UFO Pilgrim

Altering genes

2012-02-01T15:04:00.000-06:00

Spending long periods at low gravity may alter genes, suggests a new experiment involving a magnet-powered trick used on Earth to simulate weightlessness in space.

Subjected to magnetic levitation that generated an effect similar to microgravity experienced by astronauts orbiting Earth, fruit flies experienced changes in crucial genes.

Humans won’t necessarily respond like fruit flies, but the system is considered an useful model for probing the effects of permanent free-fall on biology. However, it’s also possible that the gene disruption was caused by magnetism, not low gravity.

"We have tried to separate the effects of microgravity and magnetism, but we’ve learned it’s not so easy," said molecular biologist Raul Herranz of Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas in Spain, leader of the upcoming study in BMC Genomics. "We don’t know yet what is causing what — the magnetism or the microgravity?"

Sending anything into space is expensive. The cost to launch an experiment into low-Earth orbit can exceed as $10,000 per pound. Yet as the United States, Russia, China and other nations eye a human future off-Earth, understanding what will happen to our bodies is crucial.

NASA already knows that astronauts in space lose as much bone each month as they would in a year on Earth, where resisting gravity keeps muscles strong. But rigorously studying the molecular mechanisms behind those changes in humans — a large, highly complex creature — isn’t easy or ethical. As a result, researchers look to animal models in an Earth-based weightless environment.

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Vimanas

2012-01-12T13:58:00.000-06:00

The ancient Hindu epics are rife with tales of the strange and fantastic. Elements described within consist of elaborate tales of massive wars, superheroes, and gods that walk alongside common mortals. And yet, perhaps no subject hailing from the Sanskrit fables has captured the minds of ancient mystery proponents better than the flying vehicles of ancient India, known today as vimanas.

Vimanas are, without question, mentioned throughout many of the ancient Vedic texts, proving they certainly are not a concept that originates entirely from recent times; but if not sophisticated avionics of the modern variety, what then might they have been? Could it be possible that some elements regarding the vimana mystery–specifically our interpretation of these objects as technologically advanced aircraft that existed in ancient India–could be a result of our own desire to superimpose modern themes and ideas into the framework of the ancient Indian epics?

Before we get to the discussion of flying craft, there are a few things we must look at first with regard to the exact meaning of what a "vimana" is, in order to better unravel why I feel there may be misinterpretation associated with their presence in literature. One thing that we must take into consideration is that "vimana" is a word used to describe a number of things in a variety of different contexts throughout the Vedas. For instance, vimana can translate to mean the innermost sanctuary of a Rama temple (sometimes called an "adytum," though this word actually has its origins in the Greek, rather than the Sanskrit). A variety of different temples, palaces, shrines, towers, and other structures associated with kings, emperors and divinity were also called "vimanas" in the Vedas, roughly translated to mean "a god’s palace."

Some scholars assert that from this interpretation of the word, references in the Ramayana to Ravana’s flying palace "Pushpaka" may lend credence to the idea that a vimana is some kind of "floating palace." From a modern perspective, we might also take this to mean a "flying vehicle," too… after all, we can’t think of many buildings that float; on the other hand, plenty of different kinds of flying vehicles that exist in modern times come immediately to mind (though interestingly, some of our own modern flying warplanes have been called "fortresses" at various times, too).

The expression "Chariots of the Gods," popularized by Erich von Daniken, also stems from the Vedas too, in reference to some of the vimana craft described variously as flying carts, seats, or thrones. But again, many of these same descriptions often described the vimanas in question as resembling various kinds of abodes, buildings, palaces, or towers. Some of these were understood to be capable of flying or hovering, and in modern times, their presence has been interpreted by some ancient astronaut proponents as evidence of "space stations" and similar "flying fortresses" that existed in ancient times. While we can’t rule anything out, this may indeed represent a bit of a hypothetical leap to be made; furthermore, here again the modern bias with regard to this interpretation seems rather obvious.

There are still other meanings of the word vimana, however, that should be taken into consideration. In the Vimanavatthu, a token prayer or text used as the inspiration for a Buddhist sermon was once referred to also as a "vimana." Futhermore, some "vimana" references dealt merely with scientific methods of making precise measurements, as well as a more general meaning that involved medicines used to treat various ailments. But no less, the link between vimanas and aircraft remains a tenet even in the modern Indian languages (sometimes used literally as a term meaning "aircraft"). Vimanapura is also an Indian word synonymous with the Bangalore HAL Airport. What this shows is that, yes, vimana means "flying vehicle," and certainly, many references within the vedas refer to such things.

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Idaho mutilation

2011-11-12T13:52:00.000-06:00

Crop circles found in a wheat field near the City of Teton in August of 2002 drew attention from across the nation, but the mutilated cow found in a pasture south of Driggs last Thursday has commanded the attention of sheriff’s deputies more than UFO hunters, despite the paranormal nature of the heifer’s death.

Zach Griggs leases pastureland for nearly 100 head of cattle near 3000 South in Teton County. Last Thursday, he arrived at this location to change the use of pastures and noticed his cows were scattered. He initially thought duck hunters had disturbed his cattle and then he noticed that one of his cows was dead.

He approached the animal and identified that its udders were removed, along with its anus, vagina and one eye. "Whoa, this is a mutilation," Griggs determined before he called law enforcement to investigate. Nine years ago, his family had lost a bull the same way. Along with its genitalia, that bull was missing its tongue as well as an eye and an ear. With both the cow and the bull, all of the blood had been removed from the animal and there were no footprints or tire tracks in the vicinity of the dead animal.

Teton County Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Fullmer could confirm that the cuts removing the cow’s body parts were not made by another animal, but it has been difficult to find any additional clues in the case to help explain what happened. Between Satanic cults and extraterrestrial activity, Fullmer was not comfortable making a determination.

"It’s hard to throw those terms out there," Fullmer said. "I don’t know a lot about that stuff."

Cattle mutilation is a subject with which Don Griggs, Zach’s father, is very familiar. As a cattleman as well as a former sheriff’s deputy with Madison County for more than 20 years, Don worked on a number of different cases in which animals were mutilated in the exact same manner, with blood drained from the bodies and the same parts removed with a surgeon’s precision.

"It’s a cult thing, has to do with devil worship," Griggs said. "These people are very professional, they’re slick and sophisticated. No one has ever been caught, but that doesn’t mean that it’s UFOs."

Don Griggs explained how animals could be tranquilized or immobilized with electric currents by individuals who perform mutilation. He said that once an animal has been rendered helpless, it is not difficult to insert a needle into the animal’s jugular vein. With the animal still alive at that point, the heart pumps until all of its blood has been drained and the animal expires. After the death of the animal, the body parts are removed.

During the time that he investigated cattle mutilation, Griggs turned to Jay’s Journal, the account of a teenage boy in Pleasant Grove, Utah who was involved in practices of the occult, including cattle mutilation. According to Griggs, the journal details how individuals went about draining blood and removing specific body parts.

