'Prometheus' Touches Down in the First Official Clip

 By Jordan DeSaulnier

We've seen all manner of impressive, anticipation-stoking promotion for Prometheus, including many a teasing image and that behind-the-scenes featurette that closed out last week. 20th century Fox is starting this week off right and ensuring that the Alien quasi-prequel remains a much-discussed summer movie event by releasing the first official Prometheus clip.



Spoiler-phobes needn't worry, as this presumably comes pretty early in the film and is quite straightforward. The clip feels pretty chopped up to fit in just over a minute without giving away anything important. Basically, it's just the titular spacecraft landing on the alien world where most of the film takes place. Since Idris Elba plays the captain of said spaceship, he's in charge here, though Logan Marshall-Green's scientist is helping call the shots.
This first clip premiered at Apple today, and you can head over that way to see Prometheus properly in high definition.

Many of the characters in this film are scientists, but it's nice to see that Elba's character carries a bit of the working class normalcy that characterized the ensemble of Alien. Plus, it's Stringer Bell at the helm of a giant spaceship.
Marshall-Green's observance that "God does not work in straight lines" belies some the movie's thematic preoccupations, made clear enough by its title and the story to find the origins of our species on an alien planet. It may not end up being terribly subtle, but at least Prometheus is a big, expensive summer movie that endeavors to actually be about something substantial.
This affords our first listen to the film's score, which is provided by Marc Steitenfeld, a frequent Ridley Scott collaborator whose credits include American Gangster, Body of Lies, A Good Year, Robin Hood, and this year's The Grey, which was produced by Scott Free, the director and his brother Tony Scott's production company.

Scott's return to science fiction and horror stars Elba, Marshall-Green, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Guy Pearce, Kate Dickie, and Patrick Wilson.

FAA investigating mysterious UFO over Denver (Video)

By Jason McClellan

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a mysterious UFO that nearly collided with an aircraft over Denver, Colorado on the evening of Monday, May 14.
According to KUSA 9News, the NBC affiliate in Denver, a pilot flying a Cessna Citation 525 CJ1 corporate jet approximately 8,000 feet above the Denver neighborhood of Cherry Creek radioed the control tower to report that something looking like “a large remote-controlled aircraft” flew past his plane in the opposite direction. 9News reports that, “as far as investigators know, the mystery object did not show up on radar.”



Investigators are extremely concerned about this UFO because it poses a severe risk to planes in the sky.
Greg Feith, avation analyst for 9News suggests the UFO could have been a military drone, a remote-controlled airplane, or a large bird. But those are just guesses. For now, the object remains unidentified.

Men in Black 3 Ticket Giveaway in Phoenix, AZ

By Maureen Elsberry



Open Minds is giving away pairs of tickets to the advanced screening of Men in Black 3 in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

To receive a pair of tickets simply “Like” Open Minds magazine and Spacing Out! on Facebook and then send us an email to missioncontrol@spacingout.tv
The screening will take place Thursday May 24, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the Harkins Scottsdale 101.
7000 E. Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85054
When we receive your email we will send you a link where you can print out your two passes for the screening. Please follow the directions on the link to ensure you get the best experience. This promotion is good for two tickets per person while supplies last.
In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Mac's UFO News - April 2012 / Some of the ufo cases that made Mac's UFO News during the month of April 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

Ufo Newspaper Clipping - Daily Mirror 19.7.1967.



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 Hope
This 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

Open Minds Radio / Video Special (Part 2)



Reporter Lee Speigel talks UFOs

 Uploaded by openmindstv on 30 Aug 2011

Lee Speigel is a writer, reporter and media personality who has spent decades researching and presenting the world of unexplained phenomena and the paranormal to the public. Following seven years with ABC News, he has joined the popular Weird News team of AOL/Huffington Post. Lee is the former host of NBC Radio's "The Edge of Reality." Spanning eight years in the 1970s and 80s, Speigel produced, wrote and hosted nearly 1,500 programs on the unexplained for NBC Radio. He's also the only person to produce a presentation at the United Nations on the subject of UFOs. Lee Speigel is always on the lookout for unusual, out-of-this-world stories. Read more about Lee at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-speigel

Stanton Friedman vs. Dr. John Alexander

Uploaded by openmindstv on 30 Aug 2011

Dr. John Alexander, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons faces Stanton Friedman, the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident in this heated debate. Moderated by Danny Sheehan, this deliberation quickly became a hot ticket during the 2011 International UFO Congress.

Budd Hopkins Interview on Alien Abductions and other topics

Uploaded by openmindstv on 25 Aug 2011

Exclusive Open Minds interview with Budd Hopkins by Maurizio Baita from Italy. Recorded in 1997 in San Marino.

Claude Swanson talks about science and UFOs

Uploaded by openmindstv on 23 Aug 2011

Dr. Claude Swanson is a theoretical physicist who earned his degrees at MIT and Princeton. For many years he worked at high tech labs for large corporations and on US Defense projects. However, Dr. Swanson now focuses his efforts on the science of unconventional physics, such as those that relate to the UFO phenomena. He believes that there is a subtle energy some cultures have known about for many years, such as "chi" in China or "torsion" in Russia, which may be the key to understanding UFO propulsion, telepathy, healing and out of body experiences. He believes that when this energy is present, the laws of physics that the western world is familiar with are modified. He has written two books on the subject, and lectures throughout the country, including presenting at the Society for Scientific Exploration, of which he is a full member. Claude's website: www.synchronizeduniverse.com

Clifford Mahooty talks about "star beings" and Kachinas

Uploaded by openmindstv on 16 Aug 2011

Clifford Mahooty is a Zuni elder and member of the Kachina Society. He is now retired after working as a chief engineer for the Department of Interior. Clifford says that Native American elders have a lot of knowledge about "Star Beings" that they choose to keep to themselves. He feels that it is now time that the knowledge be shared with the public. Clifford has recently been featured on cable documentaries including the History channel's Ancient Aliens.

Norio Hayakawa discusses the work of the late Gabe Valdez

Uploaded by openmindstv on 10 Aug 2011

Norio Hayakawa is the leading Dulce researcher, and is the one who got me in contact with New Mexico state police officer Gabe Valdez. Norio and I will discuss Valdez's life work and his recent passing, along with Norio's work on investigating the legend of the underground base near Dulce, New Mexico.

Gabe Valdez talks about cattle mutilations

Uploaded by openmindstv on 2 Aug 2011

Gabe Valdez was a New Mexico state patrol officer assigned to areas plagued with cattle mutilations and UFO sightings. He investigated these mutilations and has come to some unique conclusions that he believes he has seen sufficient proof to support. Valdez also worked with Paul Bennewitz and retired Air Force Intelligence officer, Richard Doty, the two people who started the rumors that there was a joint Human-Alien secret base under the Archuleta Mesa just outside of Dulce, NM. We will get his take on this theory as well.

Jim Moroney talks about extraterrestrial encounters

Uploaded by openmindstv on 26 Jul 2011

Jim Moroney has over 25 years of experience in UFO research and is an accomplished public speaker. A grounded highly proficient professional educator and international speaker, he has captivated audiences with his personal experiences and his insight into the UFO phenomenon. In 1987 Jim Moroney had an extraterrestrial encounter at a small lorry park just outside Manitoba, Canada. It changed his life forever. He now feels he has a special insight into why ETs are here and why they are abducting people. Jim is the full-time Executive Director for the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association and instructs health and safety and occupational hygiene courses part-time at the University of Calgary.

Ted Peters discusses his survey that addresses religion and UFOs

Uploaded by openmindstv on 19 Jul 2011

Ted Peters teaches systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He also co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He has written a book titled, UFOs— GOD's Chariots? Flying Saucers in Politics. Science, and Religion, and developed the ETI Religious Crisis Survey in which he examined how people would react to the news of extraterrestrials visiting earth. His findings are very interesting. He also recently served as a consultant to NASA and SETI on the ethics of planetary protection.

Frank Kimbler reveals a Roswell UFO discovery

Uploaded by openmindstv on 12 Jul 2011

Frank Kimbler works at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM, where he teaches Earth Science at the High School level and Geology at the College Level. The Roswell UFO crash piqued his interest enough to look into it. He examined satellite images of the area where the strange debris was found in 1947 and found an area that looked promising. Upon examination of the area he found materials that he has since tested and all indications are that this material was not made on earth.

Roswell expert Tom Carey

Uploaded by openmindstv on 28 Jun 2011

Tom Carey is part of the dynamic-duo, along with Don Schmitt, at the leading edge of the Roswell UFO crash research. The two have amassed a large amount of witnesses through the painstaking work of finding out who was where when, and the tracking the individuals or their family members down to find out if they have knowledge of the events and are willing to talk about it. Their years of work have been very fruitful, giving them great insight into what really happened in Roswell in July of 1947. Read more about him at: www.RoswellInvestigator.com.

