AudioBlog: UFOs and Conjunctivitis

For researchers, UFO trace cases make up a welcome,
science-friendly aspect of a phenomenon that often eludes
scientific study. Researcher Ted Phillips specialized in trace
cases starting in the mid-1960s on the advice of Project Blue Book
scientific consultant J. Allen Hynek. In the course of his
investigations, Phillips was able to note commonalities, one of
those being that soil samples taken from alleged UFO landing sites
were unable to absorb water. While UFOs have been reported to leave
physical traces on the environment, they’ve also been reported to
leave physical traces on witnesses. A common report of this sort is
what is medically known as “actinic conjunctivitis” or “klieg
conjunctivitis.” This is a painful condition where the eyes become
red and intensely irritated due to exposure to ultraviolet
light. Read more