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Fortean Times #242 (November 2008)

A slightly larger scan/photo of this issue's cover would be appreciated. If you happen to have access to such an image, please send it to scans at the domain ft dot gjovaag dot com with a subject of "Fortean Times Cover Scan". Thanks for your help.
Release date: 16 Oct 2008
Cover price: £4.25
US Edition is dated January 2009 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $16.90)

44 Project Kugelblitz - Evidence that the US military planned to harness the power of ball lightning
30 Beyond Our Ken - We bid a fond farewell to the great Ken Campbell
36 The Tocci Brothers - Lives of the conjoined twins
48 The Spider Monster of Issoir - Giant spiders beneath the streets of Paris
76 Easter Island - The people and the moai of Rapa Nui

Features

36 On Tour With the Tocci Twins (Cover Story)
Jan Bondeson tells the tragic story of conjoined twins Giovanni Bapista and Giacomo Tocci, who spent the first 20 years of their lives touted around Europe by their parents as sideshow freaks - and, it can now be told, even made it to Britain.

44 Project Kugelblitz
Recently released files, says Nick Redfern, reveal that the US Military planned to harness the power of ball lightning for a secret weapon. Could this revelation help explain some high-profile UFO cases?

50 Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli
The Marjorie Fish star chart - a 3D interpretation of a 'space map' drawn by abductee Betty Hill - has long been held up as proof that aliens have been visiting Earth. But, argues Brett Holman, new astronomical data pose serious problems for its supporters.

Forum

55 Local weirdness by Ulrich Magin

56 Laughing with Charles Fort by Simon Wilson

Reports

34 Britian's X-Files - No 13. Intercept and Destroy by Dr David Clarke

42 Fortean Bureau of Investigation - No 95. Weird Weekend 2008 by Gail-Nina Anderson

48 Blasts from the Past - No 2/3. Mysterious Communications by Peter Hassall & The Spider Monster of Issoir by Theo Paijmans

76 Fortean Traveller - No 60. Easter Island by Jaine Fenn

Strange Days

Satanists eat Goths; millionaire flees haunted mansion; animal adoptions; furnished cave discovered; false alarms; dead people show up alive; towns upset by humming sound; thieves turn obsessive - and much more.

13 ABC Diary
14 Medical Bag
16 Archaeology
20 Ghostwatch
21 Classical Corner
24 Konspiracy Korner
26 Science
30 Necrolog
31 Strange Deaths
32 The UFO Files

Regulars

Editorial

02

UnCon Registration

15

Subscriptions

54

Back Issues CD-Rom

58

Reviews

59

Competition

67

Letters

71

It Happened to Me

75

Phenomenomix

79

Tales from the Vault

80

Reader Info

78

Masthead

Editor - David Sutton
Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
Sub Editor - Owen Whiteoak
Staff Writer/Picture Researcher - Jen Ogilvie
Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
Design Assistant - Sophie Chery
Web Editor - Jen Ogilvie
Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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-A slightly larger scan/photo of this issue's cover would be appreciated. If you happen to have access to such an image, please send it to '''scans''' at the domain '''ft dot gjovaag dot com''' with a subject of "Fortean Times Cover Scan". Thanks for your help.
+* ''A slightly larger scan/photo of this issue's cover would be appreciated. If you happen to have access to such an image, please send it to '''scans''' at the domain '''ft dot gjovaag dot com''' with a subject of "Fortean Times Cover Scan". Thanks for your help.''
+* Release date: 16 Oct 2008
+* Cover price: £4.25
+* US Edition is dated January 2009 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $16.90)
+===Contents===
+* 44 Project Kugelblitz - Evidence that the US military planned to harness the power of ball lightning
+* 30 Beyond Our Ken - We bid a fond farewell to the great Ken Campbell
+* 36 The Tocci Brothers - Lives of the conjoined twins
+* 48 The Spider Monster of Issoir - Giant spiders beneath the streets of Paris
+* 76 Easter Island - The people and the ''moai'' of Rapa Nui
+==Features==
+On Tour With the Tocci Twins (Cover Story)<br />'''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' tells the tragic story of conjoined twins Giovanni Bapista and Giacomo Tocci, who spent the first 20 years of their lives touted around Europe by their parents as sideshow freaks - and, it can now be told, even made it to Britain.
+Project Kugelblitz<br />Recently released files, says '''[[Nick Redfern]]''', reveal that the US Military planned to harness the power of ball lightning for a secret weapon. Could this revelation help explain some high-profile UFO cases?
+Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli<br />The Marjorie Fish star chart - a 3D interpretation of a 'space map' drawn by abductee Betty Hill - has long been held up as proof that aliens have been visiting Earth. But, argues '''[[Brett Holman]]''', new astronomical data pose serious problems for its supporters.
+==Forum==
+Local weirdness by [[Ulrich Magin]]
+Laughing with Charles Fort by [[Simon Wilson]]
+==Reports==
+Britian's X-Files - No 13. Intercept and Destroy by Dr [[David Clarke]]
+Fortean Bureau of Investigation - No 95. Weird Weekend 2008 by [[Gail-Nina Anderson]]
+Blasts from the Past - No 2/3. Mysterious Communications by [[Peter Hassall]] & The Spider Monster of Issoir by [[Theo Paijmans]]
+[[Fortean Traveller]] - No 60. Easter Island by [[Jaine Fenn]]
+==Strange Days==
+Satanists eat Goths; millionaire flees haunted mansion; animal adoptions; furnished cave discovered; false alarms; dead people show up alive; towns upset by humming sound; thieves turn obsessive - and much more.
+* 13 ABC Diary
+* 14 Medical Bag
+* 16 Archaeology
+* 20 Ghostwatch
+* 21 Classical Corner
+* 24 Konspiracy Korner
+* 26 Science
+* 30 Necrolog
+* 31 Strange Deaths
+* 32 The UFO Files
+==Regulars==
+===Editorial===
+* 02
+===UnCon Registration===
+* 15
+===Subscriptions===
+* 54
+===Back Issues CD-Rom===
+* 58
+===Reviews===
+* 59
+===Competition===
+* 67
+===Letters===
+* 71
+===It Happened to Me===
+* 75
+===Phenomenomix===
+* 79
+===Tales from the Vault===
+* 80
+==Reader Info==
+* 78
+==Masthead==
+* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
+* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
+* Sub Editor - [[Owen Whiteoak]]
+* Staff Writer/Picture Researcher - [[Jen Ogilvie]]
+* Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
+* Design Assistant - [[Sophie Chery]]
+* Web Editor - [[Jen Ogilvie]]
+* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
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