Recent content by MikeSee

The synthesis of information that Greg presents in his book is pretty compelling. Of all the hypotheses about what the UFO phenomenon represents, there is something fairly credible here. Greg does a good job of marshaling his dad's evidence and presenting a coherent story. That said, I hope that...

I'm not sure how to apportion the blame for this crisis. The White House appears inept in some respects, and it is clear that a certain House faction won't settle for less than a dramatic commitment to cut entitlements as well as federal spending more generally. But, so many people are ignorant...

In terms of the basic economics, there really is no money crisis. This is a political crisis fueled by ideologues in the House who are intent on wrecking health care reform (what little we got), social security, and the social safety net. If you compare the U.S. to other developed nations, we...

I have mixed feelings about Phil and the MIT sham background. On the one hand, I'm none to receptive to the faking of credentials. On the other, you kind of hate to throw out the baby with the bath water. Granted, much of Phil's work is kind of "out there" -- both conjectural and highly...

You don't have to buy ropes and rollers to avoid rushing immediately to the most unlikely of explanations. You know, people used to express amazement at the Roman's use of stonework -- only to finally figure out that much of what we thought was stonework was concrete. They were working with...

Barnes and Noble has got Jim's book, "Shockingly Close to the Truth", available in ebook form for the Nook. If you don't want to buy a Nook, there is a Nook ereader application that is available via Itunes as a free download for the Iphone/Ipad. Works quite nicely.

Good show with Bannister. Not much of the paranormal there, but an interesting guy who has had a fascinating career with the tabloid press. Although I wouldn't ordinarily think of going to the Paracast to look for this kind of interview, it proved worthwhile. Really good show.

Enough with the crystal skulls already Two shows in the last month or so on crystal skulls has left me pondering my navel for unremitting hours on end. Sorry guys, I just don't get the fascination for this peculiar form of Mesoamerican art. Why is it, too, that every time we are faced with a...

I always enjoy it when Jim Moseley appears on the Paracast. He's got such a wealth of historical knowledge, because he's been following all of the interesting and wacky stuff going on in the UFO field all the way back to the 1950's. I just recently got ahold of a copy of his book in ebook form...

Dennis has been on the Paracast a few times and he always bugs me. He describes himself as a serious researcher, and in this episode he bemoaned the "Woo Woo" factor in the field. But, then he went on to describe a bit about his Egyptology work and I just felt like running from the room, pulling...

I just started listening to the episode with Micah Hanks and was pleasantly surprised to hear Micah mention "Walking Sam", a Bigfoot-like entity first reported on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota a couple of years ago. I was at a tribal council meeting in Eagle Butte at which...

I'll be the first one to apologize for usually only posting when I think a show is a stinker. So, the good news -- Gene and Chris -- is that generally I enjoy listening to the show. Still, I must ask -- Why, why -- the Crystal Guy? I struggled for about 15 minutes and then had to turn this one...

I have to say that I have no doubt that Sauder is a very bright guy, and some of what he has to say (and no doubt writes about) rings true with a certain amount of truth. Yes, the government has secure facilities -- it has since we entered the nuclear age. Yes, politicians are sock puppets --...

J. Allen Hynek is mentioned so frequently by guests on the show. Sometimes it seems that just about everyone among the older guests claims to have known and worked with this former University of Illinois astronomer who worked as a scientist on Project Blue Book, and perhaps they really did. I'm...

I didn't find the episode very interesting. The story about the alien/human base at Archuleta Mesa has been around for quite awhile. The names of the aliens have been changed and we now have an unknown Colonel X as new permutations to the story, but nothing else that changes the underlying tale...