When two hunters went into the woods expecting to catch game, they instead found themselves gripped with terror after coming face to face with a mysterious unidentified flying object - which they then shot. Their shock was compounded when after shooting, they found their bullets bounced harmlessly off the hull of the craft. Were these hunters coming dangerously close to a conflict with something not of this Earth? Or are they playing target practice with the truth?
Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking into top secret military computers and accessing information is awaiting resolution after over ten years. But McKinnon has revealed some of what he has seen to the public pertaining to extraterrestrials. And as the world waits, the things he found point to a few possibilities.
When the flesh eating bacterial strain of MRSA known as USA300 was first recorded, it was held back by several factors, chief among them its inability to easily spread without the established health care infrastructure. But now the illness has left the hospital, spreading now on buses and other public spaces - and now can be passed on by such a simple thing as a sneeze.
What began as a routine traffic stop in Texas ended in the capture - not of a criminal, but of footage showing a strange object streaking across the night sky. Was the footage of a simple meteor glowing in the night sky or something more dramatic? Just as UFO watchers have predicted, an increase in the number of cameras out watching the world has led to an increase in the number of recorded UFO incidents - and police dash cams are no exception.
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Legendary Bird-like Creatures
Whether the creature is covered in feathers or uses a beak to attack, there are many creatures of legend that cultures around the world have believed in for many years. Early oral and written histories and folktales have spoken of such creatures or monsters. In this article, you will encounter a few examples that touch upon myths associated with the Guarani, Hindu, Native American and medieval cultures.
When we look up at the horizon on a cloudy day, occasionally we expect to see some rain - and possibly even snow drifting down from the blistery winter skies. But one resident of Dorset UK was perplexed when he went outside and it started raining bizarre gelatinous globs of an unidentified substance all over his garden. This is only the latest in a long string of unexplained precipitations around the globe.
1/31/12-
Beheadings in England – the 1400s
One of the most popular methods of execution in England during the 1400s was to take off someone's head – also known as a beheading. Many times, this type of punishment was motivated to satisfy the best interest of political figures. In this article, you will learn about some of the unfortunate victims of beheading, including individuals that held respected positions in society, such as those with the title of baron or earl.
Generally we think of exorcisms as a cleansing ritual to rid a location of the negative energies therein - completely clearing out any paranormal activity that could reside there. Exorcisms are a remedy to an unusual problem: an unwanted spiritual presence. And in a time when the paranormal seems to be on the rise, exorcisms have likewise seen increased use. But one family in the UK had their house exorcized only to find it had little effect on the mysterious presence in their home - and went back for a second try.
After ten years of battling the legal system to keep from being extradited to the US, a judge has ordered that the case of accused hacker Gary McKinnon be resolved either now or never with authorities either allowing him to be extradited or not. McKinnon, who is widely considered the most sought hacker in the world after hacking into NASA and Pentagon computers in 2001 and 2002 is currently wanted in the US for seven counts of hacking. His motivation, he says, was to uncover secrets on UFOs.
As far as the end of the world is concerned, those interested in survival don't generally examine the monsters in zombie films as a potential real threat. Despite this, researchers at the Zombie Research Society have begun offering scientific explanations alongside their tongue in cheek attitude toward the creatures and suggest the zombie apocalypse is not a matter of "if," but "when." While we may not consider zombies a real world menace, some studies of diseases such as rabies have come up with some startling possibilities.
Einstein's theories have done a great deal to propel humanity forward since he was first recognized for his theories of gravity, space, time, and the very fabric of our universe. But contrary to popular belief, Einstein's theories did not suggest a universe completely devoid of intelligent life. Quite the contrary, in fact, the cutting edge of physics has not held the opinion that life on other planets is impossible. Even acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking has suggested the possibility. But if aliens did find a way to reach Earth, what might military officials find when they finally cracked open the hull of their crashed ship?
It seems one of the strangest phenomena to come about in 2012 is the presence of massive mysterious sounds that are breaking out across cities and private residences alike with little explanation as to where they could be coming from or what their purpose could be. The sounds themselves range from a single tremendous boom to a constant high pitched drone cracking over the horizon. But what could the cause be of this mysterious activity? And is it possible we're looking at a new phenomenon entirely?
