A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week.
A car-sized ball-shaped UFO seen and recorded on and above a runway at the Manchester Airport in England was thought by many to be a non-Earth alien object, including UFO researcher Mark Christopher Lee, who reviewed the recordings and decided it was definitely a UFO and could be alien or a mysterious drone like so many being seen lately; however, after further analysis, Lee did the unusual and backed down from his initial assertion, stating in a correction that he had recognized the unidentified object and revealed its true supply: “I’ve beforehand investigated this case and thought it was linked to the orbs and drones that persons are seeing world wide (US and UK particularly) however after analyzing numerous pictures and movies posted I am fairly assured that what we are literally seeing in Blue Chinese language Lantern that has gone astray’. It’s good to see that Lee has not gone astray and caught to the rules of his occupation, admitting his mistake.
The residents of many cities rejoice native UFO and cryptid sightings with festivals, proclamations and statues, however not Father Andrei Vasyakin, the Dean of the Dalnegorsk Deanery, who objects to a statue of a spacecraft and an alien commemorating the date January 29, 86, when a reddish sphere flew over the small Russian mining city of Dalnegorsk from the far east earlier than crashing into the close by Izvestkovaya Mountain, changing into an incident acknowledged because the Russian Roswell and “the perfect documented” UFO crash ever; witnesses stated the sphere “jerked” earlier than falling like a rock, crashing and disappearing; Father Vasyakin thinks the small statue, erected on December 6, 2024, “looks like a “demonic creature” and offends native Orthodox Christians who maintain “a spiritual procession and prayer service” yearly are held on this place yearly, which signifies that aliens don’t have any place right here”. Has Father Andrei ever checked out a number of the scary statues in outdated Russian church buildings?
In case you’re not prepared to inform your children (or your self) the reality about Santa Claus, you would possibly need to contemplate this paranormal story from Brocarde, a psychic who claims she as soon as married and divorced a ghost; Brocarde says her spirit ex, an historic soldier named Edwardo, “came alive” during the Christmas season and would dress up – in a ghostly way – as Santa Claus and float down the chimney; she thinks different ghosts might do the identical, speculating in an interview that “It’s necessary to know that ghosts can typically sense the vitality of the vacations, and a few get as excited as we do! In case you contemplate that some ghosts don’t even understand that they’re lifeless, they often begin to rejoice the vacations as they did after they have been residing”; as soon as they begin celebrating, she says, ”Throughout the holidays, when feelings are excessive, spirits are attracted to those feelings and a few can current themselves as Father Christmas’; this implies “When some persons are adamant that they’ve seen Santa Claus what they may have truly encountered is a shape-shifting ghost. I perceive that Father Christmas is basically accepted as being fictional, however in spirit kind, he could be extra actual than any of us might think about”. Does a shapeshifting Santa ghost need milk and cookies or your soul on a plate?
Drones have changed climate balloons because the main mistaken UFOs however residents of eight counties in New Jersey who’ve been seeing mysterious drones since November say theirs are nothing just like the drones additionally being reported in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania as a result of these car-sized UFOs are affecting their car-shaped cars – altering the time on their automobile clocks after which setting them again to regular after they depart; software program consultants suspect the drones are managed by international actors utilizing GPS jamming or spoofing to check digital warfare gadgets on the autos; whereas the FAA agrees, it can not decide the supply of the drones, whether or not or not it’s Russia or one other international nation, native novice drone pilots, extraterrestrials or one thing else; whereas the governor of New Jersey and different officers are telling their constituents to “stay calm”, the sightings and experiences simply carry on coming. New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew thinks they are from an Iranian “mothership” situated “off the East Coast of america of America” whereas Clint Emerson, a retired Navy SEAL and proprietor of safety firm Escape the Wolf, speculates that “these are potentially government programs kept within what’s known as a ‘Special Access Program,’ which is purposely put collectively to maintain even probably the most cleared folks out — it actually is to maintain it secret”. Has there ever been a tougher yr to be a UFO researcher?Has there ever been a tougher yr to be a UFO researcher?
It’s arduous sufficient being caught on the Worldwide Area Station through the holidays, however astronauts there and people who will spend the vacations on future missions to the Moon and Mars should quit some conventional vacation meals, together with sprouts, as a result of, based on TV scientist Maddie Moate, “Sprouts tend to make us fairly gassy. And also you would not need a crew of astronauts sealed contained in the area station feeling uncomfortable as a result of farts are flammable. So the astronauts are forbidden from eating sprouts”; Mary Roach, the creator of ‘Packing For Mars’, estimates that an astronaut “through the peak flatulence interval” six hours after consuming sprouts will “move wherever from one to virtually three cups of flatus per hour” and “On the excessive finish of the vary, that is about two Coke cans filled with fart”. In area, nobody can hear you scream “Somebody open a window!”
