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Release date: 05 Feb 2015
* Release date: 05 Feb 2015
* Cover: Nicholas Roerich Museum/[[Etienne Gilfillan]]
* [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416330120#/ Zinio version]
 
===Strange Days===
Another combusting Indian baby, return of Planet X, djinn on the increase, Muslims discovered America, changeling children, Turin Shroud update, Katie Melua's spider inside her and other unwanted guests - plus much more.
 
* 05 The Conspirasphere
* 12 Science
* 14 Archaeology
* 15 Classical Corner
* 16 Ghostwatch
* 21 Alien Zoo
* 23 Mythconceptions
* 26 The UFO Files
 
'''Contents'''
* 28 Seekers of Shambhala - The many lives of Nicholas Roerich
* 36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But... Why are we sceptical about conspiracies?
* 21 Farewell, Frank and Louie - A remarkable two-faced cat passes on
* 66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today - Putting the Rendlesham Incident on film
* 12 World's Longest Moustache - The winner by more than a whisker
 
===Features===
28 Nicholas Roerich: Seeker of Shambhala (cover story)<br />'''[[Gary Lachman]]''' delves into the many lives of Nicholas Roerich - artist, explorer, archaeologist and guri - and his extraordinary campaign to start a political and spiritual revolution based on the ancient myths of a mysterious hidden kingdom in northern Asia.
 
36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But...<br />Why do mainstream media and academic research continue to promote scepticism about conspiracy theories in a world where we know that conspiracies take place on a regular basis? '''[[Matthew Dentith]]''' argues tthat we are all conspiracy theorists now - whether we like it or not.
 
40 Ghost in the (Milking) Machine<br />There were odd goings-on down on Wilkinson's farm in Tarcutta, New South Wales, back in 1949. '''[[Paul Cropper]]''' and '''[[Tony Healy]]''' investigate the strange case of the haunted cowshed... one that baffled agricultural experts, scientists, magicians and the Australian Prime Minister.
 
===Reports===
46 Neil Jordan: Searching in Dreams - An interview with the director
 
48 Dictionary of the Damned - No 59. Reflections on forteanism
 
66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today... Bringing the Rendlesham Forest Incident to the screen
 
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 37. The murder of a fortune-teller?
 
===Forum===
53 Stoned in Suffolk by [[Peter McCue]]
 
54 Charles Fort's notes liberated by [[Bob Rickard]]
 
===Regulars===
 
====02 Editorial====
====57 Reviews====
====71 Letters====
====75 It Happened to Me====
====79 Phenomenomix====
====80 Strange Deaths====
 
====78 Reader Info====
* Special Correspondents
** Australia - [[Graham Cordon]] (SA), [[Tony Healy]] (ACT), [[John Palazzi]] (NSW), [[Len Watson]] (Qld)
** Canada - [[Brian Chapman]] (BC), [[Graham Conway]] (BC)
** Cyberspace - [[Richard Alexander]], [[John F Callahan]], [[Hugh Henry]], [[Steve Scanlon]], [[Janet Wilson]]
** England - [[Gail-Nina Anderson]], [[Louise Bath]], [[James Beckett]], [[Claire Blamey]], [[Peter Christie]], [[Mat Coward]], [[Kate Eccles]], [[Paul Farthing]], [[George Featherston]], [[Paul Gallagher]], [[Alan Gardiner]], [[Keith George]], [[Anne Hardwick]], [[Richard Lowke]], [[Alexis Lykiard]], [[Diana Lyons]], [[Dave Malin]], [[Nick Maloret]], [[Valerie Martin]], [[Tom Ruffles]], [[Meryl Santis]], [[Paul Screeton]], [[Gary Stocker]], [[Roman Suchyj]], [[Frank Thomas]], [[Paul Thomas]], [[Nick Warren]], [[Owen Whiteoak]], [[Bobby Zodiac]]
** France - [[Michel Meurger]]
** Germany - [[Ulrich Magin]]
** Holland - [[Robin Pascoe]]
** Ireland - [[Andy Conlon]], [[Pat Corcoran]], [[Andrew Munro]]
** Israel - [[Zvi Ron]]
** New Zealand - [[Peter Hassall]]
** Romania - [[Iosif Boczor]]
** Scotland - [[Roger Musson]]
** Sweden - [[Sven Rosen]]
** Thailand - [[Chris Williams]]
** USA - [[Loren Coleman]] (ME), [[Jim Conlan]] (CT), [[Myron Hoyt]] (ME), [[Greg May]] (FL), [[Dolores Phelps]] (TX), [[Jim Riecken]] (NY), [[Joseph Trainor]] (MA), [[Jeffrey Vallance]] (CA), [[Gary Yates]] (UT)
** Wales - [[Janet Bord]], [[Colin Bord]]
* Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
** [[Phil Baker]], [[Rachel Carthy]], [[Chris Josiffe]], [[Mark Pilkington]], [[Bob Rickard]], [[Paul Sieveking]], [[Ian Simmons]]
 
===Masthead===
* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
 
 
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Fortean Times #324 (February 2015)

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Strange Days

Another combusting Indian baby, return of Planet X, djinn on the increase, Muslims discovered America, changeling children, Turin Shroud update, Katie Melua's spider inside her and other unwanted guests - plus much more.

  • 05 The Conspirasphere
  • 12 Science
  • 14 Archaeology
  • 15 Classical Corner
  • 16 Ghostwatch
  • 21 Alien Zoo
  • 23 Mythconceptions
  • 26 The UFO Files

Contents

  • 28 Seekers of Shambhala - The many lives of Nicholas Roerich
  • 36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But... Why are we sceptical about conspiracies?
  • 21 Farewell, Frank and Louie - A remarkable two-faced cat passes on
  • 66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today - Putting the Rendlesham Incident on film
  • 12 World's Longest Moustache - The winner by more than a whisker

Features

28 Nicholas Roerich: Seeker of Shambhala (cover story)
Gary Lachman delves into the many lives of Nicholas Roerich - artist, explorer, archaeologist and guri - and his extraordinary campaign to start a political and spiritual revolution based on the ancient myths of a mysterious hidden kingdom in northern Asia.

36 I'm Not a Conspiracy Theorist, But...
Why do mainstream media and academic research continue to promote scepticism about conspiracy theories in a world where we know that conspiracies take place on a regular basis? Matthew Dentith argues tthat we are all conspiracy theorists now - whether we like it or not.

40 Ghost in the (Milking) Machine
There were odd goings-on down on Wilkinson's farm in Tarcutta, New South Wales, back in 1949. Paul Cropper and Tony Healy investigate the strange case of the haunted cowshed... one that baffled agricultural experts, scientists, magicians and the Australian Prime Minister.

Reports

46 Neil Jordan: Searching in Dreams - An interview with the director

48 Dictionary of the Damned - No 59. Reflections on forteanism

66 If You Go Down to the Woods Today... Bringing the Rendlesham Forest Incident to the screen

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 37. The murder of a fortune-teller?

Forum

53 Stoned in Suffolk by Peter McCue

54 Charles Fort's notes liberated by Bob Rickard

Regulars

02 Editorial

57 Reviews

71 Letters

75 It Happened to Me

79 Phenomenomix

80 Strange Deaths

78 Reader Info

Masthead



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