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.

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UFO PHOTO UPDATE • DAVID CLARKE uncovers new evidence, but the truth about the Calvine photo remains elusive

EPIC CAT TREKS • Some adventurous moggies boldly go where no cat has gone before…

OUT OF THE PAST • Cameras, crisp packets and messages in bottles and dressers all have tales to tell

FATAL EXORCISM • The growth of religious cults in Italy has encouraged a belief in possession

ForteanTimes PRESENTS THE UFO FILES

ARCHÆOLOGY • PAUL DEVEREUX ponders astronomical events, ancient alignments and a Minoan mystery structure

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

Historic ghosts • ALAN MURDIE assesses a brace of new books exploring Britain’s haunted heritage

A FEAST OF CANNIBALS • ‘Suspicious meat’, testicle platters and pickled penises were among the delicacies on offer…

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • As reports of Noam Chomsky’s death prove to be exaggerated and the ‘new Nostradamus’ predicts a Summer Solstice start for World War III, NOEL ROONEY feels the fear…

MORE MERCILESS MINGS • Mystery smells and puzzling pongs continue to make life a misery from Flintshire to Finland

ALIEN ZOO • KARL SHUKER considers the latest Gigantopithecus research and an online AI crypto-fake

THE BIG CAT RETURNS • An encounter in a caravan park, trail cam photos and a new DNA test all point to leopards on the loose

THE DARK STUFF • The plague of animal mutilations and killings continues in the New Forest, plus grisly finds at the Wolf’s Lair and witchy crimes

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month, we say goodbye to Hollywood’s legendary “King of the B-Movie” and to a pair of extraordinary conjoined twins

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

Arrivals and abductions • NIGEL WATSON looks at new sources of ufological information and one woman’s abduction memoir

Wars of the world • JENNY RANDLES on how conflict drives human fears, technological progress and military misdirection

DEMONS VAMPIRES & SEA MONSTERS THE WILD LIFE OF AN ANGLICAN EXORCIST • REVEREND PETER LAWS tells the story of globe-trotting Anglican vicar Dr Donald Omand, whose fight against the powers of darkness saw him tussling with hellhounds and vampires and exorcising everything from the Loch Ness Monster to the Bermuda Triangle.

INFERNAL MACHINES HOW CHATGPT HAS MANKIND BY THE MOLOCHS • As the world’s leaders schedule regular gatherings to discuss the looming dangers of AI, has an ancient demon of human sacrifice returned to our web-worshipping world to destroy mankind, cunningly disguised as a harmless online chat-bot? SD TUCKER exposes the dark gods lurking in our machines.

NICE IDEA: CS LEWIS VERSUS MOLOCH ON THE MOON

FREE WILLY IN THE ECCO CHAMBER

THE HENRY LINCOLN LEGACY DON’T BELIEVE ANYBODY – EVEN • If one writer could be said to have made the alternative history genre mainstream it would be Henry Lincoln, who popularised the mystery of Rennes-le-Château, co-wrote The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and inspired Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. LYNN...