http://www.sott.net Signs of the Times, featuring news and commentary on world events. Never wavering in our unending search for the light of truth in a pathocracy driven world! en-us Original content Copyright 2009 by Signs of the Times. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:02:05 -0500 http://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net http://www.sott.net http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196260-What-s-going-on-in-the-Yamantau-mountain-complex- Read the original article on ViewZone An Area 51 in Russia? Some people think so and their suspicions are shared by the US Congress. Testimony was taken on Congressional suspicions of Russian complex in Yamantau Mountain, circa 1997, and can be checked with the Congressional Record for that session. A Huge Anthill? Starting in the Brezhnev period, Russia has been pursuing construction of a massive underground facility at Yamantau Mountain and the city of Mezhgorye (formerly the settlements of Beloretsk-15 and Beloretsk-16). Russia's 1997 federal budget lists the project as a closed territory containing installations of the Ministry of Defense. On April 16, 1996, the New York Times reported on a mysterious military base being constructed in Russia: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196260-What-s-going-on-in-the-Yamantau-mountain-complex- Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:16:27 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196256-Haunted-House-Where-Towels-and-Even-Police-Tape-Burns In the small town of Strašice near Rokycany in the Czech Republic, the Mračkových family has been struggling for five weeks with a mysterious phenomenon in their home. Wall sockets burst into flames, light bulbs explode and none of the experts have been able to explain the cause of this oddity. If they are still unable to come up with an explanation within the next few days, the family will be forced to leave their house. The local authority will provide them with alternative housing. Tissues, wall sockets, towels, curtains, a painting and even police tape. All of these have been caught on fire in the last five weeks in the Mračkových couple's home. And even though the electricity has been disconnected, the phenomenon continues. There are days when the blue flames do not appear, but more often than not someone hollers from the bedrooms, bathroom or kitchen, another desperate: "We have another fire in here!" On other days it happens up to sixty times. As if that was not enough, the mysterious events are accompanied by bursting light bulbs and shattering of other glass objects. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196256-Haunted-House-Where-Towels-and-Even-Police-Tape-Burns Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:38 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196206-Evidence-of-Missile-Strike-Against-UFO-during-NASA-mission-STS-48 This is literally smoking gun evidence of hostile military action towards advanced extraterrestrial spacecraft, photographed during NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-48. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196206-Evidence-of-Missile-Strike-Against-UFO-during-NASA-mission-STS-48 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:28:54 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196135-I-saw-UFO-beam-up-a-buffalo Stunned Derek Bridges has revealed how he shot extraordinary footage which UFO experts say shows aliens beaming a BUFFALO into their spaceship. Pensioner Derek filmed the eerie scene from his window after spotting pulsating glowing orbs hovering over a neighbouring farm late at night. The two bright lights hover high over fields, while an animal appears to dangle below before vanishing into them. A high-pitched screeching noise can be heard before the UFOs finally disappear into the night. Grandfather Derek, 69, said: "I couldn't believe my eyes. I'm convinced it is the real thing." He told how he spotted the bizarre lights over a neighbouring farm as he looked out of his window while getting ready for bed at his house near Basingstoke, Hampshire. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196135-I-saw-UFO-beam-up-a-buffalo Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:38:43 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196134-East-Texas-UFO- Hallsville - An East Texas couple saw a mysterious object in the sky. So, they decided to catch it on tape. "Michelle Hampton" is still stunned by the video she and her husband took Saturday morning around 6:00 on their back porch. "I had no idea what it was. I've never seen anything like this before ever and I don't think I ever will be seeing anything like this. So at least we got it on tape," said Michelle Hampton of Hallsville. "We looked up and saw a shiny object in the sky and I don't know what it was, but it was going crazy," said Hampton. "You could tell it was doing something but you really couldn't tell what it was. It was getting bigger and changing different colors. It would get smaller and bigger and go everywhere." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196134-East-Texas-UFO- Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:37:59 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196104-Asteroid-Explosion-over-Indonesia This has taken awhile to filter into the Western press, but an asteroid exploded over the town of Bone, Indonesia on October 8th at around 11am local time. Initially, locals called the police to report that a plane had crashed, or that an earthquake shook the ground, as reported in the Jakarta Globe. The Jakarta Post quoted Thomas Djamaluddin, head of the Lapan Center for Climate and Atmosphere Science Implementation as saying that the explosion was due to a meteorite or bit of space junk that had entered the Earth's atmosphere. As it turns out after further analysis, the explosion was due to an asteroid about 5-10 meters (15-30 feet) in diameter exploding in the air between 15 and 20 km (nine to 12 miles) above sea level. Nobody was injured as a result of the explosion, but it evidently caused quite a scare with the local population! In a press release from the Near Earth Object (NEO) program, the explosion was detected by many International Monitoring System (IMS) infrasound stations, five of them 10,000 km (6200 miles) away, and one 18,000 km (11,100 miles) from the blast. These stations monitor seismic waves, infrasound (low frequency soundwaves), hydroacoustic, and radionuclide emissions as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). They are well equipped to monitor explosions of nuclear weapons, but also detect other events such as meteorite impacts and asteroid explosions, tsunamis and earthquakes. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196104-Asteroid-Explosion-over-Indonesia Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:18:05 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196063-Comet-Caesar-Dark-Comet-in-2012- When considering what might cause us grief in 2012, few if any researchers consider the start of the Mayan Long Count calendar to have any importance. This is surprising, because the reason for the calendar beginning on August 11 3114BC might contain clues about 2012 itself. After all, the Mayan culture did not exist 5,000 years ago, so either they randomly chose an ancient date on a whim, or an earlier civilization was behind the calendar, and they knew something important occurred on that date. What could happen in 3114BC, and also in 2012AD? No civilization has lasted that long, so they are unlikely to be man-made events. Any natural events that occur so infrequently on Earth are virtually impossible to predict (volcanic eruptions for example). So that leaves us with astronomical events. The astrology of the pair of dates has been well studied, so we can rule out alignments of the stars and planets. That leaves the Sun, which we barely understand today, and comets. Is there a comet with a periodicity of 5000 years, due to return in 2012? Without any evidence from 3114BC it is impossible to say. Given that we are now near the end of the Mayan 5th age, could their calendar be designed to cover five orbits of a comet? And end catastrophically in 2012? Most people have not heard of Comet Caesar (it doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry), and hopefully this will remain so. However, if we are to suffer a terrible tragedy in 2012, it is currently my leading candidate, and the purpose of this article is to explain why. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196063-Comet-Caesar-Dark-Comet-in-2012- Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:12 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196053-Fiji-Villager-leaves-mysterious-burnt-footprints An early morning walk to his farm has left footprints which burnt portions of grass on his village lawn. Villager Sikeli Nadiri, who lives in Daroko settlement, outside Savusavu, is baffled as he tries to figure out the cause of his mysterious brown prints. The incident has attracted fellow villagers to his house to have a feel of his feet trying to find a clue to the mystery. Mr Nadiri said it happened the previous week on Wednesday when he went to his farm to tend to his cows. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196053-Fiji-Villager-leaves-mysterious-burnt-footprints Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:51:55 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196051-US-New-York-Woman-on-UFO-site-claims-object-spotted-in-Pavilion-area An anonymous poster on a UFO site claims she and her husband saw a strange object in the sky in the Pavilion area Saturday night. The poster says they spotted the object just around 8 p.m. and that other cars on Route 63 apparently saw it, too, because cars were swerving and stopping along the side of the road. It was very dark out and about 8:15pm when we saw an object with 5 LARGE white lights and 1 SMALL red blinking light hovering low above the road in the distance ahead. Coming from Batavia we thought it was a radio tower or airplane or something of that nature. As we neared it we noticed it was some type of aircraft. We both were pretty calm at first because neither my husband or I believed in UFO's. As we drove directly under this object we both became extremely nervous. I didn't know what to make of what I just saw, my husband couldn't even speak. I know we were not the only ones who saw it because there were several cars in front of us an behind us. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/196051-US-New-York-Woman-on-UFO-site-claims-object-spotted-in-Pavilion-area Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:20:50 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195979-US-Weird-Destin-Is-the-truth-out-there- "I hope that Eglin Air Force Base is testing something." - Fisherman to UFOinfo.com Should we rename ourselves The World's Spookiest Fishing Village? There are many tall tales of ghosts, UFOs and other oddities from every part of the world. Destin is no exception when it comes to these close encounters of the strange kind. Ghosts of America, a Web site that chronicles haunted happenings around the nation, maintains that Destin is a haunted hotspot. While most of the so-called sightings seem like nonsense, Destin's Holiday Inn seems to have emerged as a favorite ghost story setting. There have been a couple of accounts from commenters of strange events there. Both so-called eye-witnesses awoke in their rooms to see ghosts, including a "tall black shadow of a man standing at the end of the bed," and a "transparent little boy who smiles sweetly and has long eyelashes." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195979-US-Weird-Destin-Is-the-truth-out-there- Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:06:49 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195766-Ignored-by-western-media-Indonesian-asteroid-exploded-with-energy-of-small-atomic-bomb- Picture this: A 10-meter wide asteroid hits Earth and explodes in the atmosphere with the energy of a small atomic bomb. Frightened by thunderous sounds and shaking walls, people rush out of their homes, thinking that an earthquake is in progress. All they see is a twisting trail of debris in the mid-day sky. This really happened on Oct. 8th around 11 am local time in the coastal town of Bone, Indonesia. The Earth-shaking blast received remarkably little coverage in Western press, but meteor scientists have given it their full attention. "The explosion triggered infrasound sensors of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) more than 10,000 km away," report researchers Elizabeth Silber and Peter Brown of the Univ. of Western Ontario in an Oct. 19th press release. Their analysis of the infrasound data revealed an explosion at coordinates 4.5S, 120E (close to Bone) with a yield of about 50 kton of TNT. That's two to three times more powerful than World War II-era atomic bombs. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195766-Ignored-by-western-media-Indonesian-asteroid-exploded-with-energy-of-small-atomic-bomb- Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:36:52 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195698-Asteroid-explosion-over-Indonesia-raises-fears-about-Earth-s-defences Comment: Benda Mirip Meteor Jatuh di Bone, Sulawesi Utara, October 8, 2009 An asteroid that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs this month has reignited fears about our planet's defences against space impacts. On 8 October, the rock crashed into the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The blast was heard by monitoring stations 10,000 miles away, according to a report by scientists at the University of Western Ontario. Scientists are concerned that it was not spotted by any telescopes, and that had it been larger it could have caused a disaster. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195698-Asteroid-explosion-over-Indonesia-raises-fears-about-Earth-s-defences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:31:20 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195682-UK-More-sightings-of-mysterious-ball-in-the-sky A mysterious sighting in Tilehurst has sparked a flurry of readers contacting getreading about the possibility of alien life. On Wednesday, October 14 the Reading Post ran a story about a "bowling ball-like" object hovering above Oxford Road. It was spotted by a woman at around 9am on Monday, September 28, as she travelled between Kentwood Hill and Waitrose along Oxford Road. Since then, readers have contacted the paper describing similar sightings on the same day and in the same area. Sharon Cox was waiting for a bus opposite the junction of Weald Rise and Oxford Road that day. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195682-UK-More-sightings-of-mysterious-ball-in-the-sky Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:50:44 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195597-Meteorite-that-landed-in-Latvia-is-a-hoax-experts-say It was the student prank that apparently fell to earth after experts dismissed a meteorite crash in Latvia as an elaborate hoax today. Dramatic video of a fireball at the bottom of an impact crater on farmland outside the town of Mazsalaca was shown all over the world, taken by a group of film students who said that they had heard the meteor strike. But experts who examined the scene were less star-struck. Dr Ilgonis Vilks, chairman of the scientific council at the University of Latvia's Institute of Astronomy, said: "It's a fake. It's very disappointing, I was full of hope coming here, but I am certain it is not a meteorite." Setting aside the astronomical odds of a group of film students happening to be at the ready when a meteorite hits the Earth, Dr Vilks said that several other tell-tale signs had given the game away. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195597-Meteorite-that-landed-in-Latvia-is-a-hoax-experts-say Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195594-UFO-cloud-formation-filmed-in-Romania A flying saucer-shaped cloud has been spotted in the skies above Romania - just weeks after a similarly striking formation appeared over Moscow. If viewed from a distance the disc cloud, which is outlined by a ring of sunlight, appears to resemble an alien craft. Meteorologists explained that the phenomenon witnessed in Moscow was just an optical effect produced by rare weather conditions, but the latest clip - apparently filmed at the end of last week - has again set tongues wagging. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195594-UFO-cloud-formation-filmed-in-Romania Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:27:01 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195559-Meteorite-falls-in-northern-Latvia-no-one-injured No one was injured after a meteorite fell near a small town in northern Latvia on Sunday, local Latvian media reported. According to media reports, the meteorite fell near a residential house on the outskirts of Mazsalaca town in the Valmiera district of Latvia, leaving a crater of some 20 meters (66 feet) in diameter and 10 meters (33 feet) deep. A spokesperson for the Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service said that rescuers and soldiers immediately cordoned off the territory, however, it is still not clear whether it was an asteroid or a space satellite. "The territory has been immediately cordoned off as we still do not know what fell down from the sky. According to preliminary information, it was a meteorite. However, it is possible that it was a [space] satellite or its fragment. A radioactive contamination is also possible," she said. A witness, who saw the object falling from the sky and leaving a burning trace behind, said it was making a noise similar to the one of an aircraft flying at a low altitude. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195559-Meteorite-falls-in-northern-Latvia-no-one-injured Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:02:12 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195558-Hoax-Video-footage-of-blazing-meteorite-in-Latvia A fiery object struck farmland creating a large crater near a small town in northern Latvia. No-one was injured in the incident and geologists are now studying the object, which may be a meteorite. Locals claimed the object fell near a farmhouse on the outskirts of Mazsalaca town in the district of Valmiera last night. It created a crater which measured 50 feet across and 16 feet deep. A witness who claimed to have seen the incident described the 'meteorite' as making a noise similar to the one of an aircraft flying at a low altitude. ldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center, said there was smoke coming out of the crater when he arrived at the crash site late Sunday in the Mazsalaca region near the Estonian border. 'My first impression is that, yes, it was a meteorite,' he said. 'All the evidence suggests this when compared to pictures of real meteorite craters.' http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195558-Hoax-Video-footage-of-blazing-meteorite-in-Latvia Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:34:29 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195557-Did-a-meteor-make-this-crater-in-Latvia- Investigators Say Radiation Levels Normal Scientists were investigating Monday whether a large crater found in a meadow in northern Latvia had been created by meteorite. One expert said it was likely a hoax. Experts in the Baltic country rushed to the site after reports that a metorite-like object had crashed late Sunday in the Mazsalaca region near the Estonian border. Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center, said his first impression after observing the site late Sunday was that the 27-foot (nine-meter) wide and nine foot (three-meter) deep crater had been caused by a meteorite. He said there was smoke coming out of the hole when he arrived. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195557-Did-a-meteor-make-this-crater-in-Latvia- Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:13:18 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195422-Author-on-UFOs-Mac-Tonnies-Found-Dead-in-Apartment Nick just called to tell me that our friend and colleague Mac Tonnies was found in his apartment this (Thursday) afternoon, apparently dead of natural causes. There was no evidence of foul play or suicide according to a close friend. It is hard to find the right words to describe my feelings at this moment. The last time we talked was just after his appearance on Coast To Coast on September 28th. He asked if I thought he had done a good job. I said he hit one over the fence. Tentatively, I asked if he would consider collaborating on a fiction project, and he liked the idea. Now, I don't really know what to do or say. The manuscript of Mac's last book was apparently complete and ready to be delivered to the publisher. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195422-Author-on-UFOs-Mac-Tonnies-Found-Dead-in-Apartment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:59:48 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195336-UFO-Alert-Police-Officer-Sees-Aliens-at-Crop-Circle A police officer contacted British UFO experts after seeing three aliens examining a freshly made crop circle near Avebury, Wiltshire. The sergeant, who has not been named, was off-duty when he saw the figures standing in a field near Silbury Hill, and stopped his car to investigate. However, as he approached the 'men' - all over 6ft tall with blond hair - he heard "the sound of static electricity" and the trio ran away ''faster than any man he had ever seen''. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195336-UFO-Alert-Police-Officer-Sees-Aliens-at-Crop-Circle Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:31:25 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195210-Hundreds-See-Exploding-Fireball-in-Sky Washington - Reports indicate that hundreds of people in the Netherlands and Germany have reported seeing a huge exploding fireball in the sky on October 13. According to a report in National Geographic News, amateur photographer Robert Mikaelyan captured the phenomenon on camera. Mikaelyan managed to capture several shots of the fireball as it swung low over the northern city of Groningen, Netherlands, and began to break apart into smaller chunks. "I suddenly saw a light in the sky coming fast and quickly got the pictures taken," Mikaelyan said. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195210-Hundreds-See-Exploding-Fireball-in-Sky Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:46:36 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195174-UK-1000-Feet-Long-UFOs-were-NOT-Chinese-Lanterns- A Lancashire man claims to have seen 1,000ft UFOs in the skies above Preston being followed by planes and helicopters. Father-of-three Jason Robinson, who left the Army in 2005, was out walking his dog on Monday evening near his home in Threefields, Tanterton, when he saw four mysterious craft in the distance. He was so stunned by the sight, he ran back to the house to tell his family. The 34-year-old said: "I was an air defender and I had to recognise military planes and civilian planes. "I had to know every plane and they were definitely not what we had. We all witnessed that the traffic in the sky above where they were was horrendous. You'd never see that anywhere. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195174-UK-1000-Feet-Long-UFOs-were-NOT-Chinese-Lanterns- Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:29:15 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195132-Who-You-Gonna-Call-The-Ghost-Hunting-Aykroyds Sydenham, Ontario - Seems Dan Aykroyd was destined to a life haunted by ghosts. Aykroyd is famous for starring in the 1984 blockbuster movie Ghostbusters, which he co-wrote. But before the comedy about three eccentric parapsychologists-turned-ghost-exterminators came to be, it was what he overheard here in his family's 19th-century farmhouse parlor that led him down the paranormal path. "I remember when I was about 4 or 5 my grandparents and mom and dad discussing what went on in this room," says Aykroyd, 57. "It was all in hushed tones, as if I wasn't supposed to hear. It was about the séances that were held here." His father, Peter Aykroyd, has now collected those once-whispered stories in A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters (Rodale, $25.99), and Dan has written the foreword. Dan, no surprise, is happy that ghosts once again are getting their due. "I've had to sell some really bad movies in my time, so it's great when you can get behind a good product," he says, unashamedly hawking his "Pop's" book. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/195132-Who-You-Gonna-Call-The-Ghost-Hunting-Aykroyds Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:38:48 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194983-Canada-Ontario-Small-meteorite-broke-windshield-of-SUV Scientists say a golf ball-sized rock that smashed through the windshield of an SUV is a meteorite, possibly from a spectacular fireball that streaked across the sky above Hamilton three weeks ago. University of Western Ontario researchers confirmed the rock was a meteorite. It will be unveiled today at a media conference. The fireball was captured on video Sept. 25 by a network of cameras administered by Western that regularly watch the skies at night. One of the cameras is located at McMaster University. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194983-Canada-Ontario-Small-meteorite-broke-windshield-of-SUV Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:38:58 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194982-UK-Red-hot-piece-of-space-junk-crashes-through-pensioner-s-roof Pensioner Peter Welton was amazed when a piece of red-hot debris crashed through his roof in July. Now experts have confirmed the object had travelled hundreds of miles from outer space. The 75-year-old had been in his bedroom when he heard a smash and found the football-sized lump of extra terrestrial debris in the loft of his home in Hull. The great-grandfather said: 'It was a hell of a shock. If it had landed in the street and hit anybody it would have killed them.' http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194982-UK-Red-hot-piece-of-space-junk-crashes-through-pensioner-s-roof Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:20:42 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194980-Video-Grimsby-Ontario-meteor-25-September http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194980-Video-Grimsby-Ontario-meteor-25-September Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:49:46 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194938-US-Meteorite-streaks-across-New-Mexico-sky Scientists think a fireball that flew over New Mexico may have been close enough to actually hit the ground. A Santa Fe astronomer was able to catch the fiery streak on video. Thomas Ashcraft says the fireball didn't disintegrate when it hit the atmosphere. It may have landed somewhere near Taos. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194938-US-Meteorite-streaks-across-New-Mexico-sky Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:26:12 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194935-Canada-Ontario-Grimsby-meteorite-found The Grimsby space rock has been found. A fragment of meteorite the size of a golf ball smashed in the windshield of a Grimsby family's sport utility vehicle on Sept. 25, according to a media release from the University of Western Ontario. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194935-Canada-Ontario-Grimsby-meteorite-found Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:08:36 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194434-Astronomers-digging-for-meteors-in-Grimsby-Western-Ontario Space rocks formed when the solar system was created billions of years ago are believed to have fallen to Earth near Grimsby in a fiery light show two weeks ago. Astronomers will be digging through farmers' fields Thursday and Friday on the hunt for hunks of a meteor that blazed across the skies of southern Ontario Sept. 25 shortly after 9 p.m. The beachball-sized meteor was first picked up by cameras operated by the University of Western Ontario's physics and astronomy department 100 kilometres above Guelph as the fireball streaked southeastward at a speed of about 75,000 km/h. Astronomers at the university have traced the meteor's path and believe chunks of it may have landed above the escarpment within a 10-km radius of Grimsby. "We're pretty certain something came down," said Phil McCausland, a postdoctoral fellow with the university's astronomy department. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194434-Astronomers-digging-for-meteors-in-Grimsby-Western-Ontario Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:08:03 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194864-Meteor-explodes-over-Groningen-Netherlands-Fireball-seen-from-Belgium-and-Germany Hundreds of people report seeing a spectacular fireball or meteorite over the Netherlands in Tuesday's clear evening skies. The police emergency number, Dutch coastguard and KNMI weather bureau report dozens of phone calls about the meteorite, which was seen in Germany and Belgium. 'I was standing in front of my window when there was a bright flash of light and a white fireball in the sky fell apart into three smaller ones,' eyewitness Erik Alberts from Zuidbroek in Groningen province told Nos tv. 'Like fireworks. A few seconds later, perhaps half a minute, there was a low rumble and the windows shook.' http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194864-Meteor-explodes-over-Groningen-Netherlands-Fireball-seen-from-Belgium-and-Germany Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:53 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194716-Cosmic-Object-Caught-On-Camera A New Mexico astronomer is hoping you can help solve a mystery. He caught a spectacular fireball on video and he said you can help him track down what's left of it. Thomas Ashcraft caught a cosmic fireball on camera. It flashed through the sky for about eight seconds just after 2 Friday morning. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194716-Cosmic-Object-Caught-On-Camera Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:20:03 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194650-Richard-Dolan-We-ve-got-to-make-sure-that-the-actual-truth-gets-out Why are so many people unaware of the hyper-dimensional phenomenon that is behind global politics, cutting-edge technology, and the future of the planet and ourselves? Richard Dolan, author of UFOs and The National Security State, explains in depth why it is of utmost importance for each of us to actively seek out information on this issue. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194650-Richard-Dolan-We-ve-got-to-make-sure-that-the-actual-truth-gets-out Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:34 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194593-Mayan-Elder-2012-isn-t-The-End-of-the-World Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world. Or is it? Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. "I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff." It can only get worse for him. Next month Hollywood's 2012 opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194593-Mayan-Elder-2012-isn-t-The-End-of-the-World Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:24:29 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194586-UFO-halo-in-the-sky-baffles-Muscovites Millions of residents in Moscow witnessed a strange bright ring-shaped cloud hanging over the city's western districts on Wednesday. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194586-UFO-halo-in-the-sky-baffles-Muscovites Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:12:54 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194524-Mysterious-Orang-Pendek-Apeman-Spotted-by-British-Expedition A mysterious ape man reported to inhabit an island jungle has been spotted by British explorers who even managed to get pictures of its footprints. The team of four British explorers and their Indonesian guide tracked through dense and treacherous jungle in the Kerinci National Park of Sumatra where two of them caught a glimpse of the Orang Pendek - or short man. The team have brought back hair samples and a piece of palm they hope will provide DNA evidence of the Orang Pendek - a creature sighted in the area since colonial times and reputed to be immensely powerful. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194524-Mysterious-Orang-Pendek-Apeman-Spotted-by-British-Expedition Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:08:58 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194521-There-is-Some-Truth-in-Paranormal-Activity- There are rational, psychological reasons why some think they have ghosts Paranormal Activity, a horror film now in limited release across the country, tells the story of a young couple who move into a typical suburban house but are soon disturbed by a supernatural entity that delights in scaring them in the middle of the night. The pair (one a skeptic and one a believer, in true X-Files fashion) use a video camera aimed at their bed to document the strange forces that disturb them when they are trying to sleep. The micro-budget 2007 movie features a small cast of unknown actors. Much like The Blair Witch Project, to which the film is being compared, Paranormal Activity trades on its cinéma vérité realism, the conceit that you are seeing real documentary footage of what happened - scary scenes and all. "Real" ghosts aside, the film is realistic in some ways. The film's tag line, "What happens when you sleep?" is especially appropriate. Ghosts, abducting aliens, and other mysterious entities are often experienced at home at night and in bed - not during your lunch hour while buying cat food and ground beef at the supermarket. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194521-There-is-Some-Truth-in-Paranormal-Activity- Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:57:42 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194468-Indonesia-Police-Say-Sulawesi-Blast-Not-Bomb Jakarta - Indonesian police were investigating loud blasts heard on Thursday in South Sulawesi island, but initial checks could not confirm the cause and there was speculation the sound could have been a jet's sonic boom or a natural phenomenon. There were no reports of an earthquake or air accidents in the area where police said the blasts were heard up to 17 km (11 miles) from an area near the district capital of Bone. "We cannot predict yet what caused it. It is clear that it was not a bomb explosion. We are guessing maybe it was a natural phenomenon," said Abunawas, the head of the police information centre in Bone. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194468-Indonesia-Police-Say-Sulawesi-Blast-Not-Bomb Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:20:33 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194279-Video-Fireball-lights-up-sky-over-Iceland A police dash-cam catches a fireball lighting up the sky in the south of Iceland Translation of article: The police in Selfoss caught these weird lights in the sky on tape shortly after midnight last night. The officers were going east during a routine highway patrol on Eyrarbakka-road when they noticed a spectacular flare which to them seemed to be heading to the river Ölfusá. Speculations are that this was a meteorite entering the atmosphere. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194279-Video-Fireball-lights-up-sky-over-Iceland Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:50:36 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194183-Donegal-grotto-statue-took-on-human-form- Visitors to a remote grotto have claimed a statue wept and crosses appeared and disappeared in the night sky this week. A group of 14 people, who had gathered at the statue of the Virgin Mary, in a rocky outcrop near the town of Dungloe, Co Donegal, on Tuesday night, were transfixed as they watched the phenomenon, which they said lasted almost an hour. "It was a crazy evening. It was absolutely amazing. I am still on an emotional high. All but one person seemed to see the same thing," recalled James Boyle, from Ardara, who was at the site with his wife Margaret and children, Martin, 10, and Mary, 11. The Kerrytown shrine is visited by thousands of pilgrims annually, after first becoming the subject of a religious apparition 70 years ago. James explained how the group had been drawn there last Tuesday night because of a claim by Ballyfermot-based faith healer Joe Coleman that the Virgin Mary had told him in a channelled message that she would appear at the shrine on 29 September at 8pm. "We went into the shelter facing the rock and at a few minutes to eight someone suggested we should start the rosary. We had no sooner started than someone shouted 'look up'. "To the left of the cross, another cross appeared in the sky and as soon as it disappeared, another one appeared. It lasted about 10 minutes," he explained. Then people began noticing that the white statue with its red heart had begun changing colour and form. "She appeared to have a human face and her head turned and she looked at people. She looked down at the children who were at the front," he said. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194183-Donegal-grotto-statue-took-on-human-form- Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:33:31 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194149-Don-Ecker-The-Human-Mutilation-Factor In the last forty years of UFO research, one of the most baffling questions that have plagued researchers has been "Is the UFO Phenomenon dangerous to humanity?" Over the years, there have been numerous cases where the phenomenon has figured into human deaths, but as a rule, most cases have been officially ruled accidental. When speaking of cases where death has resulted, usually most assume cases where military pilots have died as a result of "chasing" the phenomenon. One of the most famous of these military chases that is discussed when ever the subject of death and UFOs is raised, is the famous "Mantell Case". This case is so well known that I will not discuss it here, but there are many others. In one of the less well known cases, during the mid 1950's, a military jet interceptor was observed on radar being "absorbed" into a UFO over the Great Lakes. No trace of pilot or aircraft was ever found. In another case reported in the excellent work "Clear Intent" was the case of the "Cuban MIG Incident". In this case a Cuban MIG was locking on his weapons radar when the aircraft exploded in mid*air. The wing man was certain that the UFO had fired some type of weapon, but other than the jet exploding, no other smoke, flame or other obvious weapon firing was observed. The matter of either overt or covert hostility on the part of UFOs has always been treated warily by serious researchers. On the one hand, if the enigma is hostile, then several questions must be faced. What if anything should the powers in authority tell the public? Is the government capable of handling a threat of this type? Is the public ready to face an issue as potentially terrifying as a "possible threat from somewhere else?" Other than incidents involving military involvement, have there been cases where civilians have been injured or killed during some type of UFO encounter? Is it possible that the reported cases of UFOs and their occupants abducting unwilling humans for some type of medical or genetic experimentation could be true? Now, if any of this is factual, then what ramifications do the Human Race face in light of the above? http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194149-Don-Ecker-The-Human-Mutilation-Factor Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:09:04 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194092-UK-Strange-Fireball-Seen-in-Night-Sky A Bosbury man who witnessed a strange light in the sky on Saturday night is wondering if anyone else saw the same thing. Mark Beard saw the orange glow at around 9.45pm to 10pm as he was standing outside his rural home. He said: "I was at my back door looking east, and to my left, appearing above the tops of houses was a large fireball, a tenth the size of the moon." He said it was orange and moved through the sky for about two or three minutes in a north-south direction. It then slowly started to fade and then disappear, fading out before it had reached the horizon in the south. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194092-UK-Strange-Fireball-Seen-in-Night-Sky Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:04:45 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193976-Cosmic-shock-and-awe-Fireball-explodes-over-Argentina Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of Mendoza, La Pampa, San Luis, and Cordoba saw a meteorite coming down the sky. It finally desintegrated with a loud explosion before it hit the earth. The object, which initially scared the residents, was seen yesterday in the General Alvear Department. It could be a meteorite or space junk, but the place where it fell isn't known, according to what the Copernicus Institute said today. From 18.30 there was a cloud in the sky and the explosion was felt almost by all people, asaid Julio Alcaraz, police officer of Santa Isabel, a town located 320 kilometers west of Santa Rosa and 40 miles south of the border with Mendoza. The chief of the Copernicus Institute, Jaime Garcia, said that "by the color, it would apparently be a meteorite." He added that "the meteorite's location is unknown but according to the information collected it wouldn't have landed on Mendoza". http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193976-Cosmic-shock-and-awe-Fireball-explodes-over-Argentina Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:41:51 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193900-200-Tons-of-TNT-Falls-on-Taiga According to Yekaterina Shestakova, a town hall official, the expedition consists of five people, three scientists from the Moscow Meteorite Committee and two from Irkutsk. The expedition will go down the Vitim river from Bodaibo to the village of Vitimsky, from where it will proceed on foot to the place where the mysterious celestial body is presumed to have fallen. It will be recalled that a large bolide entered the atmosphere over the villages of Vitimsky and Mama, in the Mama-Chuya district, on the night of September 24-25, 2002, at an angle of 32 degrees over the horizon and an altitude of 60 kilometers. Then there was a flash at 30 kilometers above the earth's surface which was registered by Americans. According to the U.S. military, the explosion occurred at 58o 13.6, s.l. and 113o 27.6, e.lat. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193900-200-Tons-of-TNT-Falls-on-Taiga Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:43:57 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193898-Siberia-meteorite-flattens-40-sq-miles If it had hit Central London, Britain would no longer have a capital city. The force of the meteorite that hit eastern Siberia last September destroyed 40 square miles of forest and caused earth tremors felt 60 miles away. An expedition from Russia's Kosmopoisk institute has only recently reached the site in a remote area north of Lake Baikal because of bad weather and difficult terrain, the Interfax news agency said yesterday. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193898-Siberia-meteorite-flattens-40-sq-miles Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:36:52 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193787-Sept-25-2002-Mysterious-Meteorite-Dazzles-Siberia 2002: A large fireball flashes across the night skies of the Irkutsk region of Siberia. What may have been a comet causes electrical circuits to come alive and leaves residents worrying about radioactivity. Eyewitnesses saw the sky light up. More than a hundred people in the sparsely settled area reported seeing it. At least one person fell to the floor in horror, believing that some religious doomsday had arrived. Others were sure that nuclear war had broken out. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193787-Sept-25-2002-Mysterious-Meteorite-Dazzles-Siberia Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:55:31 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193767-UFO-sighting-above-Brest-Belarus-during-daytime Interfax News Service in Belarus has reported on a recent mass UFO sighting in Belarus. Allegedly, on 1 September a UFO was seen by many residents in the city of Brest during the day. The UFO circled the city for around on hour and emitted a bright beam of light. Nicholas Lyulkovich, a train station manager, described the object as 'egg-shaped' and about the size of a passenger plane. The colour of the UFO was said to be sparkling silver and it continually rotated on its axis. Every few minutes the UFO would descend closer to earth and then rise again. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193767-UFO-sighting-above-Brest-Belarus-during-daytime Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:30:46 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193766-Wales-Couple-convinced-of-UFO-sighting An elderly couple were left bewildered by mysterious orange lights in the night sky above West Wales. They believe the hovering lights - spotted in the distance over trees from their home in Llandissilo, near Narbeth - could be a UFO. Ninety-year-old Henry Thomas was going to bed at around 11pm on Saturday, September 12, when he saw the strange phenomenon through a window. He said: "I looked out and saw a light was coming from the sky. "It was a large thing, all lit up and fairly low." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193766-Wales-Couple-convinced-of-UFO-sighting Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:28:32 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193765-UK-UFO-photographed-over-Devon An amateur astronomer has captured pictures that appear to show a UFO hovering over Devon. Lee Betts, 29, spotted the glowing red shape hovering 1,000ft up in the night sky from his bedroom window. The object moved across the sky for more than an hour on Monday evening before shooting off into the distance. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193765-UK-UFO-photographed-over-Devon Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:28:09 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193682-Iran-says-it-shot-down-unidentified-shining-objects-over-the-Gulf Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted and downed an unidentified shining object after sighting it over Persian Gulf waters. "Glowing objects were sighted over the Persian Gulf. IRGC air defense targeted one of the objects successfully, forcing it to plummet and sink in the seas off Boushehr (Province)," said top regional commander, Brigadier Ali Razmjou. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193682-Iran-says-it-shot-down-unidentified-shining-objects-over-the-Gulf Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:31:15 -0400 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193600-Canada-Mysterious-Creature-Lurking-in-Vancouver-Island-Lake Researchers aren't saying they've found a monster, but they do say they believe something big is lurking in a small lake on Vancouver Island. The researchers spent Saturday probing the depths of Cameron Lake, about 180 kilometres northeast of Victoria. At least six people have reported seeing something unusual swimming in the lake. The team was using a fish-finder Saturday when researcher John Kirk said they detected something big, but their underwater camera became detached and they couldn't continue. Kirk said because of deteriorating weather, the team won't be able to resume their search until next summer. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/193600-Canada-Mysterious-Creature-Lurking-in-Vancouver-Island-Lake Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:27:39 -0400