SetiQuest and "Strange Bedfellows"

This is an oldie but goodie (August 2008) from Greg Taylor (The Daily Grail, Darklore journals, etc.) on the disconcerting liaison between SETI and (then, now CSI) CSICOP. SETI and CSICOP - Strange Bedfellows. I was prompted to post this because of Greg's current post on The Daily Grail about Dr. Jill "The Moon! The Moon!" Tarter and her creation "SetiQuest."

Monster Quest's Mothman Episode; Coleman Review

I saw it; have been looking forward to this episode ever since a producer from the show contacted me several months ago in preparing for the program. I think I put her off; for I went into an esoteric direction (a la Andrew Colvin, who, I noticed, the show did not mention) and she nervously-laughingly said she didn’t want the government following her, dismissing anything to do with all that. I didn’t think much of the program, even though Nick Redfern was on, which was great. But overall, didn’t think much of it and Coleman makes a good point: where was the historical background? However, of all the things that annoyed me the most was the inclusion of uber-skeptic (“I’m not a scientist, I have an English Lit degree, but I play one on TV” Joe Nickell) who smirked non-stop while gleefully cutting out plywood Mothman figures to test the accuracy of witnesses. This man has an intriguing fixation with owls; for, after all, not only are owls the explanation for Mothman sightings, owls are the explanation for the Flatwoods creature, and the Kelly Hopkinsville entities, says Nickell.

Here’s Coleman’s review on his blog Cryptomundo.