FT406
Fortean Times #406 (June 2021)
- Release date: 20 May 2021
- Cover price: £4.80
- Cover Illustration: Etienne Gilfillan; Panther: Ibrahim Suha Derbent/Getty Images; Galaxy: Guillermo Ferla Oze, Fire: Ricardo Gomez Angel, Both at Unsplash
- All header icons throughout the magazine by Capucine Deslouis
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Contents
- 5 Uri Geller vs the Suez Canal
- 11 Mummies on the move
- 18 From Vanuatu to Venus: the fortean side of Prince Philip
- 74 Beware the cat-man!
Features
32 ABCs: The Mystery Continues (cover story)
Merrily Harpur argues that Britain's Anomalous Big Cats are more akin to fortean phenomena than flesh-and-blood creatures and asks whether new technology has brought us any closer to solving the ABC mystery...
38 Close Encounters of the Drone Kind
Aircrew report a dramatic increase in unknown flying objects, some of which may be hi-tech drones deployed in a covert war between the US and its adversaries. David Clarke investigates the possible sources of the current drone epidemic.
44 The Mystery of Maud's Elm
Did a majestic old tree grow from a stake driven through the heart of an innocent young girl? Locals to Goths seems to think so, but Jan Bondeson finds that the 'legend' is precisely that.
Series
50 Strange Statesmen - The General in his labyrinth SD Tucker
77 Peculiar Postcards - Hassan Ali, the Egyptian Giant Jan Bondeson
Forum
55 The mystery man from Taured Julia Louis
56 The Chit-Chat Club Robert Lloyd Parry
58 Misleading Obfuscation Peter A McCue
Strange Days
A digest of the worldwide weird, including: Fortean Prince Philip, curse of the mummies, tales of Obeah and much more...
- 12 Archæology
- 14 Classical Corner
- 15 Conspirasphere
- 16 Science
- 22 Ghostwatch
- 30 The UFO Files
Regulars
- 02 Editorial
- 61 Reviews
- 71 Letters
- 78 Reader Info
- 79 Phenomenomix
- 80 Strange Deaths
Masthead
- Editor - David Sutton
- Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
- Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
- News Editor - Christopher Josiffe
- Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
- Book Reviews Editor - David V Barrett
- Editorial Assistant - Abigail Mason
- Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson