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Addressing the Doubters - 5 Keys To Presenting Scientific Research of UFOs - A guest post by Jessica Reynolds

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:14:00 +0000

Scientific research and evidence that UFOs could exist have been presented for years with the majority of the population still holding on to the thought that these findings are just “Hollywood tricks” or coincidence. When presenting legitimate evidence that UFOs may have made an appearance somewhere at some time it is important not to come out guns blazing but to gradually let idea of UFOs sink in to the audience’s mind.

Here are 5 very important keys to presenting evidence of UFOs that I have found to be at least somewhat effective in a presentation or argument:

1. Be Professional in Your Presentation

A bad stigma UFO enthusiasts have is that we are individuals that just want attention. It is slightly annoying when people are so surprised when they see someone in a suit, tie, and with well-constructed research poster or PowerPoint presentation. Show class when you present your findings and you will find that having the respect of your audience makes them more likely to put stock in what you say.

2. State the Official Report of An Event That You Find Suspicious

Never dive head first into saying such and such was a UFO sighting or something was left by a UFO landing. Acknowledge what the official story is and start asking questions about questionable circumstances. For example, if symbols appeared in the middle of a plain in Asia, state the official story and ask glaring questions such as who, how, when. Approach it as if you believed it to be to be done by people and you are just pointing out potential flaws in the story.

3. Use Numbers, It’s Harder For Them To Lie

Exact dates, measurements, locations, and names are all very pivotal evidence to have. If a man saw a UFO sixty years ago in the sky and it was fake, what exactly did he use to fabricate his picture or video evidence? If kids drew symbols in a field, what did they use to cut or carve them, when did they do it, why?

4. Credibility of Witnesses

The easiest way to turn truth into a lie is to discredit the person telling it. When you know of people who have seen government documents regarding UFO sightings, you must be able to bring credit to their name by saying who they are and what they did to see those documents. There are people out there who claim to have worked for the government and claim to have seen documents. Obviously the government has a louder voice than any of us which makes solid pictures, documents with traceable origin and credibility all the more important.

5. Do Your Best Not to Accuse Anybody

UFO sightings have their doubters for many reasons. One of which happens to be the fact that the authorities or government are good at making people believe what they want them to. Don’t come out accusing anybody of cover-up, the point of the presentation is to make the audience think, not condemn those trying to sway them the other way.

Jessica Reynolds loves researching about the underlying mysteries of the world. To help others present their findings in an effective manner she writes for http://www.postersession.com/, a company that specializes in scientific research posters.

Grant Cameron on Project White Paper

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:15:49 +0000

Grant Cameron will guest on Chase Kloetzke's Project White Paper show May 23, at 9:00pm Eastern. The show will deal with one of the most dramatic UFO stories of all times - the Chris Bledsoe abduction that occured on Januray 8, 2007 in North Carolina. Chris Bledsoe will be on the show telling what happened in 2007 and some of the dramatic events that have occured since

http://chasekloetzke.com/Project_White_Paper.html

The show website will be posting some of the pictures from recent events that have not been made public until now.

A 1941 UAP file in the National Archives?

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:07:00 +0000

Hi all,

One intriguing file in the National Archives of Australia (NAA) is file series A663, control symbol O24/1/208 titled "Flying Saucers - Request by P B Hubbard - Daily News Chicago correspondent for information." The barcode is 3032137 with a date range of 1941 to 1941. Obviously, the intriguing thing about this file is the 1941 date, six years before the birth of the modern UAP.

Courtesy of Melbourne researcher Paul Dean the date range mystery for this file has been solved via a digital copy of the file.

The file is eight pages long and was an unclassified Department of Defence file with a main title of "Flying Saucers" and a sub-title of "Request by alt P B Hubbard Daily News. Chicago correspondent for information."

The file opens with a letter dated 13 Aug 1952 from one Mr Fred B Hubbard who signs himself as "Daily News Correspondent" living in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Hubbard addressed his letter to "The Hon Philip A McBride, Minister for Defence."

