Richard Thieme Interview - KCOR

UFO Classified host Erica Lukes welcomes "prominent American techno-philosopher" and ufologist Richard Thieme to discuss a gamut of current and significant topics. Some of the conversation deals with the ills--individual, institutional, and cultural--in today's ufology. But along the way positives are emphasized, in particular the collaborative book that Thieme contributed to, UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry (Anomalist Books), which Lukes says is probably among her top five favorite UFO books. Much of the interview deals with the National Security State in one form or another, some of it directly related to ufology, more of it not--but all of it worthwhile. In this last vein, Amy Zimmerman asks Why Did the FBI Raid the Home of the Biggest Alien Truther? This is a substantial review of the new Jeremy Kenyon Locker Corbell documentary on "Area 51 whistleblower" Bob Lazar, and it's good for perspective. A propos of questions raised of Richard Thieme by Erica Lukes in their conversation, as well as the dramatic incident forming the title of Zimmerman's article, Olav Phillips posts a rumination called Publish and Perish: The Mysterious Body Count of UFOlogy and the Darker Side of Conspiracy Research. "This is one of those times when conspiracy and ufology cross paths," says Phillips, who considers the highly speculative case that someone is "offing" UFO investigators who get too close to The Truth--whether it's secret space programs, spy planes, underground bases, or Illuminati. Rejoinders to this kind of thinking have been made upon statistical bases and charges of "cherry-picking" the data. (WM)

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