What Happened to All of the Unexplained Phenomena From the 70s?

[mikeyboy]

Growing up in the 70s, there were always tons of books, tv shows and movies about unexplained phenomena. Now? Not so much. What happened?

Did people stop seeing Bigfoot? Ditto for the Loch Ness Monster.

Did planes and ships stopped getting sucked into the Bermuda Triangle?

UFOs? Sure there is still some of that, but not nearly as much as there was in the 70s. Hell, even Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO.

Ghosts? You still hear about sightings, but there were tons of bestselling novels like "the Amityville Horror" and "The Ghost of Flight 401" built around ghosts and hauntings.

So...

Was it all bullshit whipped up for a hungry public that ate it up? Is it all still happening but under-reported now? Has it really disappeared and that's why we no longer hear about it?

[Gvac]

Just because "In Search Of..." with Leonard Nimoy got canceled doesn't mean there still aren't incidents of paranormal activity, mikey.

Cable TV stations are littered with ghost hunters and UFO chasers, among other things.

You do have cable, don't you?

[mikeyboy]

Just because "In Search Of..." with Leonard Nimoy got canceled doesn't mean there still aren't incidents of paranormal activity, mikey.

Cable TV stations are littered with ghost hunters and UFO chasers, among other things.

You do have cable, don't you?

I know it's still there, but you remember how huge it was in the 70s.

[happytypinggirl]

Growing up in the 70s, there were always tons of books, tv shows and movies about unexplained phenomena. Now? Not so much. What happened?

Did people stop seeing Bigfoot? Ditto for the Loch Ness Monster.

Did planes and ships stopped getting sucked into the Bermuda Triangle?

UFOs? Sure there is still some of that, but not nearly as much as there was in the 70s. Hell, even Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO.

Ghosts? You still hear about sightings, but there were tons of bestselling novels like "the Amityville Horror" and "The Ghost of Flight 401" built around ghosts and hauntings.

So...

Was it all bullshit whipped up for a hungry public that ate it up? Is it all still happening but under-reported now? Has it really disappeared and that's why we no longer hear about it?

just ask franklyn! :happy:

[Gvac]

I know it's still there, but you remember how huge it was in the 70s.

There were only 6 TV stations back then.

[Ritalin]

There are all kinds of television shows dedicated to this kind of stuff. The xfiles, the Ghost Whisperer.

I do think that the type of people who were facinated by that kind of stuff before are now occupied with celebrity and also
The crime/disappearence of the day, the whole Nancy Grace crowd.

Don't underestimate the celebrity factor. In the 70s celebs didn't pimp themselves out like they do today, and that's always going to drown out the unexplained mysteries of the world

[SatCam]

God is around and still going strong

[Hottub]

I wish there was a way to prove that there is indeed life on Mars.:wink::bye::surrender::clap::nono::nono::wall bash::huh:

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[TheMojoPin]

Moving thread to Old School

Please try to start threads in the correct forums.

Noob.

[ToiletCrusher]

I have all the answers to all the 70s questions.

[Crispy123]

I have all the answers to all the 70s questions.

Where can I get some ludes & Thai stick?

[Foster]

I have all the answers to all the 70s questions.

on what date did Skylab crash in Australia?

[Crossweird]

Mikeyboy, were you a child in the 70's? Maybe the mysteries of the world haven't changed. You have.

And that's one to grow on.

[Death Metal Moe]

Yea, it was just that the public was looking for it more back then for whatever reason. Just a different time.

I do remember hearing about shows like this from time to time these days but it just doesn't have the same effect.

Maybe it's partly to do with the over saturation of entertainment choices. Like GVAC said, back in the 70's there were dramatically fewer stations so if 1 of lets say 5 or 10 stations had a show deaing with unexplaind phenomena, that was a larger percentage of the total channels. Nowadays, we have hundreds of stations along with the internet so it's harder for a single show to get noticed.

[ToiletCrusher]

Where can I get some ludes & Thai stick?

drugs are bad.


on what date did Skylab crash in Australia?


July 12, 1979

[ToiletCrusher]

All I said is that I have all the answers. There is no guarantee that you will like the answer.

[ChrisTheCop]

With the commencement of the Me Generation, we stopped being interested in anything but ourselves. People just shrug these things off these days as "since it doesnt affect me or I'll never experience that shit, it doesnt matter/exist."

Our generation has probably had enough of "It's a mystery that we have yet to solve" topics due largely to those shows in the 70's, but it is disappointing that the later gens have shown little interest.