The Mutual UFO Network, the team of dedicated individuals who work night and day to ensure real UFO sightings and claims are investigated, has had a change in leadership in the form of a new entrepreneur and owner of Flamingo Air. The UFO reporting center has been an active participator of the UFO phenomenon since it was founded in 1959 in a time when Project Bluebook was failing in its efforts to acquire a suitable explanation for the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects. With new leadership, what lies in store for MUFON?
Is invisibility possible? A number of research teams around the globe are actively seeking a meta-material that will finally allow light to bend around an object and make it invisible. But one new concept of invisibility will not likely work as well for the military as it will for scientists looking to apply the new method to studies of magnetism, computers, gravity, and higher resolution microscopes. Meanwhile, research in the more traditional "metamaterial" allowing invisibility on the larger scale continues to make improvements.
It's the scene in the disaster movie where the plot really starts rolling. At 4:30 in the morning a phone rings and a respected astronomer receives a call informing him that an asteroid is heading toward Earth. After a moment of talk, the astronomer looks dead into the distance and makes an expository appeal that this is "the big one." Only in the case of 2012 BX34, the phone call ended far less dramatically.
It's like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic "The Birds," but for residents of one Kentucky town it's a horror show brought to life as birds descend on their town by the tens of thousands. The birds, which have been discovered moving by the thousands have - for reasons unknown - decided they would make this town their home unexpectedly in such massive numbers that sometimes the larger flocks swarming in the sky even block out the sun.
Psychics are often said to be naturally inquisitive and brave, with some of the bravest taking on the unknown personally in an attempt to guide the spirits of the dead to another realm where they can be at peace. But there are some locations that are so haunted that they have been known to terrify psychics on the spot - even sending some fleeing by an unknown force. One of these places is said to be Soldier's Orphanage in Pennsylvania.
It's one of the strangest sights locals of one Polish town may ever report to authorities as the sewers bubbled and started weeping massive pools of blood drenching the streets. But was this the manifestation of some doomsday indicator or could there be a logical explanation for something seeming as apocalyptic as this?
One of the most daunting tasks in both space travel and speculation merges the two in trying to accurately describe what an alien race would be like if we actually did meet them - explaining their complex system of travel as well as their ability to survive the long journey that would last years between the stars. And as our understanding of the scale of the universe around us becomes more concrete, so have the channels through which potential alien visitors have been described. And in doing, three different theoretical types of alien visitors have arisen that humanity may do well to avoid contacting.
The thick veil of Venus has been for years a barrier between inquiring minds and the surface of this planet hostile to human life. And even as eyes turned to scrutinize the surface of Mars, Venus has been seen as a planet far too inhospitable to ever host life - or at least life as we would understand it. But this shocking image retrieved from Russia's 1982 Venus mission suggests that the probe encountered something while on the surface that may give validity to recent claims that Venus may host life.
Periodically farmers are left with the chilling realization that under the cloak of darkness someone or something has come to their farm and mutilated their livestock for no discernible reason. These mysterious bovine butchers have been suspected to be everything from an organized group of conspirators who act with precision to visitors from beyond our world who harvest the organs of the cattle and drain their blood for reasons unknown. And as one farm in Kansas City searches for answers in the latest of these attacks, the mystery continues.
Even as 2012 arrives and uncertainty about the future abounds, technology is getting more incredible by the month. And yet even as the trend of broad strides toward high tech continues, there have been many attempts by the past to look into the future with open minds and open hearts. And as these hopeful images of the future past are played again, maybe we can get some idea of which technologies of today may be made manifest tomorrow - and which ones might be forever fantasy. Here are a few examples of how yesterdays prognosticators got it all wrong - and a few uncannily accurate predictions as well.
Edgar Allen Poe, the legendary writer and inspiration for much of the past two centuries' horror style was a man of much talent himself. But one of the macabre mysteries of his death has been the sudden appearance of a figure who once a year appears to pay him tribute at the site of his grave - before vanishing into the night himself like one of the characters of Poe's stories. But this year as crowds gathered around to watch the Poe visitor appear and pay his homage, the dead of night yielded no such visitor. Has this long time tradition gone away forever? And will the mystery ever be solved?
When residents of Grimsby started contacting the UK's "This is Grimsby" with reports that something unusual was going on in the sky in the afternoon over their town, it may have seemed obvious that the culprit was the Royal Air Force conducting flight tests involving jets breaking the sound barrier and creating a sonic boom. But after an announcement by the RAF, and additional reports worldwide of similar phenomena, it seems the answer may not be quite so simple.
