maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 30, 2015 Greatly enjoying this afternoon's BBC Radio Four play on Patrick, which is making some mileage from the touchy area of his involvement with the infamous Cedric Allingham/Flying Saucer from Mars UFO hoax. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted August 16, 2018 On 11/11/2006 at 10:14, maryportfuncity said: Check out the long term work of - for example - Dr Michael Persinger wiki page. His work, controversial in part, revolves around the link between electromagnetism and human consciousness. He's touched on paranormal reports, like those of UFO abduction and out of body experiences because he believes there may be electromagnetic and environmental causes. In other words, he sees UFO hotspots as - potentially - the best sources of evidence for his ideas. A UK researcher called Albert Budden also touched on much the same areas. His little selling but worth reading book; Electric UFOs was the most substantial thing he published. Weird thread to obit him in but it's the only place he's been mentioned on the site before: Michael Persinger now gets to give God his helmet back in person, having died aged 73. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 19, 2020 On 10/12/2012 at 05:29, BadEgg said: Bring back Heather Couper Heather Couper dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977591/ One of Handy's subs for Pointless Celebrities team. Nice to know I'm not alone in having subs die rather than the main team. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted February 19, 2020 46 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Heather Couper dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977591/ One of Handy's subs for Pointless Celebrities team. Nice to know I'm not alone in having subs die rather than the main team. Aye, not the first time that's happened to me. She looked fucking awful on Pointless Celebrities too so I should have included her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Handrejka said: Aye, not the first time that's happened to me. She looked fucking awful on Pointless Celebrities too so I should have included her. Aye, she did, and I completely forgot about that. Not the first time someone has shown up looking dire on Pointless shortly before dying either. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Heather Couper dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977591/ One of Handy's subs for Pointless Celebrities team. Nice to know I'm not alone in having subs die rather than the main team. Bit of a shocker that. Next to Patrick Moore she always seemed so young and healthy ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted August 29, 2020 Patrick Moore was sometimes a figure of derision in UFO circles particularly decades ago when almost all the UFO literature tended to be pro-ET and he was held up as some kind of narrow-minded reactionary. Anyway, not long back I found his book Can You Speak Venusian? in a charity shop and I've just started reading it. 1976 edition and he visits and discusses all kinds of fringe groups and opinions with the kind of lively, open-minded and highly tolerant attitude that was absent from the very UFO literature that condemned him. Mind, in the opening section he has it in big-time for religious cults and others involved in brainwashing. Dated as hell but a lively read which I'm really enjoying. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