If anyone is interested in ufo's, ghosts, conspiracies, and unexplained phenomena, here in NYC, you can still listen to Coast to Coast with George Noory (formerly hosted by Art Bell, now retired) on WABC 770 am. Outside of NY, go to the coast to coast website to find out how you can listen.

[biozombie]

I'm still bummed out that the dead Big Foot from a few years ago was a hoax.
Also, Coast To Coast AM is on one of the XM talk stations, 165 I think. It's not nearly as good as it was before Art Bell retired.

[Sinestro]

What Happened to All of the Unexplained Phenomena From the 70s?


The internet.

[STC-Dub]

I think people have moved on from unexplained phenomena to conspiracy theories.

[cougarjake13]

its still there but i think we are all de-sensitized to it all now

[sr71blackbird]

I used to love this topic as a kid in the 70s and 80s. There were all kinds of cool shows about this and I think the public has grown up since then and they think most unexplained things are bullshit now. I think we were more innocent then and more apt the believe what we were shown.

[A.J.]

They disappeared when Morning in America returned in the 80s.

[PapaBear]

The Weekly World New was on the verge of proving all of this stuff. That's why the CIA shut them down.

[jennysmurf]

I used to covet that Time-Life series on the "Unexplained." My parents were too cheap to pony up the outrageous price, though.:thumbdown:

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[hedges]

Also, Coast To Coast AM is on one of the XM talk stations, 165 I think. It's not nearly as good as it was before Art Bell retired.

Art Bell is the live host tonight on Coast to Coast talking about mass extinctions and the self destructive nature of our planet

[hedges]

Yeah, it did seem like there was a proliferation of unexplained phenomena type stuff in the 70s. The Roswell story hadn't broken until 1976. I remember at the beginning of Close Encounters of the Third Kind they discovered the WW2 planes that in real life disappeared off the coast of Florida or the "Bermuda Triangle". There was a TV show in the 70s called Project Blue Book, based on the Air Force method of dealing with UFO sightings. In the 70s I remember most focus was on UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. Now paranormal activity is a big one and UFOs TV programs are on all the time. I think this kind of stuff is as popular as ever. The 70s was the decade when it started on a large scale.

[sr71blackbird]

Yeah, it did seem like there was a proliferation of unexplained phenomena type stuff in the 70s. The Roswell story hadn't broken until 1976. I remember at the beginning of Close Encounters of the Third Kind they discovered the WW2 planes that in real life disappeared off the coast of Florida or the "Bermuda Triangle". There was a TV show in the 70s called Project Blue Book, based on the Air Force method of dealing with UFO sightings. In the 70s I remember most focus was on UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. Now paranormal activity is a big one and UFOs TV programs are on all the time. I think this kind of stuff is as popular as ever. The 70s was the decade when it started on a large scale.

The difference is though, that it is viewed by the majority as quack material and bogus. Back in the 70s and 80s though, more people took it at face value and were willing to look at it as possible. I guess when that guy admitted that he faked some of the Bigfoot footprints and photos that the world began to turn on the paranormal. Not the whole world, but the majority of public opinion.

[thepaulo]

I loves me a good Ghosthunters marathon.

[hanso]

Loch ness photo also fessed up to being a hoax.
I watch this stuff on channels like the history channel.

[fezident]

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[AKA]

It was all really epic back in the 70s. The meer concept of the Bermuda Triangle freaked us out - rides being named after Loch Ness Monster - Big Foot (played, at one point, by Andre the Giant!) was not only a character on 6 Million Dollar Man, but he got his own Saturday Morning kids show (with "Wild Boy!") - we couldn't get enough of UFOs (from the Brady Bunch kids in the back yard, through Star Wars, up until Close Encounters), there was REAL wonderment in the unknown.

The 1980s and even 90s was all about tearing that all down - Spielberg, as a director and producer, was all about cashing in on childhood wonder with E.T., Poltergeist, Gremlins, Goonies, Jurasic Park, Hook and Back to the Future - no need to have an imagination, when Steve can have one for you! But he wasn't the only one - Harry and the Hendersons was in 1987, but Big Foot was more of the goofus "stranger in a strangeland" than something cool and fun.

COOL AND FUN!

That's what we had in the 70s, dammit - before the rules came up that said kids programs had to have an educational bent to them - Ultraman, Speed Racer, Lancelot Link, The Banana Splits, Land of the Lost - COOL AND FUN!

I have much more to say on this subject, through my new documentary all about your childhood - or at least the childhood you should have had!

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[SouthSideJohnny]

The tv shows are still out there. When I came in from work last night, my wife was watching a show about a bunch of hayseeds running around a swamp looking for the 'Boggy Creek Monster'.

I think most of the former viewing audience now gets their information from the conspiracy web sites.

