Ever since we have become aware that the universe extends past our planet and that space exists people have looked to it as a final frontier. Humanity has made many great strides in its endeavors to conquer this last great unknown, but largely we have only really scratched the surface of getting there, with our
The French astronomer, computer scientist, and UFO researcher Jacques Fabrice Vallée is one of the important figures in the study of unidentified flying objects, long a proponent of pushing the legitimacy of ufology as a viable scientific pursuit. A legendary icon in the field, he not only increased the legitimacy of the study of UFOs,
Stories of UFOs and aliens, as well as other decidedly weird ideas are not the sole realm of anonymous strange people and quacks, and sometimes there are people in rather high positions who gain a podium for such things. William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench was born in 1911 in rural Ireland, and as the
Going back into ancient times, throughout such far-flung regions as China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe, there was long the belief that common, or base metals such as lead could be transmuted into “noble metals,” in particular silver and gold. Called alchemy, it was a cross-disciplinary practice that encompassed a wide range of an
Some people just seemed destined to be remembered for the weird. In the late 19th century, the woman known as Mary Doheny was well known around Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland, as a “fairy woman” or “fairy doctor.” As with others like her, it was said that she could commune with the fairy folk and draw various