"There’s always been a little bit of this going on. A lot of times the mutilated animals go undiscovered," Griggs said. "Most people don’t want to approach a dead animal, men or women. It’s not a fun scene. But the few cattlemen that are left, they look closely when something dies suddenly. Sometimes it may be lightning or wolves, more recently, and once in a while, you have a mutilation. They can tell when that happens."

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Coverup

2011-10-18T12:59:00.000-05:00

The UFO phenomenon is real and becoming harder to cover up, an author has said.

"There are just too many quality sightings recorded by witnesses that need to be taken into account - people like presidents, people of high education that have seen things," Wayne Herschel, author of The Hidden Records and the Cosmic Tree told News24.

He said that human ancestry is tied to extraterrestrial beings from a distant star system and UFOs have been seen and depicted since ancient times.

"Every single human being is a descendant of those that colonised this world and my book shows you the star maps.

"This matches all the ancient records of the flying hats and the modern even are being more frequently seen because everybody's carrying around a camera," he said.

Mainstream researchers generally accept that unexplained phenomena are seen in the sky, but do not accept that these are linked to travellers from outer space.

Herschel insisted that it would only be a matter of time before there was irrefutable evidence for alien beings visiting Earth.

"We're getting a lot of good snippets from time to time, but there hasn't been anything really breaking that has filmed that we can say is 100% yet. I think it's probably a matter of time."

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The Watchers

2011-10-13T18:15:00.000-05:00

I saw Watchers in my vision, a dream vision,
and behold two of them argued about me [...]
and they were engaged in a great quarrel con-
cerning me. I asked them: "You, why do you
argue thus about me?" They answered and said
to me: "We have been made masters and rule over
the sons of men." And they said to me: "Which
of us do you choose?...

The preceding is a fragment from "The Testament of Amram", a document written in Aramaic that forms part of the Qumran scrolls, more commonly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The entire fragment, which takes up some eight patchy paragraphs, relates a story told by Moses' father, Amram, to his children, concerning the burden of choice: whether to serve the evil Watcher Melkiresha, a viper-faced demon, or his counterpart, the Watcher Melchizedek, who is ruler of the "Sons of Light."

Much has been made over the last few decades of the link between the role played by the biblical Watchers and that played by UFOs and their occupants, as well as the phenomena associated with them. This order of nonhuman beings, which fell from grace on account of their transgressions with "the daughters of men," are at the core of a current controversy. The viper-eyed Melkiresha, allegorical though it may be, is strangely reminiscent of some of the more reptilian UFO entities that have been reported in a number of encounters. The Watchers, either as described in the Bible or by the Tibetan monks who discussed the topic with the Russian artist/mystic Nicholas Roerich (whose paintings of Asian hill-forts are often referred to in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft), are in essence a race of beings which have always lived in the skies and lord over humanity, reveling in intermarriage with humans. The biblical Noah, for example, was the offspring of a Watcher.

Are the Watchers Among Us?
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Fairies and Aliens

2011-09-09T15:56:00.002-05:00

Fairies and ‘aliens’ are often described as ‘shining’.

Fairies and ‘aliens’ are ambivalent forces: for great good or great evil in individuals’ lives – angry fairies have ‘fairy blasts’, aliens have laser rays and radiation burns.

Fairies and ‘aliens’ need humanity. Both particularly prey on humanity for sexual purposes. They take children or nursing mothers (fairies) or they borrow sperm and eggs (aliens) and both, from time to time, have sex with humans.

There are humans who have special gifts at ‘channeling’ (horrible word) ‘fairies’ or ‘aliens’ – fairy doctors or cultists.

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Mutilated cattle

2011-09-02T11:07:00.000-05:00

Gabe Valdez was a former New Mexico state patrol officer in the Dulce, New Mexico area. During his tenure, beginning in the 1970's, he was tasked with investigating mysterious cattle mutilations. The area suffered many cases of cattle found mutilated without blood, organs that appeared carefully removed and cuts in the skin that were so precise they were believed to be made by lasers. After years of research Valdez concluded that a clandestine government agency was responsible and that they used secret underground bases in the Dulce area for their experiments.

I have investigated a cattle mutilation case myself, just down the road from Dulce over the Colorado border, outside the town of Trinidad. Like many other cases, a cow was found with the udder missing, patches of skin removed, the anus cored out, genitals removed and part of the tongue missing. The animal was found at the bottom of a wash, and unlike a typical predator kill, there was no indication of a struggle or massive blood loss. The rancher had been raising cattle his whole life, and had seen many animal deaths, but could not explain why this animal had died. In fact, because he had a UFO sighting just days before, he suspected that the culprits could be extraterrestrial.

The first publicized case of a strange cattle mutilation was outside of Alamosa, Colorado in 1967, only 100 miles or so northeast of Dulce. An appaloosa horse was found with the head and neck skinned and defleshed. The bones where white and clean, and there was a lack of blood in the area. The lacerations were cauterized as if a laser scalpel were used according to a pathologist out of Denver. No satisfactory explanation has ever been found as to how or why this animal was killed.

Since then hundreds of cattle mutilations have been discovered. The ranch with the largest number of mysterious animals deaths belongs to the Gomez family, near Dulce, the area Valdez was assigned to. Unlike the rancher I spoke with, Valdez told me that he had never seen anything that had lead him to believe there were extraterrestrials in New Mexico. Instead he says he had found military gear such as gas masks and glow sticks around the carcasses of mutilated cattle.

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Where do they come from?

2011-08-06T18:53:00.002-05:00

So what do we really know about UFOs? Credible witnesses from within organizations like NASA–astronauts, to be specific–have claimed to have seen unidentified craft while in space. Witnesses both civilian and those among officialdom have claimed to see these objects flying off into "space" as well, but just as certainly, a number of reported encounters over the years have seen the craft plunging into or emerging from the depths of the oceans. Whatever these UFOs are, eyewitness reports seem to describe them entering and exiting just about every conceivable area of space available around us here on Earth (and beyond), and with the efficiency of some highly advanced technology which we really can’t begin to understand even today.

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Kera UFO encounter

2011-07-05T14:10:00.000-05:00

In a case that might have served as one of the inspirations for the Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams blockbuster "Super 8," a group of Japanese kids had repeated run-ins with a small, silver UFO, which they managed to not only photograph, but actually capture for a brief time during the summer of 1972.

There is inexplicably little information to be found — in the western world anyway — regarding the strange series of events that began on August 25th, 1972, in the Kera area of Kōchi City, which is the capital of Kōchi Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. On the afternoon in question a 13 year-old student named Michio Seo was on his way home from middle-school when he allegedly caught site of an unbelievable metallic object hovering over a rice field.

The awestruck Seo watched the odd apparatus zip back and forth above the waterlogged paddy. The airborne object resembled a dull, silver hat with a flat bottom and a narrow lip. The curved dome atop the lip was relatively steep and level at the apex. Seo would later compare the objects movements to that of a bat making hairpin turns in pursuit of its insect prey.

Seo’s curiosity swiftly usurped his fear and he began to approach the miniature flying saucer, but before he could get too close the object allegedly shot a blinding beam toward the teen. Seo, not wishing to further provoke the UFO — or its possible occupants — quickly fled the scene.

