tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45077234424336453982024-03-19T04:46:41.481-05:00UFO ClearinghouseFact, Fiction and Dubious Claimsclakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-12545037438799942182011-07-05T09:24:00.002-05:002011-07-05T09:41:37.725-05:00San Diego Man Seeks to Spread the UFO 'Gospel'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OCPkwT95TeNpYJ2r7EsiqKZJ2tZrOHZ4eLYS9JArRs2gNJPu5fESxeDV2cp87YWKXkNsoMKPEnOILimZaW6d0JkhvPrGVEhEC_ZENIxLYSM6VrxDiUt2pLKQLPVdwaTKE9D63ITDjNL2/s1600/sandiegoufoguy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OCPkwT95TeNpYJ2r7EsiqKZJ2tZrOHZ4eLYS9JArRs2gNJPu5fESxeDV2cp87YWKXkNsoMKPEnOILimZaW6d0JkhvPrGVEhEC_ZENIxLYSM6VrxDiUt2pLKQLPVdwaTKE9D63ITDjNL2/s400/sandiegoufoguy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625874211471883714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Add another one to our "to be played in the movie by Jeff Bridges" list.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div>Over twenty years after snapping a photo that appears to show a small fleet of unidentified objects, <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/04/ufo-believer-tries-to-spread-the-word/">Mike Orrell</a> continues to believe that this is the work of extraterrestrial life forms. At first I thought this was going to be a standard "I'm not sure what I saw, but I saw something and I believe we aren't alone in the universe" sort of UFO believer, but it turns out he has much more specific ideas about the life forms in question, their nature, and their intentions toward the human race:<div><div></div><blockquote><div>He’s explored connections between the objects in his photo and relics from ancient cultures and believes there are higher levels of civilization out there. He thinks something cataclysmic will happen to our planet next year. And that UFOs will transport the worthy to safety.</div><div><br /></div><div>“I’ve been given a great gift that I have been trying to share,” he said. “I believe I was chosen to spread the UFO gospel and to my dying day that’s what I’m going to do.”</div></blockquote></div>I know what you're thinking: "This guy must have one very understanding girlfriend." Yes he does:<div><div></div><blockquote><div>Spielvogel, his girlfriend, said Orrell has “a big heart” and is passionate about trying to help mankind. A lab assistant in a cancer-research facility, she thinks the stuff about the world ending next year “is pretty far out there,” but she also doesn’t think we’re alone.</div><div><br /></div><div>“I believe the universe is so big there’s got to be other things besides us,” she said.</div></blockquote><div></div></div>At the end of the article, it's time for the skeptic to chime in with the standard skeptic viewpoint, which I think in this case carries a lot of weight:<br /><blockquote>“It’s the manifestation of deliberate ignorance,” he said. “Our culture has developed to the point where we choose to believe what we want to believe.”</blockquote>Given the strange image we are confronted with, I think it's very reasonable and understandable to speculate the possibility of extraterrestrial visitors. After all, these dots could be just about anything, and alien spacecraft fall under the "just about anything" category. However, given the flimsiness of the evidence, it seems that drawing any sort of conclusions is a matter of wishful thinking. Ideas aren't correct just because they're attractive or reassuring.<br /></div>clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-20720591846724876612011-06-29T10:26:00.004-05:002011-06-29T10:34:56.530-05:00UFO Mothership Over London<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0AouX-nWvv4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/ufo-london-mothership-1813/">Life's Little Mysteries</a> and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/29/is-ufo-mothership-over-london-video-real/">Fox News</a>, among others, point us to this video on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AouX-nWvv4&feature=player_embedded">YouTube </a>of an alleged UFO mothership and several smaller craft circling around and ducking behind the clouds above the city of London. Life's Little Mysteries points how that this sort of video - which includes featureless, white shapes - would be easy for an amateur to fake.