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Think Anomalous
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Think Anomalous is an independent media producer and publisher devoted to increasing the public's understanding of anomalous phenomena. We survey the most credible research in anomalistics and make it accessible in the new media environment.
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UFO Disclosure? Part 3 - AARO, Grusch, and the UFO Crash Myth
Since my previous videos on the subject, there have been many more developments in the push for UFO disclosure - including renewed focus on UFO crash retrieval stories - and several more alleged whistleblowers. However, as I argued in previous videos, none of these developments should inspire...
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UFO Disclosure? Part 3 - AARO, Grusch, and the UFO Crash Myth
Since my previous videos on the subject, there have been many more developments in the push for UFO disclosure - including renewed focus on UFO crash retrieval stories - and several more alleged whistleblowers. However, as I argued in previous videos, none of these developments should inspire...
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Shag Harbour UFO “Crash,” 1967
In 1967, witnesses in Nova Scotia, Canada, saw something appear to crash into the waters off of Shag Harbour, then watched it travel out to sea. The case is notable for involving a UFO that appeared to travel underwater, and for prompting a secretive investigation - and subsequent coverup - from...
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Tiwanaku: Ruins of a Lost Civilization
Tiwanaku is a megalithic stone site in Bolivia that mainstream archeologists believe was erected around the sixth century CE. However, the advanced quality of the stonework, as well as a few clues in the remaining carvings, suggest that Tiwanaku may, in fact, be a monument to a lost civilization...
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The Trickster and Anomalous Phenomena
For well over a hundred years, western scholars have struggled to comprehend the prevalence of “trickster” tales in ancient and indigenous mythology. While these tales hold many, hotly debated meanings, recent research suggests that the trickster may, in part, be a coded representation of…
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Carl Higdon Abduction, 1974
In 1974, Carl Higdon met a strange, floating humanoid in the woods, and was taken inside a strange see-through structure, only to be literally dropped back down to Earth. Higdon’s case is a classic UFO abduction, but it may also shed light on other unexplained disappearances and deaths around the...
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The Science of Near-Death Experiences
Though western science has long rejected the idea of an immaterial self, modern research into near-death experiences, or NDEs, has now proven that many occur after the point of bodily death, and thus cannot be produced in the brain. Whether they are evidence of the soul, or some other…
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The Zaragoza Goblin, 1934
The so-called "Zaragoza Goblin," a voice that emanated from the walls of a Spanish apartment complex in 1934 , is a rare example of an anomalous entity encounter that seems to have involved no physical entity at all. The case provides strong evidence that consciousness is capable of existing...
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Zanfretta Abductions, 1978 - 1981
Many of the "classic" cases of UFO and entity encounters come from the United States, leading debunkers to dismiss the UFO phenomenon as a creation of the American media. But some of the most fantastic and puzzling abductions occurred in Italy, to a security guard named Piero Fortunato Zanfretta....
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Washington D. C. UFO Sightings, 1952
As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time when UFOs were given serious, front-page coverage in US national news, and when the Air Force would hold press conferences at the Pentagon to brief the public on what it knew. All of this began to change after a highly-publicized pair of UFO...
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The Voronezh UFO Landing, 1989
By popular request, I did my next case review on the famous UFO landing in Voronezh, Russia. The story is spectacular in its own right, and I tried to do it justice in my retelling, but I've also chosen to use it as another example of the way in which modern encounters with "aliens" resemble...
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UFOs, not Aliens: The Difference and Why it Matters
In English-language media, we're accustomed to using the terms, "UFO" and "Alien" interchangeably. While this may seem harmless enough, it is detrimental to a focused, data-conscious debate on UFOs. Here is why. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal:...
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Presentiment: "Feeling the Future"
Over the past 45 years, researchers have amassed a sizable body of literature attesting to the human ability to "sense" things in the future. The data are controversial, but they've proven tough to explain as anything but evidence that there's a lot more to consciousness than we'd previously...
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Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film, 1967
While it's commonly dismissed as a hoax, the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film of 1967 is in fact one of the greatest pieces of evidence in the hunt for the Sasquatch. It has withstood decades of scientific scrutiny, and even come to define the image of the Bigfoot in the public imagination....
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The Sandown “Ghost Clown,” 1973
The Sandown “ghost clown” is a name assigned to a bizarre entity seen by two British children on the Isle of Wight in 1973. It is known for its highly unusual appearance, which may actually be an important clue in understanding anomalous entity encounters, including those with so-called “aliens.”...
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"Mystery Airship" Sightings, 1896 - 1897
For 8 months in 1896 and 1897, people in the US and Canada saw mysterious lights in the sky, and sometimes, spectacular, winged airships and dirigibles. The airships are early examples of UFOs, after the "wonders" of ancient times, and before the modern mythology of extraterrestrial spacecraft...