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Atmospheric lifeforms

2011-06-28T17:20:00.000-05:00

Are UFOs sentient atmospheric lifeforms?

"We may be considered top predators and so these creatures have developed a camouflage system that is very effective, like a octopus, like a chameleon, like any number of living creature, This particular, as of yet unidentified creature being habituated in the atmosphere camouflages itself in a means which has a great deal to do with our being land forms, incapable of flight. But....we utilize machines, and as a consequence, they mimic them."

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Neanderthals

2011-05-22T22:16:00.000-05:00

Neanderthals were not the gentle, almost-human creatures portrayed in the media over the last 150 years. New Australian research reveals they were aggressive, powerful and terrifying carnivores—ruthless and efficient apex predators, who hunted, raped and ate early humans for over 50,000 years. The Neanderthal’s daily diet of nearly 2 kg of meat—the equivalent of 16 Quarter Pounders—included human flesh.

Based on the research, Australian independent scholar Danny Vendramini has developed "Neanderthal predation theory", which argues that the evolution of modern humans— including our unique physiology, sexuality and human nature—is the result of a reaction to this systematic long-term sexual predation and cannibalism by Eurasian Neanderthals...

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Note...I wonder if these "neanderthals" were the black headed beings that Zecharia Sitchin described in his books?

Cattle mutilations

2011-04-16T18:52:00.001-05:00

Report from a British newspaper...

Cows were sacrificed by aliens sending the White House into a panic declassified FBI files have revealed.

It is claimed that more than 8,000 cows were abducted by UFOs before they were mutilated and thrown back down to earth over the southern United States during the 1970s.

The memo is one of thousands of previously unreleased classified files that the bureau has made public in a new online resource called The Vault.

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My Strange Experience #15

2011-04-14T19:42:00.002-05:00

I began hearing audio tones in my ear about 35 years ago. It is not tinnitus or the symptom commonly referred to as "ringing in the ears." The sounds I hear reminds me of an audio test that I had to take while in the Navy to qualify for standing watches on passive Sonar gear. The tone begins very low and increases until I become aware of it. In no way is it uncomfortable or painful. It goes on for 20 to 30 seconds and then fades away. There is no pattern to the tone’s timing. Sometimes weeks go by without hearing it, and sometimes I’ll hear it two or three times a week. And sometimes two or three times in a day. And sometimes I don't hear tones at all for weeks at a time. A few times I have awakened in the middle of the night with a very loud, intense tone in my ear. It usually fades away as I become aware of it, if that makes any sense.

UFOs & Demons

2011-03-17T13:20:00.001-05:00

If you're interested in exploring further the idea that what many believe is at the heart of Ufology (namely that we are being visited by extraterrestrials from far-away star-systems), may not actually be what's going on at all....

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UFO drivers

2011-03-02T13:11:00.000-06:00

The mystery of just who is piloting the UFOs witnessed around the world since ancient times has many so-called “solutions.” Working from the available evidence, one can argue for any number of interpretations of the phenomenon, and those interpretations run the gamut from the UFOs being an early harbinger of the Second Coming of Christ to an invasion by cold-blooded, methodical aliens bent on colonizing our planet by the skillful combining of our DNA with theirs.

There is also this less frequently heard interpretation: that the present day UFO and alien abduction phenomenon are simply a modernized, more technological manifestation of the same demons that have tormented and sought to manipulate mankind since the beginning of time. In other words, the gray aliens are nothing new and their basic malevolent intent has never changed.

This statement, by no less an authority than Lord Hill-Norton, the late five-star admiral and the former head of the British Ministry of Defence, helps to put that perspective into focus: “UFOs are essentially a religious matter rather than a military threat, and furthermore there is certainly a degree of psychic involvement in almost every case. Quite often, however, such experiences are definitely antithetical to orthodox Christian beliefs.”

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2010-06-18T08:07:00.000-05:00

Wow!

Is this picture great or what?

2010-03-10T11:14:00.001-06:00

Cryptoterrestrials

Like Vallee and Keel, Mac rightly recognized that UFO encounters could not be dismissed as the ravings of lunatics, the tales of the fantasy-prone, or the lies of those seeking fame and fortune. But, he was also careful not to get sucked into the near-viral mindset that practically screams (take a deep breath): UFOs = alien spaceships piloted by little gray chaps from across the galaxy, who are on a mission to save their dying race by stealing our DNA, eggs and sperm.

Rather, Mac - right up until the time of his death - was chasing down the theory suggesting that the UFOnauts may actually represent the last vestiges of a very ancient race of distinctly terrestrial origins; a race that - tens of thousands of years ago may have ruled our planet, but whose position of power was thrown into overwhelming chaos by two things: (A) the appearance of a “debilitating genetic syndrome” that ravaged their society; and (B) the rising infestation of a violent species that threatened to eclipse - in number - their own society.

They are the Cryptoterrestrials. And that violent species that blusters around like an insane, unruly and spoiled child, and that has done more damage in its short life-time than can ever be truly imagined, is, of course, us.

Much more here

2010-01-31T14:59:00.001-06:00

UFO's and Bigfoot

I recently came across two excellent stories concerning the possible connection between UFO's and Bigfoot. It seems absurd at first glance but there is some evidence to connect them.

Read the two stories here and here.

2010-01-21T12:47:00.000-06:00

Zone of Silence

Mac Tonnies, recently deceased science fiction writer and blogger (Posthuman Blues), believed that UFO's are based on Earth. Since the distances between the stars in our galaxy are so huge, his CTH theory declares that is more likely for UFO's to be based right here on this planet.

Anyway, if someone had enough resources and the time, the place to start looking for their base might be here.

2010-01-15T17:27:00.002-06:00

Understatement of the Year

"(W)e have an endless pit of strange things happening with very little understanding or research being done to discover what, who and why these things occur."

-- Michael Kundu

2010-01-15T17:18:00.001-06:00

2010-01-10T19:29:00.002-06:00

Abduction and Mutilation

Many believe that the occupants of UFOs are the same as what are known as demons in the Bible. The story here is a gruesome example of why people believe that. And if they are not demons may God help us all.

2009-12-24T11:15:00.002-06:00

Merry Christmas

"and a child was born into the world......"

2009-12-21T15:35:00.003-06:00

Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of a sharecropper, Billy Lee Riley learned to play guitar from black farm workers. After 4 years in the Army, Riley first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955 before being lured to Sun Studios by Sam Phillips. He recorded "Trouble Bound" for Jack Clement and Slim Wallace. Sam Phillips obtained the rights and he released "Trouble Bound" b/w "Rock With Me Baby" on September 1, 1956 (Sun 245). His first hit was "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" b/w "I Want You Baby" released February 23, 1957 (Sun 260) after which he recorded "Red Hot" b/w "Pearly Lee" released September 30, 1957 (Sun 277) both with backing piano by Jerry Lee Lewis.

