Volume 22 Archive
THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 1 • January 1, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Happy New Year! As the old year came to an end, former America Unearthed host Scott Wolter offered some obscure thoughts about a 2020 book arguing that Yahweh was both male and female. Wolter claims this “proves” his “hooked X” rune is indeed a penis penetrating a womb with divine seed for reasons that were somewhat confused but seem to imply the hooked X is related to sacred triangles: “If we take a look at examples of the Tetragrammaton, we see The Name within an equilateral triangle with the point sometimes pointing up, and sometimes pointing down. This instantly brings to mind the symbolism of the upward and downward peaks/triangles of the Seal of Solomon and the Hooked X symbol.” But where do the aliens fit in?
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the weeks of December 19–January 1:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 1 • January 1, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Happy New Year! As the old year came to an end, former America Unearthed host Scott Wolter offered some obscure thoughts about a 2020 book arguing that Yahweh was both male and female. Wolter claims this “proves” his “hooked X” rune is indeed a penis penetrating a womb with divine seed for reasons that were somewhat confused but seem to imply the hooked X is related to sacred triangles: “If we take a look at examples of the Tetragrammaton, we see The Name within an equilateral triangle with the point sometimes pointing up, and sometimes pointing down. This instantly brings to mind the symbolism of the upward and downward peaks/triangles of the Seal of Solomon and the Hooked X symbol.” But where do the aliens fit in?
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the weeks of December 19–January 1:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 2 • January 8, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Now that the holidays are over, all the crazies are back! Ancient Aliens returned for a new season. Graham Hancock ranted about “cowards” in archaeology who refuse to debate him. Avi Loeb went to Fox Business Network to lay out rules for alien contact. A newly released deposition from Corey Goode demonstrated that under oath he won’t stand by his own extraterrestrial claims. Perhaps most bizarre of all was the story known as #ReceptioGate in which a Swiss scholar systematically plagiarized another scholar’s blog posts and used the material in publications for her fictitious research institute as part of an apparent effort to receive government research grants.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 2–8:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 2 • January 8, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Now that the holidays are over, all the crazies are back! Ancient Aliens returned for a new season. Graham Hancock ranted about “cowards” in archaeology who refuse to debate him. Avi Loeb went to Fox Business Network to lay out rules for alien contact. A newly released deposition from Corey Goode demonstrated that under oath he won’t stand by his own extraterrestrial claims. Perhaps most bizarre of all was the story known as #ReceptioGate in which a Swiss scholar systematically plagiarized another scholar’s blog posts and used the material in publications for her fictitious research institute as part of an apparent effort to receive government research grants.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 2–8:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S19E01 “The Hotspots Connection”
- Graham Hancock Attacks Archaeology, Claims Conspiracy to “Marginalize” Him
- Jacque Vallée Claims UFO Law Amended to Incorporate His Crashed UFO Claims
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 3 • January 15, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, this has been a busy week. A tweet I made about A.I. writing bots impacting my writing career went viral, garnering two million views on Twitter and sparking interest from major media outlets. Then, I tore my rotator cuff and couldn’t move my arm for a day, so I wasn’t able to put together all the pieces I intended to post this week. Meanwhile, the New York Times published a credulous piece about a UFO crashing in New Mexico in 1945—carrying water for Jacques Vallée and putting pressure on the Pentagon to patronize him and his friends now that Congress has legally required them to research historic UFOs—while we learned that Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson were swapping conspiracy theories by text because they’re tin foil hat best buddies. And for some reason Sirius Mystery author Robert Temple put out a press release announcing that UFOs are really probes from a sentient blob of plasma living between the Earth and the moon. I’m sure Congress will investigate soon.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 9–15:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 3 • January 15, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, this has been a busy week. A tweet I made about A.I. writing bots impacting my writing career went viral, garnering two million views on Twitter and sparking interest from major media outlets. Then, I tore my rotator cuff and couldn’t move my arm for a day, so I wasn’t able to put together all the pieces I intended to post this week. Meanwhile, the New York Times published a credulous piece about a UFO crashing in New Mexico in 1945—carrying water for Jacques Vallée and putting pressure on the Pentagon to patronize him and his friends now that Congress has legally required them to research historic UFOs—while we learned that Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson were swapping conspiracy theories by text because they’re tin foil hat best buddies. And for some reason Sirius Mystery author Robert Temple put out a press release announcing that UFOs are really probes from a sentient blob of plasma living between the Earth and the moon. I’m sure Congress will investigate soon.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 9–15:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S19E02 “The Crop Circle Code”
- Graham Hancock Tells Russell Brand Archaeologists “Despise” Ordinary People
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 4 • January 22, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
It’s been a big week for ufology as their grandest ambition—government contracts—started to come to fruition. Enigma Labs, in partnership with a UFO journalist and a Discovery+ UFO hunter, partnered with the Pentagon to analyze UFO sightings. Members of Congress officially requested that the Pentagon hire MUFON, the ufology group that infamously fabricated government documents for a History Channel conspiracy show and sold members’ personal data to Bob Bigelow. And Lue Elizondo crowed about convincing the tiny city-state of San Marino to request the United Nations officially sanction its annual UFO conference—the one that already pays Elizondo to attend. Plus, Tucker Carlson did a whole week of UFO stories, including Area 51 conspiracies. It’s exactly what I warned would happen last year—because this whole farce has always been a make-work program for aging UFO looney tunes.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 16–22:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 4 • January 22, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
