From the annals of Britain’s UFO Desk

In May of 2006, at a little past 7 in the evening, an odd thing happened in the English seaside town of Hastings. As a government report put it shortly afterwards: “Two witnesses thought they saw an alien outside their kitchen window.” And that was that. No abductions. No probes. Just a fleetingly interrupted cup of tea.

This Close Encounter of the Brief Kind is among the many UFO-related reports contained in 6,700 pages of documents recently declassified by Britain’s Ministry of Defence, or MoD, the latest batch of 50,000-plus pages that have been made public since 2008. The documents represent three decades of paperwork generated by a branch of the MoD known as DI55—or, informally, the UFO Desk—which was responsible for investigating the hundreds of sightings reported in Britain each year. Before it was disbanded for budget reasons in 2009, after 50 years in existence, the UFO Desk amassed one of the world’s most comprehensive public records of potential alien activity, making it a treasure trove for those who study and theorize about the topic.

Or not.

The United Kingdom’s National Archives, which published the reports on its website, has worked hard to play up the wow factor—publicity material includes mentions of “faceless humanoids,” “alien tourism,” and “Tony Blair.” But if you take the time to go through these papers, it gradually becomes clear that there is very little in the way of genuine intrigue here. The most compelling thing about the documents, in fact, is how profoundly, clerically drab they are—a monumental testament to the power of bureaucracy to suck the life out of the farthest reaches of the universe.

“This was not ‘Men in Black’,” says Nick Pope, a journalist and author who worked the UFO Desk between 1991 and 1994. “We did not have gadgets that could wipe people’s memory after a UFO sighting. Neither was it ‘X-Files.’ There was no creeping around dark warehouses with torches and guns. It was a desk job.” When asked whether it was at least an interesting desk job, Pope laughs. “Erm, ooh,” he says. “Most of the time, no.”

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It seems astonishing that one of the most enduring mysteries of modern times should be reduced to a flurry of stolid paperwork, but the British do have a special talent for this sort of thing. And, to be fair, the vast majority of sightings were not exactly Spielbergian. A good many of them, in fact, were just daffy. “Having lived for over 60 years in this area, and have seen many things round and about,” goes a typical query, “I wonder if you can shed any light on the odd movements going on in the skies.”

The UFO Desk had a standard form letter for odd movements in the skies, which explained, in the kind of fraughtly patient tones you might use with a persistent child, that the MoD was only interested in reports containing “evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom,” that not a single UFO report so far had revealed such evidence, that “rational explanations” could be found for the most mysterious sightings, and that the MoD did not have the time, the money, or the inclination to investigate this particular sighting any further. Or, in other words, “Go away.”

Internal memos, meanwhile, tended to be finger-drumming, eye-rolling affairs. Upon hearing from a resident of Peckham, South London, who’d waited two-and-a-half decades to report a “strange event” (“a bright star like object almost directly overhead”) an investigator wrote to his colleagues: “I suspect that as it’s 25 years ago, getting hold of any records would be a trifle difficult.” The investigator eventually sent the man a letter saying: “This may take a little time.” (I could find no trace of further correspondence.)

According to Pope, the real job of the UFO Desk was not to look for evidence of little green men, but to look for evidence of secret terrestrial weaponry. “I had a little joke,” he says. “I’d always say that we were more focused on Moscow than Mars.” Occasionally, the desk guys would get something that had promise, something from a “credible witness” (that is, someone in uniform), something that warranted a further look from the wonks and generals. They’d send it upstairs, then never hear about it again.

If the MoD was interested in getting to the bottom of whether any of the UFOs represented real alien visitations, it didn’t show it. Certainly, the ministry did not heap resources upon the effort. When Pope worked there, the UFO Desk amounted to just that: a desk (“It was me and an admin assistant”). The pay grade for the job was D, just above the tea lady. And still the procurement people sent out ill-tempered memos about money and manpower, the wastefulness of addressing the concerns of a woman who’d seen “a flash from the corner of her eye.”

To make things worse, very often the desk guys agreed. “About 99 percent of the time, what you had was someone reporting lights in the vicinity of an airport, which was clearly a waste of time and money,” Pope says. “There was some frustration, wanting to get Joe Public off your back so you could get down to the more interesting cases. If 99 percent was John Smith seeing aircraft lights and 1 percent was Flight Lieutenant Smith seeing something exotic from the cockpit of his fighter jet, obviously you were more interested in the flight lieutenant.”

Britain, like America, has a small but vocal contingent of conspiracy theorists, those who feel that the government is committed to an elaborate, ongoing scheme to hide the truth about UFOs. These documents, however, do not portray the desk guys as imperious Keepers of the Information; they show men who are every bit as eager for a hit as the theorists are. Further, they often reveal a similar degree of frustration at the lack of progress. “If at any stage in the future [UFOs] are shown to exist, then there is the potential for severe embarrassment,” wrote one disgruntled civil servant. “We can justifiably be asked how we could receive so many reports and ignore them.”

If the desk guys were guilty of anything, it was to succumb to the endless avalanche of frivolous or muddle-headed sightings, which bred a kind of bored detachment. Generally, the notations on the MoD’s standardized reports tend to be extremely terse. In one characteristic example, an object’s color is described as “quite yellow.” In another, it seems the investigator could barely bring himself to lift up his pen. Under the all-important category “Description,” he has written: “Just said UFO.”

You can sympathize with these people. Here they were doing what was supposed to be an important job, and they spent the majority of it poring over phrases like “A space vehicle oval in shape,” “An object that was military shaped,” “A big flying object, looked like a glider,” “Two objects that looked like stars,” “A dot in the sky that did not look like an airplane,” and “I was on my way to the petrol station as I had run out of cigarettes when I noticed the Light in the sky. It started to move in the direction of Hull.”

This final example points to a fundamental, possibly fatal problem for all UFO investigators. In a briefing written shortly before a 1979 House of Lords debate on the subject, an MoD staffer asked why alien life forms would even want to visit an “insignificant planet” circling an “uninteresting star.” This question becomes more pertinent still when alien life forms have journeyed across the void to lurk over the household of a Mrs. Woodward of Bexley Heath.

The irony was not lost on the UFO Desk. “We’d have competitions to see who received the most bizarre and surreal letters,” says Pope. “We’d go to the archives trying to find good ones.” He adds, “People used to write funny comments in the margins, which is a real civil servant thing to do. I remember we had one guy saying he’d observed a UFO through his French windows and someone had written, ‘Snob.’”

The default mood at the desk, however, was grumpy. In 1998, an officer filed a report about a man driving in a car who’d claimed to have seen an ovular object a quarter of a mile in length, with three green windows eight feet apart (think about that). “He’d been drinking but did not sound drunk,” the officer wrote. “He changed his story a couple of times and repeated himself several times.” In response, somebody had pencilled in the margin: “A ‘reliable’ witness? Who ‘filtered’ this?”

The thing that really got the desk guys steaming were the believers, those who saw every bureaucratic shrug as a form of organized obfuscation. One of the more enduring controversies concerned alleged military activity around the site of some crop circles in southwest England, close to a place called Middle Wallop. The theorists had given the incident a name, “Operation Blackbird,” and over nearly two decades launched a barrage of queries and insinuations. In 2006, somebody sent the MoD what they said was video footage of the incident, and somebody on the desk snapped.

“Since the video is allegedly taken in the Wiltshire area, which is home to various military bases, it is entirely possible that individuals did see soldiers skulking in bushes,” an internal memo stated. “The leap that was made to it being part of an operation to study crop circles is probably in line with the logic of UFO buffs who believe that everyone takes their hobby as seriously as they do.”

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Occasionally in these documents, you stumble across a moment where politics intrudes on the proceedings—and here the desk was forced to proceed with slightly more delicacy. When a member of Parliament named Bill Cash reported a sighting in 1988—complete with sketches of the “two perfect triangles” he’d seen zipping over his garden—an investigator responded politely that Cash had probably seen airplanes flying into Birmingham Airport, “which was exceptionally busy at the time.”

And the desk kept an eye on what other branches of the military establishment were saying, too. The documents included copies of correspondence between a freelance writer and the editor of RAF News, the magazine for the Royal Air Force. Responding to a story pitch from the writer—a withering rebuttal of a UFO conspiracy theorist—the editor wrote: “This UFOlogist is of course the Earl of Clancart....I feel our political masters would think it improper if the RAF News should be too rude about him.” So, the editor suggested, how about “letting the idiocy of the Earl’s ideas speak for themselves.”

It’s this sort of thing, most likely—the vast tracts of embarrassing detail—that kept the MoD from releasing these files until now. Which, for the UFOlogists, is the worst news of all. There are no secret sites contained in these documents, no brilliant subterfuge. As Pope points out, the diehards will say all the best stuff has been tucked away out of sight, but this particular theory doesn’t explain the stuff that is here. You cannot feign this sense of futility and frustration. Not over so many years.

“Despite what the conspiracy theorists claim, there was no coverup, we never did have an alien spaceship hidden away in a hangar,” says Pope. “It would be more exciting if this was the case, but it isn’t.”

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The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world and in space. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over a thousand UFOs reported each month represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when London Control ordered me to intercept one over England while flying for the US Air Force. Under Project Blue Book, the US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years; and we continue this research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO's are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

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In July MUFON and the National UFO Reporting Center had over 2000 sighting reports.

Maya Had Contact with Aliens

MEXICO CITY A new documentary about Mayan civilization proves they made contact with extraterrestrials. "Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond," proves that Mayans had contact with extraterrestrials. Producer Raul Julia-Levy told WWN that the evidence is "overwhelming," and the Mexican government is backing him up.

"Mexico will release codices, artifacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial contact, and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists," said Julia-Levy, son of actor Raul Julia.

Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado, the minister of tourism for the Mexican state of Campeche, said new evidence has emerged "of contact between the Mayans and extraterrestrials, supported by translations of certain codices, which the government has kept secure in underground vaults for some time."

He also referenced "landing pads in the jungle that are 3,000 years old."

Raul-Julia claims there is proof that the Mayans intended to lead the planet for thousands of years, but were forced to escape after an invasion by "men of dark intentions," leaving behind evidence of an advanced race. "The Mexican government is not making this statement on their own — everything we say, were going to back up," he said.

"The message of the film is crucial to human survival," Julia-Levy said.

When Julia-Levy, producer Ed Elbert and co-producer Sheila McCarthy announced the Mexican cooperation with their documentary to they were circumspect about claims of alien contact, with Julia-Levy admitting hed been ordered not to say anything about it.

The Guatemalan government was also skeptical but allowed filmmakers access to previously unexplored sections of a Mayan site at Calakmul. (Shown here)

The Guatemalan government changed its tune, and joined the project, giving access to artifacts and newly discovered prophecies.  "We believe for certain that aliens worked with the Mayans," said Guatemalan arts minister, Jose Rosado.

"Guatemala, like Mexico, home to the ancient yet advanced Mayan civilization has also kept certain provocative archeological discoveries classified, and now believes that it is time to bring forth this information in the new documentary," Guatemalas minister of tourism, Guillermo Novielli Quezada, said in a statement.

He said the country was working with filmmakers "for the good of mankind."

Raul-Julia claims that the order to cooperate came directly from the countrys president, Alvaro Colom Caballero.

"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond" is due for a theatrical release in late 2012, before the end of the Mayan calendar. While doomsday scenarios focus on the calendar ending on December 21, 2012, many scholars point out that it simply resets for another 5,126-year cycle on that date.

http://aliens.eresey.com/2012/08/06/mayans-had-contact-with-aliens/

NASAs Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone

NASAs Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planets surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of a star similar to our sun. The planet is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth. Scientists dont yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky composition like Earth but its discovery is a step closer to finding Earth-like planets.

Two other small planets orbiting stars smaller and cooler than our sun recently were confirmed on the very edges of the habitable zone, with orbits closely resembling those of Venus and Mars. "This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earths twin," said Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA Headquarters. "Keplers results continue to demonstrate the importance of NASAs science missions, which aim to answer some of the biggest questions about our place in the universe."

Kepler requires at least three transits to verify a signal as a planet.

"Fortune smiled upon us with the detection of this planet," said William Borucki, Kepler principal investigator at NASA Ames Research Center. Thanks to NASA Kepler 22b

Titan Life

NASA scientists discuss the possibility of life on Saturns largest moon, Titan. The Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn and capturing its moons since 2004. Titan was a major focus of the mission because it has a significant atmosphere and indications of water on its surface. That atmosphere is rich in organic compounds, including methane and other hydrocarbons, so while the moons frigid temperatures preclude any sort of life as we know it. It is thought to offer hints about what a planet might look like before biology takes hold. Investigators have considered an alternate form of life could exist with liquid methane taking the place of water in cells and other biological parts. Titan is just the sort of place its theoretically conceivable and life might thrive.

NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay and others suggested that if such "methanogens" existed, their collective metabolism could lead to lower levels of ethane and acetylene in Titans atmosphere than youd normally expect, and a net migration of hydrogen down onto the surface, where the methanogens would theoretically be sucking it in as food. Its the same kind of clue that might pique the interest of aliens if they noticed the fluctuations of carbon dioxide in our own atmosphere as the changing seasons lead to more and less leaf coverage and greater or lesser CO2 uptake.

The CassiniHuygens mission in 2004, discovered liquid hydrocarbon lakes in the satellite's Polar Regions. The surface is geologically young; although mountains and several possible croyovolcanoes have been discovered that may provide the heat for life. The atmosphere of Titan is largely composed of nitrogen, with methane and ethane clouds and nitrogen-rich organic smog. The climate—including wind and rain—creates surface features such as sand dunes, rivers, lakes and seas like Earth.

Scientists already knew there wasnt as much ethane in Titans atmosphere as theyd expected. The spacecraft seems to have found that the other two conditions have been met as well. In the very hedged language of the scientist, it means that conditions have been found that are consistent with the presence of that life. As McKay says in an essay posted to the Cassini website: "This is still a long way from evidence of life."

Some other process could be pulling (or pushing) hydrogen toward the surface. The good news for those who are looking for extraterrestrial life is that even though actual biological activity comes last on McKays list, it does remain an intriguing conjecture. .

Thanks to Luka Stevanov

Stargate or Star Wars?

Darren Perks a British Ufologist writes, "Since approximately 1980, a secret space fleet code named 'Solar Warden' has been in operation unknown to the public...

Is this nonsense, is it a conspiracy or is it simply so sensitive that it will cause uproar around the world?"

These are my own words after conducting research into the secret program. Whilst conducting an FOI (freedom of information) request with the DoD (department of defense) in 2010, I had a very unexpected response by email from them which read:

"About an hour ago I spoke to a NASA rep who confirmed this was their program and that it was terminated by the President. He also informed me that it was not a joint program with the DoD. The NASA rep informed me that you should be directed to the Johnson Space Center FOIA Manager."

I have run your request through one of our space-related directorates and I'm waiting on one other division with the Command to respond back to me. I will contact you once I have a response from the other division. Did NASA refer you to us?"

The program not only operates classified under the US Government, but also under the United Nations authority. So you might be wondering how do I know this information?

Well there are a few people and many others that have tried hard to find out the truth, and have succeeded by leaked information or simply asking questions and have government departments slip up and give away information freely, just like what happened when Darren Perks asked the DoD. One notable contributor is  Gary Mckinnon.

When Gary McKinnon hacked into U.S. Space Command computers several years ago and learned of the existence of "non-terrestrial officers" and "fleet-to-fleet transfers" and a secret program called "Solar Warden", he was charged by the Bush Justice Department with having committed "the biggest military computer hack of all time", and stood to face prison time of up to 70 years after extradition from UK.

But trying McKinnon in open court would involve his testifying to the above classified facts, and his attorney would be able to subpoena government officers to testify under oath about the Navy's Space Fleet.

To date the extradition of McKinnon to the U.S. has gone nowhere.

US Naval Network and Space Operations Command photo)

Allegedly, McKinnon also found out about the ships or craft within Solar Warden. It is said that there are eight cigar-shaped Motherships (each longer than two football fields end-to-end) and 43 small "scout ships. The Solar Warden Space Fleet operates under the US Naval Network and Space Operations Command (NNSOC) [formerly Naval Space Command]. There are approximately 300 personnel involved at that facility, with the figure rising

Solar Warden is said to be made up from U.S. aerospace Black Projects contractors, but with some contributions of parts and systems by Canada. United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Russia, and Australia. It is also said that the program is tested and operated from secret military bases such as Area 51 in Nevada, USA.

So should we just write this off as utter nonsense? No we shouldn't and as time goes on the truth will slowly come out. Many people around the world are now witnessing craft moving around in the skies and sub space that completely defy gravity. Whether they are part of the Solar Warden secret program, military experimental aircraft or not, thousands of people know what they see.
In my view Solar Warden is very real and a very strong possibility. So no, I don't think we should rule it out as complete nonsense. Yes, it's a conspiracy because of all the hype and controversy surrounding the facts and information about the program. Lenard Walson Astronomer photos of spacecraft

John Sensitive is an understatement. This program would change the world and our views on space exploration and travel, so no wonder that it would be kept a big 'secret'.

We should all keep it in the back of our minds... for now at least! Thanks to Sheryl Dingman, Read about Darren Perks investigation work at:  www.ufoshropshire.co.uk

Editors Note: I have heard similar stories that appear to have some validity. Commander Graham Bethune who was the chief pilot for several Admirals told me similar information and that we have bases on the Moon and Mars. His story was similar to some of the Stargate SG-1 television series and its sequels. Several types of starships are introduced in the later seasons with world missions to other planets visited via the Stargate. The Stargate is an alien device discovered on Earth that allows near instantaneous travel to other planets via a controlled wormhole across a network of similar gates. Some of these alien races are hostile to Earth and bent on galaxy-wide domination, so Earth starships are built by the US military through billions of dollars in secret funding to respond to the threat.

Earth begins constructing its own space-capable fighters and larger, Mothership-style vessels based on alien technology. The plans for these vessels are shared with the Russians. The first successful ship fielded by Earth is the F-302, a small, two-man craft somewhat similar to a traditional human fighter aircraft. Later on, Earth begins creating interstellar battle cruisers, such as The Daedalus-class battle cruiser.

Is it possible the series is based on insider information? There are sci-fi movies such as Hangar 18 and TV series that are allegedly financed by the government apparently to educate the public. The Lockheed Skunk works Director Ben Rich claims we have built craft that can take ET home. Of course the question is why spend billions for a task force in space?

The Stargate series has similarities to the Star Wars system proposed by President Reagan. In Reagan's March 23, 1983, "Star Wars" speech, Reagan announced, "I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete." In a surprising statement, "He also offered to share the technology with the Soviets."

The Star Wars program became the largest and most expensive weapons program in the US defense budget costing 8.5 Billion dollars per year. Although, were are told it is designed to destroy incoming nuclear missiles it may also be an effective weapons system to protect the United States against limited UFO threats as Reagan inferred on several occasions. In 1984, the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) was established to oversee the program, which was headed by Lt. General James Alan Abrahamson USAF, a past Director of the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Initially, the program focused on large scale systems designed to defeat a Soviet offensive strike. Is it possible that there is a secret war going as former enemies are now allies. Navy press release that says that Tenth Fleet is in charge of "space planning and operations" and "missions across the cyber, electromagnetic and space domains.

"Is not an alien force already among us?

 President Reagan stated in remarks made to the 42nd General Assembly of the United Nations., Sept. 21, 1987, "In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us realize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, IS NOT AN ALIEN FORCE ALREADY AMONG US?"

Only a few people knew the answer was yes there is an alien force among us. Reagan received regular intelligence data on UFO activities including UFO landings.

Gorbechev stated on Italian Radio Channel RAI TRE, show Che Tempo Che Fa, 10-29-2006,"

Presidents Gorbachev and Reagan signing agreements.

"And I remember during a walk by the villa garden where we met, President Reagan stopped and said, 'But, listen to me, President Gorbachev. If we were attacked from Space, would we come together? Would we unite?' - I answered him, 'I do not know what you think about it, but I propose to come together, that we join forces.' [] [applause from the audience]. Thanks to http://www.ufodigest.com/news/1206/gorbachev.html

It appears both the US Air Force and Navy operate space systems.

Meanwhile, the Air Force announced the X-37B sits on the Vandenberg Air Force Base runway during post-landing operations. It landed on June 15, 2012 after more than a year in space. The X-37Bs de-orbit and landing mark the transition from the on-orbit demonstration phase to a refurbishment phase for the program. (U.S. Air Force X-37B photo/ Michael Stonecypher)

The mission of Tenth Fleet is to serve the Cyber Command and exercise operational control of assigned Naval forces; to coordinate with other naval, coalition and Joint Task Forces to execute the full spectrum of cyber, electronic warfare, information operations and signal intelligence capabilities and missions across the cyber, electromagnetic and space domains.

Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Lockheed Martin has announced Space Based Infrared Systems GEO-1 Satellite marks the Dawn of a New Era in Persistent Overhead Surveillance, The spacecrafts highly sophisticated scanning and staring Sensors will deliver unprecedented global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to the United States and its allies.

BATTLE SPACE Awareness
The SBIRS constellation will deliver comprehensive infrared data to Combatant Commanders, Joint Task Force Commanders and other users to help characterize battle space conditions supporting force protection, strike planning and other missions. The SBIRS team is led by the Infrared Space Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Lockheed Martin is the SBIRS prime contractor. Air Force Space Command operates the SBIRS system. The SBIRS architecture consists of hosted sensor payloads in Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO), dedicated Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellites, to receive, process, and deliver the infrared information to key decision makers.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/sbirs.html

Editors Note: High interest objects in space would be intercontinental ballistic missiles and alien UFOs. Note the discs in Lockheeds drawing. Remember the Stealth fighter was kept secret for over ten years. SBIRs will operate with a Highly Elliptical Orbit (egg shaped orbit going comparatively deep into space.) The various leaks are painting an interesting picture of advanced capabilities to protect Earth.

Modern Ghost Rocket search

 Clas Svahn writes, "I thought you might be interested in knowing that UFO-Sweden is going to search for a modern Ghost Rocket in a lake in the north of Sweden later this month. The unidentified object landed and sunk on the lake in front of two reliable witnesses in broad daylight in the summer of 1980.

The search will be conducted deep inside a national park with permission from the Swedish authorities. The 15 persons team will be hiking to the lake and a helicopter will airlift the equipment. The expedition is funded by donations."

A press release about the search that will be covered by a documentary film team: http://www.UFO.se/norrland/ and our Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/ghostrockets

This search may shed light on the ongoing observations of cigar shaped objects that have been crossing Swedish air space since 1946. The results will be presented at this years BUFORA conference on September 22^nd in London, WC1X 9HX.  http://www.bUFOra.org.uk/content/,

http://amzn.to/TcbDzD

Thanks to Clas Svahn UFO-Sweden

Mississippi River Is Drying Up As Food Prices Continue To Surge 

The Coast Guard says the Mississippi River is closed to shipping again after a barge grounded near Greenville, Mississippi. An 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi south of Memphis, Tennessee, was reopened to limited vessel traffic late Tuesday after dredges were able to clear a channel. Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said crews were working Wednesday to refloat the vessel and allow limited barge traffic to resume..

Michael Snyder: The worst drought in more than 50 years is having a devastating impact, as the Mississippi has become very thin and very narrow, and if it keeps on dropping there is a very real possibility that all river traffic could get shut down.  And considering the fact that 60 percent of our grain,  22 percent of our oil, and natural gas, and and  one-fifth of our coal travel down the Mississippi River, that would be absolutely crippling for our economy costing the U.S. economy 300 million dollars a day.

In some areas the river is already 20 feet below normal and the water is expected to continue to drop. If commercial travel is no longer possible, it would be an absolutely devastating blow to the U.S. economy. Thanks to: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/22/mississippi-river-closed-after-barge-grounded/#ixzz24IRyltf4

CNN

Mars UFO

This may be a weird one. It is something in the air on Mars. My picture is based on a screenshot from the high-definition image from the Mars Curiosity Rover. I havent seen anything online which states that anyone has seen this yet so I am posting it here for others to verify.

Note: It is difficult to assign much significance to this photo. The "dot" could be something on the camera lens or some other anomaly? Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

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Special Reports

Arizona Silver White

Phoenix/ChandleR -- If people would just pay attention to things around them, they may see that somethings definitely going on. I was driving on the 202 W about 1/2 mile away from where it splits off toward Tucson/Phx/Pecos Road. Im always watching the sky cause theres allot Ive seen this past month. Something small, silver/white caught my eye and I grabbed my cell phone and recorded it.

I pointed it in the direction where I saw the object and started to record (and drive at the same time) I glanced into my phone camera and couldnt believe what I was seeing! A sort of big bluish green light was up there along with a white streak of a cloud that appeared at the same time not far from it. I do know that I could not see it with my naked eye! Thanks to MUFON CMS

Lake Havasu City -- As I woke up at 3:30 am on

August 2^nd, 2012, I noticed my dog was staring out the window and growling. I stepped outside to see a very large UFO about the size of a city, it was gigantic. The saucer shaped object was chrome plated glistening in the moonlight.

The object was hovering with seven or eight very bright flickering white lights in a circle around it. Each light appeared to be about the size of the moon. The UFO also had a plasma coating around it and was completely silent. This event lasted thirty seconds or so. The craft was so advanced in technology; it was like seeing something out of a sci-fi movie. I believe it is either from the future or a spaceship not from planet earth. I am afraid for my life. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

California Pulsating Objects

Playa del Rey -- I saw this back in 2009! The same pulsating cloud was just outside over my house on July 28, 2012. I woke up to let my dogs out and saw one entire cloud pulsing nonstop. 

I called CNN but they did not seem to care.
The cloud pulsated continuously until day break. I filmed it like last time but its hard to see the pulsating on video. I zoomed in to see black spheres in the form of a triangle.
Then they disintegrated. Thanks to MUFON CMS

RICHMOND -- I was gardening when the city emergency siren sounded on August 6, 2012, so I took nine photos of a Chevron cloud and I did not see anything until downloaded.

There didn't seem to be helicopters or birds near the toxic cloud. The flying object did not appear in all pictures. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Colorado Lights

Rio Grande City -- I was driving to work about 7:15 AM, on December 5, 2011, and saw a shiny SILVER disc hovering right above the Rio Grande River. I was about three miles from the disc and wanted to stop the traffic on Highway 83. After my tunnel vision cleared I saw a second hovering disc a mile behind the front disc. The discs were silver and about 25 yards in length and 10 feet in height. Both had a small dome. The objects slowly disappeared over Mexico. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Florida Triangle

My father, brother, and I were having a good time telling stories on June 10, 2009, when all insect noise shut off. The street lights flashed then dimmed out. At that moment we looked up and could see an object in the sky the shape of a boat which was darker than the sky.

The object moved southeast across the sky in a straight line followed a by a second object. Neither object had any kind of lights nor made any noise. They flew from horizon to horizon in 4 to 5 seconds. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Georgia Cigar

Douglas -- I picked up a pair of field binoculars to look at some cloud formations on August 15, 2012, to observe a 747 but the more I looked it was not moving or if so it was very slowly. I could not believe what I was seeing, it was cigar shaped bright white with a dark center. With the binoculars it was much bigger than a commercial jet. It moved northeast then I lost sight of it in the clouds. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Illinois Cloaked Ship

BELLEVILLE I was taking pictures of the full moon on July 28, 2012, and then the UFO lit up and flew off after my camera flashes went off.

It was hovering between and inside two chemtrails in a cloaked mode but we could see it in the sky due to the reflection of the moon.

My flash was going off when the ship lit up in bright light, and flew headed north. I was amazed that when I looked at my photos it actually showed up. It flew away after my camera flashed 4 times. Thanks to MUFON CMS

CHICAGO On August 18, 2012, while watching the Chicago Air and Water show, the fighters in particular, I noticed a sliver cylindrical object hovering above Lake Michigan; a couple of miles out and high up. It hovered there during the Army skydivers and the Blue Angels performances. I would focus my high-powered binoculars on the same spot and would find it there repeatedly.

The object was metallic, silver, and highly reflective and was slowly bobbing up and down I could tell as the sunlight moved vertically upon its surface, then a cloud obscured it. Thanks to MUFON CMS

NORTHLAKE -- My wife, Chrissy, and I were watching television on August 19, 2012. She got up and went to our sliding glass door to let one of dogs out and she began calling for me to come over by the door. When I got there we both observed three orange lights/objects in the southern sky.

They appeared to move together and moved in towards the southwest until disappearing. The incident lasted three minutes and we each were able to take a picture. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Iowa Disk Shaped Object Seen
Van Horne -- I was taking my dog out for a walk with my friend on August 2, 2012, at 11:18 PM, when I noticed a disk shaped object about 50 yards in diameter and very thin. It was hovering above the tree line 175 yards away from our high school. It was spinning clockwise with green and bright white lights located on the very edge of it. My friend tried to take his iPhone out to capture a video image of the object, but he suddenly froze and the screen went blank.

My dog started barking and ran home. The disk then lit up with a powerful bright light and disappeared in a flash. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Massachusetts Craft

Marshfield I woke up to what appeared to be a tremor or earthquake at 2 AM because my room was aggressively shaking and vibrating on January 8, 2012. After a few minutes it stopped and I looked out my window to see a massive round craft slowly hovering above Ocean Street. This craft was twice as big as my house hovering about 35 to 40 feet above my house. The bottom of the craft had four blinking lights in a cross shape in the center. Two lights were blue and two were red. I was in shock and quickly ran into my basement and hid there the rest of the night. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Michigan Lights

Utica -- I was outside about, 10:15 PM on July 27, 2012, and saw a red and orange light in the sky. I ran into the house and got my cell phone to take pictures.

I had my wife come out and we saw the next nine fly by. They made no sound and followed the same flight path. Thanks to MUFON CMS

New Jersey Lights

Hunterdon On August 6, 2012, I was driving along a desolate and dark country road that has cornfields and farms on either side. I see to the left above a cornfield moving green, copper/red and white lights, forming a horizontal line. The object was moving about in a sinister fashion that resembled an insect. Its movements were so bizarre I stopped my car on the side of road to look closer. Then a second identical craft appeared.

The night was pitch black and I could only see lights of the two objects that seemed to be communicating. I drove away with both objects were visible in my rear view mirror. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Ohio Red Light

SOUTH POINT -- I was watching tv on August 10, 2912, and I couldnt sleep. I let my dogs outside and saw a hovering red light. I knew it was nothing man-made so I grabbed my camera phone and filmed. I knew it was UFO, and was elated because I have seen three others but never had the opportunity to film one. I have the video on YouTube on my channel. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Rhode Island Disc

On August 15, 2012, I was driving and took a picture of a cloud and after noticed an image on the far left.

Thanks to MUFON CMS    

Texas Mothership

WOODLANDS -- On August 10, 2012, while closing the garage door I happened to look up and see a large pulsating object in the sky emitting many different colors. I believed it to be a large craft or pulsating orb. I took video and showed my neighbors. I notified the police and an officer arrived and observed the object as well. The officer flashed the object with light, but there was no response. It hovered for two hours before it moved out of site.

Note: There were no bright planets visible in the sky at the time of the sighting. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Argentina Lights

BUENOS AIRES A video was taken of maneuvering lights above the city on August 10, 2012. A young man took this footage of lights that seem to be making intelligent movements. If you observe carefully you will see that a tiny sphere accompanies the main object. Thanks to Italia-ufo Ufologia Parafisica [notification+za4s0_j9@facebookmail.com]

Australia Rocket

Ballarat I was at a farm for a friends (Bucks) on August 10, 2012.

I took a photo and saw a UFO in the picture.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Canada Unidentifiable flying craft in Newfoundland

Norris Arm -- My girlfriend and her friend were walking through town at about 10:47 pm on July 23, 2012, when my girlfriend's friend pointed at a slow flying object toward the far shore. It appeared to be a square or rectangular shaped object with four static red lights, four flashing light blue or white lights and three extremely powerful headlights that shone ten times the length of the object. My phone died on 40%.
We saw it flying for three minutes before it disappeared behind a hill. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Democratic Republic of the Congo Flying Saucer

I was traveling in the jungle by car in the Congo alone when my radio which had ceased working, started emitting sounds on July 25, 2012, at 8:20 PM. I heard a loud hum and looked up to see a hovering round saucer. There was a strange purple haze around the UFO. I grabbed my phone and took video of it. Then, it disappeared with a flash. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

El Salvador Disc

SAN SALVADOR -- Three friends and I went to my High School Graduation Dance in the capital city in Central America on November 7, 1976. We drove to Conchalio Beach about 11:45 PM; we were talking when a disk shaped object with a dome and lights all over came down and hovered for about 50 seconds. It was projecting a very intense light 400 feet away over the water. It started spinning with many colorful lights on it and the big light started a twist on the water. It suddenly disappeared into the ocean. We did not see any splash because the water was moving around like creating a tunnel or hole in the water.

That morning I mentioned the UFO to hotel employees who told me that happens very often and no one makes a big deal of it. NOTE: The above image is a rendering. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org

Jamaica Light

Negril -- Thirty circular crimson lights were seen traveling northwest over the Atlantic Ocean on July 18, 2012. The lights appeared to be a circular shape and most appeared to an equal distance apart from each other. The observer is a retired Facilities Director and Teacher. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Russia Triangle Lights

The lights were filmed in Russia on August 10, 2012.

Italia-ufo Ufology Parafisica [notification+za4s0_j9@facebookmail.com]

UK/England Light

Bishop Auckland -- I was driving home from work in Etherley, county Durham in northeast England on August 3, 2012, about 10:05 PM. I saw an unusual looking thing in the sky because it was quite beautiful. It looked like a large electric blue colored star, but it was too cloudy to see the stars.

I was driving on a road that twists and turns, and the object appeared to be moving above the trees. I eventually pulled over by Witton Castle and got out of my car for about ten minutes. Just above a field was a blue-green object moving towards me. It seemed very close about the size of a basketball, it was spherical and all this blue -green color was very bright. It moved vertically straight up and changed to bright red, then it moved down and away from me and turned blue-green again. Then it moved towards me and went vertically up again and turned red every time it changed direction. It was totally bizarre.

It was very close at times intensely bright then rushed away and shot up turned red and came back again. I got frightened and called my wife on my mobile phone and was describing what I was seeing and she said film it.

My battery was flashing it needed charging and when I looked up again it had gone. When I finally decided to drive home, I felt so strange and didn't know what happened to me. Thanks to MUFON CMS

LONDON -- There was one black/grey, curved-triangular shaped vehicle in the sky on August 19, 2012 at 2:09 AM. It was going four times faster than a jet with two white lights horizontally and two smaller ones in the middle, vertically.

It's a very dark night and I am 100% confident this was in fact a UFO sighting. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take a photo, but this is exactly the same as what I saw:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/.

UFO Conferences

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It still doesn’t add up

Nearly two months after announcing on “Coast To Coast AM” radio that he’d seen proof of the Roswell UFO crash/recovery languishing in the CIA’s historical archives, retired prominent agent Chase Brandon continues to promote the story. He was at it again early Monday morning (EDT) on Don Ecker’s “Dark Matters” podcast.

Cynics have charged that Chase Brandon's Roswell revelations were timed to coincide with the release of the ex-CIA agent's sci-fi novel in June/CREDIT: cryptosconundrum.com

In this latest update, we learn that Brandon has not been contacted or personally reprimanded by his former employer, despite the CIA having issued an official rebuke in July (“Our historians have found nothing in the Agency’s holdings to corroborate Mr. Brandon’s specific claims”). Brandon actually defended the Agency he so clearly loves by saying its position is entirely plausible. The last time he visited what had once been the CIA’s Historical Intelligence Collection, the facility had been completely overhauled since 1998-99, when he discovered the cardboard box marked “Roswell.” All those dusty antiquities and artifacts had been relocated to make room for 21st-century upgrades and digitization.

“I have no idea where it went,” said Brandon, who added the entire inventory back then was declassified to anyone who worked for the Agency. “Unless somebody knew where it went, I don’t see how anybody could check what was in there.”

Well yeah, no reasonable person should expect the CIA to know what it did with anything in its own archives. And the dolly-jockeys who physically relocated the material to wherever — they were probably minimum-wage Manpower winos for whom a box labeled “Roswell” would mean absolutely bupkis. They probably just tossed it out with the Coke bottles.

Brandon said he didn’t share his news about The Discovery of A Lifetime with colleagues because “we operate on a need-to-know basis.” Ecker responded, “You just said it wasn’t classified.” Brandon said, well, it was actually more like personal self-policing, since professing an interest in UFOs would mean “you’re looney as a $3 bill.”

On the other hand, Brandon said that since going public in June, he’s received emails from other CIA retirees who claimed to have seen the Roswell box as well. On the other hand (how many hands are we allowed?), Brandon maintains the Agency can’t be accused of covering up Roswell because Roswell occurred in July of ‘47 and the CIA wasn’t formed until September.

De Void has sent queries to Bill Clinton and former administration deputies Webb Hubbell and John Podesta to see how they’d handle this revelation were they still calling the shots in the White House. The Clintons went looking for exactly what Brandon claims to have found and struck out. It’s difficult to believe they wouldn’t want an audience with the discoverer of the elusive holy grail.

Btw, heads up — Ecker will make another pass at Brandon on tonight at “Dark Matters.”

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UFOS THAT REFUSE TO GO AWAY

Nick Pope, a former UFO investigator for the Ministry of Defence

Sunday August 19,2012

By Marco Giannangeli

A LEADING UFO expert yesterday admitted there may be as many as 12 genuine sightings every year in British skies.

Nick Pope, a former UFO investigator for the Ministry of Defence, confirmed that some of the 200-300 sightings reported every year were a genuine mystery.

It followed Richard Deakin, head of British Air Traffic Control, saying that on average one unexplained UFO is reported from control towers every month.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today yesterday, Pope said: “Most of the reports turned out to be misidentification of aircraft lights, weather balloons, meteors and satellites.

“It did leave us with one or two a month we found genuinely quite interesting.

“Of course, our mindset is it’s probably more likely to be Russian than Martian.”

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In special reports, this weeks files cover: Hellenkoetter Truth about UFOs. UFO crash investigator: Leonard Stringfield's research goes public, UFO Disclosure May Be Imminent, Mars, Obama says, Let me know if you see Martians," and Army Spy ship

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

Sightings of UFOs were also reported in Australia, Italy, Macedonia, New Zealand, and England in the United Kingdom.

The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world and in space. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over a thousand UFOs reported each month represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when London Control ordered me to intercept one over England while flying for the US Air Force. Under Project Blue Book, the US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years; and we continue this research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO's are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

Special Reports

Hellenkoetter Truth about UFOs

First CIA Director Rear Admiral Hillenkoetter, who was in on the entire study of Unidentified Flying Objects

From the very beginning, stated in his opinion in 1960 that:

"THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW. It is time for the truth to be brought out in open Congressional hearings... through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."

UFO crash investigator: Leonard Stringfield's research goes public

MUFON Executive Director David MacDonald made a tremendously important announcement at MUFONs Annual Symposium. This is a "blockbuster announcement concerning UFO discoveries." Stringfield (1920-1994) was an American Ufologist who worked with government and private agencies to track UFO reports and had a special interest in reports of crashed objects. Stringfield was the most knowledgeable researcher I ever had the pleasure of meeting at his home. We talked on the phone frequently. Dave announced that sixty volumes of "meticulous  UFO research over 30 years" by the late Ufologist Leonard H. Stringfield were donated to the MUFON and will be available to researchers. Leonard had numerous contacts at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and other important facilities and obtained invaluable data not available to 99.999 per cent of the military or intelligence agencies.

Photo of Leonard Stringfield (1920-1994) and your editor. He was an American Ufologist who took particular interest in crashed flying saucer stories. His contacts in the medical field gave him the first descriptions of the alien bodies allegedly recovered at Roswell or elsewhere. ^[1]

Stringfield's interest in the subject began August 28, 1945, just three days before the end of the war, when he was an Army Air Force intelligence officer en route to Tokyo, Japan, along with twelve other specialists in the Fifth Air Force. As they approached Iwo Jima at about ten thousand feet in a sunlit sky, Stringfield related:

"I was shocked to see three teardrop-shaped objects from my starboard-side window. They were brilliantly white, like burning magnesium, and closing in on a parallel course to our C-46. Suddenly our left engine feathered, and I was later to learn that the magnetic navigation-instrument needles went wild. As the C-46 lost altitude, with oil spurting from the troubled engine, the pilot sounded an alert; crew and passengers were told to prepare for a ditch! My last glimpse of the three bogies was above the transport flying in tight formation as they faded into a cloud bank. Instantly our craft's engine revved up, and we picked up altitude and flew a steady course to land safely at Iwo Jima."

In 1950, two very sincere people related flying saucer sightings to him. Stringfield then wrote: "`

Uneasy about the "rumored loss of Air Force interceptors chasing UFOs, the low-level green fireballs over Sweden and the Southwestern United States" and his own experience, Stringfield related he was concerned about the "intent" behind the probes.

In March 1954, he created Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO), and published a monthly newsletter, ORBIT. Stringfield was a guest of radio newscaster Frank Edwards and was deluged with newspapers, and radio stations wanting saucer news. Stringfield soon had 2500 paid subscribers to ORBIT. During the mid-1950s, CRIFO became the world's largest civilian UFO research group.

Then Stringfield wrote, "Also taking note of CRIFO was the Air Force."Stringfield said the Air Defense Command in Columbus, Ohio called him September 9, 1955, and wanted his cooperation in obtaining immediate sighting reports using his large network of sources. To his surprise, he was also informed that the Ground Observer Corps which was started to help report Soviet bombers and reconnaissance aircraft had been instructed to report UFO activity directly to him for screening. Stringfield who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio was essentially helping defend our country. He was then to call the ADC using a telephone code number ("Fox Trot Kilo 3-0 Blue") to report the better sightings. He was requested "not to ask any questions."

Stringfield obtained data on many of the best sightings. To his surprise, the Air Force cleared his reporting many sightings. Despite the official public denial of his work for the ADC, Stringfield wrote he received a letter in 1956 thanking him for his assistance from no less than Major General John A. Samford, director of Air Force Intelligence shown here Ufologist. He also received a letter in 1955 from Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, shown standing, who was the director of the Air Force's public UFO investigation Project Blue Book from 1951-1953.

Captain Ruppelt praised The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, and the report-collecting net Stringfield had established. Stringfield was provided significant UFO information by various officials who felt the public had a right to know.

Stringfield's relationship with the ADC during this period is recounted in his 1957 book "Inside Saucer Post, 3-0 Blue" and in his 1977 book "Situation Red."The forward was written by Donald Keyhole.

In 1957, Stringfield became public relations adviser for the newly formed civilian UFO group NICAP under the direction of Donald Keyhoe, a friend of his since 1953. He held the post until 1972, at which point he continued his private UFO research.

It was during the 1970s that Stringfield began collecting witness accounts of UFO crash recoveries, including alien bodies. Many of these stories centered on activities at nearby Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio.

Stringfield first publicly reported his "crash/retrieval" findings at the 1978 MUFON Symposium. He said he received two death threats beforehand, but was never sure who was behind them or how serious they were. Thereafter, he self-published seven "Status Reports" on new crash-retrieval research until his death in 1994. From 1967-1969, Stringfield served as an "Early Warning Coordinator" for the so-called Condon Committee, the government sponsored scientific UFO investigation. His job, like his earlier one for the ADC, was to screen and report all UFO activity in southwestern Ohio. He told me he knew heads of state, and actor Jackie Gleason who was taken to Homestead Air Force Base by President Nixon to see aliens.

Also when Grenada Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy proposed the establishment of a UFO research agency within the United Nations in 1978, during the 32nd General Assembly General Assembly of the UN, Stringfield served as his adviser. Sir Eric Gairy claimed a UFO had crashed on the Island of Grenada and he had observed the wreckage and a tall alien body. The United State s was the sole U.N. member nation, which unsuccessfully attempted to block that 1978 UN E.T. resolution. He was disposed by a Communist Government while testifying at the United Nations.

In October of 1983, President Reagan ordered the invasion of Grenada to rescue 800 American students at the U.S.-run St. George's University School of Medicine. Allegedly, part of the reason to attack Grenada was to obtain the crashed UFO and alien bodies. The date of the invasion is now a national holiday in Grenada, cal led Thanksgiving Day, Privately, Stringfield worked as Director of Public Relations and Marketing Services for DuBois Chemicals, a division of Chemed Corporation, Cincinnati. He died December 18, 1994 after a long battle with lung cancer. I spoke to him hours before he died. Leonard was a wonderful man who knew the most about UFOs of any man I ever met. http://en.wikipedia.org/

UFO Disclosure May Be Imminent.

Navy Commander C.B. Scott Jones Ret. claims disclosure is Imminent in Bridges Magazine. A former Naval Intelligence Officer and Senior Staffer to U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, he allegedly visited China and saw their captured alien craft. From the current issue of  ISSSEEM's Bridges Magazine 2012

That Extra Terrestrial (ET) contact is real is a non-issue for more than half of the worlds nuclear-capable countries but only for a highly select group of people within those countries.

France and the United Kingdom (members of the European Space agency), Russia, China, India, and the United States have placed photo and radar imaging satellites around the moon and have already seen ET bases on its avert side. In New Delhi, I had a very guarded conversation with a government space scientist. The walls of his office had a number of high resolution photographs from Indias lunar satellite, Chandrayaan-1 ("moon vehicle" in Sanskrit). These photographs were from the more than 70,000 three dimensional images taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera. He comfortably deflected my suggestions that India may have learned much more than they had shared with the public.

We are on the brink of challenging the worlds consensus reality.

I believe with high confidence that one specific seminal event will take place in 2012, although the date of this event is not currently known. This is because of the large number of variables associated with it, and the powerful energy focused upon it by groups with opposing desires and intentions. The emotional field that surrounds it is enormous as vested interests compete to achieve their goals. The event will be an unambiguous disclosure that from the most ancient times, and very specifically in the modern era, earth and extraterrestrial cultures have been in intimate contact.

Disclosure will present the world with a great challenge because the opposing interests might take advantage of the cultural mindset that views ETs as a threat to us accompanied by invasion, war, and the end of our planet. Hollywood movies and science fiction books have long presented us with images of disaster in the wake of contact by other beings, images that fuel dangerous assumptions and might initiate harmful action. It has become part of the human predicament that we all too often view the "other," ANY other, as a hostile force that must be defeated.

But the truth is that this contact holds great promise for all of us. Advanced technologies that might solve some of our problems could be supplied by far-advanced civilizations. For example, they might provide us with the means to produce sufficient, sustainable energy that would allow us to stop warring over our diminishing supplies and to give up our reliance on polluting methods for producing power.

A close friend, John Petersen, with high credentials as a bold and rational futurist, (yes, that is an authorized combination) in a forward to the recently published book Infinite Energy Technologies, has written about the vital importance of access to energy: In physical terms, there is no more fundamental and basic influence on the way we live and behave than the availability and form of energy that we use. Every aspect of our lives, food, clothing, shelter and transportation . . . and therefore every derivative activity (work, government, recreation, etc.) changes when the affordable source of energy changes.

The Outer Space Security and Development Treaty of 2012 

Last year, Carol Rosin asked me to join her in creating a treaty designed to keep space free from nuclear weapons. It stated, in part:

The Outer Space Security and Development Treaty of 2012 establishes a framework and procedures to assure that space will be a neutral realm from which all classes of weapons are banned and from which no hostile action shall be taken toward Earth or the surrounding Cosmos.
This Treaty invites Nation States to become Signatories to this Treaty and invites all parties, including Nation States, Indigenous Nations and Cosmic Cultures, to commit to plan and assist in the orderly development and implementation of a framework and procedures that will assure and verify that space is and will remain a neutral realm from which all classes of space-based weapons are banned in perpetuity.

This is followed by very specific reasons for Cosmic Cultures to be involved and the Treaty states that we:

• Acknowledge that we are not alone in the universes, that there are Cosmic Cultures that will be important allies for our security and development, and that our national and  international policies must reflect this reality,
• Acknowledge that from the beginning of nuclear weapons testing, extraterrestrial craft have demonstrated a capability to selectively shut down communications and/or the power of participating operational units, and have appeared over ICBM fields in several countries causing non-destructive failure of dozens of ICBMs taking them out of operational status for days,
• Realize that the demonstrated capability of extraterrestrial cultures from the multiuniverse to neutralize any missile or nuclear capability is in itself not a threat message, but does serve notice of our limited understanding of physics and the clearly dangerous consequences of continuing to use destructive technologies,
• Affirm that the possibility of reclaiming a peaceful future for humankind and a safe environment on Earth is intimately linked with curbing our violence toward each other and Earth, and with preparing to survive as Gaea heals herself, and that counsel and support from Cosmic Civilizations thousands of years our senior would be exceedingly helpful.

This position already has support from a number of powerful nations, and it provided an opportunity to introduce an ET element in a positive way. The ETs have the technology to verify whether any satellite launched from Earth carries a weapon or is associated with targeting or launching a weapon from space. The idea to make Cosmic Cultures parties to the treaty was given as a gentle thought and I credit Monitor, who is channeled by Harvey Grady, for the idea.

Monitor has identified himself as a Pleiadean, a member of an extraterrestrial group willing to communicate with Earth. I regard him as a highly sentient being with interest and concern about the future of planet Earth and all the life it supports. That is the basis of trust in our relationship. My broader ET experiences and relationships span my eighty-three-years and include important contacts with the so-called Grays, both the tall and short types.

When I have presented the treaty to various countries for their consideration, several obvious issues arose. The first, almost predictably concerned evidence of the reality of ETs, and their contact with earth. Closely following that were concerns about trust and true intentions of cultures with such superior technologies.

I consider the inclusion of Cosmic Cultures as parties to the Space Treaty to be an essential component to make the Treaty a viable and verifiable instrument. It also will be more than a small step towards disclosure when the first nation signs the Treaty, and there are other steps being proposed on this path.

It is not reasonable to expect the U.S. to make a disclosure announcement unless forced by the ETs, or until the current policy of silence, denial and disinformation becomes dysfunctional and the U.S. is no longer garnering the profit and power that the current policy supports. Additionally, there is a considerable probability that if the U.S. does make a disclosure announcement, it will be with a threat spin attached. The earth deserves better than this, and I have a short list of countries that I think can do the job. The first two on the list are China and India.

For more than twenty-years I have been in a dialogue with China, urging them to take a lead in disclosure. The last serious discussion I had with a member of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ended with his comment, "When the United States makes the disclosure announcement, China will be a close second."

Very recently I have passed to China an additional proposal, another gift from the ETs. If China or any other nuclear power is willing to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction in their military inventory, the ETs will provide that country with a nation-wide, non-polluting energy system and security from all threats of attacks by weapons of mass destruction. From a disclosure perspective this weapons for energy and security offer is much more powerful than the space treaty partnership with the ETs. For example, if Pakistan accepted that proposal it would neutralize any nuclear threat from India, and make India much more concerned about what that means vis-a-vis a nuclear deterrence with China. This raises the potential of a cascade of accepting the energy for weapons offer within a region of nuclear power nations.

The ETs are certainly mindful of the multifaceted political, economic social, religious and other consequences of disclosure to Earth. However, it now appears that they are pushing the issue for reasons that are very clear to them, and less so for most humans. A reasonable explanation is that Earth is approaching a cycle of well-known geo-physical events involving massive earthquakes and volcanic activity, and the message is that you are going to need each other in cooperative ways to assure that the Earth experiment is not extinguished.

What has become dangerously irrational and hazardous to our survival is denial of the existence of our extraterrestrial ancestors and their contact with us from the dawn of humanity on Earth. Click HERE to go to the ISSSEEM Bridges Magazine 2012

Mars

Norman Bryden writes, "Will the Mars Curiosity Rover reveal conditions for life on Mars? That's the 2.5 billion-dollar question. Life is shown to have existed on Mars from the data collected by the Mars Global Surveyor. Extraordinary evidence of complex geometry is apparent in the images showing that Mars had been inhabited by intelligent life. The image below shows what appears to be a Martian travel system? The Surveyor photographed a grid pattern approximately 1. 5 km wide."

http://www.marsstructures.com/00010007.html

Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera 

R09-04155

Image width: 512 pixels

Latitude of image center: 83.25S Longitude of image center: 260.03W

Data: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/r03_r09/images/R09/R0904155.html

Some of the travel system is divided into two lanes.

Under close inspection roads, supports, pillars and bridges have been identified.

http://www.marsstructures.com/00050004.html

Image ID (picno): S08-01747

Image start time: 2005-07-16T13:56:03.57 SCET

Image width: 672 pixels

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Latitude of image center: 73.63S

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New Pyramid found on Mars.

Considering the condition of some of the structures it's probable that Mars is still inhabited. Communities of buildings and cities are visible. Scientists could work together to inform the world of intelligent life in the universe based on the evidence. If they truly want to know about life in the universe they should acknowledge the cities discovered on Mars. Please consider the research and I wish the best for the current Mars mission. Thanks to Norman Bryden http://www.marsstructures.com/

Obama tells Mars rover's team: Let me know if you see Martians

President Obama has made curious remarks about Curiosity Rover landing on Mars.

"If in fact you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away," Obama said during the call, which was placed from Air Force One to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "I've got a lot of things on my plate, but I expect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they're just microbes, it will be pretty exciting."

Obama praised the team for their "mind boggling" accomplishment, noting that landing the rover took "76 pyrotechnics going off in perfect succession and the 500,000 lines of code working exactly the way you guys had ordered them."

He said Curiositys success will help lay the groundwork for a human mission to Mars in the future.

Carolyn Kaster/AP

A photographer captured a celestial effect as President Obama campaigned in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

"Somebody asked me the other day whether you've already found Martians," Obama joked. "I told them we have to give you a little bit of time."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-tells-nasa-team-amazing-curiosity-rover-landing-awesome-mohawk-article-1.1136125#ixzz23ZYPaTG0

Editors Note: Do not be surprised if the President announces microbial life on Mars.

Army Spy ship

Spy blimp made its maiden voyage over New Jersey Thursday.

The $517 million hybrid aircraft passed its latest milestone over Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey where the German airship Hindenburg crashed in 1937. Designed by Northrop Grumman, the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV demonstrated g successful takeoff and landing.

As large as a football field, the blimp uses just ten percent of the fuel used by traditional aircraft and can at a time. The military plans on using the LEMV as a spy vehicle that carries a bevy of electronic surveillance equipment.

It can carry seven tons of cargo. It travels at 30mph, and can travel up to 2,400 miles or hover for three weeks. If all goes smoothly, the blimp is set to enter live trials in Afghanistan in 2013.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/14/us-army-py-blimp-makes-first-successful-flight-test-above-new-jersey/#ixzz23aLUCuIU

17-08-2012 om 23:21 geschreven door peter  

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Sightings in the United States

Ca lifornia Disc

ROSEVILLE -- On August 4th at approximately 5 pm. took a picture of the clouds and an impending thunderstorm. Reviewed the picture on my phone before downloading to FB and saw it had a UFO on it. I often see UFOs in this same area, surrounding the Roseville Ca. Rail Yard/Fairgrounds. Its bigger than the neighbors dish on their home, going very fast at an angle. You can see it has a green light in the middle and it is electrified with a currant of light around it. It is solid and not a bird or plane. I watch the skies every night and this is a very active area! Hardly a night goes by I dont see something, silent flares, bright light then fade, zigzags, and flashes. A couple days before this at dusk I saw a slow moving hovering craft with a huge slow flashing light on the top with many red and white strobe flashes. I called my son outside and he saw it clearly and said, "Yup its a UFO." He walked back in the house unaffected. It took 20 minutes to move across the sky it was so slows! I was so lucky to get this picture! Thanks to MUFON CMS

Joshua Tree -- I live in Joshua Tree, California and on my way home I saw orange bright lights at 10:19 PM, on August 6, 2012. I thought it was the moon, but as I got closer they were individual lights and bright. I got a few pictures. Once I took the last picture the lights dimmed one by one. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Colorado Cylinder

I took this photo on the July 5, 2012 at 10:36 pm facing east. What you are looking at is a waning moon rising through smoked filled clouds because of all the forest fires here in Colorado. I got more than just the Moon. My wife was with me. I use a tripod mounted camera and a timer delay. Neither of us saw anything when I took this photo. I used a long exposure around 1.5s, so that object had to hang there motionless for the full exposure. All the Best Robert

Note: May be aircraft due to time delay photo.

Florida Triangle

St. Petersburg -- I want to first state that after about 1 minute after seeing the hovering UFO I was starting to doubt myself August 8, 2012, about 10:45 PM. It was almost a plane like object with three lights, but it was longer by a fair bit and way thinner. It then went forward then to the left and was gone shortly after.

The wings were in proportion to the UFO but were far back. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Miami Beach -- I work at Mt. Sinai Hospital and sleep in my car in the employee parking lot, which overlooks the bay. I decided to throw rocks in the water and looked up to see three orbs in the sky forming a triangle. I got my camera, and snapped six pictures. Then my camera went dead. I had just recharged the battery and had only taken about 35 pictures total. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Indiana Orbs

BLANFORD Richard Bondira has been photographing UFOs on clear nights since January 2012.

He sent me dozens of photographs of UFO that he has filmed over the last six months. As many as ten or more UFOs can be seen on some nights. They mostly hover, or maneuver, spin around, or go straight up. They usually come from the southeast heading northwest. Thanks to Richard Bondira

Kentucky Disc

WEST POINT -- I viewed the object over my sky watch camera on August 10, 2012.

It was bright and fast and changed directions fast.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Missouri Many UFO Witnesses - Shoots Light Beam

Jackson -- KFVS12 TV news August 12, 2012, reported a mass UFO sighting in Missouri by numerous witnesses.

At first I thought it could be lanterns, but these lights were in a straight line as if attached to something.
The object beamed down light at the witnesses, and Chinese lanterns dont do that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTqMLllXGxY

New Jersey Orange Spheres

West Orange -- My son and I pulled into our driveway at 11:05 pm, on A ugust 4, 2012, and witnessed 10 - 12 orange glowing spheres passing between the townhomes to our right and our building (approximately 80 degrees of sightline)at a slow pace. They did not blink but did appear to pulsate slightly (perhaps due to atmosphere). I can not estimate how far away they were but were the size of a pencil eraser from our vantage point and silent. I was unable to get a photo of the objects. I witnessed two spheres continuing their eastward trek until I lost sight of them. Once we saw the whole "parade" I was thinking UFO as the objects flew out of sight.

Atco -- I was driving my minivan with my boyfriend down this road in a wooded area and saw these bright lights in the sky coming from the same craft on May 17, 2003. We were both pretty scared as we headed toward the craft that was 70 feet off the ground. It had five lights in the front/center of the craft that were pointed straight ahead. It was flying slowly. The lights changed direction and pointed directly up into the sky as the craft followed suit and zoomed up. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org

New York Orbs

NEW YORK CITY

Caught flashing UFO before aerosol haze drift. Spray planes moved in on sighting location within minutes.

UFO August 2012 NYC www.youtube.com

Oregon Photos

Eugene -- I noticed while reviewing photos. Object top photo toward the right on May 15, 2012

Thanks to MUFON CMS

On August 8th, 2012, at 2:30 am while going to sleep my eyes caught notice of a bright twinkling light in the sky. It changed colors and brightness similar to a diamond shines when you rotate it under a light. Sometimes it seemed that the lights followed a line and other times the lights were more bundled together. Predominant colors were white and red/pink. There was no rhythm to the flashing. It was quite a distance away, but bigger than any star in the sky, but small enough that I could cover it with an aspirin.
It just kind of bumbled around in an area I could cover with quarter. The movement was irregular and sometimes jarring. Thanks to MUFON CMS

I noticed this object while coming home from work on August 8, 2012. It appeared to be a disco ball or Kaleidoscope of colors. No start or stop to the colors, just a more or less melting of rainbow colors. It was

NE and didnt blink, but blur from color to color. It was very detailed using my weakest eye piece that is a tad more powerful than 10 x 50 binoculars. There is another one nightly that is NW same altitude and appearance. Thanks to MUFON CMS

ERIE -- I went outside to watch the ISS go overhead and take some photographs. About 2 minutes before it showed up, I spotted the UFO. It was equilateral triangular shaped, with small white lights at each of the corners and a larger red light in the center. As it passed, I heard a jet engine noise from the craft. 

I did not spot anything that made it look like a conventional craft. There were no navigation lights, no flashing strobe, and the one large red light seemed to be under the craft. I did not see any windows, expect maybe when I first spotted it, but as the craft went overhead, whatever the windows might have been disappeared from view. The craft was traveling at the same apparent speed as a high altitude passenger aircraft. As the ISS came into view, the UFO went behind some cumulus clouds and vanished from view.
I tried to take a photograph of it, but it was too dark. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Texas Rectangle

Cedar Park -- As usual I went outback around 8:00 PM, on August 8, 2012, and saw different shapes in the sky with bright red and glowing yellow light hovering above the trees next store. After watching for five minutes I tried taking unsuccessful photos but I do have a drawing.

After ten minutes I heard some weird sound like a door opening in space. I looked at the object and it projected a white beam of light at the trees and all its lights turned off. After twenty minutes of hovering the red and yellow lights came back on and it took off into the sky. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Washington Orb

Spokane I was driving home at 9:30 pm , on August 9, 2012, and saw a hovering bright orange light in the sky. I said, "What is that?" My mother who was driving couldnt see anything; a tree obstructed the view. Once we passed the tree the light was visible once again. It was a glowing ball of fire almost, appeared very round, but had a haze of transparent orange surrounding it. She stopped the car; as six more appeared bright, large, and identical. I grabbed my phone and snapped a shot that only picked up one of the seven lights as they flew off. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Wisconsin Lights

Appleton -- I just happened to look up in the sky on August 8, 2012, last night (9ish) when I saw some blinking lights, strobbing in different colors. It rapidly changed its path from coming right towards me. My wife said, "Its just a guy trying to learn how to fly". I said. "No airplanes can zig and zag like that." She then said, "Go get the camera". It went right over our house at about 750 feet silently. The object just kept zigzagging until we couldnt see it. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Australia Triangle

Cleveland , Queensland -- I was out in the backyard tending to our dogs when I looked up and noticed one pink/orange light in the sky on July 29, 2012, at 6:40 PM. It was moving more slowly than the planes that I often see and was not blinking or flashing the way plane lights do. I watched it head southwest when two similar lights came into my field of view.

The first light stopped to wait for the other two lights which slid into place forming the three points of a triangle all moving slowly and silently southwest. I called my mother out to watch them and she agreed how strange they were. She said it looked like the head lights of a very large but invisible plane. They may have been Chinese lanterns; however, there was absolutely no flickering or wavering of the lights of any kind. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Vancouver -- This object seemed to have two points of light or orbs stuck together with night vision on August 9, 2012, and would tumble back and forth. The object was high in the sky moving west slowly. I was wondering if it was in orbit. I spotted an object a few days ago about 1000 feet high and looked similar with a pulsating light bright enough to be picked up with night vision. It would have to be quite large as well to be this bright. It pulsates and gets brighter, two orbs or spheres makes me wonder what it could be. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Italy Discs

Dragona

30.07.2012 verso le ore 10 — with  Maurizio Sbroglia and  13 others at  Dragona. http://www.facebook.com/massimo.segnidalcielo/map

Milan -- Our friend Antonio has posted photographs of a UFO on his Facebook profile of August 8, 2012. The photographs depict an object which suddenly changes shape and direction of flight. Antonio video captures UFOs with his CANON camera of activity above his home. http://www.segnidalcielo.it/2012/08/milano-antonio-urzi-fotografa-un-UFO/

Macedonia Flying Saucer Right above Me!

Bitola On July 14. 2012, I saw a disc for the third time in two months. The first time a friend saw a disc with some red and blue lights flashing below it. A couple days ago my girlfriend and I saw a very bright white light. We thought it was a radio transmitter tower on the hill, but after a couple minutes the light started to move and blink and disappeared.

I got my binoculars and bought a telescope to keep in my car in case it came again. Ten days later the same light appeared again. So my girlfriend took the binoculars and I got the telescope to search the sky. I spotted a disc shaped UFO coming toward us at the height a chopper flies. My girlfriend spotted a disc with red, blue, and white lights with the binoculars. I saw a pyramid shaped craft with very bright white lights in 1995 when an earthquake hit our town. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

New Zealand UFOs

R. L. Pinfold writes, "Hi again from New Zealand...These guys can turn up almost anywhere! This one literally across the road, just off our beach....proves that ANYONE can chance upon them. This one was caught maybe a year ago, on Google "Streatview. ''This one, is a researchers delight, as the camera-car`s distance travelled down our road (1.5miles), at 30 mph with literally thousands of high quality images of the"X37"-like object, seen leaving the sea surface two miles offshore. It is possible to capture it`s progress across the bay, to cross the beach and adjacent to our base."

Anyone, can access the current form of "Steetview"...type in the address: 104 Marine Parade, Otaki Beach, New Zealand..S40.758,E175.100...then align the view seaward...locate the "Dot" above the horizon, then proceed north along to the end of the road...you will need the zoom function...We`ve attached a frame captured half way along the road. Kindest regards, R.L.Pinfold, South Pacific Research (SPR),

United Kingdom , Wales Sphere

Barmouth -- Whilst on holiday I took photographs of the sky and later noticed a circular shaped sphere below the sun on July 28, 2012, at 7:37 AM, on my phone. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

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17-08-2012 om 23:18 geschreven door peter  

Notorious ‘Area 51′ book being adapted for television

Jason McClellan | Jul 27, 2012

AMC has ordered a pilot episode for a scripted dramatic television series about the secretive military installation in Nevada known as Area 51. And the basis for this show will be Annie Jacobsen’s book Area 51, an uncensored history of America’s TOP SECRET military base.

Area 51 book cover. (Credit: Little, Brown and Company)

Jacobsen reportedly interviewed more than nineteen men who worked at Area 51 for her book that “explores the myths about the area and those who believe that region is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems and nuclear facilities, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This book, published in May 2011, met with harsh criticism because of many questionable assertions made by Jacobsen. Most notably was the inclusion of an explanation for what crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. She claims an anonymous witness informed her that the craft recovered at Roswell was actually an advanced German aircraft, and that the bodies recovered from the crash were children that had been mutilated by infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. This craft was allegedly ordered over the U.S. by Joseph Stalin, hoping to trick Americans into thinking it was an extraterrestrial spacecraft, which would result in a mass panic similar to the one caused by the 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Many doubt the veracity of this Roswell story, including ABC reporter Bill Weir. Weir also interviewed this anonymous witness, but says the witness asserts he did not make all of the claims laid out in the book. The former Area 51 employees interviewed by Jacobsen have also stated how they feel betrayed, and they feel that certain fictitious elements, including the Roswell story, were added to bolster book sales.
The controversy surrounding Jacobsen and her book doesn’t seem to bother AMC, however, and the cable network has even tapped Jacobsen to serve as a co-producer of the show. Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd will reportedly executive produce, and Todd E. Kessler (The Good Wife) will create the script.
The Hollywood Reporter describes that Area 51, the show, “will take place in the 1950s-1960s and will focus on those who work at the base and protect the country’s secrets — including the remains of the alleged alien crash at Roswell.”
Although it has been less than a decade since the government acknowledged the existence of Area 51, there is already a wealth of information provided by former base workers about the base itself, and about formerly top-secret projects that took place there. Many former workers have shared their stories with the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. With this information, the museum opened an Area 51 exhibit this year titled Area 51: Myth or Reality? Perhaps a wiser decision for AMC would have been to work with the National Atomic Testing Museum, a Smithsonian-affiliated museum, rather than with the author of such a controversial book.
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Tags: aliens, AMC, Annie Jacobsen, Area 51, Extraterrestrial, Featured, hollywood, Roswell, television, tv

17-08-2012 om 23:13 geschreven door peter  

More Time Wasted with National Geographic's "Chasing UFOs"

by Robert Sheaffer

While at the two recent conferences in Reno and Las Vegas (see the previous Blog entry), I had occasion to explain to several people that the latest turd-TV offering from the National Geographic Channel, Chasing UFOs, had succeeded in doing something that never has been done before: UFO proponents and UFO skeptics all agree that the show is absurd, a travesty of "UFO investigation" that makes everyone look bad. Indeed, some UFO proponents think that because the show is so bad, it must be a government plot  to embarass UFO researchers!  Hard-core UFO proponent Robert Hastings quite appropriately says the show is "investigation as farce."  He says that its "entertainment-based formula may best be described as Blair Witch Project meets Inspector Clouseau. If the show’s producers are not secretly in cahoots with some intelligence agency to make legitimate UFO research look bad, by association, they have certainly achieved that outcome inadvertently."

was the UFO a spider web reflection?

Episode 3, "Alien Cowboys," is set in Colorado, where they begin by investigating the Tim Edwards UFO video of 1995.  The Chasers are suitably impressed by this video. So far as I know there has been no skeptical investigation of this video. Bruce Maccabee analyzed it, but came to no conclusions about what it is. "Abovetopsecret" user ALLisONE posted a photo comparing the "UFO" in Edwards' video to the sun's reflection on a spider-thread, and so far that's the best explanation I have seen. The changing shape and size of the object certainly suggests a reflection. The smaller white objects (baby UFOs?) are suggested by some to be insects, but to me they look like little dandelion "puffs", small seed packets being scattered in the wind.

They meet with Chuck Zukowski, who investigates alleged "cattle mutilations." I heard Zukowski speak at the International UFO Congress in February, and posted the following in a Blog entry of February 22:

The sessions began Wednesday morning with Chuck Zukowski talking about the joy of slicing up dead cattle that the aliens have already sliced and diced - that way, he can study their handiwork. He showed some gruesome photos, adding that he always brings his three kids when he investigates a mutilation, so that they can help out. He claims to sometimes detect substantial EMF fields emanating from mutilated cows, and speculates that it is a residual field from some alien device. I am wondering why the field does not dissipate away at the speed of light.

Zukowski explained that his website is www.ufonut.com, because this is what people call him. He said that mutilations seem to follow the cattle of certain ranchers, even if the rancher moves. I would think that what follows a rancher is the propensity to attribute slightly unusual predation patterns to extraterrestrials. He has discovered that mutilations and paranormal events are most common at 37 degrees north latitude, creating a belt of weird stuff running clear across the country. In the Q&A session, the question came up as to whether the aliens might be abducting cattle to create a race of "hybrid fetuses." Chuck thought that might be true. Can this be the explanation for the aliens' bizarre obsession with the nether parts of cattle - the creation of an alien/cattle hybrid? Now that truly bends the mind!

Somehow to me the image of Zukowski's three children romping about while he pores over a mutilated cow seemed delightfully surreal, but Chuck assures us in a comment below that his children are young adults, so their presence is surely more understandable. Soon it's time for the three Chasers, plus Zukowski, to put on the "prosthetic devices" and stumble around in the dark looking for mutilated cows, since it's obviously easier to find dead cows at night than when the sun is out. But just as they discover a herd of live cows from its infrared signature (guys, a dead cow won't radiate heat!), another near-encounter with a wild animal, this time a mountain lion, sends them scrambling back with no alien evidence.

They next visit UFO raconteur Stan Romanek, one of the least-credible persons in all UFOlogy. At this year's International UFO Congress I heard Romank deliver one of the most ridiculous talks on UFOs I'd ever heard. I posted:

Stan is the guy who became famous when he posted to YouTube a video of an alien peeping in his window. Soon others were posting alien Peeping Tom videos of their own, many of them better than Romanek's. He told about how he started to have sightings of UFOs a few years back, and soon they were following him around. Before long, big-headed aliens are playing peek-a-boo in the windows of his home. Then the ETs were replaced by as many as nine alien hybrid little girls, who intrude upon his telephone calls, and also play now-you-see-me-now-you-don't. One of them is Lisa's daughter from a previous UFO abduction. Stan gets a few not-quite-clear photos of strange-looking little girls, whose images probably have been Photoshopped to give them ET features.

Stan injured himself falling off a ladder, and was going to get corrective surgery. However, before the operation he was abducted by ETs, and his injury was miraculously healed, to the astonishment of his doctor. Before finishing his talk, he mentioned in passing that someone had anonymously mailed him actual photos of the true Roswell crash debris, and he flashed them tantalizingly on the screen. Stan Romanek is a one-man paranormal factory, and I suspect these wild claims will just keep piling up for many years.

Afterward while Romanek was at his table in the vendors' room (he and his wife now have three books of wild UFO claims), I introduced myself to him, and gave him my "Bad UFOs" card. I asked him why the aliens were following him around. We chatted very briefly when somebody (probably his wife) must have whispered, "don't talk to that guy." Suddenly it was, "I can't talk to you. You just bad-mouth people. Go away." I attempted to get a photo of him and his wife (others were doing so), but he turned his face away from me (how I regret not getting that image of Romanek avoiding the camera!). He said he'd have his lawyer sue me if I took a photo; I replied that was ridiculous, since he was a public figure in a public forum. So much for "UFO research!"

You guessed it: Romanek joins the UFO Chasers in their special Dark-Exploration Suits, and they stumble around not some desolate place, but in the suburban neighborhood where Romanek lives, looking for Extraterrestrials. I'm surprised they didn't have an Encounter with an ice cream truck. They don't find any ETs, but Ben spooks James by replicating the "peeping Tom alien" video, lying on the ground and holding up an alien mask.

The Roswell extraterrestrial tin can

In Episode 4, "UFO Landing Zone?", the UFO Chasers jump into "a race to investigate these [crash] claims." Well, it's only been 65 years since whatever it was happened at Roswell, so you'd better jump in before the trail grows cold. They stumble around in the dark, as usual, and get all excited over finding a piece of scrap metal, which only at the end is revealed to be "tin." Saucer debris, or the remains of some ranch hand's long-ago lunch? They also breathlessly find a military button, later identified as belonging to the U.S. Air Force. Too bad that the Air Force did not exist as a service until Sept. 18, 1947, more than two months after Roswell, and thus the button could not possibly have anything to do with any operation carried out in July of 1947. Roswell proponent Kevin Randle adds this about the button:

It seemed to be too good. The button I used for the photograph had not been buried, but only exposed to the open air for a couple of decades. It is tarnished to a bronze color. The button they found seemed to be nearly pristine. I would expect that if it had been buried for any length of time it would have degraded more than my button that had not.

The nearly-pristine post-Roswell Air Force Button

What this tells me is that the National Geographic has gone the same way as the Arts and Entertainment Channel, Bravo, History Channel and a couple of others....The point is that National Geographic is now more about ratings than research. It is about audience share and entertainment and not about finding the truth, whatever that truth might be. It is about superficial research that avoids asking the difficult questions or asking those who might actually have an answer.

 Exactly right. Randle also checked with the White Sands Missile Range about the supposed UFO crash video presented by Ted Loman that we see repeated over and over, research that The UFO Chasers could not bother to do. He was told that it was part of “an infrared shot of a Navy missile test." Case Closed, but by Randle, not by The UFO Chasers. 


And yet at this very moment another TV production company is seeking to cast "a new docuseries following Alien and UFO Researchers and Investigators. The show would be similar in concept to Ghost Hunters -- except with UFO and Alien findings." They explain, "We are looking to follow an existing team of Investigators," not even realizing that there is no such thing. Are they doing this because they believe Chasing UFOs to be a great show, or will they do a decent job of investigating UFO claims? I'd like to be optimistic about the show, but as a realist I'd have to say that the odds are against it.

17-08-2012 om 23:09 geschreven door peter  

The Return of The Incredible Green Fireballs: New Films of a UFO Mystery

By Anthony Bragalia
The Bragalia Files
7-17-12

     Nature provides man with wondrous atmospheric displays from comets to the Northern Lights. As awe-inspiring and infrequent as these phenomena are, they all have prosaic origins as explained by science. Much less understood (and far more rare) are the enigmatic Green Fireballs. The Green Fireball is often associated with historical sightings that occurred in areas like the State of New Mexico and near our National Laboratories, such as Sandia and Los Alamos. These unusually-behaved luminous balls of ethereal green were very different from conventional meteors and were seen to perform extraordinary aerial feats during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Military and intelligence authorities at that time even had a top-secret project called “Twinkle” whose objective was to trace the mysterious green fireballs plaguing Southwest skies in particular. Then for some inexplicable reason, appearances of the green balls of fire tapered down and “winked out.”
Or did they?

– Revealed here are remarkable images (recently found buried within NASA space footage archives) of a Green Fireball that seems to “follow” our astronauts.

– Striking and exceeding rare film has been located, also taken from space, where one can vividly see the strange Green Fireballs doing the impossible: exiting the earth’s atmosphere rather than entering it.

– High definition, non-hoaxed film taken this past Spring (with link below) clearly depicts a slow, “watchful” Green Fireball passing above excited witnesses for several minutes- not seconds. The object is comprised of matter but displays a luminous halo of “energy” and seems to change shape into a “diamond.”

– Documented recent reports referenced here that have been filed of Green Fireballs that wildly morph their appearance and “pace” their observers.

The glowing green balls are now exhibiting behavior so distinctly unnatural and never-before-seen that the conclusion draws near: Some of this phenomenon is intelligent and it is evolving in its revealed capability. It is able to mimic nature while traversing at will above us with a purpose unknown.

Green Fireballs: Natural and Artificial

Of course astronomers recognize the term “Green Fireballs” in conventional terms as naturally-occurring atmospheric events. Infrequently, shooting meteors of sufficient mass and velocity can create a “shockwave” hot enough to produce a Green Fireball. It is a cosmic phenomena associated with the color green that is caused in part by ionized oxygen (and is similar in color to that of a green aurora.) Recent research at Queensland University points to a possible connection to “ball lightning” electrical phenomenon as well. Sightings of most all such Green Fireballs can be accounted for in these (largely) understood, prosaic ways.

Only very occasionally ever filmed clearly, here we see a conventional “shooting” Green Fireball over Ocean Shores in 2008, towards the very end of this 44 second clip (incorrectly titled “UFO Green Fireball”- as it is indeed a green meteor):



A “conventional” Green Fireball is very simply a mass of stony or metallic matter that has fallen to earth from outer space. As can be seen in the above clip, it appears as a transient, fiery streak, otherwise known as a “falling star.”

But there are a core of sightings of Green Fireball-like phenomena that are distinctly different than conventional fireballs or green meteors - and that elude conventional explanation. It is this phenomenon that does not appear to find its origin with the realm of known atmospheric or celestial events. This unknown phenomenon was first noted officially and scientifically in 1948. Such illustrious scientists as astronomer Dr. Lincoln LaPaz (who was also involved in the Roswell crash investigation in 1947 according to multiple credible sources) initiated Green Fireball investigations utilizing expensive monitoring equipment (including an installation placed only 30 miles from the Roswell crash-involved Foster Ranch.) So concerned was the military that such sightings were occurring near rocketry and nuclear sites that a top secret conference was organized about the issue and attended by luminaries including Dr. Edward Teller. Opinions were divergent and studies, inconclusive.

In 1965 LaPaz privately confided to the Air Force’s Dr. J. Allen Hynek of Project Blue Book his last known word on the flying green balls: LaPaz was sure that certain fireballs’ anomalous characteristics were never really understood by himself or by officials- and that they did not behave like normal meteorites- and were most probably “artificial” in their origin. Despite best efforts, a certain class of Green Fireballs resisted all attempts at sustained filming and at determining trajectory- or in ever recovering any expected celestial debris. We have learned that this class of “artificial” Green Fireball phenomenon displays essential differences from “conventional” green meteors:

- They favor and cluster in specific geographic areas and sometimes near highly-sensitive locations.

- They appear episodically and even seem to “leave” us all together, only to reveal themselves again years later.

- They do not emit smoke trails (but sometimes have unusual ‘tails’).

- They change direction and angle of travel (sometimes sharply and abruptly, unlike conventional “shooting” meteoric phenomena).

- They have no impact sites and have never left any evidence of any type of their descent to earth.

- They do not always “shoot” or dart quickly, as they can also change their speed- and can sometimes maneuver far more slowly than meteors and other entering cosmic debris.

- They can possess “lime green” colorations that are not consistent with known celestial phenomena.

These anomalous characteristics left LaPaz and others forever perplexed. One can only wonder what they might think of their even more incredible aerial behavior today, documented on film.

- They travel impossibly upward and outward through our atmosphere and into space.

- They follow and track our astronauts.

- They can hover silently and with precision and even appear to even “watch” their observers.

- They can morph their shape.

The Green fireball That left The Earth To Follow The Astronauts - On Film

In scouring the deepest recesses of official NASA archived images online, located were photos and film of the Green Fireball taken from space that to my eyes are nothing short of astounding. And I was equally astounded that at least one other has also found the same thing.

In May of this year researcher Wilbur Allen spoke at a small conference which featured a call-in from his friend, Moon-walker Dr. Edgar Mitchell. Mr. Allen (who has professional interest in photography and was once employed as a White House engineer) delivered a presentation that included a brief segment of film that somehow made its way passed NASA censors. The film, taken by Apollo 7 in 1968, has been discovered to include clear moving images of a Green Fire Ball that is exiting –not entering- the Earth’s atmosphere. Further, it careens into space and is photographed by the astronauts! Allen notes yet another astronaut-filmed image of a Green Fireball in space which has received very little notice involving Buzz Aldrin- a man whose comments on ET have been both full of hints and contradictions. Allen also provides a striking comparative analysis of green fireballs using a solarization imaging technique.

You can see this very-little-viewed film here now, with the relevant portion beginning at about 1:58 of this 8 minute clip. It is best seen in a darkened room, full-screen at a minimally 480p quality resolution:



Below is a clear, still image of the Green Ball. (Excuse the crude box used to highlight the object. The NASA original is a much larger image not suitable to show here due to space constraints):

Green Fireball That Hovers, Follows Observers, and was Filmed!

For several minutes on October 9th, 2011, an excited Chicagoan and friends filmed a Green Fireball (that also morphed into a diamond-shape.) Shot clearly in 300X zoom, the resulting footage shows in astounding detail a flying Green Ball which possesses some kind of defined structure and which appears comprised of matter as well as a sort of high-state “energy.” The luminous aerial wonder changes shape and appears in ethereal green colors, encircled by a halo which is the hue of an ‘electric violet.’ The flight pattern is intentional and slow enough to be filmed for minutes- not seconds. See it yourself here in a little-mentioned 8-minute film, best viewed full-screen at minimally 480p quality resolution. You may wish to turn down the accompanying distracting ambient music:



The Green Balls of Fire Continue To Fly

A review of Green Fireball UFOs reported to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) shows that sightings of such phenomenon are on the rise and that their performance capabilities are evolving. Two notable, documented examples:

- In January of 2012 (MUFON Case # 34457) in New Mexico (a state long favored by the Green Fireballs) witnesses sighted one descending toward them. Then remarkably, its position suddenly changed to one of flying level. It then morphed its shape from a fireball into a slightly shiny V-shaped object and out of view! This is reminiscent of the filmed October 2011 episode above, where the “ball” becomes a “diamond” shape.

- In March of 2010 (MUFON Case # 22579) we learn of a report filed by a married couple in Florida who are described as “astronomy fans” who have seen many meteors. This green one however, was markedly different. They were surprised at how utterly slow the object moved as it passed closely by them (at about the speed of a single engine prop airplane) and that its brightness never wavered.

The Great Green Fireball is curious of us. Fleeting and ever furtive, it is secretive and evasive. It lets us glimpse it (and now even film it) but it never lets us “get it” to touch it. This is was Dr. LaPaz’ very lament. As he said, “it was not natural.” It acts with aptitude. It comprehends and it discerns. We can speculate that it is a sentient ball of light, a probe, a craft. But we cannot be sure. The only thing that is really certain is that the phenomena is real- and that its secrets will be revealed to us only if and when it ever wishes to do so.
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For over four and a half decades many around the world have wondered about the true nature of the sighting of a landed unidentified flying object that was reported on the ground and then taking off by Officer Lonnie Zamora in Socorro, NM in 1964. In the fall of 2009 this author’s investigation disclosed that the Officer had been victim to a hoax that was perpetrated by students at the New Mexico Institute of Technology.

Now, three years later, a more complete account of the hoax has finally emerged including:

-          The astonishing way the hoax was accomplished

-          The number of people involved in the hoax

-          Why they did not come forward

-          Remarkable film that visually documents how the college students constructed and flew the craft, according to the college’s President

-          The collective concern for Officer Zamora by the perpetrators and the college President in the wake of a youthful folly snowballed out of control

RETURNING TO SOCORRO

The story of the Socorro UFO sighting by Zamora, the aftermath and the hoax solution to the sighting were reported by this author in a three-part series on the UFO Iconoclasts website:

Socorro Hoax Exposed (Famous UFO Sighting Was a College Prank)

Socorro UFO Hoax Part Two: Getting Closer to the Culprits

Socorro UFO Hoax: Physical Evidence Points to a Prank

Investigation and interviews had produced:

1)      A confession after 45 years had passed by renowned Los Alamos physicist Dr. Stirling Colgate who was the former President of New Mexico Institute of Technology (NMIT) that the event was a hoax by students that he knew. He also confirmed that he had explained this all decades ago to his friend, secret UFO researcher Dr. Linus Pauling.

2)      An acknowledgement by NMIT professor and philanthropist Dr. Frank Etscorn (who was the inventor of the nicotine patch) that it was a hoax

3)      A confirmation from a leader of the school’s Energetics lab (who as a student there in the mid- 1960s) that it was a hoax.

4)      Several former students and a school public information administrator offered astounding information on a long-standing tradition of technical pranks- and even a “society” devoted to the pursuit. (Of course one must ask why so many ranking NMIT administrators and illustrious men of science would implicate their own school after being approached if it were not so?)

5)      Little-known official reports at the time were surfaced that showed the presence of charred cardboard, footprints and evidence of pyrotechnic ignition at the UFO site.

COLGATE NOW MAKES THINGS CLEARER

Dr. Stirling Colgate is perhaps the greatest living physicist in the word. An associate of Edward Teller, at age 86 Colgate still reports daily to work helping to lead advanced physics for one of the most esteemed scientific institutions on the planet, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Colgate was the former President of NMIT and was known as very affable, likable administrator who was very close to his students. So much so that it is reported that he often shared drinks and gossip at Socorro’s Capitol Bar. It is in this air of academic conviviality that Colgate learned of his student’s involvement in the hoax on Zamora.

When a document was discovered in the Pauling archives that Colgate wrote to his friend multiple Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Linus Pauling that the Zamora sighting was a hoax, this author then contacted Colgate. Colgate confirmed the contents of the letter to Pauling and that, among other things:

1) He still knew the incident to have been be a hoax 2) He remains friends with one of the hoaxers 3) That person “does not want his cover blown” and that  3) accomplishing the hoax “was a no-brainer.”

Now, very recently, Colgate has made things much clearer.

In email replies received by this author from Dr. Colgate dated August 1, 2012 and on August 8, 2012 to further questions that I had of him much was learned about the “reasons and ways” of the hoax.

Dr. Colgate has I believe, truthfully and on his legacy, now graciously imparted to me further insight on the hoax scenario. In his words:

“It was a prank and I was very concerned for Officer Zamora.”

“No one would come forward on this, they were all embarrassed.”

“So many things were pressuring me and still are about this.”

“I did not feel that I could add anything by pressuring the students, and recognized it as a prank.”

“The students were embarrassed about the possible harm that could have come to Zamora (from the prank.)”

“No additional communication with Pauling(on this)”

“He too may have been embarrassed.”

Colgate says more to me in another email, whose additional replies from him are given below. But we learn from the above cryptic comments that Colgate and cohorts acknowledge the obvious, for they too are human:

They felt pressured about what to do, felt embarrassed of what they had done, and were sorry with concern for Lonnie.  Lonnie could have conceivably been fired from the police force, psychologically marred for life or other adverse things.

The hoaxers must have been uncomfortably conscience-stricken about all of this. It was never thought that the story would get so big. They did not mean it to snowball like that.

They were confused about what to do and were shamed life-long about what they had done. And really, who wishes to bring up to friends, family and work associates the youthful follies which we all wished had never happened? Should these perpetrators (who are now retired seniors) turn their world upside down and go public simply for our satisfaction?

We also find out that Pauling too, lost interest and never brought up the Socorro subject with Colgate, because he too wished not to suffer any potential professional embarrassment in being in any way associated with Socorro. Confirming Colgate, further review of the Pauling archives shows that there was indeed ever any further interest in the subject by Pauling.

COLGATE ON HOW THE STUDENTS HOAXED LONNIE

Beauty is often found in simplicity. And so it is with Socorro. For all of the speculations about the hoax involving such things as tethers, remote control and flame throwers- it needn’t be and wasn’t.

In the August 8^th email from Stirling Colgate, he opened up even a bit further about how the students had hoaxed Lonnie. I had of course always wanted to know from him just exactly how the deed was done.  How did the students do it?

I stated to Colgate that he must know how they did it- and directly asked of him:

 “How did they do it? What was the craft made of?”

His short but telling reply:

“A candle in a balloon. Not sophisticated.”

I also asked of Stirling how many were “in on the hoax?” Again, a short reply received:

“I’d say about 3-6”

Those who still steadfastly adhere to explanations other than “hoax” to the Zamora sighting will no doubt dislike what was said by Stirling.

But an amazing video by two college-age students from the UK (posted just months after my series on the Socorro hoax) may give us visual documentation of exactly what Dr. Colgate is referring to and how the hoax was performed.

Skeptics of my work on this simply do not wish to accept the truth that Lonnie Zamora first radioed his police partner that the white object “looked like a balloon.”

Here in the video below, two very clever British boys show us what Colgate means by how a simple “candle in a balloon” can also be an extraordinarily effective hoax and aerial effect (you can advance to 1:17 if you wish to go directly to the launch):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjMn1diPIvo&feature=related 

VIDEO ILLUSTRATIVE OF HOW THE HOAX WAS DONE

Now, not only does Colgate say it that was a “balloon candle” type affair, but he also says that there were a very small number of college students that were involved, perhaps three to six.

And he is again right. There would have minimally been:

TWO LAUNCHERS:

Two short students in white coveralls (actually white lab suits) acted as “aliens” and had launched from the ground Lonnie’s landed “UFO.” Lonnie never claimed that he saw the short people get into the “vehicle.” By that time he was escaping or planning his escape to really note where they went.

THE SPEEDER:

One additional student that was needed was a student speeder to lead Lonnie just out of town and near where the two “aliens” awaited Lonnie.  This should have been the most obvious clue of all to a hoax: Lonnie had to somehow be made to get to the hoax- and he was, by a freshman in the car like the above.

THE PYRO:

Another student was used to create the explosion that had diverted Lonnie on a direct path to the “staging area.” This student may have also created the roaring and high pitched sounds that Lonnie reported emitting from the UFO. The sounds that Lonnie reported were actually resultant from “pyrotechnic whistles” according to the President of the world’s leading fireworks association (see prior articles.)  All of this material was available at the school’s Energetics Lab which sponsors the annual July 4^th fireworks.

So Colgate is correct that about at least 3-6 students were involved in executing the prank.

A very large white candle balloon (with a red, draw symbol on its side) launched by lab-suited students are what Lonnie saw. The roars were provided by both the balloon-flame contraption and by pyrotechnic whistles. As shown in the UK video above, such devices, even when rather large, can travel very high and far- and quickly.

PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING

Many still will insist that no one could be fooled by such a lit balloon contraption. But one must consider several things about the sole witness to the event:

Lonnie was confused, stirred up and frightened:

In small town Socorro, Officer Zamora was often tasked to “deal with” the students at the school. A student speeder trying to “show off” his hot vehicle whisks by Lonnie and Lonnie is in hot pursuit. This is surely not how Zamora wished to be spending a Spring evening awaiting the leave of the students from the school, being stirred up and having to chase some smart and smarmy kid-speeder. Lonnie then is startled to hear an explosion “like from a dynamite shack.” He was confused by the unfamiliar flying thing and frightened to crouch of the flame, roar and whistles.

Lonnie had impaired vision and required corrective lenses, which he lost:

We do not know if Lonnie wore single vision or bifocal lenses, but the images of him available to us show very thick lenses. Such lenses mean that the wearer’s vision is seriously compromised relative to the ability to correctly estimate distance.  And at a critical point of viewing the “UFO,” we know that startled Lonnie had jolted his glasses, dropped them to the ground, and stooped to locate them, found them, placed them back on his head and then re-adjusted his position to locate the UFO to see it again.

Lonnie reported things as he saw them, did his utmost best to answer questions put forth of him and was a good person. But like all of us, he had his flaws…including the flaws with his powers of perception that dusky day. He was not “Saint Zamora of Socorro.” He was neither an educated man nor an articulate or especially intelligent man, as gracefully noted by the Air Force’s Dr. J. Allen Hynek in his interview report of Zamora.  Lonnie probably never had seen such an unusual thing and to his faulted perception that day, remained honestly and thoroughly confused. And remember also the context of the time, 1964, a time when satellites were like science fiction and man had barely even been in space, and not yet on the moon.

Combining all of these things, it is easy to see how this sole witness out in the arroyo could imagine that he was seeing something truly remarkable. But it really was not all that at all.

TRUTH TAKES TIME

Continued appeals to truth and to history sometimes pay off. Such persistence in doggedly pursuing such old folks to find that truth for history sometimes gets me in trouble on such old cases. I am called overly aggressive and “leading” by some.  Say what they will, but it often yields answers and the solutions to mysteries. I approach and re-approach witnesses to Roswell and in all my UFO investigation. When TV’s “Columbo” Peter Falk solved crimes it was always at the very end, after taking some time, and always with a “re-approach’ of someone with whom he had already discussed the crime. Waiting a few years perhaps got Dr. Colgate to thinking it was about time to tell as much of the truth as he could.