More information on Billy Lee Riley here

2009-10-23T10:47:00.001-05:00

So, You See, As Nibiru Orbits…

No, that is not (yet) a quote from a report in the scientific journal Nature, but that is what the conclusion is of a study by six astronomers (including one from a NASA institute) published in the Journal's July 16, 2009 issue.

The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is presumed to be the remnant of 'something' that was there and broke up. So how come it includes bits and pieces of matter found only in the outer reaches of the Solar System? The enigma is compounded by the fact that these strange bits and pieces contain organic-rich matter. The group's findings: These are bits and pieces of "primordial trans-Neptunian objects" left in the Asteroid Belt as orbiting 'comets' or 'cometlike objects' pass through it and collide with its asteroids, leaving behind a 'footprint'.

Substitute 'Nibiru' with its "organic-rich matter" for "comets or cometlike objects" as it passes periodically through the Asteroid Belt, and you get the true answer -- another instance of modern science catching up with ancient knowledge.

Source

2009-10-13T16:30:00.000-05:00

2009-10-10T08:41:00.000-05:00

2009-09-14T14:27:00.000-05:00

Abductions

Of course I believe in abductions. But every once in a while I come across a story that plants a few seeds of doubt....

"Hopkins' gnosis, that human beings are the helpless playthings of omnipotent, but curiously inept, aliens who can abduct people through solid walls into invisible spaceships, but cannot put the right clothes back on abductees, offers no such solace."

More of the story here

2009-08-28T10:48:00.000-05:00

Image of a Molecule

Using an atomic-force microscope, scientists at IBM Research in Zurich have for the first time made an atomic-scale resolution image of a single molecule, the hydrocarbon pentacene.

Atomic-force microscopy works by scanning a surface with a tiny cantilever whose tip comes to a sharp nanoscale point. As it scans, the cantilever bounces up and down, and data from these movements is compiled to generate a picture of that surface. These microscopes can be used to "see" features much smaller than those visible under light microscopes, whose resolution is limited by the properties of light itself. Atomic-force microscopy literally has atom-scale resolution.

Story and image here

2009-08-14T21:47:00.003-05:00

Flying Canoes

Some stories are rather humdrum but I found this one to be absolutely fascinating.

Read it here

2009-08-14T08:39:00.002-05:00

The Moon

Obama panel says there's not enough money to go back to the Moon. But I'm sure he'll find plenty of money for ACORN and all the other grievance organizations.

Story here

2009-07-25T11:36:00.000-05:00

Truisms

We've all read the following truism by Arthur C. Clarke countless times.

"Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic."

However, in pursuit of greater clarity I would add the following...

"...to a lesser developed ethnic group or civilization."

2009-07-17T23:07:00.001-05:00

Evidence of Moon Landing

"Hey, can you see the flag on the Moon with that thing?"

For the last 40 years, every amateur astronomer with a big telescope has heard this countless times. My standard response, ever since I was a teenager, has always been:

"No, telescopes on the ground mostly can't see anything smaller than a mile across on the Moon. The flag is just a couple feet across. The Apollo landing stages are still there, but they're only a few yards across."

Fact is, not even the Hubble telescope or lunar orbiters have had optics good enough to see anything that humans left on the Moon.

Until now.

Story and photo here

2009-07-07T13:39:00.002-05:00

John Keel

...has died. He was a very strange man, rather pathetic...an oddity in a so-called reality-based world. And I predict he was much closer to the truth than almost all scientists.

“Ufology is just another name for demonology,” he once said.

Wikipedia says...

As Keel himself wrote, "I abandoned the extraterrestrial hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs... The objects and apparitions do not necessarily originate on another planet and may not even exist as permanent constructions of matter. It is more likely that we see what we want to see and interpret such visions according to our contemporary beliefs."

In UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse Keel argues that a non-human or spiritual intelligence source has staged whole events over a long period of time in order to propagate and reinforce certain erroneous belief systems. For example, the fairy faith in Middle Europe, vampire legends, mystery airships in 1897, mystery aeroplanes of the 1930s, mystery helicopters, anomalous creature sightings, poltergeist phenomena, balls of light, and UFOs. Keel conjectured that ultimately all of these anomalies are a cover for the real phenomenon.

In Our Haunted Planet, Keel coined the term "Ultraterrestrials" to describe the UFO occupants. He discussed the seldom-considered possibility that the alien "visitors" to Earth are not visitors at all, but an advanced Earth civilization, which may or may not be human.

Keel took no position on the ultimate purpose of the phenomenon other than that the UFO intelligence seems to have a long-standing interest in interacting with the human race.

“Ufology is just another name for demonology,” he once said.

2009-06-22T18:11:00.000-05:00

Genetics

Some believe that humans are simply a genetic experiment implemented by some race or group of unknown entities that may or may not come from other realms of the universe. Others think we are being guided to a heightened spirituality by these unkown entities. Some writers refer to these entitites as Space Brothers.

Space Brothers are here to further our advancement and to look out for us, they say. Evidence for this is sadly lacking, however, as is the evidence that God, or a group of gods, is actively involved in our salvation.

If these entitities are here to further our advancement then they certainly seem to have a glacial sense of time. And what's with the overabundance of mind-numbing fascists on both the left and right? You'd think natural selection, if true, would have eliminated all of these defective people long ago.

Are they experimenting on humans? Well, we humans do all kinds of experiments on the lesser lifeforms here on Earth. Why would a superior being have any qualms about doing the same to us? Who are we to complain?

Perhaps they are here to give us some tough love without revealing themselves...sort of like an anonymous benefactor that chooses to remain in the background while pointing out subtle guidelines that should be followed.

Those who believe that they have been abducted would disagree with the touchy feely, warm and fuzzy view of these alien entities. Their stories are full of clinical, callous disregard for our sense of human dignity by these so-called Space Brothers.

So what are we to believe? Are we are totally screwed? Are we are totally dependent upon the whims or agenda of a supreme God, a plethora of pagan gods, or perhaps even the Space Brothers?

Was it Yogi Bear who said, "What a revolting situation!"

2009-06-18T23:22:00.001-05:00

Quote of the Day

“Our misguided program directors cling to the false belief
that we can control or manipulate the Non-Human Entities,
when in actuality, the reverse is occurring - we are the ones being
manipulated and deceived.” - Intelligence Agents, Dept. of Defense

Quote found at Earthfiles

2009-06-16T14:41:00.000-05:00

End of the World?

Everyone seems worried about the end of the world nowadays. Someone once told me that we should live our lives as if every day was Judgment Day. I agree.

Latest crop circle here

2009-06-05T12:13:00.001-05:00

Global Warming

A new term, “Geo-engineering,” has come to the fore at various international meetings dealing with ‘Global warming’ (now more correctly addressed as Climate Change).

The term was officially embraced by the new U.S. presidential science advisor, John Holdern. Speaking at a recent international conference in Bonn, Germany, he revealed that “Geo-engineering” is among the “extreme options” under discussion by the U.S. government: Using space-age technology yet to be devised, he said, “particles will be shot into the Earth’s upper atmosphere to create a shield that will reflect away from Earth the Sun’s warming rays.” While such extraordinary measures would be only a last resort, “we don’t have the luxury of taking any approach off the table,” Dr. Holdren said.

