Singer and actress Rihanna made a surprising confession recently when she admitted that she used to watch the skies for hours looking for UFO activity. Her time spent searching for extraterrestrial or other unidentified flying objects was at the request of her father, who made her engage in sky watching from their front steps for years.
It's the perfect time for Rihanna to share her story of scanning the skies for UFOs. Her science fiction movie debut hits theaters in April, and this may be the perfect way to generate some interest in the film. Battleship will feature the sexy singer battling extraterrestrials, according to The Sun.
Sadly, Rihanna's years of searching the skies over her home in Barbados were unfruitful. She said she never spotted a UFO, but she did see a shooting star. Since, Rihanna's search for UFOs was inspired by her father's demands and not a personal interest, it is unlikely that she still makes time during her busy schedule to look for UFOs, but you can look for Rihanna in Battleship on April 11, 2012.
According to a new report, a UFO was seen flying in the vicinity of a jet airplane containing a very important passenger, Pope Benedict XVI. The incident was caught on video. It clearly shows a small but anomalous object in the air beside the Pope's airplane.
This odd UFO sighting took place in Guanajuato, Mexico as the jet airplane containing Pope Benedict XVI was preparing to land at Aeropuerto Internacional de Guanajuato (also known as Del Bajío International Airport). This international airport is actually located in Silao, Guanajuato, which is near León.
Still photos from this UFO video show that the small unidentified flying object appeared just beneath the wing of the airplane at one point. At another point, the UFO had moved significantly lower. This makes it apparent that the object was not trailing the airplane by any sort of rope or other attachment, but moving independently.
Reaction to the video of the UFO near the Pope's jet plane has been mixed, and some people are claiming that the object was a helicopter. However, the UFO was seen flying far too close to the airplane to be a helicopter. Following an airplane carrying the Pope that closely is not a risk that any helicopter pilot would have taken.
British Ministry of Defence seal; Image: Wikipedia
Recent reports about a UFO photograph missing from a wall in Britain's Ministry of Defence are raising some interesting questions. The poster-sized photo allegedly depicted an actual UFO in flight. It has been described as the best image of an unidentified flying object ever captured on camera. According to multiple sources, the large photograph disappeared between 1991 and 1994.
These reports do not answer a few important questions. If this was the most significant UFO photograph known to exist, why weren't there any backup copies or digital files? If it wasn't a digital image, then where are the photo negatives? If a poster-sized photograph disappeared from the wall, why don't they know when it disappeared? A three year range, 1991-1994, when the UFO photo vanished seems a bit unusual, to say the least.
The Huffington Post reported that the large UFO poster wasn't the only object to make a mysterious exit. Other missing items include additional photos and the negatives. All of these are believed to have disappeared during the 1990s.
The photograph was reportedly shot on Aug. 4, 1990 by a couple of hikers in Pitlochry, Scotland. It showed a diamond-shaped unidentified flying object as it hovered in the vicinity of a Royal Air Force Harrier jet.
National Geographic covered the incident of the missing photograph in the short video that you can see below:
In one of the strangest twists since a UFO was found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, an Austrian man claims he has discovered a UFO buried in a field. The man's name is Franz Knoglinger; he is a 47-year-old farmer.
Knoglinger made the incredible discovery on Sunday, March 11, 2012. He was looking for his lost cat Murlimann when he stumbled upon a perfectly round hole in the field. The hole was a staggering 25 feet deep.
Franz Knoglinger immediately recognized that there was something very unusual about that hole. In addition to its mere existence and remarkable depth, the hole contained a mysterious object.
Knoglinger believes that object is a UFO. Since he wasn't able to witness the unidentified object actually flying, his labeling the object a UFO obviously required a bit of speculation on his part.
With limited resources, the Austrian farmer decided to investigate the buried object the only way he could, according to The Huffington Post.
First, he threw a rock into the hole and observed that it made a satisfying metallic clunk when it made contact with the object. Then he lowered a large magnet into the hole, presumably with a long rope. He learned that the buried object was indeed metallic when the magnet stuck to it.
