Hillary Clinton Desire For Ufo And Extraterrestrial Diplomacy

February 7, 9:50 AM by Michael Salla, Ph.D., Honolulu Exopolitics Examiner

When 12 years old, Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on how to apply to be an astronaut. She received a reply from NASA that women were not admitted into the astronaut corps. In the 1990s, during her White House years, Hillary participated in a clandestine effort by the Clinton administration to find out the truth about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Clinton administration efforts to be officially briefed were unsuccessful. FOIA documents requested by Grant Cameron, a Canadian UFO researcher, show the Clintons instead received an informal briefing by billionaire philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller. After her unsuccessful presidential bid and offer by President-Elect Obama to be Secretary of State, former President Bill Clinton revealed that becoming the nation's chief diplomat was Hillary's life long dream. All these background facts suggest Hillary Clinton desires to conduct diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial life.

Hillary Clinton is likely to continue her clandestine efforts to be officially briefed about extraterrestrial life. As the nation's top diplomat, she has excellent prospects in gaining access to classified X-files within the State Department concerning UFOs and extraterrestrial life. If she succeeds, she will be surprised to learn that diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial life have already occurred during the Eisenhower administration.

In 1954,compelling evidence exists that President Dwight Eisenhower conducted face-to-face nuclear diplomacy with extraterrestrials concerned about U.S. nuclear testing. On February 20, nine days before the detonation of the largest ever Hydrogen bomb test on March 1, Eisenhower was secretly taken to Edwards Air Force base for a highly classified meeting with representatives from another planet. The meeting was so classified that the entire base was shut down for a three day period and a cover story was developed to account for Eisenhower's absence. Hearing reports of something strange happening at Edwards AFB, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times both tried to fly and drive to the base. Both times he was rebuffed by Edwards AFB security that told him the base was closed. Base closures are very rare for the U.S. Air Force, and an unprecedented event in the history of Edwards AFB (formerly Muroc Army Air Field).

Many witnesses have come forward to reveal aspects of Eisenhower meeting with ambassadors from another world on February 20, 1954. If nuclear diplomacy was indeed the topic of the discussions, the detonation of the Bravo Hydrogen bomb on March 1 signified the failure of the talks. The detonation of the Hydrogen bomb and the talk's failure must have come as a great disappointment to President Eisenhower. Less three months earlier, on December 8, 1953, he gave his famous Atoms for Peace speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He proposed that the UN take control of the world's nuclear stockpile and use it for peaceful purposes. At the upcoming International UFO Congress, in Laughlin Nevada (February 22-28), I will show how Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Speech was very likely influenced by his knowledge of extraterrestrial concern over radiation from nuclear weapons testing.

In just under two weeks, the 55th anniversary of the alleged Eisenhower meeting with extraterrestrials will occur. A conclusive answer to whether the meeting occurred or not will be found in the State Department's X-Files. Hillary is likely to be surprised at what she finds. While Hillary never became an astronaut, she may soon succeed with her secret desire for UFO and extraterrestrial diplomacy.

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Possible Contact By B

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2013.21.10 POSSIBLE CONTACT

Today I accidently opened up an old audio file that brought a shit storm to my life on top of everything that was happening. Well I reopened that shit storm again even though I only opened it for 3 seconds. Since I opened it on the 20th I had that familiar feeling that something was watching me, that something was coming my way. Throughout the day(I work nights) while I was awake I swear I heard things walking around my house but I couldn't see them, smell or see any energy residue around. I felt this extreme anxiety and paranoia despite my efforts to remain calm. I think I did very well considering.

When I went to sleep I didn't really sleep much. I just lay there staring at my ceiling wondering what or who I was going to meet this time around. Maybe sleeping 15 minutes a time. I went to "sleep" at 9:45 am. It was around 2 pm, it was raining very hard outside. I close my eyes, next thing I know its 4 pm, I look around wondering where I am, I was completely disoriented, forgot where I was, what I was doing and it took some time to get my bearings back. Going to sleep was my big mistake. If I hadn't nothing woulda gotten close. Anyways when I tried to stand up, I nearly fell over. I had to steady myself on the wall until I could walk straight.

After I got over the initial shock of the situation I went to the bathroom and started to check for marks on my body. I found nothing except on my hands. I had these brownish stains or smudges on my hands that I know were not there when I went to bed and there is nothing to cause them in my room. I took pictures of them with my phone and tried to wash them off. Nothing worked.

It is now the 22 of oct 2013 and the marks have faded almost completely however there are indentations where the stains or marks were. While I was sleeping today I heard something speaking to me. What I said I cannot remember but it woke me up when it yelled in my mind. So yeah looks like I got somethings attention. I am in contact with my paranormal hunting buddy and we are going to discuss options for investigating this further. I will update as events happen.

Oh I have also noticed an increase in UFO activity around my house in the city as well.

B

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UPDATE:OCT 23 2013

This afternoon(I work nights) when I went to bed, I really didn't sleep. I went to bed @ 11 am approx. Lay in bed until approx 2 pm with the feeling that something was in my room but I couldn't see it. Whatever entity this is... it is far more advanced than my previous group I dealt with.

Once I started to go to sleep I kept seeing this female humanoid, cybernetic in nature it seemed like. She spoke to me telepathically. However when she did so it was so loud and centered in center of my brain that it hurt a lot. So much so that I would wake up. When I did wake up there would be this fog in my house that was so thick I couldn't see my door to my bedroom ten feet away. It would slowly dissipate within a few minutes of me waking up. I would then stay up for another half hour following that.

Once I went to sleep again she would yell at me telepathically in a language I did not understand, but it sounded like the same thing... over and over again. When I woke up the same thick fog was there and would dissipate slowly over time again. This went on for maybe 2 hours and it just stopped.

I am writing this now a day later as to allow time to assess what had happened and figure out what she could of meant. I do not think it was threatening but more of a we know what you are doing. Only time will tell.

Yesterday when I sent my previous journal and pictures to my contacts, right after my web browser said email sent my computer BSOD. It has never did that in the 8 years I have had it. Coincidence... I think not. I will follow up with my contacts to see if they received my email.

B

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Reader Submission Lost Time Humanoid Encounter

"Sir, I have read many of your reader's experiences. Because of your presentation, I have decided to come forward with a personal event that happened to me in 1987 while living in New Zealand. You have my permission to post this for your readers."

"One January morning, I set off on what should have been no more than a 3 hour drive to Auckland, NZ. I arrived at my destination feeling extremely tired and confused. When I went to the hotel front desk to check in, I was told that I had no room reservation. Then, after the desk clerk checked the records, I was stunned to learn that I had lost 5 days and had no idea where I had been."

"Luckily, there was a vacancy, so I checked in and went right to the room. After a quick shower and a bite to eat, I decided to grab a nap. I laid there wondering what had happened to me and that I may as well drive back home because I missed all of the appointments I had scheduled."

"Eventually, I drifted off to sleep but would wake up every hour or so feeling nervous and helpless. The next day, I drove back home. After a few days, though, I continued to experience extreme anxiety. I called my GP and was able to see him the next day. I didn't tell the doctor about my experience but did explain my nervousness and lack of sleep. Sensing this was more than a physical ailment, he suggested I see a anxiety therapist. After several sessions with the therapist, who I confided in about the lost time, I was recommended to a psychologist who had dealt with this phenomena before."

"A week later, I went to see the psychologist. As soon as I saw him, I had an instinctive feeling this was going to be an unusual session. He was fairly young with short blonde hair. His mannerisms were unlike those of any person I have ever met though, I just couldn't put a finger on why I felt this way. I sat down in a large leather chair directly facing the doctor. He stared at me for almost a minute, then smiled and asked me to tell him what I remembered. All of a sudden, a large flash seemed to hit me in the face and I was able to remember being escorted on board a huge craft by a tall and thin female dressed in a dark gray leotard. Her body features were human-like, similar figure with hips and breasts but a slightly larger head. Her nose, mouth, ears and hair looked human-like but her eyes were large and round with onyx black pupils. I suppose she could be termed as a 'humanoid'. She directed me to a room where I was told (in English) to wait."

"Soon, I was approached by three other humanoids, one tall, looking like the previous female humanoid, the second a bit shorter and was male. The third was a very short and stout male and walked ahead of the other two. All three had similar facial features except the short, stout humanoid had a small mouth and nose. I was struck with an almost overpowering feeling of his presence as if he possessed an energy that was being projected then reabsorbed by his body. The short humanoid said, "welcome" and told me that he was the designated "guardian" of this section. The humanoids seemed to communicate to each other by using telepathy and various hand motions."

"I was shown another "world" and arrived at a huge metropolis, which was very neat and orderly. I noticed when the craft landed that the city lacked any tall buildings and most of the buildings were pyramid shaped dwellings and made of what appeared to be a transparent but tinted material. I was taken to a residential area with children who were playing just like human children. The buildings here where cylinder shaped and opaque. The color inside the buildings was mostly a bright white with a touch of silver, gray and red inside. A soft light seemed to radiate from everything and all the residents seemed so peaceful."

"After what seemed like a few minutes, I remember sitting in my car parked in front of the hotel in Auckland. Then I hear the words "is that everything?". I opened my eyes and looked directly at the doctor, but this time he had transformed into the small, stout humanoid wearing a business suit. He simply said "hello...did you enjoy your journey" and I attempted to reply but could not speak. Then he told me to wait here and walked through a side door in the office."

"Several minutes later, the secretary walked in, shocked when she saw me and inquired to who I was and why I was in the doctor's office. I told her that the doctor had just left. She gave me the oddest look, then told me the doctor was out all day on an emergency. She then asked if I would care to reschedule an appointment. Still taken aback, I replied that I would call back later."

"I never have figured out how I got in the psychologist's office and why the small, stout humanoid confronted me there. Since that time, I have never had another experience."

"I wonder if others have had a similar encounter?"

Sincerely..."D"

NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED BACK IN 2009...I HAVE RECEIVED A FEW RESPONSES FROM READERS. I HAVE HEARD BACK FROM 'D'...NOTHING FURTHER HAS HAPPENED SINCE I RECEIVED THE EMAIL. LON

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Meteorite Carries Ancient Water From Mars

ROCK IS AMONG THE OLDEST KNOWN FROM THE PLANET AND MATCHES FINDINGS FROM NASA ROVERS.

It may just look like your average rock, but in fact it's an extra-special delivery from the red planet. Laboratory analysis has revealed that a specimen bought from a Moroccan meteorite dealer in 2011 is the first sample of Martian origin that is similar to the water-rich rocks examined by NASA's rovers.

The meteorite, dubbed Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, contains a concentration of water by weight about ten times higher than in any of the other 100 or so known Martian meteorites - those rare rocks that get ejected from the Martian surface into space when an asteroid hits the planet, and eventually find their way to Earth. It's also the only known Martian sample on Earth that hails from a critical period, about 2 billion years ago, when Mars is thought to have become colder and drier than it was originally.

Carl Agee of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and his colleagues report their findings from samples of the meteorite in Science online today1.

WATER CLUES

"Agee and his collaborators have thrown open the door to a whole new part of Mars," says planetary scientist Munir Humayun at Florida State University in Tallahassee, who was not involved in the study. The meteorite, he adds, is "the first of a new class of Martian meteorites that provides more direct clues to the surface history of Mars."

Moreover, Humayun says, NWA 7034 may provide the only direct corroboration for the rovers' observations for some time to come, as the fate of a long-delayed mission to bring samples of Mars back to Earth is still uncertain.

The elemental composition of the meteorite strongly resembles that of rocks examined in 2005 by NASA's Spirit rover at Gusev Crater2. Those rocks showed evidence of chemical alteration by interactions with liquid water, notes Agee. The composition of NWA 7034 also matches that of rocks studied by Curiosity, NASA's newest rover, as described in preliminary reports from members of that mission.

MISSING LINK

Dating from 2.1 billion years ago, NWA 7034 is the second-oldest Martian meteorite, and provides a "missing link" in the planet's geological record, according to Agee. (The oldest prospective Martian meteorite, ALH 84001, is 4.5 billion years old, whereas all other Martian meteorites are 1.3 billion years old or younger.) Several lines of evidence indicate that parts of Mars were warmer and wetter, and therefore a possible haven for carbon-based life, some 4 billion years ago. The relatively high water content of NWA 7034, which could be as much as 0.6% by weight, suggests that "crustal or surface processes involving water may have lasted" well beyond the 4-billion-year mark, Agee adds.

That is not a surprise, given the map of hydrogen (a stand-in for water) generated by an instrument on the Mars Odyssey orbiting spacecraft and the presence of small amounts of water in younger Martian meteorites, notes Harry McSween at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

The meteorite is made of volcanic rock, and the presence of water in it suggests that crustal rocks on Mars interacted with surface water that was delivered by volcanic activity, near-surface reservoirs or by impacting comets, Agee says. But Jeffrey Taylor of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu says that whether that water content truly reveals an abundance of surface water on Mars 2.1 billion years ago awaits further study.

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Ufos And Area 51 Declassification

Interviews with FOIA expert John Greenewald and Allan Palmer, Executive Director of the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, where they have an Area 51 exhibit and host UFO lectures.

The National Security Archive website released a document on August 15 titled The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974 by agency historians Gregory Pedlow and Donald Welzenbach. A heavily edited version of this document was previously published in 1992 and 1998. This less redacted version was released in response to freedom of information act requests made in 2005 for a mandatory declassification. This release is notable for the significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and the official acknowledgement of Area 51.

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Do They Ever Ask

AS I'VE BEEN INDICATING OVER THE LAST YEAR(S) OR SO - AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SLOWLY AWAKE TO THE CHANGE IN OUR SKIES (THE FILLING WITH CHEMTRAILS) - IT OCCURRED TO ME THIS AM WHEN I WALKED OUT ONTO MY BACK PORCH AND LOOKED UP. THERE, AS OBVIOUS AS A PIMPLE ON A TEENAGE NOSE, - "WAS A HUGE BILLOWING (EXPANDING FROM PREVIOUS SPRAY) CHEMTRAIL IN THE SKY RIGHT OVER MY HEAD."NOW, THE OBLIVIOUS FOLKS - NEARLY ALL WOMEN AND MOST MEN - (SEXIST I KNOW) EVIDENTLY NEVER ASK A REAL SIMPLE QUESTION TO THEMSELVES
AS OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE HEARD OF THE CHEMTRAIL PHENOMENA AND GAVE IT NO CREDENCE

AND THAT QUESTION IS WHY DOES ONLY ONE

ONE
`PLANE'
MAKE THAT STRANGE LINE IN THE SKY? HOW IS IT THAT `THEY' NEVER ASK THEMSELVES THAT QUESTION?
"IS IT BECAUSE THE MSM HAS NEVER ASKED EITHER?"
LET ME REPEAT IN BOLD LETTERS ONE MORE TIME - THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ANYTHING THAT CAN BE OBSERVED SINCE 1990 OR SO - IS THE CHEMTRAIL PHENOMENA.
CLOCKERS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT SIDEBAR - UDCC NOW HAS A `CHAT-BOX' (I WILL BE MOVING IT ELSEWHERE ON THE PAGE SOON) - AND WHEN I AM ON UDCC - I WILL SHOW UP THERE AS RICKPHILLIPS OR MASTERS4EVER - I WILL NEARLY ALWAYS INVITE A CHAT - SO IF YOU ARE ON UDCC AND SEE THAT I AM ON - SAY HELLO. AND, FEEL FREE TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER TOO. "THIS IS PART OF THE EVOLUTION AS TO WHAT UDCC WILL BE."
YOU MAY WANT TO GO CHECK OUT AN UFO PICTURE THAT I RAN ON AMAZING UFO STORIES AND STRANGE UFO VIDEOS YESTERDAY - IT WENT `VIRAL' IN A SENSE AS IO9.COM PICKED IT UP AND "OVER 1500 FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT. "ANYWAY, HERE'S A LINK TO THE POSTINGDAYTIME UFO IN CHICAGOAmazing or Absurd?
I UPDATED MY `SCIENCE' BLOG RECENTLY AND ONE OF THE POSTS IN IT INVOLVED DAVID BLAINE THE MAGICIAN. IT'S A TED TALK THAT HE GAVE A COUPLE YEARS AGO ABOUT" HOW HE TRAINED FOR THE STUNT OF "HOLDING HIS BREATH FOR 17 MINUTESAmazing!
AS I'VE INDICATED TO CLOCKERS BEFORE - THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF UFO BLOGGERS WORTH READING IMO. ONE OF THEM IS JACK BREWER AT THE UFO TRIAL. SERIOUS POSTS THAT ARE THOUGHT OUT WITH IMO THE CORRECT PERSPECTIVE. HIS BLOG RIGHT NOW IS RIPE WITH GOOD READS INCLUDING SHAM INQUIRY RUN RIOT. IT'S ABOUT A `STUDY' OF OVER 1000 AMATEUR GROUPS THAT INVESTIGATE OR DO RESEARCH ON THE ANOMALOUS. HE REPORTS ON THE FINDINGS AND THEN FOLLOWS UP WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY AND GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS HE HAS.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQtllJB-tJK4w2rxAe6KIli2rW3BM9FgqG3RqXpXVngCd7tzOG31RKR2jThnj4vIzG1ZxAFvQAD0PdOAYGSQMuZPMtLgdPR8jJbtCt7hrm295laZYcj1rP5TiKm7prl_5CS5qhP8HfRo/s320/98.jpg(THE ABOVE INCLUDED IN AN E-MAIL FROM MUFON ACCORDING TO JB)
AND, HERE IS ANOTHER OF JB'S THOUGHTFUL ARTICLES ON HYPNOSIS AND THE ALIEN ABDUCTION PHENOMENA.
SO, FINALLY, PLEASE USE THE CHAT-ROOM EVEN IF JUST TO SAY HI. I'M PRETTY SURE I SET IT SO THAT FOLKS WILL BE GENERALLY IDENTIFIABLE. I THINK. SERIOUSLY, GIVE THE CHAT A TRY - THERE USUALLY IS SOMEONE BESIDE YOURSELF HERE.
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Rocks From Space

Michael Callahan knows that he has a great job every time a meteorite sample arrives at the laboratory from NASA's meteorite archive in Houston, Texas. "There's no cooler feeling than working with a meteorite in the lab," he says.

