Archive for: August, 2011

Crashed experimental craft may have prompted past UFO reports

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Field investigators for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) are trained to look for natural or man made explanations as they examine each UFO case logged into their witness reporting database (CMS). And many wonder about currently unknown government aviation projects whisking their way across domestic air space masquerading as a UFO. MUFON STAR Team Manager [...]

Frankenworm lives! Animal’s genetic code redesigned

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Researchers say they have created the first ever animal with artificial information in its genetic code. The technique, they say, could give biologists “atom-by-atom control” over the molecules in living organisms. One expert the BBC spoke to agrees, saying the technique would be seized upon by “the entire biology community”. The work by a Cambridge [...]

You Don’t Know Squatch (Until You Visit Felton’s Bigfoot Discovery Museum)

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Michael Rugg is a true believer. Seated behind the counter of his Bigfoot Discovery Museum , Rugg is a genial and convincing tour guide, regaling visitors with the history and science behind the huge, hairy biped known as Sasquatch. Suspend disbelief for a half-hour and Rugg will try to convince you that this infamous beast [...]

Orange goo near Alaska village identified as eggs

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Scientists have identified an orange-colored gunk that appeared along the shore of a remote Alaska village as millions of microscopic eggs filled with fatty droplets. But the mystery is not quite solved. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday they don’t know for sure what species the eggs are, although they believe [...]

Jesus hates nukes

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The Air Force has suspended decades-old Bible-centric ethics training intended to make Christian officers comfortable with the possible use of nuclear weapons. The training program was given to all new missile officers by Air Force chaplains. “We’re in the process of reviewing that training and we’ll make a determination whether or not to continue [it] [...]

Shipwreck believed to be from Captain Henry Morgan’s lost fleet found

A team of leading U.S. archaeologists study the wreckage of a ship they believe to be part of Captain Henry Morgan’s lost fleet. The dive team discovered approximately 52x22 feet of the starboard side of a 17th century wooden ship hull and a series of unopened cargo boxes and chests encrusted in coral [Credit: Captain Morgan / Chris Bickford]

A team of leading U.S. archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a ship they believe to be part of Captain Henry Morgan’s lost fleet at the mouth of the Chagres River in Panama. Near the Lajas Reef, where Morgan lost five ships in 1671, including his flagship “Satisfaction,” the team uncovered roughly 52×22 feet of [...]

Ten Ways to Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe

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The search for intelligent life in the universe took a hit earlier this year when SETI had to put the Allen Telescope Array on hiatus due to lack of funding. (It now appears that SETI may soon raise enough money to get the ATA up and running again.) But then, there’s a good chance that [...]

Strange Orange Goo Washing Up In Alaska Village Of Kivalina

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Authorities say a mysterious orange-colored substance has washed up on the shores of a remote village in northwest Alaska. Tests have been conducted on the substance on the surface of the water in Kivalina (KIV’-uh-LEE’-nuh). City Administrator Janet Mitchell told The Associated Press that the substance has also shown up in some residents’ rain buckets. [...]

Runaway floating island

'Is Land' is made of durable polyurethane with foliage décor and was built to represent the "slightly modified reality" of summer festivals Photo: NICK CARO

‘Is Land’ was a £9,000 helium-filled sculpture of a desert island which floated above the heads of revellers at the Secret Garden Party festival recently. However, the art project drifted off somewhere without anyone seeing it and may now be floating in the troposphere, the lowest portion of Earth’s atmosphere. Sarah Cockings and Laurence Symonds, [...]

Audio: ‘Freaked out’ BBC reporter tells millions of radio listeners of the moment he faced a UFO on his way to work

Unidentified: Sports journalist Mike Sewell he he saw a disc-shaped craft hovering over a Hertfordshire village

It’s a radio station known for irreverent chat, where current affairs and topical discussion reign supreme. But Radio 5 Live took on a more otherworldly tone this morning when one of its own sports reporters claimed he had a close brush with a UFO. ‘Freaked out’ sports journalist Mike Sewell said he was left gobsmacked [...]

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