Feeding Frenzy Reading

Monday in the newspaper there was an article on a new subject to be added the the local school curriculum. I found it very strange. The subject is UFO’s. As I read the whole article it actually made sense. Well at least sense to a goof like me. The justifications are that it will bring lively debate to the class. Also in it they can touch on common subjects and generate interest in them using the UFO context. See, it does kind of make sense. If they hit on goofs like me they will create a reading, feeding frenzy. Guess I should explain what I mean.

In the late 1970’s my work put me in contact with the pilots and crew of Flying Tigers Airline. They are a unique group and a story of their own. Over too many drinks the crew talked the senior pilot into telling me about Roswell and the Aliens. In the senior pilot’s words he was the pilot that flew the debris and the alien bodies out of Roswell. I promptly filed it away with other stories told to me by people who had too much to drink. But a couple of years later I caught a TV show on Roswell. I was amazed that his name was mentioned and most of what he told me was on the program. Then the FEEDING FRENZY started. I started reading everything I could find on Roswell and UFOs. I got crazy just like sharks do in feeding frenzies. It passed until the next time: Oak Island, a mysterious island just off of Nova Scotia. There are more but the point is I read and read which isn’t a bad thing. So if UFO’s can create feeding frenzy reading in kids, HURRAY, bring it on quick.

Did I learn anything? Yes, most of the UFO books are the authors flights of fancy veiled with a few facts. But I did learn some just cannot be explained. Charlie Red Star at Carman, the one that stops all the debunkers in their tracks.

Now I use the computer when something peaks my interest. Still, I need the books to read so I know I have the full story not just the reader digest version. Luckily, the computer has stopped the severe cases of feeding frenzy in me. But not all.

See, it can be OK to go a little crazy like a shark does.