Steve Volk talks about UFOs and the paranormal

Uploaded by openmindstv on 21 Jun 2011

Steve Volk spent 15 years as an investigative journalist, writing long features covering courts, crime, cops and politics, before producing his first book, Fringe-ology: How I tried to explain away the unexplainable--and couldn't. This first book is his attempt to reconcile his down to earth occupation as a reporter with an old family ghost story he grew up with as a child. He also tackles UFOs, psychic abilities, near death experiences, and a number of other paranormal subjects. Read more about him at: www.stevevolk.com/fringeology.

Grant Cameron talks about Spielberg, Reagan, and presidents on UFOs

Uploaded by openmindstv on 14 Jun 2011

Grant Cameron is the founder of PresdientialUFO.com and is the leading authority when it comes to UFOs and the Presidents (even though he is Canadian). One of the stories he has been following closely is Steven Spielberg's relationships with the Presidents. We will talk about this and the late breaking news that Spielberg has confirmed that Ronald Reagan made a comment after watching the movie ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, that "everything on that screen is absolutely true." Spielberg thinks he was joking, but admits he is a "Ufologist".

Joseph McMoneagle talks about remote viewing and UFOs

Uploaded by openmindstv on 7 Jun 2011

Joseph McMoneagle was involved in Remote Viewing experiments conducted by U.S. Army Intelligence and the Stanford Research Institute. He was one of the original officers recruited for the top-secret program now known as the Stargate Project. Along with Ingo Swann, McMoneagle is best known for the investigation of Remote Viewing and the use of paranormal abilities for military intelligence gathering. He also feels that it is one of the few tools available that might tell us something specific about our future interactions with Extra-Terrestrials, or the impact such contact might have within our sciences and society.

Nancy Talbott and Robbert Van den Broeke talk about crop circles

Uploaded by openmindstv on 24 May 2011

Nancy Talbott of BLT Research, the premier scientific research group on crop circles, will be on again to talk about her latest findings. She has discovered scientific evidence of burning in a crop circle in Holland. We will also be joined by Robertt Van den Broeke from Holland. Nancy has been working with Robbert, documenting his amazing ability to predict crop circles formations, including several that have appeared recently. He also is associated with other phenomena, such as strange beings, animals, and people that appear in his photographs.

Whitley Strieber discusses mankind's fate

Uploaded by openmindstv on 17 May 2011

Whitley Strieber is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty novels and works of nonfiction, including Communion, his account of a close encounter of the third kind. He is also the author of The Wolfen, The Hunger, and The Coming Global Superstorm, all of which were made into feature films. On May 12, he releases his latest book, The Key, a true story about a man who visited him in the middle of the night in 1998 and imparted upon him extraordinary lessons in personal development and mankind's fate.

David Eckhart discusses alien encounters

Uploaded by openmindstv on 10 May 2011

David Eckhart believes he is being visited by strange entities that fit the descriptions of commonly depicted extraterrestrial. He doesn't know where they come from but believes he has captured them on film and video. The television show Fact or Faked researched his case recently and walked away believing his story. Listen to his amazing experiences and judge for yourself.

Don Schmitt discusses the Roswell UFO Incident

Uploaded by openmindstv on 3 May 2011

Don Schmitt is a preeminent UFO researcher. He has been working in this field for decades, including serving as a special investigator for J. Allen Hynek. He is one of the main researchers of the Roswell incident and continues to uncover evidence, and witnesses, all pointing to the crash of an extraterrestrial vehicle and possibly the recovery of a surviving occupant of that craft.

James Moseley talks about Saucer Smear

Uploaded by openmindstv on 26 Apr 2011

James Moseley has been interested in UFOs since the beginning of the modern era of Ufology in 1947 when Kenneth Arnold had his highly publicized sighting. Since then he has been a controversial figure, often focusing on the personalities and conflicts in UFO research. Beginning in 1954 he published a magazine called Saucer News for many years. Currently he sends out a newsletter called Saucer Smear. He says Saucer Smear is a humor and UFO-gossip journal for the "hard core" flying saucer buffs. Moseley will be sharing with us his history and his views on the hot UFO topics over the years.

Greg Bishop talks about UFO disinformation

Uploaded by openmindstv on 19 Apr 2011

Greg Bishop is a writer, radio host, editor of Excluded Middle Magazine, and much more. He writes about UFO on his website UFOmystic, and is author of the book, Project Beta: The story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth. It seems that much of the modern mythology around UFOs comes from the mysterious relationship between Bennewitz, the Air Force, and the NSA in the late 70s and early 80's. We will get into the details about this incredible story of counterintelligence and disinformation.