ALIEN COSMIC EXPO: Conference unites those who think outside the box

By Heather Ibbotson

If you are interested in UFO research, alien encounters, crop circles or astral travel, the three-day Alien Cosmic Expo to be held in Brantford from June 26 to 28 will be the place to be.

The first-time event will bring a who's who of acclaimed international researchers of UFO and related phenomenon, as well as a host of fascinating vendors, to the Best Western Brant Park Inn on Holiday Drive.

Renowned UFO researcher and nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer and Jason Martell of the History Channel's Ancient Aliens program are among 24 guest speakers who will deliver lectures over the three days.

Others guests include Colorado-based crop circle researcher Patty Greer and Brantford's own Bob Mitchell, who will speak about alien encounters.

Stu Bundy from MUFON will also share the stage with researcher Luigi Venditelli and Emily Trim, who will speak of her multiple-witness, childhood close encounter at a school in Zimbabwe.

Ticket prices for the event range from $25 to $35 for single lectures (available online and at the door) to single-day tickets at $125 to a full three-day pass for $298.

Admission is free to the exhibitor's hall -- throughout the three-day event -- where visitors not attending lectures can browse among a host of mediums, aura photographers and alternative health practitioners, as well as meet event experts, each of whom will have a table in the hall.

Visitors can also mingle with the speakers during the free breakfast on Friday, June 26, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Seats for the breakfast must be reserved online in advance and a donation to the food bank is recommended on arrival.

With international experts from the world of extraterrestrials, out-of-body experiences, alien encounters, past-life regression, soul readings, psychic mediums and more, the event promises to be one of the largest events of its kind in Canada this year, organizers say.

"ACE is a conference of scientific study of extraterrestrial life and occurrences," said event spokesperson Jo-Anne Eadie.

"We wanted to create an event with professionalism, credibility and integrity," she said.

Eadie said the guest experts will speak on a wide variety of topics from alien abduction to crop circles to past lives, psychic readings and ancient Egyptian connections to other worldly beings.

"We've gathered them together for one weekend with some spectacular vendors on display," she said.

"ACE is devoted to uniting individuals who think outside of the box and see what others deem impossible."

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At a Glance

What: Alien Cosmic Expo

When: Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28

Where: Best Western Brant Park Inn, 19 Holiday Drive

Ticket prices range from $25/$35 for single lectures to $298 for a full three-day pass.

Free admission to the exhibition hall, throughout the event, featuring vendors including mediums, channelers and alternative health practitioners.

Visit http://www.aliencosmicexpo.com/ for complete event information, including lecture topics, speaker biographies, times and ticket prices.

Alleged UFO filmed over Mount Valerien, near Paris France

By WTFflow

Published on 10 Jun 2015

"Skies are getting clearer each night! Good! I was having a tea in my garden, when I noticed a little light far in the night sky. I didn't really pay attention to it, it was probably another satellite. When it got closer, I realized it was flying right over my house.

A little later, I started to understand what it really was. Anyway, it was not a satellite for sure. The object seemed to have some kind of "bubble" around it, like a shield or an energy ball. I was totally stunned. At first I stared at it like a fool, then woke up and ran to get my camera, the Canon 6D, with a 50mm F/1.2 lens. I bought it for its outstanding low light capabilities. The object was right over me, and I could film its flight since it disappeared behind the trees."

Hangar 1: The UFO Files Series Explores the Truth, but Some Are Skeptical

By Heather Granruth

Hangar 1: The UFO Files premiered in 2014 on The History Channel. Episodes of the show examine MUFON cases, which stands for Mutual UFO Network, and look for patterns that relate to UFO events in history as well as possible alien agenda. Supposed real-life footage is shown and experts weigh in and give their opinions on the subject. The idea behind the show is to explore the truth surrounding UFO’s. Some people are intrigued by the idea, while others are skeptical according to MUFON News.

The title of the series comes from the Hangar 1 where archives of MUFON evidence and cases are stored. There are approximately 75,000 cases stored. The primary focus of the show is to explore the truth and educate viewers about the truth behind UFO’s and the phenomenon of them. The series features investigators, researchers, and journalists presenting detailed cases in each episode. Recreations of events are also featured so that viewers can have an easier time visualizing presented cases. Showcasing MUFON’s mission is the key agenda as is pulling in viewers while doing that.
Hangar 1 also has a well-rounded cast that help to keep the audience engaged and informed about past events and new found information. This cast includes John Ventre of MUFON and Jeremy Ray, who is the star investigator for the network. Jason McClellan also stars as well as Jan Harzan, who is MUFON’s executive director. Many others make appearances in the series also.

The show’s season one contained eight episodes and one focused on whether or not the presidents of the past had encounters with UFO’s and more specifically with aliens. Also, the subject of whether or not some presidents were kept in the dark because they could not be trusted with the knowledge was brought up. Some presidents such as Nixon and Reagan were said to have had encounters as were some others. Did they keep others in the dark about their new knowledge because it was too risky? All of these ideas were proposed and evaluated in season one.
Season two is currently airing, with episode eleven set for June 19 on The History Channel. MUFON News stated that fans are excited to see the concept further explored and to see investigators dig into new potential occurrences as well as research old cases. The premise is that the truth is out there and Hangar 1 is there to find it. History said that Hangar 1: The UFO Files goes deep into archives to make and find connections and also to look for new evidence and clues. Experts can only find the truth by investigating Hangar 1‘s files. Fans of the series want to know the truth or at least have a better understanding of UFO’s and the concept of alien life, but as the article said some people remain skeptical.

On the MUFON website some fans have raved about the show, while others remain disappointed. The article said that some fans feel that there is a lot of comments made without proof to back them up. Some feel that the show started strong but weakens as time goes on. Others have expressed the opinion that the show discredits The History Channel overall, adding that supposed experts have no concrete evidence to support their theories. The article went on to say that people are looking for truth and not hearsay as some fans have put it.
Regardless of any negative feedback, the show continues to engage many who are searching for answers. The Hangar 1: The UFO Files series promises to explore the truth despite those who are skeptical. Examining the cases of old and new is the main focus and experts are there to weigh in and explore the truth behind UFO’s and alien life.

Halle Berry: Aliens are out there

By Belfast Telegraph

Halle Berry is convinced there are other life forms in the universe.

In her TV show Extant, Halle plays an astronaut called Molly who discovers she's pregnant following a 13-month solo mission. The plot has made the 48-year-old star consider extraterrestrials and she's sure there must be other life somewhere.

"There has to be something else out there, don't you think? I've never been egotistical enough to think we are the only ones," she told British magazine Hello!

"I always like to know how we can all co-exist, how we manage to get to the next step in our evolution. Being on a TV show that deals with these questions has really widened my horizon."

Shooting the show was a special time for Halle, not just because she was making the move to TV but also because she'd just welcomed her second child, son Maceo who is now 20 months.

Juggling a young baby, her older daughter Nahla and work was a difficult period for the star but one she's glad she went through.

"It hit me very quickly. For months I did 'drive-by nursing' every three hours. It was an awakening for me, I don't think I've ever worked harder in my life," she explained.

The thing Halle usually gives up when she works and cares for her kids is sleep, but she's got used to that. It's important to her that she still thinks about her career, although now she tries to get work nearer her home so she doesn't have to leave them.

"It's made me more complete as a person, no question about it," she said of parenting. "You're responsible not just for you, but for the well being of your children. It's a huge undertaking, but it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done."

The Aliens are back, and they’re pissed: Independence Day Forever

By Maureen Elsberry

We’re nearing in on almost 20 years since Will Smith, Bill Pullman, JEFF GOLDBLUM, and Randy Quaid went to war against a large-scale, hostile alien invasion in Independence Day.  Since then, we’ve been able to reverse-engineer advanced alien technology, but a lot can change in a short matter of time. The aliens are pissed, and they’re back with a vengeance. The only goal? Eliminate Earth as we know it.

Here is the official synopsis:

“After “Independence Day” redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.”

Independence Day Forever directed by Roland Emmerich, penned by Carter Blanchard, and starring JEFF GOLDBLUM, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, and Maika Monroe will hit theaters June 24, 2016. Don’t expect the alien problem to be solved next summer though, Part II of ID Forever will follow in the summer of 2017.

Can you tell I like Jeff Goldblum?

Open Minds UFO Report Ep. 2 - White Orb UFOs Caught on Video

Published on 12 Jun 2015
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Crop Circle at Sherston, Nr Malmesbury Wiltshire

By MrGyro FPV

Published on 10 Jun 2015

Live Long and Protest? Scotland Yard Kept an Eye on Trekkies and X-Files Fans

By Red Pill Junkie

Star Trek fans –commonly known as Trekkies– have many things to be worried about: Worrying about UV light fading that priceless Leonard Nimoy autograph over their original ST blue shirt; worrying about securing tickets for the next Star Trek Con; worrying about not losing their virginity –EVER.
The last thing they would be worry about, though, is that their undying devotion to a (seemingly innocuous) classic Sci-Fi show would attract the unwanted attention of the Law. And yet that exactly what seems to have happened in the UK: According to The Telegraph, Scotland Yard’ Special Branch kept a secret dossier on the American TV series Star Trek, the X-Files, Dark Skies, Roswell and the movie The Lawnmower Man, amid fears that British fans of these Sci-Fi shows might turn on society, commit mass murder, start a religious cult, or all of the above!
The name of the dossier is UFO New Religious Movements and the Millennium, and is thought to have been filed between 1998-1999, when the X-Files was at its peak of popularity –and the meme of “the government denies knowledge” was probably making the bobbies kinda nervous. In the document, retrieved thanks to the diligence of UFO researcher Dr. Dave Clarke, concerns about UFO conspiracy theories coupled with millenarist Doomsday fears, were named as reasons to keep a watch out on the audience watching these shows on the tellie:

“Fuel is added to the fire by television dramas and feature films mostly produced in America,” the report said.
“These draw together the various strands of religion, UFOs, conspiracies, and mystic events and put them in an entertaining storyline.”
It added: “Obviously this is not sinister in itself, what is of concern is the devotion certain groups and individuals ascribe to the contents of these programmes.”

Okay X-Files and Dark Skies? Those are a dead give-away –wot, no Millennium?– After all, those 2 programs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the 90’s, and no doubt had a huge influence in the way many people reacted to events like 9/11 (“Trust No1!”). But Star Trek? Gene Roddenberry’s utopic vision on how Humanity might finally grow beyond its current state of adolescence, unite as one planet and join the ranks of peace-loving species in the galaxy? What’s so subversive about wanting to “boldly go where no man has gone before”??

The answer is to be found inside a 9,200-square-foot mansion, located inside a gated community in the San Diego county area called Rancho Santa Fe, where in the year 1997 38 adult individuals were found dead, after ingesting a poisonous cocktail of phenobarbital mixed with apple juice, following the instructions of their leader Marshall Applewhite. The Heaven’s Gate cult became a world-wide news, and it raised the alarm bells of Scotland Yard in fear that a similar event could be copycatted on British soil.

If you think suspicions against UFO buffs is a recent development, think again. The fact of the matter is that governments have always been weary against both the phenomenon and the people who obsess over it. It’s not necessarily that the powers that be want to suppress the truth about flying saucers from the public, mind you; the thing is that not only the topic seems to attract people of a certain iconoclastic, non-comformity nature –and if you’re reading these lines, you probably qualify as one!– but that often many of the ideas revolving about the subject tend to run contrary to government policies.