It’s been a big week for ufology as their grandest ambition—government contracts—started to come to fruition. Enigma Labs, in partnership with a UFO journalist and a Discovery+ UFO hunter, partnered with the Pentagon to analyze UFO sightings. Members of Congress officially requested that the Pentagon hire MUFON, the ufology group that infamously fabricated government documents for a History Channel conspiracy show and sold members’ personal data to Bob Bigelow. And Lue Elizondo crowed about convincing the tiny city-state of San Marino to request the United Nations officially sanction its annual UFO conference—the one that already pays Elizondo to attend. Plus, Tucker Carlson did a whole week of UFO stories, including Area 51 conspiracies. It’s exactly what I warned would happen last year—because this whole farce has always been a make-work program for aging UFO looney tunes.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 16–22:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 5 • January 29, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
This week turned out to be a big one for me, and so busy that I had very little time to do much writing for my website. This week, I took two meetings with important New York media people, and if I am lucky, it might result in some movement on my projects. I also wrote an opinion column for CNN on the move to rename mummies to be more respectful. Finally, I shot an interview with a big-name journalist for a prime-time appearance on a major television news show. I can’t say what show or what the topic is just yet, but I’ll share details when I have a broadcast date.
And the cherry on top: Ancient Aliens was off this week, so I didn’t have to sit through another episode of it. Unfortunately, it looks like the show’s fans finally figured out new episodes returned, as ratings ticked up to 890,000 live + same day viewers last week, with 110,000 in the 18–49 demographic.
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 5 • January 29, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
This week turned out to be a big one for me, and so busy that I had very little time to do much writing for my website. This week, I took two meetings with important New York media people, and if I am lucky, it might result in some movement on my projects. I also wrote an opinion column for CNN on the move to rename mummies to be more respectful. Finally, I shot an interview with a big-name journalist for a prime-time appearance on a major television news show. I can’t say what show or what the topic is just yet, but I’ll share details when I have a broadcast date.
And the cherry on top: Ancient Aliens was off this week, so I didn’t have to sit through another episode of it. Unfortunately, it looks like the show’s fans finally figured out new episodes returned, as ratings ticked up to 890,000 live + same day viewers last week, with 110,000 in the 18–49 demographic.
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 6 • February 5, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Truthfully, after my big week last week, this one was a bit of a disappointment. None of my meetings with media insiders panned out, and the trouble seems to be that I am not perceived as elite enough or credentialed enough to write anything but trash about space aliens. “Do you really want to write that book?” one asked me of my book about James Dean. “You’re the alien guy.” That upset me greatly because I didn’t ask to be “the alien guy,” nor does it benefit me in any way. I deeply regret publishing The Cult of Alien Gods in 2005, when I was 24. That book defined me as the “weird alien guy,” and as soon as it hit bookstores, doors closed around me. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been trapped in the worst of both worlds—pigeonholed as an “alien” guy but not in a way that translates into cash payments.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported on Saturday that the classified UFO report delivered to Congress last week contained evidence that some UFOs are really advanced foreign spying devices.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 30–February 5:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 6 • February 5, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Truthfully, after my big week last week, this one was a bit of a disappointment. None of my meetings with media insiders panned out, and the trouble seems to be that I am not perceived as elite enough or credentialed enough to write anything but trash about space aliens. “Do you really want to write that book?” one asked me of my book about James Dean. “You’re the alien guy.” That upset me greatly because I didn’t ask to be “the alien guy,” nor does it benefit me in any way. I deeply regret publishing The Cult of Alien Gods in 2005, when I was 24. That book defined me as the “weird alien guy,” and as soon as it hit bookstores, doors closed around me. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been trapped in the worst of both worlds—pigeonholed as an “alien” guy but not in a way that translates into cash payments.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported on Saturday that the classified UFO report delivered to Congress last week contained evidence that some UFOs are really advanced foreign spying devices.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of January 30–February 5:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S19E05 “The Power of the Obelisks”
- Graham Hancock Issues Response to Archaeology Association’s Open Letter
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 7 • February 12, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 6–12:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 7 • February 12, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
- The news this week was dominated by flying aerial objects, and the silvery one shot down over Alaska on Friday certainly provide ufologists with enough food for thought, particularly in the way the military’s bafflement over the object gave the lie to the claim that secret sensors track and monitor all manner of impossible craft. They can’t even tell a balloon from a solid object. Indeed, after military pilots claimed that the mystery objects amazed them with no visible means of propulsion and the ability to send their sensors haywire, all of the objects shot down this week turned out to be balloons. We saw in real time that UFO witnesses interpret what they see through the cultural lens of sci-fi movies.
