UFO or BALL LIGHTNING - New Orleans - April 02, 2012 (Video)

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Worlds Biggest Transport Plane Buzzed By UFO, April 2012 (Video)

By Scott Waring

Date of sighting: April 2012
Location of sighting: Russia
It seems that anything that flys is a potential attention getter for any UFO, orb or alien drone. In this video we see a Russian plane, but not just any plane. This is the world's biggest transport plane is the Antonov AN-225. With a cargo capacity of over 250 tons, this plane can haul not just one, but three or four military tanks. That is one big attention getter...hard for this alien drone to ignore. I say drone because it doesn't look big enough for a pilot but who knows how big this species is? Size of the species does not determine it's intelligence.

Seven states report 278 UFO Cases In March!

By Roger Marsh

UFO Examiner

National UFO Alert: Seven states report 278 March cases

Please report UFO activity to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) at mufon.com.
Credits: File illustration
The National UFO ALERT Rating System has been updated April 1, 2012, with California, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Texas moving to a UFO Alert 3 as the highest reporting states during the month of March 2012, filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).

California was the leading high-reporting state in March with 71 cases, the same number of cases filed in February.

Those states in a UFO Alert 4 category with 13 or more reports include: Missouri, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, Massachusetts and Virginia.

All other states move to a UFO Alert 5 category with lower numbers of UFO activity. The Watch States - with 10 or more cases - are New Jersey, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.

MUFON released March statistics April 1, where the total number of reported UFO sightings is listed by state. The UFO Examiner uses these statistics to rate states. The entire country was moved back to the lowest alert level - UFO Alert 5.
California takes the lead with 71 cases (maintaining 71 cases from February); Florida, 53; Arizona, 40 cases; Michigan, 30 cases; Pennsylvania, 30 cases; New York, 30 cases; and Texas, 24 cases.

Those states with 13 or more reports, the next reporting tier level, are a UFO Alert 4 status: Missouri, 21 cases; North Carolina, 20 cases; Colorado, 16 cases; Ohio, 15 cases; Massachusetts, 15 cases; and Virginia, 14 cases.Article continues here: Continue reading on Examiner.com National UFO Alert: Seven states report 278 March cases

Saucer UFO Spotted Over Monument Valley (Video)

By Tom Rose

A video on YouTube shows a UFO zooming over the ancient rock formations dotting Monument Valley, California, on a brilliantly clear day. What is it?

The video is a snippet from what looks like a leisurely drive in the area, taking in the sights. As the camera sweeps past a particularly beautiful rock formation on the left side of the road, an unidentified flying object zooms past at high-speed overhead and nearly out of camera range.

There is no commentary on the video, except for an unintelligible phrase as the clip opens, so perhaps the photographer may not have been aware of the UFO caught on tape until it was reviewed later.

The object looks like no known aircraft. It's rounded, silver and shows no lights or markings. It passes at super high-speed, and the video includes two enhanced segments which only help to deepen the mystery rather than explaining it away as a jet or an airplane.

UFO lecture: Mysteries in the skies

By Jennifer K. Bauer
Lewiston Tribune

For 30 years Robert Hastings has traveled the college circuit with an out-of-the-ordinary lecture: UFOs exist, our government knows it and is keeping it secret.
"There's a sort of taboo on the topic of UFOs. If you see something and report it, or even have an interest in the topic, you're viewed as suspicious," said Hastings, 61, who will present "UFOs: The Secret History" at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Idaho Administration Building Auditorium.

Mainstream science continues momentum in search for ET

By Jason McClellan

Various discoveries by NASA and other organizations during the past few years have generated considerable interest within the mainstream media and the general public in the search for extraterrestrial life.

NASA's Kepler telescope (credit: NASA)

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has been on a planet-hunting mission since 2009, searching for Earth-like planets. The mission has already confirmed the discovery of 61 planets and found more than 2,000 planetary candidates. And recent data from the European Southern Observatory’s HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) planet-hunting telescope suggests that there are tens of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone, many thought to have the correct conditions to support life.

