Isaac Koi - New Uploads

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

"Earthquest News" and "Supernaturalist" (Andrew Collins, UK) online - Earth Mysteries, Psychic Questing, UFOs, the Paranormal and new age thought

Andrew Collins has kindly given me permission to upload his "Earthquest News" newsletter and the related "Supernaturalist" publication.

Andrew Collins is described on his website as "a science and history writer, and the author of over a dozen books that challenge the way we perceive the past. They include The Black Alchemist, The Seventh Sword, From the Ashes of Angels, Gods of Eden, Gateway to Atlantis, Tutankhuman: The Exodus Conspiracy (co-authored with Chris Ogilvie Herald), The Cygnus Mystery, Göbekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods, The Cygnus Key: The Denisovan Legacy, Göbekli Tepe and the Birth of Egypt and Denisovan Origins: Hybrid Humans, Göbekli Tepe and the Genesis of the Giants of Ancient America, co-authored with Greg L. Little".

One issue of "Earthquest News" stated that Earthquest was an "Essex based organisation set on promoting and studying the subject known commonly as the earth mysteries, the paranormal, and new age thought".

That issue stated that "among the topics covered are paranormal manifestations, unusual phenomena, ancient and mystical sites and buildings, mythology, folklore, esoteric history and philosophies, understanding the mind, and developing and utilising psychic abilities".

Issues also included material on UFOs, psychic questing, consciousness, synchronicity and Alien Big Cats.

Scanning has, as is often the case, been done by the AFU in Sweden.

Click on the image below for the folder containing scans of "Earthquest News".

"Earthquest News" is at:

http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20Kingdom/Earthquest%20News%20(Andrew%20Collins)/

"Supernaturalist" is at:

http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20Kingdom/Supernaturalist%20(Andrew%20Collins)/

20 issues of "Alternate Horizons Newsletter" (Allen Greenfield, UFOs, USA) now online

Allen Greenfield's "Alternate Horizons Newsletter" was dedicated to the "AR Theory" (i.e. the "alternate reality theory", which suggested that there is "some sort of 'door' between realities" and that UFOs are merely a part of this phenomenon.

The "Alternate Horizons Newsletter" suggested that hints of "the mechanics of such warps" might be provided by flying saucers ("mobile transfer warps?") and the alleged phenomenon of teleportation. One issues asked "Are there places on the surface of our world where realities came into such close proximity to our own that aspects of them can be seen quite frequently".

Such theories have obvious parallels with more recent discussions of UFO "window areas", "portals", Skinwalker Ranch, and the parody of such theories in "The Long Earth" series of science fiction books by Terry Pratchett and Stephon Baxter.

Allen Greenfield kindly gave me permission to upload his newsletters several years ago. I have previously posted about some of his other newsletters that have already been uploaded. The AFU in Sweden has now scanned 20 issues of "Alternate Horizons Newsletter", which I think is nearly a complete set. (I hope to fill in the remaining gaps within the next few days - and get some of Allen Greenfield's other newsletters online).

Click on the image below for a link to the folder on the AFU's website containing issues of the "Alternate Horizons Newsletter".

Monday, June 21, 2021

Allen Greenfield UFO newsletters - Previous uploads : American UFO Committee Review, Owlexandrian Initiate, Ufology Notebook , UFO Sighter, Paraufologist, The Look-See

Someone contacted the AFU in Sweden recently and raised the possibility of scanning some of the UFO newsletters published by Allen Greenfield. I thought it may be helpful to post a reminder of the material that I uploaded a few years ago after Allen Greenfield kindly gave me permission to upload scans of his publications.

Those were:

American UFO Committee Review

Owlexandrian Initiate

Ufology Notebook

UFO Sighter

Paraufologist, The

Look-See

Each of these has "Allen Greenfield" after their name in the list of publications from the USA on the AFU's website.

Potential further uploads of newsletters that involved Allen Greenfield include the following, which I think are all covered by the permission he gave a few years ago, so I'll try to get these scanned unless anyone has done this already:

(a) Aerial Phenomena Perspectives
(b) Allen Greenfield's Saucer Commentary
(c) Alternate Horizons Newsletter
(d) Flying Saucer Observations
(e) Saucer Album (I'll check with Rick Hilberg as well)
(f) Saucer commentary
(g) Small steps, Giant Leaps

Rare "Le Grand Contact" magazine (France, 1980s) now online

"Le Grand Contact" was a French UFO magazine, directed by Jean-Pierre Prevost in the early 1980s.

Jean-Pierre Prevost has passed away, but another French researcher Patrice Seray knew him and is sure that Jean-Pierre Prevost would fully agree to its dissemination to all.

I am grateful to Patrice Seray for providing that information and also scans of this publication, which I have now uploaded to the AFU's website.

Click on the image below for a link to the relevant folder on the AFU's website.

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Updated collection of "Flying snake: A Journal of Cryptozoology, Folklore and Forteana" online

In 2018, I uploaded searchable PDFs of issues 1 to 13 of "Flying Snake : A Journal of Cryptozoology, Folklore and Forteana" with the permission of its editor - Richard Muirhead. Richard has now kindly agreed to my uploading issues 14 to 20 (and helpfully provided PDFs of these issues).

My personal focus remains on UFOs, but I'm happy to help those in the cryptozoology/fortean communities by getting more scans online (if relevant permissions can be obtained).

If any cryptozoology/fortean can get (or give) relevant permissions, just let me know. I can probably get scans done. Heck, I'm happy to send out further permission requests as well if those in the cryptozoology/fortean have recommendations for any newsletters or magazines in their fields that I haven't dealt with yet. Also, of course, if anyone in those fields has done any scanning then I'd like to hear about that as well (either here or by email at isaackoi@gmail.com), since I don't want to spend my own time reinventing the wheel or cause anyone else to waste their time.

More cryptozoological newsletters and magazines will hopefully be online this week (although I'll be spending most of my spare time on UFO material). The cryptozoological newsletters covered so far are:

(1) the ISC's "Cryptozoology" journal and the ISC Newsletters - following indications by the former president of ISC and another former director that they had no objection to the upload,
(2) over 150 issues of Rip Hepple's Loch Ness "Nessletters" (with his permission),
(3) Mark A Hall's "Wonders" (with the blessing of Loren Coleman, who had been given the "sign off" by the late Mark A Hall),
(4) the first 45 issues of the UK's "Animals and Men" (with permission from Jon Downes of the Centre for Fortean Zoology )
(5) Ron Schaffner's "Creature Chronicles" (with the agreement of Blake Mathys, a researcher given permission by Ron Schaffner to make "Creature Chronicles" available online).
(6) Various "bigfoot" newsletters,
(7) Richard Muirhead's "Flying Snake" (with his permission),
(8) Many more general Fortean magazines/newsletters containing further cryptozoological material (after getting permissions from relevant editors/publishers)

Click on the image below for the "Flying Snake" folder I created on the AFU's website.

2 more from France : "Ovni Marne" and "Mysterieux Objets Celestes" (GMLDLN)

Alain Blanchard has kindly given his permission for me to upload "Ovni Marne" and "Mysterieux Objets Celestes" (Groupement Marnais Lumerieres Dans La Nuit - GMLDLN).

Many thanks to French researcher Patrice Seray for liaising with Alain Blanchard and also for providing scans of most issues of this publication.

Patrice and I will seek to fill in the gaps, but some of these issues are rather rare. (I will try asking SCEAU).

French "La Revue des Soucoupes Volantes" magazine (1970s) now online

"La Revue des Soucoupes Volantes" was published in France by Michel Moutet between 1977 and 1979. but this magazine was interesting because it was not affiliated to any particular group or opinion. It was published with professional means and sold on newsstands.

Michel Moutet has passed away. Yves Bosson was in contact with Michel Moutet and has since been in contact with Michel Moutet's children, especially his eldest daughter, Estelle Moutet. His children have agreed to the uploading of this publication, provided certain conditions were met (which the AFU and I have now done - including the scanning of the original cover page in colour and the addition of a new cover page at the start of the relevant PDFs in terms that they have requested).

I am grateful to Michel Moutet's children for giving this permission, to Yves Bosson for communicating with Michel Moutet's children and to Swiss researcher Bruno Mancusi for communicating with Yves Bosson (and, of course, to the AFU for scanning this publication).