- Meanwhile, the CBC informed me that they have split their Ideas radio program about pseudohistory into two parts. The first, analyzing Graham Hancock, aired this week, but I did not appear in it. Instead, I will be featured in the second episode, which will cover a more general look at the political and social misuses of ancient history. It will air sometime later this year.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 6–12:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 8 • February 19, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Last this week, we learned that Donald Spoto, the celebrity biographer, died at the age of 81. Spoto produced many well-regarded biographies, including Rebel, about James Dean. I found that book particularly useful in writing my own manuscript for my James Dean book. Spoto was kind enough to read an early draft of my book before his death and offered both useful critical notes and a blurb as endorsement: “His new book The Rebel and the Fear is sure to evoke spirited debate, not least when he addresses the lure and lore still attached to that hapless young actor, James Dean (1931-1955).” Spoto will be missed.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 13–19:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 8 • February 19, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Last this week, we learned that Donald Spoto, the celebrity biographer, died at the age of 81. Spoto produced many well-regarded biographies, including Rebel, about James Dean. I found that book particularly useful in writing my own manuscript for my James Dean book. Spoto was kind enough to read an early draft of my book before his death and offered both useful critical notes and a blurb as endorsement: “His new book The Rebel and the Fear is sure to evoke spirited debate, not least when he addresses the lure and lore still attached to that hapless young actor, James Dean (1931-1955).” Spoto will be missed.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 13–19:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S19E06: “Cosmic Impacts”
- “…And a Classmate”: On the Berlinale, Rebel without a Cause, and Queer Erasure
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 9 • February 26, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
In a podcast interview with Russell Brand, “weaponized” ufologist Jeremy Corbell claimed to have eyewitness evidence “known to the U.S. government” that the Pentagon is reverse engineering cosmic craft. “I know, for certain, and it has been proved to me, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we have full, intact craft and machines that we've been trying to reverse engineer.” He added the “machines” are “not from here. Whoever built these, appear to be a non-human intelligence. I know, for certain, that there have been limited comms, or communications, with whoever these builders...we'll just call ’em occupants…”. Corbell promised to bring forward “more” witnesses to communication with otherworldly entities, and there is an unfortunately nonzero chance that people in Congress are actually listening to this bullshit, given that the Pentagon’s UFO office is currently investigating, at the behest of a Senate staffer, Robert Salas’s debunked claims that UFOs shut off nuclear weapons in the 1960s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 20–26:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 9 • February 26, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
In a podcast interview with Russell Brand, “weaponized” ufologist Jeremy Corbell claimed to have eyewitness evidence “known to the U.S. government” that the Pentagon is reverse engineering cosmic craft. “I know, for certain, and it has been proved to me, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we have full, intact craft and machines that we've been trying to reverse engineer.” He added the “machines” are “not from here. Whoever built these, appear to be a non-human intelligence. I know, for certain, that there have been limited comms, or communications, with whoever these builders...we'll just call ’em occupants…”. Corbell promised to bring forward “more” witnesses to communication with otherworldly entities, and there is an unfortunately nonzero chance that people in Congress are actually listening to this bullshit, given that the Pentagon’s UFO office is currently investigating, at the behest of a Senate staffer, Robert Salas’s debunked claims that UFOs shut off nuclear weapons in the 1960s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 20–26:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S19E07: “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind”
- Shedding Light on Children of the Dark
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 10 • March 5, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Lue Elizondo’s Twitter account got hacked by a scammer who posted a fake advertisement for $600 signed MacBooks. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, apparently untroubled by his state’s governor appointing to the Disney oversight board a guy who thinks tap water is turning men into “evil” gays, tried to reframe the UFO narrative around super-advanced technology and space aliens’ interest in U.S. nuclear facilities to distract from the fact that the last several UFOs shot down were balloons.
But I’m not in the mood to talk about this right now because I received the disappointing news that my national network television appearance isn’t happening. I’ve been cut due to “breaking news events.” While I may appear later in the year, it’s looking doubtful.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 27–March 5:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 10 • March 5, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Lue Elizondo’s Twitter account got hacked by a scammer who posted a fake advertisement for $600 signed MacBooks. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, apparently untroubled by his state’s governor appointing to the Disney oversight board a guy who thinks tap water is turning men into “evil” gays, tried to reframe the UFO narrative around super-advanced technology and space aliens’ interest in U.S. nuclear facilities to distract from the fact that the last several UFOs shot down were balloons.
