Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

STRANGE DAYS

EGG UFO DOESN'T HATCH • UAP whistleblower offers an intriguing tale, but no evidence

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SIDELINES

WILD TALES • More surprising stories from the animal kingdom, from orca salmon hats to Thai monkey riots

GREATLY EXAGGERATED • Fake funerals and medical mix-ups

RECORD BREAKERS • The tallest, the shortest and a late-flowering romance

ARCHÆOLOGY • A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

Would you Adam and Eve it? • DAVID HAMBLING says a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles is coming – but don’t panic!

SPOOKY SHENANIGANS • Adele causes a property downturn, plus a jealous Jamaican ghost and a misunderstanding in Myanmar

WHO PUT THAT THERE? • From bottles of urine (in various hues) to creepy stashes of cuddly toys and baffling bananas…

Myth-making in Cannock Chase • ALAN MURDIE is sceptical about the Staffordshire forest being a ‘window area’ for weirdness

WEIRDNESS IN WARWICK • Rob Gandy reports from Warwick’s Unitarian Chapel on the 2024 USPS Conference

ALIEN ZOO • NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • It comes as no great surprise that the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles generated conspiracy theories, but what, asks NOEL ROONEY, has the great Tartarian mud flood got to do with it all?

FORTEAN FOLLOW-UPS • The latest updates on the Turin Shroud and DB Cooper, plus SHC revised as likely crinoline fire

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month, we mourn the passing of a great director whose unique vision brought beauty, terror and a powerful sense of the strange to American cinema

FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA • SIMON YOUNG FILES A NEW REPORT FROM THE INTERFACE OF STRANGE PHENOMENA AND FOLK BELIEF

Reviews and predictions • NIGEL WATSON looks at reviews of 2024’s UFO landscape and new initiatives for the future

Transatlantic ufology • JENNY RANDLES looks back at a pivotal four-week trip that changed her views about UFOs

THE CLOSEST ENCOUNTER THE PASCAGOULA ALIEN ABDUCTION • PHILIP MANTLE has spent years researching the 1973 alien encounter reported by Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker and argues that it remains one of the strongest UFO contact cases on record. Here, he reopens the Pascagoula files and presents his latest findings.

PASCAGAOULA: THE BLAIR ENCOUNTER • DR IRENA SCOTT tells the strange story of Maria and Jerry Blair. Were the young couple independent witnesses to the Pascagoula abduction, or does Maria’s recent claim that they too were abducted simply muddy the waters?

Strangers in a Strange Land • Over the years, the tale of two strange children with green skins and speaking an unknown language appearing in a Suffolk village has been told and retold many times. As a result, it has attracted the attentions of historians, folklorists and forteans – but is this mediæval mystery any closer to being solved? JOHN CLARK, author of a major new book on the subject, offers an overview – and another potential explanation…

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