Volume 25 Archive
THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 1 • June 30, 2024 •
It’s been a busy two weeks. Let’s see what’s new…
News
I took a week off of writing a newsletter, and it seem that everyone went batty. Graham Hancock started accusing Flint Dibble of “conning” Joe Rogan’s podcast audience with facts. Danica Patrick ranted about Reptilians taking over the world. Ancient Aliens returned from a three-month hiatus. And during all this time, I revealed the cover for my forthcoming book.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the weeks of June 17–30:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 1 • June 30, 2024 •
It’s been a busy two weeks. Let’s see what’s new…
News
I took a week off of writing a newsletter, and it seem that everyone went batty. Graham Hancock started accusing Flint Dibble of “conning” Joe Rogan’s podcast audience with facts. Danica Patrick ranted about Reptilians taking over the world. Ancient Aliens returned from a three-month hiatus. And during all this time, I revealed the cover for my forthcoming book.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the weeks of June 17–30:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S20E11 “Mysteries of the Maya”
- Review of Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction S01E01 “You Saw a UFO”
- Graham Hancock Says Flint Dibble “Conned” Him; Plus: Avi Loeb’s Big Night Out
- New Academic Paper Challenges Adrienne Mayor’s Griffin-Protoceratops Link
- Time Marches On: Looking Back 25 Years After My High School Graduation
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 2 • July 7, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week I received the final copyedits for Jimmy, and I had to spend the holiday weekend reviewing and correcting them, which left me rather little time for anything else. Aside from arguments over when to use semicolons, the copyeditor inserted “scare quotes” around the word “homosexual” wherever it appeared (following GLAAD media guidelines not to use such words anymore that don’t really apply to historical material), and this vastly complicated the process of making corrections. Consequently, I did not have a lot of time to follow the latest UFO news, at least in the second half of the week.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 1–7:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 2 • July 7, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week I received the final copyedits for Jimmy, and I had to spend the holiday weekend reviewing and correcting them, which left me rather little time for anything else. Aside from arguments over when to use semicolons, the copyeditor inserted “scare quotes” around the word “homosexual” wherever it appeared (following GLAAD media guidelines not to use such words anymore that don’t really apply to historical material), and this vastly complicated the process of making corrections. Consequently, I did not have a lot of time to follow the latest UFO news, at least in the second half of the week.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 1–7:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S20E12: “Unlocking the Stargates”
- Is Alexander the Great’s Body in St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice?
- In Brief: Ancient Apocalypse Pulls Out of U.S. After Opposition
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 3 • July 14, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
On X, Graham Hancock attacked archaeologist John Hoopes, alleging he “contributes ZERO to science in his own work but spends much time pouring scorn on the work of others.” Coming from the author of The Mars Mystery, a book attacking the work of NASA, and so many books both heaping scorn on archaeology and actively damaging the work of science, this is rather rich. Even contributing nothing is better than actively harming scientific literacy.
Do you remember Michael Masters, the University of Montana professor who claims that UFOs are time-traveling humans visiting us from the future? Well, it turns out that he has more to say than the time-travel speculation he spouts on cable news on slow news days. At an Arizona UFO conference, Masters says he was possessed by the discarnate spirit of a time-traveling human who took control of his body after he expressed a desire to leave the UFO field and ordered him to keep writing about UFOs. Masters says he agreed to let the external intelligence “download” information, including future events, to his brain for use in his books, though he would not be able to access information about the future until it happens. Look, if you’re going to steal Helena Blavatsky’s schtick, you should at least have some kind of vaguely useful spiritual message to go with it other than “the UFO ghosts ordered me to make more media!”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 8–14:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 3 • July 14, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
On X, Graham Hancock attacked archaeologist John Hoopes, alleging he “contributes ZERO to science in his own work but spends much time pouring scorn on the work of others.” Coming from the author of The Mars Mystery, a book attacking the work of NASA, and so many books both heaping scorn on archaeology and actively damaging the work of science, this is rather rich. Even contributing nothing is better than actively harming scientific literacy.
Do you remember Michael Masters, the University of Montana professor who claims that UFOs are time-traveling humans visiting us from the future? Well, it turns out that he has more to say than the time-travel speculation he spouts on cable news on slow news days. At an Arizona UFO conference, Masters says he was possessed by the discarnate spirit of a time-traveling human who took control of his body after he expressed a desire to leave the UFO field and ordered him to keep writing about UFOs. Masters says he agreed to let the external intelligence “download” information, including future events, to his brain for use in his books, though he would not be able to access information about the future until it happens. Look, if you’re going to steal Helena Blavatsky’s schtick, you should at least have some kind of vaguely useful spiritual message to go with it other than “the UFO ghosts ordered me to make more media!”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 8–14:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 4 • July 21, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick confirmed that AARO had, contrary to ufologists’ claims, received the portions of so-called UFO whistleblower David Grusch’s complaint to the intelligence community inspector general not dealing with his retaliation claim. “The data that was provided, we cross referenced with what we'd already known because we had interviewed most of the people that he had already talked to. And there was nothing new,” said in an interview this week. In short, AARO examined Grusch’s claims about crashed saucers and dead aliens and found nothing, nor did his secret sources have any evidence of hidden aliens.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 15–21:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 4 • July 21, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick confirmed that AARO had, contrary to ufologists’ claims, received the portions of so-called UFO whistleblower David Grusch’s complaint to the intelligence community inspector general not dealing with his retaliation claim. “The data that was provided, we cross referenced with what we'd already known because we had interviewed most of the people that he had already talked to. And there was nothing new,” said in an interview this week. In short, AARO examined Grusch’s claims about crashed saucers and dead aliens and found nothing, nor did his secret sources have any evidence of hidden aliens.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 15–21:
