The 2007 Zorgy Awards

Ladies and gentlemen, here are the results of the 2007 Zorgy Awards, and the 2008 inductees to The Other Side of Truth Halls of Shame and Fame, the voting for which took place in November and December of last year. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to vote - this was the second year for the awards, and "turnout" was higher than in the first year, which is always a good sign!


Best Website (Forums)
Book of Thoth - 153
Above Top Secret - 100
Department 47 - 64
The Paracast Forums - 53


Best Website (News Summary)
The Daily Grail - 1,058
The Anomalist - 193
The Debris Field - 63
UFO Review - 36


Top UFO Story of 2007
O'Hare UFO Sighting - 312
Walter Haut affidavit - 56
Kucinich sees a UFO - 52
Roswell's 60th anniversary - 38


Best publication (Print)
Fortean Times - 221
UFO Magazine - 92
Fate - 77
Saucer Smeared - 26


Best Cryptozoologist
Loren Coleman - 524
Nick Redfern - 76
Dr. Karl Shuker - 55
Jonathan Downes - 30


Top Podcast
Binnall of America - 306
Book of Thoth - 130
Strange Days... Indeed - 75
Culture of Contact - 31


Best Paranormal Blog
UFO Mystic - 161
The Debris Field - 151
Posthuman Blues - 76
Odd Things - 32


Best UFO / Paranormal Troublemaker
Alfred Lehmberg - 178
Jeremy Vaeni - 85
James W. Moseley - 72
David Biedny - 67


Best Ufologist
Stanton T. Friedman - 244
Nick Redfern - 131
Nick Pope - 62
Jerome Clark - 48


Hall of Fame Inductees
Art Bell - 110 votes (22%)
John Keel - 79 votes (16%)


Hall of Shame inductees
Kal K. Korff - 102 votes (23%)
Linda Moulton Howe - 72 votes (16%)

Note: Previous inductees can be seen here.


Congrats from both Rear Admiral Zorgrot and yours truly to the winners!

Paul Kimball

The Other Side of Truth - Halls of Fame and Shame Inductees, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, the voting is now closed, the results have been tabulated, and the first five members of The Other Side of Truth's UFO Hall of Fame and UFO Hall of Shame have been chosen by you, the readers. They are:

UFO Hall of Fame
Dr. J. Allen Hynek
Dr. Jacques Vallee
Stanton T. Friedman
Major Donald Keyhoe
Dr. James McDonald

You can view the final Hall of Fame poll results here.

UFO Hall of Shame
Billy Meier
Philip J. Klass
Dr. Steven Greer
Dr. Edward U. Condon
Marshall Applewhite

You can view the final Hall of Shame poll results here.

I can't argue with any of the choices for the initial inductees in either Hall - all are deserving, for reasons that I will elaborate on in a future post. For now, however, thanks to everyone who voted - and see you again next year when the polling for the class of 2008 begins.

Paul Kimball

The Other Side of Truth - UFO Hall of Fame

The "Hall of Fame" concept is nothing new in the world of UFOs and the paranormal. Royce Myers III at UFO Watchdog has had a UFO Hall of Fame (and a Hall of Shame) for years now. Steven Bassett has one with his X-Conference. Tim Binnall, when he was plugging the Brad Steiger episode a week ago, referred to Steiger as a "sure-fire first ballot esoteric Hall of Famer". And so on.

Never one to let a good idea pass me by, I've decided, after over two years here at The Other Side of Truth, to create a UFO Hall of Fame for this blog. Now, no offense to Royce or others who have created a Hall of Fame on their own, but whereas they have basically just picked the members themselves, I'm a big believer in vox populi, i.e. let the people decide. So, without further ado, in much the same way as the baseball Hall of Fame elects its members, here is the first ballot for the Other Side of Truth UFO Hall of Fame.

The first class will have five members, so the five people who get the most votes over the next month are in.

Who belongs in the 1st class of The Other Side of Truth UFO Hall of Fame?
	Dr. J. Allen Hynek
	Major Donald Keyhoe
	Dr. James McDonald
	Captain Edward Ruppelt
	Dr. Jacques Vallee
	Stanton T. Friedman
	John Keel
	James Moseley
	Richard Hall
	Jim Lorenzen
	Coral Lorenzen
	Philip J. Klass
	Brad Steiger
	Jerome Clark
	Major Kevin Randle
	Errol Bruce-Knapp
	Gray Barker
	Nick Pope
	Dr. Bruce Maccabee
	Rev. Barry Downing
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Your call, folks. My vote will just be one of many. Write in votes will also be allowed - you can either leave them as a comment, or e-mail me directly at kimballwood@aol.com.

Voting will stay open until 12:01 am, August 10, 2007.

Paul Kimball