Giant Rock

Landers, California https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/giant-rock A regular-looking rock with an unbelievable history. THIS SEVEN-STORY GIANT BOULDER HAS attracted UFO conferences, Hopi spiritualists, and the engineers of a “rejuvenation machine.”  Geologically speaking, Giant Rock—located in California’s Mojave Desert—is roughly seven stories high and covers almost 6,000 square feet. Some say it is the largest freestanding boulder in the world. …

J. ALLEN HYNEK

Meet J. Allen Hynek, the Astronomer Who First Classified UFO ‘Close Encounters’ https://www.history.com/news/j-allen-hynek-ufos-project-blue-book When the U.S. government tapped the academic to help investigate UFOs, he was initially a skeptic. But not for long. It’s September 1947, and the U.S. Air Force has a problem. A rash of reports about mysterious objects in the skies has …