FT331

Fortean Times #331 (September 2015)

• Release date: 20 Aug 2015
• Cover Image: Getty Images/Dominika Lizonova (alien head)
• Zinio version

Strange Days

Satanic statue unveiled in Detroit, more kamikaze canines, perverts on parade, glass delusion, gull attacks, dwarfs and duendes, Indonesia's Chicken Church, London's sewer hogs, Madrid's UFO conference - and much more.

• 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
• 14 Science: Too Much Information by David Hambling
• 16 Ghostwatch: Elves, Duendes & Gremlins by Alan Murdie
• 19 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
  • Armoured in Arkhangelsk
  • A Gong for Debbie Martyr
  • Beavering Away in Devon
• 20 Special Report: The Inhabited Sky by Theo Paijmans
• 22 Fortean Follow-ups
  • Kamikaze Canine Hotspot FT196:4
  • Avian Secret Agents FT308:4-5
  • Dazed and Confused FT316:36-40
  • Nanteos Cup Retrieved FT319:20
  • Coming to get Choo FT328:10
• 23 Fairies and Folklore: Sewer Hogs & Crocs by Simon Young
• 24 Necrolog
  • Cecilia Elizabeth Nicholson by Bob Rickard
  • Dean Potter
• 26 the UFO Files
  • Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and David Clarke
    • Take Me to your leading Naturalists
    • ESA Outed?
  • UFO Casebook: Getting a Buzz out of Saucers by Jenny Randles

Contents

• 06 End of the Line - Saying goodbye to Tama the cat, Japan's famous feline stationmaster
• 08 Chicken Church - Indonesia's oddest house of prayer
• 36 When Gull Attack - Winged terror at the British seaside
• 56 Fake Shakespeare? - A life portrait of the elusive bard - or not?
• 26 Defence of the Realm - Is Britain ready for an alien visitation?

Features

28 UFOs Over China (cover story)
The People's Republic of China is firmly under the control of one of the world's most secretive regimes. But, says CHRIS SAUNDERS, if the recent catalogue of strange events in the nation's media is anything to go by, some world-changing news could be about to emerge from the Far East...

34 No Mortal Maid Am I
A recent anime film tells the story of Kaguya, a princess from the Moon, exiled to Earth and raised by a peasant family. BOB RICKARD explores the background to this ancient Japanese tale of extraterrestrial visitation.

40 The Warminster Syndrome
David Simpson created UFOs from ordinary bits of plastic and metal in his workshop. Some people believed they came from other worlds. DAVID CLARKE reveals the story of the hoaxer who fooled the Warminster skywatchers.

Reports

48 Building a Fortean Library - No 2. Forteana on the instalment plan by The Hierophant's Apprentice

50 Strange Statesmen - No 5. A pawn in the game: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov by SD Tucker

74 Fortean Traveller - No 102. Tuscany's UFO Museum by Luis R Gonzalez

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 41. Paul Tetzel, the champion butcher by Jan Bondeson

Forum

55 The misguided monster hunters by Brian Regal

56 Portraits of an invisible man by Jerry Glover

Regulars

• 02 Editorial
  • Skywatching
  • The Birds
  • Erratum FT328:05 - mistake in Conspirasphere
• 59 Reviews
  • BOOKS
    • The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness by Laure Murat - ISBN 9780226025735 - Bob Rickard
    • William Stanley as Shakespeare: Evidence of Authorship by the Sixth Earl of Derby by John Rollett - ISBN 9780786496600 - Jerry Glover
    • Return of the Golden Age: Ancient History and the Key to Our Collective Future by Edward F. Malkowski - ISBN 9781620551974 - Otto Minyak
    • Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell - ISBN 9781471114694 - Noel Rooney
    • Strange Electromagnetic Dimensions by Louis Proud - ISBN 9781601633279 - Ian Simmons
    • Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us by Paul Koudounaris - ISBN 9780500517789 - William Darragh
    • Sci-fi and fantasy round-up by David V Barrett
    • The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor - ISBN 9781473617940
    • The Chimes by Anna Smaill - ISBN 9781444794526
    • Crashing Heaven by Al Robertson - ISBN 9781473203402
    • Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien - ISBN 9780008116583
    • The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien - ISBN 9780007557301
    • Hy Brazil by Gerald Killingworth - ISBN 9781784620066
    • The Elder Ice by David Hambling - ISBN 9781291969863
    • The Magonia Stone by Markus Wolfson - ISBN 9781326310967
  • FILM & DVD
    • The Wolfpack - Director Crystal Moselle, US 2015 - Julie McNamee
    • Fantastic Four - Director Josh Trank, US 2015 - David Sutton
    • Hemlock Grove Season 2 - Producer Eli Roth, US 2015, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment - David V Barrett
    • Housebound - Director Gerard Johnson, New Zealand 2014, Metrodome - Brian J Robb
    • Shorts
    • The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne - Second Sight - Rev PL
    • Out of the Dark - Metrodome - BJR
    • Magic in the Moonlight - Warner Home Video - DS
    • Dead Shadows - Bulldog Film Distribution - DS
• 69 Letters: Ray Vickers, Geoff Clifton, Andy Pearson, Rob Scales, Bobby Zodiac, Theo Paijmans, Janet Wilson, Dean Ballinger, EJ Barnes, Andrew Munro, Greg May, Dr Jan Bondeson
  • Simulacra Corner: James Nye
  • Cartoon by Paul Taylor
• 73 It Happened to Me: Paul Tierney, Sandra Johnson, Andrew Spencer, Malcolm Christophers, Nils Erik Grande
• 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 Conlin, 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
  • Clipping Credits
    • Richard Alexander, C Allsop, Gail-Nina Anderson, Gerard Apps, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Terry Colvin, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Graham Cordon, Brian Duffy, JD Evans, Rob Gandy, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Alan Gibb, Tony Healy, Hugh Henry, Colin Ings, Ernest Jackson, Tim Greening-Jackson, Richard Lowke, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Bert Gray-Malkin, Betty Gray-Malkin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Greg May, John Palazzi, Jim Price, Tom Ruffles, Steve Scanlon, Paul Screeton, Jonathan Sibley, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, Janet Wilson, Gary Yates, Bobby Zodiac
• 79 Phenomenomix: Madame Blavatsky 1 by Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson
• 80 Strange Deaths

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