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-4640054151081760592009-09-15T10:21:00.004-05:002009-09-15T10:26:34.298-05:00Argentina UFO images captured with cell phone cam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfXMlDYaRY4P3W0CTVuFcbBwradoPy45k-3ueqVv_e1J3B0pu1BXrsLiUJ3yJQFuMBSFam-Fn4mn8o2j7Ea1PgFvvxS7c6fwOmzFel_iFZAx1kpoWn8F7HTwgh_TGGAB7ISiXPtCUdpgu/s1600-h/tempufo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfXMlDYaRY4P3W0CTVuFcbBwradoPy45k-3ueqVv_e1J3B0pu1BXrsLiUJ3yJQFuMBSFam-Fn4mn8o2j7Ea1PgFvvxS7c6fwOmzFel_iFZAx1kpoWn8F7HTwgh_TGGAB7ISiXPtCUdpgu/s400/tempufo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381714948397768098" border="0" /></a>Via <a href="http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/">Inexplicata</a> - A man in Argentina claims to have snapped <a href="http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/09/argentina-man-photographs-aerial-engima.html">these photos</a> with a cell phone camera at the beach.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-75627389604269187132009-08-18T12:59:00.002-05:002009-08-18T13:03:18.424-05:00British National Archives release more UFO files<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFHdHqcZaoOq1F_swD2nKXudKU2X2M9JKGSky_SRncuLjENoeQf76jgrbyrEaqFXiVaGDLJHa9_PBitFxPacUbGbdmUrbG7dICHhmwB3NDlZMt7wkYaGdfKJuc1RkbuNbe7IYuk7W4yjC/s1600-h/sightingtemp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFHdHqcZaoOq1F_swD2nKXudKU2X2M9JKGSky_SRncuLjENoeQf76jgrbyrEaqFXiVaGDLJHa9_PBitFxPacUbGbdmUrbG7dICHhmwB3NDlZMt7wkYaGdfKJuc1RkbuNbe7IYuk7W4yjC/s400/sightingtemp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371365003907035762" border="0" /></a>Available online for thirty days only, newly-released files from the Ministry of Defense regarding <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/347.htm?WT.hp=nf-38130">UFO sightings and investigations</a>. I've only started skimming, and it makes for very interesting reading. Also included with the files is a <a href="http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/ufos/aug-2009-highlights-guide.pdf">highlights guide</a> and a video podcast.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-71974577730099538712009-08-17T12:43:00.003-05:002009-08-17T12:48:41.687-05:00Saucer craft transported down Dallas highway on flatbeds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeStuiLbfM5u71AaI7MTky-eAXpfsA0xikXIFQwI9FDV6JpXiVQcf9haYc-BNd8iUt14jEN4t_JOLEF550mKWXiHgynAkQ4j9_Xb1_tcGowxueCdelP_g7vJqNF9QRVq-h2deo7wZeTjb/s1600-h/tempufo081709.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeStuiLbfM5u71AaI7MTky-eAXpfsA0xikXIFQwI9FDV6JpXiVQcf9haYc-BNd8iUt14jEN4t_JOLEF550mKWXiHgynAkQ4j9_Xb1_tcGowxueCdelP_g7vJqNF9QRVq-h2deo7wZeTjb/s400/tempufo081709.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370989929237425330" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-2363-UFO-Examiner%7Ey2009m8d13-Video-UFOs-transported-through-Dallas">UFO Examiner</a> (link courtesey <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/ufos-transported-down-dallas-highway">Coast to Coast AM</a>) - This video shows a series of objects resembling saucer UFOs being transported down a Dallas highway with police escort. You know, the most dangerous part of an interstellar journey is the highway trip from the landing site.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-71985802024436918722009-08-13T11:40:00.002-05:002009-08-13T11:46:49.250-05:00UFO news videos on "Authentic UFO's" blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ssBdOb-qP3FLbydqDnHcGYl_U40zufuHtsySYa1M0avcx8hgb8R7X0QhGs_X_-xbpeSwAU0JS-d66pQ9uIvQbeltovsk55JSjFzh_IL4bXXLlSdrGCu9kEeZACRacsTUosduYJ0PsNFV/s1600-h/tempsaucer.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ssBdOb-qP3FLbydqDnHcGYl_U40zufuHtsySYa1M0avcx8hgb8R7X0QhGs_X_-xbpeSwAU0JS-d66pQ9uIvQbeltovsk55JSjFzh_IL4bXXLlSdrGCu9kEeZACRacsTUosduYJ0PsNFV/s400/tempsaucer.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369489289970927506" border="0" /></a><span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn">Hillel Abrahams sent me a link to his blog, <a href="http://authenticufos.blogspot.com/">Authentic UFO's</a>, where he posts news reports and video clips pertaining to the UFO phenomenon.</span></span>clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-40653024665251838812009-04-08T20:43:00.001-05:002009-04-08T20:43:00.622-05:00Spaceship-like objects on Google Sky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjQ9erKOJR5Cjii4G3WaByRYzDYUhtknouejgXy8JnGfr23xaDRD4XKVYB4NQuSgYxr0478mvVwnrFoh9wiWLejKftUIJgIrCudf8MceNSoI7FiUSHX92HBM8hYTgkNT2UZ1BiO7SNILv/s1600-h/weirdObject.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjQ9erKOJR5Cjii4G3WaByRYzDYUhtknouejgXy8JnGfr23xaDRD4XKVYB4NQuSgYxr0478mvVwnrFoh9wiWLejKftUIJgIrCudf8MceNSoI7FiUSHX92HBM8hYTgkNT2UZ1BiO7SNILv/s400/weirdObject.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321759466114278450" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JAkU6AUiQ">This video on YouTube</a> shows objects that might look to a person with a fertile imagination like spaceships. A quick look at other video uploads from user "SpaceTomorrow" brings up this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbm973b0y90&feature=channel_page">darling bit of interstellar rapture bible fan-fic</a>, describing God's plan to wormhole the chosen ones off to heaven (represented as a spiral galaxy) or to another place (also a spiral galaxy, but I suppose a less heavenly one) while the Earth gets bashed by a comet.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-9594262836575704702009-04-06T20:08:00.004-05:002009-04-06T20:41:58.806-05:00MUFON UFO tracking map<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPJnKexhDxWMsjat5BkjFgEqKD5Od3tw1y3fza8PtU_R2vv7af5AYsaQh2wL3qRw3lqlM03mH1O6b7Gts4PxBE5gM3zZr2_H15apBscaVTPl5pQkxnR9b0ocloB-ktreFKXkUU75-1HNu/s1600-h/mufonmaap.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPJnKexhDxWMsjat5BkjFgEqKD5Od3tw1y3fza8PtU_R2vv7af5AYsaQh2wL3qRw3lqlM03mH1O6b7Gts4PxBE5gM3zZr2_H15apBscaVTPl5pQkxnR9b0ocloB-ktreFKXkUU75-1HNu/s400/mufonmaap.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321750591820298706" border="0" /></a>The Mutual UFO Network has a live internet <a href="http://www.ufostalker.com/?mufon=true">feed of reported UFO sightings</a>, including an interactive Google map. The interface is a little weird on my netbook (I have to click reload to close the event details box) but a fun, little tool nonetheless. All the little UFO icons scattered about the United States causes one to imagine an airspace teeming with extraterrestrial visitors.<br /><br />The feed is also on RSS <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ufostalker">here</a>.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-72109748052931089562009-04-06T08:32:00.003-05:002009-04-06T10:35:29.840-05:00Morristown, NJ UFOs explained<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNW13L4eUkA4jCLi7ZGV7QH4bzGjK71eVyzGXXVitsV0tZv2sfTSy99iHw4kmGT3XBy12DrDUclUnTcw2w0d8PacrkidXr7vuiQ5p-DBnH86jmtLThuj7XmPk4EmRv5SJcbcUBa_7mFCk/s1600-h/morristown.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNW13L4eUkA4jCLi7ZGV7QH4bzGjK71eVyzGXXVitsV0tZv2sfTSy99iHw4kmGT3XBy12DrDUclUnTcw2w0d8PacrkidXr7vuiQ5p-DBnH86jmtLThuj7XmPk4EmRv5SJcbcUBa_7mFCk/s400/morristown.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321570808067314530" border="0" /></a>Newsweek's <span style="font-style: italic;">Lab Notes </span>blog writes about the hoaxers who caused the <a href="http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/04/01/the-great-ufo-hoax-of-2009.aspx">mysterious red lights</a> pictured above to fly over New Jersey in January.<br /><span class="BlogPostWords"></span><blockquote><span class="BlogPostWords">They cooked up a spaceship hoax “to show everyone how unreliable eyewitness accounts are, along with investigators of UFOs.” They used five feet of fishing line to tie flares to each of five three-foot helium balloons and launched them from a field on Jan. 5, 2009. “Once all five balloons were ready for takeoff (with our fingers on the verge of frost bite),” they write, “we struck the 15-minute flares and released them into the sky in increments of fifteen seconds,” filming the UFOs as they floated away.</span></blockquote>The blog post includes video of a news story from January, as well as a link to segments on Google Video showing exactly how they did it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Update from </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-13/123873216749290.xml&coll=1">New Jersey Star-Ledger</a><span style="font-style: italic;">:</span> Morris County prosecutor filing disorderly person charges against these two men.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-48817169507171560452009-02-20T10:06:00.002-06:002009-02-20T10:09:37.041-06:00Top UFO hotspots in the U.S.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFu7Rcn9m42T-zR5sx_DFvWpPuwrEF0oEsYeHZ9Izsiv04Zjr5sRLBCtvZ32V-4vS31neWKXBZ_1G8UqdtsYHdN_MCGVRcI5lPG7fSko4jXjZd4hMHff2lxtj1XmEdHBXq_C1Dgsq_6re/s1600-h/ufohotspots.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFu7Rcn9m42T-zR5sx_DFvWpPuwrEF0oEsYeHZ9Izsiv04Zjr5sRLBCtvZ32V-4vS31neWKXBZ_1G8UqdtsYHdN_MCGVRcI5lPG7fSko4jXjZd4hMHff2lxtj1XmEdHBXq_C1Dgsq_6re/s400/ufohotspots.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304911687473001346" border="0" /></a><br />Popular Mechanics has posted a helpful map showing <a href="http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4304768.html">counties with the greatest number of UFO reports</a> (1947-2005) along with air traffic control boundaries and grey spots that mark "special use airspace". The accompanying article includes tips on how to report a UFO as well as things to consider before you make such a report ("Is it Venus?").clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-47445895226551172852009-02-19T08:19:00.002-06:002009-02-19T08:19:00.600-06:00Video of British UFO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7_1No0cAxp7v_CjLwyvI7wcQzllRSl32j4W0b2DRTSdfmh7VSt6l_JVHGvJw7yHf1ml0tmWDY9oKw-u_QlL7jjp7JmdVGARo9P9fjuLGmlelemr3Hrou8IYKuixuZCbdlXquwxBPLu4_/s1600-h/1_62_ufo_somerset.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7_1No0cAxp7v_CjLwyvI7wcQzllRSl32j4W0b2DRTSdfmh7VSt6l_JVHGvJw7yHf1ml0tmWDY9oKw-u_QlL7jjp7JmdVGARo9P9fjuLGmlelemr3Hrou8IYKuixuZCbdlXquwxBPLu4_/s400/1_62_ufo_somerset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303770896228597522" border="0" /></a><br />The Sun reports on a <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article2227590.ece">UFO spotted by holidaymakers</a> on the British coastline. The full article, including video, is available on their website.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-89423427832362780312009-02-17T08:15:00.004-06:002009-02-17T08:17:32.510-06:00Strange glow over Minnesota<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mwnXCXpEZfp-tCepiYVYKKFayYILfgttmxburfwJRHBmpzd-whntFbNenWDZd3J6-j9QbUzUQHUrUNBcgIoELgfxOFHu412FJEZZ0kS2z7QcpLrFUgs8_L4vpQapWVvaDlWTowB3qnFS/s1600-h/redsky_blessing.