Gideon Reid
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The Mysteries of Under Plum Lake - Gideon Reid
In 1980, British novelist Lionel Davidson, best known for his crime thrillers, published an uncharacteristic children’s novel: Under Plum Lake. On the surface, it is a whimsical story about a 12-year-...
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New Essay!
The Mysteries of Under Plum Lake —Lionel Davidson, Alien Contact and the Philosophy of Anomalous Experience
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The Mysteries of Under Plum Lake —Lionel Davidson, Alien Contact and the Philosophy of Anomalous Experience
gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie... #ufo #uap #aliens #folklore #myth #sciencefiction
Was the Sandown Clown South African?
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Was the Sandown Clown South African?
Although I've not had a chance to read this yet, I'm fascinated by the reputable scientific origins of hollow earth theories, how they've persisted in speculative lit (e.g. gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie...) & their resurgence in the popular imagination of those searching for aliens here on Earth.
You can find my piece on the Hollow Earth in this month's @historytoday.com, alongside Kublai Khan, the National Smoke Abatement Society, and the Battle of Baku.
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Although I've not had a chance to read this yet, I'm fascinated by the reputable scientific origins of hollow earth theories, how they've persisted in speculative lit (e.g. gideonreid.co.uk/the-mysterie...) & their resurgence in the popular imagination of those searching for aliens here on Earth.
In 1980 Lionel Davidson wrote about an exotic craft with "stretch mechanics" which morphed its shape while the occupant was inside & had a transparent hull so that what was ahead could be seen. Perfectly visualized in 1986 by Flight of the Navigator. 1/3 #ufosky
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In 1980 Lionel Davidson wrote about an exotic craft with "stretch mechanics" which morphed its shape while the occupant was inside & had a transparent hull so that what was ahead could be seen. Perfectly visualized in 1986 by Flight of the Navigator. 1/3 #ufosky
A small telepathic alien with a large head and eyes crash-lands in rural Africa, appearing, vanishing, then reappearing in the long grass of the bush in front of two boys. #ufosky
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A small telepathic alien with a large head and eyes crash-lands in rural Africa, appearing, vanishing, then reappearing in the long grass of the bush in front of two boys. #ufosky
The day after the Ariel School sighting on 16 Sept, 1994, 'A Nuclear Free Pacific' (1988), a film about the dangers of nukes their testing and their damaging effects on people and the environment, was broadcast on local Zimbabwe television (ZBC TV 2).
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October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The day after the Ariel School sighting on 16 Sept, 1994, 'A Nuclear Free Pacific' (1988), a film about the dangers of nukes their testing and their damaging effects on people and the environment, was broadcast on local Zimbabwe television (ZBC TV 2).
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“The aims of technology, which were clear enough a century and a half ago, have gradually disappeared from view…The further we advance, the more the purpose of our techniques fades out of sight.” — Jacques Ellul, 1964
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“The aims of technology, which were clear enough a century and a half ago, have gradually disappeared from view…The further we advance, the more the purpose of our techniques fades out of sight.” — Jacques Ellul, 1964
My latest piece in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social:
'A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting.' I unpack the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO claims, Netflix's spin, the facts they skipped—& the stigma holding back real inquiry. Worth the sub: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl... #UFO #Skepticism
'A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting.' I unpack the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO claims, Netflix's spin, the facts they skipped—& the stigma holding back real inquiry. Worth the sub: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl... #UFO #Skepticism
A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting | Skeptical Inquirer
The second episode of the Netflix docuseries Encounters (“Believers”) features the mass UFO sighting and close encounter of the third kind alleged to have o ...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My latest piece in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social:
'A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting.' I unpack the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO claims, Netflix's spin, the facts they skipped—& the stigma holding back real inquiry. Worth the sub: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl... #UFO #Skepticism
'A Closer Look at Encounters and the Ariel School Sighting.' I unpack the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO claims, Netflix's spin, the facts they skipped—& the stigma holding back real inquiry. Worth the sub: skepticalinquirer.org/2025/10/a-cl... #UFO #Skepticism
Part 2 of a consideration of the science fiction influences on the 25 October 1974 alien abduction story of Carl Higdon.
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Science Fiction and The Carl Higdon Alien Encounter Story - Gideon Reid
A closer look at the Carl Higdon alien encounter of 1974 and its connection to science fiction imagery and pulp short stories that preceded it.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Part 2 of a consideration of the science fiction influences on the 25 October 1974 alien abduction story of Carl Higdon.
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Carl Higdon's Trip Up Above
A comparison between a very American alien abduction report and an obscure French science fiction story rewritten for an English speaking audience.
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A comparison between a very American alien abduction report and an obscure French science fiction story rewritten for an English speaking audience.
