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Strange Aerial Phenomenon Over Mendocino California

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Russian astronomers predict Apophis-Earth collision in 2036

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© NASA PL-Caltech/TRussian astronomers predict Apophis-Earth collision in 2036
Russian astronomers have predicted that asteroid Apophis may strike Earth on April 13, 2036.

"Apophis will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000-38,000 kilometers on April 13, 2029. Its likely collision with Earth may occur on April 13, 2036," Professor Leonid Sokolov of the St. Petersburg State University said.

The scientist said, however, the chance of a collision in 2036 was extremely slim saying that the asteroid would likely disintegrate into smaller parts and smaller collisions with Earth could occur in the following years.

"Our task is to consider various alternatives and develop scenarios and plans of action depending on the results of further observations of Apophis," Sokolov said.

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US: Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly

Fox 29 has received several reports of an object that resembled a meteor that has spotted in the sky near the Philadelphia Navy Yard facility.

The incident happened before 12:45 p.m. ET, according to witnesses who called Fox 29. There are also reports on Twitter and Facebook about the incident.

Fox 29 TV reporter Chris O'Connell also saw the object, which he described as "majestic" and "beautiful," at about 12:35 p.m. as he was driving on I-95 near the airport.

A Fox 29 viewer spotted the object at 12:36 p.m. in Delaware.

There also have been several reports of similar occurrences today in Connecticut and New York.

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Sun launches Earth-directed solar flare

On Feb. 13th at 1738 UT, sunspot 1158 unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year so far, an M6.6-category blast. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded an intense flash of extreme ultraviolet radiation, circled below:

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Frost Quakes or Overhead Explosions? Ohio, US: Mysterious Loud Explosions Explained

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Officials at the Darke County EMA have identified what caused loud, explosion-type sounds that shook homes early Thursday morning.

The EMA said it has investigated reports from Central Indiana to Western Ohio about the sounds. They said they have worked with several agencies and departments and have determined that the loud sounds were caused by a phenomena called Cryoseism, also known as Frost Quakes.

Temperatures plunged below zero in the early-morning hours and the booms may have been caused by rapid differential expansion of warm buildings on the inside and very cold air on the outside.

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Bizarre fireball filmed over Germany

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Comment: This looks like it could be a fireball/comet fragment that is doing some electrical things as described by Jim McCanney. Also, looks like some of the strange comet things described by the ancients and why they called comets "serpents." The double tail then appears to be just the way this one manifested.

Also, some fireballs that travel so "leisurely" may be not be purely 'physical' objects since electrical phenomena also seem to be often transdensity (or transdimensional).


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Asteroid makes sharpest turn yet seen in solar system

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On Friday, a metre-sized asteroid called 2011 CQ1 was spotted zipping only 5480 kilometres above the Earth's surface. That is the closest near miss on record, beating the previous record holder, a rock that buzzed Earth in 2004 called 2004 FU162, by a few hundred kilometres.

When something that small comes close to our planet, Earth's gravity is sure to bend its orbit. In this case, the approach was so close that the little asteroid's path bent by 60 degrees, reports Don Yeomans of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Short of collisions with a planet, that's the biggest orbital change ever recorded by observers. It was large enough to shift the asteroid from one category of objects into another. As Yeomans and his JPL colleague Paul Chodas explain in an online update:
Prior to the Earth close approach, this object was in a so-called Apollo-class orbit that was mostly outside the Earth's orbit. Following the close approach, the Earth's gravitational attraction modified the object's orbit to an Aten-class orbit where the asteroid spends almost all of its time inside the Earth's orbit.

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SOTT Focus: Has Nibiru/Planet X Been Sighted?

Comment: The following article was written by Laura in the early days of Signs. We're reviving it here and now in the hope of clearing up a lot of the confusion surrounding what this 'Planet X' really is and to provide readers with some insight into the background research that led to our catastrophist hypothesis.

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© Alastair Grant/Associated PressComet Hale-Bopp, seen above the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge in southwest England in 1997
Is Nibiru going to appear in April, 2003 as is being claimed by certain New Age Gurus?

In a word, NO. And you can take that to the bank.

It is part of a COINTELPRO operation designed to drive believers over the edge and force legislation against alternative ideas, research, and the free exchange of information over the internet.

It is part of the Stargate Conspiracy.

Remember Hale Bopp? Remember Heaven's Gate? Have we learned anything?

Read the following article very carefully. Indeed, Earth will very likely experience cataclysms at some point in the future, but it won't be because of the Planet Nibiru, and it isn't going to be in 2003.

Comment: Suggested further reading: Comets and Catastrophe Series, beginning here.


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Apophis Asteroid Heading Toward Earth - 2011 CA7 Asteroid Passes Today!

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While the Apophis asteroid has little chance of hitting Earth in 2036, there is a car sized asteroid nearing Earth today! Is it going to hit?

No, NASA scientists from Asteroid Watch program say that there is no threat from 2011 CA7. The asteroid flew within about 64,300 miles of the third rock from the sun this afternoon around 2:25 p.m. EST, and it was actually the second one in the past 5 days. On February 4, the smaller 2011 CQ1 was a mere 3,400 miles from Earth. Neither asteroid hit Earth. For comparison, consider that the moon is 238,000 miles away from the planet, so these space rocks were much closer than that.

These types of smaller asteroids flying near Earth are quite common. In fact, NASA predicts that there are close encounters nearly daily. Asteroids that could be potentially hazardous to the planet must be at least 490 feet wide. That means that the Apophis Asteroid 900 feet is one of the larger rocks that does pose a threat to the world.

A Russian report has predicted that the huge space rock could hit Earth on April 13, 2036. Of course this dire prediction has garnered lots of attention from scientists and others. Thankfully the chances of a true impact are still quite slim. In fact, Donald Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office said that the chance is just 1-in-250,000.


Comment: To understand more about real chances of impacts the reader might wish to read these articles:
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls
Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!


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Bright Fireball Seen Over Italy

A bright fireball has was seen on the night of February 8th 2011: