MAGONIA Extra

Tim Printy's UFO magazine SUNlite, is named in honour of the late, lamented, kindly old Uncle Phil and his Skeptics UFO Newsletter. The latest issue is Volume 3, Number 3, May-June 2011. The magazine is in pdf format, so you can easily print a copy (if you can afford the ink).

There is an interesting article by Martin Kottmeyer, whose name will be familiar to readers of Magonia and Magonia Supplement, concerning the notion that the US government uses Hollywood to educate the public gradually about the reality of aliens, which believers in it call "The Acclimation Program". He discusses a recent book by Len Kasten (Secret History of Extraterrestrials, 2010) and concludes:

"You think Hollywood cares about educating people about ufos? Get serious.

"And who should we fairly blame for ufology not being taken seriously? Studying the rest of Kasten's book will give you a good starting point for that problem."

Another interesting article, by Tim Printy, is devoted to examining the claims of Robert Hastings, who is notorious for his stories about US missile bases being constantly interfered with and put out of action by UFOs. Of course, there is no independent confirmation of his assertions and Printy concludes: "If he is going to present unverifiable evidence he is preaching to the choir. Of course, it is the "choir" that lines his pockets and begs for him to speak at their UFO conferences."

There's lots of other good stuff in SUNlite. Highly recommended.