Franz Knoglinger enlisted the help of a local plumber who lowered a camera into the massive hole. Unfortunately, the camera failed to record anything once it reached the bottom.
Knoglinger told the Austrian Times that the buried object could be a spaceship. Hopefully, more research will be done and the object excavated from its resting place so that a positive identification may be made.
There has been a steady increase in mainstream media reports following UFO sightings recently. Several UFO videos filmed in California, particularly Fresno, are getting some special attention.
A man named Robert Thorson has been recording strange activity in the skies over Fresno since 2006. His efforts have aroused the attention of The Huffington Post, which reported that Thorson's video library includes footage of more than 200 unidentified flying objects. That's an impressive number by any standards.
The question remains: What exactly are these unidentified flying objects seen so frequently through the lens of Robert Thorson's camera?
According to one expert, a video from early March 2012 shows an object that is likely a rocket: "It has all the hallmarks of a rocket launch. The bright exhaust plume, and as it was going through the atmosphere, you would see it illuminate stuff as it passed through, just like a launch. Vandenberg Air Force base does night launches all the time."
Here is the video in question:
Another video recorded by Robert Thorson is likely nothing more than two mylar balloons.
It is important to note that there is a silver lining every time an unidentified flying object is identified. By determining which UFOs have earthly explanations, experts can isolate those UFO sightings that require further study.
Another benefit is that the interest these UFO videos generate in the public creates more awareness of the unexplainable sights taking place around the globe. With millions of eyes searching the night skies for signs of life, someone is sure to spot the real deal when it does come along, and there is sure to be video evidence.
Fresno skywatcher Robert Thorson is providing a valuable service by documenting questionable activities he sees above California, but he is not alone. Another witness captured this brilliant blue sparkler overhead on March 9, 2012. So far, there is no explanation for this UFO.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY SURROUNDING UFO ENCOUNTERS AND SIGHTINGS
Over the years, many have regarded what is coined as paranormal activities, such as odd noises, telepathy, apparations, electronic malfunctions and many other anomalies to be associated with that subject exclusively and as being totally separate from UFO investigations. However, a recent review of the files and information for the past twenty years has shed some light and shown there there very likely is a possible connection between the two, with paranormal activity playing a significant role in experiencers' lives.
The term, HIgh Strangeness was coined by Dr. J. Allen Hynek and the defination at this time states that it is the inexplicable effects and synchronicity of events related to and occurring before, during, and after research missions, various Close Encounters or UFO/ETS sightings, some examples being encounters with unknown creatures, MIB's, and the infamous black helicopters often seen by experiencers after an event. High strangeness can include everything from a feeling of time distortion(time slowing down) to items appearing though no one has purchased them to strange unidentifiable footprints to shadow dogs in the moonlight...these and many other strange occurances appear to be somehow related to the UFO phenomena as time and again, events unfold that fall into this category.
Many experiencers have oddities happen that formarly were thought to be of the 'spirit world' but upon further analyzation, have some sort of connection to a sighting or an encounter as evidenced by this recent post in a popular forum:
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'Is there anything you've noticed through daily living in your home concerning the presence of an ET, such as particular noises, electrical disturbances, sudden changes in temperature, chills, random television noises when it's off, etc? I feel as though my experience is connected with the odd things I've been sensing/hearing within my home, definitely in the living room when it is silent and in the early hours of the morning (before sunrise). Sometimes I feel as if something is moving about in my home as I go from room to room, and that there is something standing behind my television while I lay on my couch, but not noticeabley when directly looking at it. It's like this half-figure is two-dimensional when looking at it, but with my peripheral, it shows more outline, like it is a dimension of its own that we cannot interact with. But as I said, it just stands there, for hours. I've only started to notice this activity the last year or so.'
Some experiences are disturbing and dangerous, as is illustrated in the following story:
'I was laying in bed, my boyfriend had just gotten up to go to work. All of a sudden I hear an “oh F***” and a very loud electrical popping noise, I jumped up out of bed because it sounded almost like my boyfriend had been electricuted. I came into the kitched to find the stove was on fire. All electrical units in our stove had popped at the same time and were actually burning. It was really scarey, especially since we had our animals and our son all in the house! After we got the fire put out we went outside to go and smoke again. It was around 3:30am (my boyfriend works at a factory and wakes up at 3am to go to work.) I’m looking up in the sky above our house at a really bright star, when that star begins to move. Then it stopped again and hovered, then another appeared next to it, then they both crossed over our house. Needless to say I did not feel comfortable enough to go back to sleep after he left for work.'
http://www.abduct.com/discussion/?p=725
An instance like this would have been formerly thought to be either some sort of purely 'paranormal' phenenomon or a very bizarre electronic malfunction. However, due to the fact that this occured right before the experiencer had an incredible sighting of a UFO, one can make a deduction that the two events are quite possibly related. Time and again we have seen that electronic surges have, at times, some sort of connection to UFO activity as demonstrated by the Great Blackout of NIagra Falls, New York in 1965. Originally thought to be an electronic malfunction, it was later determined that an actual power surge had occured from outside their power grid and from an unknown source. That same evening The Syracuse Herald-Journal was inundated with over 100 calls of UFO sightings in that area.
THE SKINWALKER RANCH
Probably one of the most convincing stories in connecting paranormal occurances to UFO activity is the famous Skinwalker Ranch located in Uintah county, Utah. In 1994 Tom Gorman(not his real name) and his wife bought the ranch, a sprawling area in the high dessert plains of Utah.
Picture of the Skinwalker Ranch - http://www.skinwalkerranch.org/media/albums/userpics/10001/normal_vue_generale.jpg
Soon after they arrived, it was obvious that this was no ordinary homestead. On the day that the Gormans moved their furnishings into the home, they encountered what they would later feel was a foreshadowing of events to come. a wolf, apparently tame, came up to the family and was affectionate; the animal behaved as a dometic canine might. The family stroked the animal and then without apparent cause, the wolf jumped a fence and began to attack one of the family's livestock. The family began to yell at the wolf, and when that did nothing, began to try to shoo the animal away with sticks. Now the livestpck that the wolf was attacking was bleeding and the family became frantic; Mr. Gorman took his shotgun anf fired at the animal, hitting it squarely, and even seeing flesh torn off. Still the animal did not stop it's ravaging of the stock...Mr. Gorman continued to shoot the wolf, each time fhe shot finding its mark, and yet the animal appeared unfazed, eventually loping off in a casual way, seemingly unharmed.
Sightings abound at the Skinwalker Ranch and the surrounding areas...Uintah county is well known for it's UFO activity and unusual traces of evidence found around or near sites. Here on this most unusual 'ranch', High Strangeness reaches new heights.
Carving out of ice found near Skinwalker Ranch - http://www.realityuncovered.net/reality/images/ice_sipapu.jpg
Strange Footprints at the Skinwalker Ranch
Though not all experiencers have such dramatic events as the Skinwalker Ranch, many report that some sort of 'oddness' will occur before or after a sighting, and it often shakes up the experiencer, and they seek feedback on the forums to confirm that they are not imagining these things. As these occurances continue to multiply, it gives us all pause to wonder how and why these things are connected...some appear quite 'personal' as if someone or something 'knew' what would upset the individual, while others are random things that do not appear to have any rationale behind it..
As the 'high strangeness' continues to grow, we can only observe and analyze these events, perhaps attempting to see if it is part of a bigger picture...
A new YouTube rap video is getting plenty of attention ever since its star MistaCrhymes discovered an uninvited guest was present during the video shoot. The video for the song "Everyday" ft. Black Mikey & Young Gee features a brief appearance by a circular flash of light high in the sky above and behind the rappers and their entourage. It was filmed in San Diego, California.
Those who have seen the video have plenty of theories for the UFO that appeared so briefly in the bright blue California sky. While several people commented that the flash of light seems to be a reflection on glass, at least one person theorized that the effect could have been caused by an airborne piece of tinfoil. A more ordinary explanation was that the sunlight glinting off a distant passing airplane caused the anomaly in the sky that resembled a UFO.
Having a UFO in his debut rap video may be the perfect thing to put MistaCrhymes on the map. However, it truly seemed that the rapper himself was being truthful when he claimed he didn't see the unidentified flying object flash in the sky while the video was being recorded. He didn't realize there was an anomalous object on the video until it was in post-production. This seems less like a publicity stunt and more like a happy coincidence.
According to at least one person's opinion, "the rap song sounds pretty good!" Hopefully MistaCrhymes and his associates will find fame and fortune for their talent even after the excitement over the UFO in their rap video has subsided.
An often disturbing event in the alien/UFO community, animal abductions and mutilations are on the rise this year, and the areas that are now being deemed 'hotspots' for UFO activity appear to be having a rash of these occurances. Though this is a somewhat 'distasteful' subject to some in the community, nevertheless it brings about strong emotions in experiencers and non-experiencers alike. While it may be easy to dismiss a witness's account of a sighting, one cannot dismiss the physical evidence of these events; namely that animals across the globe are being somehow damaged in a way that defies current scientific explanation.
Fossil records indicate that there is a possibility of animal abductions happening in ancient times becauase of the migration of some species to areas unobtainable by these animals. Several species from millions of years ago crossed oceans that were impossible to cross, unless they were somehow 'air-lifted'. For example, how did marsupials get from North America to Australia? How did monkeys get from Africa to South America? Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory and gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force and possible genetic engineering might have acted together with natural selection.
Though the current phenomena of strange animal deaths and mutilations can possibly trace its roots back hundreds of years, it first came to the attention of the public and the media in the early 1960's with a rash of these surgically precise cuttings done on livestock, mainly cattle. Testimony from veterinary pathologists, law enforcement officials and cattle inspectors clearly distinguished animal mutilations from deaths of domestic and wild animals by infectious disease, predation, and other natural causes.
There are several indicators concerning these strange deaths, whereas there will generally be unexplained damage to any remaining organs, no trace of blood, no sign of damage to the surrounding area, a lack of of teeth or claw marks, and no obvious 'scavenging' by any known predators. While some animals are found lying on the ground, others are found draped over fences and treetops, their injuries consistent with being 'dumped' from a great distance. Sometimes the ground under the animal appears depressed, as if the animal was dropped on the site from a height high enough to leave an impact crater under the animal.
The situation is serious and sometimes apparently even involves harm to human beings:
By the mid 1970s, mutilated cattle were reported in 15 states, from Montana and South Dakota in the north, to New Mexico and Texas in the south.
Democratic senator Floyd K. Haskell contacted the FBI asking for help in 1975 due to public concern regarding the issue. He claimed there had been 130 mutilations in Colorado alone.[4]
In 1998, documented photographic evidence of a 1994 mutilation surfaced that involved a [5] human being outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil. An autopsy report concluded that the procedure occurred while the victim was still alive, and the associated pain resulted in cardiac arrest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation
The occurances have been so widespread, that in in the United States, this has been the subject of two separate federal investigations.
A current video with Phil Hoyle of the Animal Pathology Forensic Unit in the U.K. discusses the matter further. In this presentation, there is footage of one the factors of the possible evidence of visitor related activity, namely burn marks which appear near or around where the animals were harmed.