But I’m not in the mood to talk about this right now because I received the disappointing news that my national network television appearance isn’t happening. I’ve been cut due to “breaking news events.” While I may appear later in the year, it’s looking doubtful.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of February 27–March 5:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 11 • March 12, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Republican congressmen Matt Gaetz and Tim Burchett said that they had attended a classified UFO briefing in which they were shown anomalous sensor data indicating objects that had both hot and cold parts floating in the sky. Gaetz told a right-wing news outlet that the House of Representatives would be investigating the UFO “threat.” Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand demanded at an intelligence hearing this week that the Pentagon and the national intelligence agencies prioritize the feelings of people who claim to see UFOs over facts. Meanwhile Jay Stratton of the Pentagon’s UFO office and Avi Loeb of the Galileo Project posted online a speculative, largely unevidenced paper claiming an alien “mothership” could be sending UFO probes to Earth, prompting a media frenzy and even network evening news coverage of the “mothership” and the threat aliens pose to the Earth. Everything played out exactly as I predicted: Under Congressional pressure, he new UFO office is becoming simply another front from the ongoing funneling of taxpayer dollars to paranormal nonsense that has poisoned the intelligence community since the 1970s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 6–12:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 11 • March 12, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Republican congressmen Matt Gaetz and Tim Burchett said that they had attended a classified UFO briefing in which they were shown anomalous sensor data indicating objects that had both hot and cold parts floating in the sky. Gaetz told a right-wing news outlet that the House of Representatives would be investigating the UFO “threat.” Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand demanded at an intelligence hearing this week that the Pentagon and the national intelligence agencies prioritize the feelings of people who claim to see UFOs over facts. Meanwhile Jay Stratton of the Pentagon’s UFO office and Avi Loeb of the Galileo Project posted online a speculative, largely unevidenced paper claiming an alien “mothership” could be sending UFO probes to Earth, prompting a media frenzy and even network evening news coverage of the “mothership” and the threat aliens pose to the Earth. Everything played out exactly as I predicted: Under Congressional pressure, he new UFO office is becoming simply another front from the ongoing funneling of taxpayer dollars to paranormal nonsense that has poisoned the intelligence community since the 1970s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 6–12:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 12 • March 19, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, that’s a bit of a lie. Believe it or not, it was a bit of a quiet week this week. Aside from a few dustups about potential Congressional UFO hearings from Matt Gaetz and Tim Burchett and Avi Loeb’s ongoing efforts to glom onto the A.I. train by identifying aliens with artificial intelligence and suggesting that A.I. should rule the world (all the better, he says, if the A.I. sent to colonize space is modeled on him), not much happened. Enjoy the quiet! I doubt it will last.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 13–19:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 12 • March 19, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, that’s a bit of a lie. Believe it or not, it was a bit of a quiet week this week. Aside from a few dustups about potential Congressional UFO hearings from Matt Gaetz and Tim Burchett and Avi Loeb’s ongoing efforts to glom onto the A.I. train by identifying aliens with artificial intelligence and suggesting that A.I. should rule the world (all the better, he says, if the A.I. sent to colonize space is modeled on him), not much happened. Enjoy the quiet! I doubt it will last.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 13–19:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 13 • March 26, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, truth be told, this week was busy for me between work and personal events, but otherwise it was rather quiet. It seems that all of our UFO friends are happily shutting their traps while they wait to receive government contracts, and the only real excitement this week was the announcement of a Secret of Skinwalker Ranch traveling road show modeled on Ancient Aliens Live. It’s a strange choice to feature cast members who have publicly alleged to have been infected with or stalked by “hitchhiker” interdimensional poltergeists that pass from person to person. So, either they are lying carnival barkers or they care nothing about the audience whose money they collect. I guess there is an outside chance that they found a “cure” for space poltergeist infection, but that would seem unlikely, given that they have trouble even articulating what these interdimensional monsters are supposed to be.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 20–26:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 13 • March 26, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Well, truth be told, this week was busy for me between work and personal events, but otherwise it was rather quiet. It seems that all of our UFO friends are happily shutting their traps while they wait to receive government contracts, and the only real excitement this week was the announcement of a Secret of Skinwalker Ranch traveling road show modeled on Ancient Aliens Live. It’s a strange choice to feature cast members who have publicly alleged to have been infected with or stalked by “hitchhiker” interdimensional poltergeists that pass from person to person. So, either they are lying carnival barkers or they care nothing about the audience whose money they collect. I guess there is an outside chance that they found a “cure” for space poltergeist infection, but that would seem unlikely, given that they have trouble even articulating what these interdimensional monsters are supposed to be.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 20–26:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 14 • April 2, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, I took the difficult step of separating from my literary agent after he was unable to place my book with a publisher and had fallen out of a communication with me since late last year. I did not take this step lightly, but going forward, I realize that I need more aggressive and supportive representation for my manuscript if I am to make a success of it. My now-former agent said, in his parting message, that he surveyed other agents who agreed that publishers are not interested in the “Americana” field and have difficulty seeing a book about celebrity as “serious,” which tells me that my agent was probably not selling my book on its strongest or most relevant points. I have some potential plans and options for moving forward, but in the meantime, I will be taking some time to revise the manuscript to make it the best-documented book about James Dean every written, not least so no one can challenge my conclusions on the facts.