The Millennium Arrives

  OK, OK, so it won't be here for another year, but the "commercial" millennium is only 70 days away as I write these words, completely oblivious to astronomers and others bent on reminding us that the 20th century ends in double zero, not in ninety-nine. INEXPLICATA feels no embarrassment at joining in the happy (and growing) ranks of '99ers and celebrating the arrival of the third millennium of the Common Era along with the best of them.

This issue of INEXPLICATA is the longest one to date and perhaps the most significant. Having presented the work of many notable authors from across the Spanish-speaking world, we now have the chance to let our readers "hear" their own voices on a number of UFO and paranormal questions--replies that convey concern, understanding and even humor about the protean field that brings us together. A variety of points of view are represented: hard science, spiritualism, old-fashioned ufology and even the ubiquitous Teletubbies get a plug.

Manuel Carballal, who has just returned from a hazardous trek across Mongolia, shares his thoughts on "Saucer Exhibitionism and Close Encounters" while Andrea Pérez Simondini considers the boon of "Experimental Ufology--a New Trail to Blaze"; Dr. Rafael A. Lara's MEXICO WATCH discusses an aberrant case of popular psychosis over a diminutive "UFO dummy" in Veracruz which attracted the attention of the Intelligence agencies. In short, we hope that you will find what you're looking for in this last issue of the Millennium (so to speak).

Scott Corrales

Editor, INEXPLICATA

Director, Institute of Hispanic Ufology