In the story below it is shown that these burn or scorch marks are not a new event nor is the event of possible harm to a human being during it:
Faxinal de Sao Bras, Brazil
Date: 1940
Time: afternoon
9-year-old Sebastiana Roncador had gone to the goat pen in order to milk the animals when she noticed a strange luminous object resembling a “circus tent” on a nearby field. Curious she approached it and watch astonished as some type of “ladder” emerged from the object. The ladder moved in a way that it seemed to be “alive.” Soon several 1-meter tall creatures exited the object. The beings had a dark complexion with large frog like eyes, large round faces, large heads, huge pointy ears, and short necks. They wore tight fitting silvery outfits. The creatures approached the witness who ran frightened towards the house screaming. Her father ran out armed with a stick, which he threw at the creatures. These retreated back into the object. The craft then took off causing a huge cloud of dust to rise up and emitted flames from its bottom apparently burning the ground. At the site a black scorched circle was found and today nothing grows there. One of the goats was found apparently with a puncture wound and bleeding. The blood apparently coagulated and the animal died. Around the same time a local woman disappeared without a trace. Nothing was ever heard from her.
More evidence of visitor related activity to the events occuring to the animals is a picture captured by Phil Hoyle of a possible UFO which appeared over the same area as the deaths and surgical cuttings were taking place.
Note: these investigations of the APFU are current and ongoing
The strange object over Wales - Copyright: Phil Hoyle: The
Animal Pathology Field Unit
Though once thought confined to cattle or other livestock, these cases are now being found more and more in domestic animals, that is, the family pet. In Salt Lake City in 2003, a rash of cat mutilations occured, again with the same surgical cutting; these cases are still open, no 'cat serial killer' was found, but coincidentially, there were numerous UFO sightings in that area and other parts of Utah that year. Or consider the stories of several experiencers, who, upon waking from their encounter, would find their dog or cat dead...with no apparent cause. Several experiencers were lucky enough to actually see the damage inflicted as is evidenced by a story which occured over 50 years ago:
Location. Near Denbigh Castle, Clwyd, Wales
Date: March 1964Time: 0130am
The witness, Mrs. W, was up late studying when she heard her terrier dog yelping. She knew it was on the back patio and looked through the kitchen window to see him cowering beside a bush in clear distress. Rushing out, Mrs. W saw that a beam light was coming from the sky and enveloping the dog. She could not see a source. Reacting instinctively the woman picked up her pet and immediately felt a burning sensation as she touched the beam. Without looking upwards she fled indoors with the animal and noticed that her arm was burnt and remained in pain for some time. the dog also suffered discomfort from what she took to be skin burns that persisted for a short time.
Currently in a northwestern Montana town, there have been a rash of unexplained deaths of dogs; several of the animals reportedly died suddenly in their fenced yards while the owners were right inside the home. According to witnesses testimony, at least nine dogs have mysteriously died and other strange animal deaths are occuring, an example being of a wolf found 'draped' in a tree. Clearly this is not the work of some 'serial' animal killer. Prior to these incidents, there was possible UFO activity in the western skies.
Many experiencers have discussed missing pets, pets dead for no apparent reason, strange 'marks' that appear almost surigically done, yet the anuimal has had no such surgery in that particular area. It appears that the evidence is strong that there is a very possible connection to UFO activity and these animal 'experiements', if that's what they indeed are. Yet why hurt an experiencer's or other's animals and in such numbers? We all know and understand the concept of using animals to further medical knowledge, but in this case, a very large number of animals appears to be necessary for this 'research'. Too many animals are dying under mysterious circumstances which begs the question of, if the visitors are indeed taking these animals, then, why, if they are so advanced, do they need so many? And why primarily the experriencer's animals? Or, as some might suggest, does it have to do more with the experiencer and the effect on them that in any interest in the actual pet.
Whatever the reason, as more and more animal deaths are reported worldwide, and more sightings coincide with these occurances, it may be prudent to not only watch the skies, but to watch your animals, also....
A most unusual UFO was reported in Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. According to the witness, the UFO resembled Buzz Lightyear from the animated movie Toy Story.
The witness, known only as D. Flower, told the Belfast Telegraph that he saw a light out of the corner of his eye on the evening of February 24, 2012. The light was outside his bedroom window. The time was approximately 8:15 p.m.