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 27–April 2:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 14 • April 2, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, I took the difficult step of separating from my literary agent after he was unable to place my book with a publisher and had fallen out of a communication with me since late last year. I did not take this step lightly, but going forward, I realize that I need more aggressive and supportive representation for my manuscript if I am to make a success of it. My now-former agent said, in his parting message, that he surveyed other agents who agreed that publishers are not interested in the “Americana” field and have difficulty seeing a book about celebrity as “serious,” which tells me that my agent was probably not selling my book on its strongest or most relevant points. I have some potential plans and options for moving forward, but in the meantime, I will be taking some time to revise the manuscript to make it the best-documented book about James Dean every written, not least so no one can challenge my conclusions on the facts.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of March 27–April 2:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 15 • April 9, 2023 •
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It's funny how quiet the professional UFO advocates have been since they achieved their life’s ambition and rejoined the government gravy train. Hardly a peep has come from the many people who so loudly proclaimed the coming UFO apocalypse … that is, before they were back in line for government contracts. I guess the “threat” isn’t so threatening until the next round of UFO office budgeting comes due. … Meanwhile as my book project enters what I sincerely hope will be its final phase, I received a copy of Royston Ellis’s working notes for his James Dean biography, and it was, if not revelatory, at least confirmation that everything I suspected was indeed true. And also that I put more effort into writing my books than any of the sources I use ever did.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 3–9:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 15 • April 9, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
It's funny how quiet the professional UFO advocates have been since they achieved their life’s ambition and rejoined the government gravy train. Hardly a peep has come from the many people who so loudly proclaimed the coming UFO apocalypse … that is, before they were back in line for government contracts. I guess the “threat” isn’t so threatening until the next round of UFO office budgeting comes due. … Meanwhile as my book project enters what I sincerely hope will be its final phase, I received a copy of Royston Ellis’s working notes for his James Dean biography, and it was, if not revelatory, at least confirmation that everything I suspected was indeed true. And also that I put more effort into writing my books than any of the sources I use ever did.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 3–9:
- Author Claims Ancient Sites and Myths Connect to Global Bird Cult
- Creating a “Bisexual Psychopath”: Notes on Royston Ellis’s Notes
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 16 • April 16, 2023 •
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News
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass accused a new Netflix documentary about Cleopatra of “falsifying facts” by depicting the Macedonian Greek-descended Ptolemaic queen of Egypt as a Black African woman. The upcoming documentary, directed by Jada Pinkett Smith, debuts May 10 and features actress Adele James as Cleopatra VII. Hawass said that Netflix was engaging in the promotion of Afrocentric pseudohistory by endorsing claims that the Egyptian pharaohs were Black: “Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was blonde, not Black. […] Netflix is trying to stir up confusion to spread false information that the origin of Egyptian civilization is Black.” Historical Roman depictions of Cleopatra roughly contemporary with the queen show her with red hair. The Ptolemaic dynasty originated in Macedonia and are generally thought to be of Mediterranean look, based on existing depictions in ancient art.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 10–16:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 16 • April 16, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass accused a new Netflix documentary about Cleopatra of “falsifying facts” by depicting the Macedonian Greek-descended Ptolemaic queen of Egypt as a Black African woman. The upcoming documentary, directed by Jada Pinkett Smith, debuts May 10 and features actress Adele James as Cleopatra VII. Hawass said that Netflix was engaging in the promotion of Afrocentric pseudohistory by endorsing claims that the Egyptian pharaohs were Black: “Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was blonde, not Black. […] Netflix is trying to stir up confusion to spread false information that the origin of Egyptian civilization is Black.” Historical Roman depictions of Cleopatra roughly contemporary with the queen show her with red hair. The Ptolemaic dynasty originated in Macedonia and are generally thought to be of Mediterranean look, based on existing depictions in ancient art.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 10–16:
- Ralph Blumenthal Publishes “Nonfiction” UFO Children's Book
- No, James Dean Was Not Marlon Brando’s Sex Slave
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 17 • April 23, 2023 •
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News
This week started with a car accident when a food delivery app driver plowed at full speed into the back of my SUV while I was stopped in traffic waiting for the car ahead of me to turn left. While I was not seriously injured beyond some bruising, it was nevertheless a fairly upsetting situation, compounded by the exhausting mountain of paperwork and endless phone calls with insurance and auto repair people. This left me without time to do any significant writing this week.
I do, however, want to note that this week was the memorial service for Michael S. Heiser, the religious scholar who died two months ago from pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. Heiser was familiar to many of my readers because of his exceptional work debunking Zecharia Sitchin’s ancient astronaut claims. I knew Heiser for many years, and we were friendly until I publicly acknowledged being gay, after which we did not speak again. Nevertheless, I will miss his deep religious knowledge and scholarship.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 17–23:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 17 • April 23, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week started with a car accident when a food delivery app driver plowed at full speed into the back of my SUV while I was stopped in traffic waiting for the car ahead of me to turn left. While I was not seriously injured beyond some bruising, it was nevertheless a fairly upsetting situation, compounded by the exhausting mountain of paperwork and endless phone calls with insurance and auto repair people. This left me without time to do any significant writing this week.
