Fate Magazine is a magazine of paranormal phenomena, published since 1948. Anomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

It was founded by Raymond A. Palmer (editor of Amazing Stories) and Curtis Fuller (journalist). Raymond A. Palmer (1910-1977) was the influential editor of Amazing Stories from 1938 through 1949, when he left publisher Ziff-Davis to form his own company. ... Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction, began in April 1926, becoming the first science fiction magazine and one of the pioneers of science fiction in the United States. ...

Fate is the world's leading magazine of the paranormal. Started in 1948, it has published expert opinions and personal experiences relating to UFOs, psychic abilities, ghosts and hauntings, cryptozoology, alternative medicine, and Fortean phenomena for a devoted readership worldwide. A UFO or Unidentified Flying Object is any real or apparent flying object which cannot be identified by the observer and which remains unidentified after investigation. ... Parapsychology is the study of mental awareness or influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means. ... A manufactured image of a ghostly woman ascending a staircase A ghost is an alleged non-corporeal manifestation of a dead person (or, sometimes, an animal or a vehicle). ... Loch Ness Monster (Painting) by Heikenwaelder Hugo Cryptozoology is the study of animals that are rumored or suspected to exist, but for which conclusive proof is still missing; the term also includes the study of animals generally considered extinct, but which are still occasionally reported. ... Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. ... Anomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ...

Established in 1948 by Clark Publishing Company, the first edition of Fate hit world newsstands in the Spring. Co-founded by Ray Palmer, editor of the venerable Amazing Stories magazine, and Curtis Fuller, an accomplished editor in his own right, the magazine's inaugural edition featured an article by Kenneth Arnold who recounted in it his amazing UFO encounter in 1947. Arnold's sighting marked the beginning of the modern UFO era, and his story propelled the fledgling Fate to national recognition. Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... Kenneth Arnold (March 29, 1915-January 1984) — a private pilot from Boise, Idaho, United States, and a part time Search and Rescue Mercy Flyer — made what is generally considered the first widely reported UFO sighting in the United States. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Curtis Fuller and his wife Mary took full control of Fate in 1955, when Palmer sold his interest in the venture. The Fullers expanded the magazine's focus, and increased readership to well over 100,000 subscribers. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fate was sold to Llewellyn Publications in 1988. In his farewell column, Curtis Fuller wrote, "Our purpose throughout this long time has been to explore and to report honestly the strangest facts of this strange world and the ones that don't fit into the general beliefs of the way things are." 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fate underwent a facelift in 1994, when Llewellyn decided to change it from digest size to a full size, full color magazine.

The magazine celebrated its 50th year of publication in 1998. When asked to comment on how a magazine like Fate had beat the odds and survived through five decades, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke said, "No product, especially a magazine, can stay around for fifty years unless it meets a need. Fate recognizes that the impossible can be possible; we explore the unknown so that it can be known." 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

September of 2001 marked the beginning of a new era for the long-running magazine, as Phyllis Galde, Editor-in-Chief, took over publication. Galde has continued Fate's reporting of unusual events and active reader involvement in shaping the content of the magazine.

May 2003 marked a return to the familiar, friendly, digest-size Fate.

External links

• Official home page
• A complete collection of Fate Magazine covers
• Mocking "review" by Something Awful