Editorial / the view from the second bedroom
Opinion
Strongly held positions from the Collective, plus a word from management, who disagrees with all of them.
8 files
The aliens are just vibing and honestly same
Shane Doolan, Head of Digital, puts forward the Collective's first youth-oriented theory of visitation: there is no plan, there was never a plan, and the cows are a side quest. — Shane Doolan
A word from management: the foil
Noreen Doolan accounts for $4,100 of heavy-duty aluminium foil purchased by Boolaroo Downs since 1994, reports on the Faraday Paddock project, and concedes, under protest, the one time it arguably worked. — Noreen Doolan
Probing is a failure of communication
Warren Doolan's considered position on the single most discussed practice in the field: a civilisation that can cross the galaxy has clearly never heard of a conversation first. The Collective proposes an etiquette. — Warren Doolan
Why Tuesday? A decade of data from the support group
Cheryl Mangan has kept the attendance book at the Tuesday Night Experiencer Support Group since 2006. The numbers are in, the pattern is undeniable, and it may have something to do with the bins. — Cheryl Mangan
On the Faraday Unit: towards a rigorous definition
The Collective's Chief Scientific Officer sets out, for the first time in print, exactly what a Faraday Unit measures, and arrives at a conclusion he describes as 'provisionally final'. — Dr Lyle Faraday
The case for mauve
The Paddock Alert Level has been mauve since 14 March 1994. Warren explains how the level is set, why it has never moved, what the other colours might have been, and why red would be alarmist. — Warren Doolan
A word from management: the receipt
Noreen Doolan, who runs the station, the books and the hosting bill, reproduces the one document on this website that is actually real, and explains why she lets Warren keep the rest. — Noreen Doolan
Venus is not a cow: a reply to the Bureau, eleven years late
Since 1994 the Collective has been offered a planet, a balloon, a flock of birds with headlights and a man on a quad bike in place of one 540-kilogram Droughtmaster. Warren has kept a list. — Warren Doolan