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Carl Higdon’s Trip Up Above - Gideon Reid
In Part 3 of this series exploring the science fiction origins of UFO and alien abduction narratives, we delve into Carl Higdon's 1974 purported alien abduction account. Strikingly, every detail of Hi...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Carl Higdon's Trip Up Above
A comparison between a very American alien abduction report and an obscure French science fiction story rewritten for an English speaking audience.
gideonreid.co.uk/carl-higdons...
A comparison between a very American alien abduction report and an obscure French science fiction story rewritten for an English speaking audience.
gideonreid.co.uk/carl-higdons...
'The Dutch Proverbs' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) has what looks like pies thrown up on a roof, so does Breaking Bad (famously). The proverb that connects them? "To have a roof tiled with tarts". (Is pizza pie is an American approximation?). It means "to be very wealthy."
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
'The Dutch Proverbs' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) has what looks like pies thrown up on a roof, so does Breaking Bad (famously). The proverb that connects them? "To have a roof tiled with tarts". (Is pizza pie is an American approximation?). It means "to be very wealthy."
I'd really like to know the end-of-world stats that tell of how many idle thoughts this pattern has absorbed.
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'd really like to know the end-of-world stats that tell of how many idle thoughts this pattern has absorbed.
Never understood how this cloud was mistaken for anything else.
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Never understood how this cloud was mistaken for anything else.
Reposted by Gideon Reid
The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8
D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51
The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8
Crash recovery — 24 July, 1837
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Crash recovery — 24 July, 1837
Reposted by Gideon Reid
The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment.
Bread and Puppet Theater is still working to 'make the revolution irresistible'
The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Tons of good stuff in @knowrogan.bsky.social that regular listeners to Joe Rogan should hear.
That said, he doesn't always talk to kooks. The ep. with Prof Brian Cox is full of enthusiasm & shows why the long format is so successful. Even if in the next ep. Joe casts doubt on the moon landing...
That said, he doesn't always talk to kooks. The ep. with Prof Brian Cox is full of enthusiasm & shows why the long format is so successful. Even if in the next ep. Joe casts doubt on the moon landing...
September 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tons of good stuff in @knowrogan.bsky.social that regular listeners to Joe Rogan should hear.
That said, he doesn't always talk to kooks. The ep. with Prof Brian Cox is full of enthusiasm & shows why the long format is so successful. Even if in the next ep. Joe casts doubt on the moon landing...
That said, he doesn't always talk to kooks. The ep. with Prof Brian Cox is full of enthusiasm & shows why the long format is so successful. Even if in the next ep. Joe casts doubt on the moon landing...
Ian McEwan's new book What We Can Know, sounds a little like the work of Olaf Stapledon. I wonder if he'd also compare it to the current political situation, like I do here:
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MAGA and the Accidental Prophecy of Olaf Stapledon’s Last and First Men - Gideon Reid
An examination of how critics were wrong to dismiss the near future predictions in the early chapters of Stapledon's Last and First Men.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ian McEwan's new book What We Can Know, sounds a little like the work of Olaf Stapledon. I wonder if he'd also compare it to the current political situation, like I do here:
gideonreid.co.uk/maga-and-the...
gideonreid.co.uk/maga-and-the...
"What are these self-propelled, luminous machines...what are they these mysterious and dazzling machines, with their "disc-shaped wings"..."jets of multicolored flames"...weather balloons? No!"
— Pierre Devaux, 1950
— Pierre Devaux, 1950
September 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"What are these self-propelled, luminous machines...what are they these mysterious and dazzling machines, with their "disc-shaped wings"..."jets of multicolored flames"...weather balloons? No!"
— Pierre Devaux, 1950
— Pierre Devaux, 1950
Friday night preview!
Expect what sounds like a full-throated defence of Jimmy Kimmel's 1st Amendment-protected comedy from
Bill Maher, followed by five minutes of him telling us how Trump is wrong but "has a point," followed by why he deserves a medal for having dinner with him.
Expect what sounds like a full-throated defence of Jimmy Kimmel's 1st Amendment-protected comedy from
Bill Maher, followed by five minutes of him telling us how Trump is wrong but "has a point," followed by why he deserves a medal for having dinner with him.
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Friday night preview!
Expect what sounds like a full-throated defence of Jimmy Kimmel's 1st Amendment-protected comedy from
Bill Maher, followed by five minutes of him telling us how Trump is wrong but "has a point," followed by why he deserves a medal for having dinner with him.
Expect what sounds like a full-throated defence of Jimmy Kimmel's 1st Amendment-protected comedy from
Bill Maher, followed by five minutes of him telling us how Trump is wrong but "has a point," followed by why he deserves a medal for having dinner with him.