Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 33.1
January / February 2009
An Astronomer Looks at UFOs: A Lot Less than Meets the Eye
by Andrew Fraknoi
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
When I talk about UFOs in my introductory astronomy classes, I always tell my students that I absolutely believe in UFOs.
‘Buzzing Bee’ Missile Mythology Flies Again
by Kingston A. George
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
An ICBM launch in 1964 was photographed from a nearby mountain, resulting in tight security and a UFO myth that refuses to die.
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Cyberonics Responds to Barglow’s ‘Corpoate Self-Interest and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression’
by George Parker
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Follow-up
"I was surprised and disappointed when I read Peter Barglow's article..."
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Discovery of HIV Nets 2008 Nobel Prize for Two French Virologists
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
The discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been honored with a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
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Experimental Philosophy, an Oxymoron?
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Thinking About Science
Is it inconveivable, for instance, for an ethical philosopher to write a paper in that field as if he had never heard of...
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FTC Warns Against Bogus Cancer Cures, Charges Five Companies
by The Editors
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
The Federal Trade Commission has charged five companies with making false and misleading claims for cancer cures and said...
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Kansas Gym Ghost Video Mystery Solved
by Ben Radford
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
On September 12, 2008, a surveillance video captured what many believed to be a ghost. The video was taken at Anytime Fitness...
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Letters to the Editor
Responses to Volume 32, Issue 5
The Minsk UFO Case: Misperception and Exaggeration
by James Oberg
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
The 1984 Minsk sighting demonstrates how UFOs can be created from mundane phenomena.
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Nazi Saucers and Antigravity
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Psychic Vibrations
For decades there have been rumors about alleged "Nazi flying saucers," supposedly developed during the closing days of WWII.
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New Books
by The Editors
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Abstracts of recently published books of interest to skeptics.
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Response to Cyberonics Letter of Criticism
by Peter Barglow
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Follow-up
I need not apologize for my preference for double-blind, randomized control studies over eitological hypothesis and letters...
Return to Roswell
by Joe Nickell
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Investigative Files
The crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico has been explained as something much more mundane: a balloon-borne device.
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Roswell Update: Fading Star?
by Dave Thomas
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
The Roswell incident is often held up as the best documented case of alien visitation. It involves the allged crash of...
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Same Planet, Different Worldview
by Tyler A. Kokjohn
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Film Review
A review of UFO Hunters on DVD.
Search for the Ark
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Notes on a Strange World
Along with the Holy Grail, the Ark is the most sought after and elusive of relics.
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Sid the Science Kid: Meet Bill Nye for the Preschool Set
by Julia Lavarnway
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
Geared toward preschoolers, PBS Kids's new animated show, Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid debuted in September...
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Skeptics Create Creepy Café
by Jim Underdown
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
One shouldn't be surprised to heat at a pre-Halloween gathering in Hollywood California, several people testifying about...
The Stephenville Lights: What Actually Happened
by The Editors
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
One of the most widely publicized UFO reports of the past few years is the so-called Stephenville Lights of January 8, 2008.
The Trained Observer of Unusual Things in the Sky (UFOs?)
by James McGaha
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
Listed here are examples of basic knowledge needed to identify a UFO--important factors no trained observer would lack.
UFOlogy 2009: A Six-Decade Perspective
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
Waves of UFO sightings may be a thing of the past, but interest in UFOs is stronger than ever.
UFOs and Aliens in Space
by David Morrison
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
It is widely (but falsely) reported that Buzz Aldrin saw a UFO on the Apollo 11 flight.
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UFOs: an Assessment of Thirty Years of Official Studies in France
by David Rossini, Eric Maillot, and Eric Déguillaume
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Article
A re-examination of the three decades of 'official' French UFO studies finds serious defects and problems, some systematic.
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UFOs: Fact and Fiction—A Special Issue
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
From the Editor
UFOs fascinate the public and both amuse and frustrate science-minded skeptics. Oh, you thought UFOs were passé...
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XanGo Juice: Miracle or Myth?
by Ben Radford
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
Skeptical Inquiree
"It costs $40 a bottle, and according to several anecdotes I've heard, cures just about any disease."
