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I see trainedobserver beat me to it in thinking that this sounded like "The Family". Groups like "The Family" and the "Collins Elite" (If it exists) being in the government are actually much scarier than any demonic whatever phenomenon could possibly be. Maybe it's part of a larger paranoia that...

Never had a cheating-spouse dream. I have had the drowning dream, the riding the bus in my underwear dream, the not paying the tax for 30 years that everyone is supposed to know about dream, the getting an F in the class I didn't know I'd signed up for dream...

My brother bought our grandparents' house and kept the old phone number, and occasionally he'd get sales calls and whatnot for our grandfather (died 1969). My brother would always say "Well, he's been dead for 30 years, but I'll give him the message." They didn't call back. This does remind me...

I watched "The Invaders" when it was first on (didn't see any re-runs) but I can't remember for sure how it ends. I think David Vincent was supposed to testify before a congressional committee about the alien invasion though. edit: Just read the synopsis J.T. posted but it didn't ring any...

I enjoyed this episode, and plan to read the book. As far as credulity -- well, Offutt's getting peoples' stories, not factual data. As long as he rejects what he thinks are outright fabrications (and he says he does) he's done what he set out to do.

"Object is simply unknown to 'the observer' and is identified later by someone with greater knowledge" This can be very difficult. A friend of mine and I (who between us had a fair knowledge of the sky as well as various aircraft) once spent several hours talking to my great aunt, trying to...

Ron Collins beat me to it. Most professional astronomers work indoors, studying very specific problems with highly specialized instruments. What Plait and Angel of Ioren say applies more to amateur astronomers/skywatchers. I'm more or less one myself, and in 40+ years of it I haven't seen...

I'm not a Jew, but I lean toward the Judaic view that good actions should be recognized irrespective of what may have motivated them. If one person does a good thing because she thinks it's God's will, another because he thinks it right in an ethical sense, and another because he just feels...

As I said, we were able to determine what it was. And if we hadn't, we wouldn't have decided it was from Zeta Reticuli either. Probably we would have guessed at the high orbit space junk explanation. But it would still be unidentified.

"... and? Even if you had no optical aids and declared it a UFO it would still be a valueless sighting of a speck of light." If you were ignorant, yes. But someone familiar with the sky would have known that it was neither an astronomical object nor an ordinary aircraft or satellite.

I often wonder if people who have 'paranormal' experiences from childhood might have some kind of neurological or sensory differences from the average. It could easily be a natural human variation that our culture doesn't readily accommodate. Maybe in an earlier time they'd have become seers or...

"All light-in-the-sky-type sightings are bullshit and should be disregarded out of hand." Well, several people including me once saw something flashing in the night sky at irregular intervals. It looked like a tumbling piece of space junk -- except that to the naked eye and through binoculars...

"Edit: I also remember that 2010 seemed way off in the future (sigh)." Quibble: per the link below (and my memory) the show was on TV in the U.S. in the early 1970s, while the action supposedly took place in 1980 or so. In the link you provided there's a copyright shown of MCMLXIX (1969)...

Man, I'd totally forgotten about that show. Now I remember watching it whenever I could. Edit: I also remember that 1980 seemed way off in the future (sigh).

Well, The Paracast does put itself forward as a place where the paranormal is taken seriously. So I guess most posters take it at its word. And I don't think opinions about the paranormal necessarily map to people's spiritual beliefs. There are spiritual people who think anything paranormal is...

Quoting from the Oberg article that jkoci linked: "Accepting every UFO claim uncritically or rejecting every claim automatically would be equally unjustified. And quite possibly, equally harmful." A very reasonable attitude. And Oberg's discussion of the hidden biases in pilot testimony...

Oberg makes better sense than you want to admit. He's not talking about pilots and police in the situations they ordinarily deal with, but in highly unusual ones. How many rocket launches do pilots see? How many police regularly watch the sky while on patrol (I hope not many; I want them...

Weirdest encounter I had was one time when I was waiting for a bus. This guy came up and sat on the bench. I looked at him and he had those really spooky eyes people have when they're using anti-depressants. Tells me he just got out of a local mental hospital where he'd been sent for molesting a...

Several years ago here in Hawaii (Maui) there were sightings of a mysterious cat-like animal. Nobody thought it was anything paranormal though -- it was generally believed to be a pet that someone had illegally brought in and was allowing to roam around. Although paw prints, scratch marks, hair...

As far as standing erect, dogs can do that too. When my dog was in the house and heard something out front she would rock back and stand up on her hind legs to see out through the screen door. She could hold that position for several seconds. My impression of the pictures was of something more...