Daily 2 Cents: Town Council Repeals Banned ‘Magic Arts’ Law — Sailing Stones Mystery Solved — ‘American Monsters’ Now Uncaged

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Town council repeals decades-old law that banned 'magic arts'

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (WJLA) -- A Northern Virginia community is divided tonight over a debate that sounds like something out of history books.

In Front Royal a decades-old law bans things considered "magic arts."

At a town council meeting Monday night, the passions were front and center.

Someone called this a faith war—pagans versus Christians.

Many in Front Royal say they'd pretty much forgotten about the law that bans fortune telling, Tarot card readings, or practicing magic arts.

When a Tarot card reader set up shop at the Brooklyn Marketplace on Main Street—for just one day—the manager says some people in the town threatened to boycott the other vendors if the Tarot card reader stayed.

"This is an extreme group of people who,have taken on an ordinance to push their own political agenda," says Arlene Ballou.

After looking the law over, the town council scheduled a vote to repeal the ban.

And opponents sprang into action.

Outside the town council meeting, one group of citizens marched carrying a cross while others bowed their heads in prayer.

“For the Judeo-Christian tradition, it's an abomination; it's giving someone the power that God has. Only God knows the future," says Leo Morton.

Inside, it was a packed house and things got heated.

At the last minute one councilmember tried to amend the law to take out offensive terms like "gypsy" but he was quickly voted down.

In the end, the council voted to repeal the ban, 4-2. - WJLA

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Police Confirm UFO

Several witnesses, including multiple police officers, saw a strange object over Lower Paxton Township.

The anomalous object was first spotted by Stephanie Wilkerson who had been sitting on her porch on Monday night when something in the sky caught her attention.

Initially believing it to be an airplane, Wilkerson became intrigued when she noticed it start to change color and called her husband outside to see what he thought. A neighbor went inside to fetch some binoculars in an effort to identify the object but remained unable to determine what it could be.

Eventually the police were called in to investigate and an officer turned up at the scene. Having no idea what the object was either he called his superiors for a second opinion but even they were unable to shed any light on the phenomenon.

One officer contacted Fort Indiantown Gap and Harrisburg International Airport to find out if they knew anything about it but was told that there had been no scheduled flights at the time.

Click for video - UFO Sighting VIDEO Harrisburg PA Police witness REAL UFO in Pennsylvania

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Death Valley's sailing stones mystery solved

A team of researchers has finally managed to explain how such large boulders can move all by themselves.

The phenomenon, which was discovered in the 1940s, pertains to the inexplicable movement of extremely heavy boulders across a dry lake bed situated in Death Valley National Park.

Nobody has ever seen the boulders move directly but long trails left behind them in the sand seem to suggest that they have somehow traversed significant distances all by themselves. Some of the rocks that have shifted even weigh upwards of 320kg.

In an effort to solve the mystery once and for all a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography visited the site in 2011 and set up a high-resolution weather station and 15 rocks fitted with GPS devices to measure even the slightest movements with impeccable accuracy.

It would take a further two years for anything to happen, but eventually during a visit to the site in December 2013 the team discovered that the area had been submerged in 3 inches of water.

As it turned out the movement of the rocks occurs under a very specific set of circumstances that requires there to be just enough water to cover the ground but not enough to submerge the rocks. The actual movement occurs due to a combination of strong winds, the freezing of the water during the night and the thawing of the ice by the hot sun during the day.

"It's possible that tourists have actually seen this happening without realising it," said co-author Jim Norris. "It is really tough to gauge that a rock is in motion if all the rocks around it are also moving." Read more at Scripps

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Early Photobomb c. 1840's

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American Monsters now uncaged

American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America - Buy it now!

The Monsters have been uncaged! The whole furry, scaly, red-eyed, bat-winged, fanged, dripping-clawed, oversized pack of slavering unknown creatures that I spent two years cramming into a 376-page paperback are now free to romp and roam where ever anyone may care to read about them. And in this book, it’s not just all about upright, wolf-like creatures. I wanted to create a work that shows something of the breadth and depth of the unknown kingdom that eyewitnesses continue to glimpse day and night in sky, land and water. I think it’s amazing that people see giant primates, huge flying things thought to have died out with the dinosaurs, and weird beasties like the Chupacabras that looks like nothing ever seen before, and yet we know next to nothing about most of them.

Not that this is anything really new. People like Ivan Sanderson, John Keel and many other investigators were slogging through marshes and tromping far off lands long before I began to collect the experiences of otherwise ordinary people. Nor is my occupation all that unique; I have plenty of contemporary colleagues, friends and investigators from all sorts of backgrounds and abilities–too many to name here but see the acknowledgments page in Monsters for mere starters–to whom I and the whole field of cryptozoology owe an enormous debt for their own research and studies.

I hope this book, if nothing else, will help make the case that although modern science insists these creatures are not here, they sure look like they are to those who see them. And that there is something more to these anomalous events than mass hallucination, the occasional hoaxer, or misidentifications of known animals. - Linda Godfrey's Blog

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TODAY'S TOP LINKS

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The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

Why Dark Matter (Probably) Exists

New Crowdsourced DNA Database May Change Biology Forever


Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know about Them?

A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits

Unseen Realities: Heaven, Hell, Angels and Demons

A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels

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Source: http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2014/08/daily-2-cents-town-council-repeals.html

Daily UFO Headlines 8/28/14

(Before It's News)

• International Go Topless Day Was Sponsored by an Alien Worshipping Cult – First to Know
• Mysterious Flashes Of Light Appear During Napa Earthquake, Baffles Witnesses – Headlines & Global News
• If men are from Mars, how come we can’t find them there? – The National
• Strange sights in Midwestern skies – Leader Journal
• Video of Possible UFO Recorded by Pennsylvania Woman – ABC News

Source: http://www.openminds.tv/daily-ufo-headlines-82814/29753

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‘Huge’ UFO reported hovering over small Texas town

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A Texas witness at Fairfield reported watching a “very bright, white light” UFO at close range, according to testimony in Case 59342 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The Fairfield, Texas, witness pulled to the side of the road to watch the bright object about 8:47 p.m. on August 24, 2014. Pictured: Fairfield, TX, near county route’s 2570 and 833. (Credit: Google Maps)

The witness was “patrolling on County Road 2570” on her way to County Road 833 at 8:47 p.m. on August 24, 2014, when the object was first seen and thought to be part of a tower. She pulled her vehicle over to the side of the road.

“This huge, very bright object, went up and traveled slowly to my right,” the witness stated. “I then heard this jet-like noise that ended as quickly as it started. I put the truck in gear and went down to County Road 833 and turned around. By this time it was coming back to the spot I had first noticed it.”

The witness again parked her vehicle and while watching the object noticed lights on top of it.

“They went from one side to the other and had a rhythm in its own pace.”

The witness noticed lights on the top of the object that moved in a pattern. Pictured: Fairfield, TX, near county route’s 2570 and 833. (Credit: Google Maps)

The object then moved south and out of sight.

“It scared me to putting that truck in gear and hauling it straight back to my job site. I told a co-worker and I just kept going on and on about it. Took me about three hours to settle down and I particularly did not want to get back in the truck and go anywhere – period.”

The next day at work, the witness reviewed the area where the object was hovering.

“So the next day, going back to work, I saw that the place the UFO was hovering over is power lines from the power plant.”

The witness noticed power lines in the area where the object was originally hovering. Pictured: Fairfield, TX, near county route’s 2570 and 833. (Credit: Google Maps)

Fairfield is a city in Freestone County, Texas, population 2,951. Texas MUFON is investigating. Texas has a current UFO Alert Rating of 3 with a high number of recent reports nationally. Texas had 80 UFO reports in July 2014 – the 2nd highest reporting state – while California had 104 reports as the highest reporting state. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 150 or more reports for the month are rated an Alert 1; states with 100 or more reports are rated an Alert 2; 25 reports or more for the month are rated an Alert 3; 13 or more reports are rated an Alert 4; and those states with less than 13 reports for the month are an Alert 5.

