UK UFO researcher and writer Stuart Miller is no stranger to the UFO scene, having edited and published the ezine, “UFO Review,” which was a successful and popular look at the UFO phenomenon which began in early 2004 as a result of the closure of UFO Magazine, which at the time was the only remaining UK based publication that served the UFO community. While the UFO Review website has lay dormant for the last few months Stuart certainly hasn't and February 8 th (2008) heralds the release of his new project, “Alien Worlds Magazine.”

Instead of a continuation of this earlier theme, “Alien Worlds Magazine” represents a progressive advancement on it, a natural evolution and Stuart points out that this new publication will involve a more encompassing look at the possibilities of/and the search for extraterrestrial life, saying that he wanted to expand on the concept of what he was doing with UFO Review and carry it forward. Alien Worlds Magazine is aiming to cater for people who have a genuine curiosity about the existence of extraterrestrial life, whether it be via flying saucers or through microscopic germs on another planet, or both, and who don't have degrees in science to help them through the academic texts, then these people are currently bereft. There is nothing for them in print that reflects these combined areas of interest, until now.

There's been a gaping hole in the market of UFO publications since the demise of, UFO Magazine and the tragic loss of Graham Birdsall, on which Stuart laments:

“Graham (Birdsall) had been a stalwart and advocate of the subject for many years both nationally and internationally, and his passing and the cessation of the magazine left a gaping hole, one that's never got close to being filled since.

Alien Worlds is not meant to be a replacement for UFO Magazine and as the editor, I wouldn't care for the comparison. Graham's philosophy and approach to the subject was different to mine and that is reflected in the disparate styles of the two magazines. You might observe as well that having published a successful ezine, it would have been natural, when going into print, to carry forward the goodwill that had been built up by using the UFO Review name.

I have chosen not to do so because that title does not reflect what I want this magazine to be. The subject of UFOs is fascinating and still very mysterious but it is a long way from being the end-all of the bigger picture. There is just as much chance that the solution to this enigma lays deep within the paranormal or the human psyche as much as on an extrasolar planet 50 light years away.

I wanted to acknowledge the shift in public interest and reflect it in a more modern and realistic approach. I wanted to go into print and I wanted to do it with a magazine that wasn't just about one strand of the subject. I wanted to embrace the whole area of extraterrestrial life and combine previously diverse subjects such as UFOs, SETI, and astrobiology all under one banner. And I wanted to make it accessible to everyone so that you didn't need to be a scientist to understand it.

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