I do, however, want to note that this week was the memorial service for Michael S. Heiser, the religious scholar who died two months ago from pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. Heiser was familiar to many of my readers because of his exceptional work debunking Zecharia Sitchin’s ancient astronaut claims. I knew Heiser for many years, and we were friendly until I publicly acknowledged being gay, after which we did not speak again. Nevertheless, I will miss his deep religious knowledge and scholarship.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 17–23:
- In Brief: At UFO Hearing, Senate Subcommittee Told No Evidence of Aliens
- A Dispiriting Project Update
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 18 • April 30, 2023 •
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News
This week Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin complaining about the implementation of the new UFO investigation office, AARO. The two senators homed in on the real issue: AARO isn’t tweeting enough. “AARO established a Twitter presence in July 2022, but has yet to post anything further, despite attracting over 31,000 followers. […] We seek to understand why AARO has not made use of its social media presence…”. As you know, all the best UFO investigations are done by tweet. Officially, the senators want AARO to engage in public education about UFOs, though it is not clear to what end. If they are truly a national security threat, what purpose would it serve to expose sources, methods, and vulnerabilities to the public? Is there a way to “educate” the public about the “findings” of AARO on Twitter beyond what they would state in a public report to Congress, which is already required?
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 24–30:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 18 • April 30, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin complaining about the implementation of the new UFO investigation office, AARO. The two senators homed in on the real issue: AARO isn’t tweeting enough. “AARO established a Twitter presence in July 2022, but has yet to post anything further, despite attracting over 31,000 followers. […] We seek to understand why AARO has not made use of its social media presence…”. As you know, all the best UFO investigations are done by tweet. Officially, the senators want AARO to engage in public education about UFOs, though it is not clear to what end. If they are truly a national security threat, what purpose would it serve to expose sources, methods, and vulnerabilities to the public? Is there a way to “educate” the public about the “findings” of AARO on Twitter beyond what they would state in a public report to Congress, which is already required?
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of April 24–30:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 19 • May 7, 2023 •
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News
This week, Sean Cahill, the erstwhile force behind the defunct Skyfort, told a podcaster that his colleague Lue Elizondo’s memoir may be released as early as this summer and that he expects it to contain “bombshells.” He implied that because the Department of Defense cleared the book for publication that we can then expect the revelations in it to be true and, presumably, some form of the UFO cult’s long-anticipated “Disclosure.” However, the Pentagon does not evaluate factual accuracy but instead evaluates whether a book by a current or former holder of a classified security clearance contains classified information or information damaging to national security. Indeed, this very fact reminds us that UFOs cannot simultaneously be a classified national security concern and a subject for a popular book. If Elizondo’s book does contain “bombshells,” that would imply they are unlikely to be true.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 1–7:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 19 • May 7, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Sean Cahill, the erstwhile force behind the defunct Skyfort, told a podcaster that his colleague Lue Elizondo’s memoir may be released as early as this summer and that he expects it to contain “bombshells.” He implied that because the Department of Defense cleared the book for publication that we can then expect the revelations in it to be true and, presumably, some form of the UFO cult’s long-anticipated “Disclosure.” However, the Pentagon does not evaluate factual accuracy but instead evaluates whether a book by a current or former holder of a classified security clearance contains classified information or information damaging to national security. Indeed, this very fact reminds us that UFOs cannot simultaneously be a classified national security concern and a subject for a popular book. If Elizondo’s book does contain “bombshells,” that would imply they are unlikely to be true.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 1–7:
- Douglas Dean Johnson Exposes Jacques Vallée and the “Trinity” UFO Hoax
- Did James Dean’s Ghost Turn Sal Mineo Gay?
