Skeptical Inquirer
Editor: Kendrick FRAZIER
Magazine:Skeptical Inquirer
Language:English


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Year:2018
Issue:Vol. 42 No. 6 November/December
Contents
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From the Editor
Kendrick FRAZIERAliens and UFOs: What They Tell Us about Ourselves4

News and Comment
David MORRISONFear of Aliens: How to Protect Alien Microbes (and Us)6-7
Joe NICKELL, James McGAHANew York Times Again Hypes Saucers7

James UNDERDOWNThe Salton Sea Flat Earth Test
When Skeptics Meet Deniers
14-15

Joe NICKELL, James McGAHAUFO Identification Process
There is a wide variety of natural explanations for things we see in the sky that are easy to misinterpret
34-37

Eric WOJCIECHOWSKIUFOs: Why Humanoid Aliens? Why So Varied?
UFOlogy is replete with varying descriptions of UFOs and their occupants—so much so that concluding an alien intelligence is piloting them goes against the more logical and reasonable conclusion that the only intelligence behind the phenomenon is the human brain itself
38-40

David ZEIGLERThose Supposed Aliens Might Be Worms
Many believe life on alien planets would likely include intelligent humanoids, and much of science fiction uses this idea. Based on what we know of evolution on Earth, there is really no basis for this belief; however, one supportable prediction for alien lifeform would be worms
41-44