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In Greenland only ruins remain of numerous Viking homes and churches. Why did all the settlers vanish?

April 1953 - Vol 6, No 4

April 1953

By Gordon Cooper

What does the name “Greenland” suggest to you? A huge island somewhere up near the North Pole covered with eternal ice and snow, the home of a few Eskimos who hunt seals and live on blubber? I think that this is the usual picture which the name conjures up in our minds, for many of us gained our impressions of the country from the well-known hymn which begins “From Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand.” Many probably will be surprised to learn, therefore, that far from being an almost uninhabited icy desert, as long as a thousand years ago Greenland was a flourishing country, a self-governing republic, with a population of several thousand people who made their living by farming and hunting and trading with Europe and America. But so it was! Read the rest of this entry »

The creature looked like something from another world — or a comic book — and every kid in town was determined to catch it. One of them almost did.

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May 1982

by Robert Goerman

On Sunday evening, March 1, 1981, I was watching The Amityville Horror on my 12-inch black-and-white television screen when the telephone rang. I immediate­ly recognized the voice as that of Ar­nold, Pa., Police Sgt. Jim Dargenzio, an old friend.

“Bob, where were you last night?” he asked. “I tried to reach you on this situation we got here. Seems some boys encountered some really weird creature by the railroad tracks . . . less than three feet tall, all green, wrinkled skin, long arms. . . .

“The rub is that one of the boys picked the damned thing up and tried to carry it home! The thing wriggled free. Didn’t hurt him or anything. It fled into a drainpipe and got away. But it’s been seen since. Seems to be stick­ing around.”

After Jim filled me in, Police Chief Bill Clark telephoned and added his 10 cents’ worth. It was clear the officers were taking the bizarre story seriously and requesting my unofficial assis­tance. Read the rest of this entry »

FATE Magazine “True Mystic Experiences”

January 2001

by Dolly Smith

When I was a young girl, I was a member of a group called “Brownies.” The troop building was not far from my school. This incident took place during the winter. It was so very cold and raining. It seemed the wind was always blowing. On this particular day I had walked home after school, and as I was doing my homework, I remembered my Brownie meeting. I rushed to my bedroom and put on my uniform. By now it was pouring down rain. I put the hood of my coat over my head and walked out the front door. I then ran as fast as I could to the troop building.

I was soaked by the time I arrived on the front porch. Nobody was there. I checked the front door and it was locked. It was either the wrong day or I was late for the meeting. The place was deserted. Read the rest of this entry »

Forget about the weird sky falls of toads and fishes . . . It’s Raining Babies!

October 2007

by Brad and Sherry Steiger

On September 11, 1991, Geraldo Silva was standing outside an apartment building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, waiting for a friend to join him, when something caused him to look up.

Plummeting headfirst toward him was a baby!

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Just a note about the Ozark UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas will be held the weekend of April 8-10, 2011. Be sure to get your tickets in advance because the conference comittee offers discounted early bird tickets.

The conference this year will feature new conference merchandise including a custom-designed T-shirt, baseball caps and conference DVDs. There will also be 90-minute presentations, including Q & As from the audience. There is also to be an expanded vendor area.

This year’s speakers will include:

• Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, will give us a nuts and bolts presentation about UFO reporting and investigation protocols.
• Richard Dolan will discuss his new co-authored book A. D. After Disclosure: The People’s Guide to Life After Contact.
• Linda Moulton Howe will present fascinating newly-revealed info on the Bentwater’s incident.
• John Major Jenkins will present the real meaning of the 2012 movement.
• Ryan Jones, aerospace engineer and author, will discuss his take on E. T..
• Steven Jones who has had a lifetime of alien abductions will offer his insight into the phenomenon.
• Kathy Marden is the niece of the late Betty and Barney Hill and will discuss one of the most famous abduction cases from her perspective.
• Richard Seifried will discuss his abduction experiences.
• Dr. Claude Swanson returns to the conference to discuss his new book, Life Force, the Scientific Basis.

FATE Magazine “True Mystic Experiences”

April 2003

by Martha Waters

My high school sweetheart and I were married soon after we graduated in 1970. Being children of the 1960s, we often talked about death and the occult. We agreed that whichever of us died first would try to make some kind of contact.

Jerry got into drugs, much to my dismay, and we eventually divorced in the late 1970s. As time went by, we both married again. We remained friends after our divorce but kept only minor contact.

In May 1993 I received a phone call that Jerry had died of an accidental drug overdose. I called my ex-sister-in-law who proceeded to tell me that Jerry’s current wife did not want me to attend his funeral. I did not want to cause any problems for the family, so I decided to abide by her wishes. Read the rest of this entry »

They may explain it as “Wee Folk” or – “signs” but they seem to have some amazing precognitions.

By J. Patrick Waring

December 1959

Ever since we emigrated from Ireland 33 years ago my moth­er’s great dream has been to go back for one visit, with one purpose in mind—to kneel at her parents’ grave and pray. She is an old wo­man now, nearing 80, and her dream will, in all probability, never be fulfilled.

I think, though, it indicates she is a person who would be most un­likely to deceive us (or herself) concerning her parents’ deaths. And she has often told us of the “signs” that foretold the passing of both.

They were farm people, living near Bomacatall, Drunquin, in County Tyrone. My brother and I were born there. Their farm was “fairy land”—and my grandfather, who called the Wee Folk by name, saw to it that the fields were work­ed “around” their ancestral haunts. My mother remembers well the Sithean—green fairy mounds—she believes the Wee Folk still use. Read the rest of this entry »

Long time FATE writer Jerome Clark reflects on how ufology has evolved over the years.

A UFO over Aurora, Texas in 1897.

December 1985

by Jerome Clark

TWO YEARS AGO in this column (October 1983 FATE) I suggested that the UFO age had passed. Interest in the subject was stagnant, I wrote, largely because ufology had failed either to establish conclu­sively the existence of UFOs or to lay them forever to rest, leaving us with a “riddle that stubbornly resists solution.” Read the rest of this entry »

Does mediumistic ability exist within the circle of your family and friends? Here is how you may find it and put it to work.

July 1958

by Dr. W. D. Chesney

July 1958- Vol. 11 No. 7

The power of certain mediums to break through the veil and put us into communication with those we have loved and lost is unquestioned nowadays by many of us. I know it is possible to hold conversations with those who are living but invisible to our eyes—if certain conditions are supplied. And these conditions can be supplied. Read the rest of this entry »

Laboratory studies, old and new, may reveal some intriguing hints about the psychological workings behind some aspects of the out-of-body experience.

For as long as she could remember, Miss Z had experienced brief moments during the night in which she would wake up and find herself floating near her bedroom ceiling, looking down upon her still-sleeping body. And on this night, for the sake of science, she was apparently determined to try and have this same kind of out-of-body experience (OBE) again. Read the rest of this entry »