Dirk Vander Ploeg
Dirk Vander Ploeg is the editor and publisher of UFODigest.com and PsiTalk.com. He has worked as a publisher and writer for travel related and other magazines.
He has written the non-fiction book 'Quest for Middle-earth' which compares Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' to ancient Earth history.
He graduated from Mohawk College majoring in Communications.
He has written the non-fiction book 'Quest for Middle-earth' which compares Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' to ancient Earth history.
He graduated from Mohawk College majoring in Communications.
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Articles by Dirk Vander Ploeg
October 22, 2008
I am a faithful reader of your website www.ufodigest.com and I want you to see this picture taken a few months ago in Santiago, Dominican Republic. It is a friend of mine who took the picture and when he uploaded it to the computer he saw this UFO which appeared on it. - Marcos Herrera
August 26, 2008
Brett Allen is a UFO researcher and a former PYX106 disc jockey in Albany, New York- who had a number one show in Albany market. He thought our readers might find these (photos) of interest. He took them over the Great Sacandaga Lake in upstate NY- August 12, 2007 and May 2008.
August 24, 2008
So I bought a run of the mill Sony Cyber Shot 7.2 mega pixels, but basic point and shoot camera, one day at the park, I was practicing with that camera and took a picture of a kite that some kid was flying that morning, when we got home I was downloading the images and while looking at the 'Kite Picture' above it was the most perfect disc, light gray on top, dark gray on bottom, it looked like it was just sitting there. That got me hooked. It was my first ufo pic ever! So I went out and bought a Nikon D60 with 10.1 megapixels, and the pics Im getting now is 100% better just incredible!
August 23, 2008
Received the following email from a reader: I walked outside at 5:00 a.m. and saw a strange bright light in the sky. I ran and grabbed my camcorder (Canon L2 HI-8 Camcorder), and began shooting. I don't know what it was, but it had brilliant colors. It glowed very brightly in fascinating multi-color arrays. Due to the size, I uploaded this video to youtube, and also reported it to MUFON.
August 15, 2008
Kathy, a UFODIGEGST reader sent in the following, "I had just purchased a new telescopic lens for my camera, an EF 70-300mm, with Image Stabilizer, for a Canon EOS 400D, and went outside to test it out. The clouds had a lovely rainbow shimmer to them ( it was approx 11.30am) so started taking photos of them. I noticed to the side of a cloud a bright shiny object. I initially thought it was a plane, until I realized after watching for a while, I wasn't tracking it with the camera, it didn't get bigger or smaller, it just didn't move."
August 13, 2008
I received an email from Fionán Healy of Dublin, Ireland. He has a friend, Carly Rose who is a friend of Alexandra Holzer (Alexandra writes a syndicated monthly column called "Spirit Talk" which appears in UFO Digest.com). Alexandra suggested Fionán contact me regarding his UFO sighting.
August 13, 2008
Received this photo and description from Jeff who lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jeff used our submission form and we thank him for the submission. According to Jeff, "My wife and mother-in-law had dragged me out of bed at 5 a.m. to go to the Balloon Festival. I was taking random photos and noticed this anomaly in the northwestern sky."
February 13, 2008
At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February: One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city.
January 24, 2008
I just finished watching "The Silent Revolution of Truth", the new DVD produced by Lightsource Entertainment and They Fly Productions, that for the first time unveils the true story of one of the most colourful and controversial characters in UFOLOGY - "Billy" Eduard Albert Meier!
September 18, 2007
I believe I first heard the story about the Starchild and Lloyd Pye about a decade ago. Since that time I have read almost every article and listened to Lloyd when he appeared on radio shows like Coast-to-Coast AM (coastotcoastam.com) with Art Bell and now George Noory.
I think we all know the "b...
August 15, 2007
Over the past two weeks I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Hans Holzer, the internationally known writer, parapsychologist and university professor and father of Alexandra Holzer, a contributing writer to UFODigest. Mr. Holzer has written over 140 books concerning ghosts, the paranormal and UFOs...
July 16, 2007
Ambrosia is a pretty and tall young woman with a buttermilk smooth completion and multi-coloured hair who attracts the attention of men wherever she walks. She happens to work in a bookstore and café, which is owned by Ms. Edna.
