Issue # 2

Winter 1998

In 1997, the Vatican upgraded its official Latin dictionary to include a certain number of neologisms. Among the various terms was the delightful and surprising "res inexplicata volans" for Unidentified Flying Object. Taking this as a good omen, Inexplicata has taken its name from the second word of that Vatican-provided definition.

INEXPLICATA hopes to showcase the work of the Spanish (and Portuguese) - speaking world's most important and active UFO and paranormal researchers as their quest for knowledge takes them to a myriad fields which at first may appear to have no connection to traditional ufology: here you will read about Manuel Carballal's fascinating foray into manmade saucers and the possibility that Spain was the home for such artifacts; Dr. Rafael Lara Palmeros, Mexico's most distinguished Fortean investigator, will lead us to the enigmatic Zone of Silence in Ceballos, Durango; Willie Durand Urbina will share his ufological knowledge about that hotbed of paranormal activity which is Puerto Rico, and many other authors will fill the pages of this journal with engrossing accounts from their respective countries.

Is INEXPLICATA really necessary in the age of the Internet? After all, at the click of a button one can access the tens of dozens of UFO homepages featuring up-to-the-moment information about ufology, forteana, cryptozoology, etc. from countries all over the world. We would like to believe that despite the fact that INEXPLICATA is not "timely" (no journal ever is), we will furnish a venue for longer, in-depth pieces that may not be featured on the Internet, or which lack the shock value of as-it-happens material found elsewhere.

Scott Corrales - Editor
INEXPLICATA