In my last article on UFOs, I talked about the Extra-Terrestrial UFO Hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, unidentified flying objects are often attributed to craft piloted by beings from another planet when no other explanation is found. This is similar to how mundane but unexplained bumps in the night are attributed to ghosts by some people. In this article, I will endeavour to present an argument that makes the ET hypothesis less likely, due to the many prerequisites that need to occur before life can develop complexity to a point where interstellar travel is possible.

Most unidentified flying object (UFO) reports have mundane explanations. Celestial objects such as Venus or Jupiter, aircraft lights, balloons, and a host of other misperceived things seen in the sky. These stimuli, seen through a society's cultural and psychological lenses, suggest the presence of an unusual emotional climate which distorts perceptions and the perceived significance of merely terrestrial phenomena. Through time we have observed many different explanations for lights in the sky. In the late 1890s, hot air balloons were often sighted, and in the early 1900s airships were the go-to explanations. Numerous sightings in Australia and New Zealand were explained away as airships in the article Crowded skies by New Zealand Geographic, including a famous one in the then small Otago town of Kelso, in 1909.

In this article, I explore Ken Ring's (AKA The Moon Man) predictions he posted on his Facebook page from January 8th 2025, concerning dates of Earthquakes and where in the world these earthquakes were to occur. For those who don't know, Ken Ring is a writer from Auckland who claims weather and earthquakes are influenced by the moon cycle. He publishes almanacs each year for New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and, more recently, Japan and Italy, in which he provides weather predictions for the entire year. Ken's almanacs appear to take into account the position over the earth of the degree of perigee, or point closest to a part of the earth and the moon. So if the perigee is over say the North Island of New Zealand, that area will experience weather changes and increased earthquake activity. The degree or amount of perigee dictates the intensity of the weather or earthquake for that region. This article will focus mainly on earthquakes where weather predictions will be used to illustrate points. However, the reader can be assured, his predictions of both are as useful as each other.

In the first part of this article, I looked at some of the common archaeological misconceptions used to spread doubt about Māori being the first to settle New Zealand. Having spent some time debunking some of the more common ideas floating around on social media, which are supposedly covered up to hide the “truth”, this second part will be devoted to looking at the more widely accepted versions of historical events.

I saw a lot of anti-Māori disinformation on social media in the last few months before the 2023 New Zealand general elections. For clarity, disinformation is misleading content deliberately spread to deceive people with a goal in mind, whereas misinformation is incorrect or misleading information that is spread without specific malicious intent. Such rhetoric can create a voting block large enough for politicians to pander to, and it would be tempting for MPs to then pledge to implement policies to attract these voters. It can also swing voters to vote for parties who are sympathetic to their newly formed views. The anti-Māori disinformation that was being spread on social media at the time largely took on two forms.

It appears to be common knowledge that the petrol with a higher octane rating means more power and better fuel economy. The purpose of this short article is to explain why this is a myth, and why both fuels will work as well in a car designed to run a particular fuel. So, spending extra money on premium fuels when your car's owners manual says 91 is suitable, will not give you better economy or more power.

Hi Ken. Has anyone done a formal statistical analysis of your Weather Almanac comparing what the weather was like on those days predicted and if so, can you provide a link please?

I managed to attend the Spiritual Expo in Dunedin last month. A week later, I also went along to a two hour long medium session at the Dunedin Spiritualist Church. I will be talking about the medium experience later in this article but, first, the Expo.

This was the first time to a Spiritual Church for me, and I had no idea what to expect. The service started at 6pm on a Sunday, at their own facility in South Dunedin. When I arrived, I found a small room that could probably seat 50, along with a small tearoom that opened out to the main part of the church. It was clean and tidy, and looked very much like any other church - apart from the absence of any Christian paraphernalia.

This article is a brief introduction to facilitated communication (FC) - what it is, and what harm it can do for a person being facilitated. I will also give some guidance on what you can do to help.