- Graham Hancock Defender Claims Proof of the Atlantis Myth’s Egyptian Origin
- Review of Ancient Aliens S20E14 “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 5 • July 28, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
For NewsNation’s Reality Check YouTube channel, Ross Coulhart interviewed Michael McMaster, the professor who thinks the disembodied spirit of a time traveler possessed him and ordered him to go on UFO shows to talk about flying saucers. NewsNation has no standards. Meanwhile, most of Lue Elizondo’s forthcoming memoir appeared a month early when Google Books posted a generous, and apparently unauthorized preview, which was taken down for unspecified reasons a day later. Nevertheless, the one-day window showed the world an Elizondo proud of his history as a torturer, convinced of his own supernatural psychic powers, and unable to provide solid evidence of his now-firm belief that beings from other worlds pilot flying saucers.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 22–28:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 5 • July 28, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
For NewsNation’s Reality Check YouTube channel, Ross Coulhart interviewed Michael McMaster, the professor who thinks the disembodied spirit of a time traveler possessed him and ordered him to go on UFO shows to talk about flying saucers. NewsNation has no standards. Meanwhile, most of Lue Elizondo’s forthcoming memoir appeared a month early when Google Books posted a generous, and apparently unauthorized preview, which was taken down for unspecified reasons a day later. Nevertheless, the one-day window showed the world an Elizondo proud of his history as a torturer, convinced of his own supernatural psychic powers, and unable to provide solid evidence of his now-firm belief that beings from other worlds pilot flying saucers.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 22–28:
- Lue Elizondo Claims Psychic Powers in Excerpt from New Memoir
- Lue Elizondo Memoir: Dubbed “King of Torture,” Haunted by Bubbles, Talks Nephilim
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 6 • August 4, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, I was taken by surprise when a 1931 aerial photo of New York City that I posted to X went viral, garnering over 3.2 million views. I had no idea it would spark such interest. This week, I also had a marketing meeting with my publisher’s team, including the marketing department and the publicity department. I must admit that having a marketing and publicity plan in place ahead of publication is a new experience for me, and having a publicist working on the project makes a big difference. We laid out a roadmap for garnering media interest in Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, and I am optimistic about the success of the book now that everyone is fully apprised of its key selling points and news value and we are all working toward the same goals.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 29–August 4:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 6 • August 4, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, I was taken by surprise when a 1931 aerial photo of New York City that I posted to X went viral, garnering over 3.2 million views. I had no idea it would spark such interest. This week, I also had a marketing meeting with my publisher’s team, including the marketing department and the publicity department. I must admit that having a marketing and publicity plan in place ahead of publication is a new experience for me, and having a publicist working on the project makes a big difference. We laid out a roadmap for garnering media interest in Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, and I am optimistic about the success of the book now that everyone is fully apprised of its key selling points and news value and we are all working toward the same goals.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of July 29–August 4:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 7 • August 11, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the scholarly journal Time & Mind, whose mandate is to explore the connections between archaeology and consciousness, published a new paper by engineer Martin Sweatman arguing that Göbekli Tepe is a prehistoric calendar that includes zodiacal constellations later used by the Greeks and Romans. Sweatman has been on this kick since 2017, and his new paper adds to his previous claims the allegation that V-shaped carvings on a pillar represent a count of days of the lunar month, months of the lunar year, and the epagomenal days needed to align with the sun. It’s possible, but far from proved, as it requires a lot of special pleading. On Pillar 43, the first line of V’s total 30 interlocking angles, with eleven squares beneath them, which Sweatman claims are 11 months of either 29 or 30 days, thus allowing him to reach 354 days by claiming the first row is 30 days and the 11 squares are months of alternating 29 or 30 days, thus reaching 354. This is possible, but he then argues that “11” is a special number, despite there being 12 lunar months (or, as he puts it, 11 plus 1 [!]) and 11 epagomenal days, despite only 10 being carved in V’s (he claims the summer solstice is a free day). And, of course, all of this would make the lunar cycle useless, since the calendar would quickly fall out of sync with the moon.
Anyhow, it’s an interesting idea that needs much more proof, especially since, even if we take his claims about pre-Greek knowledge of the current constellations at face value (dubious on the face, due to the constellations being inconsistent even among ancient cultures), we simply cannot trace them back 10,000 years, and more than we can prove Walter Burkert’s idea that Hercules was a Neolithic myth.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 5–11:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 7 • August 11, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the scholarly journal Time & Mind, whose mandate is to explore the connections between archaeology and consciousness, published a new paper by engineer Martin Sweatman arguing that Göbekli Tepe is a prehistoric calendar that includes zodiacal constellations later used by the Greeks and Romans. Sweatman has been on this kick since 2017, and his new paper adds to his previous claims the allegation that V-shaped carvings on a pillar represent a count of days of the lunar month, months of the lunar year, and the epagomenal days needed to align with the sun. It’s possible, but far from proved, as it requires a lot of special pleading. On Pillar 43, the first line of V’s total 30 interlocking angles, with eleven squares beneath them, which Sweatman claims are 11 months of either 29 or 30 days, thus allowing him to reach 354 days by claiming the first row is 30 days and the 11 squares are months of alternating 29 or 30 days, thus reaching 354. This is possible, but he then argues that “11” is a special number, despite there being 12 lunar months (or, as he puts it, 11 plus 1 [!]) and 11 epagomenal days, despite only 10 being carved in V’s (he claims the summer solstice is a free day). And, of course, all of this would make the lunar cycle useless, since the calendar would quickly fall out of sync with the moon.
Anyhow, it’s an interesting idea that needs much more proof, especially since, even if we take his claims about pre-Greek knowledge of the current constellations at face value (dubious on the face, due to the constellations being inconsistent even among ancient cultures), we simply cannot trace them back 10,000 years, and more than we can prove Walter Burkert’s idea that Hercules was a Neolithic myth.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 5–11:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 8 • August 18, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week CBS announced that UFO advocate, psychic warrior, and self-described Guantanamo torturer Luis “Lue” Elizondo will be a guest on CBS Mornings on Monday, August 19. Elizondo is scheduled to appear in order to promote his new memoir Imminent, in which the ex-television personality describes his alleged adventures using psychic powers on behalf of the U.S. government, diverting part of his Pentagon office budget to investigate UFO reports, speculating that angels or Nephilim pilot flying saucers, and torturing Al-Qaeda prisoners during the War on Terror. Undoubtedly, CBS will only ask him to talk about whether UFOs are aliens and why government isn’t doing more to take this seriously. Meanwhile, the New York Times rehired Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean to review (or, more accurately, summarize) Imminent, even though the UFO-believing quasi-journalist advocates were involved in publicizing Elizondo’s original claims and work with both him and others discussed in his book. And of course Kean and Blumenthal whitewashed the book, focusing on government UFO interest rather than Elizondo’s claimed supernatural powers or history of torture.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 12–18:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 8 • August 18, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week CBS announced that UFO advocate, psychic warrior, and self-described Guantanamo torturer Luis “Lue” Elizondo will be a guest on CBS Mornings on Monday, August 19. Elizondo is scheduled to appear in order to promote his new memoir Imminent, in which the ex-television personality describes his alleged adventures using psychic powers on behalf of the U.S. government, diverting part of his Pentagon office budget to investigate UFO reports, speculating that angels or Nephilim pilot flying saucers, and torturing Al-Qaeda prisoners during the War on Terror. Undoubtedly, CBS will only ask him to talk about whether UFOs are aliens and why government isn’t doing more to take this seriously. Meanwhile, the New York Times rehired Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean to review (or, more accurately, summarize) Imminent, even though the UFO-believing quasi-journalist advocates were involved in publicizing Elizondo’s original claims and work with both him and others discussed in his book. And of course Kean and Blumenthal whitewashed the book, focusing on government UFO interest rather than Elizondo’s claimed supernatural powers or history of torture.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 12–18:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 9 • August 25, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, publisher William Morrow released UFO advocate and self-confessed Guantanamo Bay “torture czar” Luis Elizondo’s memoir of his time in government developing his supernatural psychic powers and moving money off the books to indulge his interest in UFO investigation. Imminent dropped on Tuesday, with a Monday appearance on CBS Mornings and a Friday special on UFO-crazed cable channel NewsNation, and … otherwise pretty much nothing. Obviously, declining to provide review copies to the media ahead of the release, or to make Elizondo available for pre-release publicity, also ate into news media interest in covering Elizondo’s claims. Elizondo is now doing the rounds of UFO fringe media (and, of course, Joe Rogan), but he did not achieve the mainstream media liftoff William Morrow clearly expected when they announced an initial print run of 150,000 copies. Perhaps when they scheduled the book’s release, a full month ahead of the traditional fall book season, in the heart of the media’s traditional UFO-friendly summer silly season, they weren’t anticipating intense public interest in the upcoming election. However it happened, launching the book opposite the Democratic National Convention left few slots for Elizondo to wedge himself into mainstream news coverage, and as of this writing, his memoir (which I reviewed on Tuesday) garnered almost no mainstream reviews.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 19–25:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 9 • August 25, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, publisher William Morrow released UFO advocate and self-confessed Guantanamo Bay “torture czar” Luis Elizondo’s memoir of his time in government developing his supernatural psychic powers and moving money off the books to indulge his interest in UFO investigation. Imminent dropped on Tuesday, with a Monday appearance on CBS Mornings and a Friday special on UFO-crazed cable channel NewsNation, and … otherwise pretty much nothing. Obviously, declining to provide review copies to the media ahead of the release, or to make Elizondo available for pre-release publicity, also ate into news media interest in covering Elizondo’s claims. Elizondo is now doing the rounds of UFO fringe media (and, of course, Joe Rogan), but he did not achieve the mainstream media liftoff William Morrow clearly expected when they announced an initial print run of 150,000 copies. Perhaps when they scheduled the book’s release, a full month ahead of the traditional fall book season, in the heart of the media’s traditional UFO-friendly summer silly season, they weren’t anticipating intense public interest in the upcoming election. However it happened, launching the book opposite the Democratic National Convention left few slots for Elizondo to wedge himself into mainstream news coverage, and as of this writing, his memoir (which I reviewed on Tuesday) garnered almost no mainstream reviews.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 19–25:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 10 • September 1, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Indiana announced the death of Lew Bracker, Dean’s onetime friend and insurance agent, at the age of 96. Bracker was a tireless promoter of Dean’s life and legacy over the past seventy years, and he was among the last of Dean’s close friends to survive. (Girlfriend Ursula Andress still lives, as does friend Toni Lee Scott.) He was also adamant that Dean was 100% heterosexual and frequently criticized anyone who said otherwise, as late as a 2022 interview.
Luis Elizondo became a New York Times #1 bestselling author this week when Imminent reached the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction sales chart, albeit with just 17,966 books sold, according to Nielsen BookScan figures.
Meanwhile, election-denying MAGA Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), in an interview with Mexican UFO journalist Jaime Maussan, claimed he would use American resources to assist in “investigating” the so-called “alien” mummies of Peru at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. While the media reported this as a “Congressional” investigation of alien mummies, there is no formal U.S. government effort to study the bodies, which independent investigators widely believe to be hoaxes, and Burchett’s offer came with no formal legal path to transfer the bodies to America or appropriation of funds to pay for research. Burchett, a Christian fundamentalist, is a UFO conspiracy theorist and has appeared on Ancient Aliens to claim the Bible is filled with flying saucers.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 26–September 1:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 10 • September 1, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Indiana announced the death of Lew Bracker, Dean’s onetime friend and insurance agent, at the age of 96. Bracker was a tireless promoter of Dean’s life and legacy over the past seventy years, and he was among the last of Dean’s close friends to survive. (Girlfriend Ursula Andress still lives, as does friend Toni Lee Scott.) He was also adamant that Dean was 100% heterosexual and frequently criticized anyone who said otherwise, as late as a 2022 interview.
Luis Elizondo became a New York Times #1 bestselling author this week when Imminent reached the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction sales chart, albeit with just 17,966 books sold, according to Nielsen BookScan figures.
Meanwhile, election-denying MAGA Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), in an interview with Mexican UFO journalist Jaime Maussan, claimed he would use American resources to assist in “investigating” the so-called “alien” mummies of Peru at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. While the media reported this as a “Congressional” investigation of alien mummies, there is no formal U.S. government effort to study the bodies, which independent investigators widely believe to be hoaxes, and Burchett’s offer came with no formal legal path to transfer the bodies to America or appropriation of funds to pay for research. Burchett, a Christian fundamentalist, is a UFO conspiracy theorist and has appeared on Ancient Aliens to claim the Bible is filled with flying saucers.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of August 26–September 1:
- Review of Odysseus Returns, a PBS Quest to Find the Tomb of Odysseus
- Review of Ancient Aliens S20E18: “The Linda Moulton Howe Files”
- What Happened to James Dean's Porsche?
- Look Back in Anger
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 11 • September 8, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Lue Elizondo's Imminent doesn't have staying power. Instead of growing its sales thanks to strong work of mouth and media coverage, sales fell precipitously in its second week, dropping the book to #7 on the Nielsen BookScan hardcover nonfiction sales list. Imminent sold 6,657 copies, bringing its total to 24,623 copies in two weeks. This implies that most of its first week sales were preorders. The book also fell to fourth place on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, behind books that have been on the list for weeks or even months and are outselling Elizondo nearly two-to-one.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 2–September 8:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 11 • September 8, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Lue Elizondo's Imminent doesn't have staying power. Instead of growing its sales thanks to strong work of mouth and media coverage, sales fell precipitously in its second week, dropping the book to #7 on the Nielsen BookScan hardcover nonfiction sales list. Imminent sold 6,657 copies, bringing its total to 24,623 copies in two weeks. This implies that most of its first week sales were preorders. The book also fell to fourth place on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, behind books that have been on the list for weeks or even months and are outselling Elizondo nearly two-to-one.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 2–September 8:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 12 • September 15, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Jay Stratton, the former head of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force and later a face familiar from The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, signed a book deal for a UFO-hunting memoir. The deal came after Lue Elizondo’s Imminent hit #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, but HarperCollins might want to think twice if they paid out a significant advance. Imminent doesn’t seem to have staying power, even with Elizondo’s media celebrity, much greater than Stratton’s. Imminent continued its ride down the hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, landing at number 13 this week with 4,253 copies sold, according to BookScan, and a three-week total of 28,876. At this rate, it will not make the year's overall top 20.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 9–September 15:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 12 • September 15, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Jay Stratton, the former head of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force and later a face familiar from The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, signed a book deal for a UFO-hunting memoir. The deal came after Lue Elizondo’s Imminent hit #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, but HarperCollins might want to think twice if they paid out a significant advance. Imminent doesn’t seem to have staying power, even with Elizondo’s media celebrity, much greater than Stratton’s. Imminent continued its ride down the hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, landing at number 13 this week with 4,253 copies sold, according to BookScan, and a three-week total of 28,876. At this rate, it will not make the year's overall top 20.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 9–September 15:
- Review of Ancient Aliens S20E20: “Resurrecting Puma Punku”
- Another Government UFO Hunter Signs a Major Book Deal
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 13 • September 22, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week my computer’s keyboard and ports gave up the ghost, and it had to go on a little vacation to receive a makeover at the manufacturer’s repair center. I’m working on a backup machine, but it’s not as easy to work with due to its age and lack of computing power. So, I’ve been a bit limited in my ability to research and write this week. My usual machine is due back in a little over a week.
Meanwhile, the Senate failed to include the UAP Disclosure Act sponsored by Sens. Schumer and Rounds in the National Defense Authorization Act, killing the legislation for another year. The proposed disclosure act, which includes language closely echoing claims made by Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon, and other ufologists, would have centralized and declassified UFO reports, but its presumption that all such reports must be declassified unless the government asserted an exemption risked creating a massive national security bureaucratic tangle, not least because the line between identified, identifiable, and “truly anomalous” sightings is almost impossibly fuzzy in old documents reporting half-understood encounters. At any rate, the defeat of the UAPDA is a big loss for Elizondo and his colleagues, both those who championed it online and those working behind the scenes, who have been lobbying for this for years.
Also this week, a Harvard Divinity School-trained writer named Derek Reeves self-published a new biography of James Dean entitled The Legend of James Dean: Demonic Heroes Have Villainous Virtues through Simon & Schuster’s Archway vanity press. The book claims that the government conspired to hide the truth about Dean and Hollywood powerbrokers (read: Jews), angry that a “wholesome” and “religious” working class boy outshone wealthy elites, encouraged a personality cult around a demonized form of James Dean in order to use his image to attack Christianity. Reeves claims he spent 25 years in research, saying he “read several books and watched several documentaries.” It is a shockingly bad book that astonished even me.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 16–22:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 13 • September 22, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week my computer’s keyboard and ports gave up the ghost, and it had to go on a little vacation to receive a makeover at the manufacturer’s repair center. I’m working on a backup machine, but it’s not as easy to work with due to its age and lack of computing power. So, I’ve been a bit limited in my ability to research and write this week. My usual machine is due back in a little over a week.
Meanwhile, the Senate failed to include the UAP Disclosure Act sponsored by Sens. Schumer and Rounds in the National Defense Authorization Act, killing the legislation for another year. The proposed disclosure act, which includes language closely echoing claims made by Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon, and other ufologists, would have centralized and declassified UFO reports, but its presumption that all such reports must be declassified unless the government asserted an exemption risked creating a massive national security bureaucratic tangle, not least because the line between identified, identifiable, and “truly anomalous” sightings is almost impossibly fuzzy in old documents reporting half-understood encounters. At any rate, the defeat of the UAPDA is a big loss for Elizondo and his colleagues, both those who championed it online and those working behind the scenes, who have been lobbying for this for years.