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mwnXCXpEZfp-tCepiYVYKKFayYILfgttmxburfwJRHBmpzd-whntFbNenWDZd3J6-j9QbUzUQHUrUNBcgIoELgfxOFHu412FJEZZ0kS2z7QcpLrFUgs8_L4vpQapWVvaDlWTowB3qnFS/s400/redsky_blessing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303769820888930402" border="0" /></a><br />Astronomy Picture of the Day calls our attention to this <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090217.html">strange, orange glow</a> photographed by a passenger on an airplane landing in Minneapolis, MN. The photographer's hypothesis is sunset-illuminated raindrops. What do you think?clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-64781532287642806092009-02-10T10:38:00.002-06:002009-02-10T10:42:12.103-06:00Wichita UFO report with photo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYQYzNr3P8U6Q8hj2kvYt8UqHFTMSfes7Nk6g8xN87hL490edMR6xoxHhMjDc4LX4I5_w6cVbtf52rNxVlJ4frwRfN9ygxnUKkHqDEVRMWe-U72chnOLnlkZ2KHBRXujLon5VcnpLt6Pl/s1600-h/ufo-wichita.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYQYzNr3P8U6Q8hj2kvYt8UqHFTMSfes7Nk6g8xN87hL490edMR6xoxHhMjDc4LX4I5_w6cVbtf52rNxVlJ4frwRfN9ygxnUKkHqDEVRMWe-U72chnOLnlkZ2KHBRXujLon5VcnpLt6Pl/s400/ufo-wichita.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301209036355167090" border="0" /></a><br />From the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1025246.html">Kansas City Star</a>: This image was capture by an amateur photographer who observed a craft flying over Wichita, Kansas, which he described as producing a hum like that of a jet but, "It didn't sound like one of these jets that I hear all the time.... It was much quieter, much quieter."clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-65516504112264673642009-02-09T08:20:00.002-06:002009-02-09T08:26:58.851-06:00DaVinci and UFOs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7ne2DSwwINSxuXIdvKUZLTfciITwhEBGw9w810b6uQPbbjK3IMa7X5yubhDHqejTsRr3XBe-mDaz07jdi9p9bY2x5J7LA1D1jSOwC6GxKchiN8aSSR4dckeP8gzpSwwnk_5_-kGpI7OQ/s1600-h/davinciufo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7ne2DSwwINSxuXIdvKUZLTfciITwhEBGw9w810b6uQPbbjK3IMa7X5yubhDHqejTsRr3XBe-mDaz07jdi9p9bY2x5J7LA1D1jSOwC6GxKchiN8aSSR4dckeP8gzpSwwnk_5_-kGpI7OQ/s400/davinciufo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300802512621158082" border="0" /></a><br />UFO Examiner posts <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-2024-Denver-UFO-Examiner%7Ey2009m2d7-Did-extraterrestrial-UFOs-influence-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Michaelangelo-and-Columbus">a highly speculative piece</a> about the possible influence of UFOs upon the work of Leonardo daVinci and other Renaissance thinking fellows. It is already known that a mysterious, alien figure commissioned da Vinci to paint not one but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Death">seven Mona Lisas</a>.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-11834928668750974102009-01-29T09:39:00.004-06:002009-01-29T09:46:01.603-06:00British military fails to shoot down UFOs<span style="font-weight: bold;">Expert: "I do believe we will bring one down."</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sFhvCtavUon9TqUbzGbgsfb8Exof-NJSdaaMSZgqrXVikJj_xNdCpZawz3afdbO_tBYzP2WPRNTuPgd3kLQrouv-00NB4Qx8HUe2oa1avJRhD6Tbylkw8-3MAQ0QTNr1smDe2_VSa2Ua/s1600-h/planenufo.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sFhvCtavUon9TqUbzGbgsfb8Exof-NJSdaaMSZgqrXVikJj_xNdCpZawz3afdbO_tBYzP2WPRNTuPgd3kLQrouv-00NB4Qx8HUe2oa1avJRhD6Tbylkw8-3MAQ0QTNr1smDe2_VSa2Ua/s400/planenufo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296741017074838546" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Artist's rendering of successful shoot-down of a UFO by the RAF<br /></span></div><br />From <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article2171863.ece">The Sun</a>, UK:</div> <p></p><blockquote><p>Nick Pope — who worked on the Ministry of Defence's UFO desk for three years — revealed the rules of engagement for the first time. </p> <p>He claimed RAF pilots had fired at UFOs on several occasions — but failed to bring them down. </p> <p><i>He added: "We know of cases where the order has been given to shoot down — with little effect to the UFO."