Source: http://www.openminds.tv/huge-ufo-reported-hovering-over-small-texas-town/29746

Mysterious lights seen during Napa earthquake not UFOs says scientist (Video)

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Several people reported seeing flashes of light after the earthquake that shook Napa Valley on Sunday. Similar lights have been seen after other earthquakes all around the world. A scientist with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Mountain View, California says the lights, which are often mistaken for UFOs, are what he calls “earthquake lights.”

KPIX 5 (CBS San Francisco) says they began receiving reports of the strange lights right after the earthquake on Sunday. Other witnesses reported their sightings on twitter.

Twitter user Keedo wrote, ” Everybody felt the earthquake but I’m the only one who saw the blue flashes in the sky??”

• Everybody felt the earthquake but I’m the only one who saw the blue flashes in the sky??

— Keedo (@JerelleBazemore) August 24, 2014

Anne Belden tweeted, ” Saw flashes of light that looked like lightning right after earthquake, then huge green flash north of Sebastopol. #earthquake”

• Saw flashes of light that looked like lightning right after earthquake, then huge green flash north of Sebastopol. #earthquake — Anne Belden (@abelden) August 24, 2014

Scientist Friedemann Freund with the SETI Institute says these sorts of reports are often made after earthquakes all around the world. KPIX 5 included pictures and videos of the lights from Japan and Peru (seen above).

Freund says the lights are often believed to be UFOs or exploding transformers. However, he believes the lights are EQLs, short for “earthquake lights.”

Freund told KPIX 5, “What they are, are a consequence of the stresses building up deep below the earth, seven miles like in the case of the Napa Valley earthquake.”

Freund has been researching the EQL phenomenon for 12 years. He and his team have looked at over 65 cases spanning over 400 years.

Even though Freund offers a conventional explanation for the lights being seen after earthquakes all over the world, most seismologist don’t believe earthquake lights exits. However, Freund is far from being alone in his beliefs.

Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported on an experiment conducted by Rutgers University. They created a miniature model of earthquake-like conditions, and found “huge voltage jumps that result from the shifting of granular material used to mimic the earth.”

Their findings lend credence to Freund’s theory. However, he admits there is a lot of work still to be done. He told the Washington Post, “The observation is really well done, the experiments are well conducted, but the full understanding is not yet available.”

As for those who doubt the existence of earthquake lights, Freund says, “There are things that we still don’t understand about the earth, so why not accept unusual, exceptionally unusual phenomena taking place? And the light outburst from the ground is one of them.”

Source: http://www.openminds.tv/mysterious-lights-seen-during-napa-earthquake-not-ufos-says-scientist-video/29741

UFOs caught on video over Skyros Island in Greece

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At least 20 witnesses watched several UFOs from the beach on Skyros Island in Greece. One witness caught a few of the objects on video before they sped off at “breakneck speed” into the distance.

Jewish Business News reported on the UFO video posted by YouTube user DisclosureNow – Greece (seen above). The video was reportedly taken soon after 1 am last Tuesday morning, August 12.

Skyros Island Beach (Credit: Perigiali Hotel)

According to Jewish Business News, ” The UFOs were seen coming from the eastern part of the island, and they disappeared over the horizon in the sea.”

The description in the video, translated by Google Translate, says that 5 objects were seen flying parallel “in front of the stunned eyes of at least 20 person” who were at a beach bar. They watched the objects for about a minute when suddenly they “arrived at a point in the sky and disappeared at breakneck speed in the distance.”

According to the video, “The astonished patrons not believe their eyes as the objects were within walking distance from the beach – about 500 meters!”