Also this week, a Harvard Divinity School-trained writer named Derek Reeves self-published a new biography of James Dean entitled The Legend of James Dean: Demonic Heroes Have Villainous Virtues through Simon & Schuster’s Archway vanity press. The book claims that the government conspired to hide the truth about Dean and Hollywood powerbrokers (read: Jews), angry that a “wholesome” and “religious” working class boy outshone wealthy elites, encouraged a personality cult around a demonized form of James Dean in order to use his image to attack Christianity. Reeves claims he spent 25 years in research, saying he “read several books and watched several documentaries.” It is a shockingly bad book that astonished even me.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 16–22:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 14 • September 29, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, UFO journalist Chris Sharp of the self-published Liberation Times threw a fit on X after he quietly edited out of an article three paragraphs alleging the U.S. has a multi-agency UFO recovery program that retrieved multiple non-human craft from the ocean. When Doug Johnson pointed out the edit, Sharp posted that doing so “recklessly put me at extreme risk,” with Jeremy Corbell chiming in calling it “deplorable” to “intentionally put a journalist at risk” by quoting his exact published words. If quoting him puts him at risk, just imagine what Sharp publishing those words did—or, more specifically, if Sharp knows of specific threats from government agents and isn’t reporting them (except to hint loudly on X, where apparently no one can hear him whine), then he is himself complicit in the coverup.
Meanwhile, Rep. Nancy Mace said that there will be another Congressional UFO hearing, and she intends to call witnesses “who’ve maybe seen some shit.” Fresh off an appearance with Donald Trump, Jr., Lue Elizondo, who has not seen any shit first hand but has talked plenty of it, gave an interview to Linda Moulton Howe, who proceeded to ask bonkers questions about various species of space alien. Elizondo’s book fell off the BookScan bestseller list this week, suggesting that his media appearances have done little to promote sales—which is something I discovered when my last book came out and sales had no correlation whatsoever to my media appearances.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 23–29:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 14 • September 29, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, UFO journalist Chris Sharp of the self-published Liberation Times threw a fit on X after he quietly edited out of an article three paragraphs alleging the U.S. has a multi-agency UFO recovery program that retrieved multiple non-human craft from the ocean. When Doug Johnson pointed out the edit, Sharp posted that doing so “recklessly put me at extreme risk,” with Jeremy Corbell chiming in calling it “deplorable” to “intentionally put a journalist at risk” by quoting his exact published words. If quoting him puts him at risk, just imagine what Sharp publishing those words did—or, more specifically, if Sharp knows of specific threats from government agents and isn’t reporting them (except to hint loudly on X, where apparently no one can hear him whine), then he is himself complicit in the coverup.
Meanwhile, Rep. Nancy Mace said that there will be another Congressional UFO hearing, and she intends to call witnesses “who’ve maybe seen some shit.” Fresh off an appearance with Donald Trump, Jr., Lue Elizondo, who has not seen any shit first hand but has talked plenty of it, gave an interview to Linda Moulton Howe, who proceeded to ask bonkers questions about various species of space alien. Elizondo’s book fell off the BookScan bestseller list this week, suggesting that his media appearances have done little to promote sales—which is something I discovered when my last book came out and sales had no correlation whatsoever to my media appearances.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 23–29:
- Lue Elizondo on Donald Trump, Jr.'s Podcast Talks UFOs and Praises Trump, Sr.
- The Devil Is in the Details
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 15 • October 6, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
It was a slow week for aliens, Atlantis, and the paranormal, which was fine by me, since I had other things to do this week. I finally bit the bullet and cut the cord on cable after 30 years of subscribing. I got tired of paying twice for the same content duplicated on the streaming services I receive. But the upshot is that I may have to suspend my reviews of cable shows like Ancient Aliens that I am no longer paying to receive. While Ancient Aliens is available on streaming services, the major services have only past seasons, with new episodes streaming on something called Friendly TV that I am not going to pay an additional subscription fee to access.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 30–October 6:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 15 • October 6, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
It was a slow week for aliens, Atlantis, and the paranormal, which was fine by me, since I had other things to do this week. I finally bit the bullet and cut the cord on cable after 30 years of subscribing. I got tired of paying twice for the same content duplicated on the streaming services I receive. But the upshot is that I may have to suspend my reviews of cable shows like Ancient Aliens that I am no longer paying to receive. While Ancient Aliens is available on streaming services, the major services have only past seasons, with new episodes streaming on something called Friendly TV that I am not going to pay an additional subscription fee to access.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of September 30–October 6:
- In Brief: Ancient Aliens Talking Head Praises Graham Hancock on Lex Fridman
- New James Dean Movie to Explore Queer Relationship
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 16 • October 13, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
If you are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this coming week, one of the largest book events in the world, be sure to stop by Rowan & Littlefield International’s table to check out my Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, which is the publisher’s lead title. Printed galleys are available to visitors while supplies last.
Meanwhile, this week saw journalist Michael Shellenberger report that a so-called whistleblower claimed to reveal a supposed Pentagon UFO program called “Immaculate Constellation” that he said had been improperly hidden from Congress. According to the report, the program began in 2017 in response to the faulty New York Times story revealing a somewhat confused account of AAWSAP and Lue Elizondo’s subsequent personal UFO investigation, AATIP. It supposedly involved collecting UFO reports and photos. (Some reports suggested it also collected crashed saucers, but that seems to be an exaggeration.) Shellenberger offered no proof and both the Pentagon and former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick denied that any such program existed. Nevertheless, both UFO podcaster Jeremy Corbell and attorney Daniel Sheehan claimed to have known about the program and the whistleblower and to have kept it hidden from the public for obscure reasons—you know, “Disclosure.” But even if taken at face value, it’s hardly a shock that the Pentagon would look into UFO reports after a media flap about Pentagon interest in UFOs. Corbell, for his part, bizarrely claimed that while the program had proof positive of aliens, the real issue was bureaucracy and whether the Pentagon is properly reporting special access programs to Congressional leaders, saying in a post on X that ufologists needed to lead a charge to move power away from unelected bureaucrats toward politicians and political appointees. Because that is the real concern when aliens are invading our planet: combatting the Deep State.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 7–13:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 16 • October 13, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
If you are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this coming week, one of the largest book events in the world, be sure to stop by Rowan & Littlefield International’s table to check out my Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, which is the publisher’s lead title. Printed galleys are available to visitors while supplies last.
Meanwhile, this week saw journalist Michael Shellenberger report that a so-called whistleblower claimed to reveal a supposed Pentagon UFO program called “Immaculate Constellation” that he said had been improperly hidden from Congress. According to the report, the program began in 2017 in response to the faulty New York Times story revealing a somewhat confused account of AAWSAP and Lue Elizondo’s subsequent personal UFO investigation, AATIP. It supposedly involved collecting UFO reports and photos. (Some reports suggested it also collected crashed saucers, but that seems to be an exaggeration.) Shellenberger offered no proof and both the Pentagon and former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick denied that any such program existed. Nevertheless, both UFO podcaster Jeremy Corbell and attorney Daniel Sheehan claimed to have known about the program and the whistleblower and to have kept it hidden from the public for obscure reasons—you know, “Disclosure.” But even if taken at face value, it’s hardly a shock that the Pentagon would look into UFO reports after a media flap about Pentagon interest in UFOs. Corbell, for his part, bizarrely claimed that while the program had proof positive of aliens, the real issue was bureaucracy and whether the Pentagon is properly reporting special access programs to Congressional leaders, saying in a post on X that ufologists needed to lead a charge to move power away from unelected bureaucrats toward politicians and political appointees. Because that is the real concern when aliens are invading our planet: combatting the Deep State.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 7–13:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 17 • October 20, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Netflix debuted the new season of Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse, which did not quite recapture the magic of the first. Sequels rarely do. While we won’t know how many hours of Ancient Apocalypse viewers streamed until Netflix releases the data next week, what was perhaps more striking is how little attention mainstream media paid to the series this time around. When the show debuted in November 2022, it caused a media firestorm, with angry think pieces across most major media platforms and denunciations from the Society of American Archaeologists. This time, a Google News search found only a scattered handful of mentions of the show, primarily in TV columns plugging the week’s new releases. With entertainment journalists covering the death of Liam Payne and the rest of the media fixated on the presidential election, there wasn’t much room for Hancock’s retread—and perhaps Netflix wanted it that way, dropping the show in October this time, right before the election, instead of waiting for the slower holiday season.
For his part, Hancock released a YouTube video attacking archaeologist Flint Dibble and did the rounds of podcasts promoting the show, including Lex Fridman’s podcast and the Joe Rogan Experience. On the latter, he and Rogan rehashed Hancock’s disastrous debate with Flint Dibble earlier this year, and the conversation devolved into Rogan denouncing Dibble as a liar. After a video surfaced showing a white nationalist praising Hancock’s work as a recruitment tool, calling it “Third Reich archaeology without the baggage,” Hancock told the Express that he denounced white supremacy as a “stupid cult” for “stupid people.” He added that he now believes that Western cultures like the Greeks and the Romans were also influenced by the lost civilization.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 14–20:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 17 • October 20, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Netflix debuted the new season of Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse, which did not quite recapture the magic of the first. Sequels rarely do. While we won’t know how many hours of Ancient Apocalypse viewers streamed until Netflix releases the data next week, what was perhaps more striking is how little attention mainstream media paid to the series this time around. When the show debuted in November 2022, it caused a media firestorm, with angry think pieces across most major media platforms and denunciations from the Society of American Archaeologists. This time, a Google News search found only a scattered handful of mentions of the show, primarily in TV columns plugging the week’s new releases. With entertainment journalists covering the death of Liam Payne and the rest of the media fixated on the presidential election, there wasn’t much room for Hancock’s retread—and perhaps Netflix wanted it that way, dropping the show in October this time, right before the election, instead of waiting for the slower holiday season.
For his part, Hancock released a YouTube video attacking archaeologist Flint Dibble and did the rounds of podcasts promoting the show, including Lex Fridman’s podcast and the Joe Rogan Experience. On the latter, he and Rogan rehashed Hancock’s disastrous debate with Flint Dibble earlier this year, and the conversation devolved into Rogan denouncing Dibble as a liar. After a video surfaced showing a white nationalist praising Hancock’s work as a recruitment tool, calling it “Third Reich archaeology without the baggage,” Hancock told the Express that he denounced white supremacy as a “stupid cult” for “stupid people.” He added that he now believes that Western cultures like the Greeks and the Romans were also influenced by the lost civilization.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 14–20:
- Review of Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas
- In Brief: Graham Hancock Denounces White Supremacy After Nazis Embrace Him
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 18 • October 27, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Expedition Unknown and its star, Josh Gates, came under fire when it was revealed that discoveries inside the Treasury at Petra presented on the show as “new” were nearly twenty years old. The episode, “Petra’s Secrets Revealed,” aired on October 16 and coincided with a spate of news articles announcing the discovery of bodies buried in a previously undiscovered tomb underneath the famous site, perhaps best known for appearing in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). However, after the spate of publicity, it quickly became evident that the “new” tomb had in fact been discovered by Suleiman Farajat in 2005 and the “discoveries” had been previously published in archaeological journals.
In other news, I am currently in physical therapy for an arm injury that may be partly related to overuse of my arm in typing—apparently rewriting three drafts of a 100,000-word book in three months isn’t good for the tendons. As a result, I’ve had to cut back on my computer use (editing voice-to-text transcription creates similar issues), so I have been posting less content in recent weeks and likely will for a few more.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 21–27:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 18 • October 27, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Expedition Unknown and its star, Josh Gates, came under fire when it was revealed that discoveries inside the Treasury at Petra presented on the show as “new” were nearly twenty years old. The episode, “Petra’s Secrets Revealed,” aired on October 16 and coincided with a spate of news articles announcing the discovery of bodies buried in a previously undiscovered tomb underneath the famous site, perhaps best known for appearing in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). However, after the spate of publicity, it quickly became evident that the “new” tomb had in fact been discovered by Suleiman Farajat in 2005 and the “discoveries” had been previously published in archaeological journals.
