NASA nerds have likely studied every pixel of Curiosity's images, including the bad ones that show up as mysterious-looking flying objects (when deceptively cropped).

Contact.

“See, we can’t get your soul”

It's always the way.

A reminder: when putting the bins out, look up!

The spider was clearly skeptical about Little Miss Muffet's consumption of curds and whey.

22 June, 1976, Canary Islands: Giant Aliens Inside a Crystalline Orb? gideonreid.co.uk/giant-aliens...

Yando Hildebrando de Rios / Alvin Lawson

“I saw through the window…I saw the face clearly and distinctly, ghastly pale, but with the features so marked and so distinct…”

"I saw a face looking round one of the bookcases....the face was pallid and hairless, and the orbits of the eyes were very deep."

There's a depressing new trend in London where all new cars must now be the same flat, non-metallic grey as the city’s street furniture: utility cabinets, lamp poles, and wheelie bins.

“What’s that with the big crazy eyes?” 👽 My essay about Margaret Keane and some alternative ideas about what inspired her lifelong obsession with painting big-eyed creatures. gideonreid.co.uk/category/the... #ufo #folklore

My recent long-form conversation with historian Michel Gagné, where we talked about science fiction's influence on alien contact stories, Ariel School, and the art and life of Margaret Keane. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... #ufo #folklore

"The American people are being deliberately misled by their government, which is providing false information about the possibility of protection from the effects of nuclear explosions." 'Staying Ignorant About Nuclear War' Editorial by John Mack, 1985. www.jstor.org/stable/37910...

Michael Marshall & Cecil Cicirello are consistently meticulous in covering the wild claims made by Rogan & his guests. Here they cover Dan Farah's UFO propaganda film 'The Age of Disclosure.' Bonus: They mention my recent article about Ariel School! #ufo podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Oahspe the "strange new bible" lead to the founding of a breakaway colony in New Mexico. It struggled to establish itself and was plagued by tragedies. This unfortunate death was news to me:

It's beyond coincidence that "tricky" Lionel Davidson opens Under Plum Lake with "I went down" — the same as Plato's Republic. In both, an analogous journey through a cave, one ascending, the other descending — leads toward ontological shock & revelation. gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie...

Wee Willie Winkie — Arthur Rackham

“The White Rabbit splendidly dressed, came trotting along in a great hurry.” — Gwynedd M. Hudson (illus.)

One of the first tabloid newspaper reports in The Manica Post on the Russian rocket booster reentry over Zimbabwe on 14 Sept '94. Printed on 16 Sept, the day of the Ariel School disturbance. Local media did little to explain the actual cause of the lights seen in the sky. #ufo

One of the Ariel School drawings showing a "flying saucer" with landing gear, and an advertisement run on the front page of The Herald, Zimbabwe's largest newspaper, for a local clothing store in Harare named "U.F.O. (United Factory Outlet)” For more: www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/03/the-...

Before most researchers linked alien abduction to shamanic initiation, Lionel Davidson had already done so in a children's book about alien contact, recovered memories, ontological shock, and the fear of not being believed. My essay explores: gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie... #UFO #UAP

My recent Skeptical Inquirer feature examines Netflix’s 'Encounters' and its treatment of the 1994 Ariel School sighting — and exactly what the episode left out. Now free to read or listen to: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl...

UFOs - Miracle of the Unknown (1992)

My latest for @skeptic.org.uk about UFO pop culture on terrestrial TV in 1990s Zimbabwe, and the claimed extraterrestrial sighting at Ariel School. www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/03/the-...

New Essay! The Mysteries of Under Plum Lake —Lionel Davidson, Alien Contact and the Philosophy of Anomalous Experience gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie... #ufo #uap #aliens #folklore #myth #sciencefiction

How do you think Santa manages to deliver presents to every household around the world? Exotic tech of course! Merry Christmas! #ufosky

The @knowrogan.bsky.social is great, but this is inconsistent—after saying Joe avoids conflict & could talk cordially with Harris/Walz, they say it "wouldn't be a good idea for them to appear" on the show + "he's not the type of person I would want to have a conversation with, pretty much ever." 1/2

An early hot-take, but I think Spielberg's upcoming UFO film 'Disclosure' is going to kick off with some Pileated Woodpecker action. Catching a glimpse of the mythical bird (on the poster) has been likened to witnessing a UFO, with many doubting they exist at all. #ufosky

— 'The Weapon Makers' - A.E. Van Vogt (Cover art by Bruce Pennington), 1970 — The "Solway Spaceman" - photo by Jim Templeton, 1964 [h/t David Clarke]

Oi @therestpolitics.bsky.social, for non-subscriber listeners, your podcast is unbearable. Endless promotions, truly insidious conversational adverts, indistinguishable from your analysis. Had to change my "skip 30s" button to "skip 60s" now; it’s a lottery to actually find your content. CHANGE!

Was the Sandown Clown South African?

Although I've not had a chance to read this yet, I'm fascinated by the reputable scientific origins of hollow earth theories, how they've persisted in speculative lit (e.g. gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie...) & their resurgence in the popular imagination of those searching for aliens here on Earth.

In 1980 Lionel Davidson wrote about an exotic craft with "stretch mechanics" which morphed its shape while the occupant was inside & had a transparent hull so that what was ahead could be seen. Perfectly visualized in 1986 by Flight of the Navigator. 1/3 #ufosky

Cybermen vibes?

Scotland.

A small telepathic alien with a large head and eyes crash-lands in rural Africa, appearing, vanishing, then reappearing in the long grass of the bush in front of two boys. #ufosky

The day after the Ariel School sighting on 16 Sept, 1994, 'A Nuclear Free Pacific' (1988), a film about the dangers of nukes their testing and their damaging effects on people and the environment, was broadcast on local Zimbabwe television (ZBC TV 2). gideonreid.co.uk/demystifying...

“The aims of technology, which were clear enough a century and a half ago, have gradually disappeared from view…The further we ad­vance, the more the purpose of our techniques fades out of sight.” — Jacques Ellul, 1964

My latest piece in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social: 'A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting.' I unpack the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO claims, Netflix's spin, the facts they skipped—& the stigma holding back real inquiry. Worth the sub: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl... #UFO #Skepticism

Part 2 of a consideration of the science fiction influences on the 25 October 1974 alien abduction story of Carl Higdon. gideonreid.co.uk/science-fict...

Carl Higdon's Trip Up Above A comparison between a very American alien abduction report and an obscure French science fiction story rewritten for an English speaking audience. gideonreid.co.uk/carl-higdons...

'The Dutch Proverbs' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) has what looks like pies thrown up on a roof, so does Breaking Bad (famously). The proverb that connects them? "To have a roof tiled with tarts". (Is pizza pie is an American approximation?). It means "to be very wealthy."

I'd really like to know the end-of-world stats that tell of how many idle thoughts this pattern has absorbed.

Never understood how this cloud was mistaken for anything else.

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8