These recent discoveries have excited scientists, and are fueling additional efforts to search for life elsewhere in the universe. The Canadian Astrobiology Network (CAN), centered at the University of Western Ontario, announced today a partnership with NASA. The press release from CAN stated, “A number of extraterrestrial targets, including Mars and the moons Europa and Titan, have been identified by NASA as having the potential to host life or to provide valuable insight for researchers and scientists into the conditions that may have been present on Earth when life started.” As an affiliate within the NASA Astrobiology Network, CAN hopes to “strengthen existing ties, facilitate the establishment of new collaborations, and enhance training opportunities for both Canadian and American researchers and students,” according to CAN chair Neil Banerjee.
More exciting was today’s announcement that the Kepler mission will continue at least through 2016. Originally scheduled to conclude later this year, NASA announced today that funding for Kepler is being extended. Space.com explains, “NASA’s prolific Kepler space observatory, which has found signs of thousands of alien planets, will keep hunting strange new worlds for at least four more years.”
The development of new search initiatives and the continuation of existing successful missions are good signs that the momentum already built up by mainstream science in the search for extraterrestrial life is continuing, and, perhaps still increasing.

UFO News Links For Tuesday 3rd April 2012

Quest 4 Truth Conference – San Francisco Chronicle

The Good Guys Dress in Black, Remember That: How Movies and Music Rewrote MIB Lore

Lights in night sky puzzle Burbank man – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald

Were space invaders drawn to the Strip in March? – Las Vegas Sun

UFO Disclosure Countdown Clock: The Mexico City Christmas 2011 Miracle `UFO' Video

SETI needs citizen scientists to search for life signs – Newsday

The Letters from Aboard a Flying Saucer

What was that light in the sky over the Front Range? – 9NEWS Colorado

Kevin Randle’s Roswell Obsession

UFO’s Cause Chinese Airport to Close… Again – Weird Asia News

 UFO Discovered on Google Sky (Video)

To infinity and beyond – China Daily

Long Islanders Witness Strange Lights in the Sky

If We Discover Aliens, What’s Our Protocol for Making Contact? – Live Science

Flying Saucer In Ancient Orient - An Enigma of Winged Sun Disk

How Deep Must Life Hide to be Safe on Europa? – Astrobiology Magazine

The Diaz Contact claims

Scots computer hacker Gary McKinnon won’t be suicide risk if extradited to US, says medical expert – Scottish Daily Record

The Real Mars Photographs - What They Didn't Show You

Close Encounters at Crop Circles – DBKP

Misinformation, Disinformation, UFOs and the Primal indicator

UFOs over Czech skies do battle with sceptics – Radio Prague

Humanoid Gray/Nordic Time and Dimensions

FX Expert Says Sweden UFO Not a Fake (Video)

By Tom Rose

A Hollywood FX expert has reviewed the hotly debated "Sweden UFO" footage with powerful video editing tools and says the video is not faked.

The unidentified technician stops short of confirming the flying saucer is an actual unidentified flying object, but observes that if it is phony, "it's the best fake ever" posted to YouTube.

The expert cloaks his voice and is probably a little gun-shy to be using his skills and equipment to investigate a paranormal topic. But one look at his editing software, the brilliantly sharpened original footage and his obvious command of the technology is enough to turn any skeptic into a true believer.

Referring to "chroma keys" and "motion tracking," the expert gets a little worked up by the end of the analysis, throwing out some unnecessary profanity to untrained commenters slamming the original video.

But, if anything, it shows the passion put into the effort and makes a very strong argument that, whatever the UFO is, it's clearly not a hoax.

Open Minds Update (Video)

Dudley Dorito type UFO spotted, Aztec UFO Incident, Area 51 UFO Debris on display

In this episode of the Open Minds Update, Maureen Elsberry talks about another UFO spotted in the UK which is similar in shape to the alleged Dudley Dorito UFO. A book is coming out entitled the Aztec UFO Incident by Scott and Suzanne Ramsey which is the most comprehensive book yet about the alleged Hart Canyon UFO Crash. Also, we discuss the alleged UFO debris featured at the Area 51: Myth or Reality exhibit at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The debris was given to reporter George Knapp in the mid 1990s when he traveled to the small town of Dalnegorsk.