In other news, I am currently in physical therapy for an arm injury that may be partly related to overuse of my arm in typing—apparently rewriting three drafts of a 100,000-word book in three months isn’t good for the tendons. As a result, I’ve had to cut back on my computer use (editing voice-to-text transcription creates similar issues), so I have been posting less content in recent weeks and likely will for a few more.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 21–27:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 19 • November 3, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
If you can believe it, Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean will be published in just two short weeks! I received word that printed copies are on the way to me, and they are being shipped out to bookstores, too. We’re already lining up interviews to promote the book, and it’s exciting to see this project finally come to fruition after so many years of hard work. However, after reading this week’s news about Lue Elizondo and Tucker Carlson, discussed below, I’m beginning to think I could find more success by forgoing deep research and careful analysis and just saying whatever wild thought pops into my head.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 28–November 3:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 19 • November 3, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
If you can believe it, Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean will be published in just two short weeks! I received word that printed copies are on the way to me, and they are being shipped out to bookstores, too. We’re already lining up interviews to promote the book, and it’s exciting to see this project finally come to fruition after so many years of hard work. However, after reading this week’s news about Lue Elizondo and Tucker Carlson, discussed below, I’m beginning to think I could find more success by forgoing deep research and careful analysis and just saying whatever wild thought pops into my head.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of October 28–November 3:
- Tucker Carlson Claims a Demon Attacked Him in His Sleep
- Lue Elizondo Tells Paying Audience Light Fixture Is Alien Mothership
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 20 • November 10, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week Netflix released a six-part documentary series, Investigation Alien, from UFO gadfly and ethically challenged Las Vegas TV reporter George Knapp. I’ll be honest: I just didn’t have the energy to watch six more hours of the same-old, same-old UFO stories as Knapp reexamined decades-old UFO cases and the tiresome if gruesome fantasy of alien cattle mutilation. I’m sure Netflix thought this might be a compelling follow-up to Ancient Apocalypse, and it will be interesting to see whether it cracks Netflix’s Global Top Ten when the streamer releases viewership figures in a week or so. The lack of promotion, however, outside of targeted UFO media suggests less confidence in the series, which was released in the shadow of the vastly more popular new series of Outer Banks and in the wake of the presidential election in the U.S., which consumed nearly all of the media’s attention.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 4–10:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 20 • November 10, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week Netflix released a six-part documentary series, Investigation Alien, from UFO gadfly and ethically challenged Las Vegas TV reporter George Knapp. I’ll be honest: I just didn’t have the energy to watch six more hours of the same-old, same-old UFO stories as Knapp reexamined decades-old UFO cases and the tiresome if gruesome fantasy of alien cattle mutilation. I’m sure Netflix thought this might be a compelling follow-up to Ancient Apocalypse, and it will be interesting to see whether it cracks Netflix’s Global Top Ten when the streamer releases viewership figures in a week or so. The lack of promotion, however, outside of targeted UFO media suggests less confidence in the series, which was released in the shadow of the vastly more popular new series of Outer Banks and in the wake of the presidential election in the U.S., which consumed nearly all of the media’s attention.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 4–10:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 21 • November 17, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Tuesday is publication day for Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean! In advance of publication, you can read an excerpt from the book on my website. Several publications will have coverage of the book over the coming week, which I will link to as pieces are published. I will also be recording a podcast appearance later this week to discuss the book, and I’ll share that once it’s up.
Meanwhile, the AARO released the Congressionally mandated annual UFO report. The report contained no major surprises. It found no evidence of space aliens and no new reports of transmedium or submarine vehicles. But it did find plenty of evidence that so-called “trained observers” in the military routinely mistake balloons, birds, and satellites for alien spaceships, as all of the UFO cases submitted to the government that AARO was able to resolve turned out to be prosaic objects that pilots and other observers had mistaken for unknown aerial craft.
Oh, and just for giggles, Amazon named Lue Elizondo’s Imminent one of 2024’s “best books” in the category of … wait for it … “Science.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 11–17:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 21 • November 17, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
Tuesday is publication day for Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean! In advance of publication, you can read an excerpt from the book on my website. Several publications will have coverage of the book over the coming week, which I will link to as pieces are published. I will also be recording a podcast appearance later this week to discuss the book, and I’ll share that once it’s up.
Meanwhile, the AARO released the Congressionally mandated annual UFO report. The report contained no major surprises. It found no evidence of space aliens and no new reports of transmedium or submarine vehicles. But it did find plenty of evidence that so-called “trained observers” in the military routinely mistake balloons, birds, and satellites for alien spaceships, as all of the UFO cases submitted to the government that AARO was able to resolve turned out to be prosaic objects that pilots and other observers had mistaken for unknown aerial craft.
Oh, and just for giggles, Amazon named Lue Elizondo’s Imminent one of 2024’s “best books” in the category of … wait for it … “Science.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 11–17:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 22 • November 24, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean was published! News coverage of the book appeared in dozens of news outlets worldwide, with more to come. I’ll also be on TV this Tuesday to promote the book and have additional interviews lined up for the coming weeks. You can follow the coverage on my media page.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate held a sparsely attended UFO hearing in which AARO offered explanations for a number of key UFO sightings. The bottom line, once again, is the complete lack of any evidence for space aliens and the repeated confirmation that even military members are easily fooled by balloons, birds, and other prosaic objects because of the ideology of aliens. Then, of course, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin muddied the waters again by saying that UFOs were “difficult to explain.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 18–24:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 22 • November 24, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean was published! News coverage of the book appeared in dozens of news outlets worldwide, with more to come. I’ll also be on TV this Tuesday to promote the book and have additional interviews lined up for the coming weeks. You can follow the coverage on my media page.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate held a sparsely attended UFO hearing in which AARO offered explanations for a number of key UFO sightings. The bottom line, once again, is the complete lack of any evidence for space aliens and the repeated confirmation that even military members are easily fooled by balloons, birds, and other prosaic objects because of the ideology of aliens. Then, of course, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin muddied the waters again by saying that UFOs were “difficult to explain.”