The letter stated that the Chicago Daily News is "...preparing for 66 U.S. and Canadian daily newspapers what is intended to be the most comprehensive examination yet made of the "flying saucer" situation. It goes on to pose the following questions:

"1. Has Australia developed any missiles which have provided a basis for "flying saucer" reports?

2. Is there any evidence in your possession tending to prove or disprove the existence of "saucers" as mysterious aircraft or missiles?

3. Is the Defense Department concerned over the mysterious phenomena Australians have reported seeing in the skies?

4. Is the Department making any investigation into these reports? If so, has the investigation provided any conclusive proof of the existence or non-existence of "flying saucers?"

5. Is there any scientific basis for any concern over these phenomena?"

The Secretary, Department of Defence prepared a draft reply for the Minister's signature after "The question was discussed initially with Professor Martin, Defence Scientific Adviser."

The Minister's reply dated 3 Sep 1952 was as follows:

"With reference to your letter of 13th August 1952, on the subject of "flying saucers," I have made enquiries into this matter and find that my Department has not received any reports of "flying saucers" in Australia which were considered to warrant further investigation."

There is no explanation for why the NAA's RecordSearch shows a date range of 1941 to 1941 when the documents clearly are dated in 1952,

New 'Star Trek' film taps into UFO lore

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:00 +0000

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

SPOILERS AHEAD

Rumbled: Kirk and McCoy flee alien tribespeople in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Cinemagoers who have seen the new Star Trek movie, Into Darkness, can no doubt recall its colourful opening sequence in vivid detail. No sooner are our bums on seats than do we find ourselves thrust into the brilliant crimson forests of an alien world, watching breathlessly as Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy flee a primitive humanoid tribe.

The Starfleet officers are in disguise so as to prevent the tribespeople from seeing their human (i.e. alien) faces and shattering their embryonic philosophical and religious paradigm. Kirk and McCoy are, as any Trekkie will appreciate, seeking to uphold their prime directive: to avoid at all costs any overt interference with the internal development of an alien civilization – especially one that is “barely out of the stone age” and which views its own culture as the center of the universe.

Alien culture shock: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

This idea of non-interference between alien cultures is one that is frequently discussed in the UFO and scientific communities. Many scientists consider it entirely plausible that any advanced extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy would likely seek to avoid drawing the attention of inhabitants of more primitive worlds for fear of sparking religious, economic and political chaos, or even civilizational collapse. And this, say many in the UFO community, is why ET has not yet landed on the White House lawn.

Over the years, numerous alleged contactees have claimed that benevolent space folk have actually saved humanity from destruction on several occasions throughout history by quietly preventing potentially catastrophic natural disasters. Certainly there have been a great many instances when UFOs have been sighted over areas of geophysical significance – particularly active volcanoes.

It is fitting, then, that Star Trek Into Darkness explores these UFOlogical ideas in its opening scenes. The reason Kirk and McCoy (and also Commander Spock) are on the alien planet in the first place is to attempt to covertly prevent the eruption of a super volcano that would wipe-out the fledgling civilization. The starship Enterprise is hidden from the aliens’ view beneath hundreds of feet of water off the coastline as Kirk and McCoy attempt to blend in with the natives.

Things don’t go according to plan, however, as not only are the two astronauts rumbled, but their starship is witnessed by the awe-struck tribespeople in all its splendour rising majestically from the ocean. We know in that moment that their civilizational path has been dramatically altered as, soon after, they begin drawing and worshipping a crude pictogram of the Enterprise. Ancient Astronaut theory, anyone?

As if these UFOlogical allusions weren’t sufficient, the fictional alien planet of our discussion is actually called ‘Nibiru.’ As anyone familiar with the work of Zecharia Sitchin will know, Nibiru is a theoretical planet that passes by Earth every 3,600 years, allowing its inhabitants – the Annunaki – to interact with humanity. According to Sitchin, these beings were the first gods worshipped by Man.