Such new space-age ideas duplicate technologies that have already been used 450,000 years ago!

More here

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© Z. Sitchin is indicated.

Jellyfish Crop Circle

2009-06-03T13:51:00.002-05:00

Is someone pushing the Spaghetti Monster meme? Crop circles seem to be more and more playful nowadays. Video here.

2009-05-28T22:17:00.001-05:00

Abduction

"To my knowledge, the earliest account of a hostage experience was given in 593 B.C. by the Babylonian priest Ezekiel who described (as reported in the Bible) an abduction by 'creatures' in a flying round bronze object. According to some contemporary interpretations, Ezekiel was taken hostage aboard a spaceship-type craft whereas other commentaries emphasize the possibility of hallucinations induced by staring at solar halos. Nonetheless, Ezekiel’s account details shock, feelings of floating, and perceptions of lights, colors, and mystical visions of God."

Full story here

2009-05-21T11:47:00.000-05:00

Alien Invasions

Wikipedia notes that alien invasion movies aren’t really about lizards occupying the earth as much as an expression at some level, of our deepest social fears.

"The invasion scenario has been used as an allegory for a protest against military hegemony and the societal ills of the time. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is often viewed as an indictment of European colonialism and its “gunboat diplomacy” —setting a common theme for some politically motivated future alien invasion stories.
Prospects of invasion tended to vary with the state of current affairs, and current perceptions of threat. Alien invasion was a common metaphor in US science fiction during the Cold War, illustrating the fears of foreign (i.e. Soviet Union) occupation and nuclear devastation of the American people.…"

More here

2009-05-20T10:45:00.001-05:00

Quantum Theory

It is kind of nice to see a scientist admit to the possibility of a spiritual reality....

"Because of its bizarre implications, quantum theory has been used to investigate everything from free will and the paranormal to the enigma of consciousness. Several serious physicists have devoted their lives to the study of such ideas, including Bernard d'Espagnat. In March, the 87-year-old Frenchman won the prestigious $1.5 million Templeton Prize for years of work affirming "life's spiritual dimension....Based on quantum behavior, Dr. d'Espagnat's big idea is that science can only probe so far into what is real, and there's a 'veiled reality' that will always elude us."

Complete story here

2009-05-19T22:18:00.001-05:00

So what is truth?

Wormholes. Time Dilation. Black Holes. Multiple Dimensions. Reptilian Shape Shifters. Uncertainly Principle. Parallel worlds. Warping space. Gnostic gnonsense. Archons. Demiurges. Tulpas.

I find it odd that people can speak of these things with a straight face yet disparage the Christian religion. Aren't they all a little hard to believe in? Where's the evidence for any of them. Yet only one is mocked and ridiculed daily in our society. People should remember that in 1803 scientists were forced to admit that meteors fell from the sky and sometimes landed on Earth. Previously the stories of falling rocks had been mocked and ridiculed as stories made up by the uneducated rubes living in the hills.

Just who exactly benefits from the destruction of Christianity?

Jacques Vallee wrote in 1989, "I think the stage is set for the appearance of new faiths, centred on the UFO belief. To a greater degree than all phenomena modern science is confronting, the UFO can inspire awe, the sense of the smallness of man, and an idea of the possibility of contact with the cosmic. The religions we have briefly surveyed began with the miraculous experiences of one person, but to-day there are thousands for whom the belief in otherworldly contact is based on intimate conviction, drawn from what they regard as personal contact with UFOs and their occupants."

2009-05-16T12:40:00.001-05:00

Wow

Is this another "Wow" moment?

2009-05-11T12:26:00.001-05:00

Crop Circle

I just don't know what to make of crop circles. Some are obviously hoaxes but the sheer numbers and locations they are found in around the world seem to indicate some kind of paranormal connection.

Crop circles are like UFO and bigfoot stories...alluring yet contrary to the senses.

Here is an interesting analysis of one of the most recent crop circles.

2009-05-08T20:26:00.003-05:00

Star Trek

Like you, I watched Star Trek because everyone else was doing so. But I quickly tired of the inherent lameness of the story lines and drifted away. Here is a good example of why I switched channels to more realistic shows like Batman and Jerry Springer. Just kidding....

2009-05-07T11:18:00.001-05:00

Skin Walker

In some Native American legends, a skin-walker is a person with the supernatural ability to turn into any animal he or she desires. Similar lore can be found in cultures throughout the world and is often referred to as shapeshifting by anthropologists.

Often, Navajos will tell of their encounter with a skinwalker, though there is a lot of hesitancy to reveal the story to non-Navajos, or (understandably) to talk of such frightening things at night. Sometimes the skinwalker will try to break into the house and attack the people inside, and will often bang on the walls of the house, knock on the windows, and climb onto the roofs. Sometimes, a strange, animal-like figure is seen standing outside the window, peering in. Other times, a skinwalker may attack a vehicle and cause a car accident. The skinwalkers are described as being fast, agile, and impossible to catch. Though some attempts have been made to shoot or kill one, they are not usually successful. Sometimes a skinwalker will be tracked down, only to lead to the house of someone known to the tracker. As in European werewolf lore, sometimes a wounded skinwalker will escape, only to have someone turn up later with a similar wound which reveals them to be the witch. It is said that if a Navajo was to know the person behind the skinwalker they had to pronounce the full name, and about three days later that person would either get sick or die for the wrong that they have committed.

According to Navajo legend, skinwalkers can have the power to read human thoughts. They also possess the ability to make any human or animal noise they choose. A skinwalker may use the voice of a relative or the cry of an infant to lure victims out of the safety of their homes.

The information above is found here.

So what does this have to do with UFO's? Mercy, mercy, haven't you been paying attention?

2009-05-04T11:56:00.000-05:00

Cloud Circles

Then our attention was drawn up to a scene that astonished us, despite our sensibility. There in the sky was, beyond any doubt, an intelligent manifestation of the extramundane reality we’d just been discussing. A definitive "cloud circle" stretched across the entire visible sky above us, painted in cotton ball clouds the warm hue of reflected city lights against the pitch black canvas of deep space.

More here

2009-05-02T12:27:00.002-05:00

Disclosure

There are lots of calls across the internet for "disclosure" of government evidence of UFO activity in and around our planet. Of course no one really knows if the government is hiding any evidence at all. Most likely they are as clueless as the rest of us. Just ask yourself what government program has ever been successful.

But if the government did have evidence why would they refuse to disclose it? The following comment was referring to Bigfoot but it could very well have been addressing the subject of extraterrestrials....

"We're so used to being the ultimate intelligence out there that I suspect it would really mess with your mind."

2009-04-28T15:41:00.002-05:00

Apocalypse?

I saw an interesting quote in a story of today's earthquake in Mexico.

"I'm scared," she said. "We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening - the economic crisis, the (swine flu) illnesses and now this - it feels like the Apocalypse."

And then in today's Anomalist there is a link to a story of "numerous questions concerning the enormous number of incidents in which reliable testimony from the witnesses has been passed off as being everything from government 'Black Ops' programs to natural phenomena...everything, that is, except the presence of an unknown intelligence operating around the globe with impunity." Story here.