Upon further examination, the witness saw that the object was moving slightly, and it was too bright to be a star. That's when his sister grabbed a camera and took a picture.
Here's the amazing thing. The UFO in the picture has a strange resemblance to Buzz Lightyear, the Toy Story character named after famous astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
It may take a little bit of imagination, but looking at the picture of the Northern Ireland UFO does conjure up images of the toy astronaut with one arm outstretched and the other arm trailing behind.
The witness does not believe the object can be explained by an airplane or a satellite.
Most UFOs that are caught on camera tend to fit into the typical unidentified flying object categories: glowing orbs, flying saucers, and cigar-shaped craft. That's what makes the UFO sighting of February 24 so unusual.
Of course, everyone knows that it wasn't Buzz Lightyear sailing through the dark night sky over Northern Ireland. So, what was it? Unfortunately, the identity of this celestial object remains a mystery.
As the New Year of 2012 was ushered in just seven weeks ago, not only did the 'doomsayers' and their respective 'prophecies' increase; for some unknown reason, UFO sightings skyrocketed to levels that have not been seen before in recorded time. Though there appears to have been a significant amount of UFOS spotted in the tail end of 2011, the enormous jump since just New Years Eve is astonishing; on that night alone, over 100 sightings were reported. In the first week of this year, sightings in the United States were reported in over 36 states by multiple witnesses. And the U.S. is not alone in these occurances; reports ranging from Sweden to Chile to the UK have been pouring into the various reporting agencies since the beginning of the year and it appears that they are continuing.
Even the mainstream media is paying attention; not only did the Huffington Post headline that 'Sightings Skyrocket is 2012' (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/2012-ufos-are-off-and-run_n_1194310.html) but even Fox News decided that these occurances were newsworthy enough to be on their broadcast:
Several sites such as MUFON and Ufostalker are available to view current sightings; sometimes according to these interactive maps, there are dozens per day. Naturally some can be identified, but more and more during the month of January and now the month of February, extraordinary sightings are taking place almost on a daily basis and many are not only verified, they are disturbing in their frequency and in their proximity to the witnesses.
Utah sighting January 2012
One of the notable sightings that was photographed, filmed, and witnessed by many in the month of January, includes the now famous Mexico car chase of UFOS spotted near Mexicali, Mexico on 01/29/2012. Sounding like something out of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', these UFOS were photographed and witnessed by many.
MEXICO POLICE CHASE UFO
'The object was described as a 'device' with white, blue and yellow lights. Security camera operators reported witnessing the object, as did members of the public who dialled the emergancy services to report what they had seen. Police officers did their best to track down the object but in the end were unable to keep up with it.
A UFO with white lights, blue and yellow flashes" -- The first report was received from the airport area, and [the object] was even seen by C-4 operators manning the safety cameras that appear to have recorded it.'
More notable sightings this year:
Italy, January 2012
Tijuana, Mexico January 2012
London, Thames Estuary, January 2012
Why the apparent increase? Is it simply because of better access to record such events? Are the amount of 'star gazers' increasing and therefore the sightings are being noticed more often? And, If that be the case, then does this indicate that these sightings are not an anomaly, but a consistant factor in our lives?
The 'why' of this possible increase has members of the alien/ufo community buzzing with talk about posible explanations, everything from these events being some sort of sign of the end of the world, to imminent alien invasion, and even extending to the possibility that these UFOS are here to 'save humanity'.
Whatever the case, these clear photographs, videos and eye witness testimony of these lights, crafts or whatever they may be, indicate that not only are we not alone, but that whatever these UFOS are, it appears that they want to be seen, and by more and more witnesses. As the year gets deeper int0 2012, it will be fascinating to see if some sort of answer will unfold to give us all a better idea of what these sightings might indicate. In the interim, if the numerous reports continue to flood into the various reporting agencies, and the amount of information continues to grow, perhaps we may find some answers to the ultimate question of who it might be who is sharing this vast universe with us.
----written by julia---
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