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Postby Nordic » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:20 am

Aw, UFO's! They're so CUTE!!
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Postby KeenInsight » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:50 am

September 4th


1953 -- Mrs. Deshais, a farmer's wife in Tonnerre, France saw two UFOs at 9:30 p.m., a five-meter long elongated object and a sphere, both on the ground. There were three 1.5-meter (5 foot) tall men running toward the craft. They had oversized heads and wore helmets and boots. One entered the elongated object, which then spread some "wings" that made it look like a butterfly. It then shifted to a vertical position, resting on tripod landing gear, and took off at the same time as the spherical object into which the other two beings had gone. Traces were found at the spot. (Sources: Phenomenes Spatiaux, March 1968; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204, case 117).

1964 - Shortly before 8:00 p.m. two teenagers in Glassboro, New Jersey were approached by two tall blond men, who had long hair and were barefoot. They asked the boys if they were interested in seeing a UFO. They walked to an apple orchard where they saw a red light land in the woods, and then take off. A burnt crater was found by the NICAP investigator, with tripod indentations. The US Air Force was called and performed a perfunctory, sloppy investigation of the case, but NICAP did a more thorough job. In addition to the burnt area and ground marks, some white powdery balls were found that were cold to the touch. After touching them the witnesses' hands retained numbness for 24 hours. (Sources: NICAP UFO Investigator, October 1964, p. 1; Jean Bastide, MUFON UFO Journal, July 1977, p. 11, citing NICAP field investigator Campbell).

1964 - That same evening two men had gone bow hunting in the forest near Cisco Grove, California. One of the men, Mr. D. Shrum, age 28, became lost and climbed a tree. It was then, at around 10:00 p.m., that he noticed a domed object with a blinking light on top descend and land. Two short humanoid beings, wearing silvery white coveralls, and a robot-looking creature got out and approached his location. They attempted to climb the tree after him in an apparent effort to capture him, but were unsuccessful. The robot released a vapor that drifted up to him and made him groggy, but before he lost consciousness he was able to tie himself to the tree trunk with his belt. He shot arrows at the robot, but the arrows just bounced off and caused no damage. The beings remained in the area, as far as he could tell, for most of the night. He stayed in the tree for eleven hours. (Sources: Coral E. & Jim Lorenzen, Flying Saucer Occupants, p. 137; Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 248; Gordon I. R. Lore, Jr., Strange Effects from UFOs, p. 21; J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 210; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 221).

Cisco Grove, California Abduction Attempt - 1964


1967 - At 5:10 a.m. police officer P. A. Andrade was on duty at City Hall in Valencia, Venezuela when he heard a humming noise and footsteps in the garage. He entered the garage and encountered a one-meter tall dwarf humanoid, with a big head and bulging, reddish glowing eyes. The being wore a silver colored, metallic-looking coverall. Andrade pointed his machine gun at the creature, but a voice from a hovering disc-shaped object said in Spanish that he should not harm the creature. The dwarf then tried to convince Andrade to come to "their world," adding it was "very distant and much larger than the Earth, and with many advantages for earthlings." When Andrade declined, the creature flew back into the object, which left. (Sources: Jim & Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 82; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1967-92 (A0868), citing Jim & Coral Lorenzen).

1997 - At 10:15 p.m. two young boys, 13-year-old Giovanni and 15-year-old Alessandro, were walking alone on the Via Vittorioin in Cordenons, Fruili, Italy when they noticed a dazzling light emanating intermittent flashes. This flash light was immediately followed by a strange whistling sound. After walking for about 100 meters the two boys next noticed a bizarre creature standing next to a light pole. It was described as short and white in color. The creature moved away very rapidly in a strange, zigzagging motion and disappeared into a nearby wooded area. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1997, citing Moreno Tambellini, SHADO).

September 5th


1952 - Two 12 meter long cigar-shaped objects circled the area of Springhill, Nova Scotia for 12 minutes at aircraft speed. (Source: Don Ledger, Maritime UFO Files, p. 33).

1954 - Ten witnesses including three police officers saw a disc-shaped object that flew over the city of Graz, Austria from east to west at 9:30 a.m. It came back again 90 minutes later, and was also seen in Bavaria, Germany. (Source: Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 35).

1956 - At 1:30 a.m. a delta-shaped UFO with a transparent cockpit on the front passed over Kaponga, New Zealand making a hissing noise. Its wings were rounded at the ends. (Source: Bruce Cathie, Harmonic 33, p. 106).

1962 - Responding to a telepathic summons, Mr. Siragusa, age 43, went to a spot in Monte Manfre, Italy on the island of Sicily where he met two seven-foot tall men. The wore helmets of a metallic cloth. They gave him the message that humans should desist with H-bomb testing. They left in a UFO shaped like a spinning top, about 80 feet in diameter. The object hovered with a ten-foot wide cylindrical section that connected with the ground. (Source: Hulvio Brant Aleixo, FSR, November-December, p. 11).