Longtime Loch Ness Monster researcher Adrian Shine, has written a brand new e-book titled ‘A Natural History of Sea Serpents’ that’s full of centuries of tales of sea serpents and monsters which have terrified sailors and different witnesses whereas baffling marine biologists and different scientists who can’t clarify a lot of them however refuse to contemplate them as cryptids; Shine calls himself a “sympathetic skeptic” and affords drawings and pictures of actual creatures which were mistaken for monsters; he exhibits how the tales have developed over time, particularly these involving the Loch Ness Monster; whereas remaining a “sympathetic skeptic”, Shine can’t clarify all serpent and monster sightings and makes use of the e-book as a plea to preserve our our bodies of water till all of those tales are resolved. Nessie could also be a monster, however it nonetheless likes a clear tank.
Archeologists digging on the grounds of the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Antalya, Turkey, found a limestone sarcophagus they believe to be the coffin of Saint Nicholas, the Greek bishop whose life within the fourth century CE impressed our fashionable Santa Claus; archeologist and affiliate professor Ebru Fatma Findik of Hatay Mustafa Kemal College hopes to search out an inscription confirming the id of the proprietor of the sarcophagus; the stays of Nicholas have been buried on the grounds after his dying, however have been believed to have been taken to Venice through the First Campaign; his legendary secret gift-giving impressed the story of Santa Claus, however St. Nicholas can also be the patron of sailors, retailers, archers, repentant thieves, kids, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, single folks, and college students. If he’s the patron saint of brewers, which may clarify how he ultimately turned jolly, stout and red-cheeked.
The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Group experiences an odd current report from a person who claimed he encountered Bigfoot while looking for the mysterious hijacker D.B. Cooper; the incident occurred in 1972 when the unnamed particular person had returned from Vietnam and was serving in Washington state when he was despatched out to help the FBI within the hunt for Cooper in “the mountains in southern Washington state alongside the Columbia River”; it was there the witness stated he noticed by way of a thick fog “unusual buildings” of logs and branches and “a darkish part on the vegetation in entrance of me”; as he retched from an odd stench that might imply a lifeless physique, the lump abruptly stood up; he stated, “This factor was about 11 to 12 ft tall and had a human face. I froze in place and tried to name for my companions however I couldn’t utter a sound. This factor abruptly moved with such velocity ahead and hit me with one arm and ship me stumbling about 10 or 12 ft to the left, I attempt to get management of my physique however I used to be too near the cliff and fall down some 30 or 40 meters. I scream as I fell and was fortunate that the remainder of my squad heard me”; the witness was taken to a hospital for remedy of his accidents sustained within the fall; in questioning by RMSO, he remembered the Bigfoot had a scar on its face and that its scent was horrible and its measurement and muscular construct have been unbelievable. Irrespective of how scary it was, he most likely most well-liked coping with Bigfoot and Cooper to Vietnam.
A secret Pentagon report on reincarnation has come again like reincarnation itself on social media the place it’s getting new scrutiny; the research was carried out by US Military Intelligence and the report, launched in 1983 however not declassified till 2003, titled “Evaluation and Evaluation of The Gateway Course of” and written by US Military Lieutenant Colonel Wayne M McDonnell, states that consciousness is vitality and it exists outdoors of our understanding of actuality and vitality by no means dies, thus resulting in the conclusion that consciousness by no means dies; the ‘Gateway’ challenge had a purpose of particular person’s consciousness ‘outdoors the bodily sphere in order to in the end escape even the restrictions of time and area’ and be utilized in functions like psychic spying; one web page (25) was suspiciously lacking from the 29-page report and a brand new request was despatched to the CIA, which claims it by no means had the web page to start with. Nothing, not even consciousness itself, appears to be secure from social media.
In his new e-book, “The Exorcist Files: True Stories About the Reality of Evil and How to Defeat It”, well-known exorcist Father Carlos Martins says he’s confronted the satan many instances in his 20 years as an exorcist and has seen all the pieces depicted within the q21973 film, “The Exorcist” aside from one phenomenon — “the 300 sixty–diploma head flip by the possessed”; he has wanted surgical procedure to restore accidents the possessed particular person gave him throughout exorcisms; the e-book offers particulars on his most horrifying exorcisms, together with a haunted music field and a possessed firefighter whose possession started as a baby utilizing an Ouija board; whereas medical doctors and scientists attribute possession to mind abnormalities, genetic or environmental components, psychological sickness, psychological issues or a mix of causes, that doesn’t cease Fr. Martin from preventing the satan by way of exorcisms. Does the satan ever supply the nice Father a rise in possession in return for a lower of the royalties?