Callahan, an analytical chemist at the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is one of a growing number of researchers around the world working in astrobiology - the exploration of how and where life might have emerged in the Universe.

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Images from the surface of Mars: analysing these may form part of an astrobiologist's role.

The breadth of astrobiology can be daunting. Because the field focuses on questions about the origins of life, it incorporates aspects of astronomy and physics as well as chemistry, geology, oceanography, microbiology and bioinformatics. As a result, there are many different routes to a career in astrobiology; Callahan, for example, started out as an analytical chemist in industry. Exobiology - the study of the possibility of life on other planets - thrived with origins-of-life research in the 1950s and '60s, and really took off with the space exploration programmes in the 1960s and '70s. Later, when the astrobiology label took hold, some people questioned the field's seriousness, notes Zita Martins, an astrobiologist at Imperial College London. Many different types of researchers now contribute to the field; geomicrobiologists look for extremophiles - organisms that live in extreme environments such as deep caves or hot springs; astronomers search for chemical signs of metabolism on other planets; and biologists investigate how life on Earth first appeared.

Martins, for example, works in the department of Earth science and engineering, developing techniques for uncovering microbial life and metabolism in extreme settings, using soil samples from the Utah desert as stand-ins for samples from Mars. She collaborates with soil scientists, geochemists, biologists and robotics engineers who specialize in exploration. "That's the beauty of the astrobiology field. It's scientists from different research fields, working together," she says. NASA has an annual conference dedicated to the field, which is taking place this week in Atlanta, Georgia.

Joint missions

Support for astrobiology research is spread across many funding streams and disciplines, and finding funding and jobs that are strictly astrobiology-related is difficult, especially given recent budget woes. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) support the largest number of astrobiology-related positions, whether they are in Earth-science observation or engineering jobs on the next space mission. But NASA is facing budget cuts that have alarmed researchers in the field. For 2012 and 2013, a slight increase in the budget for human space exploration, from US3.7 billion to a proposed 3.9 billion, was countered by a decrease for the science directorate, including planetary-science research, from 5.1 billion to a proposed 4.9 billion. The agency has withdrawn its component of the ExoMars programme - a joint mission with ESA to send an orbiter and rover to look for methane on the red planet, which is scheduled for 2018. NASA's funding would have created more research positions for biologists and instrumentalists, among others.

Although the US Terrestrial Planet Finder - a mission intended to look for Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of distant solar systems - has been suspended, astronomers hope that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, an observational mission with similar planet-finding goals, will continue moving forward.

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Noctis Labyrinthus, a region of the red planet captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.

Despite cuts in some areas, NASA's Earth budget is up slightly from 1.76 billion in 2012 to 1.79 billion in 2013, notes geochemist Mitchell Schulte, a programme officer for the Mars Exploration Programme at NASA headquarters in Washington DC. That means that research done on this planet but with applications off-planet could still be awarded funding, such as hunting for extremophiles and their proteins, or remote-sensing research such as LiDAR (a technique for detecting water, or mapping minerals and topography).

The Centre for Astrobiology in Madrid, which was established in 2000 as a partner to the NASA Astrobiology Institute based in Mountain View, California, is an example of an organization that is crucial for strengthening ties between researchers around the world, says astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger, who holds dual positions at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.

In addition to NASA's partner centre in Spain, other centres have sprung up, including Germany's Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, which is a cooperative alliance of about 200 scientists across 17 science organizations, with funding from the Helmholtz Alliance based in Bonn, which studies planetary evolution. Gerda Horneck, a former deputy director of the German Aerospace Centre's Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Cologne, says that there are now 25 PhD candidates in the Helmholtz Space Life Sciences Research School, based in various locations in Germany.

For fledgling scientists in the field, the economic climate means that success can hinge on finding multiple funding sources. Julie Huber, a microbial oceanographer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, whose research focuses on life at deep hydrothermal vents, says she applies for grants from NASA and the US National Science Foundation for oceanography programmes and occasionally from the US National Institutes of Health for microbiology research. She also applies to private foundations such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in California and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York. Huber says she considers herself lucky to have secured funding, given the budget woes of government agencies and the state of the foundations' endowments. "It used to be you had to write one or two grants to support yourself for five years," she says. "Now it's four, five, six grants every year, with no growth in the pool of money."

Other initiatives have helped to augment support for the field. The CAREX project from the European Union's Seventh Framework programme for research, which coordinated the study of life in extreme environments, wrapped up this year after spending EUR1.4 million (US1.8 million). Its data on desert life, specifically microbial diversity and aspects of life in extreme environments, could help to inform surveys for life on Mars, although it is not labelled as astrobiology. The next round of European funding, Horizon 2020, will include support especially for astrobiology and space exploration, says Horneck. How much support is still under discussion. Up to this point, various projects across partnered universities and institutes have received about EUR2 million over three years from the European Union for cooperative astrobiology research, the CAREX funding being one example.

Space school

ASA/JPL-CALTECH/T. PYLE (SSC)

Astrobiologists hope to continue to study stars such as 51 Ophiuchi (artist's rendition pictured).

Few PhD programmes award astrobiology degrees; students typically earn their degree in a field such as analytical chemistry or microbiology but focus on astrobiology for their thesis. For example, the University of Washington in Seattle confers a certificate in astrobiology for graduate-level research, but graduate students retain their home-department affiliation for their doctorate. Graduates with this certificate have gone on to work as astrobiologists or in related fields at NASA or other institutes.

In 2005, Stockholm University launched an astrobiology graduate school for an initial five years to gauge interest in the field, a sort of interdisciplinary curriculum experiment. The university considered it a success, and departments including astronomy and geology have transferred their experience into the newly created astrobiology centre.

Sandra Siljestr"om's career exemplifies the potential myriad roles an astrobiologist can have. A graduate from the Stockholm programme who trained as a geochemist, Siljestr"om is now a research scientist at the government-run SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden in Boras, where she works on projects for the Swedish space board, developing methods to examine small amounts of organic compounds using time-of-flight spectroscopy. She is also helping to develop the Mars Organic Molecule Analyser, an instrument to be carried on the ExoMars rover. Her position also includes contract work for industry, examining organic compounds in rocks and other materials.

More bodies

Horneck advises undergraduates and master's students to ground themselves in one of the many applicable sciences before moving on to astrobiology-related research. She says getting a solid grounding in their field before pursuing astrobiology is important.

However, Malcolm Walter, director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales, advises students to start taking astrobiology courses at the undergraduate level if they are available. "The skills are generic and can be applied to many career paths. Being interdisciplinary, thinking in an interdisciplinary fashion leads to many career opportunities," he says. "I look for people who are willing to take this risk. In my experience, that's an extraordinarily hard thing to do."

" I look for people who are willing to take this risk. In my experience, that is an extraordinarily hard thing to do. "

Walter says two of his PhD students recently ended up working for NASA - one as a classical geologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and the other as a mineral spectroscopist, mapping mineralogy on the surface of Mars. Other students have gone on to work for biotechnology firms or the booming Australian mining industry.

Horneck worries that talented graduates will leave the field because few jobs exist outside NASA, ESA and academia, and even there, positions are limited. Many projects are suited to PhD theses, but not to full-time jobs. Not enough opportunities exist for bright doctorates to continue their research. "This is something that needs attention," she says. Even so, student interest portends good things for the field. "Ten years ago, there were no courses. Now it's a field very much taken up by students," Horneck says. Despite the challenges, she foresees a burgeoning field, with more discoveries on the horizon.

SOURCE: NATURE.COM

Hiding In The Bushes Of Our Minds

Another "giant squid" was hauled up out of the Gulf of Mexico...less than 20 feet long; the cryptozoologists went "ho hum". Cryptozoology, the exploration to find "hidden animals", attracts a variety of adventurers. Some of these are pretty conventional. They want to know if the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still exists or is really extinct...or if that "cougar" spotted in Michigan means that the beasts are really expanding their territory beyond what anyone thinks...or even if that squid was really that big. Other cryptozoologists are out there going for the Big Strike--The Loch Ness "Monster", "Bigfoot", The Abominable Snowman, Mokele Mbembe [the African Dinosaur], The Giant Octopus, or The really Giant Squid [these 20 to 40 footers are just "shark bait"]. This group wants the BIG ONE but only if the big one is physical--that is, biological, and in that sense "ordinary". The third group is "All-the-way-Fool". Pookhas? Leprechauns? Mothmen? Disappearing Glowing-eyed Black Cats? Bring them on. As you can guess, it's an uneasy alliance, if at all. I know people in all camps and a few who are all three explorers in one head.
Not long ago, there were rumors and sightings of a big cougar-like cat prowling about northern Mexico. It had gotten the name of the "Onza". Professional biologists generally said it didn't exist, as usual, but local farmers/stockmen insisted otherwise. Finally the local people killed one and still no "professional" agreed. Five or so kills later, they finally admitted that something [either a "new" species or some cross-breed] DID exist. One of those dead Onzas is in the top right photo. It seems to take a lot of killing things to get the biology establishment to risk saying anything exists. It would be rare dark humor if we had to kill every one of a hidden species before "science" would say that they were alive.
Out-sized black cats seem to be running loose all over the place, particularly in England. Some cryptozoologists have almost made speaking and writing about them a cottage industry. Who knows what's behind all this, but a "recent" suggestion has been that some kind of probable(?) mutant or overly large [and retrogressed ?] cat tribe has arisen. A picture of this thing, the so-called Kellas Cat, is middle right above. But what of all the "really "weird cases? The glowing-eyed black stalkers, the uncanny Pookhas, the Vanishers? For most "respectable" cryptozoologists they are better left unsaid.
Frankly, I like Pookhas myself, but one of my rare attempts to do cryptozoology was a bit more academic than that. I was studying Egyptian mythology [well, why not?] and noticed that all the "theriomorphic" [animal-formed] gods were, when in their "animal head/human body" forms, representative of known animals except one. That one was a rather important one: SET. The dark lord of the south, the slayer of Osiris, and the forerunner of the image of the Christian Satan "didn't fit" the pattern. This turned out to be a matter of debate among Egyptologists, the vast majority of whose ideas I felt were obvious poppycock. Some baled out entirely and said, well they just made him up [when all others were real]. I said:B.S. Others tried to identify him with the most ridiculous of solutions, ridiculous because they never came close to matching the representations of the beast [sometimes being so far off that one wondered what medicines the guys were taking who suggested it--a lot like certain UFO theorists by the way]. I thought that if this was the best they could offer I could at least be forgiven for trying. Looking at a few dozen representations of SET across several dynasties, the vast majority of living animal candidates quickly fell away. Reading the religious texts which [surprisingly] described animal-like behaviors for SET, I became convinced that we were dealing with a real [at least at the time] animal, and not a myth. The animal was one of a very few choices: 1). an extinct violent wild dog breed, structured somewhat like a hound; 2). an early partly-tamed cross-breed hunting dog [old texts indicate a fear of bred dogs with certain SET-like characteristics]; or 3). a type of Hyena, with longer snout than today's, now probably hunted to extinction. I got valuable coaching from biological professionals so that my remarks weren't howling errors, and even got the paper published. SET was a Cryptid [I believe]. It was a dangerous man-killing, meat-eating thing and it was no myth. Though no longer hanging around the pyramids [if it ever were that far north], it "could "still be out there somewhere "just around the forest path" in sub-Saharan Africa. I wait in hope of someone discovering it...without being eaten of course.
Although my SETian foray was in the conservative area of cryptozoology [Hey, that's where the data led], my leanings, as you might guess are right past the liberal and onto the spiritually radical. Oddly, while dealing with this major spiritual icon [SET] I ended up grounded in the desert. But I don't believe the deep interest in the subject lies there, and there will be more about Pookhas later.

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Fact Or Fiction Tracking Bigfoot In Kentucky

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Fact-or-Fiction-Tracking-Bigfoot-in-Kentucky-231480311.html

"Kentucky Bigfoot" from earlier blog posting

Illustration used with permission

FACT OR FICTION: TRACKING BIGFOOT IN KENTUCKY

By: Amber Philpott - Email

Updated: Mon 11:03 PM, Nov 11, 2013

Bigfoot In Kentucky Player

LEXINGTON, KY. (WKYT) In October researchers in Dallas released new information from the Sasquatch Genome Project claiming there is now DNA evidence proving Bigfoot is indeed no longer a myth, but rather a human hybrid living among us.

During that announcement video of what researchers believe is a female sleeping near Crittenden, Ky was also released.

Whether you think the video is real or not, according to researchers there have been hundreds of sightings of the creature here in the state.

So is it fact or fiction?

WKYT's Amber Philpott hits the trail with one Kentucky man who is always searching for Bigfoot.

Along a quiet country road in Henry county there isn't much out of the ordinary, or is there?

"I heard a g-r-r-r and I just froze, crickets stopped, it was an eery silence," said Bruce Tandy.