1964 - On a farm in Cofico, near Salta, Argentina a saucer-shaped object touched down briefly at 9:00 p.m. It stood on a kind of cylindrical pillar, giving out a blinding light. Near it the witness, Mr. Dagota, got a blured glimpse of two figures moving about. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A0607, citing Flying Saucer Review, May-June 1966, p. 26).

1966 - On this night in Harlingen, Texas near Kelly Air Force Base Mr. Morrison, a father of four, was propped up in bed when he saw a small person, 3.5 to four feet tall, dressed in white tight-fitting clothing, enter his son's bedroom. About ten minutes later he saw something like "a bar of light, which appeared to crumble." The boys and their mother had not seen anyone enter the bedroom, but they had seen the bar of light. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1966-40 (A0607), citing USAF Project Blue Book Files).

1973 - Ms. Brown, age 52, saw a silvery metallic sphere at 20 degrees elevation in the sky while driving between Snyder and Big Springs, Texas during a rainstorm at around four p.m. It was the apparent size of the full moon, and had a band around the middle with diamond shapes that did not appear to be windows. It was doing a slow yo-yo, up-and-down motion, and it made no sound that could be heard. (Source: John F. Schuessler, MUFON Field Investigator Case Files).

Snyder, Texas - 1973


1976 - Three men saw a four foot tall dwarf at a former Army building in La Spezia near Mount Parodi, Italy on this day. The being wore a black coverall uniform,with part of it covering its head. It had two oblique slits for eyes. It walked in a clumsy way, "as if sliding on the ground." It vanished leaving no footprints. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1496, citing Stampa Sera, September 6, 1976).

1976 - On this night in a shopyard in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais province, Brazil 39-year-old Mr. Coelho de Silva was a five-meter in diameter yellow glowing dome with a blue violet band around its base, and a hole at its center. As the witness ran away he felt a blow and was knocked down. He then saw a being slide down on a hook from the hole. He wore a dark metallic uniform with an opaque helmet. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1494, citing J. Allen Hynek).

1995 - On this night a police officer in Campo Rico, Puerto Rico shot at and hit a creature with a .357 pistol while the monster was attempting to grab a dog. The creature ran away. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 17031, citing FSR, volume 41, issue no. 1).

1997 - Following an encounter with a strange looking humanoid the evening before, the next morning the same two boys in Cordenons, Italy along with two other friends went into the woods where they last saw the creature. About 50 meters away, among some bushes, the boys saw a round hairless head that was whitish and extremely wrinkled in appearance. Terrified, the boys fled the area, but soon returned armed with a camera and a pair of binoculars. They were soon overcome with a strange malaise and headache. They saw the humanoid again, who they described as about 90 cm in height, dirty-white in color and with very long arms. It had three-digit hands that ended in ball-shaped tips. Its head was oval shaped and devoid of any facial expressions. The head seemed pointed on top and had a very pointed chin. Its most prominent feature was its huge black, oval-shaped eyes. Its mouth was but a thin line and its nose was just two small round holes. Its skin appeared gelatinous and corrugated or wrinkled. They didn't see any sexual organs. The boys left quickly. The creature was seen briefly next day in the same woods, but it scurried away into the bushes when the witness approached. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1997, citing Moreno Tambellini, SHADO).
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Postby whipstitch » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:27 pm

Unexplained Phenomenon: The Google Logo UFO Mystery Explained (?)

The Unexplained Phenomenon Has the World Wide Web Intrigued -- is it a Clever Marketing Strategy?

What is this "unexplained phenomenon"? Defined simply, it is any entity, abstract or concrete, that cannot be explained or defined. That does not mean that "unexplained phenomenon" denotes something not understandable or incomprehensible, although that can be included under its umbrella as well. But "unexplained phenomenon" is the #1 search term on Google Trends and people are bouncing around the big www. attempting to figure out just what is going on. Turns out, "unexplained phenomenon" is all about Google.

On the Google.com home page, the regular Google logo has been transformed into the Google logo with the second 'o' being pulled up into a flying saucer, a UFO. Instead of entering some search term into the search bar (you know, like "unexplained phenomenon"), just click on the UFO that seems to be absconding with an 'o' (which, by the way, would leave us with 'Gogle,' a term that just doesn't seem quite right, but with search engines like bing and cuil, who really knows what the next incarnation or makeover of a search engine will be called?). Clicking the thieving UFO takes you to a google page of -- you guessed it -- "unexplained phenomenon."