Map marking the location of Skyros Island. (Credit: Google Maps)

The witness who posted the video says they checked with the Port of Skyros the next day, and were told that they knew of the sighting. Apparently, port authorities rushed to the area, but had not seen anything. They were alerted by other witnesses.

The video description also says that the witness attempted to capture all of the objects on video using their cell phone, but only three could be seen. The third can only barely be seen flashing.

The video does not show much, but if the witness is to be believed, the lights shooting off into the distance must have been quite astonishing.

Source: http://www.openminds.tv/ufos-caught-on-video-over-skyros-island-in-greece/29736

UFO Fires Energy Beam Into Sun – Aug 27, 2014

Interesting object caught by Helioviewer, (AIA 304 - Time: 2014/08/26) which
appears to show a huge object firing or possibly drawing energy from the Suns
corona.

Is it a UFO? Or something else.

One day later, (Time: 2014/08/27) another unknown object caught by SOHO, Lasco C2.

Furthermore, Lasco C2 and Lasco C3 show several unknown large white cigar-shaped objects and one angelic shaped object.

SOHO, Lasco C2 and Lasco C3.

The shapes appearing in the images sure are
strange and obviously huge.

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Beste beelden van UFO ooit? - HLN.

Bron: Daily Mail, Twitter 

© Twitter.

video  Heeft een UFO vorige week een bezoek gebracht aan de Amerikaanse staat Texas? De 'believers' zijn alvast in hun nopjes nadat verschillende inwoners van Houston foto's van een vreemde vliegende schotel hebben gepost op sociaalmediasites.

De vrij heldere beelden tonen een ovaal object met heel wat lichtpunten onderaan. Een filmpje op Instagram laat dan weer zie hoe de 'UFO' zich voortbeweegt door de lucht.

De waarnemingen hebben een lokaal tv-station aangezet om er een reportage aan te wijden. "Het is makkelijk om te zeggen dat het aliens waren", verklaarde astronoom Carolyn Sumners aan KPRC. "De truc met UFO's is om na te gaan of er een andere verklaring mogelijk is voor het vliegende object. Hoe meer mensen het hebben waargenomen vanuit alle mogelijke invalshoeken, hoe groter de kans dat we het gaan kunnen identificeren en duiden. Maar er zullen altijd dingen gebeuren waarvoor er geen verklaring is maar dat maakt het net interessant."

UFO over houston or nah?

UFO over Houston's east side

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WATCH: Multiple UFO’s Filmed Over Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug 8

From the distance they look just like lights in the sky floating around. As this article points out, it’s not about the sizzle in the clip. It’s about the actual possibility of extraterrestrial life!

Chile’s Civil Aviation Department has officially acknowledged the existence of unidentified flying objects in that country’s airspace. One dramatic UFO encounter was recounted by retired Chilean Air Force General Hernan Gabrielli Rojas.

Photo made to look like a UFO. (Bear99/Deviantart.com)

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Daytime UFO sighting over Hephzibah, Georgia on 26th August 2014

New interesting video footage of a bright UFO sighting recorded in the daytime sky above Hephzibah, Georgia on 26th August 2014.

Witness said:
My husband and I were standing on our front porch,when I noticed the ball of light. I have seen them many times but normally at night and not having a camera in hand but this time I finally did so I magnified my camera on my Moto x Motorola cell phone by 4.0x to catch it on film. We both were trying to get it on film at the same time but I was able to. This is the first time I have seen them during the day our neighbor has also seen these several times. I always watch the sky here at my house I have a thing for the stars and clouds etc.. So my normal is to look up and see what is above and I seen it just above the clouds facing across the street . It had no FAA lights on and as it passed it was no plane, or anything I can describe as a object that I would be use to seeing living not far from an air port / base .. It wobbled and the light on it changed colors it had a trace tail but nothing I wouldn’t explain away with camera flaring. I watched it for over 2mins as I video-ed it and it finally descended at an angle disappearing behind the trees. We first seen it at 8:26pm est and it disappeared at 8:28pm est.