These filmic nods to UFOlogy should come as little surprise when we consider that the screenwriters for Star Trek Into Darkness are Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Damon Lindelof. Between them, these men have written and/or produced the likes of Transformers, Cowboys and Aliens, and Prometheus – all of which owe a heavy debt to UFO literature. Indeed, Orci, for one, has made no secret of his personal interest in the UFO subject. In July, 2011, the screenwriter was asked by The Wrap if he believed in aliens. He replied in the affirmative and added: “I think the evidence clearly indicates that the government's lying about what the hell’s going on.”

It’s unclear at this stage whether or not these same writers will be onboard for the next instalment of the Star Trek franchise, but, if they are, it’s a fair bet that their fascination with UFO lore will continue to serve as inspiration in their exploration of the Star Trek universe.

Mirage Men premiers at DocFest

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:51:26 +0000

Sheffield’s annual DocFest is one of the highlights of the year for documentary film-makers and investigative journalists. 2013 marks the festival’s 20th anniversary and many of the movers and shakers from the industry will be gathering at venues in the city centre, based in … Continue reading →

UFO over Calgary on Monday, May 20, 2013

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:31:00 +0000

I just received a UFO report from an aviation employee in Calgary. The incident occurred less than 12 hours ago. Here is the witness' description of what was seen:

At approx 2330 local on Monday, May 20, 2013, I was in Calgary, looking towards the west watching planes take off from runway 16 climbing south. The ceiling is broken, scattered clouds. All of a sudden a solid ball of light that looked like a headlight came out from behind a cloud, travelled a slight north east path and then just switched out like a light. No noise, except planes taking off further west and I can tell planes apart by their sound and lights easily.

I have been in aviation for 13 yrs doing flight planning, route building, flight coordinating, aircraft refuelling including commercial, private, military aircraft... any job in aviation, I've done it. I’m not sure what I saw but I know what it's not and that's an airplane or a helicopter. The latter are required to have a red beacon even when they are in "stealth" mode. The light I saw was directly above an active runway... the tower would never let them traverse an active departure path. There was no sound as well, and my trained ear can hear Hawcs (police helicopters) coming from quite a ways away. I hear and see them constantly. About 5 minutes after this happened I heard Hawcs come by and I went to see if maybe they had seen it too and where following it. They appeared to just be doing their normal rounds of the area.

If this person says it was not a helicopter or aircraft, I don't know what else it could have been.

Robert Hastings • Articles — Citizen Hearing on Disclosure

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:52:59 +0000

Although I was repeatedly invited—pestered, actually—by Stephen Bassett to participate in the hearing, I chose not to lend my name and credible research to the event. Over the past 40 years I have interviewed more than 140 U.S. military veterans, regarding their involvement in UFO incidents at nuclear weapons sites. Seven of those individuals participated […]

Reactions to the 2012 Canadian UFO Survey

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:00 +0000

In a word, none.

(For the complete 2012 Canadian UFO Survey, go here.)

Despite the fact that the review of 2012 data on Canadian UFO cases showed an unprecedented 100% increase in reports, ufological chatter about the Survey has been almost nonexistent. Yet, whenever the “Ata” skeleton was mentioned in UFO groups and online lists, the resulting discussions and flame wars filled volumes – and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with UFOs.

Such is the state of popular ufology. Factual data are irrelevant.

On a more positive note, reaction from media was interesting. Many reporters across Canada recognized the significance of the results, and requested interviews. The most responsible reporting was by CTV News, which ran three different versions of its story on the 2012 Survey, all of which were fair and balanced. CBC almost had a major story, but a breaking political scandal the same day as the UFO story was scheduled to run effectively killed national coverage on that network.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ufo-sightings-across-canada-in-2012-nearly-doubled-all-time-record-1.1283604

This is an important result especially given the “sour grapes” attitude of coverage of the Citizens’ Hearings on Disclosure, which was lauded by organizers and participants as the most significant news story of the decade, but was upstaged completely by the IRS scandal. It is interesting that in both the USA and Canada that politics took precedence over UFOs. (And yes, some have already played the “conspiracy card.”)

Most media were reasonable in their approach. Only one interviewer was a bit of a jerk, out of about 15 or so total interviews. And the Vice Magazine article was, well, a Vice Magazine article.

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/canadian-ufo-sightings-have-doubled

The media that covered the 2012 Canadian UFO Survey had some very good questions based on the findings, and that has led to some follow-up comments that add some background and insight into the nature of UFO investigation and ufology.

Question #1: “So all these UFO sightings are likely all just from people making things up or hallucinating, aren’t they?”

Answer: No, not at all. The reason is because we can actually explain many of the sightings or are able to suggest possible explanations for what was observed. In other words, there really were objects in the sky that led people to report seeing them.

Question #2: “Is there any consistency or common denominator to the sightings?”

Answer: Yes. That’s something the survey was able to find. We were able to determine that most reports were of orange or white lights in the sky, seen at about 10:00 or 11:00 pm, and usually seen by more than one person at a time. With these clues, we were able to show that many of these were Chinese lanterns or aircraft.

Question #3: “Was there any consistency to the unexplained cases?”

Answer: Not really. What was most noticeable was that the high-quality unknowns were definitely out of the ordinary. Flying octagons, objects shaped like “guitar picks,” a “dradle” and some that changed shape while in flight. It’s these characteristics that helped classify them as unknown.

A hexagonal UFO reported in 2012

Question #4: “So doesn’t that speak to the probability that we’re not dealing with alien spacecraft? Because all the unknowns were different, and if we were really being visited by aliens, all their ships would look the same?”

Answer: Now that’s a really good question and observation. It’s based on our own limited experience with space travel. Yes, the Space Shuttles all looked the same, and even the SpaceX planes and “pumpkin seed” crafts have the same basic design. And the LEMs that landed on the Moon all were identical. Therefore, an alien scout craft or landing craft designed to descend to Earth should look the same. However, some ufologists have already pointed out that Volkswagen Beetles, snowplows and Mack Trucks are all very different, yet all function on land. It’s not out of the question that visiting aliens would have the same crafts, but there could be variations. This also assumes that there’s only one visiting alien species. If there are several alien races visiting Earth (or 57, as Clifford Stone insists), then the variance in the appearance of UFOs is easily explainable.

As we all know, the Volswagen Beetle was reverse engineered from UFOs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7cHPBlmVjg

Question #5: “So the Survey proves aliens are visiting Earth?”

Answer: Nothing of the sort. In fact, the answer to Question #4 was complete speculation. What the Survey shows is that thousands of people are reporting UFO sightings each year, and that the number of reports is increasing. Even the unexplained cases do not prove that aliens are visiting Earth.

Question #6: “So what use is the Survey?”

Answer: The survey is a comprehensive study of what people (specifically Canadians) are seeing and reporting as UFOs. This data is the foundation upon which all the speculation about alien races, crash/retrievals, alien abductions, UFO propulsion and “disclosure” is based. If this data is problematic, then the various discussions about the other related subjects have no bases in reality. Furthermore, this data (and similar data gathering efforts in other countries) serves to quantify information about UFOs so that useful discussions within and with the scientific community can be held. Studies such as the Survey can be used to liaise with serious researchers in an attempt to better understand the UFO phenomenon.

Question #7: “So, are UFOs real?”

Answer: Semantics is everything. By definition, UFOs are real because people report seeing unidentified flying objects. UFOs are real because military documents labeled “UFO Report” and describing observations of UFOs exist in significant numbers (e.g. the MoD files released by Britain or those similar files available in the Canadian National Archives).

An official document showing that the government uses "UFO" as a term.

[This is, essentially, the “Santa Claus” defence as laid out so well in the classic movie “Miracle on 34^th Street.” Santa Claus is real because the US Post Office, a government body, delivers mail to him.]