</i></p> <p>Mr Pope said the rules of engagement were drawn up after dozens of close encounters with suspect craft in British airspace. </p> <p> . . . </p> He added: "I do believe we will bring one down. We're developing increasingly sophisticated weapons."</blockquote>clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-73087208734460814002009-01-13T13:22:00.003-06:002009-01-13T13:36:16.886-06:00Possible UFO hit-and-run at British wind farm<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf23kMO_a5_UMZmcbx7_owp3umurm9YQRH6nsii1GocO3lV7bYN6XZHkswViyhyDw-I1tJtZbJcqueeqM9PT2BwvrbUseKC0tysSuuArt-w-jEfnpBIwgw8rISpA8juMRy3Pp-uRNyf6W-/s1600-h/windfarmcrash.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf23kMO_a5_UMZmcbx7_owp3umurm9YQRH6nsii1GocO3lV7bYN6XZHkswViyhyDw-I1tJtZbJcqueeqM9PT2BwvrbUseKC0tysSuuArt-w-jEfnpBIwgw8rISpA8juMRy3Pp-uRNyf6W-/s400/windfarmcrash.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290862513393690338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The above is an artist's rendering of the incident as it may have occurred.</span></span><br /></div>From the Daily Telegraph (UK):<blockquote>One of the turbine's 65-foot blades came off and another was damaged at the site, on the same night that local residents reported seeing orange-yellow spheres in the sky, which some described as trailing octopus-like "tentacles".<br /><br />Ecotricity, the company that owns the wind farm near Louth, has yet to find an explanation for the damage.<br /><br />But managers are believed to be concerned UFO enthusiasts will scour the site for debris, so have decided to restrict access.</blockquote>(<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4220725/UFO-wind-turbine-crash-site-sealed-off.html">Link</a>)clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-88087037192707506122008-11-26T06:00:00.001-06:002009-01-29T09:48:30.287-06:00Incredible, flying Christmas tree caught on video over Sacramento, CA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pIMaDG-ic0gtupQmuNbVSHZ8qvhyphenhyphen7jD7-dn_XvIobSCno9QgI9KM7LClIzKcBkU4PwfxIdvovU-WGXbGDQY_CtlYPLPII-QpSzkUCAvhlaILKgVa5G8WxeBFsyYjnobMsRUsJWcFjo5F/s1600-h/UFO+sacramento+Nov+2008.PNG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272309452646670434" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 319px; height: 145px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pIMaDG-ic0gtupQmuNbVSHZ8qvhyphenhyphen7jD7-dn_XvIobSCno9QgI9KM7LClIzKcBkU4PwfxIdvovU-WGXbGDQY_CtlYPLPII-QpSzkUCAvhlaILKgVa5G8WxeBFsyYjnobMsRUsJWcFjo5F/s400/UFO+sacramento+Nov+2008.PNG" border="0" /></a><br />ABC affiliate News10 in Sacramento had their chopper in the air to cover high school football and ended up capturing <a href="http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=50924&provider=top">something far more interesting</a>. (Yes, I suppose if high school football is your basis for comparison, accidentally leaving on the lens cap would yield hair-raising footage.) If you click to watch the video to the right of the story, you'll see a dazzling object that looks like something from Clark Griswald's front yard holiday display whizzing through the air as the news chopper pursues.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-35737777577093013252008-11-24T13:10:00.003-06:002008-11-24T13:32:20.955-06:00Diamond-shaped objects over Austin, TX<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2Gk0uW5rSei5ThWRF1tBCmTbD4hmwMh8WWA2ie_iVsxRpXNwlqVwXjRtp-V5nMpcIDjUQZn5FNJPXsRgBnHy4F3w7y4JndGFnP9wWJ1HFJUR4AY2_RcKpDy2DAF-uszbh3PSL2MOr2t4/s1600-h/UFO+austin+TX+Nov+2008.PNG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272304176149370018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2Gk0uW5rSei5ThWRF1tBCmTbD4hmwMh8WWA2ie_iVsxRpXNwlqVwXjRtp-V5nMpcIDjUQZn5FNJPXsRgBnHy4F3w7y4JndGFnP9wWJ1HFJUR4AY2_RcKpDy2DAF-uszbh3PSL2MOr2t4/s400/UFO+austin+TX+Nov+2008.PNG" border="0" /></a> The Austin Planetarium is looking into <a href="http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=cd6c5a88-ae8e-4939-8672-55ddc0208983">frequent, recent UFO sightings</a> captured on video by local man Carl Lancaster. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIa7ofUmjwI">The Fox 7 news story</a> is available on YouTube, made available by <a href="http://www.ufo-blog.com/ufo-blog/">UFO Blog</a> with the uncut UFO footage added to the end of the video.<br /><br />In other UFO news, British paper The Sunday Mercury reports that a police helicopter had a <a href="http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2008/11/24/disturbing-ufo-incident-in-birmingham-66331-22327275/">rather harrowing encounter with a UFO</a> over Birmingham.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-20962389511245282562008-11-19T09:58:00.004-06:002008-11-19T10:11:14.879-06:00Strange aurora over Saturn's north poleThe Cassini spacecraft - while intrepidly carrying out its mission of pointing a camera at Saturn and its moons from as many angles as possible, like a college-aged drinking enthusiast hosing himself down with a can of Axe body spray before hitting the bars - has found what the <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081119.html">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a> blog calls "aurora unlike any other seen previously in our Solar System."<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270400369608997762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkZctJQspo-iTYZjb1ePBtEHJGC-Gs-p4ASHt7fHLi0NKOI5r5OCxuQcM0z-jrLz-mQ6Jtv1s-bpN7J41fr2CUvpgelOpj3anbNeyjjnsXW3pNwuXL0Ioh1aLW5y8q6Tq0cV3Ji7tcGpP/s400/saturn_aurora.PNG" border="0" /><br />It's fascinating how in this image the aurora in question appears to form a dome over the already mysterious hexagonal cloud formation at Saturn's increasingly mysterious north pole. Insane speculation being par for the course in Ufology, I can't help but imagine all this hubub being caused by some powerful, alien technology beneath those clouds.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-81069955125646317222008-10-22T08:50:00.002-05:002008-10-22T08:56:30.024-05:00Best Pics from UK UFO Archive<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgej4BtWrc0lrFYOLtT3CGOvQusGpjXA8ezSwkafkB-uPaiO9y2XBLYpjSsNjV49IjP07V27WLWdoYgfK4LBWVNzZ7_ee9CXkMGGKGRpDZFvqcQkEGWxkW30QHHvagBga86TIxqYbzAFm/s1600-h/ufoUK10202008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259975601424956354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgej4BtWrc0lrFYOLtT3CGOvQusGpjXA8ezSwkafkB-uPaiO9y2XBLYpjSsNjV49IjP07V27WLWdoYgfK4LBWVNzZ7_ee9CXkMGGKGRpDZFvqcQkEGWxkW30QHHvagBga86TIxqYbzAFm/s400/ufoUK10202008.jpg" border="0" /></a>Britain's Telegraph.co.uk culled the archive of close encounters released by the Ministry of Defense for the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/earth/2008/10/20/nosplit/sciufo.xml">most compelling illustrations and eyewitness testimonies</a>.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-66775568553876810602008-07-16T08:08:00.004-05:002008-07-16T08:17:43.298-05:00Most Americans think we aren't alone in the universe<div><div><p>From <a href="http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/34758">Scripps News</a>:</p><blockquote>Most Americans say it is very likely or somewhat likely that humans are not alone in the universe and that intelligent life exists on other planets.<br /><br />Only a third of adults, however, believe it's either very likely or somewhat likely that intelligent aliens from space have visited our planet, according to a survey of 1,003 adults conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University.</blockquote></div></div>clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-63760698893108852172008-05-25T11:46:00.003-05:002008-05-25T11:52:52.278-05:00Backyard UFO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYn2VNtQ9g6PpOy9gzryDol6lsgopgIggU2C4_bdKA7_OJ7O4XNrkVBuDpB82HqyxVyj1ANSmxVe6TEvGgw24zCEE7iKA3V7-GkHQXYp2-g-Z4niHG_iECbE7aCAzHIVGMv1OpGqxf3vI/s1600-h/20080525backyardUFO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204358327210030274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYn2VNtQ9g6PpOy9gzryDol6lsgopgIggU2C4_bdKA7_OJ7O4XNrkVBuDpB82HqyxVyj1ANSmxVe6TEvGgw24zCEE7iKA3V7-GkHQXYp2-g-Z4niHG_iECbE7aCAzHIVGMv1OpGqxf3vI/s400/20080525backyardUFO.