[KC2OSO]

Just because "In Search Of..." with Leonard Nimoy...
Best show in the world to sleep on the couch to. Something about Mr. Spock's voice and the music make nodding off easy.

[hedges]

It was all really epic back in the 70s. The meer concept of the Bermuda Triangle freaked us out - rides being named after Loch Ness Monster - Big Foot (played, at one point, by Andre the Giant!) was not only a character on 6 Million Dollar Man, but he got his own Saturday Morning kids show (with "Wild Boy!") - we couldn't get enough of UFOs (from the Brady Bunch kids in the back yard, through Star Wars, up until Close Encounters), there was REAL wonderment in the unknown.

The 1980s and even 90s was all about tearing that all down - Spielberg, as a director and producer, was all about cashing in on childhood wonder with E.T., Poltergeist, Gremlins, Goonies, Jurasic Park, Hook and Back to the Future - no need to have an imagination, when Steve can have one for you! But he wasn't the only one - Harry and the Hendersons was in 1987, but Big Foot was more of the goofus "stranger in a strangeland" than something cool and fun.

COOL AND FUN!

That's what we had in the 70s, dammit - before the rules came up that said kids programs had to have an educational bent to them - Ultraman, Speed Racer, Lancelot Link, The Banana Splits, Land of the Lost - COOL AND FUN!

I have much more to say on this subject, through my new documentary all about your childhood - or at least the childhood you should have had!

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This quote by AKA made me get what SR71 was getting at that much better. There was a real wonderment with the unknown. And the 80s and 90s spent time tearing that mythology down. But I think it's coming back, maybe in a different way. Coast to Coast AM has 20 million listeners a night. You've got Ghosthunters, paranormal show, and all of those UFO and creature shows on the History Channel. Of course everything is done "scientifically" now because people want proof. I'd say the phenomena is back, just in a different more scientific way. And yes I do miss Ultraman and the Banana Splits

[Furtherman]

Growing up in the 70s, there were always tons of books, tv shows and movies about unexplained phenomena. Now? Not so much. What happened?

Did people stop seeing Bigfoot? Ditto for the Loch Ness Monster.

Did planes and ships stopped getting sucked into the Bermuda Triangle?

UFOs? Sure there is still some of that, but not nearly as much as there was in the 70s. Hell, even Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO.

These stories are still out there - but with so much information out there, they mostly get lost and categorized in "weird and wild" columns or ignored.

But if you know where to look, you can find the strange stuff is still out there...

ROSWELL DEBRIS CONFIRMED AS EXTRATERRESTRIAL: Lab Located, Scientists Named (http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2009/05/roswell-debris-confirmed-as.html)

Mysterious 'ice circles' in remote Siberian lake baffle scientists (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1188879/Mysterious-ice-circles-remote-Siberian-lake-baffle-scientists.html)

Scotland: Nessie pops up to say 'Allo (http://www.sott.net/articles/show/185366-Scotland-Nessie-pops-up-to-say-Allo)

Scientist Claims UFO Collided with Tunguska Meteorite to Save Earth (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/05/26/scientist-claims-ufo-collided-with-tunguska-meteorite-to-save-earth/)

The gene for the 'Werewolf syndrome' might have been uncovered in China. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/chinese_werewolves_identified/)

Yeti evidence is 'convincing' says wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1157965/Yeti-evidence-convincing-says-wildlife-expert-Sir-David-Attenborough.html)

[Snoogans]

there was 300 sightings in 2009 so far in PA of UFOs. Just PA

[Snoogans]

http://www.nuforc.org/webreports.html

The list of reported UFO sightings

[hedges]

Kind of like the "memory metal" said to be found at the Roswell crash site:

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[hanso]

http://www.fhqhosting.com/ui/a160735d5737..funny%20ufo.jpg
y-b normal.

[IamFogHat]

May? If you asked me when this thread came out I would have said years ago.

[Furtherman]

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This aired on the History Channel last night and I cannot recommend it enough if you like the UFO stories. Although these aren't stories. The evidence they present through credible witnesses is unbelievable. It'll leave you with no doubt that there are some strange objects flying around and checking us out - but who they are, no one can answer.

[hanso]

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The ballon boy looks like an alien imo

[high fly]

Growing up in the 70s, there were always tons of books, tv shows and movies about unexplained phenomena. Now? Not so much. What happened?

Did people stop seeing Bigfoot? Ditto for the Loch Ness Monster.

Did planes and ships stopped getting sucked into the Bermuda Triangle?

UFOs? Sure there is still some of that, but not nearly as much as there was in the 70s. Hell, even Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO.

