Posthuman Blues

I almost saw a UFO last night. I was in my ninth-floor kitchen really early in the morning when I noticed a large, dark shape hovering outside my east-facing window. At first I thought it was a helicopter, but it seemed unusual. I went closer to the window and the sense of mystery dissolved; an office highrise is being constructed just down the street from my apartment and the "UFO" was an object suspended from one of the giant cranes being used to haul building components from ground-level. I didn't have time to put my glasses on; otherwise I would have seen the supporting cable right away.

(Yeah, I know what you're thinking: "That really was a UFO, Mac. The aliens simply disguised their craft so they could make close approaches to highly populated areas without being noticed.")

More books to read:

1.) "The Sirius Mystery" (Robert Temple)
2.) "Incident at Exeter (John Fuller)