Santa Claus, too, is real, since he gets mail delivered by an official government institution

Question #8: “Okay, then, are some reported UFOs alien spaceships?”

Answer: I have no idea. Most aren’t. The remaining few percent don’t prove anything of the sort. What they do suggest is that if there isn’t a physical UFO phenomenon, there is at the very least a psychological or sociological one, and in any case it should be studied more by science. There’s certainly enough data.

Question #9: "Then why are more people reporting UFOs?"

Answer: Because they're there. I also think that more people are noticing things in the sky more often, and because they haven't been doing that in previous years, for whatever reason, they're thinking that they're looking at unexplainable objects. The Chris Hadfield Phenomenon has made more people aware of what's going on above their heads, as has Russian bolides and news about drones.

Question #10: "What's the one thing that media should note about UFOs?"

Answer: UFOs have not gone away. They're not a fad. Some factors are driving the phenomenon, and it's worth taking seriously.

Robert Salas and Me

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:37:00 +0000

While in Roswell a couple of years ago, I shared, briefly, a table with Robert Salas of Malmstrom missile fame. He was a little more serious about selling his book than I was in selling mine and at one point he snapped at me for joking with the UFO museum patrons. I hadn’t spoken to him since that time in Roswell. I mention this for the context it will provide for some later comments here.

Robert Salas

At the recent Citizen Hearing I saw him again. At the Sunday evening dinner for those who were participating in some fashion… that is, the former members of Congress, the witnesses which included researchers, and those volunteers who helped Steve Bassett to organize the Hearing, I made my way up front to speak with Bassett. On my way back I passed the table where Salas sat. He looked up at me and I said, “You can say, ‘hello,’” which, of course he did.

The next day, we ended up on the bus arranged to transport everyone from the hotel to the National Press Club and back. We were the only two on it, and we spoke again, briefly. I asked him a couple of questions about what had happened at Oscar Flight in 1967.

I have said it before and I’ll say it again. If Salas was alone in his claims, then we could reject them simply because you’d expect others to have had similar experiences. Of course, there was a series of UFO sightings near Belt, Montana on the day that Salas claimed the UFO caused the missiles of Oscar Flight to “go off-line.” And, there were the documented events of Echo Flight which had happened just days before when all ten of their missiles did the same thing. In other words, Salas was not alone, and the other man in the capsule with him at the time, Fred Meiwald, confirmed the event.

There was a minor discrepancy. Salas said all the missiles had gone off line but his boss, Meiwald said only four or five. In the original information, Salas, according to what he said to me, “Split the different and I said eight.” He now has said all ten were involved.

Meiwald, interviewed by others including Robert Hastings for UFOs and Nukes, confirmed what Salas had said. The missiles had gone off-line, in essence failed. Combined with the documentation about Echo Flight, the words of Salas took on

Swearing in of the Missileers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., May 2013.

added weight. In fact, Salas appeared in Washington, D.C. with two other officers who had been assigned to missile flights at other military bases who had experiences with UFOs. In other words, there are a number of reports of this sort and contrary to what the Condon Committee said this was a matter of national security.

I suppose I could point out here that all said they had been required, at the time, to sign nondisclosure agreements. They wouldn’t reveal what they knew and would not talk to others at their bases about this. It was a way to keep the information from spreading among the missile crews.

At any rate, we chatted on the short ride from the National Press Club to the hotel. Salas gave me a little more information and a slight preview of what he would say the next afternoon in front of the committee. I was there to watch, listened to Salas as he reported what he had seen, heard and done, and then listened to two other officers say some of the same things. UFOs had penetrated the missile sites and shut down the missile guidance systems. If an outside source could do that, it was a matter of national security. At the time, if the Soviets had been able to do that, they could have rendered our entire strategic missile system useless. They could shut it down from outside the system and prevent retaliation. But, of course, they didn’t have that capability, but in the 1960s and the 1970s, nobody knew that for certain.

