Unsolved Mysteries, and the UFO Community.

 
      RealUFOs features a video from one of the earliest TV shows to show UFO stories in a serious manner, Unsolved Mysteries. The UFO community owes a lot to Unsolved Mysteries for this serious portrayal, especially since it was in a very un-sensationalized light, which is so rarely seen today. The video in question features the 1997 phoenix lights case, be sure to stop by and give it a watch, or in many cases a second watch.


Read the article, and watch the video here

Erin Ryder on Chasing UFOs

    


     Chasing UFO's star Erin Ryder(The only one of the trio who hasn't come out criticizing the show) goes on the record with maxim magazine to discuss the shows intentions, and her own interest in UFOs. She also addresses the 'drama' and investigations that some have criticized the show for.

Here's an excerpt of the OpenMinds article:

"You may have seen Erin Ryder, who simply goes by Ryder, searching for ghosts, monsters, and other mysterious creatures on SyFy’s Destination Truth. Most recently, she is chasing UFOs on NatGeo’s show titled, well, Chasing UFOs.

Chasing UFOs investigation team: (L to R) Ben, Ryder, and James. (Credit: NGT) Ryder’s role in the show is to provide the “undecided” perspective to balance the “skeptic” perspective of her co-host Ben McGee and the “believer” perspective of her co-host James Fox. But as she investigates the UFO phenomenon, she admits that, “slowly but surely,” the evidence is leading her to believe “that there is something more going on here.” She even recently stated, “I’m very open minded. I want to believe.” "

Read the whole article from open minds here.

Majic men, The movie?

     Back in 2010 Stanton Friedman announced that there was a movie project in the works, which was to be entitled “Majic men.” A Facebook page for the project described the movie as:“The story of the Roswell investigation inspired by the work of Stan Friedman and Don Schmitt, based on the options of their life stories and their books on the subject”

     In an interview with coast to coast AM, Friedman stated that “I hope that the movie will be able to present some of the frustrations, some the joy, and some of the exciting moments” Both Friedman and Schmitt went on to say that this movie could potentially reach a lot more people that just their books have been able to reach.

    While the movie’s Facebook page has not had a post since April, and the project was announced back in 2010 it should not be thought that the film is an abandoned project. The film’s producer and screenwriter Bryce Zabel went on the record with coast to coast AM saying that “Staying true to the story is more important than rushing the film to screen”, and that while some movies can take up to ten years to make, this movie could only be a few years off. In addition to a Facebook page that has seen some action this year, there is also a 2012 IMDB page that lists the project as ‘In development’.

Facebook Page
IMDB Page
Coast to Coast Interview

     Provided that this movie is well made, and that it stays true to the story, If this project comes to fruition, the film has a lot of potential to not only spread the story to a whole demographic apart from those who read the books, but also Offer a lot of good PR for the UFO community.

     Stay tuned to paraxworld as we are currently researching the status of this project.

Chasing UFOs Stars Come Clean, on the Record

     Two of National Geographic's 'Chasing UFOs' Stars go on the record with The Huffington Post, Blasting their own show. One of the scientists go on to say that "the show had placed more emphasis on entertainment value than a serious look at the UFO subject." Both scientist also say that their own credibility has taken a serious hit due to the lack of actual science being used in the show.

     The value of these 'paranormal shows' has been has been in question in the paranormal community, or at least those who take the field serious in the least for quite a while. It is certainly a good sign to see actual people involved with these shows coming out and admitting what we've all been seeing for sometime now. Hopefully the message delivered to the non-paranormal community is that most of us do not think that running around at night with thermal cameras and voice recorders constitutes sound research, and that we do approach the subject with some seriousness.

Read the full article here.

See Also: Integrity, Purpose, and Intellect By Mrs. Esterhouse.

Integrity, Purpose, and Intellect

     These three words are not things to be swept under the rug, but rather encouraged and defended. The unfortunate fact is that in the pursuit of anything labeled paranormal or in any way unnatural, these thing are often forgotten (or at the very least glazed over). Shows and specials such as Mermaid: Body Found and Finding Bigfoot, that produce a huge number of viewers, follow no legitimate scientific method, and are generally led by teams of people with no background too to give credence to their research.  Even though these shows are purely entertainment, which is not necessarily a bad thing, they are labeled and advertised as scientific. Their purpose is facetious, thus damaging their integrity. A side effect of this breach of integrity is that it spills over to those who do, in fact, have the proper credentials to pursue the field, as well as those who believe, but with their feet on the ground and their heads out of the clouds. A solid example of this problem is that Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of Ghost Hunter on the ScyFy (science fiction) channel have become household names, and people eat up everything they have to say whether they label them as legitimate or  crack-pots. Both these men are plumbers in their day job. However, how many have heard the name Stanton Friedman?  If only integrity, purpose, and intellect were held at a higher esteem than simply entertainment.

Read more here.

MOD releases more UFO files.

     The UK recently released an additional 6,700 pages of files that the MOD had collected between 1960 - 2009. While it seems that the mainstream media is focused on reporting that the files do not contain a 'smoking gun', the files contain, no doubt plenty of very interesting cases. Of course the fact that these files exist at all shows that the MOD was concerned about what was going on in the skies above. You can access the nearly 1GB of new files here.

Here's how the mainstream is reporting on this (Notice how both organizations put out the same article, which focuses on the obvious prank/hoax encounter):
MSNBC
Fox News

The BBC actually put a slightly more interesting article out focusing on how the files prove that Prime Minister Tony Blair was briefed on UFO files:
BBC

Keep an eye on Para-X-World, as we go through these files while post anything interesting we might find.

-OsirusX