The Marfa Lights, mysterious glowing orbs that appear in the desert outside the West Texas town of Marfa, have mystified people for generations.

According to eyewitnesses, the Marfa Lights appear to be roughly the size of basketballs and are varyingly described as white, blue, yellow, red or other colors.

Reportedly, the Marfa Lights hover, merge, twinkle, split into two, flicker, float up into the air or dart quickly across Mitchell Flat (the area east of Marfa where they're most commonly reported).

There seems to be no way to predict when the lights will appear; they're seen in various weather conditions, but only a dozen or so nights a year. And nobody knows for sure what they are - or if they really even exist at all.

The Native Americans of the area thought the Marfa Lights were fallen stars, the Houston Chronicle reports.

The first mention of the lights comes from 1883, when cowhand Robert Reed Ellison claimed to have seen flickering lights one evening while driving a herd of cattle near Mitchell Flat. He assumed the lights were from Apache campfires.

Ellison was told by area settlers that they often saw the lights, too, but upon investigation, they found no ashes or other evidence of a campfire, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

During World War II, pilots from nearby Midland Army Air Field tried to locate the source of the mysterious lights, but were unable to discover anything.

Dhaka: Owners of a Bangladesh garment factory were forced to offer prayers and distribute food to the poor on Wednesday in a bid to drive out what workers believed was a ghost at the plant, police said.

Some 3,500 workers stopped work at the plant in Gazipur, north of Dhaka on Tuesday, and smashed furniture to demand action to remove the ghost, which some workers claimed had attacked them in the ladies' washroom.

"The agitating workers refused to join duty and vandalised the factory after the management did not take any steps to drive out the ghost," Gazipur industrial police inspector Showkat Kabir told AFP. Kabir said the owners held special prayers - recitation of the Koran and hymns in praise of the Prophet Mohammed - at the factory and also distributed food among the poor to drive out the "ghost".

"All the workers, owners and the managers will join the prayers and the factory will reopen on Thursday after two days of shutdown due to the ghost-related protests," he said. A medical expert said the "ghost attack" could be a sign of psychological distress in the wake of a series of deadly disasters involving garment workers in the past six months.

A Labour politician has defended his beliefs in extra-terrestrial life - after claiming to have fathered a child with an alien.

Married father-of-three Simon Parkes, who represents Stakesby on Whitby Town Council, said his wife had rowed with him after revealing he had a child called Zarka with an alien he refers to as the Cat Queen.

The 53-year-old driving instructor said he has sexual relations with the alien about four times a year.

"What will happen is that we will hold hands and I will say 'I'm ready' and then the technology I don't understand will take us up to a craft orbiting the earth," he explained.

"My wife found out about it and was very unhappy, clearly. That caused a few problems, but it is not on a human level, so I don't see it as wrong.

Councillor Parkes, who also claims his "real mother" is a 9ft green alien with eight fingers, said people only claim he is mad because they have not shared his experiences and that the encounters don't affect his work on behalf of Whitby residents.

Call it what you will: A Yeren, a Yeti or a Yowie, but the fact remains that people the world over keep seeing these big hairy buggers lurking in the night.

The latest sighting took place recently just north of Bexhill when a Lismore resident and music videographer spied the classic creature crossing a moonlit Bangalow Road.

The witness, who has asked not to be named for fear of reprisal, said he was driving back home from a night of filming at Eltham and had just turned onto the Bangalow Road heading for Lismore when he spied a creature jumping a barbed wire paddock fence before briefly pausing at the edge of the road.

Suddenly the beast moved across the two lanes of bitumen, raising his arm to apparently shield its eyes from the bright high beam glare of the approaching car.

"I would have seen it for between 20 and 30 seconds," the witness recalled.

"It was really moving at the time. It leapt the fence no problem.

"All I can remember was seeing this large black object with a solid build, lanky legs and long lanky arms.

"It wasn't clothed ... it wasn't wearing clothes like a human."

A strange stone was found in the Piriápolis zone by a retired soldier that was fishing at Punta Negra's beach. According to what was informed to Montevideo Portal, the man put the stone in his pocket and, after a few minutes the object exploded, getting second grade burns. Armada's spokeman, Sergio Bique, asked those who may find a similar object, avoid any contact and to contact the police station.

The finding was on Wednesday night, when a retired soldier that was fishing at Punta Negra's beach found a stone that was shinning, according to what was informed this Friday in FM Gente.

The public relations chief of the Army, Sergio Bique, informed Montevideo Portal, that the object was perceived by a 78 year old man that after not being able to fish anything decided to take a walk by the beach.

The man with J. C. B. M. initials saw a green fluorescent object of 2 or 3 centimetres, took it and put it in his pocket. After a few steps, the object made an explosion, partially burning the sport pantaloons the man was wearing, and in trying to blow out the fire, he burnt his left hand.

A man is wondering if there is life out there after he snapped two lights in the sky over Bracknell last night (Friday).

Steve Lambert was on the terrace at the front of the Running Horse Pub, London Road, making a phone call, when he spotted the discs over Harmans Water at 8pm.

The 42-year-old from Basingstoke said: "They were heading south-west at speed towards Basingstoke - quicker than any normal aircraft.

"They were there for less than five seconds."

Steve posted the photo to Facebook to see what his friends made of the photo and now wants to hear from anyone else who saw the UFOs.

He added: "I have seen a lot of funny things in the sky and I have always practiced trying to take a photo quickly on my mobile phone.

"I am interested to see if anyone knows what it is.

"If someone else saw a funny light or pair of lights then we know there is something out there.

"I really want to know what is going on out there - there probably is life out there."

In February a mysterious object was seen in Sandy Lane, around two miles from last night's potential extra terrestrial sighting.

From April 29, 2013 to May 3, 2013 researchers, activists, political leaders, and former members of military services and government agencies representing ten countries gave testimony at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington, D.C. to six former members of the United States Congress on the evidence of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.

In this video, the Hon. Paul Hellyer, former Minister of Canada's National Defense testified to "knowing of 4 alien races actively visiting Earth since thousands of years."

Source YouTube Channel
Citizen Hearing on Disclosure
Producer: Reuben Langdon

The Air China Boeing 757 was forced to make emergency landing

It landed with a severely dented and scratched nose cone

Pilot heard a large bang and then the plane 'struggled to perform'

A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a mysterious mid-air collision with a 'foreign object' at 26,000ft severely dented its nose cone.

The front of the Air China Boeing 757 had been pushed in and scratches and scraped paintwork were clearly visible when it landed.

The plane was climbing over China when a large bang was heard from the front of aircraft.

Located near the harbor in Kinsale, Charlesfort plays host to the White Lady of Kinsale, one of Ireland's most famous and tragic ghosts.

Charlesfort, or Dun Chathail in the Irish language, was built between 1677 and 1682 during the reign of Charles II as a fortress to defend against attacks from enemies approaching via the sea. William Robinson, who designed the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in Dublin, is credited with the design of the fort.

According to legend, one of the fort's soldiers married a local girl and they stayed at the fort for their wedding night. The soldier had watch duty that night and a bit drunk from the day's celebrations, fell asleep. Other soldiers in the fort found him asleep while on duty and following the protocol of the day, shot him at his post. After hearing about her husband's death, the bride flung herself to her death from one of the fort's walls.