New York Times veteran investigative journalist Ralph Blumenthal’s first book on the subject of UFOs is about the charismatic, and controversial Harvard physiatrist John Mack. “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,” which hits store March 15, vividly tells the story of a man unafraid to tackle the unexplained. Mack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor and the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, was predominantly known in the UFO field for his research that showed compassion, and helped garner mainstream attention to the abduction experiencer phenomena.
Read moreNew York Times fallout: What journalism could teach the UFO community
The recent, long-awaited New York Times article, which reported the Pentagon will continue to seek transparency and truth regarding the UFO subject, has received some push-back among some within the UFO community, and has once again shown the divide between journalistic standards and Internet activism.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Leslie Kean goes beyond the Pentagon, UFOs to study the afterlife
Veteran investigative journalist Leslie Kean’s groundbreaking book “UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record” along with her role in the New York Times Pentagon UFO program major news stories has helped provide legitimacy to the unexplained, and her latest foray into the unknown 2017’s “Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” continues her search for answers in these extraordinary topics. Her research has shifted from UFOs to after life, but did it feel like a logical progression?
Read moreUFOs/ unexplained becoming player in major TV media
UFOs and the unexplained are slowly becoming more acceptable in the mainstream cultural landscape, as a big part of the equation has been media; namely television.
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Journalist Ralph Blumenthal talks New York Times latest UFO coverage
When the New York Times published the piece titled “Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program” on Dec. 16 2017 it was a paradigm shift in the way the public and mainstream press outlets presented stories on UFOs.
Read moreDid Jesse Marcel Jr.’s 2009 book disclose secret programs prior to Pentagon UFO story?
In Jesse Marcel Jr.’s 2009 book “The Roswell Legacy” he mentions a Washington, D.C. meeting in the 1990s were an unnamed government official told him about a clandestine “black government.”
Read moreBehind the New York Times secret Pentagon story with Ralph Blumenthal
The New York Times is one the most credible and respected institutions in journalism, so when veteran journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal broke the story about the Pentagon's secret UFO program, the mainstream paid attention.
Read moreCOMMENTARY: What we can learn from recent mainstream coverage
This weekend you may have seen a spike in coverage regarding the UFO phenomena. Mainstream outlets like the New York Times, which first "broke" the story, the Washington Post, MSNBC and others all have picked up on the Times expose that confirms what we've all known for years ; the Pentagon had a secret UFO program and the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science Gimbal footage release, which is the first "official" video evidence released by the U.S. government.
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