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Maury Island UFO Incident and the first Men In Black, 1947
Several weeks before Kenneth Arnold's famous sighting, two men from Washington state claimed to have encountered several flying saucers on Maury Island, and later, a Man in Black. The incident is commonly dismissed as a hoax, but a few details of the case point to something more sinister than a...
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Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, 1947
Kenneth's Arnold's famous sighting in 1947 has often been called the "first" UFO sighting in history. While this is far from the truth, the reaction from the US government, and society at large, makes Arnold's encounter a turning point in the history of UFOs. Support us on Patreon:...
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J. Allen Hynek: the Man behind UFO "Project Blue Book"
When J. Allen Hynek was first hired by the US Air Force to consult on their UFO research, he was reluctantly complicit in their debunking agenda. But as he investigated more and more baffling cases, he eventually changed his mind on the UFO question, and led the world in the effort to create a…
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Hieronyma and the Incubus - Sleep Paralysis, Sexuality, and Anomalous Entity Encounters
In the mid seventeenth century, a woman in Pavia, Italy, was hounded in the night by a soft, seductive voice and a strange, small man. Hieronyma's experiences, though certainly unique, are also not unlike the experiences of those who suffer from modern-day sleep paralysis, or alien abductions....
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Debunking the Bower & Chorley Story: why Crop Circles aren't all Hoaxes
In 1991, two British men shocked the world when they confessed to hoaxing all the famous crop circles found in England in recent years. However, a detailed examination of their claims shows that these men could not possibly have started the crop circle phenomenon, and probably had nothing to do...
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Flatwoods "Monster," 1952
By 1952, flying saucers had become a familiar topic to the American public. However, the case of the "flatwoods monster" was among the first widely-publicized UFO sightings to also involve an "alien" being, and it preceded a rise in anomalous entity encounters around the world. Support us on...
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Fatima Apparitions and the "Miracle of the Sun," 1915 - 1917
The apparitions at Fatima made waves in the Christian community, but examined in a different light, they could hold the same significance for ufologists, mystics, and modern consciousness researchers. Not only are the apparitions incredibly well attested to - with upwards of 70,000 witnessing the...
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Donnie Decker, the Man who made it Rain
After the death of his abusive grandfather, 21-year-old Donnie Decker experienced a range of hostile anomalous phenomena that culminated in him gaining the power to make it rain indoors. Donnie's case boasts an impressive number of first-hand witnesses, and it suggests an important link between...
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Charles Fort: Defining the Anomalous, 1874 - 1932
Charles Fort was an early-twentieth-century thinker and writer often credited with "inventing" the supernatural, or the paranormal, by creating a neutral category for anomalous observations, discoveries, and experiences. Before Charles Fort, anomalies were typically explained away, or else…
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Condon UFO Report (The Scientific Study of UFOs), 1969
After 20 years of sub-par UFO research, the US Air Force finally agreed to hand over the responsibility for investigating UFOs to the scientific community. The result was the controversial Condon Report, which advised against the continued study of the UFO phenomenon, and struck a death blow to…
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An Introduction to Crop Circles
Many now believe that the crop circle phenomenon has all been explained as an elaborate hoax, but there is a long history of crop circle science that demonstrates that the strange formations could not have been laid by human hands. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate…
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The Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, the sacred vessel of the ten commandments and the mobile sanctuary of the spirit of God, is frequently alluded to in the old testament. According to scripture, it dried up rivers, destroyed city walls, and killed people en masse. Then, it simply vanished. In this video…
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The Abduction of Jacob Jacobsson, 1759
The "abduction" of Jacob Jacobsson is a little-known case popularized in "Wonders in the Sky," by Vallee and Aubeck in 2009. Based on an eighteenth-century manuscript from Lonmora, Sweden, the story bears a striking resemblance to modern tales of alien abduction, and causes us to question the...
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O'Hare Airport UFO, 2006
On the afternoon of November 7, 2006, a UFO was spotted at Chicago’s O'Hare Airport in Illinois, USA. The UFO sighting at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, IL, is a recent reminder that mass UFO sightings still occur, and that in America, at least, witnesses and investigators still get stonewalled by…
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The Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon
In 2014, two Dutch students on a trip to Panama went missing under highly unusual circumstances, only to have some of their remains appear weeks later, scattered miles from their last known location. While their disappearance was certainly anomalous in itself, it also fits with a pattern of…
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Bothell House Haunting
The Bothell House is the site of an alleged haunting in Bothell, Washington. Between 2012 and 2016, Keith Linder and his girlfriend at the time experienced a wide range of anomalous activity in the house that became increasingly frequent and extremely hostile. The house has now been thoroughly...
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Abduction of Antônio Vilas-Boas, 1957
Four years before the more famous Hill Abduction, a Brazilian farmer had a hair-raising experience that is eerily reminiscent of the “alien abduction” stories brought to light in the 1980s and 90s. His case is now widely considered the first alien abduction of the post-war era, and the first to...