It was sometime Thursday afternoon that I bumped into Salas again. It was just after several men from around the world had told of their experiences with UFOs and their governments attitudes about UFOs had testified. Salas came up to me and wondered if I could help him sell some of his books… It was a joke, related to what we had our spat about in Roswell. For those interested, his book is Faded Giant written with Jim Klotz is available at Amazon and probably other on line bookstores.

The real point here is that Salas opened the floodgates on this one aspect of the UFO phenomenon. He was among the first to talk about UFOs interfering with US missiles. Others, such as those who testified with him, and Jim Penniston and John Burroughs who had testified that morning, suggest that UFOs have interfered with our atomic weapons (which, I must point out here might not be a bad thing but that slides off into the realm of political opinion and not relevant here). All of that made for compelling testimony (and now we can hear that Rendlesham was a lighthouse and rabbit holes), and even if it was not alien in nature, national security was involved. Someone, or something, had caused the trouble at the missile sites.

Say what you will about Salas, he is not stand alone… and for me, he seems to have mellowed a little bit as well. Such is the world in which we travel.

The "HUM" Heard in McAllen, Texas

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:23:00 +0000

I received another email today, this one from a student in McAllen, Texas, who has been affected by the Hum. What is this sound that is bothering people in so many locations?

If you have heard "the Hum", please report it. Thanks! - Sunny

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"Hi I read your article on the "Hum" and just wanted to say that I live in Mcallen, TX and I can hear it here too. I've lived in two separate locations within the last year here in the same town and I have heard it at both. I'm a student so I study late at night usually from midnight to sometimes 5am. I notice the sound also usually around 2-3am...it really hurts my ears and gives me a bad headache. I've woken up my boyfriend to listen for it but he never hears it. I figured maybe I was just able to pick up a different frequency....but it's strange that it only happens within that time frame. I had to start listening to music to drown out the sound because it was really unbearable for me.

I'm just glad I'm not the only person out there that hears it."

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Previous Postings on this topic:

Strange Sounds and Vibrations In Round Rock

The "Hum" In Central Texas - Cedar Park and Round Rock

What's that sound? The "Hum" Heard 'Round The World

Natural Sounds Or Something Else?

Strange Sounds:

Triangular-shaped craft emits buzzing sound over a Stafford, VA home

More Strange Sounds Recorded

Sign of the times? Sounds heard around the world

Sky Sounds Over Ontario, Canada

Mysterious Booming Sounds in Florida

Sky Noise Phenomena - What it isn't

The Sounds of Saturn- Could It Be Alien Transmissions?

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First full trailer for 'Europa Report'

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:13:00 +0000

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Check out the first full trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Europa Report, which is described by Comingsoon.net as “a unique blend of documentary, alternative history and science fiction thriller [which] follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system.”

Developed in close collaboration with NASA, JPL, SpaceX and other leaders in the scientific community, Europa Report “imagines the next step in manned space exploration and is based on recent scientific discoveries and theories.”

The film is due for theatrical release on August 2, and will be available On Demand from June 27.

Directed by Sebastian Cordero, Europa Report stars Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Christian Camargo and Karolina Wydra. The film features music by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead).

The "Hum" In Central Texas - Cedar Park and Round Rock

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:00 +0000

Another report of the strange and annoying "hum" has come in, this time from Cedar Park, Texas.

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We live in Cedar Park, which is not far from Round Rock, TX. I have been hearing a low rumbling, noise that sounds very much like the noises that are being heard in Round Rock, TX. I have asked my Mother many times, if she hears it, and she sometimes does and sometimes doesn't. It is always late at night between 11:00-2:00 when I hear it. I cannot pinpoint the exact area it is coming from because it seems to emanate from below the ground or in the sky. It is loud, constant and luckily I don't hear it in my bedroom, which is on the North side of the house (I hear the noises only outside on the South side of the house). I sure would like to know what is making these noises, if you find out please let us know.
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As I stated in my previous report [Strange Sounds and Vibrations In Round Rock], these sounds seem to be heard by only a select few, apparently by people who are sensitive to low frequency sound waves.