Is there a connection between the two stories? Is the truth hiding in plain sight?

Ephesians 6:12 states: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

For all of you Star Trek and Space Brothers fans, the signs seem to indicate that the UFOnauts aren't coming to save us from ourselves or to protect the polar bears. That's just a dream of those who are dismissive of the belief in God.

2009-04-21T22:41:00.001-05:00

Saturn

Truly amazing photos here. Some I have seen before but there are some new ones that are mind boggling.

2009-04-14T14:25:00.000-05:00

Source

2009-04-07T21:57:00.001-05:00

Hand of God?

Of course it's only a photograph of objects millions of miles away but yet it does seem to strike a chord deep down within us, doesn't it?

After reading the following quote found here, I am wondering if perhaps the entire world is being given a wakeup call. Signs of the times?

"This past month, in the United States, alone, according to the National Unidentified Flying Object Reporting Center , there were one thousand, two hundred and nine sightings of unidentified phenomenon, objects seen throughout this country, in less than four weeks."

"Even if a significant number of these civilian reports are explainable, this is the escalating extension of a disturbing trend, not that the territorial airspace of this nation is being navigated routinely by unknown phenomenon, but that,perhaps more importantly, the lid on this boiling pot is as sealed as securely as it ever was, by the inability of our national media, as well as journalism in general, to report rather than entertain, to investigate rather than console or advise us."

2009-04-04T11:41:00.001-05:00

God and Scientific Atheists

"Imagine if God existed but was sufficiently advanced such that we couldn't identify him for another 1000 years. Where does that leave the scientific atheist?"

-- Michael David Cobb Bowen

His website is here

2009-03-30T16:27:00.000-05:00

Conversation

God: I think I'm going to make a new creature to keep you company.

Satan: Oh my god! Why?

God: It's too nihilistic down there on Earth. You and your friends are always up to no good.

Satan: Well, you shouldn't have banished us here.

God: This time I'm going to create a perfect human being...one with free will and sentience.

Satan: Good luck, old buddy.

God: I'll wager that I can create a perfect human, one that can resist your charms.

Satan: You're on! What's the wager?

God: The ultimate control of Earth.

Satan: But you know deep down that I'll win.

God: I'm willing to take a chance, Einstein didn't know what he was talking about.

2009-03-25T15:07:00.001-05:00

UFO Report

Like you, I read hundreds and hundreds of UFO reports every year. Most are rather vague on details and full of breathless commentary. You know what I mean. Lights moving in the sky, feelings of unease, hair standing on end, etc.

But every once in a while a really good report comes along.

2009-03-15T22:32:00.001-05:00

How true....

"Not only do we not understand the universe, if someone explained it to us, we wouldn’t know what he was talking about."

-- Isaac Asimov

...and then there's....

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

-- Oscar Wilde

2009-03-07T11:08:00.002-06:00

Vindication of Zecharia Sitchin

New scientific discoveries continue to corroborate findings first suggested in Zecharia Sitchin's books.

Homo sapiens: The successful deciphering of a female Neanderthal genome was reported in the journal Science on February 13, 2009. The project, undertaken by scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, aimed to verify when that failed species of humans and Homo sapiens (= Modern Man) branched off, and whether the two bad ever interbred. The New York Times pointed out that the new findings "document two important sets of genetic changes - those that occurred between 5.7 million years ago, when the human line split from the line leading to chimpanzees, and 300,000 years ago when Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans parted ways."

In The 12th Planet (1976), describing the Anunnaki's genetic engineering to fashion The Adam, Zecharia wrote: "Man is the product of evolution; but modern Man, Homo sapiens, is the product of the 'gods'. For, some time circa 300,000 years ago, the Nefilim took ape-man (Homo erectus) and implanted on him their own image and likeness." In The Earth Chronicles Time Chart (The Wars of Gods and Men, 1985) Zecharia wrote: 300,000 years ago: The Anunnaki toiling in the gold mines mutiny. Enki and Ninhursag create Primitive Workers through genetic manipulation... Homo sapiens begins to multiply."

The Deluge: In The 12th Planet and Divine Encounters Zecharia suggested that the biblical Flood was a giant tidal wave caused by the slippage of the ice sheet off Antarctica, causing the abrupt end of the last Ice Age circa 13,000 years ago. Two recent studies corroborate both aspects of Zecharia's take on the subject: A study of ancient temperatures in the journal Nature of 26 February 2009 concludes that while warming at the end of the last Ice Age was relatively gradual in Greenland (north Atlantic), it was "rapid and abrupt" in Antarctica (south Atlantic), about 13,000 years ago.

A study of ancient sea levels published in Science of 6 February 2009 concludes that (a) Antarctica's ice sheet collapsed abruptly and (b) that due to the topography of the continent and its surrounding sea beds, the tidal wave was at least three times higher than hitherto calculated, reaching its maximal impact some 2,000 miles away. A diagram accompanying the article shows the area of maximal tidal impact in the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea and northward therefrom - the very Lands of the Bible and Mount Ararat.

Source

2009-03-02T16:45:00.000-06:00

Faith and Rationality

Some of my acquaintances make fun of my beliefs concerning UFO's and other paranormal oddities. How do you defend yourself when attacked by well-meaning but obnoxious friends? I've often wondered how. There really isn't a satisfying way. Just grin and bear it. Hope for the best.

Or you can throw this is their faces....

"The man who does not dare to jump in the water will never learn what it means to swim and... the man who does not dare to jump into the truth will never attain the certainty that truth in fact exists....This first act of faith, of self-abandoning confidence, far from being irrational, is simply the prior condition of any certainty about the existence of the rational in the first place." -- Hans Urs von Balthasar

Of course, he was speaking of faith and rationality in regards to his church's teachings. But he could have been speaking of UFO's.

2009-02-28T17:54:00.001-06:00

We are not special

"Your world is not that special. Your planet is not located at the center of the universe. Neither is your star, or your galaxy. Perhaps most disturbing at all, as telescopes have revealed to us the enormity of space, both astronomy and geology have revealed the breathless expanse of time. We are not just insignificantly small items living in a vast ocean of space; we're living in a moment so brief that it's barely a single tick of a clock that's already run through millennia without us, and will not pause when we are gone."

"No, you are not that special. And yet, you are a wonder, absolutely unique and irreplaceable. Your species is a wonder, gifted with physical and mental resources that provide boundless opportunity. Your planet is a wonder, swarming with life in infinite variety and complexity. Your universe is a wonder, based on laws so precisely balanced that the slightest variation in any of them might have caused everything -- space, time, and everything that moves through both -- to never have appeared."

Source

2009-02-15T21:56:00.002-06:00

Charles Darwin

I only recently learned that Charles Darwin's seminal work "The Origin of Species" has a longer title. The book's full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Wikipedia states that, "The scientific theory of evolution has continued to evolve since Darwin's contributions, but natural selection remains the most widely accepted scientific model of speciation."

