Monthly Archives: July 2010

We have lift off

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Thanks to everyone for making last night’s launch party such a great occasion, especially: – Jill Tipping for the amazing flying saucer cake (pictured left at the launching ceremony) – Roger and Alex at the Horse Hospital (John Lundberg and … Continue reading →

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Magonia reviews Mirage Men

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

I’m honoured by this review by John Rimmer from the world’s most insightful UFO journal, Magonia. When I first began looking seriously at the UFO story in the early 1990s it was Magonia that kept me sane. Drawing, unlike most UFO … Continue reading →

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UAVs: The (formerly) Secret History

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Mirage Men contains a comprehensive potted history of American UAV development from the 1930s to the present, but if you want the motherlode then the Mitchell Institute has just published an intensely detailed account (PDF download) of the US Air … Continue reading →

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Mirage Men launch event tomorrow: 29.07.10

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Books will also be available for £5. See you in space!

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Skeptics in the Pub: Monday 26 July 2010

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

I’ll be speaking about Mirage Men tonight at Skeptics in the Pub at: The Monarch Bar 40-42 Chalk Farm Road Camden London NW1 8BG The evening starts at 7.30pm.

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New Zealand Air Ship strip, August 1909

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

[Click to see the full page cartoon.] A charming satirical full-page comic strip depicting the New Zealand airship wave of 1909. Here’s an earlier article from the same paper. Perhaps a symptom of an increasingly high-speed global media, the airships were also … Continue reading →

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China’s UFOs a sign of economic prosperity?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

An economic take on China’s recent UFO flap from Bruce Watson of Daily Finance In 2009, China had 11% industrial growth and, according to China Online Daily, the country is working to achieve an equivalent growth rate this year. Such impressive economic … Continue reading →

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