Sounds can travel through gases (air), liquids (oceans), and solids (Earth). To learn more, read How Sound Travels,

Could these sounds and vibrations be due to mere highway noise?   The cause of this phenomena is yet unknown. Let's work together and find out! -Sunny

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Strange Sounds and Vibrations In Round Rock

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:59:00 +0000

In the past I have received a number of emails, concerning an annoying 'sound' in the Round Rock, Texas area.   It seems only a select few hear this sound and some actually feel accompanying "vibrations."

I received an email yesterday, from one long suffering witness who wrote: "I've been hearing a vibration late at night, usually starting between 11pm-12am. It sounds like a cross between the alien sound in the movie "Contact" and a truck running its engine, yet not as rhythmic.   It annoys me so much it's hard to sleep, yet my husband doesn't hear it at all."

She admits that she recently had a fluid buildup in her ear but now that it's cleared up, she hears the sound... again.

So what is this annoying sound? Some people liken it to the Taos Hum.   Others simple say it sounds and "feels like" a like a distant semi running at idle.

Is this night time cacophony merely acoustic reflectivity from a distant city, or main highway?   Or perhaps it's some type of military testing, or even traffic reverberating through a deep underground tunnel?

Whatever it is, it's driving people batty and causing a lot of sleepless hours.

If you live in the Round Rock, Texas area and are bothered by an unidentifiable nocturnal thrumming that seems to come from everywhere, yet nowhere, please contact me.

-Sunny Williams, LITS

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Citizen Hearing and Alien Bodies

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:00 +0000

At the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, Merrill Cook asked a question that, at the time was confusing for those of us facing him and his former congressional buddies. He wanted to know, as near as I can figure now, if anyone who claimed to have seen the bodies of the alien creatures had mentioned it in 1947. We all struggled with this as he kept talking about it and we thought of military men who had seen the bodies but who had said nothing until years later. We didn’t think of anyone who had talked about it in 1947, or how we could expect to find anything about that now?

The committee listening to testimony at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington, D.C., May 2013.

Of course, a letter or diary that was written at the time would be one way, but the only diary I have ever found that was reliable was that of Ruth Barnett. There was nothing in it to suggest that Barney Barnett had seen anything unusual in 1947. Stan didn’t mention Gerald Anderson, I suspect because he was flanked by Don and me and he believed we would challenge that. Besides, Anderson had admitted to faking one document when confronted with the evidence of that forgery.

I looked at Don and he looked at me. We both thought of Edwin Easley, the provost marshal, but I had nothing from him to suggest he had talked about the bodies in 1947 to anyone. Sitting beside me was Jesse Marcel, Jr., but according to him, his father had never said anything to him about bodies.

The one person we didn’t think of at the time was Frankie Rowe. For this discussion, it doesn’t matter what you think of her tale, and I don’t really want to hear about Karl Pflock’s “evidence” that she wasn’t telling the truth. We know that some of his evidence has been debunked.

Frankie Rowe

Anyway, according to Rowe, her father, a fire fighter with the Roswell Fire Department, told her, and the family, that he had gone out to the crash site, and that he had seen the bodies of the alien creatures. Rowe said that her father described creatures as small and hairless.

This would have answered the question for Cook. Someone who, in 1947, talked about the alien creatures. One of the fire fighters, when interviewed several years ago, also mentioned that Dwyer, Rowe’s father, had told him, in 1947, some of what he had seen.

Granted, this is testimony gathered years after the event. Granted, it is all second hand. It does, however, answer the question as posed. Was there anyone who talked of the alien creatures at the time, meaning in 1947? The answer is, “Yes.”

Sometimes, we all get lost in the weeds. Neither Don nor I thought of Frankie Rowe in front of that committee. It would have been nice to have her sitting at the table to say, “Yes, my father told me about them that very night.” It would have been a powerful moment.

One that we lost.