal -- this journal's targets are often well-deserving of a good slag. But wasn't the Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi taken down a peg decades ago? SI spends so much energy badmouthing the alleged "Roswell Incident" UFO-crash that one wonders if CSICOP doth protest too much. Selected full-length articles from each of 1995's six issues appear on the site with a few graphics, mostly cover shots of the magazine, and a "free issue for Web surfers" offer. Always provocative, but really, CSICOP -- lighten up.

With the sheer craziness available on the Internet about government conspiracies and alien abductions, it's nice to visit a Web site that takes a skeptical look at what might be going on. [more]

[CSICOP] tries to demonstrate that the paranormal is nothing more than illusion and fakery. Stands out for its fine collection of papers on the subject, some of which convey an unusual amount of wit.

Have you ever wondered why if paranormal occurrences are not happening, why are they not happening to so many different people? CSICOP publishes the magazine the Skeptical Inquirer whose goal is "to separate fact from myth in the flood of occultism and pseudoscience on the scene today." [more]

Founded by such intellectual luminaries as Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, and James Randi, CSICOP "fights back" against unscientific reports of paranormal phenomena. The flagship of the organization is their journal the Skeptical Inquirer, selected articles of which appear in the site's archives. Articles have included everything from "Traditional Medicine and Pseudoscience in China" to "Notes from a Mind-Control Conference," with forays into poltergeist sightings, little green men, and miracle photos.

The best signal-to-noise ratio to be found anywhere on the Web.