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The Jinn: Supernatural Beings of the Muslim World
The Quran tells us of invisible beings called Jinn that occasionally interact with humans. Belief in Jinn is mostly confined to the muslim world, but nearly every culture on earth has posited the existence of similar beings. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on...
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Jacques Vallée, UFOs, and the Case against Extraterrestrial Origins
For pioneering the first alternatives to the extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs, Jacques Vallée has earned a reputation as the grandfather of the "new" ufology, and he's inspired a generation of ufologists to explore a whole new set of questions about the UFO phenomenon. Support us on Patreon:...
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Japan Airlines 1628 UFO Encounter, 1986
UFO sightings amongst airline pilots are relatively common, but the sightings of Japan Airlines flight 1628 on November 17, 1986 are notable for the wealth of supporting evidence. An official FAA investigation revealed cockpit recordings, radar data, and eyewitness interviews that all attest to a...
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The "Mothman" Encounters, 1966 - 1967
While the “mothman” has become a fixture of paranormal horror since it was adapted to film in 2002, the stories it was based on were actually far stranger than anything portrayed on screen. The wide range of events that occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966 and 1967 remain some of the...
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The Strange Case of Dr. X: UFOs and "Miracle" Healings
Though we tend to think of "miraculous" healings as the domain of religious miracle workers, a number of UFO witnesses claim to have been spontaneously healed during or after their sightings. By examining these kinds of anomalous effects on witnesses, we probably won't learn where UFOs come from,...
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Medieval UFOs? The Story of the "Flying Ship" over Ireland
You may have heard reference to a story told by the 13th-century cleric, Gervase of Tilbury, about a flying ship dropping its anchor in a churchyard, and the ensuing struggle between one of its sailors and the assembled crowd. There are actually many different versions of this story dating back…
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UFO Disclosure? Part 2 - Luis Elizondo and the Space Force
Part two of our series on the recent news around UFO disclosure, and the revelations of Luis Elizondo. We question if Elizondo is who he claims to be, and speculate on the true intentions behind his public relations campaign. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on...
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UFO Disclosure? Part 1 - Tom DeLonge and AATIP
A number of fans have asked me my opinion on the recent news around UFOs, and the apparent moves towards UFO disclosure on the part of the US government. I have been extremely skeptical of this “disclosure” campaign from the start, and I think it’s important that students of ufology take a…
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"Foo Fighters" of World War II
While the US government created the world's first government office to address the UFO question only after Kenneth Arnold's famous sighting in the summer of 1947, it was far from the first time that US officials had been forced to contend with UFO reports. Throughout the Second World War, Allied...
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Travis Walton Abduction, 1975
There is probably no case of alien abduction more widely known than that of Travis Walton, a 22-year-old logger from Snowflake, AZ. Travis's case includes a number of details that strongly suggest at the involvement of extraterrestrial beings; but it also has some similarities to older accounts…
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The Mysteries of the Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world to survive to the present day, and it remains a marvel of design and execution. Despite this, however, we know very little about its origins, or the purpose of its many peculiar features. Egyptologists...
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DMT and Entity Encounters
Long dismissed as hallucinations, the beings that people see on DMT are attracting more and more scientific interest. These beings, and the ways that they behave, are strikingly similar to those encountered by "alien" abductees, and even biblical prophets. Support us on Patreon:...
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The Secret Commonwealth: Real Fairies in History
People today think of fairies as little winged pixie girls, but this is not how those who saw them in history typically described them. The Reverend Robert Kirk wrote a treatise on the fairy people as they were known in the Scottish lowlands, and offers us a more evidence-based description of…
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Ariel School UFO Landing - Zimbabwe, 1994
There are many UFO sightings that involve large groups of witnesses. Interestingly, however, even where there is a consensus on a few core claims, witnesses don't always agree on some of the most important details of the story. The 60-some children that witnessed a UFO event in 1994 all saw…
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Jackie Hernandez Poltergeist Case, 1989 - 1990
For two years, Jackie Hernandez was tormented by a variety of anomalous activity that persisted after two moves, and attached itself to those she knew. Also known as the San Pedro Haunting, her case is remarkable for the sheer number of anomalous events, but it's also an interesting case study in...
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Hudson Valley UFO Sightings, 1982 - 1986
While many UFO sightings may appear to be random, isolated events, others are actually quite patterned - almost predictable. The Hudson Valley sightings came in waves, frequently recurring in the same few areas north of New York City. After years of sightings, it became clear that these sightings...
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Harriet Tubman - Psychic, Seer
Harriet Tubman is well known for her daring rescues of black slaves in the Eastern United States, but less well known are the remarkable abilities that she possessed that made these rescues possible. A review of the many anomalous events in Tubman's life suggests that she may have mastered the…
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Think Anomalous is an independent media producer and publisher devoted to increasing the public's understanding of anomalous phenomena. We survey the most credible research in anomalistics and make it accessible in the new media environment.
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