Isn't it odd that no one refers to the final eleven words of the title? Is it another example of political correctness? The answer is...Yes, of course. Here's some quotes.

Wikipedia article is here.

2009-01-30T11:23:00.001-06:00

Geocentric Universe

Ptolemy said that Earth was the stationary center of the universe.

Copernicus placed the Sun at the center of the Solar System.

Galileo championed the ideas of Copernicus.

All were wrong. The great scientists of their time were all wrong.

However, the astronomers in Sumeria in 3500 B.C. correctly placed the Earth in its proper place.

But the ancient stories are myths, right? Myths are for children. Myths are always proven wrong or ignored, right?

"All great truths begin as blasphemies."- George Bernard Shaw

2009-01-28T22:49:00.001-06:00

Earth

"Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris."

— Isaac Asimov

Found at Little Green Footballs

2009-01-24T21:00:00.002-06:00

UFO's and Demons?

Many websites claim that UFO's are a demonic manifestation. Even Whitley Strieber has written of his belief in demons in his book Transformation. John Keel also referred to "the age-old demonological phenomenon."

Dr. Jacques Valle, in Messengers of Deception, observed that, "Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception."

Some writers quote Matthew 16:4, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah" when others say that UFO's are signs intended for the faithful. So who is right? William Shakespeare added to the confusion by writing, "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Still others claim that Satan's forces are attempting to prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ by re-corrupting the human race as they did once before, during Noah's generation.

And Matthew 13 seems to hint at unseen forces, "By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart...."

And finally, the last word....

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering.O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

2009-01-05T17:25:00.000-06:00

Found on the Net

"All that man has in the arts and sciences come from the other side."

-- James Talmage

As to what he meant by the "other side," you be the judge....

2009-01-01T11:30:00.001-06:00

Evolution or Intelligent Design?

(Note - I found this on my computer in My Documents and am unable to attribute its source. But it is worth a post IMBO.)

A pre-human species called Homo Erectus lived on earth from over a million years ago until nearly 150,000 years ago with little change in his skeletal or intellectual constitution. The monkeys and great apes have endured in a virtually unchanged nature for much longer.

Between 100,000 and 40,000 years ago, a new creature with characteristics measurably different from his predecessors appeared on earth, called Neanderthal man. Cro-Magnon man, also dubbed "modern man," appeared about 40,000 years ago. So, in about 100,000 years, mankind, of which Neanderthal was first, changed from a primitive creature who groveled around in trees and on the savannas like Homo Erectus and the apes, to a creature who can depart earth and walk on the moon.

Althought 100,000 years seems an incredibly long time, by evolutionary and archeological reckonings it is an astonishingly short time for such staggering developmental changes to occur in an species. It is all the more puzzling when it is realized such radical changes have not occurred during that same time period in any other animals on earth.

Could it be that these changes occurred not because of changes in natural environmental conditions, but because of interference in the evolution of humans by an alien group? Is it possible man is not solely the result of natural evolution, and not solely the result of special creation? Could he be the end product of both?

2008-12-19T17:07:00.000-06:00

So where are UFO's hiding?

Perhaps in Iceland.

2008-12-11T12:53:00.001-06:00

Carl Sagan

I really never liked this guy. He was rather cloying and full of condescention, in my opinion. His appearances on the Johnny Carson show always left me feeling cold.

I've posted several times on Sagan. See here and here.

But he wasn't 100% bad. I do like this quote...

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."

2008-12-10T10:22:00.000-06:00

Theory

If you find it hard to believe the stories in the Bible, you most likely haven't read very much about Quantum Theory or String Theory.

-- UFO Pilgrim

2008-12-09T16:31:00.000-06:00

Source

2008-12-08T09:28:00.000-06:00

Computer Simulation

Even Rush Limbaugh thinks we're in a simulation....

"We're all in a giant sitcom. God is writing it, and we're going to be laughing our way through the Obama-Reid-Pelosi depression."

Source

2008-10-26T12:49:00.000-05:00

Too Good to be True?

My guess is a kite. Or maybe I'm being too skeptical.

Story and Video here

2008-10-22T16:10:00.000-05:00

Mother Nature

She's much better than any earthbound artist.

Photo here

2008-10-16T11:34:00.000-05:00

Alien Contact

A lot of stories lately are floating around the internet concerning the future when aliens finally make contact with us. I'm sure you've seen them too. But, trust me, it's all speculation. I don't believe we will ever be contacted. We are some kind of experiment. Genetic is my guess. And if it does not go as they hope, the aliens will simply start culling the garden, you know, like pulling the weeds.

Conclusion: don't be a weed.

2008-10-15T12:19:00.001-05:00

Opinion Poll

...of a representative sample of 1,000 British adults

64% believe that some people have powers that cannot be explained by science [16%]
63% believe in God [14%]
52% believe in life after death [11%]
49% believe in ghosts [13%]
49% believe in precognitive dreams [19%]
49% believe in heaven (only 28% believe in hell) [2%, 2%]
47% believe in thought reading [14%]
41% believe in communication with the dead [9%]
34% believe in psychokinesis [4%]
26% believe in angels [ 3%]
25% believe in reincarnation [-]

Found here

2008-10-02T22:14:00.002-05:00

Odd, odd, odd

It looks like some kind of natural phenomenom to me. But just exactly what is anybody's guess. Whatever it is it's certainly bizarre.

Two great videos here.

2008-09-22T23:07:00.000-05:00

Kenneth Arnold Interview

I'm not a big fan of interviews because they tend to rehash old news but this one is very interesting. The drawing of the UFO that Kenneth Arnold saw is rather unusual and is not common in the thousands of other UFO reports since then. It looks more like something Batman would use to fly around.

Interview here

2008-09-20T14:29:00.000-05:00

I'm Jealous

I wish that I had written this...

Best quote, "You and your feature writers have helped ridicule it. It’s easier to write a funny story. And once the Air Force tells you there’s nothing to it, what is more logical than to say ‘People see things; there are a lot of nuts around the country’? And that has led to the net effect that very few of these are reported."

2008-09-16T20:47:00.001-05:00

UFO Photos

1870 through the Present...

I would estimate that 90% are fakes or film defects.

See here

2008-09-13T23:18:00.002-05:00

Reality

Carl Sagan was not a favorite of mine. See this post for some of my reasons.

A friend recently emailed me a quote by Sagan..."It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."

Add this quote to the reasons I'm not a fan of his. He presumes to know what reality really is (without telling us) and then presumes that we persist in delusion because we don't know exactly what he is referring to. Got it?

Down here in Texas there is an old expression. "All hat, no horse."

Carl Sagan wore a big hat but had no horse. His novel that lead to the movie Contact was a big letdown. In the movie we witness enormous amounts of time and money expended to send Jodie Foster into the cosmos only to be told "You are not ready for the truth." Like I said, big letdown.

2008-09-06T19:41:00.000-05:00

Einstein and his mistakes

I don't know one way or another but the hint of sour grapes comes to mind when reading this story. Even his mistakes are beyond 99.99% of the population's comprehension. Hey, nobody's perfect. Everyone is allowed a few mistakes every once in awhile. I'm sure he meant well. The universe is a better place just for him being here. Rest in peace, Albert.

