North Texas Skeptics Flashback June 1992
In the June 1992 newsletter the article, "The Third Eye", covers reports about UFOs and aliens on TV and on the computer bulletin boards. This was a time when the World Wide Web was not available (not until 1993), and most of the population was not on the Internet. Dial-up services like AOL, Compuserve, and Prodigy were places where many people communicated digitally. You'll see references to Prodigy in the article.
This year, 2012, is an election year in the U.S., and the 4 year cycle means 20 years ago was also politically active. There is a light hearted article which asks the question, "Is Ross Perot an Alien?". Ross Perot was running for president, and Perot's Alliance Airport in Fort Worth was relatively new at that time. Was Alliance Airport built as a spaceport for alien visitors?
There is a review of a new age mail order company in "Magic by Mail". The company, Pyramid Books and New-Age Collection had operators standing by 24 hours a day to take the orders of "the uncritical and unquestioning across America". A quick search reveals that they are still around today in the Internet age as The Pyramid Collection, even with the same phone number as in the article. They do seem to be more fashion focused today, but you can still get crystals, tarot cards, books about Chakras.
Check out the newsletter for all the details.
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