Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Ufo News Links For Tuesday 15th May 2012
First Annual Women’s UFO Symposium in Texas | Texas L.O.W.F.I
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: UFO Crash/Retrievals in Chile
NBC photojournalist in Fresno records UFO video - Open Minds UFO N...
Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Search Gets Harder – Newsroom Panama
UFO at AREA 51 VIDEO – DEBUNKED – Expert Analysis - ringsidereport...
Audi A6 ‘Alien’ Commercial – Motorward
UFO Media Matters: UFO debunkers are old school
Sorry I looked . . . – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The Haunted Skies Project: Daily Mirror 19.12.67.
Envision Radio Networks launches ‘Paranormal 60′ – Radio & Television Business Report
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Argentina: What Happened at La Aurora?
Alien Abduction Stories Inspire Photographer Steven Hirsch (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post
UFO Disclosure Countdown Clock: Looking Back At The MSM's Coverage Of The 2006 O'Hare UFO Inciden
Aliens invade Aussie art gallery – The Sunshine Coast Daily
Silver Screen Saucers: Scarlett Johansson in 'Under the Skin': first official image
Tidal heating could kill ‘habitable’ alien worlds – Discovery News
A UFO Drone over Cologne, Germany? (Video)
Ancient Mars volcano blast hints at wet history – MSNBC
The International UFO Museum And Research Center At Roswell, New Mexico | Gadling.com
Jeff Bezos’s “Blue Origin” Space Company Reveals Spacecraft Design – Popular Science
Silver Screen Saucers: Ridley Scott: great director, bad astronomer?
Light From Oozing Alien Super-Earth Seen – Discovery News
UFOs: MJ12 Reaches 25!
By Nick Redfern
Well, I was kind of expecting to see a bit of a fanfare this month about the infamous MJ12 documents. Why? Simple: this month marks exactly twenty-five years since they surfaced into the public domain in the pages of Tim Good’s acclaimed book of May 1987: Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-Up. That there hasn’t seemingly been much in the way of commentary on the 25th anniversary of what are, without doubt, one of the most controversial “things” ever to have surfaced within the ufological arena, suggests a few possibilities…
First, maybe whole swathes of Ufology have simply forgotten about MJ12. Second, perhaps the fact that – for many in Ufology – the documents continue to frustratingly languish in that murky stalemate-driven realm of “genuine, disinformation, or hoax?” has led the research community to focus its attentions on what it sees as far more profitable and likely ways to secure the truth behind the UFO phenomenon. And, third, maybe people just don’t care anymore about the debate surrounding the papers, their content, the way they surfaced, and the attendant analysis of their content.
Whatever the answer(s), the papers did – and, for some, still do – play a significant role in Ufology for many a year. I still very well remember how, when Tim Good’s book surfaced in the U.K. in May 1987, they provoked widespread debate, excitement, fury and skepticism in the British UFO arena of the day. And, hot on the heels of Good’s book was the release – in the United States - of the same documents team from the team of Bill Moore, Stanton Friedman and Jaime Shandera. And, in no time at all, the world of Ufology was faced with its biggest piece of news in a long, long time.
For those not fully conversant with the papers in question, they actually appeared under mysterious circumstances in the mailbox of the aforementioned Shandera back in December 1984, and were carefully and quietly studied for years – not surprising, given that they appeared to be official, highly-classified documents concerning the establishment, in 1947, by President Harry Truman, of a highly classified group of people in government, the military, the intelligence world, and the scientific community, who, collectively, became known as MJ12 or Majestic 12.
And, so the papers made it clear, the group was sitting on just about the biggest secret of all: the recovery of a crashed UFO and dead alien bodies from the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1947. That’s right: Roswell. But, that quiet study came to an end when Above Top Secret was published. The cosmic cat was now out of the bag and everyone knew the story and was on the trail.
For those people reading this who weren’t on the ufological scene back in 1987 – or, maybe, weren’t even born – it’s probably hard to understand the near-hysteria and huge excitement that accompanied the MJ12 papers when they first hit the headlines. There really was a deep sense of “This is it!” And a feeling that “the truth is coming.”
Of course, and as is always the case in Ufology, it wasn’t quite that simple. While some in Ufology championed the documents – and their content – as being utterly genuine, others soon cried “Hoax!” And some claimed this was all a case of government-created disinformation to further cloud the already murky waters of stories relative to Roswell, dead aliens and crashed UFOs. There was forensic analysis of the typeface in the documents, Truman’s signature on the papers became a hugely controversial matter, and extensive research was undertaken into the names, lives and activities of the alleged MJ12 members. In some cases, this all went on for years. And such was the controversy, even the FBI got involved in the MJ12 affair at one point.