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 20 • May 14, 2023 •
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News
Several years ago, digital artist Chris Smith made a fake photograph of nineteenth century people posing in front of a stable with a dead pterodactyl. Although it was not terribly convincing as a fake once you look at the fine details and the aesthetics, the picture attained widespread fame online as “proof” of the longstanding legend that Old West types encountered a pterodactyl in a cave. The History channel used it in The UnXplained S04E20 “The Weird Wild West” five months ago, and now Smith posted to Twitter than A+E Networks (the parent of the History channel) will be using it again in an upcoming show. If ever there were a smoking gun acknowledgement that the producers of paranormal “documentaries” are aware their shows are fraudulent, it would be seeking permission and offering payment for an acknowledged fake that they will then use as “evidence” on TV. On the UnXplained, William Shatner called the image “compelling” and scoffed that experts say it might have been “fabricated,” even though producers know for a fact that it was a piece of digital art, who made it, and that it was neither authentic, nor, as a guest on the show suggested, an intentional “hoax.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 8–15:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 20 • May 14, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Several years ago, digital artist Chris Smith made a fake photograph of nineteenth century people posing in front of a stable with a dead pterodactyl. Although it was not terribly convincing as a fake once you look at the fine details and the aesthetics, the picture attained widespread fame online as “proof” of the longstanding legend that Old West types encountered a pterodactyl in a cave. The History channel used it in The UnXplained S04E20 “The Weird Wild West” five months ago, and now Smith posted to Twitter than A+E Networks (the parent of the History channel) will be using it again in an upcoming show. If ever there were a smoking gun acknowledgement that the producers of paranormal “documentaries” are aware their shows are fraudulent, it would be seeking permission and offering payment for an acknowledged fake that they will then use as “evidence” on TV. On the UnXplained, William Shatner called the image “compelling” and scoffed that experts say it might have been “fabricated,” even though producers know for a fact that it was a piece of digital art, who made it, and that it was neither authentic, nor, as a guest on the show suggested, an intentional “hoax.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 8–15:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 21 • May 21, 2023 •
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News
In New York this week, at the SALT conference, a global thought forum affiliated with the ultrawealthy, Garry Nolan spoke about his belief that flying saucers are a non-human intelligence, that confirmation of their paranormal connection will shake world religions to their core, and that he was but “two weeks” away from seeing a crashed flying saucer before the opportunity vanished. In an interview after he spoke, he told a Reddit user that Avi Loeb has fully converted into a full-fledged ET believer on the strength of “the evidence”—which has convinced no one else outside ufology. Nolan also claimed to have “resigned” from To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science to protest Tom DeLonge’s theosophical nonsense, despite having previously claimed to have operated independently of TTSA. Then, in response to questions on Twitter, Nolan quietly admitted that everything he said was merely opinion and anecdote and that he had no insider information. Interesting how he makes grandiose statements for public consumption and then walks them back in much less prominent forums.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 16–21:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 21 • May 21, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
In New York this week, at the SALT conference, a global thought forum affiliated with the ultrawealthy, Garry Nolan spoke about his belief that flying saucers are a non-human intelligence, that confirmation of their paranormal connection will shake world religions to their core, and that he was but “two weeks” away from seeing a crashed flying saucer before the opportunity vanished. In an interview after he spoke, he told a Reddit user that Avi Loeb has fully converted into a full-fledged ET believer on the strength of “the evidence”—which has convinced no one else outside ufology. Nolan also claimed to have “resigned” from To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science to protest Tom DeLonge’s theosophical nonsense, despite having previously claimed to have operated independently of TTSA. Then, in response to questions on Twitter, Nolan quietly admitted that everything he said was merely opinion and anecdote and that he had no insider information. Interesting how he makes grandiose statements for public consumption and then walks them back in much less prominent forums.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 16–21:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 22 • May 28, 2023 •
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News
This week saw the end of the largest auction of James Dean’s legal, business, and personal documents ever to come to market. As a journalist, I have always preferred to be in the observational role rather than an active participant in events. While I wish that the collection had gone to an archive rather than being scattered, I couldn’t in good conscience let documents of historical value vanish into private collections, never to be seen again. So, I acquired two of the documents that had the greatest impact on the historical record, a letter with the only written documentation of Dean’s efforts to avoid the draft and the agreement settling the lawsuit his ex-boyfriend filed against him, the only surviving documentation of their relationship, a relationship Dean’s family insists never happened, going so far as to omit it from the official biography they authorized.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 22–28:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 22 • May 28, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week saw the end of the largest auction of James Dean’s legal, business, and personal documents ever to come to market. As a journalist, I have always preferred to be in the observational role rather than an active participant in events. While I wish that the collection had gone to an archive rather than being scattered, I couldn’t in good conscience let documents of historical value vanish into private collections, never to be seen again. So, I acquired two of the documents that had the greatest impact on the historical record, a letter with the only written documentation of Dean’s efforts to avoid the draft and the agreement settling the lawsuit his ex-boyfriend filed against him, the only surviving documentation of their relationship, a relationship Dean’s family insists never happened, going so far as to omit it from the official biography they authorized.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 22–28:
- Adrienne Mayor Claims Talos as a Greek Myth of Artificial Intelligence
- James Dean Auction Scatters Historic Papers
