On the sunny afternoon of Wednesday July 25, Lee Jones of Anfield looked up from the back garden of his home and saw something which terrified and mesmerised him.
An enormous saucer-shaped craft emerged slowly from the cumulus clouds and hung in the sky.
The UFO was so large, a passing commercial airliner was dwarfed against it, leading Lee to estimate the unidentified craft's size as over a mile in diameter.
He ran in and fetched his wife and mother-in-law, and they too saw the gigantic circular craft - the colour of 'grey gun-metal' - hanging in the summer sky as clouds drifted over its surface, obscuring the mysterious visitor.
After about fifteen minutes of peeping out from the clouds, the UFO was nowhere to be seen.
High Strangeness
It's an exciting time at James Gilliland's ranch outside of Trout Lake - not because there's nearly daily sightings of flying saucers, that's been happening for years - but because a documentary about the sightings has just been released.
The movie is called Contact Has Begun, and Gilliland said last Saturday that it is expected to be showing in select theaters across the country. It's also available on DVD.
The documentary was filmed at Gilliland's ranch, a place called Sattva Sanctuary. The movie delves into Gilliland's life story and includes interviews with physicists and other experts who have visited the sanctuary and seen phenomena that they call "definitely off-world visitations."
Gilliland said the documentary is similar to What the Bleep Do We Know!? - a 2004 documentary filmed in Portland, Oregan, that blends science and spirituality.
The movie is called Contact Has Begun, and Gilliland said last Saturday that it is expected to be showing in select theaters across the country. It's also available on DVD.
The documentary was filmed at Gilliland's ranch, a place called Sattva Sanctuary. The movie delves into Gilliland's life story and includes interviews with physicists and other experts who have visited the sanctuary and seen phenomena that they call "definitely off-world visitations."
Gilliland said the documentary is similar to What the Bleep Do We Know!? - a 2004 documentary filmed in Portland, Oregan, that blends science and spirituality.
Mysterious lights in the night sky have left residents in High Wycombe and Chesham wondering if there just might be life beyond the stars.
A number of strange bright lights have been spotted in south Bucks skies in recent days and it remains a mystery as to just what they might be.
Reports of the weird lights have also been discussed on radio station Mix 107 and radio controller for the station Andy Muir was one of those who spotted the lights last Saturday evening at around 11pm.
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A number of strange bright lights have been spotted in south Bucks skies in recent days and it remains a mystery as to just what they might be.
Reports of the weird lights have also been discussed on radio station Mix 107 and radio controller for the station Andy Muir was one of those who spotted the lights last Saturday evening at around 11pm.
People of Redditch beware - you're being watched!
Britain's ufologists are getting excited over four separate sightings this week of what they believe could be an alien space craft hovering over the Worcestershire town.
In each case, witnesses claim to have seen a long black, cylindrical object gliding in the sky just after 5pm on Tuesday evening.
The Redditch sighting is the latest in what ufologists claim has been a "bumper" year for UFOs in this country so far - with Birmingham proving a hot-spot.
Those who saw the Redditch UFO were struck by the fact that it had no wings or lights and made no sound before suddenly vanishing.
Contact International - an Oxford-based organisation dedicated to UFO research - believes the sighting may be a genuine close encounter of the first kind.
Britain's ufologists are getting excited over four separate sightings this week of what they believe could be an alien space craft hovering over the Worcestershire town.
In each case, witnesses claim to have seen a long black, cylindrical object gliding in the sky just after 5pm on Tuesday evening.
The Redditch sighting is the latest in what ufologists claim has been a "bumper" year for UFOs in this country so far - with Birmingham proving a hot-spot.
Those who saw the Redditch UFO were struck by the fact that it had no wings or lights and made no sound before suddenly vanishing.
Contact International - an Oxford-based organisation dedicated to UFO research - believes the sighting may be a genuine close encounter of the first kind.
An Italian village was evacuated yesterday as investigators attempted to explain an outbreak of spontaneous household appliance combustions, which have left locals fearing for their safety.
Fridges, cookers, televisions, washing machines, mobile telephones and furniture have burst into flame for no apparent reason at a dozen houses in the Sicilian village of Canneto di Caronia near Messina.
Authorities initially suspected the fires were caused by overhead cables on a nearby railway line, but the outbreaks continued even after the village's electricity supply was cut off, leading some locals to blame supernatural forces.
Pedro Spinnato, the village mayor, has ordered the evacuation so further investigations can be carried out.
"This has been going on for three weeks now and there is no explanation for it. We cannot risk a tragedy through these fires, so I have no other option but to evacuate the village," said Mr Spinnato.
Fridges, cookers, televisions, washing machines, mobile telephones and furniture have burst into flame for no apparent reason at a dozen houses in the Sicilian village of Canneto di Caronia near Messina.
Authorities initially suspected the fires were caused by overhead cables on a nearby railway line, but the outbreaks continued even after the village's electricity supply was cut off, leading some locals to blame supernatural forces.
Pedro Spinnato, the village mayor, has ordered the evacuation so further investigations can be carried out.
"This has been going on for three weeks now and there is no explanation for it. We cannot risk a tragedy through these fires, so I have no other option but to evacuate the village," said Mr Spinnato.
It was just little things at first...a TV would smoulder, a mobile phone would catch fire.
But then it got worse - a whole lot worse.
Over three weeks fridges, washing machines, cookers and furniture all began bursting into flames for no reason. Twelve houses were badly damaged by blazes in the quiet village.
Now, with panic-stricken locals blaming evil spirits and calling for an exorcism, the mayor has ordered a full-scale evacuation.
Last night Italian TV showed people fleeing in tears while fireman rushed to fight yet another spontaneous blaze.
But then it got worse - a whole lot worse.
Over three weeks fridges, washing machines, cookers and furniture all began bursting into flames for no reason. Twelve houses were badly damaged by blazes in the quiet village.
Now, with panic-stricken locals blaming evil spirits and calling for an exorcism, the mayor has ordered a full-scale evacuation.
Last night Italian TV showed people fleeing in tears while fireman rushed to fight yet another spontaneous blaze.
An unusual report from Italy about the July fires on the Gargano Peninsula. The article below was partially translated by a reader.
The news from Gargano [A Peninsula in South Eastern Italy] seem to come from another planet, from a country of the third world. And they are also, partially, false.
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The news from Gargano [A Peninsula in South Eastern Italy] seem to come from another planet, from a country of the third world. And they are also, partially, false.
Comment: This month a pretty large area of Southern Europe comprising Italy, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Ex-Yugoslavia's territories and Greece, was targeted with wild fires bringing extreme damages to people and infrastructures.
Here's a video of the Albanian fire, in which a whole forest is burning, crippled by fire spots all around:
Albania Forest Fires Unreachable, 22 Jul 2007
The fires emerging in a spot-like manner out of the green leaves of the forest, are reminiscent in some way of the description given by C.B on the Italian fires, though nothing can be confirmed as yet.
In another occasion, back in 2004, mysterious fires were reported in Canneto di Caronia, Sicily, Italy.
It's the weird and wonderful place where the men in grey suits from Whitehall meet the little green men from Mars.
The Ministry of Defence has for the first time opened its real-life 'X Files', detailing how its experts have examined photographs of UFOs hovering over the UK.
The Ministry of Defence has for the first time opened its real-life 'X Files', detailing how its experts have examined photographs of UFOs hovering over the UK.
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France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
"It is a world first," said Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identified aerospatial phenomena."
Known as OVNIs in French, UFOs have always generated intense interest along with countless conspiracy theories about secretive government cover-ups of findings deemed too sensitive or alarming for public consumption.
The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
"It is a world first," said Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identified aerospatial phenomena."
Known as OVNIs in French, UFOs have always generated intense interest along with countless conspiracy theories about secretive government cover-ups of findings deemed too sensitive or alarming for public consumption.
Comment: One wonders if this slow but gradual release of information is not a preparation of the masses for something big.
It didn't rain cats and dogs, apparently something strange did come from the sky in Bucks County. As we first told you on 69 News Tuesaday, a Perkasie resident contacted us after he found a strange substance all over his yard after a rainstorm.
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Comment: We want to see your data Father Gabriel!
If he, a spokesmen for the Catholic church, can talk about "demons", then surely we can discuss our own theories. We don't have enough data yet for a sound working hypothesis, but surely we can come up with something better than demons.
How about this for starters: It could be a fourth density bleed through. We have very little idea how dimensions and densities interact in our reality, so if it is open season on all things weird then let's really get down to the nitty-gritty.
SOTT readers are invited to examine our research on several "mysterious" topics:
Anomalous Phenomena
Fortean Fire
Strange Creatures
Sonic or "Mystery" Booms
Strange Clouds