But, for all the studies, papers, books, lectures, analyses and more, the MJ12 papers did not resolve Roswell. Nor did they open the floodgates to a revelation that, yes, UFOs are real and the government has secretly had proof ever since aliens had the misfortune to crash in the wilds of Lincoln County, New Mexico in the summer of 1947. What the documents did do, however, was to keep many significant figures in the UFO research community busy – and arguing – for years. And the outcome was pretty much as I expected it to be.
If there is one thing that can be said about the ufological research arena (and this also goes for Cryptozoology, ghost-hunting, and every other aspect of Fortean-based studies, too), it’s that everyone has an opinion. Everyone has a favorite case. And there’s never-ending debate on what’s genuine and what isn’t.
Whether it’s George Adamski’s 60-something-year-old photos, the Gulf Breeze affair, the Bob Lazar-Area 51 controversy, or the truth behind the Men in Black puzzle, the reality is that such issues – and countless more – polarize people into different camps. Some believe, some disbelieve, others doubt, far more than a few don’t know what to think, and many end up exasperated, exhausted and frustrated by their quest for the truth – which always remains a tantalizing step or several ahead of them. And the very same thing can be said about the MJ12 documents.
So, twenty-five years later, where are we at with those pesky papers? If you’re a believer, you’ll say the truth is in, even if we can’t fully prove it. The skeptic would say it’s all a big fuss about nothing, a hoax, a joke, a distraction. Many – certainly me – might say that, as interesting and as exciting as that period was in the summer of 1987, neither the documents nor the era have changed anything at all. But, isn’t that what Ufology is all about: new controversy layered upon new controversy, but never a straight answer that we can nail to the ground and finally say “Gotcha!”?
Of course that’s what Ufology is all about!
So, as much as I find the whole MJ12 controversy as frustrating as it is sometimes intriguing, today I raise a glass of something chilled and potent to those papers of the purloined, leaked, faked or whatever else nature might spring to mind. And, I have no doubt that in another 25 years people will still be asking questions about MJ12, about the Truman signature, about whether or not the brand of typewriter used to prepare the documents was actually in use in 1947, and about…well, the list will go on and on, as will the definitively unanswered questions.
A 50th anniversary for MJ12? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…
UFO over Snowbird, Utah Caught on Video
By Ufo Casebook
Published on May 12, 2012 by Still HopeThis video was shot the 01-11-12 at 12:25 AM, while working on a TV show in Snowbird, Utah. It was shot from the balcony of my hotel while I was preparing the camera package for the next day in our TECH room.
I stepped outside on the balcony to complete one of my tasks, when I saw a "single" light moving up in the sky in front of me. The building was facing a mountain, but the visibility outside was minimal.
I couldn't distinguish objects because of the cloudy/foggy weather, nor understand exactly what I was observing at the time.
The light was moving slowly from left to right with a 10-15 degree inclination upwards. It traveled for 30 to 45 seconds, and then stopped suddenly.
The light gradually multiplied to 8 distinct lights. That's when I ran inside, grabbed a camera and started shooting.
The video was shoot with a $50,000 camera with a Fujinon lens 22X HD.
I showed this material for 5 months to professionals working in different fields, including pilots, video engineers and locals from that specific area.
They all had very interesting explanations. Tell me what you think.
Respectfully,
A.B.
The video you see below has been edited by www.ufocasebook.com. To see the original full length version, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFPBFDPE31s
Strange Objects Float From Sky Near Guadalajara Mexico (Video)
By LBG1
[Photo-Image: Mystery objects fall from the sky near Guadalajara, Mexico, "2012"]
What the heck? Our question while viewing a ‘UFO-OVNI’ video recently uploaded on Youtube. The video, strange objects floating from the sky, filmed near Guadalajara Mexico sometime in 2012. Guadalajara, a hotspot for UFO videos.
There are birds, in the foreground. It’s what’s falling or floating from the sky on the ridge line that caught our interest.
Strange UFO Fleet over Guadalajara, Mexico 2012 Video
Another bizarre objects in the sky in Guadalajara video:
Mega Flotilla de OVNIS en Guadalajara, Jalisco. 23 de Octubre 2011 Video
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