Whitley Strieber and John Mack’s Archives Enter the Spotlight in AMC’s New Archive X

AMC’s six-part Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena draws on more than 1 million records at Rice University, including material from Whitley Strieber and Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack. A question that has occupied Whitley Strieber and Unknown Country for decades moves into mainstream television tonight: Are experiences labeled UFO encounters, telepathy, contact with the dead and […]

Mothman Turns 60 as Point Pleasant’s Mystery Moves Into Academia

Sixty years after the sightings that launched the Mothman legend, Point Pleasant is celebrating while folklorists are taking a closer look at how one of America’s strangest anomalous episodes became part of the country’s cultural memory. Sixty years after four people reported encountering a strange winged figure outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Mothman has accomplished […]

The Flatwoods Monster at 74: What Witnesses Actually Reported That Night

Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio On Sept. 12, 1952, West Virginia witnesses followed a mysterious light toward a hillside and reported encountering a towering figure — creating a case that would straddle UFO history, cryptid lore and conventional explanations for decades. Seventy-four years ago, several residents of Flatwoods, West Virginia, climbed a hillside […]

The Perseids Peak August 12-13: A Guide to Identifying Strange Lights in the Sky

Meteors, fireballs and satellites will share an unusually dark sky tonight. Knowing what to look for — and what to record — can help distinguish the identifiable from the genuinely unexplained. The sky is offering a second spectacle following Wednesday’s solar eclipse: The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, […]