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UFO over Niagara Falls, Canada on 26th August 2014

New interesting video footage of a bright UFO recorded in the night sky above Niagara Falls, Canada on 26th August 2014.

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Flashing UFO sighting over Oregon on 26th August 2014

New amazing video footage of a flashing UFO light recorded over Oregon on 26th August 2014.

Witness said:
The flashes were observed over two nights in the oregon skies. They remain in a general location and sometimes flash brighter or dimmer between 8-10 seconds apart. The object flashes/pulses for over an half-hour and shortly after is no longer visible. This is a strange one indeed and one of my friends just reported seeing the same event. He lives about 7 miles away.

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Is dit het dijbeen van een marsmannetje?

Het beeld dat de believers van buitenaards leven doet kicken. © NASA.

Believers van buitenaards leven kicken massaal op dit beeld dat werd geschoten door de marsverkenner Curiosity. Voor hen staat het vast: dit zijn de fossiele resten van het dijbeen van een marsmannetje. Tot het tegendeel is bewezen gaan we er evenwel best van uit dat het gewoon een steen is.

Het beeld werd onlangs gespot op UFO-blogger.com en al snel deden de wildste speculaties de ronde. "Het is erg waarschijnlijk dat er ooit leven is geweest op de planeet Mars", weet een blogger. "Het is dus bijgevolg niet uitgesloten dat er fossielen van die uitgestorven wezens worden gevonden".

Water
Het onbemande voertuig Curiosity landde twee jaar geleden op Mars. Het kan bodemmonsters analyseren op sporen van leven. Op 27 september 2012 stuurde de Curiosity foto's naar de Aarde waaruit bleek dat er ooit op Mars water moet hebben gestroomd. Kiezelstenen waren dermate geërodeerd dat zij lang in stromend water hadden gelegen. In maart van vorig jaar maakte het Amerikaanse ruimtevaartagentschap NASA bekend dat onderzoek van een rotsmonster had aangetoond dat in vroeger tijden leven op Mars mogelijk is geweest.

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Astronaut breekt zich het hoofd over 'mysterieus' groen licht voor kust van Thailand - HLN.be

© Twitter. Bangkok is the bright city. The green lights outside the city? No idea…  

Eerder deze week deelde de Amerikaanse astronaut Reid Wiseman deze foto op Twitter. Vanuit het internationale ruimtestation ISS fotografeerde hij de Golf  Thailand. Op de afbeelding is Bangkok, de hoofdstad van Thailand, duidelijk te zien. Naar de oorsprong van de groene lichten op het water was het gissen. Toch vanuit de ruimte...

Eens aan land wordt snel duidelijk dat het om tientallen vissersboten gaat. Die beschikken over honderden heldere groene ledlampen om plankton aan te trekken. Het ultieme doel is het vangen van inktvissen. Zij volgen het plankton dat door het licht wordt aangetrokken en zijn zo een makkelijke prooi.

Slim gezien (en mysterie opgelost).

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Betoverend mooi: poollicht vanuit de ruimte - HLN.be

© Twitter.

Lees ook

• Poollicht komt heel dichtbij
• Toverachtige foto's van noorderlicht in Nederland

We flew right through a massive #aurora after last week's solar mass ejection http://youtu.be/t1J7YzEUzX8

De Europese Ruimtevaartorganisatie ESA heeft bijzondere beelden vrijgegeven van het noorderlicht. De Duitse kosmonaut Alexander Gerst legde de natuurpracht vast op video en goot de shots in een verbluffende timelapse. Gerst en zijn collega's zagen het schouwspel vanuit het ISS. Een week eerder had een massale uitbarsting van zonnewind plaatsgevonden, die veroorzaakte het spectaculaire lichtverschijnsel afgelopen weekend.

Bron: Twitter

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