2008-09-04T11:37:00.000-05:00

Sad but true

Everything is broken

"We’ve become a society of sound bites," says Powell from his home in Austin. "The media isn’t really interested in this story unless you’ve got people talking about what they saw in the sky and waving their hands around. If you’re just dealing with pure numbers and dry facts, you may as well forget it. I guess the best weapon to use against it (the MUFON report) is to ignore it."

2008-09-03T11:43:00.001-05:00

Odd

Isn't it odd that absolutely no Cult member has ever been arrested or convicted of mutilating cattle, horses, dogs, cats, or any other animal...even though cultists are invariably blamed for such crimes?

Some so-called ufologists blame cultists or insurance scam artists for mutilations. And so we should assume that someone, somewhere, somehow would have been arrested and convicted by now, wouldn't we?

Still other ufologists blame predators for mutilations. However, no ufologist has ever explained how predators make such precise cuts no have they explained the absence of blood that usually occur during mutilations.

2008-08-30T23:07:00.001-05:00

My Strange Experience #14

I was 31 years old and lying on the couch watching the Dallas Cowboys play the Washington Redskins on a Sunday afternoon. I was on my left side with my head resting in the left hand. Suddenly it felt as if someone jumped on me with considerable force directly below the bottom right rib. Jeez, I nearly passed out from the pain. I had to watch the rest of the game on my stomach because I could not breathe comfortably in any other position. I was also only able to sleep that night by lying on my stomach. Monday morning I went directly to a doctor's office. He poked me a few times and then had X-rays done. Spontaneous pneumothorax, he said. Collapsed Lung. I told him it felt like someone had jumped on me. With a smile and a shrug he said it happens occasionally but is rather rare.

2008-08-29T16:40:00.000-05:00

Okay, maybe I'll get more interested in politics now.

2008-08-29T10:20:00.001-05:00

Mysterious UFO caught on Video

The video in this news report is fairly good compared to most. The skeptics won't be able to call it Venus, swamp gas, or the multitude of other lame excuses they usually bring up.

The guy shooting the video had some problems with focusing (don't they have automatic focus on cameras nowadays?) but overall it is a winner. My first thought was a tethered balloon of some sort but who really knows?

And then there is this amazing video that also resembles a balloon.

2008-08-27T22:33:00.001-05:00

John Stuart Mill wrote in 'On Liberty'...

"The beliefs which we have the most warrant for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded."

No, he wasn't speaking of UFO's but he could have.

2008-08-26T10:42:00.000-05:00

One of my all time favorite photos

2008-08-24T11:43:00.001-05:00

But I could be Wrong

This video has absolutely nothing to do with UFO's or the paranormal. Or does it?

If we are merely creatures of a computer simulation, wouldn't we be inundated with trashy visuals day after day? And wouldn't you eventually get sick of it over time? Wouldn't we be dumbed down enough to actually think we have a culture worth saving? Wouldn't we be seduced into believeing that celebrity, drugs, sports, and sex are the ultimate human attributes?

But, what the hell, boys and girls, I could be wrong.

2008-08-23T14:42:00.000-05:00

Humans

"Human beings appear to be a slave race breeding on an isolated planet in a small galaxy. As such, the human race was once a source of labor for an extraterrestrial civilization and still remains a possession today. To keep control over its possession and to maintain Earth as something of a prison, that other civilization has bred never-ending conflict between human beings, has promoted human spiritual decay, and has erected on Earth conditions of unremitting physical hardship. This situation has existed for thousands of years and it continues today."

-- Quote by Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, 1919

Taken from article here

2008-08-23T13:17:00.001-05:00

My Strange Experience #13

When I was about 13 years old, my 11 year old brother and I were lying in the grass one evening about 9 pm looking up at the stars and talking. Our feet were facing towards the south. No moon was visible and there was no wind at all. Three circular lights with dark centers in a triangular formation passed directly overhead going from the south to north. There was absolutely no sound - no sound at all. A slight breeze came from the south a few seconds after the lights had passed over our heads. The circles of light were each about the size of a dime held at arm's length.

2008-08-19T15:21:00.000-05:00

Not hard to read this message
Source

2008-08-17T13:10:00.001-05:00

Looks more like a cheap pizza....

Photo of the Jupiter's moon, Io, here

Nature is the ultimate artist

2008-08-15T10:45:00.000-05:00

Stop and say Hello

I used to work with a guy who constantly made fun of my beliefs. He lived about 14 miles out of town on his father's small cattle ranch. Whenever discussion turned to UFO's and the paranormal he would ridicule everybody who actually admitted that perhaps there was something to it.

One day he asked in a mocking voice, "Well why don't they ever stop and say hello?"

And I snapped back, "How many times have you stopped to say hello to all the cows you drive past every day?"

I admit that it was not the greatest comeback of all time but it did put a halt to his ridicule. He actually seemed to listen more intently to the stories by everyone at work after that. And he admitted later that his father had had some freaky experiences as well.

2008-08-13T15:48:00.002-05:00

Bigfoot

I never thought I'd see the day come when a bigfoot story would take precedence over most run-of-the-mill UFO stories. But today it did. Pictures of a dead bigfoot (supposedly) can be seen here.

But beware of any claims by Tom Biscardi because he's just an attention whore and does not have much credibility. But I'll be the first to congratulate him if his claim is true.

And if you're really interested two of the most reputable bigfoot websites are here and here.

2008-08-12T07:31:00.001-05:00

My Strange Experience #12

During a period of about 5 years, I noticed upon awakening in the morning that the blanket I was sleeping under had been neatly folded back, leaving me sleeping under a sheet only. I can recall many times waking up early in the morning being cold and having to pull the blanket back over me. There was no pattern to these events, but it seemed to happen three or four times a year for about 5 years in total. It has not happened in the last fifteen years however. Perhaps there is a certain age when we humans are no longer considered interesting?

2008-08-08T22:17:00.000-05:00

John Keel quote...

"Throughout most of history, the manifestations of demonology and demonopathy have been viewed from a religious perspective and explained as the work of the Devil.The bizarre manipulation and ill effects described in the demonological literature are usually regarded as the results of a great unseen conflict between God and the Devil. In UFO lore, the same conflict has been observed and the believers have explained it as a space war between the "Guardians" (good guys from outer space), who are protecting our planet, and some evil extraterrestrial race. The manifestations are the same, only the reference is different."

-- from Operation Trojan Horse

2008-08-06T11:30:00.000-05:00

Hopefully this is a fake

2008-08-04T13:07:00.000-05:00

Our Mysterious Moon

Is it hollow? Could it be an abandoned spaceship? Is it older than Earth? And why are those numerous craters so shallow?

Excellent article here.

2008-08-02T15:39:00.001-05:00

Astronomers and UFO's

Have you ever heard the old meme that "astronomers have never seen a UFO?" Well, a clueless blogosphere putz regurgitates the tired old claim and is given a smackdown at the UFO Mystic.

Make sure to read the comments.