UFOs and other unsolved mysteries of our time, by Ross Douthat | The New York Times  One of the patterns of our era is what you might call the incomplete reveal. A phenomenon can go from being the subject of crank theories and sub rosa conversations to being more mainstream, but without actually being fully explained or figured out. Or a controversy can  take center stage for a little while, a great deal seems to hang upon the answer, and then isn’t resolved and seems to get forgotten. READ MORE . . .