Solving the socorro mystery?

A tree bunny put on Facebook by the Small Press Rescue Centre. We are always glad to receive pictures of spontaneous forms and figures, or any curious images. Send them (with your postal address) to F

On 2 March, a spherical UFO was spotted making erratic zigzag movements over the city of Buga in Colombia. Shortly afterwards, a group of people recovered a metal sphere, roughly the size of a footbal

This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco

Spontaneous human combustion is one of those alleged fortean phenomena that despite being roundly damned by professional sceptics such as the late Joe Nickell (whose obituary will follow in a future i

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war

For many, the 1960s were an exciting time to be alive. Yet the changes that defined this decade could also be unsettling. Everyone knows about the Cold War, UFOs, the music, the fashion… and the lepre