Meryl Streep, often said to be one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood, may be closer to the paranormal than we once thought. The actress has been haunted by mysterious sounds that suddenly appear in her guest house without warning. But as far as celebrities who see and hear ghosts, Streep is not alone. Hollywood has a long history of talented people who have had a brush with the otherworldly.
As technology changes and we're left tiptoeing into the shallow end of what the full potential of invention might yield for humanity, economic forces have come like a tsunami threatening to stifle technological development on many fronts. We need only look at the killing of the shuttle program and the transition of space-faring responsibility into the private sector in the United States to see proof of how concrete the relationship between the two is. But just as the economy of today is driven largely by forces that came as the result of invention, what might the economy of the future look like and will it save us?
From states with no death penalty to the unlucky that were the last to fall victim to a certain punishment before it was abolished, the history of the United States is dotted with plenty of tales of crime and punishment. In this article, you will encounter trivia and facts that include the last people to be executed for crimes, such as kidnapping, robbing a train and forgery.
1/19/12-
Capital Punishment Facts and Trivia I
When you think of capital punishment and the death penalty, you probably think of people sentenced to this type of fate because they have committed a murder. However, criminals have been put to death for setting fires to assisting a runaway slave. In this article, you will learn facts and trivia concerning capital punishment in the United States.
There is a new TV show centered on one of the most infamous prisons in the United States – 'Alcatraz.' Criminals will start reappearing and detectives will hunt them down. In this article, you will learn the identity of the last prisoner at the prison, as well as other crime lasts, such as the last person executed by guillotine.
Of all the legends of the Kremlin and the things that went on within its walls there are a number of stories of unusual things going on, but few quite so incredible as actually seeing the ghosts of Vladimir Lennon and Joseph Stalin. But in the long list of people who have passed through the walls of this famous building, a number have appeared years later - long after their deaths. The Kremlin, according to hundreds of witnesses, is most certainly haunted.
The word grunt in Russian means ground. But when the ill fated Phobos Grunt was launched in December of 2011, no one knew how quickly the $163 million probe would be grounded permanently. But as speculation over the device's fate increases as it slowly spirals back to Earth, a few are questioning whether the Grunt could have been shot down or in some other way sabotaged. But what was Putin referring to when he said he knew there were powerful secret weapons that could have shot it down?
As we still find ourselves waiting twelve years after the dawn of the millennium for a flying car, new trends in energy development has led researchers to take their efforts instead in the direction of greener and more sustainable vehicles, including electric and hybrid cars. But one emerging technology will use the term "air car" without giving its occupants flight. This type of air car will instead be powered by air rather than soaring through it.
1/16/12-
Criminal Cases Solved by DNA Evidence
From cold cases to locating the real killer, DNA has played a role in solving crimes where a murder has taken place. In this article, you are introduced to the details of a murdered housewife and two teenage girls.
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Cold Cases Solved by DNA Evidence
DNA testing allows cold cases (unsolved murders) to benefit from the advanced technology. The technique allows investigators to process and analyze evidence collected at the scene of a crime more efficiently. In this article, you will find examples of cold cases that were solved many years after the crime.
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The Power of DNA Testing IV
DNA testing has proven quite powerful in establishing the innocence or guilt of a criminal. However, not all handling of DNA evidence is conducted with the upmost respect for procedure. Because of this, convictions can be overturned when tampering and contamination takes place. In this article, you will learn of such a case, as well as learn how testing the DNA of family members can help discover the identity of a criminal.
In some crimes, a convicted individual may spent many years in jail before DNA testing can help prove their innocence. Other times, the use of DNA profiling and testing can set free a criminal rather quickly, while leading to the discovery of the true criminal. In this article, you will learn of one such case of a quick release, as well as revealing the horrific crime committed by a vengeful doctor.
DNA testing has led to overturned convictions of people wrongfully sent to prison for crimes they did not commit. In this article, you will encounter cases that became some of the first instances where DNA evidence played a pivotal role in setting people free, confirming innocence, as well as confirming the identity of criminals that got away with murder.
1/15/12-
The Power of DNA Testing I
When it comes to catching a criminal or proving the innocence of a suspect, DNA testing comes in handy. By using samples of blood, saliva, semen and other materials found at a crime scene, investigators can shed light on identifying the guilty. In this article, you will learn of cases in which DNA fingerprinting and other testing methods played a significant role in solving a crime.
