http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/ The latest Articles from Fortean Times UK en-GB Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:21:02 +0000 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:21:02 +0000 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/2176/aeronauts_from_the_future.html Witness accounts of flying platforms and rocketmen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:01 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/2239/truelife_encounters_with_the_paranormal.html Spooky stories extracted from the new FT book 'It happened to me!, vol. 2' Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:01 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/2350/city_of_symbols.html While Dan Brown looks for Masonic symbolism in Washington, DC, we journey through Masonic London, on a trail that takes in Isaac Newton and Jack the Ripper, St Paul's Cathedral and Canary Wharf, conspiracy theories and occult forces... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:57 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/45/the_unarius_society.html Dean Bertram finds the Unariuns in good heart and recalls his encounters with Charles Spiegel, Norman’s successor, shortly before Spiegel died. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/58/unidentified_atmospheric_phenomena.html In the light of the recently revealed Condign Report – with its talk of unidentified atmospheric phenomena – Paul Devereux celebrates the ‘Cinderella’ of UFO research, and traces the evolution in our understanding of ‘earth lights’ and other luminous mysteries. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/73/animal_spirits.html William and John Sutton wonder whether a long-discredited theory linking body, brain, memory and emotion might not still have things to teach us about the human condition. Illustrations by Michael Kirkham. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/81/saucers_over_findhorn.html Scotland’s Findhorn Community is known as one of the great New Age success stories – a small-scale experiment that grew, like the miraculous giant organic vegetables that are part of the legend, from humble beginnings into a world-renowned spiritual centre. But, says Andy Roberts, the real origins of Findhorn – and a missing chapter of British ufological history – lie in the heady days of the flying saucer contactee movement. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/82/last_of_the_megaliths.html Within living memory, the Kelabit people of Borneo erected mysterious megaliths to commemorate hallowed ancestors, but modernity, Christianity and illegal logging have swept much of their culture away. Mike Jay headed into the jungle to try to find one long-lost megalith before the logging companies arrived… Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/83/in_search_of_the_mad_gasser.html The Mad Gasser of Mattoon is often held up as a classic example of mass hysteria and has led to even more extraordinary claims of Nazi or alien involvement. But is the case really as mysterious as it seems? Jonathan Downes ventures to the American Midwest to investigate. All photographs by the author. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/85/tyneham_village_of_the_vanished.html England is full of deserted villages, but while the majority were abandoned in the mediæval period as a result of disease, climate, population pressures or economic factors, some have ‘vanished’ in more recent times. In an extract from her new book The Lost Villages of England, Leigh Driver tells the story of how the pretty Dorset village of Tyneham became one of the strangest casualties of World War II. Photographs by Stephen Whitehorne. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/86/the_brown_lady_of_raynham_hall.html Seventy years ago this month, what is still considered one of the best ghost photographs of all time was taken at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. Ever since, it has been held up as convincing evidence for the existence of spectral forms but, as Alan Murdie discovered, long-forgotten files on the case point to a different conclusion. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/111/the_sceptic_and_the_spectres.html Seasoned FT readers will hardly need reminding of Peter Brooksmith’s track record as an unforgiving scourge of wilful gullibility, bad logic, and feeble and selective evidence in all departments of the paranormal. So what is he doing unveiling a murky history of ghosts and polts in his own family? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/87/911_the_video.html Five years after the tragedy of the World Trade Center attacks, Jack Sargeant looks at a new genre of DIY film-making that harnesses the buzz of the Internet and distrust of central government in an attempt to uncover the conspiracies behind 9/11. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/88/stoat_packs.html The stoat is famous for its ability to 'freeze' a rabbit with its glare, for its slinky, hypnotic dance and for its ruthless predatory nature. However, Merrily Harpur reveals some less well-known behaviour – the triumphal capture dance, the funerary hiding of killed stoats and the swarming in huge stoat armies. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/92/rosslyns_frozen_music.html Orchestrating the Chapel's hidden code Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/90/angels_and_daimons.html Stories of guardian angels have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, becoming a staple of fluffy New Age-ism and the subject of countless books. But, argues Patrick Harpur, these mediators between God and man have a long and fascinating history and might not be quite as cuddly as we’ve been led to believe. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/91/the_rosslyn_cipher.html Theories about the hidden treasure of Rosslyn Chapel are plentiful and popular, especially since the publication of The Da Vinci Code. Forget the Holy Grail, says Brian Allan – Rosslyn’s real secret could be a musical one. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/94/the_devils_chord.html Exploring the history of the tritone Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/95/flying_saucers_from_hell.html Ufology often seems to come down to a choice between extraterrestrial visitors and some as yet unknown natural phenomenon but, as Dr David Clarke reveals, a now largely forgotten counter-theory was of infiltration by demons from the fiery pits of Hades. Illustration by Mick Brownfield. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/96/intelligent_design_origin_of_the_specious.html Rather than facing extinction,the controversy over the Theory of Evolution seems to be thriving amongst a vocal Christian fundamentalist community. Ian Simmons puts Intelligent Design, the latest recruit in the ongoing battle, under the microscope. Illustration by Chloé Poizat. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/97/santillis_alien_autopsy_film.html Andy Roberts & Dr David Clarke discuss the background to the Santilli 'Alien Autopsy’ film, now the subject of a comedy film. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100