Between official facts and public fantasies, there are INTERMEDIATE STATES...

John Reppion searches for the truth behind an 1845 bridge collapse said to be caused when spectators rushed to see a clown in a tub drawn by six white geese in the river below.

Cliff Willett wonders why UFO aliens would traverse deep space to borrow salt, sample our pizza, or offer us pancakes in his delightful examination of alien eating habits.

Loren Coleman examines the Mormon belief in the Nephites, the race of beings who live in a world between the known and unknown, and may still walk among us.

Mark Macy traces his involvement in our half-century long history of attempts to use technology to communicate directly with the dead - and them with us.

Ulrich Magin tracks down the oft-repeated story of "the first ever sea serpent sighting" by the Assyrian King Sargon nearly three millennia ago.

David Hricenak makes the case for a new interdisciplinary field of study called bioanomalistics that overlaps with cryptozoology, UFOlogy, and parapsychology.

Sharon Hill tackles the reports of anomalous lights, sounds, weather, and animal behavior that are said to occur before earthquakes.

Dwight Smith and Gary Mangiacopra look at how recent developments in neuroscience may help unravel the physical and physiological mechanisms that lead to out-of-body experiences.

Victoria Alexander reviews the extreme ecstatic practices of medieval saints and mystics and finds a close relationship to the modern use of ayahuasca as a visionary tool.

Theo Paijmans makes use of digital newspaper archives to get to the truth about the Black Flash--the phantomlike creature that plagued Provincetown in the 1930s.

Nick Redfern wonders if there is any substance to the claims of the star/director of The Flying Saucer, who said that the movie would feature footage of a real flying saucer over Alaska.