George Adamski

Take for instance the famous Contactee of the 1950’s, George Adamski, who claimed to receive frequent visits from Orthon and his Venusian comrades: Along the messages of love and light brought from on high by the Space Brothers, the #1 constant was their admonitions against nuclear weapons, which to the FBI sounded a lot like Commie propaganda –Adamski’s constant attacks against the Capitalist system didn’t do much to asway the Feds’ fears either…

The same was true across the pond. In his book Contactees, our good friend Nick Redfern mentions how the British counterparts of the George Adamski and George Van Tassell were also doing a phenomenal job raising the heckles of Scotland Yard. Here once again, David Clarke and his partner Andy Roberts were instrumental in uncovering the once-classified files documenting Special Branch’s interest with British Contactee George King and his group, the Aetherius Society:

"Roberts and Clarke learned from now-declassified Special Branch documentation that in both August 1958 and August 1959, Special Branch operatives secretly attended Aetherius Society demonstrations in London. Special Branch recorded that: “…it can thus be seen that the Aetherius society is molding its preposterous claims to conform with the popular concepts of religion… There is a possibility that all this high-sounding talk of ‘Karma’ and ‘Cosmic Parliaments’ is simply a system of financial gain for certain individuals and George King in particular” (Clarke, 2007)

Moreover, Roberts and Clarke cite one particularly important Special Branch document from the same era that states the Aetherius Society was “still active in its campaign against nuclear weapons tests, and in this respect its policy is closely allied with that of the Communist Party”

What are we to make of all this? For once, that to the vigilant eye of the Government, there is no such thing as a ‘harmless hobby –I’m sure there’s at least one or two still-secret documents warning about the hidden subversion in Adventure Time.

The second thing is that Authority has always been suspicious about UFOs. And maybe it should be! Because if you think about it, flying saucers represent the ultimate symbol of Anarchy: Not only does it undermine the apparent control governments have over their territory and citizenship, but during all these years the phenomenon has defiantly refused to be classified into any simple explanation, that could make any sort of sense to a bureaucratic system afraid of unexpected disruptions to the Status Quo.

The bloody things even refuse to obey the law of GRAVITY, for crying out loud! What could be more subversive than that?!

2015 International UFO Congress

The 2015 International UFO Congress was the largest ever! 

These video's highlight some of the great speakers and events that made that happen.

IUFOC UFO Researcher of the Year 2015: John Burroughs

Each year at the International UFO Congress Open Minds presents UFO researcher awards. This year the researcher of the year winner was a UFO witness, John Burroughs. Watch the video to find out about Burroughs important research, and to see his acceptance speech.




Open Minds 2015 UFO Researcher Lifetime Achievement Award: Roger Leir

This year's Open Minds' Lifetime Achievement Award went to Roger Leir, who unfortunately passed away in March, 2014. His lifetime of achievement in the field of Ufology was highlighted at a presentation during the 2015 International UFO Congress.




2015 EBE Film Festival Awards Ceremony




Bob Lazar Q&A at the 2015 International UFO Congress - Sneak Peek

Bob Lazar's claims regarding back engineered alien technology he allegedly worked on at Area 51 made the U.S. Air Force's most secret base a household name. Lazar's claims were made popular when he took part in an anonymous interview with KLAS investigative reporter George Knapp in 1989. This and subsequent interviews became very popular and have made Area 51 synonymous with aliens and UFOs.
Lazar has never made a public appearance at a UFO conference to discuss his alleged work at Area 51, until now. On February 21, 2015, Lazar participated in a Q and A session with George Knapp, who is still an investigative reporter with KLAS in Las Vegas.




Aliens as art at the 2015 International UFO Congress - Spacing Out!

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Open Minds UFO Report / Episode 1 - Chile's UFO Video and the Roswell Slides

Published on 5 Jun 2015

This is the first episode of Open Mind's UFO Report!

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