The Skeptic Zone #914 - 12.April.2026
Apr 11, 2026
UFO Comments - Wishing for a Wish - NASA
Introduction
Richard Saunders
00:16:14
Westall UFO TV Documentary
In the past week, Skeptic Zone producer Richard Saunders appeared
on the ABC TV (Australia) program 'Australian Story' to talk about
the 1966 Westall UFO event from a reasonable but skeptical point of
view. This has not pleased some UFO believers in TV land and they
have been commenting on the YouTube video of the TV program.
Richard, with the help of Maynard, reads out some of the more
interesting comments.
Australian Story Westall UFO
https://youtu.be/IhKyQkhOfoM
00:22:34
For Crying Out Loud! It's Kat McLeod
If wishes were fishes, Kat would have a koi pond in her head. This
week she will take a look at the tradition of wishing, a topic we
have not covered on the Skeptic Zone before, while we have looked
at a lot of things that require wishful thinking like manifesting
and far-fetched woo products, we haven’t ever examined the
tradition of wishing, until now. We wish you would listen!
https://www.healthdigest.com/304485/why-you-should-stop-blowing-out-the-candles-on-your-birthday-cake
00:31:20
Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What news has caught the eye of news editor Dee this week? Read by
Adrienne Hill.
Australian Skeptics
http://www.skeptics.com.au
We Can Reason, Canada
https://wecanreason.com
00:41:32
The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for
references to NASA and UFOs.
1973.10.20 - The Canberra Times
1966.12.12 - The Canberra Times
1983.01.16 - The Canberra Times
1989.07.12 - The Canberra Times
1977.12.29 - Papua New Guinea
Post-Courier
1977.12.28 - The Evening Independent -
FL
www.trove.nla.gov.au