Of course, all the tech-heads, nerds, hackers, crackers, desktop detectives and casual surfers simply had to find out just what in the Google was going on, so, not only was "unexplained phenomenon" endlessly researched and tracked (and backtracked), the guys that never come out of their rooms actually figured out (they believe) exactly what Google is up to... sort of.

It seems that, according to Tech Crunch, Google sent out its first message on Twitter in code. Apparently, placing the kidnapper UFO above their logo and taking an 'o', not to mention providing clickable access to the "unexplained phenomenon" search results page, also was launched with a code. The code is numeric: 1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19.

Now, to the uninitiated, those are just numbers. Well, actually, they're always just numbers, but in this case those numbers have other values as well. Using the simple deciphering code of 1 = A, 2 = B, etc. formula, the wiz kids at Tech Crunch found that the code reads: "All you o are belong to us."

(This is where conspiracy theorists, people who believe in aliens being alive and well at Area 51 or on ice at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, start getting nervous and start double-clutching on certain keys...)

But what does it mean?

Apparently, back in the early 2000s, a famous meme became an internet sensation: "All your base are belong to us." According to MailOnline, this was a translation of a phrase taken from the opening scene of a 1991 version of the Japanese video game Zero Wing.

Some people have already got the joke -- or think they have -- posting messages via Twitter using the Zero Wing line or "Beam me up!"

But Google hasn't actually explained what the UFO 'o' abduction and the "unexplained phenomenon" tie-in is all about. The good people at MailOnline toss in the idea that it may be linked to the science fiction film "District 9."

Maybe it has something to do with the defection of Igor Gouzenko from Russia on this day in 1945. Gouzenko defected to Canada with over 100 documents concerning espionage and Russian sleeper agents. Igor Gouzenko, for those not into Cold War lore, was a master cipher.

(That was for all the conspiracy theorists...)

But Google isn't talking. Not just yet.

Regardless, the "unexplained phenomenon", being left unexplained, has become a viral hit. It has everyone talking, pondering, wondering, questioning, cyber-sleuthing, and code-crunching in attempts to figure out just what Google is up to.

And that just might be all there is to it. A marketing tool. Something to drive traffic. If that is all there is to it, then it was brilliant. But you know there has to be more to it than just a neat little UFO making off with an 'o' from the Google logo. There's something behind this "unexplained phenomenon."

But that just might be what they want you to think...
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Alien PR

Postby rusty shackleford » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:24 pm

Hello, I have been reading at this forum for about a year or so, and was unable to post before. I decided to check my membership, in this of all threads. Anyway...

On this particular subject, well perhaps we should begin by asking a simple question: Do you recognize a distinct increase lately in the media pressure regarding alien invasion and apocalypse type scenarios? I say yes.

What of it then? Ronald Reagan spoke of an alien invasion that would unify the world. He was an actor, but it was not a line from any movie. This Google thing is in my view, more of the same. We are being saturated with messages of end times, aliens, asteroids, solar flares, magnetic shield meltdown, viral vivisection, zombie mutant army clusterfuck...WTF???


I remember the "Paul is Dead" thing in 69. I know that he wasn't really dead, but his record company pulled a lot of strings to make us think that he was.

I say this Apocalyptic Alien Invasion meme is a concerted effort across every medium. The question now in my mind is why?
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Postby rusty shackleford » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:43 pm

Peter Griffin says:

I have always known that cats are frickin' evil.

and thanks for the link, it's no coinkydink, I think.
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Re: Alien PR

Postby operator kos » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:04 pm

rusty shackleford wrote:I say this Apocalyptic Alien Invasion meme is a concerted effort across every medium. The question now in my mind is why?


I agree and I wish I had an answer. I've definitely been getting the feeling the past couple of years that the public is getting subliminally prepped for something.
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Postby Occult Means Hidden » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:39 pm

Who's the big O? I'm not talking about Oprah.
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Postby rusty shackleford » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:49 pm

The big O? My money is on Osiris. There may be multiple meanings. It could also mean the big orgasm/rapture. It's a mind fuck, to be sure. The badjacketing of imaginary creatures is way over the line, in my book.

How I long for the halcyon days of "Bush is a moron!" Times seemed so much simpler then. Baby we could use a man like Herbert Walker again.
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Postby whipstitch » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:14 pm

All you O(bama) are belong to us
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Postby Col. Quisp » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:31 pm

Something is definitely hppening. I was just talking to my partner about the increase in TV programs on History and Military channels devoted to UFOs, disasters etc. And then earlier today he wrote a column about Osiris despite the fact that he had a whole different topic in miind when he started. He said he felt compelled to write about Osiris instead. WTF?
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Postby Penguin » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:53 pm

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Postby Joe Hillshoist » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:04 am

All you Roy Orbisons belong to a tweeter.
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