Lately, Ambrosia believes she has been imagining things such as seei...
July 15, 2007
Imagine standing on the second floor of a shopping mall, and then take a step onto an escalator heading down. Look carefully as the moving steps set and collapse and see one foot then the other make contact with the landing. Feel the shudder of the mechanical device as your body automatically adjust...
June 05, 2007
Recent discoveries by archaeologists and historians have found evidence that indicates that elves, giants, dragons and even hobbits once existed on earth. Norse legends, Sumerian texts and the discovery of hobbits and giant eagles on the island of Flores indicate that the Lord of the Rings may be mo...
May 07, 2007
Last week, I watched the May 3, 2007 episode of the hit television show, "Supernatural." I was "blown away" by its premise. The scriptwriter, Raelle Tucker, took a totally new approach in retelling the story of the genie
This is not the genie from Scheherazade's One Thousand and One Arabian Nigh...
April 05, 2007
On the summer morning of July 16, 1951 part of the La-11 1619-Northern Fleet out of Murmansk was on a routine patrol in the coastal territory. The first 30 minutes of the flight proceeded normally, and then lead Captain Peter Vusov, flying at an altitude of about 4000 meters above the sea, spotted a...
March 28, 2007
I have had an ongoing debate, for many years, with my brother’s girlfriend Jess, about global warming. We both admit that it exists but differ as to its causes.
I am an advocate and agree with Rush Limbaugh and other conservative thinkers, that global warming is caused in great part by the sun an...
March 18, 2007
Today is March 18, 2007 and it's time to reconsider the Kinross Incident in light of the lack of credible evidence supplied by Adam Jimenez and the Great Lakes Dive Company.
By now, most of you realize that the Great Lakes Dive Company, through its spokesperson Mr. Jimenez, announced the discover...
January 22, 2007
I received a report a few days ago from Ed and Gloria Towers. They wished to report a sighting of a UFO they witnessed on July 13, 1979. The location of the sighting was Santa Clarita Valley, California, United States.
Things that seem to make this particular case unique are the detail the couple...
December 18, 2006
Are we being manipulated by entities in league with world governments, religions and corporations? Are they preparing the way for an extraterrestrial invasion?
I believe that if the answers to the above questions are in the affirmative, then this invasion will occur. It will not be as portrayed i...
December 05, 2006
I was introduced to a woman who states that she and her entire family interacted with several extraterrestrial alien races for many decades.
This remarkable woman's name is Evelyn B. and she is 72-years old. Before she retired, she worked as a reporter. She has a very unique view of her visitors ...
November 30, 2006
I received an email from Mark Cooper on October 20, 2006.
He was wondering if I was interested in watching a video he had taken. This is a very common question that I am asked on a regular basis. But this video was different. To begin this video from taken from a CCD camera attached to a homemade...
November 09, 2006
Hannah Billups believes that she has special gifts given to her by God, that allow her to see people, places and events through visions. One day she had a vision of a beautiful little girl that was in desperate trouble and needed help.
So she got on the telephone and called the Federal Bureau of ...
October 30, 2006
The Controversy of Billy Meier
Last Saturday night (October 21, 2006) I was in Toronto, Ontario attending a presentation at the Ontario Science Centre. The program was entitled "The Meier Contacts", The Key to Our Future Survival!
I was there to hear Michael Horn, Billy Meier's representative ...
October 14, 2006
I admit it. I'm 58 years young and have been reading and studying UFOs and the paranormal for half a century. And the more I learn, the more I fear for the future of mankind. I must also confess to being "a movie junkie."
I love my plasma TV and have had surround sound since its release.
I am ...
October 05, 2006
The mystery deepens as summer discoveries fade and questions remain unanswered. Journalists, writers, opportunists and perhaps even men-in-black have contacted or attempted to contact members of The Great Lakes Dive company.
The company has acknowledged the discovery of a 1953 F-89 Scorpion fight...
October 04, 2006
Received a submission from Matt Ray, who is a 47-year old training/safety administrator for a growing company.
He is not a professional photographer.
He was attending the Indianapolis Air Show which was held August 26-27th, 2006.
The air show was held at Mt. Comfort, Indiana last month (Au...
October 04, 2006
Received another interesting photo from the land downunder last week on September 29, 2006. One of our regular readers, Tyson Donnelly, sent us before and after photos of a scene showing the Holden blimp. The blimp was flying over a local forest in an area called Terry Hills, which is near Sydney, A...
September 28, 2006
A telecommunications entrepreneur has become the first woman tourist astronaut. It is estimated that she paid twenty-five million U.S. dollars to Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, for the unique opportunity.
The Iranian-American multimillionaire has become onl...
September 07, 2006
Amazing new photos have been released by The Great Lakes Dive Company concerning their discovery of the famous Kinross F-89 Scorpion jet fighter that disappeared over Lake Superior on November 23, 1953. The plane had been ordered to investigate an unknown object that was being tracked on radar. (see...
September 03, 2006
This is a spectacularly beautiful photograph taken by Mr. Keith Saint from Ashington Northumberland, England.
It arrived along with his submission report to my website ufodigest.com today, Sunday September 3, 2006. It was actually submitted by fellow photographer Mr. Stephen Hipkin, with Mr. Sain...
September 01, 2006
According to an article in "Nieznany Swiat" Magazine, the photo was taken at the end of June or beginning of July 1995 by Mrs. Maria Korejwo, a school teacher, in Katy Gorne [near Pustelnik Pinski] in Siedlce district in Mazowieckie wojewodztwo, Poland.
Mrs. Korejwo didn't see the object when the...
August 29, 2006
This is a photograph of a F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
The mystery surrounding the 1953 "Kinross Case" may well be on its way to being solved. The "Kinross Case", so called for the name of the air force base (AFB) from which the plane departed, involves the disappearance of a fi...
August 14, 2006
Mr. Wladyslaw is taken from a field near his home
Mr. Wladyslaw closes his business at 6 p.m. and sets off for home, which is a few miles away in a nearby village. His car is parked nearby but before he can reach it he is standing in a field along side his house. He is dazed, di...
August 08, 2006
Those pocket pointers executives often whip out to highlight their power presentations may be too powerful -- even dangerous -- in the wrong hands.
Laser light pens increasingly are being used for unintended uses, a trend that is beginning to make many people see red.
Received...
August 08, 2006
Stock Photo: Jet chasing UFOMany strange objects have been seen, video-taped and photographed in the skies over Poland.
Radar identified an UFO object that had entered Polish airspace. Mr. Stanislaw Z. notified the proper officials and soon an alert was announced. In the following minutes...
June 29, 2006
Photo has been enhanced by changing the range of colors. Note how four of the objects can be easily seen and another two or three others can now be observed in the photograph!
Original photo reduced in size. click on the zoom button to see larger original of the phot...
June 29, 2006
I was first contacted by Jeff Woolwine, on April 12, 2006, asking me to take a look at his website. This is very common as new websites come online and their owners/creators seek publicity and promotion by established websites. Most websites are not unique, but copies of older websites often duplica...
May 21, 2006
You may have read The Da Vinci Code or seen the movie and are still puzzled by what is meant by Sangreal or royal blood. It has been written about by countless authors in many literary works.
Certain royal families, in the Celtic world, were said to carry the fairy blood, that is to say, the fate ...
May 13, 2006
Many debunkers have jumped on the bandwagon to criticize Dan Brown's fictional novel The Da Vinci Code. The latest critic is Philip Gardiner, author of The Shining Ones, The Serpent Grail, and Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed. Gardiner claims that Brown's novel suggests that the Holy...
April 28, 2006
In the early 1960's we lived in Kansas. We were small children then had a house on the North End of Great Bend, on the North end of Morton Street.
One night in 1964 or 65, I looked out of the kitchen window and saw a 'white cube' that glowed like a light bulb. It had a red light glowing on the ins...
April 22, 2006
Thousands of Americans are being told by the established media that millions of Mexican, Central and South American economic refugees will soon be flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. This fear is amplified by the knowledge that the actual number of illegal immigrates already in the United State...
April 15, 2006
When Captain Kirk of the original Star Trek television series recognized danger to his ship and crew he ordered, “Raise shields and go to Red Alert!” The shields he was referring to were a series of force fields surrounding the “Enterprise”, designed to prevent an attackers’ deployment of armaments...
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January 24, 2008
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