Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

THE UFO FILES •  From the archives of FORTEAN TIMES, the world’s foremost journal of strange phenomena, comes a new collection exploring the fascinating world of UFOs.

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EDITORIAL

THE VATICAN X-FILES • Catholic Church takes a fresh approach to assessing claims of the supernatural

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SIDELINES

ANIMAL ODDITIES • Radioactive wolves, delete-happy dogs and justice for ‘spy pigeon’

STAR FORT STUPIDITY • A new Tartarian twist ignores well documented history

EMERSON’S TRAVELS • Errant elephant seal refuses to accept forced relocation

Everything everywhere all at once • DAVID HAMBLING looks at current thinking about the multiverse and its dizzying implications

ARCHÆOLOGY • A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD

WEIRD OF THE NORTH, REJOICE! • ROB GANDY reports from Weekend North 2024

Troublesome stones • ALAN MURDIE rewatches a 1970s TV ghost story that tapped into the Earth mysteries zeitgeist

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN rounds up the Euro-weirdness, from gull hunts to yet more penguin misidentifications

ALIEN ZOO • NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN

FORTEAN FOLLOW-UPS • The Havana Syndrome saga rumbles on, with new claims and competing counterclaims

NECROLOG • This month, we say goodbye to two once-familiar faces from the televisual landscape of the past – a celebrated conjuror and an eccentric inventor

FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA • SIMON YOUNG FILES A NEW REPORT FROM THE INTERFACE OF STRANGE PHENOMENA AND FOLK BELIEF

Probing abductions • NIGEL WATSON reports on a new study of alien abductions and Oregon’s TwinRay time travellers

Six types of ambiguity • JENNY RANDLES offers a range of theories about what might be behind alien abductions

RAIDER OF THE LOST MONSTER FLICKS • What does a cryptozoologist do when the world goes into lockdown? One of the (very) few upsides of the Covid-19 restrictions endured in the UK was the opportunity for KARL SHUKER to watch far more monster movies than he normally would (or could) have done! Consequently, here for your delectation, excerpted exclusively for FT from his ‘Shuker In MovieLand’ blog, are some of Karl’s thoughts on a diverse collection of creature features…

Tiffany Thayer versus the Flying Saucers • In an extract from his new book about Charles Fort’s impact on modern culture, JOSHUA BLU BUHS examines the often uneasy relationship between Tiffany Thayer’s Fortean Society and flying saucer enthusiasts in the 1940s and 1950s.

MYSTERY MONKS & VANISHING NUNS MORE FROM MERSEYSIDE & HALSALL MOSS • The indefatigible ROB GANDY heads backs to some old haunts to collect further tales of phantom hooded figures on the roads of Halsall Moss and spine-tingling encounters with spectral sisters in various locations around Merseyside…

The Devil’s Marmite tree • TED HARRISON traces the monkey puzzle tree’s journey from South America to Britain and the stories attached to it…

“A little too much UFOing going on”? • Are ghost hunters missing the bigger picture? Do UFO...