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I had gotten bored with this blog and hadn't posted for a while. UFOs just didn't seem all that interesting to me anymore... until I started seeing objects like the one pictured above in my backyard.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-23531472604103964852008-03-18T10:54:00.002-05:002008-03-18T10:57:13.999-05:00The Spider-man is always hungry<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOHQs405XcU&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOHQs405XcU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />The video for "Lullabye" by The Cure bears notable resemblance to common alien abduction scenarios. This brings up all sorts of questions. Just what do we know about Spider-man? Is he extraterrestrial in origin? Does he mean us harm?clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-19447762904286907152008-03-07T08:37:00.003-06:002008-03-07T08:38:31.233-06:00PEI UFO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlGpgrxv9-BWi-zdJpsyDlpZoQLahPpPEYlvOc0LiMnzqvTobB-xQyVIGivcuyBqWPA2c7L7nOqFU507jMFiL_v8yVRptX6k3dif_9tF07a-A0VPfp4XcRl63nZPERKbrNbo9ql1ULSp3/s1600-h/pe-darkspiral.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175006524512121922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlGpgrxv9-BWi-zdJpsyDlpZoQLahPpPEYlvOc0LiMnzqvTobB-xQyVIGivcuyBqWPA2c7L7nOqFU507jMFiL_v8yVRptX6k3dif_9tF07a-A0VPfp4XcRl63nZPERKbrNbo9ql1ULSp3/s400/pe-darkspiral.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />CBC News/Canada - The Ufology Research Centre in Winnipeg has been <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/03/07/ufology-mystery.html">unable to identify this smoky spiral</a> seen over Prince Edward Island on Boxing Day. (The story includes video.)<br /><br /><strong>Other Headlines:</strong><br /><br /><div>Gold Coast News/Australia - <a href="http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/07/8522_gold-coast-news.html">Experts baffled by orange UFO</a> (No pictures. Damn.)</div><div> </div><div></div><div>American Chronicle/America - Did you know that some people believe that the United Nations had a <a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/54384">secret meeting regarding UFOs</a> in February of this year?</div>clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507723442433645398.post-7972359422263372942008-03-06T21:28:00.000-06:002008-03-06T21:29:24.624-06:00Jim Sparks: Alleged abductee<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1CCa2lNGa3mIMcOrpJhBZL_-b-VqURW4oRCpgzCH1VTZCea7Zmf0fQctbV8HFAlyFCmTbw4A-igGxDReq0pH3OSENLcCA5DFzq_B5cRAPSnnM67K-v18XoS480na2dvrvrY_cY4-PGs4/s1600-h/20080326sparksIllustration.PNG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174834302319046802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1CCa2lNGa3mIMcOrpJhBZL_-b-VqURW4oRCpgzCH1VTZCea7Zmf0fQctbV8HFAlyFCmTbw4A-igGxDReq0pH3OSENLcCA5DFzq_B5cRAPSnnM67K-v18XoS480na2dvrvrY_cY4-PGs4/s400/20080326sparksIllustration.PNG" border="0" /></a>Jim Sparks has a very detailed story of being abducted by aliens frequently throughout this adult life. I was listening to <em>Mysterious Universe</em> while cleaning my bathroom a couple of months ago, when I heard him <a href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/?p=1900">relate some of his experiences </a>and promote his book.<br /><br />Sparks was also on <em>Coast to Coast AM</em> in 2006, and the C2C website has<a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1773.html?theme=light"> illustrations </a>of his experience, such as the image above, wherein the greys attempt to extract semen from the prone abductee.clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.com0