Mark O'Connell

It's great to start the week with a glowing review of my book! amazon.com/Close-Encounte…

North State Public Radio has posted my interview for its Blue Dot podcast! Host Dave Schlom and I talk about my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything." You'll be surprised by how much we didn't know about the world in 1957. mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/…

Is this not the coolest Hot Wheels ever?

I just finished my interview for the Smithsonian Magazine discussing "Disclosure Day," Steven Spielberg's upcoming UFO movie, & it went very well. Great talk about Steven S, J. Allen Hynek, CE3K and the impact they have had on science and popular culture. markoconnell.info

Good start to 2026: I've got a hip pocket deal with a new agent, and just did a screen test for a new UFO TV gig. More to come...

Ten years ago today I was on an Antarctic cruise with my siblings to join our dad as he fulfilled his life's dream and set foot on the the last of the 7 continents. It was the adventure of a lifetime, and a fantastic experience to share with my family!

2/ You have until June 12 to read the book. Prepare yourself! amazon.com/Close-Encounte… markoconnnell.info

1/ Before there was @disclosureday there was Dr. J. Allen Hynek's work on Project Blue Book, his development of the Close Encounters UFO terminology, & his involvement with Steven Spielberg's blockbuster 1977 UFO movie. You can read about it in my book "The Close Encounters Man".

Today, December 6th, is my birthday! On this day I was "reborn" after surviving my bone marrow transplant & restaging my immune system. I have endless gratitude to all the family, friends, nurses & doctors who got me through it all. To celebrate I went out on a donut run!

@AeroTech_Space @nytimes @ageofdisclosure I've said it before and I'll say it again: if there are aliens they'll decide when where and how disclosure takes place, NOT the US government.

The New York Times (@nytimes) absolutely roasts the Age of Disclosure (@ageofdisclosure) in a review of the film. In the review, the Times states that the Age of Disclosure “implies” that if you “question the film…you’re a chump” while also following that up with “anyone who sits through its nearly two hours of unprovable claims is a chump of a different sort”! Yikes! It looks like the NYT has left 2017, Lue Elizondo (@LueElizondo), Leslie Kean (@lesliekean) & Ralph Blumenthal (@ralphblu) in the rear view mirror. Like I’ve stated since right before the Age of Disclosure X page blocked me, that the film is nothing more than men with government resumes making fantastical claims about UFOs and aliens and the coverup of them being here on Earth, while providing absolutely zero evidence to justify them. Good to see mainstream news media seeing it for what it really is: a big nothing but grown men telling campfire stories. Image credit: @The_Astral_

@MrHustleMCR @timburchett @AZolin312 If the lid was going to come off, it would be in a time, place and manner dictated by the alleged aliens. Why would they let a handful of mediocre human scammers control the narrative?

@timburchett If the lid was going to come off, HBO, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Discovery, History, Hulu, Tubi, YouTube, or the Weather Channel would have bought it. They didn’t. Weather Channel H/t @AZolin312

The lid is going to come off when this plays.

I had a great time this weekend at the Wisconsin Book Festival talking about my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything." Thanks to everyone at UW-Madison and the National Science Foundation's US Ice Drilling Program for making this possible!

2/ Here's the info: captimes.com/entertainment/…

1/ I did a fun interview recently for the upcoming Wisconsin Book Festival, touching on my Star Trek writing and my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything." I'll be talking about the book on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium. Can't wait!

2/ -sent my new feature script off to a producer -and I'm doing a book festival tomorrow to promote both my books You might ask yourself "How does he do it?" My answer is, "I don't know, but I've always done it and I always will."

1/ Call me Multi-Media Man. In the past few weeks I've: -done a guest spot on a Star Trek podcast open.spotify.com/episode/3K52jk…... -done a TV guest expert spot on Ancient Aliens play.history.com/.../ancient...… -done a newspaper interview about my new book, to be published next month

2/ I have regrets about this episode, in which Commander Sisko falls for a disappearing mystery woman. Listen in and find out why... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tre…

1/ From UFOs to Star Trek! Fresh off my appearance talking UFOs on Ancient Aliens (S21/E9) play.history.com/shows/ancient-… I'm featured in The Inglorious Treksperts Briefing Room podcast, in which I talk about the process of writing the Deep Space 9 episode "Second Sight" (S2/E9).

Wow, I mentioned in my last post that I'm J. Allen Hynek's biographer, and in its "notes" Meta AI asked "What is J. Allen Hynek's biography about?"

2/ As Dr. Hynek's biographer, I never pass up an opportunity to talk about this brilliant, heroic astronomer & UFOlogist. Tune in tonight to learn how Dr. Hynek "made the world believe in UFOS." history.com/shows/ancient-…

1/ It's "Ancient Aliens" day at last! Everyone's favorite alien show returns tonight on the History Channel, & I'm in it! Catch yours truly in Season 21/Episode 9, "The Legacy of J. Allen Hynek" at 9 PM Eastern / 8 PM Central TONIGHT, August 29, & streaming the following day.