Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

BUGA ME SIDEWAYS! • UFOs over Colombia and a mysterious metal sphere bearing “a message to humanity”

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SIDELINES

SIGNS & PORTENTS • 2025 looks dangerous, but the world won’t end until 2060…

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SPACE NEWS • Japanese brewers on the Moon, a new space drive on the block and more fast radio bursts

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ISLAND ODDITIES • Anglesey seaweed ghosts and an Isle of Man mongoose on the loose

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD

Going viral • DAVID HAMBLING says that the ascent of the Covid lab leak theory is about politics, not science

Half-bodied ghosts • ALAN MURDIE finds himself in a strange world of ghostly trousers and phantom floating torsos

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • The Government says it wants to block out the Sun; what could possibly go wrong, ask geo-engineering protestors, while NOEL ROONEY wonders if chemtrails can come in from the cold…

SEX AND DRUGS AND… • Dublin boob wars, a record-breaking penis and the isolated Brazilian tribe suing the New York Times

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN finds Europe quaking, erupting and beseiged by killer bears and hungry martens

ALIEN ZOO • KARL SHUKER greets new crocs on the block and discovers the identity of a Japanese dragon

PET TREKKIN’ • More amazing animal odysseys as a Siamese cat crosses four states, a mini-dachshund goes rogue and a retriever cross leads rescuers a merry dance

MEDICAL BAG • This month’s expert medical advice: always read the label, don’t drink the holy water and avoid living too near to a golf course…

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

The UFO doctors • NIGEL WATSON finds help is avalable for those suffering from UFO trauma or ontological shock…

Off to see the wizard • JENNY RANDLES finds herself pondering magic and UFOs during a walk around Alderley Edge

MAKING THE CASE FOR SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION PART 1 • LARRY E ARNOLD re-opens his hot case files and returns to his extensive investigations of a phenomenon that medical authorities and professional sceptics refuse to accept – despite what many argue is overwhelming evidence for its reality.

THE COLOUR OF MAGIC • As a major exhibition devoted to the work of Ithell Colquhoun comes to Tate Britain, it seems that the works of this long-forgotten artist may show the route to enlightenment, as LISA GLEDHILL discovers.

ITHELL COLQUHOUN AT TATE BRITAIN • LISA GLEDHILL VISITS A MAJOR NEW EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO THE ARTIST’S WORK

THROWING STONES Revisiting The Liverpool Leprechaun Hunt • In July 1964, two Liverpool neighbourhoods were, according to news reports of the time, invaded by leprechauns, with gangs of local children quickly mounting a full-scale hunt for the little people. DR MIKE BENBOUGH-JACKSON returns to the scene and asks what in 1960s Britain might have sparked this extremely odd episode…

Beyond the veil • Hit new podcast Broken Veil explores decidedly fortean themes in the creepiest liminal corners of Essex. Creators WILL MACLEAN and JOEL MORRIS invite FT’s BOB FISCHER to Station 14 for a scratching mass…

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