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The UFO Circus
On May 8, 2026, Tim Gallaudet, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, was doing the rounds of the UFO circuit. It was a day of great excitement in the UFO community because the Department of War had finally released the first set of what they had promised would be full disclosure of…
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What Does Spielberg’s Disclosure Day Reveal about Truth?
Editor’s note: This article provides spoilers about the movie Disclosure Day. Does the truth belong to all of us? Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (2026) argues that it does. How far could that extend? Do we have a right to every piece of knowledge in everyone’s head? Even the…
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Pluribus and the Myth of the Benevolent Parasite
Editor’s note: This article includes major spoilers for season one of the series Pluribus. In the science fiction series Pluribus, humanity does not fall to invasion, nuclear war, or artificial intelligence. Instead, it succumbs to something quieter and more unsettling: a virus…
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A Skeptical Approach to Flying Saucers and Aliens
Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s new book, Take Me to Your Leader, has attracted controversy in the skeptical community. Some believe that Tyson has abandoned his previous skeptical attitude toward flying saucers. Perhaps this idea was caused by the first line in the book: “Ever since…
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Child Torture, Child Abuse, and a System of Adverse Parenting
Potentially abusive parenting and treatment practices related to “holding therapy” were rejected in 2006 by a joint task force between American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and the American Psychological Association (Chaffin et al. 2006; Mercer 2019).…
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What Martin Gardner’s Puzzles Teach Us about Thinking
Martin Gardner (1914–2010) was a writer, magician, and mathematician who helped found the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (then called the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, CSICOP) in 1976. Longtime Skeptical Inquirer readers may know him…
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Americans Still Not Skeptical Enough about UFOs
In 2021, I witnessed a long string of lights moving across the sky together. I’d never seen anything like that before. Seeking an answer, I made this social media post: “I think I just saw a #meteor or #UFO in Edwardsville, Illinois. Anyone else?” Being unfamiliar with such a…
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We Don’t Need Food Dyes, but Their Crimes Are Overblown
In the late nineteenth century, Germany was at the forefront of chemical research and it was an ideal place for Purdue University chemistry professor Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley to spend a sabbatical to broaden his horizons. After attending lectures by August Wilhelm Hofmann,…
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We Celebrated Our 50th Anniversary at CSICon 2026
The tagline for the fiftieth-anniversary CSICon said it all: “Celebrate Our History … Chart Our Future.” From June 11–14, the City of Buffalo was filled with skeptics representing every (habitable) continent. It was my first CSICon as the executive director of the Committee for…
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Join the Fraziers and Castens in Supporting CSI’s Into the Future Fund
Note: I started writing fund drive letters last year as part of becoming the executive director of CSI. These letters haven’t previously been published in the magazine, but the following (adapted) letter involves an especially important initiative. I’ve just returned from the…