http://www.sott.net/signs/list_by_category/8-High-Strangeness Signs of the Times: The World for People who Think. Featuring alternative news and commentary on world events. en-us Original content Copyright 2012 by Signs of the Times/Sott.net. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:18 -0500 http://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net http://www.sott.net http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245868-UFOs-Over-Blue-Springs-Strange-Objects-Hover-in-Night-Sky BLUE SPRINGS, MO (KCTV) - Strange lights in the night sky over Blue Springs have UFO investigators interested. Neighbors say in the past two weeks they have seen multi-colored lights in the sky, and the Missouri UFO Network is now conducting its own investigation. The video of these orbs hovering is causing quite the debate in Blue Springs and is the topic of discussion in the quiet suburb. Robert Kover first noticed it two weeks ago and went down to get a closer look. He was confronted by a neighbor who thought he was spying on women, until he handed her his binoculars. "I showed her the star that [was] in the sky, just to get somebody else's perspective on it, and they said they had never seen anything like it before," Kover said. Becky Neely said it was vibrating red, green and blue lights. "It was like nothing I've ever seen before, but with binoculars we could see it fairly well, and it was off in the distance," Neely said. Teresa Price saw it twice. The first time was the same night Kover and Neely did, and she noticed it again when she was walking her dogs the following week. However, the second time things were even more bizarre. "It was up in the sky and then it just dropped and stayed stationary in that lower position," Price said. Price had seen KCTV5's recent news report on domestic drones that are now being used by local governments and law enforcement agencies, and thought that was what it was. "It kind of made me think that there is some sort of drone out there. Why is it out at night? I don't know," Price said. Kover called the KCTV5 Investigative Hotline and posted a sighting on a UFO spotters website. The night of a interview, KCTV5's Dave Jordan spotted similar sightings. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245868-UFOs-Over-Blue-Springs-Strange-Objects-Hover-in-Night-Sky Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:17 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245857-Ministry-of-Defence-Expert-Probes-New-Primrose-Hill-UFO-Hum-Reports Mystery continues to surround a humming noise heard in and around Primrose Hill after further witness reports of the phenomenon. The Ham&High reported in February this year an unidentified "deep resonating humming" coming from all directions at once in Primrose Hill, which was logged on the UK UFO Sightings website. Now another resident has contacted the paper claiming to have heard the sound five or six times overnight on May 9. Vlad Syrota said: "I've been hearing the alleged humming in Primrose Hill all night. "I live literally two minutes from the park, I've been up late studying and roughly every hour I have been hearing a five to 15 second low pitch hum. "I can't locate the source, my mother has been hearing it as well as my next door neighbours." The UFO report earlier in the year described the noise as a "deep resonating humming sound coming from the near distance" and said that four people had heard the sound at the same time. The report, made by a man who recorded his name as Andy G, said he was unable to place the source as it came "from all directions at once, but from no specific direction". Nick Pope, who ran the Ministry of Defence's UFO project from 1991 to 1994 and worked for the MoD for 21 years, refuted the idea that the sounds might be caused by extraterrestrial phenomenon. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245857-Ministry-of-Defence-Expert-Probes-New-Primrose-Hill-UFO-Hum-Reports Thu, 24 May 2012 15:39:41 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245840-Strange-objects-over-Blue-Springs-Missouri (US) Strange lights in the night sky over Blue Springs have UFO investigators interested. Neighbors say in the past two weeks they have seen multi-colored lights in the sky, and the Missouri UFO Network is now conducting its own investigation. The video of these orbs hovering is causing quite the debate in Blue Springs and is the topic of discussion in the quiet suburb. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245840-Strange-objects-over-Blue-Springs-Missouri Thu, 24 May 2012 08:05:13 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245838-UFO-over-Australia-caught-on-camera Northern Territory - It seems this year's Top End UFO season has started - with the first sighting being recorded from Australia's most famous UFOlogist, Alan Ferguson. "... While going out to check the skies like I do regularly... I saw a UFO down the back of the block," Mr Ferguson reported on his website. The UFO hunter from Acacia Hills, 250km north of Katherine, said the sighting happened just before 8pm on Tuesday night. "The weather was clear and there was no moon or even planes around the area," Mr Ferguson said. "The UFO ... hover(ed) from side to side. The object looked like flashing red, green and white lights through the binoculars and you could not make out a body shape. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245838-UFO-over-Australia-caught-on-camera Thu, 24 May 2012 07:52:42 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245837-Fireball-UFO-flare-US-Airways-Express-flight-crew-sees-mysterious-object A US Airways Express flight crew reported seeing what looked like a flare with a smoke trail in the vicinity of its aircraft while on approach to Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday. According to authorities, what the crew witnessed remains a mystery. The aircraft with 34 passengers and three crew members landed safely. Flight 4321, originating from Elmira-Corning Regional Airport, was about 500 feet above the ground in Philadelphia when the incident took place. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245837-Fireball-UFO-flare-US-Airways-Express-flight-crew-sees-mysterious-object Thu, 24 May 2012 07:45:55 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245825-Men-In-Black-Inspired-By-Scary-Stories-Of-People-Who-ve-Seen-UFOs When Men in Black 3 opens everywhere over Memorial Day weekend, most moviegoers will just be hoping this sequel matches the original for popcorn-munching fun. But there are many people who say they've been victimized by and live in fear of real MIBs. And those stories, told for decades, are just as terrifying as they are detailed. Ever since the early 1950s, long before the first "Men in Black" movie hit the silver screen in 1997, men dressed in identical black suits, hats and sunglasses, claiming to be government agents, have reportedly shown up in black cars at the homes or offices of people who reported UFO sightings. According to those who were paid these unwelcome visits, the MIBs threatened or harassed the eyewitnesses into staying quiet about their UFO encounters. Watch some reported Men in Black encounters: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245825-Men-In-Black-Inspired-By-Scary-Stories-Of-People-Who-ve-Seen-UFOs Wed, 23 May 2012 16:32:19 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245800-Mysterious-rattling-and-tremors-in-north-Scotland-blamed-on-aircraft- A sonic boom has been blamed for tremors that were felt by residents across the north of Scotland. The strange vibrations were phoned into police late on Tuesday night by people in Cults, Inverbervie, Aberdeen, Stonehaven, Cove, and even Arbroath. A spokesman for Grampian Police confirmed the reports and said the force had received around a dozen calls between 8.45pm and 11.15pm on Tuesday. He said: "Grampian Police can confirm that following the numerous reports from members of the public who felt 'tremors' during the evening of Tuesday, May 22, the British Geological Survey have reported no significant seismic activity. No reports of injuries or damage have been received. "The Ministry of Defence have confirmed that they regularly conduct supersonic flight over sea around the whole of the UK, when aircraft do fly at such speeds a sonic boom is created that could be mistaken for an explosion or a tremor. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245800-Mysterious-rattling-and-tremors-in-north-Scotland-blamed-on-aircraft- Wed, 23 May 2012 09:58:31 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245771-Was-it-the-Flathead-Lake-Nessie- Finley Point, Montana - After a prolonged absence of Flathead Nessie sightings, the lake's elusive monster may be out there after all. That's what Pam Moriarty, her daughter Laura Barthrop and Justin Lagemann are wondering after the trio viewed a strange object swimming against the current about 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12. From the picture windows in Pam cliff top home on the northwest end of Finley Point, they watched for about five minutes as it swam northeasterly away from shore toward the main part of the lake. They were so surprised that Pam briefly forgot her camera was nearby. She rushed to retrieve it and managed to snap a picture, but it was too far away to identify. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245771-Was-it-the-Flathead-Lake-Nessie- Tue, 22 May 2012 16:05:36 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245698-Cropcircle-Melatonin-C13H16N2O2 Watch video here. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245698-Cropcircle-Melatonin-C13H16N2O2 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:49:58 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245696-Channel-Islands-mystery-boom-shakes-buildings An investigation has been launched into the cause of a mysterious boom which shook buildings across the Island on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of Islanders reported hearing a loud bang - similar to a sonic boom - at 1.04 pm. The boom was so loud it rattled doors and windows from Gorey to St Ouen and even measured on the Island's seismograph in St Aubin. But despite speculation that the noise was caused by a military jet travelling faster than the speed of sound, Jersey Airport has confirmed that no aircraft capable of causing such a noise was in the Island's airspace at the time. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245696-Channel-Islands-mystery-boom-shakes-buildings Mon, 21 May 2012 10:54:04 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245579-Mystery-earthquake-boom-near-McCall-puzzles-scientists McCall, Idaho -- You could call it a mystery earthquake, a sonic boom, or maybe nothing at all. Several witnesses report waking up to what they say was a small earthquake south of McCall early Thursday morning around 4:30 a.m. However, those shaky claims have employees at Idaho's U.S. Geological Survey scratching their heads in disbelief. Mickey Hart lives five miles south of McCall just off Hwy. 55. The 50-year-old resident says she's only experienced one earthquake here, and it was in the summer of 2001. The second earthquake came early Thursday morning around 4:30 a.m. Hart says that's when her beloved border collie, Mr. Mac, detected the tremor before it hit. "It was four in the morning, and the house shook," Hart said. "It woke up my husband and scared the crap out of my dog." However, for some folks here in Idaho, those reports just don't seem to make sense. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Information Specialist Tim Merrick said his agency's seismographs haven't shown any recent earthquake activity in Idaho. "If there was anything, it would almost certainly show up," Merrick said. "Our seismology network across the United States is very sensitive." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245579-Mystery-earthquake-boom-near-McCall-puzzles-scientists Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:03 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245560-Mysterious-Rocks-Burn-California-Woman San Clemente - A woman suffered third-degree burns after what appeared to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks that had been scooped up from a Southern California beach, a fire official said. The 43-year-old woman's children collected the rocks Saturday at San Clemente Beach, and she tucked them into the pocket of her shorts, according to the Orange County Register. While the woman was standing in her kitchen Saturday after returning from the beach, the rocks somehow caught fire, burning the woman's right thigh and knee, said Capt. Marc Stone of the Orange County Fire Authority. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245560-Mysterious-Rocks-Burn-California-Woman Thu, 17 May 2012 09:43:56 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245559-Beast-of-Hackney-Marshes-mystery A strange creature has been captured on camera on Hackney Marshes - 30 years after the unexplained sighting of another mystery beast sparked a full-scale search for a suspected bear on the loose. Terrified university student Helen Murray said she took the snaps while out for a stroll near dense woodland close to a path near the Old River Lea on bank holiday Monday earlier this month. She said she was stopped in her tracks by the unknown animal, which was larger than a person and covered in shaggy black fur. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245559-Beast-of-Hackney-Marshes-mystery Thu, 17 May 2012 09:27:10 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245555-Mystery-Object-in-Denver-Skies-Prompts-FAA-Investigation The federal government is investigating the appearance of a mystery object spotted by a pilot in the skies over Denver Monday. Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: The Federal Aviation Administration emailed USA TODAY with the following statement regarding the object: " The FAA is investigating the incident and will try to positively identify the object the Citation pilot reported, where it came from and who was operating it." Original post: A mystery object that flew over Denver Monday evening is raising questions and prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate, 9 News out of Denver reports. The mystery object turned up when a Cessna corporate jet was flying at 8,000 feet above sea level, the news organization reports. At that point, recordings indicate, the pilot radioed to air-traffic control in a shaky voice: "A remote-controlled aircraft, or what? Something just went by the other way ... about 20 to 30 seconds ago. It was like a large remote-controlled aircraft." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245555-Mystery-Object-in-Denver-Skies-Prompts-FAA-Investigation Wed, 16 May 2012 22:25:45 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245414-UFOs-Filmed-Hovering-Over-U-S-Air-Force-Nuclear-Weapons-Storage-Area Important New Revelations about the Paul Bennewitz Affair Declassified U.S. government documents and military veterans have confirmed repeated UFO incursions at American nuclear weapons sites, decade after decade. (Declassified Soviet documents and former Soviet Army personnel verify that such incidents occurred in the former U.S.S.R. as well.) During my September 27, 2010 "UFOs and Nukes" press conference in Washington D.C., retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) Col. Charles Halt discussed one such incident at the RAF Bentwaters airbase in England, on December 28, 1980, when a UFO was observed directing down laser-like beams of light onto various locations on the base. Radio chatter between USAF Security Policemen indicated that some of those fell within the boundaries of the USAF's Weapons Storage Area (WSA) where tactical nuclear bombs were kept in hardened bunkers. CNN streamed the important press conference live and the full-length video may be viewed here: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245414-UFOs-Filmed-Hovering-Over-U-S-Air-Force-Nuclear-Weapons-Storage-Area Mon, 14 May 2012 09:10:34 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245413-UFO-Crash-Retrievals-in-Chile-1998- [Stories of saucer crashes and retrievals are not the exclusive province of the American Southwest. The Pacific coast of South America has some interesting cases to offer, as we can see from Raul Núñez's "UFO Crash/Retrivals in Chile. Mr. Núñez is the director of his country's branch of the Instituto de Investigaciones Espaciales (IEEE) and a frequent contributor to Inexplicata. This article appeared in Issue #9 of the Inexplicata journal -- SC] On October 7, 1998 at 15:45 hours, residents of Paihuano, a small village in Valle de Elquí (Chile) underwent an extraordinary experience which keep its 2,500 residents on the edge of their seats. A flying object described as having a metallic color and measuring some 15 meters across remained motionless over the Las Mollacas hill, from which the entire town could be seen. The object began to rise and abruptly made a sudden turn that split it in two before the awestruck witnesses. One part of the object fell on hill's peak and the other behind it. Accounts collected on the field by this correspondent among the many persons who wintessed the uncanny event lead us to consider the following events: a) the object witnessed was metallic (silvery); b) the sun's rays reflected off its structure, aiding its visibility; c) Its shape was elongated; d) it remained on the summit of the hill throughout the afternoon of Wednesday the 7th, Thursday the 8th and Friday the 9th, when it was removed by personnel in uniform; e) all of the townsfolk, including mayor Lorenzo Torres, witnessed the event; f) earthquakes were registered after the object fell to the ground; g) electric blackouts covered the entire region; h) radio and TV broadcasts throughout Paihuano, Pisco Elquí and Monte Grande (two neighboring towns) were disrupted. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245413-UFO-Crash-Retrievals-in-Chile-1998- Mon, 14 May 2012 08:33:01 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245412-UFO-in-Argentina-What-happened-at-La-Aurora-1977- [This article by our friend and colleague Pablo Villarubia appeared in Inexplicata #12 (Summer 2003). It describes one of the most shocking UFO incidents of the year 1977 - the so-called "Tonna Case", named after its protagonist, rancher Angel María Tonna - SC] I left Montevideo behind and was heading toward the city of Salto on the Argentinean border, riding a dilapidated bus in order to rescue from oblivion the events which occurred one distant February 17, 1977. The central protagonist of the story was the owner of the La Aurora ranch, a man named Angel María Tronna. The victims included one dog, several sheep, a bull and one horse -- gravely affected by an object come from afar. The first thing I did upon arriving was making a straight line toward the office of the El Pueblo newspaper to consult old newspapers which would put me on the track of the "Tonna Case". The Saturday the 19th edition was already legendary, since it presented the first news item on the macabre event. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245412-UFO-in-Argentina-What-happened-at-La-Aurora-1977- Mon, 14 May 2012 08:16:34 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245148-Strange-New-UFO-Found-on-Google-Sky An intrepid UFO hunter, with his eyes peeled on Google Sky, has spotted a strange, gigantic, disc-shaped object which defies conventional explanation. What is it? The object, spotted by YouTuber planetkrejci, is circular and a mottled greenish-hue. Looking more like something out of a Hollywood movie than any known spacecraft, this and other anomalies found on the popular software app have yet to be explained convincingly. Can it be just a glitch? Why are these objects so strangely shaped and colored? Is someone hoaxing Google? Is that technically possible? No matter the explanation, it's one of the most interesting mysteries to hit the paranormal community in a while. Is it possible that these are real spacecraft built by another civilization? If so, it would be the greatest story of all time. Hopefully, some imaging experts will start investigating these UFO sightings and come up with a theory that makes sense. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245148-Strange-New-UFO-Found-on-Google-Sky Mon, 07 May 2012 20:21:32 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245061-UFO-responsible-for-the-crash-of-the-Pakistan-737- Unconfirmed reports suggest that the cause of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 crash in Pakistan last Friday may have been a UFO sighting by the pilot. A Russian news report on the crash posted on YouTube incorporates footage of three mysterious lights moving in formation, leading to speculation in the UFO community that blame for the tragic accident may lie with an extra-terrestrial craft. There are rumours that the pilot may have been buzzed by the object and complained to the control tower at Islamabad airport as he made his approach, according to Gather News. The official line, however, is that the passenger jet's fuel tanks exploded mid-air during a heavy thunderstorm, killing all 127 people on board. In a mayday call made moments before the disaster, the pilot of the stricken jet reported a fuel tank had caught fire and that the plane was out of control. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245061-UFO-responsible-for-the-crash-of-the-Pakistan-737- Sun, 06 May 2012 05:03:25 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245040-Strange-Circumstances-Surround-Park-Disappearances Las Vegas, Nevada, US - The summer travel season is nearly here which means millions of people will be heading for national parks and national forests. As it turns out, a few of them won't be coming back. Each year, hundreds of people are reported missing in national parks and forests. Most are eventually found, but there's a smaller category of cases that are never solved, including a few close to home. It is not a revelation to report that people get lost in wilderness areas or forests. The I-Team is investigating a different kind of mystery that involves disappearances which are not caused by predator attacks, criminals, or bad luck. A former cop has put together hundreds of case files regarding clusters of missing persons in national parks where the circumstances are strange. "I was staying in a hotel off park service land and there was a knock at the door," said David Paulides. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245040-Strange-Circumstances-Surround-Park-Disappearances Sat, 05 May 2012 08:55:09 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245037-Strange-sound-and-strange-object-in-skies-over-Sabinillas-Spain It was a long shape made up of orange or red lights, moving in all directions across the sky, hovering and moving up and down. "First came a really loud noise, which I first put down to an aeroplane passing," insists former teaching assistant Lin Campbell, 55, who lives in Sabinillas. "But it just did not seem to move away. "The noise kept coming and going but without any fading in and out. There were no other lights or craft in the sky although towards the end we could hear a helicopter. "The craft eventually moved off to the Estepona area and I went back to bed, but a few minutes later I heard the noise again and rushed out to see the lights again off in the distance over Estepona." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245037-Strange-sound-and-strange-object-in-skies-over-Sabinillas-Spain Sat, 05 May 2012 08:23:34 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245036-UFO-narrowly-misses-landing-jet- A video on YouTube claims to have captured a UFO nearly crashing into a jet landing at an unidentified airport. Can it be real? The video shows the scene outside a jet window as it bumpily approaches a fog enshrouded airport for a landing. Voices on the tape include nervous passengers and a crying baby. As the jet gets closer to the tarmac, it is suddenly buffeted violently, causing excited responses from adult passengers and screams from a frightened child. That part of the incident seems real enough. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245036-UFO-narrowly-misses-landing-jet- Sat, 05 May 2012 08:07:56 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245001-Mutilated-calf-is-a-mystery Windell Gillis found something very unusual when he went to check on his cows on Saturday, April 14. He found a four month old bull calf dead in the field. Gillis noticed that the calf had damage to one of its eyes. Then, he noticed something very unusual. A patch of hide approximately five inches across in a perfect circle was missing from the calf. The circle of hide had been removed with surgical precision, so much so, that there wasn't even any bleeding. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245001-Mutilated-calf-is-a-mystery Fri, 04 May 2012 10:01:03 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245000-UFO-documentary-undeniable-evidence- Iceberg Theory.tv presents a short form UFO documentary that sums up the subject in a quick, entertaining style. It pulls from the latest and best news clips and documentaries. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/245000-UFO-documentary-undeniable-evidence- Fri, 04 May 2012 09:37:20 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244999-Strange-lights-in-the-sky-before-the-era-of-Flying-Saucers-Australia While Australia's first UFO flap may have occurred in the winter of 1909, the skies above Australia have long been filled with unknown aerial objects that have left witnesses scratching their heads and clambering to adequately describe what they had seen. Way back in 1868, Parramatta surveyor, Fred Birmingham, had an apparent encounter with "a machine to go through the air" while other early witnesses, untainted by the modern lore of UFOs and aliens, have reported celestial apparitions, aerial processions of vehicles, phenomenal lights in the heavens and strange meteors. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244999-Strange-lights-in-the-sky-before-the-era-of-Flying-Saucers-Australia Fri, 04 May 2012 09:06:03 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244944-Bigfoot-and-UFOs-The-connection-Interview-with-Stan-Gordon This will be my second time interviewing Stan Gordon, the first being at The Church Of Mabus radio show that can be found here for your listening pleasure. Though Stan touches on the UFO Sasquatch connection, he also even more so touches on Sasquatch itself. He is a researcher which I prefer over a hunter any day. I find him to be one of the most genuine people in the field that I have ever met and had the pleasure of speaking with. I also feel that he offers great insight and open mindedness to the UFO Sasquatch connection. I feel this is important because there are many in the field who are not courageous enough to do so. When the parallel is so strongly there with eye witness accounts and people also who are lately claiming contact with the Sasquatch. I will be bringing more interviews revolving around these communications in the future. Now I present to you my interview with Stan Gordon. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244944-Bigfoot-and-UFOs-The-connection-Interview-with-Stan-Gordon Thu, 03 May 2012 10:17:29 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244940-Unexplained-sounds-flashes-spark-rumors-in-Roslindale Massachusetts, US: Roslindale may soon be called Roswell-lindale after a series of unexplained sounds and flashes of light were witnessed over the weekend. Both Friday and Sunday, around the same times, residents reported hearing "booms" in the area of Zeller Street near the Fallon Field. Some residents said the sound wasn't consistent with the noises made by fireworks during a July 4 celebration. The mysterious blasts were reportedly heard from Dorchester Fields to Jamaica Plain, but no one had an answer for the strange phenomenon. Locals reported that police responded to the scene, but found nothing. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244940-Unexplained-sounds-flashes-spark-rumors-in-Roslindale Thu, 03 May 2012 05:00:45 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244761-Latin-American-High-Weirdness-The-UFOs In previous installments (which can be found here, here, and here) I put forth the notion that Latin America has served as a kind of playground for the Cryptocracy. In those installments I mainly focused on the role cults (especially those founded by expat Americans and Europeans) have played in the latter half of the 20th century amongst various Latin American nations. Most notably several of these sects had links to various intelligence agencies with a special emphasis on brainwashing. In this installment we shall focus on the legacy of UFOs in Latin America, especially Brazil. Latin American UFO sightings and encounters are badly neglected amongst US ufologists and for good reason - they are hard to reconcile with the extraterrestrial hypothesis that dominates the American UFO field. Latin American UFO encounters are even more surreal and mystical and occult connections are even more overt. Let us consider the case of Jose Antonio, a Brazilian soldier in the military police, which I've already chronicled in the context of entheogens. Antonio's abduction experience began 'typically' enough with a burst of light hitting him while he was out fishing. Two masked figures in dull aluminium suits seized him a brought him on board a craft that looked like an upright cylinder. It was when Antonio was brought inside the craft that things started to get weird. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244761-Latin-American-High-Weirdness-The-UFOs Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:08:59 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244721-UFO-accidentally-caught-on-tape-at-Skate-Park A silver, disc-shaped saucer UFO was accidentally caught on video by a skateboarder making a promo video at a skate park in Canada. What is it? The video posted here is an out-take clip from the original filmed at the McKinney Skate Park in Ontario. The skateboarder who made the video intended to catch some skateboarding tricks for a promotional video for a local skate shop. After posting the video to YouTube, it was pointed out that an unidentified flying object was unintentionally caught in several frames buzzing across the sky as the camera followed the action. (By the way, the camera catches a sick trick by the skateboarder too. Be on the lookout!) http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244721-UFO-accidentally-caught-on-tape-at-Skate-Park Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:22:11 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244720-UFO-filmed-from-airplane-over-London Three fast flying UFOs have been filmed by passenger from an airplane, just 10 minutes before passing the London Sky (England, United Kingdom) from northwest on his way to Frankfurt, Germany on April 26, 2012. UFO Sighting near London, UK. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244720-UFO-filmed-from-airplane-over-London Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:15:34 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244635-UFO-hovering-over-Summerdale-Alabama Another saucer-shaped, hovering UFO was caught on video over the windy skies of Summerdale, Alabama, mystifying the witness who says it's not a balloon or a blimp. So, what is it? The video, posted to YouTube, shows an unidentified flying object hovering in the distant sky above a grove of trees. The witness, stoneworks24, comments that a stiff, 20 MPH wind is blowing and it can be heard whipping over the microphone. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244635-UFO-hovering-over-Summerdale-Alabama Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:34:19 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244605-The-Mystery-of-the-UFO-or-Meteorite-That-Fell-Into-Bantam-Lake-May-Never-Be-Solved Litchfield - If little green men did plunge a UFO into Bantam Lake under the cover of darkness two weeks ago, they might be interested to know that there's little pressure to speed up whatever they're planning - or if some glowing green whale-sized object did fall into the lake as reported, and it is a meteorite as suspected, it will likely remain undisturbed for a very long time. And the mystery surrounding an incident that got international attention may remain just that - a mystery. No Investigation? Despite Connecticut officials and legislators being lobbied by at least one former member of a lake protection group to investigate, and despite a private group's vow to crack the case, little follow-up appears to be taking place. "To the best of my knowledge, there are not any ongoing efforts to retrieve whatever it was, and my hope is that this summer scuba divers will take an active interest in trying to solve this mystery," said State Sen. Andrew Roraback (R-Goshen), who is seeking the GOP nomination to run in the Fifth Congressional District. "We have added this to the list of life's unanswered questions." The buzz for the last couple of weeks has been about a glowing green object that fell into Bantam Lake around 2 a.m. April 10. In contrast to the magnitude of the buzz - "Is there a UFO in Connecticut?" the Daily Mail in England asked - what is known about the incident is spare. An unidentified motorist who was near Bantam Lake called State Police at the Troop L barracks in Litchfield to report seeing the green, whale-sized object fall into the lake. Such a report doesn't necessarily suggest credibility - given that the motorist didn't stick around and apparently didn't call back - but an on-duty State Police trooper some 10 miles away in Warren also called the barracks to report seeing a large object fall from the sky over Bantam or Morris. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244605-The-Mystery-of-the-UFO-or-Meteorite-That-Fell-Into-Bantam-Lake-May-Never-Be-Solved Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:46:52 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244368-UFO-encounter-in-Pensacola-After-nearly-40-years-a-pilot-talks Pensacola, Florida -- After nearly four decades of keeping mum about a close encounter with a UFO over Pensacola, a retired Marine Corps pilot is telling his story in a newly released book. On the night of Feb. 6, 1975, then Marine Reserve Squadron Capt. Larry Jividen was piloting a T-39D Sabreliner combat trainer and utility aircraft with a crew of five aboard. The two-hour flight, which began around sunset, took off and landed at Pensacola Naval Air Station. As the Sabreliner was returning from the training mission, Jividen said he noticed the aircraft was being paced by a circular red light. "He was the one individual I thought would be credible to tell the story to," Jividen said. After being featured in Alexander's new edition, which was released March 28, and a recent Huffington Post story, Jividen is in the national UFO spotlight. Jividen lived in the Pensacola-area from 1969 to 1976 while he was a flight instructor for the Marine Corps aboard Pensacola Naval Air Station. He was a Marine Corps pilot for nine years. During the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" for piloting a helicopter extracting a Marine reconnaissance team that was under heavy fire. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244368-UFO-encounter-in-Pensacola-After-nearly-40-years-a-pilot-talks Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:41:44 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244254-UFO-zips-over-Oklahoma-Recreation-Area-during-daytime Fort Sill Lake Elmer Thomas Recreation Area - Posted below the April 16, 2012, video of an unidentified flying object (UFO-ONVI) zipping across Oklahoma's Elmer Thomas Lake the location of the military members only Ft. Sill Lake Elmer Thomas Recreation Area. Based on the video info and the location in the footage the video was filmed from Mount Scott overlooking Elmer Thomas Lake located on the boundary between the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Sill military base. The Mount Scott 'lookout' elevation, 2500 ft. Fort Sill is the "home of the United States Army Field Artillery School as well as the Marine Corps' site for Field Artillery MOS school, United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the 75th Fires Brigade and the 214th Fires Brigade. Fort Sill is also one of the four locations for Army Basic Combat Training". http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244254-UFO-zips-over-Oklahoma-Recreation-Area-during-daytime Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:54:07 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244116-Mystery-surrounds-claims-of-military-jets-chasing-UFO-over-Costa-del-Sol-Spain- A number of expats have come forward to claim that a series of low-flying military jets that awoke the Costa del Sol may have been chasing a UFO. The residents of Benahavis and Estepona - where a trio of fighter jets undertook their mysterious 5am sortie on Easter Sunday - believe that the planes may have been tailing an "alien craft". While the authorities refused to comment on the incident, the Olive Press has been inundated with calls and emails from concerned residents. One British reader, who asked to remain anonymous, told the paper this weekend: "It was terrifying. They were clearly tailing this strange-looking craft. "I cannot describe what it was, but it was long and thin and had flashing lights. It was definitely not a plane or helicopter. "It made a very strange sound and moved slowly before suddenly shooting off at top speed." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244116-Mystery-surrounds-claims-of-military-jets-chasing-UFO-over-Costa-del-Sol-Spain- Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:52:26 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243967-Supersonic-Saucer-UFO-Spotted-over-New-York-New-Jersey-Video- (US) A saucer-shaped UFO was filmed over the NY/NJ area for just a moment as it traveled at super-fast speed through the clouds. What is it? The unidentified flying object was caught on camera just long enough to reveal it doesn't look like any known aircraft. It's cylindrical, silvery-white and showed no identifying markings or navigational lights. It was traveling so fast that the YouTube user who posted the video barely had time to focus in on the object before it zoomed out of sight into the clouds. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243967-Supersonic-Saucer-UFO-Spotted-over-New-York-New-Jersey-Video- Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:48:54 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243966-St-Petersburg-Another-UFO-Spotted-Video- No explanation has yet been made for a similar object witnessed and filmed last week which did nothing more than hang in the sky and scare the wits out of thousands of people. There have been some UFO hoaxes in Russia over the past year, some unintentional. At one protest last year a film crew sent up a surveillance camera which looked very much like a classic flying saucer. But this object is much bigger and doesn't seem to be monitoring a political protest. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243966-St-Petersburg-Another-UFO-Spotted-Video- Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:41:05 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243965-Mysterious-object-fell-from-sky-in-Litchfield-Connecticut (US) Authorities in northwestern Connecticut say they didn't find anything after a state trooper and another person reported a large object falling out of the sky in Litchfield. The Republican-American of Waterbury reports that a person driving in Litchfield at about 2 a.m. Tuesday reported that a green, glowing object the size of a whale fell from the sky and crashed into Bantam Lake. Officials say that at about the same time, a state trooper 10 miles away in Warren called dispatchers to report that something fell out of the sky and landed near Bantam or Morris. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243965-Mysterious-object-fell-from-sky-in-Litchfield-Connecticut Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:31:25 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243926-Macedonia-church-says-miracle-occurring-with-shining-frescoes Church officials at Sveti Dimitrije (St. Dimitrija) in Skopje said Monday that frescoes on the walls began to shine brightly without explanation Hundreds of faithful arrived at the church of Sveti Dimitrije (St. Dimitrija) Monday to see icons that church officials said began to shine bright without explanation, reported the AFP. Somewhat coincidentally, reported the Associated Press, the alleged miracle caused the church to be swarmed with believers just a week before Orthodox Easter, which begins next Sunday. "It is really a miracle, it started Sunday in the central part of the iconostasis (a wall of icons and religious paintings), the golden colour is very visible and the phenomenon continues," Father Dimce Malinov told AFP. Witnesses have said that the frescoes did appear particularly shiny recently as if they had been restored. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243926-Macedonia-church-says-miracle-occurring-with-shining-frescoes Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:09:12 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243901-Compilation-4-videos-UFO-over-St-Petersburg-Russia-April-9-2012 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243901-Compilation-4-videos-UFO-over-St-Petersburg-Russia-April-9-2012 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:13:20 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243888-Did-NASA-cover-up-mysterious-orbs-that-flew-past-shuttle-mission- To the ground control commentator on Nasa's live public feed, they're merely 'reflections on the camera lens' - but the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis don't sound so convinced. A spooky YouTube video appears to show three 'orbs' moving slowly around the Atlantis, as it floats in orbit during a 2006 mission. The footage, which is a segment of the feed, begins with one of the astronauts describing to ground control what they're seeing. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243888-Did-NASA-cover-up-mysterious-orbs-that-flew-past-shuttle-mission- Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:37:21 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243855-UFO-filmed-flying-past-airplane-over-South-Korea The white round object was spotted above Seoul in South Korea If it's an April Fool's joke, it's a few days too late. A mysterious round white object was filmed whizzing around a passenger plane above Seoul, the capital of South Korea, on April 7. The clip, which has been uploaded to YouTube, begins with the 'craft' at the bottom of the screen, keeping pace with the passenger plane. But then it speeds up and rises in altitude before zipping off out of shot, just as the startled person filming it tries to zoom in for a closer look. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243855-UFO-filmed-flying-past-airplane-over-South-Korea Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:45:30 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243758-Were-space-invaders-drawn-to-the-Strip-in-March- US: Las Vegas, Nevada; A cluster of mysterious luminescent orbs above the Las Vegas Strip caught on tape last month have some wondering if the city that draws millions of tourists a year might also have some extraterrestrial visitors. The video, titled "Recent UFO footage over Las Vegas Blvd," was recorded March 21 by a visitor from Ohio and posted to the video-sharing site YouTube three days later. It has since been viewed more than 44,000 times and spread to other social networking sites such as Facebook. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243758-Were-space-invaders-drawn-to-the-Strip-in-March- Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:36:57 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243757-UFO-Encounter-Revealed-After-Almost-40-Years-By-Ex-Military-Pilot On the night of Feb. 6, 1975, Marine Reserve Squadron Capt. Larry Jividen was piloting a T-39D Sabreliner (see image above) combat trainer and utility aircraft with five Naval officer pilots on board for a special training flight. He didn't know the evening would evolve into a game of "tag" with an unidentified flying object. Jividen hasn't spoken about that experience from nearly 40 years ago -- until now. The nine-year Marine Corps officer -- and later commercial airline pilot -- had taken off at twilight for a two-hour roundtrip that began and ended at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. "At about 9 o'clock, we were descending from a high altitude -- around 33,000 feet -- and I looked off to the right side of the airplane where I saw a solid red light at our 1:00 o'clock position and altitude," Jividen told The Huffington Post. "It was not flashing like normal anti-collision lights flash on airplanes. I thought it might be some other traffic, but I wasn't sure, so I called Pensacola Approach Control and said, 'Understand we're cleared for the approach, but we have traffic off to our right, and who's first for the approach?" http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243757-UFO-Encounter-Revealed-After-Almost-40-Years-By-Ex-Military-Pilot Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:10:08 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243755-Saucer-UFO-Spotted-Over-Monument-Valley A video on YouTube shows a UFO zooming over the ancient rock formations dotting Monument Valley, California, on a brilliantly clear day. What is it? The video is a snippet from what looks like a leisurely drive in the area, taking in the sights. As the camera sweeps past a particularly beautiful rock formation on the left side of the road, an unidentified flying object zooms past at high-speed overhead and nearly out of camera range. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243755-Saucer-UFO-Spotted-Over-Monument-Valley Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:29:45 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243630-Ghostwriter-Mysterious-Emails-Sent-From-Beyond-the-Grave Grieving friends and family members of a deceased Pennsylvania man were both spooked and comforted when they suddenly received mysterious posthumous emails from his account. The BBC reports that Jack Froese, 32, of Dunmore, Pa., died suddenly of a heart arrhythmia in June 2011. Five months after Froese's death, his best friend Tim Hart said he received an email from Froese's account, with the subject line, "I'm Watching." video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player "One night in November, I was sitting on my couch, going through my emails on my phone and it popped up, 'sender: Jack Froese.' I turned ghost white when I read it," Hart told the BBC. "It was very quick and short but to a point that only Jack and I could relate on." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243630-Ghostwriter-Mysterious-Emails-Sent-From-Beyond-the-Grave Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:03:16 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243415-Science-and-UFOs-Part-2-Occam-s-Rusty-Razor As noted in Part 1, the late Dr. James E. McDonald - who held the title "Senior Physicist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics" at the University of Arizona - also holds the distinction of being one of the very few scientists to actually study the UFO phenomenon. In a prepared statement before the U.S. Congress' House Committee on Science and Astronautics, delivered on July 29, 1968, McDonald said this: "From time to time in the history of science, situations have arisen in which a problem of ultimately enormous importance went begging for adequate attention simply because that problem appeared to involve phenomena so far outside the current bounds of scientific knowledge that it was not even regarded as a legitimate subject of serious scientific concern. That is precisely the situation in which the UFO problem now lies. One of the principal results of my own recent intensive study of the UFO enigma is this: I have become convinced that the scientific community, not only in this country but throughout the world, has been casually ignoring as nonsense a matter of extraordinary scientific importance."1 McDonald arrived at that opinion after several authorized visits to the U.S. Air Force's UFO Project Blue Book to review its files. Indignant at what he discovered, he wrote, "There are hundreds of good cases in the Air Force files that should have led to top-level scientific scrutiny of [UFOs] years ago, yet these cases have been swept under the rug in a most disturbing way by Project Blue Book investigators and their consultants."2 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243415-Science-and-UFOs-Part-2-Occam-s-Rusty-Razor Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:48:45 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243306-Huge-UFO-Fragment-Discovered-in-Siberia A metal object the size of a Volkswagen Beetle has been discovered near a remote village in Siberia. Local residents presumed it recently fell to Earth from space, but officials from Russia's space agency examined the object and said it "is not related to space technology." Locals discovered the roughly 200-kilogram (440 pounds) object, which is cylindrical and capped on one end by a ridged dome, March 18 in the forest near the village of Otradnesnky. They attached the "UFO fragment" (as media outlets have called it) to a trailer and dragged it through the snow to their village. They then alerted Moscow authorities, according to a report in Britain's The Telegraph, and the object was confiscated for inspection. Following the initial examination, an official for Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reportedly said: "The object found is not related to space technology. A final conclusion can be made after a detailed study of the object by experts." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243306-Huge-UFO-Fragment-Discovered-in-Siberia Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:41:49 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243283-UFO-Caught-On-Tape-Over-Santiago-Air-Base Is this the case UFO skeptics have been dreading? Sightings of mysterious flying craft with capabilities unknown on Earth have confounded mankind throughout recorded history. Most have been convincingly explained away as unfamiliar aircraft, natural phenomena or illusions. But then there are the others, witnessed in our time by pilots and air traffic controllers, military leaders, scientists, law enforcement officers and other trained observers, sometimes with physical evidence, including corroboration on film and video. "We don't know what they are," says Nick Pope, a former head of the official UFO office in Britain's Ministry of Defense. "But they do exist." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243283-UFO-Caught-On-Tape-Over-Santiago-Air-Base Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:59:56 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243277-Strange-Sounds-in-Clintonville-WI-Spread-to-Montello The strange sounds heard over three straight nights in Clintonville, Wisconsin, have now been reported 70 miles to the south in Montello. What are they? Also, officials in Montello are reporting an unidentifiable slimy sludge has invaded the waste water system, never seen before. Can it have something to do with the weird booming noises residents of both towns are reporting? In Clintonville this evening, a town meeting is being held with city officials doing their best to answer questions and allay fears. But, they admit, so far they have no explanation for the mysterious, thunderous booms shaking the ground in both far-flung towns. Residents are bracing for another sleepless night, even for those not in the affected areas, because of the unease and fear this phenomenon is causing. Why is it happening only at night? Are aliens starting to work the night shift? http://www.sott.net/articles/show/243277-Strange-Sounds-in-Clintonville-WI-Spread-to-Montello Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:45:13 -0500