by Nigel Watson Magonia 54, November 1995 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- “We believe in the absolute power of these [extraterrestrial] saviours from the skies who treat us like easily duped children (or cattle) yet they use vehicles that are always falling out of the skies … The bottom line is that books, articles and programmes have to play to the believers; they are the ones who are willing to part with their cash. “The culture industry gobbles-up UFO material that is shovelled into it by willing ufologists, then it is crapped all over us whether we like it or not. As such the very spirit of wonder and defamiliarisation with the everyday that UFOs might inspire only serves to feed the dominant socio-economic structure. Ufology is a proto-religion […] Read More