Tangling With the Trickster: Myth, Magic and the UFO

David Perkins
Magonia 80, January 2003

Ufologists! Have you been feeling “marginalised” lately? Ever wonder why ufology “can’t get no respect”? In his book, The Trickster and the Paranormal (2001),: George P. Hansen tackles these questions and many, many more. He has done a thorough and timely job of coalescing a number of issues swirling around ufology for several years. In this far-ranging tome, Hansen takes a penetrating look at the state of current UFO, psi and paranormal research.
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The Flatwoods Monster: a Critical Re-Examination

Buzz Brandt
Magonia 80, January 2003

Dubbed one of the “most bizarre UFO encounters of all time” (Clark, 1992), the strange tale of the Flatwoods Monster was destined to become a classic of early flying saucer mythology. Popularised by such seminal Fortean anthologists as Frank Edwards, the story surely reflects the flourishing awareness in the public imagination of “alien spacecraft” in the years immediately following Kenneth Arnold’s famous sighting of nine “flying objects” over Mt. Rainier.