Ghosts? You still hear about sightings, but there were tons of bestselling novels like "the Amityville Horror" and "The Ghost of Flight 401" built around ghosts and hauntings.

So...

Was it all bullshit whipped up for a hungry public that ate it up? Is it all still happening but under-reported now? Has it really disappeared and that's why we no longer hear about it?



Armageddon was supposed to happen in 1987 because it was 40 years after the founding of Israel...

[hanso]

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[high fly]

Art Bell is the live host tonight on Coast to Coast talking about mass extinctions and the self destructive nature of our planet

The best shows are the rebroadcasts from back in the 90s when they thought the alien autopsy film was legit.....

[Snoogans]

George Noory is pretty good. they took that shit off here in NY i think though

[yojimbo7248]

The one that has died down the most is Bigfoot. I grew up in Washington State and there were tons of sightings, footprints around the Mt St Helens area. There was definitely a bigfoot buzz in the 1970's. Not so much anymore. It's kind of sad that NW forests have been cut down and suburbs have expanded to the point where no one believes that a man ape could possibly exist undetected.

[brettmojo]

The one that has died down the most is Bigfoot. I grew up in Washington State and there were tons of sightings, footprints around the Mt St Helens area. There was definitely a bigfoot buzz in the 1970's. Not so much anymore. It's kind of sad that NW forests have been cut down and suburbs have expanded to the point where no one believes that a man ape could possibly exist undetected.
That's cause' he moved to Canada. I guess he threw some rocks at some dudes in a cabin or something.

[torker]

I know it's still there, but you remember how huge it was in the 70s.
Yes, we do, Mikeyboy...Yes, we do
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[Melk]

I used to covet that Time-Life series on the "Unexplained." My parents were too cheap to pony up the outrageous price, though.:thumbdown:

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I think of the mysteries of the unknown thing has having 4 eras:
1) The Nimoy "In Search of..." / Bigfoot-era (70s to early 80s)

2) The "Mysteries of the Unknown" Time-Life Books era (the 80s)

3) The "AM Coast-to-Coast" / "Sci-fi Channel's Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion" era (The pre-Internet boom 90s).

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<i>I often wonder if "Tim and Eric" got the idea of Steve Bruel from Frank Ruehl PhD.</i>

4) The Internet-era.

I think the Internet-era is the worst because the the lines between journalism and curious anecdotal weirdness are getting more-and-more skewed.

[Melk]

This aired on the History Channel last night and I cannot recommend it enough if you like the UFO stories. Although these aren't stories. The evidence they present through credible witnesses is unbelievable. It'll leave you with no doubt that there are some strange objects flying around and checking us out - but who they are, no one can answer.
I have to admit, I love these kinds of documentaries, but I don't believe them for a second. The circumstantial evidence presented aren't explainable or answerable because they weren't witnessed by a clearer-headed person.

[high fly]

One of my faves from the 70s was some clever hoaxters in the Philippines.
They claimed to be able to do surgery without anesthesia and without surgical tools.
They would get to doing this zany Rolfing-looking thing with their hands on someone's abdomen, working it like crazy. Blood would be coming out and then one of them would produce some bit of "tissue", claiming it was a tumor or something. Assistants would keep their hands on the area, to stop the "bleeding" before they magically closed up the 'incision" which wouldn't leave a mark or nuthin.
It was a nice sleight of hand and came crashing down when some documentary-makers got ahold of one of these "tumors" and tested it. It turned out to be a piece of chicken.
I forget what they called them, "psychic surgeons" or something. People were flying in from around the world to get their incurable cancer cured....

[Melk]

Don't be so glib about psychic surgeons. They cured Andy Kaufman....

Oh...

[StanUpshaw]

God bless James Randi

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[ChimneyFish]

Growing up in the 70s, there were always tons of books, tv shows and movies about unexplained phenomena. Now? Not so much. What happened?

Did people stop seeing Bigfoot? Ditto for the Loch Ness Monster.

Bigfoot retired with Nessie down to Miami.
They're doing well.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/bigfootridingnessie.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/BigFootatFloridaBeach2500.jpg

Did planes and ships stopped getting sucked into the Bermuda Triangle?

Global warming has put an end to the Bermuda Triangle.

UFOs? Sure there is still some of that, but not nearly as much as there was in the 70s. Hell, even Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO.

The aliens long ago decided that, even though we are the most intelligent creatures on the planet, we're too stupid to even bother enslaving.

Ghosts? You still hear about sightings, but there were tons of bestselling novels like "the Amityville Horror" and "The Ghost of Flight 401" built around ghosts and hauntings.

Ghost Hunters, my friend. Ghost Hunters.
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:tongue: