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Do mito ao método: por que UAP virou coisa séria agora
Perdi meu caderno no dia em que resolvi escrever. Normalmente eu escrevo em português, à mão. É onde meus pensamentos ficam mais soltos, menos “operacionais”. Mas sem o caderno, sentei no computador e comecei a digitar em inglês, quase no automático. Mais rápido e limpo. Mais modo trabalho. Me parece que o ambiente influencia a linguagem, e a linguagem influencia o jeito de raciocinar. A linguagem e semântica importam muito e de certa forma moldam nossa maneira de pensar e ve


Did Alien Abductions Contribute to a Pedagogy of Finitude?
Michael E Zimmerman January, 2026 Some time ago in conversation with Karin Austin (director of the John E. Mack Archives), I learned that alien abductions began a dramatic decline in the early 1990s and eventually ceased. Whitley Strieber generally agrees with this assessment, as does Steve Aspin, who recently published an insightful book (Out of Time) about his own abduction experience. [i] Even though some reports of abductions are still posted on-line for


Interdisciplinarity in Contemporary UAP Studies
Consciousness, Esotericism, and the “Empirical Weird” in an Emerging Field “We are trying to bring disciplines together to bear on the issue, and trying to create a shared descriptive vocabulary. The weird is something experienced, and this should be honored.” — Dr. Michael Cifone , Co-Founder and Director, Society for UAP Studies In early December, scholars from across Europe and North America convened in Erlangen, Germany—both in person and online—for the second annual Soc
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