2006 Zorgy Awards

"Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite, there will be a show tonight..."
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Ladies and gentlemen, aliens, extra-dimensional creatures, cryptoterrestrials, temporal travellers, and ultraterrestrials, welcome to the 2006 Zorgy Awards presentation ceremony.

The votes have been cast, over a two month period, and the results are in. Thanks to the hundreds of people who popped by to vote.

There were no hanging chads, and the Supreme Court of The Other Side of Truth (where Kal Korff has never testified as a witness) has certified the results. You, the people, have spoken. Without further ado, I know turn proceedings over to Rear Admiral Zorgrot.

Hello earthpeople - Happy New Year (well, it's a new year for you at any rate - back on my planet, it's the middle of what you would call summer).

I am proud to lend my name to these august awards... well, not really, but Earthman Kimball paid me, so here I am. After all, an alien explorer has to eat!

Here are the results:

Best UFO / paranormal website
[Magazine]

2006 Zorgy Winner
Sub Rosa - 251 votes (59%)

Book of Thoth - 98 votes (23%)
UFO Review - 76 votes (18%)

Best UFO / paranormal
website [forums]

2006 Zorgy Winner
Book of Thoth - 149 votes (65%)

Binnall of America Forums - 43 votes (35%)
UFO Planet - 36 votes (16%)

Best UFO / paranormal website [news summary]

2006 Zorgy Winner
The Daily Grail - 319 votes (76%)

The Anomalist - 57 votes (14%)
UFO Review - 41 votes (10%)

Best UFO / paranormal blog

2006 Zorgy Winner
Posthuman Blues (Mac Tonnies) - 69 votes (46%)

A Different Perspective (Kevin Randle) - 47 votes (32%)
The Orange Orb (Regan Lee) - 33 votes (22%)

Best UFO / paranormal radio show

2006 Zorgy Winner
The X-Zone (Rob McConnell) - 255 votes (58%)

Coast 2 Coast (Noory, Bell, Punnett) - 147 votes (34%)
Strange Days... Indeed (Errol Bruce-Knapp) - 35 votes (8%)

Best UFO / paranormal "Trouble-Maker"

2006 Zorgy Winner
Alfred Lehmberg - 91 votes (49%)

Nick Redfern - 62 votes (34%)
"Arthur" - 32 votes (17%)

Best UFO Podcast

2006 Zorgy Winner
Binnall of America - 96 votes (45%)

The Paracast - 87 votes (41%)
Jerry Pippin Show - 28 votes (14%)

Best UFO / paranormal publication (print)

2006 Zorgy Winner
Fortean Times - 104 votes (56%)

UFO Magazine - 49 votes (26%)
Saucer Smear - 33 votes (18%)

Best UFO / paranormal research website

2006 Zorgy Winner
The Black Vault - 79 votes (54%)

The Project Blue Book Archive - 58 votes (39%)
Project 1947 - 10 votes (7%)

Best Ufologist

2006 Zorgy Winner
Stanton T. Friedman - 122 votes (53%)

Linda Moulton Howe - 62 votes (27%)
Nick Redfern - 47 votes (20%)

The Pelicanist of the Year Award

2006 Winner
Michael Shermer - 50 votes (45%)

Rod Brock - 24 votes (22%)
John Rimmer - 15 votes (14%)
Aaron Sakulich - 14 votes (13%)
John Harney - 4 votes (4%)
Tim Printy - 3 votes (2%)

The George Adamski Memorial Award

2006 Winner
Richard C. Hoagland - 68 votes (40%)

Dr. Steven Greer - 46 votes (27%)
Michael Horn - 21 votes (12%)
Dr. Michael Salla - 21 votes (12%)
Dr. Richard Boylan - 16 votes (9%)

There it is folks - your 2006 Zorgy award results. Congratulations to the winners, and well-played by the rest of you.

I now return you to Earthman Kimball!

Quack!!!!

Zorgrot,
Rear Admiral

A few final thoughts:

The closest vote was for the Podcast award, between the early front-runner BoA, and newcomers The Paracast. I expect that both shows will be nominated again next year.

The folks at The Daily Grail / Sub-Rosa and the X-Zone are the Karl Roves of the paranormal world, i.e. they know how to get the vote out. Impressive.

Exopoliticians might get a lot of ufological press, but Hoagland, the "science advisor" for Coast 2 Coast, still rules. George Adamski would be proud (who knows - maybe George dropped off the robot head on the moon during one of his visits).

Alfred Lehmberg won the "Trouble-maker" award. Is that good or bad? Depends on how you define "trouble-maker", but for me it means the person who stirs things up, and gets under people's skin. You could easily substitute "agitator" for "trouble-maker". Regardless, Mr. Lehmberg is a deserving winner - and I mean that, more or less, in a good way!

And that's it, folks. Thanks again to everyone who voted, and we'll do it all again a year from now!

Paul Kimball