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 23 • June 4, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week we saw UFO advocates freak out when NASA held a public briefing about its UFO investigatory efforts because NASA announced that they had no evidence of space aliens and that several members of its investigatory team complained about an ongoing campaign of harassment against them by UFO believers. Meanwhile, Lue Elizondo spread conspiracy theories on social media claiming that the lack of evidence for space aliens was merely prelude to “the real conversation” that would supposedly occur on that glorious day—conveniently at some future point after his book release—when all would be revealed. Several other prominent UFO advocates echoed the point, and pilots Ryan Graves and Alex Dietrich, who have become UFO celebrities, helped launch a new UFO think tank and lobbying organization whose advisory board included such usual suspects as Garry Nolan, Chris Mellon, and Avi Loeb. “Americans for Safe Aerospace” is predicated on a threat narrative that the Pentagon and NASA both rejected. More military pilots have died from mistaking prosaic objects for alien spacecraft than from crashing their planes into alien spaceships.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 29–June 4:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 23 • June 4, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week we saw UFO advocates freak out when NASA held a public briefing about its UFO investigatory efforts because NASA announced that they had no evidence of space aliens and that several members of its investigatory team complained about an ongoing campaign of harassment against them by UFO believers. Meanwhile, Lue Elizondo spread conspiracy theories on social media claiming that the lack of evidence for space aliens was merely prelude to “the real conversation” that would supposedly occur on that glorious day—conveniently at some future point after his book release—when all would be revealed. Several other prominent UFO advocates echoed the point, and pilots Ryan Graves and Alex Dietrich, who have become UFO celebrities, helped launch a new UFO think tank and lobbying organization whose advisory board included such usual suspects as Garry Nolan, Chris Mellon, and Avi Loeb. “Americans for Safe Aerospace” is predicated on a threat narrative that the Pentagon and NASA both rejected. More military pilots have died from mistaking prosaic objects for alien spacecraft than from crashing their planes into alien spaceships.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of May 29–June 4:
- Watch Me Talk UFOs on Germany’s ZDF
- Chris Mellon Becomes Ozymandias, Talks Benefits of Alien Threat to Humanity
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 24 • June 11, 2023 •
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News
This was quite the week in UFO world, wasn’t it? A so-called whistleblower, David Grusch, came forward to allege that he spent eleven hours telling Congress about America’s secret warehouse of alien spaceships and morgue full of their dead pilots. And as he talked more, his story grew ridiculously, encompassing eventually a likely Italian hoax about Mussolini capturing an alien spaceship in 1933, which Grusch claims America seized in 1944. By week’s end, many parts of his story had been called into question, his connections to the usual crew of Skinwalker Ranch space ghost aficionados came to light, and his lawyers parted ways with him, demanding the media stop associating them with his alien claims. So, of course, the House of Representatives appointed election denier Rep. Tim Burchett to investigate, since he had experience, appearing on Ancient Aliens to claim the Bible is full of UFOs.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of June 5–11:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 24 • June 11, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This was quite the week in UFO world, wasn’t it? A so-called whistleblower, David Grusch, came forward to allege that he spent eleven hours telling Congress about America’s secret warehouse of alien spaceships and morgue full of their dead pilots. And as he talked more, his story grew ridiculously, encompassing eventually a likely Italian hoax about Mussolini capturing an alien spaceship in 1933, which Grusch claims America seized in 1944. By week’s end, many parts of his story had been called into question, his connections to the usual crew of Skinwalker Ranch space ghost aficionados came to light, and his lawyers parted ways with him, demanding the media stop associating them with his alien claims. So, of course, the House of Representatives appointed election denier Rep. Tim Burchett to investigate, since he had experience, appearing on Ancient Aliens to claim the Bible is full of UFOs.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of June 5–11:
- Whistleblower Tells Congress the U.S. Has a Secret UFO Crash Retrieval Program
- UFO “Whistleblower” Has Suspiciously Close Ties to the Usual Suspects
- Congressional Ancient Astronaut Theorist to Lead House Search for Crashed UFOs
- Lawyers Part Ways with UFO Whistleblower, Say They Focused Only on HR Issues
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 22 • Issue 25 • June 18, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
After UFO whistleblower David Grusch went on NewsNation for an hourlong interview with Ross Coulthart, his increasingly byzantine—and familiar—rehash of classic UFO lore by way of internet conspiracy theories, including a bizarre assertion that the U.S. has a secret treaty with space monsters, earned a crushing rebuke from the media. New York Magazine decried his “crazy claims.” Forbes called his story “pure science fiction.” National Review wondered if the whole thing weren’t a psy-op and cautioned Republican politicians to avoid associating themselves with such insanity, after a number of prominent far-right legislators with a penchant for conspiracy theories, including Tim Burchett and Matt Gaetz, embraced the claim. Short version: The more Grusch talks, the more only people on the far fringe listen.
A quick reminder: Next week is my newsletter’s summer break. It will return on July 2.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of June 12–18:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 22 • Issue 25 • June 18, 2023 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
After UFO whistleblower David Grusch went on NewsNation for an hourlong interview with Ross Coulthart, his increasingly byzantine—and familiar—rehash of classic UFO lore by way of internet conspiracy theories, including a bizarre assertion that the U.S. has a secret treaty with space monsters, earned a crushing rebuke from the media. New York Magazine decried his “crazy claims.” Forbes called his story “pure science fiction.” National Review wondered if the whole thing weren’t a psy-op and cautioned Republican politicians to avoid associating themselves with such insanity, after a number of prominent far-right legislators with a penchant for conspiracy theories, including Tim Burchett and Matt Gaetz, embraced the claim. Short version: The more Grusch talks, the more only people on the far fringe listen.
A quick reminder: Next week is my newsletter’s summer break. It will return on July 2.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of June 12–18:
- UFO Whistleblower: U.S. Has Secret Treaty with Murderous Space Monsters
- Did the “Real-Life Horse Whisperer” Bunk with James Dean?
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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