Pastor Will Duffy of Colorado is so pissed off that members of his flock don’t imagine the Earth is spherical that he has arranged to take four Flat Earthers and four Round Earthers on a trip to Antarctica he is calling ‘The Final Experiment’; they will travel this month (December) with Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions to Union Glacier, Antarctica, the place they’ll spend 24 hours filming the solar; since that is summer season within the Southern Hemisphere, the solar must be within the sky for the complete 24 hours if the Earth is spherical; whether it is flat and Antarctica is an ice wall encircling the remainder of the world as Flat Earthers imagine, the solar will rise and set throughout that 24-hour interval and show the Earth is flat. Pastor Duffy is satisfied that “I created The Last Experiment to finish this debate, as soon as and for all. After we go to Antarctica, nobody has to waste any extra time debating the form of the Earth”. Simply in case, he wants to hope that the Flat Earthers will change their minds.
Simply in time for the brand new yr, self-proclaimed TikTok ‘time traveler’ @thetimetraveler2582 has come back with “100% proof” he is a real time traveler from the year 2582; as typical with TikTok time vacationers, the ‘proof’ is a listing of occasions which is able to ‘occur’ quickly; on @thetimetraveler2582’s record, he has world peace arriving on January 30, 2025; on February 2, 2025, will probably be revealed that aliens live amongst us and dealing with the US authorities on superior know-how; on April 5, 2025, two scientists “discover the best remedy to have ever been found” however then disappear and are by no means seen once more. Another prediction: @thetimetraveler2582 won’t come again in three months and clarify why he was fallacious.
Two totally different units of pilots, flying for American Airways and Spirit Airways, reportedly observed two similar bright and fast-moving UFOs near DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth) Airport; the pilot of the American flight enroute from Louisville, Kentucky, to Dallas-Fort Price advised air visitors controllers that the objects have been a lot greater above their cruising altitude of 34,000 toes; the Spirit Airways crew advised the controllers that they’d noticed the UFO s for between one to 2 hours northwest of the airport; air visitors management with the US Air Drive about exercise within the two close by army operations areas utilized by the USAF’s 138th Fighter Group and the Arkansas Air Nationwide Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing and was advised neither had plane within the sky; as well as, TikTok person @laurenallison45 posted a video of the objects which confirmed the pilots’ accounts; the lights have been stated to be “about 100 miles out in area” and acquired “tremendous brilliant after which go fully dim”. May or not it’s aliens in search of the perfect barbecue within the galaxy?
Aliens seeing an alien ship leaving our galaxy could also be observing Voyager 1, the little spacecraft that retains on going greater than 47 years after leaving Earth and touring almost 15.4 billion miles; NASA scientists got some good news from Voyager 1 that its X-band radio transmitter is working correctly once more after it switched to the weaker S-band radio transmitter which was unable to ship again details about the standing of the spacecraft and scientific knowledge collected by its devices; after fixing the ability difficulty that prompted the swap, the X-band transmitter got here again on and Voyager 1 is again in enterprise. Voyager 1 has been flying almost so long as Saturday Evening Stay has been on tv and it most likely likes the unique solid the perfect.
For information of thoughts management of one other sort, we flip to the Austin, Texas, startup Phantom Neuro which is building a thin, flexible muscle implant that allows amputees to maneuver a robot arm through a full range of natural movements just by thinking in regards to the gestures they need to make; the corporate already has a wearable model available on the market however the brand new machine makes use of implantable sensors inserted by way of a small incision below the pores and skin that can choose up {the electrical} exercise instantly from the floor of the muscle and use the neural pathways nonetheless intact within the brains of amputees to inform the robotic muscle tissues to contract thus eradicating the necessity for mind surgical procedure; medical trials for the implants on higher limb amputees start in 2025. Now we want an implant to assist pay for it.
Paul Simon sang of ’50 Ways to Leave Your Lover’ and that quantity might apply to quick radio busts leaving their dwelling planets as College of Toronto scientist Dang Pham says there are “over 50 potential hypotheses of where they come from”, together with the one he found – his new study discovered that quick radio bursts (FRBs) could also be created when asteroids slam into excessive ultradense lifeless stars referred to as neutron stars with a number of the strongest gravitational and magnetic fields within the universe that launch an enormous quantity of vitality when an asteroid or comet slams into it, making a flash of radio waves “brilliant sufficient to be seen throughout the universe”; whereas collisions between one neutron star and an interstellar object are uncommon, estimated to be about one collision each 10 million years within the Milky Means, the research extrapolated to your entire universe and located “that the neutron star-interstellar objects collision-rate within the universe is comparable with at present noticed FRB charges”. Paul Simon missed the announcement as a result of he and Julio have been down by the schoolyard.