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Heretic among the heretics
Now and then I am asked, both as a professional librarian and AFU co-worker, to suggest interesting UFO titles suitable for beginners who wish to acquaint themselves with the subject. This is no easy...
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Stranger in a strange land
Usually I don´t write much of a personal nature on this blog, basically because I find it rather boring and a waste of cyberspace to read about other peoples breakfast habits and latest shopping. But...
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Christina, Queen of Sweden and esotericism
One of my responsibilities at Norrköping Public Library is arranging academic lectures, inviting Swedish scholars and authors engaged in current cultural and scientific debate. On March 19 I had the...
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The humanoid that got away
Reviewing the AFU files on Swedish humanoid cases I re-examined the Ivar Naumann report of August 25, 1958. This particular case has always fascinated me because of the unusual and very physical...
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Round Robin and contactee history
In October 1983 AFU received a large and well-preserved collection of books and magazines donated by Mr. C. O. Holmquist, Rockneby, Sweden. Among the different sets of magazine issues dating back to...
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Reluctant contactees
The classic image of the UFO contactee is a rather naive individual claiming physical or telepathic contact with extraterrestrials and absorbed in spreading a spiritual message of peace and love,...
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Congratulations Clas
Today I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to my old friend and UFO collegue, Clas Svahn, on his 56th birthday. To a Swedish audience Clas needs no further introduction as he is wellknown as...
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Paranormal phenomena and the esoteric paradigm
Recently I discovered a very interesting article, Visions of the Impossible, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It was written by Jeffrey J. Kripal, professor of religious studies at Rice...
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One hundred sponsors
There is a steady stream of visitors to AFU, representatives from various groups and organizations, librarians and achivists, university students, ufologists from Sweden and other countries and people...
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Riley Crabb, UFOs and Theosophy
Between 1979-1985 I corresponded with Riley Crabb, director of Borderland Sciences Research Foundation (BSRF) and editor of The Journal of Borderland Research 1959-1985. Riley became sort of a mentor...
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A close encounter during the war
The following case came to my attention in October 1996 when I received the original document from Christian Fester, M.D. His wife was Siw Fester, who experienced an extraordinary close encounter and...
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Fortean vs. orthodox science
In the magazine collection at AFU we have a complete set of Pursuit, published between 1967-1989 by the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU). This organization was founded by Ivan T....
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The Kolmården humanoid case
This humanoid close encounter case has become a classic in Swedish ufology. It was documented by one of the first active field investigators in Sweden, Sven Schalin. Unfortunately we have never been...
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Aliens and bio-androids
I often return to the 1975 classic The Edge of Reality by the two giants of ufology, Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee. The discussions and brain storming in this book are intellectually stimulating and...
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The enigmatic Carol Honey
The American ufologist and contactee Carol Honey (1928-2007) is today largerly forgotten in the annals of UFO history. He was an aerospace engineer and accomplished hypnotist who for seven years was...
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Summertime, books and a pearl
Summertime for me symbolizes sunshine, book reading and the traditional trip to the city of the Sun - my birthplace Karlstad. But this summer has been very special. My lovely lady Margaretha (Persian...
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Where have all the lodges gone?
The title alludes to the old folk song by Pete Seeger - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?. I came to think of this famous song when studying the history of the Swedish Theosophical Society (Adyar). In...
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AFU premises, plans and a prayer
On this exceedingly hot and humid day I decided to visit and photograph all of the AFU premises to get a sort of state of the archives. AFU consists of ten premises but I visited nine of these as the...
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UFO-Sweden projects and planning
This weekend several members of the UFO-Sweden board gathered at the AFU premises in Norrköping for discussion and planning of various projects. On Saturday UFO-Sweden chairman Anders Berglund and...
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Seeing fairies
Anomalist Books continue to publish interesting and high quality writings in the UFO, Fortean and paranormal field, classics as well as new titles. The latest is a tome that most probably will be...
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