One of the ideas often proposed in 2012 circles is the idea that a rogue planet will come nearer to Earth and herald in a new era. Bypassing the connection of this idea to the actual prophecies of 2012, is it possible that a rogue planet could sustain life? Astronomers used to say no, but the realm of possibility has only expanded in recent years. But in order for life to be possible on a rogue planet, several factors would have to be addressed first.
1/13/12-
Capturing a Criminal: Facial Composites
During the 1940s, the United States developed a system (called the Identikit), which uses transparent layers to build up a picture of a suspect's face. In later years, the concept of the Identikit has evolved to include technological enhancements. In this article, you will also learn about some of the crimes that a facial composite has helped to catch.
It's a well known fact that big cats are not normally seen in the UK. Despite this, several reports of big cat sightings and mysterious attacks on animals has left investigators scratching their heads - wondering if an unparalleled investigation is in order. Despite the long held convention that the creatures simply do not exist in the wild in the UK, the evidence seems to be piling up after a recent attack.
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Catching a Criminal: Psychological Profiling
When a killer is on the loose, experts typically create a psychological profile (also known as offender profiling) that highlights certain features that a criminal may exhibit. The details of their murders, especially if they are a serial killer reveals a great deal. From the profile, a detective can narrow down the approximate age, background and habits. This can help track down the murderer based on a portrait of the criminal that has been developed from the information of the crime scene(s).
To a catch a criminal, a range of scientific techniques are used to establish an identity and process evidence. Even what seems like a flawless plan can leave behind an incriminating fiber, drop of blood or piece of hair. When this happens, forensics can piece together the clues that identify motive and possible suspects. In this article, you will learn about the different techniques and tools that the police use to catch the bad guys.
It has long been theorized that other stars could have planets just like our Sun, but it wasn't until a few years ago when astronomers began gathering evidence of extrasolar planets suggesting that the universe as we know it may be much more habitable than we once thought. And now a new analysis suggests that on average every star could have its own planets - and some among them may very well be like Earth. The analysis is yet another bridge in the gap between humanity and the populated but silent universe suggested by the Drake Equation.
When the atom was first split and the idea of nuclear power eventually reached headlines, newspapers worldwide were excited about the prospect. In addition to the possibility of a nuclear powered future, citizens of many countries all over the world were excited in the wake of World War II with the idea that war may be over forever. But then public perception changed, and the public lost its love for nuclear power. And one professor says one of the bigger reasons was the portrayal of nuclear power in James Bond movies.
UFO enthusiasts and believers are always on the lookout for the best piece of evidence to prove claims that Earth is being visited by something beyond the ordinary. And now it seems some footage from Argentina depicts a bizarre craft with some astonishingly strange characteristics. And as more analyses of the footage become available online, the theories surrounding it have become almost as astonishing as the footage itself. Is this evidence of extraterrestrial visitation in 2012? If this footage is any indicator, it could very well be a good year for UFOs.
It's not a farm that grows robots, but rather one that uses robots to grow food. And it may be a look into the future of agriculture. Robotic development has been seen for years as one of the key ingredients to a society without the economic concerns it has today. But will the project be successful? Or will there be a new crop of controversy to thrive thanks to these metal machines?
When we think about folklore and urban legends, generally we don't imagine that the boundaries can be drawn merely at the edge of a city or even a state. How ambitious can a folklore legend be, when it supposes that the boundaries of its telling are not merely confined to our own universe? How incredible a claim can one story make? And how would the public respond to the discovery that somewhere out there is a fully equipped abandoned lab capable of transporting people from our own dimension to an alternate reality already populated with a rogue band of scientists who made their home there?
You may recall how the year started with a bang in 2011 when thousands of black birds suddenly dropped dead in Beebe, Arkansas as New Year's celebrations commenced. Well it would appear that the odd bird die off has been documented again - with an entirely new and unexplained black bird die off as 2012 comes around. What could cause a repeat on this strange massive bird die off? And does it portend the same sort of events we saw in 2011?
Every now and again we come across the story of a community that has banded together to hunt a creature terrorizing them in a world where outside influence is unlikely to help. Even as newcomers to the village meet tales of the Oily Man with skepticism, the villagers themselves have decided to venture out in a hunt for the man at two in the morning in the hopes that they can capture this bizarre creature and put an end to his reign of terror.
