From New Dawn 190 (Jan-Feb 2022) The name Harry Turner has returned to prominence after David Grusch, the former US intelligence officer and UAP whistleblower, recently drew attention to Turner’s declassified 1971 Australian Joint Intelligence Organisation report. Here we present […]
Bill Chalker
Exploring the Shamanism–Alien Abduction Connection – Part 2
From New Dawn 189 (Nov-Dec 2021) A comparison of the two types of experiences – shamanic and alien abduction – is revealing. Folklorist Dr T.E. Bullard lists the following elements of UFO abduction narratives: • capture • examination (which includes tales of […]
Exploring the Shamanism–Alien Abduction Connection – Part 1
From New Dawn 188 (Sept-Oct 2021) Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, in their book, The Northern Tribes of Central Australia (1904), provided a classic account of an extraordinary tradition. An Aborigine, Kurkutji, was set upon by two spirits, Mundadji and […]
Australian UFO Mysteries: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
From New Dawn 173 (Mar-Apr 2019) Over 40 years ago, during the early evening of 21 October 1978, pilot Frederick Valentich reported in a radio communication with Steve Robey of Melbourne Flight Service that “a large aircraft” which had “a long shape” and “a green light,” appearing […]
The Untold Story of UFOs in China: Lost in Translation or the Devouring Dragon?
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 1 (Jan 2020) “The universe is an ocean, the Moon is the Diaoyu Islands, Mars is Huangyan Island. If we don’t go there now even though we’re capable of doing so, then […]