Saucers over Baltimore: UFOCON 13

May 11th was the date of UFOCON 13, the first of a hopefully annual convention in Baltimore, Maryland.

Before the convention

UFOCON was organized by Antonio Paris of Aerial Phenomena, who leads some very interesting archaeological digs at UFO crash sites. He spoke about a recent expedition in New Mexico where he found the wreckage of an old World War II era airplane.

Yours truly, next to my friend.

I had a setup with a board, and gave away copies of my essay regarding Fermi's Paradox, the Zoo Hypothesis, and other topics related to Extraterrestrial Intelligence and its possible presence here on earth. I also pose some issues that I have with the current discussion surrounding UFOs. If you'd like a copy of the booklet, visit my Shop page and look for "Enrico Goes to the Zoo: A Breakdown of Humanity's Greatest Paradox."

Across from my booth, dcdrone.com and Nancy from http://www.theskepticalpsychic.com/

    There were about 150 people at the conference and a variety of speakers. Highlights included Bill Murphy of TV's Fact or Faked who talked about UFO videos and more interestingly the "Torsion" effect and its possible technological ramifications. Torsion is considered by some to be the "5th force" of nature (along with gravity, electromagnetism, and strong and weak nuclear forces). Murphy related this concept to the reversing of a Foucault pendulum and use by Germany in the so-called "Nazi Bell" flying saucers.
    The other highlight talk was by John Alexander, a former army colonel who was profiled by Jon Ronson in The Men Who Stare at Goats and the center of many conspiracy theories himself. I think he comes off as a government apologist in a lot of circles because of his argument that the government is not hiding anything concerning UFOs. It is a controversial claim in the UFOlogy community to say the least.