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 18–24:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 23 • December 1, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
I had a busy week last week promoting the release of Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, now in its second week of release. If you live in Indiana, you may have seen me on WISH-TV this week, where I did the Daybreak morning news show. Coming up later this week, I will be on the Forgotten Hollywood podcast, and at the end of the week I am scheduled to record an interview for the digital arm of a major cable news channel. You can keep up with Jimmy in the media on the book’s media page, where I will post links as they become available.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 25–December 1:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
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• Vol. 25 • Issue 23 • December 1, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
I had a busy week last week promoting the release of Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean, now in its second week of release. If you live in Indiana, you may have seen me on WISH-TV this week, where I did the Daybreak morning news show. Coming up later this week, I will be on the Forgotten Hollywood podcast, and at the end of the week I am scheduled to record an interview for the digital arm of a major cable news channel. You can keep up with Jimmy in the media on the book’s media page, where I will post links as they become available.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of November 25–December 1:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
• [email protected] • JasonColavito.com • @JasonColavito •
THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 24 • December 8, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
A major flap over drones struck this week, leading to a panic about alien spaceships and other high technology infiltrating the skies over New Jersey. Many of the videos that emerged from the flap depicted planes taking off from or landing at a nearby airport in Hoboken, but the story managed to make news for several days. Even The Hollywood Reporter got into the alien act this week, labeling “aliens” one of the big winners in Tinseltown this year—but not because of the publication’s usual focus on movies, music, but because of Congress: “…the most riveting alien-inspired streaming content lately has been courtesy of Congress and their two bipartisan hearings […] with former Pentagon officials and top military whistleblowers being questioned by the likes of AOC and Lauren Bobart.” Ufologists succeeded where even Donald Trump failed, turning government into pure entertainment.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of December 2–8:
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
• [email protected] • JasonColavito.com • @JasonColavito •
• Vol. 25 • Issue 24 • December 8, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
A major flap over drones struck this week, leading to a panic about alien spaceships and other high technology infiltrating the skies over New Jersey. Many of the videos that emerged from the flap depicted planes taking off from or landing at a nearby airport in Hoboken, but the story managed to make news for several days. Even The Hollywood Reporter got into the alien act this week, labeling “aliens” one of the big winners in Tinseltown this year—but not because of the publication’s usual focus on movies, music, but because of Congress: “…the most riveting alien-inspired streaming content lately has been courtesy of Congress and their two bipartisan hearings […] with former Pentagon officials and top military whistleblowers being questioned by the likes of AOC and Lauren Bobart.” Ufologists succeeded where even Donald Trump failed, turning government into pure entertainment.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of December 2–8:
- In Brief: A New Paper Again Rebuts the Younger Dryas Comet Impact Hypothesis
- No, James Dean Did Not Sleep with a 70-Year-Old Edna Ferber
Until next week, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
• [email protected] • JasonColavito.com • @JasonColavito •
THE JASON COLAVITO NEWSLETTER
• Vol. 25 • Issue 25 • December 15, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the “drone” flap expanded nationwide, with increasingly panicked—and increasingly ridiculous—results. While, perhaps, a few of the original sightings might have some unknown drone component, nearly all of the videos circulating since have been of ordinary airplanes and helicopters. In the case of a video taken by the governor of Maryland, who posted it to social media with a demand for a stronger federal response, the lights in the sky appeared to be the constellation Orion. Some witnesses started claiming physical symptoms, such as a runny nose, after staying out all night mistaking planes for drones, indicating that this is, indeed, a textbook case of mass hysteria.
This will be my last newsletter for 2024. My traditional holiday break is coming up. I won’t be writing a newsletter next weekend, and I am not sure if the newsletter will resume after that. Readership has declined steadily over the past two years, and with smaller numbers receiving this newsletter and still fewer opening the emails, I am not sure whether the effort is worth it.
I plan to post my annual year in review column sometime prior to New Year’s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of December 9–15:
Until next time, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
• [email protected] • JasonColavito.com • @JasonColavito •
• Vol. 25 • Issue 25 • December 15, 2024 •
It’s been a busy week. Let’s see what’s new…
News
This week, the “drone” flap expanded nationwide, with increasingly panicked—and increasingly ridiculous—results. While, perhaps, a few of the original sightings might have some unknown drone component, nearly all of the videos circulating since have been of ordinary airplanes and helicopters. In the case of a video taken by the governor of Maryland, who posted it to social media with a demand for a stronger federal response, the lights in the sky appeared to be the constellation Orion. Some witnesses started claiming physical symptoms, such as a runny nose, after staying out all night mistaking planes for drones, indicating that this is, indeed, a textbook case of mass hysteria.
This will be my last newsletter for 2024. My traditional holiday break is coming up. I won’t be writing a newsletter next weekend, and I am not sure if the newsletter will resume after that. Readership has declined steadily over the past two years, and with smaller numbers receiving this newsletter and still fewer opening the emails, I am not sure whether the effort is worth it.
I plan to post my annual year in review column sometime prior to New Year’s.
On the Blog
In case you missed them, here are my best blog posts and Substack articles for the week of December 9–15:
- Josh Gates's Expedition Files Covers King Tut, Sodom, and Stonehenge Badly
- No, Rock Hudson Didn't Hit on James Dean in Drag on the Set of Giant
Until next time, keep watching the skies!
Jason Colavito
• [email protected] • JasonColavito.com • @JasonColavito •