Area 51 museum opens in Nevada

By Jake Hanrahan

The pilgrimage for tin foil hat explorers to the ominous borders of Area 51 can now be undertaken without the threat of being shot at or chased off by low-flying black helicopters, as the world's first official Area 51 museum opens in Nevada.
The actual Area 51 site at Groom Lake is still guarded by ferocious dogs, movement-detecting sensors and armed guards driving Warrior trucks, but years of research and investigation have gone into creating the ultimate Area 51 experience within the equally-interesting National Atomic Testing Museum of Las Vegas.
Since reporter George Knapp broke the story of Area 51 in the late 80s with Bob Lazar's claims of reverse-engineering alien technology, it has been a hive of conspiracy theory and stranger-than-fiction folklore. Built originally for working on atomic weapons and testing them in the surrounding desert, Area 51 has grown massively and now even has its own runway, which is said to be the longest in the world, at an estimated 9.7km.

For years, the military refused to confirm Area 51's existence, which contributed to the mystery surrounding it. Now however, for the first time, the facts have been laid out and presented at an exhibition open to the public. Although there isn't a huge amount of detail about the goings-on in the depths of Area 51, visitors to the museum can expect more than scorched metal fragments in glass cases and dubious testimonies.
"This is an interactive exhibit," the museum curator Karen Green told Wired.co.uk. "It actually takes the visitor to Area 51. Camouflaged personnel will meet the visitor and escort them into a mission room -- and keep your badge on, this is top secret. You'll be asked questions throughout the exhibit to help understand both the myth and the realities of Area 51. We want you to make up your own mind."

No-one other than the US government, and employees flown in everyday via "Janet" flights on private planes from nearby McCarran airport, really know what is down there. Inside Area 51, or "Dreamland" as it's sometimes known, is said to be a labyrinth of underground tunnels, containing what is claimed to be anything from advanced US aircraft to reptilian aliens. Over the years, the attention generated by the rumours surrounding the base has made it impossible for any kind of secret testing to take place as brazenly as it may once have, but the site is still massively popular amongst conspiracy theorists and curious onlookers alike.
Green explains why now is the right time to open the exhibit: "The National Atomic Testing Museum has been working on this exhibit for over three years, interviewing many of the people who worked at Area 51. Last year the name Area 51 was finally declassified by the CIA, and that opened the door for us to bring the first ever museum exhibit about Area 51 to the public. There are a number of things that are unique to this exhibit, including firsthand accounts of experiences from men who worked there, a rare look at untouched original UFO photographs from the Bigelow Aerospace Archives, and some 'UFO artefacts' from a crash in the Soviet Union that were given to investigative reporter George Knapp."

Knapp, an investigative journalist based out of Las Vegas, is regarded as one of the few people who've approached the mystery of Area 51 with a level head, and his expertise played a major role in the construction of the museum. He told Wired.co.uk: "I've given [the Area 51 museum] quite a bit of input, a detailed history of the origin of the UFO stories, Lazar's background, snippets I obtained from other witnesses and former employees, and a whole lot of post-UFO history. Area 51 is now known all over the world (...) and I helped the museum understand just how far it has spread."
Knapp has spent decades investigating Area 51 and has spoken to many ex-employees who have been privy to highly-classified information. He claims to have seen US government documents detailing how it was more concerned about the lights in the sky than it ever let on in the public domain.
"I broadened the discussion by sharing with them some information about the larger UFO picture -- secret studies by the US and Russian military, a paper trail of documents to show the subject was taken seriously behind the scenes, and some unusual objects I brought back from two perilous trips to the former USSR."
Regarded now as the US military's "worst kept secret", it's likely that Area 51 has become far too famous for it to genuinely hold any kind of world-altering secrets such as a reclaimed flying saucer or alien hybrids in glass jars, but Knapp is confident that highly advanced technology is still being tested there: "I am told the base is largely focused on UAV type technology, everything from pilotless combat fighters to invisible planes -- literally -- to the tiniest UAV's, advanced machines the size of insects," he explained.
"If there were ever any recovered saucers out there, and I do say 'if' -- then they are long gone. Too many people have been out there looking for them, including members of Congress and major news organisations. A congressional staffer with the highest clearances once told me that if the stories turn out to be true -- and he believed they were true -- then it was clear the military and intelligence agencies have been lying to the public and to Congress for a long time, have been siphoning funds away from legitimate national security programs to maintain a cover-up and that if it could ever be proven, then a lot of these guys deserve to go to prison. That, by itself, is enough of a reason to maintain a cover-up as far as I'm concerned."
So if you're not too keen on being spirited away to some unknown holding cell a thousand floors under the desert after trying to ram-raid the main gate at Area 51, visit the museum, as it's probably the closest you'll ever get to the real thing.

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