SI DIGEST 3-31-98

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 March 31, 1998

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 In this week's SI Digest:


 -- APRIL FOOL'S DAY RELEASE: Top 10 Strangest Hoaxes of All Time.
 -- MEDIA ALERT: Shroud of Turin.
 -- DISCOVER MAGAZINE Investigates the Lake Champlain Monster.
 -- FORTEAN TIMES Chronicles Mexican UFO Hoax.


 **APRIL FOOL'S DAY RELEASE: TOP 10 STRANGEST HOAXES OF ALL TIME**
   [follow the link to the CSICOP web page article]

 ***COUNCIL FOR MEDIA INTEGRITY ALERT: SHROUD OF TURIN***
   [follow the link to the CSICOP web page article]

 DISCOVER MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN MONSTER

 The April issue of DISCOVER magazine features an in-depth article on the Lake
Champlain monster legend.  Commonly refered to as "Champ", the tale of a large
sea monster inhabiting Lake Champlain in northern New York near the Vermont
border has grown to be North America's version of Loch Ness.

 Well-known writer Dick Teresi quotes CSICOP Senior Research Fellow Joe
Nickell, CSICOP consultant Michael Dennett and Harvard zoologist E.O. Wilson
in a skeptical article that colorfully unravels the Champ legend.  DISCOVER
magazine can be found on newstands in your local bookstore.

 FORTEAN TIMES INVESTIGATES MEXICAN UFO HOAX

 The April issue of British magazine FORTEAN TIMES critically examines a
recent wave of UFO sightings in Mexico.  Writer Rob Irving traces how fuzzy
video footage has prompted widespread belief that alien craft appeared in the
sky over Mexico City.  FT is available on bookstore magazine shelves.

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