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Spain: Remembering the "Incident at Palomares"


Inexplicata
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:49 UTC
Palomares bomb casings
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Angel Rodriguez, director of Spain's GEIFO research organization, has written to tell us that the Antena-3 network will be broadcasting a documentary tonight (04.20.09) on the famous "Palomares Incident" of the 1950s, when a B-52 bomber collided with a still-unknown object over the Mediterranean, dropping its cargo of nuclear bombs into the water. I'm taking the liberty of adding a few paragraphs of an article I wrote on the subject 14 years ago, and attaching some of the photos that Angel has so kindly shared with us regarding this event: four of the missing nukes were found; a fifth remains unaccounted for.

"Captain Charles Wendorf's orders were straightforward enough: fly his B-52 Stratofortress to the Saddle Rock Mid-Air Refueling Area to meet a KC-135 tanker. The clear skies over the Mediterranean coast of Spain made Saddle Rock a particularly suitable refueling site. The giant aircraft, an element of the 68th Bomber Squadron out of North Carolina, was in the middle of a long patrol of the Atlantic Ocean, coming as close to the USSR as they dared. But Cold War tension would be the very last factor to affect the B-52's fate.
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Bizarro Earth

Simulacrum: The "Man of Quives"


Inexplicata
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05 UTC
branch/alien
© Unknown
Perhaps one of the best known sections of the UK's Fortean Times magazine is its Simulacra Corner, which invites readers to submit their photographs of natural or artificial formations that resemble something unusual. For many years I've been meaning to submit a photo of an alien creature whose visage has been part of my breakfast table for many years - a clever trick of light, shadow and formica.

Screen shot of quives video
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But on April 20th this year, Prof. Ana Luisa Cid uploaded images to her website (www.analuisacid.com) that some readers may well remember: the figure of a shadowy imp-like creature captured briefly in the tall grasses of Perú. Dubbed "El hombre de Quives" (KEEH-vess) the image made the rounds of South American websites until a disclaimer was presented yesterday. The Quives Man is just a tree branch.

Comment: The video of the investigation into "El hombre de Quives" is in Spanish. You can view it below.



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UFO

Former astronaut: Extraterrestrial life exists and government is concealing it


CNN
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:41 UTC
Earth Day may fall later this week, but as far as former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell and other UFO enthusiasts are concerned, the real story is happening elsewhere.

Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments.
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Black Cat

Australia: Otways big cat hunt goes online

Danny Lannen
Geelong Advertiser
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:23 UTC
A woman has told of witnessing a mystery big black cat issuing a screaming growl within 30m of her home at Kawarren, south of Colac.

The woman told big cat researchers she watched the puma-like creature in her back verandah light for minutes before she retreated inside.

"She was definitely scared by what she saw, and she's lived in the country all of her life," long-time big cat researcher Simon Townsend said.

"It was something she'd never seen before and it frightened her, she just got out of it."

The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, was investigating why her dogs were barking when she made the after-dark sighting last week and heard the noise she described as more of a scream than a growl.
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UFO

England: UFOs spotted over North Cheam

Kevin Barnes
Sutton Guardian
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:57 UTC
Michele Weekes
© UnknownMichele Weekes, 44, spotted an orb hovering silently over Windsor Road, North Cheam while standing in her garden late on Easter Day
A mysterious orange light shimmering in the night sky above North Cheam has posed a new riddle for UFO researchers.

Michele Weekes, 44, spotted an orb hovering silently over Windsor Road while standing in her garden late on Easter Day.

The teaching assistant suspected the fast-moving object was a burning aircraft until witnessing its agility and otherworldly glow.

She is now appealing to local stargazers to confirm they saw the UFO light or to offer an explanation for the phenomenon
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UFO

England: Orange light in sky - more sightings


The Kidderminster Shuttle
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:50 UTC
Readers have been contacting The Shuttle to report more sightings of orange lights in the sky.

We made an appeal for information last week after John Shellis, of Birmingham Road, Blakedown, said he saw a light that looked like "a large ball" moving "quite low in the sky" at about 12.30am on Sunday, April 12.

Jimmy Gilman, of Burlish Park, said he had a similar experience at the same time. He explained: "I thought it looked too big for a star, too slow for a shooting star, too fast for a plane and with no noise anyway.
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UFO

England: Residents sight more strange lights


Shropshire Star
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:36 UTC
Shropshire residents have been stunned by the sight of more strange lights in the skies this month.

One woman spotted what she called a "huge ball of white light" heading towards the ground in Broseley Wood yesterday at about 11pm.

And Louise Butcher saw a light about the size of "a cluster of stars" moving across the sky over Church Stretton at the beginning of April.

She said: "I shouted for my son and we both looked up in amazement as it slowly got bigger.
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UFO

US: UFO Traffic Report: Monday, April 20

Roger Marsh
UFO Examiner
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:51 UTC
The UFO Traffic Report for Monday, April 20, includes 12 cases over 10 states, according to witness statements filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.

Please keep in mind that many UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If MUFON investigates and reports back on any of these cases, I will update this page. You can read my selected cases by type of UFO report at the UFO Traffic Report main page.

Witnesses may report directly to me here on specific cases, but I request that everyone please report their UFOs at the MUFON.com web site so that the body of evidence can be studied. Thanks to the many witnesses who followed up with me here, and to those who have shared past memories of UFO cases. We have a staff of illustrators who can create graphic representations to your stories.

We start today in New York state, where a witness noticed a very reflective object on April 16, 2009, that was the size of a quarter in the night sky.
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US: Triangle UFOs reported over five states

Roger Marsh
UFO Examiner
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:35 UTC
Triangular-shaped UFOs were reported by witnesses in five recent cases in five states over three days, according to data collected by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Four of those cases occurred on April 16, 2009.

Please keep in mind that many UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If MUFON investigates and there is a follow-up report, I will update this page. The following are unedited witness reports from the MUFON database.

You can read more about this specific shape of UFOs in my UFO Traffic Report: triangular-shaped. Or review different types of reports at the UFO Traffic Report main page. Keep watching the skies - and let's keep it real.

A witness in Maine observed the object through a sky light in this first case from April 16.
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US: Busy weekend for UFO sightings, especially in the southern states

Richard Sanner
Pittsburgh UFO Examiner
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:22 UTC
It was a brisk weekend for UFO sightings being reported, especially from the southern states. Several reports were received from Tenessee, in addition to Georgia and Florida.

Tennessee ufo
© Unknown
Alamo, Tennessee - 4/18/2009

Witness reported that he recently moved to Tennessee from Virginia. He states that he witnesses strange objects in the sky on a daily basis. Witness submitted the photograph illustrated on the right, with a strange object visible on the left side of the picture, above the tree line. He also claims to regularly photograph strange balls on the ground (also visible in the photo).
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