And so it is with Socorro. Time has finally told all.

Op 11 Aug 2012, om 22:08 heeft STANTON FRIEDMAN het volgende geschreven:

There was also the woman who approached me after a nuclear society meeting at which I spoke in Las Vegas. She had been asked as a grad student at NM Tech to secretly analyze some strange material from the Zamora site. I passed that lead on to Jim McDonald and he spoke with her.. can't imagine a hoax leading to that.

Stan Friedman

AJB

12-08-2012 om 22:17 geschreven door peter  

 

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In special reports, this weeks files cover: Sightings Increase, Two Thousand UFO Sightings in July, MUFON Conference, Alien Log II, Mars Landing, Gary McKinnon, the English hackers Navy Spaceships, Sunken Pyramids off Florida's Atlantic Coast, Syria Fighting, Penetrator Bomb, and Gbekli Tepe Disc Shaped Temple.

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Two Thousand UFO Sightings in July

MUFON CMS continues to amass sighting reports from around the globe. In July 2012 there were 971 sightings reported to MUFON through CMS from the following countries; Peter Davenport reports 841 sighting reports. Peter Davenport, NUFORC Director, has made appearances on, in order to discuss the high volume of reports of "fireballs" that we have been receiving since June 2011.  Whereas a typical number of reports submitted per month to NUFORC over the last 17 years has been 250-350, during June we received 974, and we have received 1,052 during July.  The majority of the reports from the last two months appear to be about the "fireballs," which we have discussed frequently over the past year.  This type of sighting appears to have increased significantly, within the last month or two, and they now dominate the reports we are receiving.  We post below a few of the reports that we have received recently, which are exemplary of the many "fireball" reports:

Great MUFON Conference

International Director Dave McDonald and his staff did a great job planning and running the conference. I was privileged to speak at the Northern Kentucky Conference Center for the annual MUFON Conference. The MUFON people who attended the conference are wonderful and we had a great time. The food, hotel, speakers were all great. This special group of people are intelligent, forward thinkers and have knowledge no other group possesses, except for perhaps those in the very highest positions of government.

They realize the world is being visited on a daily basis and that space aliens are attempting to improve the human race. We humans with our tribal wars and trillion dollars a year military budgets represent a threat to alien civilizations as well as to our own. Our disregard for the environment, conservation, and health of our planet is putting the future of the human race in great danger. We need to work to improve our disagreements and settle them by peaceful means. The speakers revealed there are more than thirty alien civilizations visiting Earth. At least one is a strong benevolent, most are neutral, and one or two are malevolent. Make plans to go to the MUFON Conference next year in Las Vegas.

Alien Log II

Dr. Farrell book is very entertaining brings to life the science behind alien encounters by providing realistic characters and dialog that brings the reader to an understanding of the relevant issues facing researchers in the field of Ufology. Dr. Farrell provides references by chapter in the back of the book. Alien Log II, the New World Order picks up where Alien Log left off. As the team, led by Colonel Pete Mitchell, heads back to base with the recovered alien artifact, Corey is abducted. The aliens can place a memory block on abductees before they are released. As a result Corey s alien captor, Quellin, freely answers any question Corey might have during a tour of the mother craft. Corey learns many things. For example, he learns the Big Bang Theory is wrong. He learns how the universe is constructed so remote viewing, telepathy, and past life s regressions are possible. Quellin explains how hybrids will be used to usher in the new world order and what that might look like.

Eventually, Corey is released and is joined by his teammates, Wendy and Pete, as they continue the quest to unlock the secrets of the artifact. Wendy and Corey discover that the information she recovers is too dangerous to pass on to Pete who will then pass it on to the President. In the end, they solve the problem in a most unusual way. EXCERPT Page.66

The alien is speaking to Corey, "Your civil and religious leaders have hidden and denied our existence for a long time. A sudden revelation would be too chaotic without first allowing humanity to question and study the evidence. The people must have time to question what they are being told by their leaders. We do not want disclosure to be disruptive. In order to avoid human panic, we feel it is better to transition you to a new understanding." The book has pearls of wisdom. Dr. Robert Farrell has taken facts from some of the best books in UFOlogy and entwined them into an entertaining story. http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Log-II-Robert-Farrell/dp/0975911635/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

Editors Note: The reader of these files is years ahead of the public in understanding the Earth is being visited by extraterrestrials. It now appears many are entering our society. The US, Britain, Australia and countries where there are illegal immigrants are ideal to hide visitors from other planets.

Mars Landing

Curiosity, NASA's rover successfully landed in Gale Crater on Mars early Monday, August 6, 2012, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles to explore the red planet. The disc shaped object brought the landing vehicle through Mars atmosphere. This Rover is looking for the building blocks of life, rather than actual life as Mars is the most likely place to find life. Actually the Viking missions in 1976, both found strong evidence of life but NASA has chosen to ignore its own findings. This is a stunning achievement and NASA may be ready to announce that they will find the building blockes for life. This way people will gradually accept life outside Earth.

"This is a stunning achievement. The engineering went flawlessly," said Scott Hubbard, who was the first Mars program director at NASA headquarters and is now a consulting professor at Stanford University. The 10 science instruments aboard Curiosity are in "perfect health," and testing and calibration are under way, NASA said

Some rover team specialists are analyzing the data from the landing, while others are preparing Curiosity for exploring, where it landed, NASA said. On its first full day on http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/tech/mars-rover-curiosity/index.html

Sunken Pyramids off Florida's Atlantic Coast

There are at least three ancient underwater pyramids off the Atlantic Coast of Florida which few people know exist. Multiple sources of information about the pyramids are available, but for simplicity most of the following information is from Bill Hansons book "The Atlantis Triangle."
Hanson notes that the three pyramids are equally spaced about 35 miles apart on the west side of the Gulf Stream. To add to the mystery, three other underwater pyramids have been seen on the east side of the Gulf Stream. Those are 25 to 30 miles apart and located near Walkers Cay, Great Sale Cay and the Berry Islands of the Bahamas. Typically, the underwater pyramids have been seen after violent storms have temporarily swept away some of the sand covering the ancient structures.

Gary McKinnon, the English Hacker

Gary McKinnon, the English hacker facing 70 years in U.S. prison for searching Pentagon sites for UFO evidence, says the weirdest thing he found was a list of "Non-Terrestrial Officers" and fleet transfers between ships that don't exist in the U.S. Navy." -

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon "has no choice" but to refuse a medical test to see if he is fit to be extradited to the US, his mother has said.

Janis Sharp said it was "an impossibility" because the expert chosen by the Home Office had no experience with Asperger's syndrome.

Mr. McKinnon, from north London, admits hacking US military computers but says he was looking for evidence of UFOs.

The home secretary, Theresa May, has delayed until October any announcement on whether to extradite the computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.

His family says the Home Office expert, Professor Thomas Fahy, has no experience in uncovering suicidal tendencies in Asperger's syndrome patients. Mr. McKinnon, 46, had three medical examinations in April by three leading experts in Aspergers and suicidal risk. They concluded Mr. McKinnon was at extreme risk of suicide if extradited and he was currently unfit for trial.

Prime Minister David Cameron has stated, "I do recognize the seriousness of this case, and the Deputy Prime Minister and I actually raised it with President Obama when he visited. I think the point is that it is not so much about the alleged offence, which everyone knows is a very serious offence, and we can understand why the Americans feel so strongly about it.

Note - If Mr. McKinnon's data is correct, it validates the assumption the US Navy may well be operating off-planet via back-engineered ET technology. His data indicates the Navy and probably the Air Force operate a fleet of space craft and officers to either man them or otherwise control them.  Gary McKinnon states, "I found a list of fleet-to-fleet transfers, and a list of ship names. I looked them up. They weren't U.S. Navy ships. What I saw made me believe they have some kind of spaceship, off-planet" The US Navy Clementine mission project mapped the entire Moon.

In his interview with the BBC, Gary claimed, "The Disclosure Project" had some very credible people all saying there is UFO technology, there's anti-gravity, there's free energy, and it's extraterrestrial in origin and they've captured spacecraft and reverse engineered it." He said, he investigated a NASA photographic expert's claim that at the Johnson Space Center's Building 8, images were regularly cleaned of evidence of UFO craft, and confirmed this, comparing the raw originals with the "processed" images.

He claimed to have viewed a detailed image of "something not man-made and cigar shaped floating above the northern hemisphere. McKinnon stated the image was approximately 256 megabytes in size, yet that the craft's details were still distinct in 4-bit color and low resolution on his mere 56k modem connection http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/24/gary-mckinnon-extradition-decision-delayed,

Syria conflict: Key Aleppo district sees fierce clashes

The Aleppo suburb of Tal Rifaat came under bombardment today has fierce fighting between Syrian government troops and rebels took place in a strategic district of the biggest city, Aleppo. State media said government forces had taken control of Salah al-Din, but the Free Syrian Army later announced a successful counter-attack. Images that have emerged from the northern city show buildings reduced to rubble by heavy weapons. Observers say controlling Aleppo is a crucial goal for both sides.

In another development, Jordanian officials confirmed that former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab had crossed into Jordan on Wednesday - two days after his defection was announced.

After several weeks of bombardment and skirmishing, it seems the real battle for Aleppo may now be under way. Syrian state television ran urgent news flashes saying government forces were "completely combing" the Salah al-Din quarter on the south-west side of the city.

Local commanders of the rebel Free Syrian Army confirmed that a big attack was taking place but denied that the opposition forces had been completely dislodged.

Salah al-Din has been one of the main battlegrounds in the struggle for Syria's biggest city, and much of the quarter has been very heavily damaged by bombardment.

The BBC's Jim Muir in neighboring Lebanon says that Aleppo's Salah al-Din is a densely-packed area of narrow streets and has been one of the city's main battlefields.

If this is indeed the start of the government's long-awaited offensive to clear rebels from the city, it is clearly going to take some time, he says. But a commander from the rebel Free Syrian Army later said it had launched a counter-attack following the arrival of some 700 reinforcements.

"For an hour and a half the Free Syrian Army has staged a counter-attack and reclaimed three streets out of five seized by regime forces," Wassel Ayub told AFP news agency by phone.

Photographs appear to show that Syrian rebels have for the first time obtained a heat-seeking, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile launcher, the New York Times reports

Penetrator Bomb

Though it's still being tweaked and tested, the Air Force's Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb is available for use if needed, said Air Force Secretary Michael Donley. "If it was needed to go today, we would be able to do that," he told a Capitol Hill audience on July 25 during a speech sponsored by Air Force Association, and Reserve Officers Association. "We could go with the existing configuration," he noted, but the Air Force will also continue to perform testing on the weapon to refine it.

Air Force officials first announced last fall that MOP was ready for combat. Boeing builds the 30,000-pound-class bunker buster, which the B-2A stealth bomber carries. MOP is designed to give the United States the means to hold difficult-to-access targets at risk—such as the hardened and deeply buried nuclear development and test facilities reportedly in countries like Iran and North Korea—without having to employ nuclear weapons. Thanks to AFA and John A. Tirpak

Gbekli Tepe Disc Shaped

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: Massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.

Workman work in rectangular pits shaded by a corrugated steel roof at the main excavation site. In the pits, standing stones, or pillars, are arranged in circles. Beyond, on the hillside, are four other rings of partially excavated pillars. Each ring has a roughly similar layout: in the center are two large stone T-shaped pillars encircled by slightly smaller stones facing inward. The tallest pillars tower 16 feet and weigh between seven and ten tons. There are elaborately carved: foxes, lions, scorpions and vultures abound, twisting and crawling on the pillars' broad sides.

Schmidt points to the great stone rings, one of them 65 feet across. "This is the first human-built holy place," he says.

. "This area was like a paradise," says Schmidt, a member of the German Archaeological Institute. Indeed, Gobekli Tepe sits at the northern edge of the Fertile Crescent. Schmidt has found no evidence that people permanently resided on the summit of Gobekli Tepe itself, he believes this was a place of worship on an unprecedented scale—humanity's first "cathedral on a hill."

Schmidt in rapid-fire German explains that he has mapped the entire summit using ground-penetrating radar and geomagnetic surveys, charting where at least 16 other megalith rings remain buried across 22 acres. The one-acre excavation covers less than 5 percent of the site. He says archaeologists could dig here for another 50 years and barely scratch the surface.

In 1994, Schmidt was working on his own survey of prehistoric sites in the region. After reading a brief mention of the stone-littered hilltop in the University of Chicago researchers' report, he decided to go there himself. From the moment he first saw it, he knew the place was extraordinary.

Gobekli Tepe means "belly hill" in Turkish. It has a gently rounded top that rises 50 feet above the surrounding landscape.. "Only man could have created something like this." he says. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html#ixzz1yCudonf5

Sightings in the United States

Arizona Disc

Salt River -- The witness and her husband were traveling west on Thomas Road e ast of Phoenix in the Salt River Indian Reservation on July 30, 2012. They saw an intense thunderstorm over the mountains to the Northwest and took a cell phone photo that later showed a strange disked shaped object near the thunderstorm. (The object is highlighted and enlarged in the above photo.)

Note: Intense thunderstorms happen in the desert in July and early August due to a monsoon effect. Winds were quite gusty in the vicinity of these storms. The photo does show some apparent wind-blown debris. The disk shaped object could be some debris suspended in the air ahead of the thunderstorm." Then again it might be a genuine UFO? Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

California Light

SAN DIEGO -- On the morning of August 7th, 2012 at 1:35 AM, I was conducting a security patrol of the roof at my assigned property. I noticed a very bright light to the east moving slowly northwest. The direction of flight crosses aircraft landing at the airport. I was able to record 10 seconds of video with my phone before the light abruptly vanished. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Indiana Multiple Sightings

BLANFORD Richard Bondira has been photographing UFOs on clear nights since January 2012.

He sent me dozens of photographs of UFO that he has filmed over the last six months. As many as ten or more UFOs can be seen on some nights. They mostly hover but can be seen maneuvering, spin around, or go straight up. They usually come from the southeast heading northwest. Thanks to Richard Bondira

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeff Johnston reports, "I was coming home from work a little after 1 am Sunday morning from Greensburg's Honda plant on Highway 74 on June 1 and saw police blocking the road in the lane going south. The police were ahead of the semi transporting this UFO. There were police cars around this semi and directly behind it." Thanks to Jeff Johnston

Massachusetts Lights

Newburyport I was on a boat for a fireworks cruise in the Merrimack River near the Route 1 Bridge, on August 4, 2012. While looking east toward the Atlantic Ocean area, a single red light was observed. Several more lights appeared in a perfect circle around the center light. The center light then disappeared followed by the circle of lights one at a time. Lights like this were never observed in this area before as verified by the experienced captain of the boat. Fireworks were being set off in the opposite direction. The town below the lights is the waterfront section of downtown Newburyport. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS

Michigan Lights

  On August 6, 2012, was in my back yard taking long exposure pictures with my cameras. I took one shot and it had a ufo in it. I compared this picture to the picture I took 30 seconds ago and it wasnt there. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS

Editors Note: Sometimes long exposures will pick up an aircraft flying along blinking lights that appear as a cylinder.

Missouri Pilots Spot Disc

Kansas City -- I am the pilot of a regularly scheduled commercial aircraft flight from St. Louis to Kansas City and was on approach to KCI at 9 PM, on July 30, 2012, when my co-pilot said he saw an unidentified object to the right of the aircraft. It was following us, but not yet in my range of view. I radioed the tower and asked for radar confirmation but there was none.

Then the object came into my view to the right front of the aircraft. At that point we were 35 minutes out from the airport. The object was a silver/gray color and had three blue/white lights on the bottom and one on the top. It was a disc-shaped craft with a low dome on top. It was about 300 feet from our aircraft and when it suddenly moved underneath us and to the left flying at our same rate of speed. We decided not to tell the tower what we saw because of what happens when reports like this are made. The tower then asked us to confirm an unidentified object and I said it was no longer in view.

The object stayed with us for 22 minutes. When I decreased aircraft speed for approach, the object slowed as well, and then went directly south of our position at a very high rate of speed faster than any aircraft Ive ever seen. I was a military pilot for 14 years and know what type of aircraft we have. It was definitely NOT a man-made aircraft. Some pilots have lost their jobs when they report a UFO, and I would like to keep mine so am not providing my name or contact information. Some of the passengers and other crew members were discussing this as they left the plane. NOTE: The above image is a rendering. Thanks to Ken Pfeifer and William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Independence -- Sometime in October of 2011 my wife and I were coming home at dusk when I looked up and saw a triangle arrowhead object that was very large and a gold color. There were no lights on it and it was not reflecting sunlight. The point of the triangle was facing down and it was just sitting there. A commercial airliner headed towards it, and was twice its size. I ran inside to get my camera, but when I got back out it was gone. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Montana Cylinder

Wilsall -- On August 3, 2012, we were hiking in the NW Crazy Mountains just beneath Table Rock and I took a number of photos. This is a flight path for jets for Belgrade -- Yellowstone International Airport. All of the jets we saw on this trip had clearly visible jet streams. The UFO in the picture was a surprise and shows no jet stream from the UFO. Thanks to MUFON CMS

New Jersey Lights

LINDENWOLD I was at home, looked out my window from my bed on July 28, 2012, and saw a moving light below the clouds. I kept watching and I saw another moving smoothly in a different direction. I focused on one and realized it seemed to have one big bright light in the center and many small lights circling that, like a flying saucer. I really didnt see a distinct shape, but I could assume they were somewhat disc shaped as they zoomed away. NOTE: The above image is a rendering. This case is under investigation by Ed Dobson. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldUFOphotos.org

MARLTON -- Four lights the size of stars were swirling around each other in the direction of Philadelphia on July 28, 2012. There was heavy cloud cover as one light moved closer and further from the four lights that were very close to each other, almost forming one object. It moved from Philadelphia over my house in South Jersey, toward the ocean. The lights eventually stopped moving east of me, hovered for a long time, and then disappeared into the clouds. The individual light that was following the grouping eventually moved away until it disappeared. The lights weaved around each other. Thanks to MUFON CMS

North Carolina Discs

BELMONT -- I went on the MUFON-NC website Saturday afternoon June 9, 2012, and read about recent sightings in NC. Being familiar with Belmont, I was intrigued by a recent report. So, I invited a friend, Nancy Queen, to go to a boat docking area Saturday night and stake out the area. We arrived about 7:30 pm and took a few pictures. At dusk, I mounted my camera on a tripod, and caught sight of an orange flying object coming towards us at 9:25 pm.

I called to Nancy as two more aircraft came over the treeline silently with orange lights aglow. I couldn't make out any features on the aircraft as the light was blinding. Nancy managed to get some pictures with her camera as well as me. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldUFOphotos.org

Commodore Barry Bridge -- I was driving home from work from Pennsylvania to New Jersey using around 1 PM, on April 30, 2011. Once I got onto the bridge I noticed a round shaped object in the sky high near the clouds. It looked like a metallic upside down top hat that was floating fast in the sky along the bridge to Pennsylvania. I only saw the object briefly but I was able to pull out my cell phone and take a picture of it. The object floated fast high above the bridge it did not make any noise and it did not bounce around. NOTE: The above image is a rendering.  This case is under investigation by Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldUFOphotos.org

Ohio Light

Newton Falls -- My girlfriend and I work midnights and had just got up to go to work on August 5, 2012, I walked outside to check the weather and saw a bright red light in the sky with an orange middle in it. I yelled for my girlfriend to come see, she came out and saw it as well. The object flew south silently right over our apartment into the clouds. I turned to see a second one coming in the same flight pattern with an airplane behind it. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Oregon Lights

BEND -- I was sitting at the computer and my dad called me outside to see a light on August 6, 2012. It looked like a star, moving in a straight path silently. I got excited at the fact that I get to witness such a thing, This was the first time we got it on tape. We couldnt make out any detail with the zoom on his phone. We just saw the vibrant and indescribable colors. I thought it was just amazing! We lost the sight when it just flew fast into the darkness of the sky. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Astoria -- On August 1, 2012, my boyfriend told me there was two strange extremely bright lights in the sky at 2:38 AM. I got up and looked and saw a very bright white that looked like a huge very bright spot light. It kept changing going dimmer and then bright again. Then my daughter and her friend came to look as it changed to a rainbow light and then back to the bright white light alternating between extremely bright to dim. Then we saw two lights one on top of the other maneuvering that just vanished. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Tennessee Battle

ATHENS -- On July 18, 2012, my husband and I were sitting on the porch when I noticed a blue and red flashing light in the sky. We both lay on top of the car watching and soon some neighbors came to join. There were several hundred UFOs shooting at each other, we seen some UFO blow up and fall, but dont know where it landed. This continued for two hours. Later a huge bright white light like a ball of energy shot up from behind the apartments and disappeared rather quickly. We called 911 and officer came out and he told us unless it lands right here he cant help us.

An hour later there were several hundred balloon like things with tentacles that would light up bluish and they seemed to be taking over the other UFOs. My husband called us to see an huge object that had black dots shoot out from it. We saw flying saucers less than 20 feet away. We girls took off running, my husband and his friend hid behind the dumpster as one flew right by them and the air rippled. We woke up everyone in the neighborhood to come out and see, and they all admit they were UFOs.

The following night everyone in the neighborhood was out sitting watching, and these triangle shape things would drop out orbs of lights as they hovered and they flashed lights as if in communication with each other. They seemed spiderlike. My husband pointed a laser pen at a green one above our apartment and it flashed back numerous times. They descended lower and we got scared and went to bed. ever sense July 15th 2012 there have been these star like objects and bright lights My dog was freaked out and ran inside. n Athens Tennessee know what we saw. My husband has many more details this is very brief of what happened, we also heard over 15 other 911 phone calls over the scanner about aliens. Another weird thing the day this happened the clouds in the sky were perfect and resembled many things of face people animals it was very strange. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS

Sevierville -- We were boating on Douglas Lake on July 27, 2012,

near the Douglas Dam and saw blue diamond shaped objects toward the sun. I took a few pictures but did not see the big diamond shape object because of the blinding sun, but I did see the bluish diamond shaped objects on the previous picture. I contrasted the picture to see if what I was looking at might be lighting/pixel artifact, but there seems to be a shadow and light bending around the object like any 3D object. Thank you.

Note: The diamond shape could be due to the shape of the camera aperture. Photos taken into the Sun can produce a variety of anomalies. The witness says that he saw some blue diamond shaped objects. The object (or anomaly) in the photo is probably not one of these objects. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com

Washington Disc

SEATTLE -- My boyfriend came in from outside and told me there was two strange extremely bright lights in the sky. I got up and looked and saw a very bright white spot light. It kept changing going dimmer and then bright again. My daughter and her friend came to look as it changed to a rainbow of light and then back to bright white. I was able to get a picture.

Wilbur -- On July 24, 2012, mysterious crop circles appeared in an eastern Washington wheat field — not far from the nations largest hydropower producer. The farmers preparing for the summers harvest find the distraction more amusing than alarming. "You cant do anything other than laugh about it," said Cindy Geib, who owns the field along with her husband, Greg. "You just kind of roll with the theory its aliens and youre special because aliens chose your spot."

Friends called the Geibs on July 24 when the pattern of flattened wheat was spotted off Highway 174, ten miles south of the Grand Coulee dam. The circles resemble a four-leaf clover and knocked down about an acre of their wheat. "Of course, we dont have alien insurance," she said.

Similar circular patterns were left in crops in the Wilbur area in 2010 and in 2008 or 2009, Geib said.

The latest crop circle was first reported Tuesday by Spokane station KHQ-TV (http://is.gd/57FTpy). There were no signs that anyone walked into the field.

she said. Doug Esser of the Associated Press wrote this report. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldUFOphotos.org

Worldwide UFO Sightings  

Australia Triangle

SYDNEY -- I had a truly mind blowing experience while on vacation in Sydney at 2230 hours on January 9, 2012. I arrived at Erskineville station and noticed a light flying in a formation at high speed from behind this tall building. It changing size and I was able to capture a slideshow of images. Object changed size from a relatively small triangle formation consisting of three lights to a much larger one while retaining the original triangle shape it started out as. I experienced confusion, shock, and fright!

Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldUFOphotos.org

Brazil Cylinder

Patrocnio A cigar shape UFO was seen on July 19, 2012 over Minas Gerais.

More info http://www.realUFOs.net/

Canada Reddish Orangey Light

LONDON On August 4, 2012, we saw a bright reddish orange circular object that bounced around the sky like a ping pong ball. I know that it wasn't a helicopter...or a plane. It maneuvered fast and erratic.

It bounced a few times up, down, and sideway and then vanished. It reminded me like a subtitle movie ball. It was near Saunders School on Viscount Road. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Germany Four Red Lights on Circular Object

Berlin -- I was gazing to the east sky at dusk, about 10:45 PM, on July 28, 2012, when I noticed two bright red lights moving east. They were a hand-length apart, one in front of the other. The first light stopped mid-flight and the second continued to move and disappeared into the clouds. About 20 seconds later the other did the same, I suppose rising vertically.

I continued viewing that portion of the sky and another two red lights appeared, one in front of the other, this time further apart. The red light went out on the first object revealing a circular disk. It was about the size of thumbtack held at arms length and grey in color. The latter red light continued to shine red and disappeared into the clouds. Then I watched the small circular disk until it was obscured by buildings.

I teach design courses in college and live across from Boston's Logan International airport. This is my first visit to Berlin... Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Hungary Hundred Bright Spots Formation

Budapest -- My girlfriend and I were on vacation on July 28, 2012, and went out on the balcony at 11:55 PM and spot what I first believe is a flock of birds. I keep looking at these strange birds and wonder how come they glow. The sky is pitch dark, so the only way for them to be seen is if something is shining on them from below. The flock slowly moves through the sky, and they keep the same glow all the time.

I realized these are not birds; there are about a hundred spots in the sky, in a fixed, stretched formation. I kept looking at the formation for about five minutes, before they no longer were in my visible area.

Two bright spots came a little later. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

Portugal Photos

Armaao De Pera On August 2, 2012, I took this photo, but I dont know what it is.

This is a close up of the object

Sorry about my inglis.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

South Africa Large Red Oval Object

Riebeek Kasteel On August 4, 2012, at 8.30 PM I went outside for my evening stargazing and saw a large red oval object with at bottom yellow sparkling bright bigger than the stars flying at high speed through the sky. It came from the west flying at high speed and coming a little down, like their knowing what they were doing.
Above the lights was an orange mist. The object flew with high speed and slowed down and turned around a little bit and it took a position watching me.

I called my daughter to come outside and that moment the object was looking for a place to stop. It made a circle movement and stood still. My daughter (6) mentioned that we are all children of God.

I started to get frightened and walked inside the house but I hesitated I went outside again and the object was gone. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

UK/England Bubble/Egg Shaped Pod Seen

Chingford, NE London -- As my wife and I were walking up our road we saw an egg shaped, pod-like, object appear over the rooftops flying north away from London over Pole Hill on July 31, 2012.

It looked like a pod from the London Eye, and seemed a similar size. It a few hundred feet high with a clear canopy over a solid, dark-colored base. It didn't see a pilot. It was silent and travelling at a steady speed, as it disappeared into the distance through a gap in the houses. It followed a straight trajectory and maintained a constant speed. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com

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The Surprising Origin of the Flying Saucer Myth

On June 24, 1947, an amateur pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane near Mount Rainier in Washington state when he saw something extraordinarily strange. Directly to his left, about 20 to 25 miles north of him and at the same altitude, a chain of nine objects shot across the sky, glinting in the sun as they traveled.

By comparing their size to that of a distant airplane, Arnold gauged the objects to be about 45 to 50 feet wide. They flew between two mountains spaced 50 miles apart in just 1 minute, 42 seconds, he observed, implying an astonishing speed of 1,700 miles per hour, or three times faster than any manned aircraft of the era. However, as if controlled, the flying objects seemed to dip and swerve around obstacles in the terrain.

When the objects faded into the distance, Arnold flew to Yakima, Wash., landed and immediately told the airport staff of the unidentified flying objects he had spotted. The next day, he was interviewed by reporters, and the story spread like wildfire across the nation.

"At that time there was still some thought that Mars or perhaps Venus might have a habitable surface ," Robert Sheaffer, an author of UFO books (and a skeptic), told Life's Little Mysteries. "People thought these UFOs were Martians who had come to keep an eye on us now that we had nuclear weapons."

As time would prove, this was but the first of many outlandish theories behind visits of an extraterrestrial nature. The era of UFO sightings had begun.

Reporting error

Arnold's sighting was "such a sensation that it made front page news across the nation," UFO-logist and author Martin Kottmeyer wrote in an article ("The Saucer Error," REALL News, 1993).

"Soon everyone was looking for these new aircraft which according to the papers were saucer-like in shape," Kottmeyer continued. "Within weeks hundreds of reports of these flying saucers were made across the nation. While people presumably thought they were seeing the same things that Kenneth Arnold saw, there was a major irony that nobody at the time realized. Kenneth Arnold hadn't reported seeing flying saucers."

In fact, Arnold had told the press that the objects had flown erratically, "like a saucer if you skip it across the water." They were thin and flat when viewed on edge, he said, but crescent-shaped when viewed from the top down as they turned. Nonetheless, a reporter named Bill Bequette of the United Press interpreted Arnold's statement to mean that the objects he saw were round discs. According to Benjamin Radford, UFO expert and deputy editor of the Skeptical Inquirer, "It was one of the most significant reporter misquotes in history."

"The phrase 'flying saucers' provided the mold which shaped the UFO myth at its beginning," Kottmeyer wrote. UFOs took the form of flying saucers, he noted, in artist's renderings, hoax photos, sci-fi films, TV shows and even the vast majority of alien abduction and sighting reports for the rest of modern history, up until the present day.

"Bequette's error may not prove to be the ultimate refutation of the extraterrestrial theory for everyone. But it does leave their advocates in one helluva paradox: Why would extraterrestrials redesign their craft to conform to Bequette's mistake?" Kottmeyer wrote. [Read: Could Extraterrestrials Really Invade Earth, and How? ]

For the birds

Though he didn't see flying saucers, most of Arnold's contemporaries believed that he really had seen something that day. The Army report on the sighting states: "[If] Mr. Arnold could write a report of such a character and did not see the objects he was in the wrong business and should be engaged in writing Buck Rogers fiction." His account was very convincing.

So if he did see something, what was it exactly?

One theory holds that it was a fireball — a meteor breaking up upon entry into the atmosphere. If a meteor hit the atmosphere at a shallow angle to the Earth, its pieces would approach the surface traveling almost horizontally. Furthermore, the pieces of meteor would travel in a chain like the one Arnold saw, would shine very brightly, and would travel at thousands of miles per hour.

But most historians think the objects weren't from outer space at all: "It was probably pelicans flying in formation," Sheaffer said. "Probably Arnold misjudged the distance and thought they were huge objects at a great distance but they were actually much closer."

After all, the boomerang shape that Arnold drew in a picture of the objects he had seen looks very much like a bird with its wings outstretched.

A crescent-shaped UFO seen and later sketched by pilot Kenneth Arnold on June 24, 1947. Public domain image.

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