The night of September 27th Tandy says he was pulling onto a road in Henry county leaving a friend's home.

What happened next after flipping on his headlights still has the veteran farmer and hunter spooked.

"That's when sitting right there on the road in my rear view mirror was something, and all I saw was like the mid section of a big hairy creature that had arms with fur about 3-4 inches long," said Tandy.

Tandy still can't be sure what he saw that night.

"I was scared to death, I always thought you know it would be cool to see one, not just right next to me," said Tandy.

Some will swear what Tandy encountered was Bigfoot itself.

When asked if Tandy believes he saw Bigfoot he said that was the first thing that went through his mind because he knew it wasn't a bear.

The love affair with bigfoot has been going on for decades, with countless reports and grainy sightings.

Since 1997 Charlie Raymond has headed up the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization and says he has 274 reports of sightings in Kentucky in his database.

"We take reports from people here in Kentucky who have seen something out of the ordinary," said Raymond.

He says Kentucky is a hotbed of activity for Bigfoot sightings with reports all across the state.

"Typically in Kentucky they are usually dark brown, little bit of red tint to it and usually stand at least seven feet tall," said Raymond.

WKYT set out with Raymond and his wife Dana to track the creature near the site of two reported encounters in Henry county.

Raymond was able to show us ways they communicate like knocking on a tree.

Many times expeditions like the one we went on are about getting into Bigfoot's territory.

Raymond looks for any sign like footprints or structures that many experts think are where Bigfoot beds down.

The creature is known to be elusive, even escaping being photographed on trail cameras.

Raymond says its because the creatures are highly intelligent and says if you get to close they will usually let you know.

While our trek to find Bigfoot turned up nothing, Raymond says he's seen proof with his own eyes of existence.

"We've been on an investigation where our group had a thermal imager, and we actually captured what appears to be two juveniles belly crawling," said Raymond.

The fascination with Bigfoot started early for Charlie Raymond as a child and since then he has become a true believer.

Raymond's wife Dana though, is the skeptic.

"I'm not a 100% believer, probably I'm more of a believer I'm not because I do think that there are a lot of credible people who have come forward, but I have to see it for myself," said Dana Raymond.

For many its hard to believe in what Charlie Raymond tracks, despite his critics Raymond has no doubt Bigfoot is out there.

So you might ask what does Charlie Raymond hope to accomplish in tracking Bigfoot? He says he is working to prove it exists to one day go to our state legislators and establish laws to protect them.

To learn more about the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization just click on the link below.

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Do Some Ufos Program Us To Forget

I was reading Trish and Rob's blog and their post Dreaming UFOs and it reminded me of something a friend told me quite a few years ago. For various reasons I'll have to call him by another name: James.

James told me of a dream he had about seeing a UFO, at least he thinks it was a dream but isn't absolutely sure.

He was standing in his garden late one evening. It was summer and the sky was clear and quite light. His house is one of many in a row, all next to each other.

He looked up and, as if from nowhere, he saw what he described as a UFO, but it was massive in size. The vehicle was much wider in circumference than his house. It hovered directly above his rooftop but was completely silent and seemed to cast a shadow over his own house and the houses on either side. Obviously anyone else nearby would also have seen this UFO.

He described it as a silvery-grey colour with what looked to be round windows beneath, perhaps a dozen and each glowed with a dull light. These were in a circular pattern around the edge of the UFO.

The vehicle stayed absolutely still for an indeterminable period and James felt affixed to where he was standing and developed a sense of light headedness. Then suddenly the UFO was gone. It just disappeared. No movement it simply vanished.

James went indoors and the next thing he was aware of was waking the next morning but remembering his dream.

After a few days though he began to wonder if what he saw was actually for real and not a dream. He couldn't make up his mind. One minute he was sure it was a dream but then something seemed to click in his mind and he thought it had actually happened.

James asked his neighbours if they had seen or even heard anything on that particular evening but they said that they hadn't.

Several years later, after the incident, James came up with a theory that perhaps we are somehow programmed to forget a range of happenings in our lives. Things that perhaps wouldn't be accepted by the world at large.

The only thing I can relate to this theory personally is a 'dream' or 'reality' I had as a child of about 7 or 8 and is nothing to do with UFOs or anything spooky or spiritual.

I believe I saw the road outside of where I lived with my parents covered with small insect like creatures perhaps akin to flying ants. There were thousands of them and the whole road was completely covered so that it was impossible to see the surface below. I'm sure I saw these 'insects' in reality but my parents didn't nor did anyone else. In this case, being programmed to forget, seems pointless... or maybe it isn't, who knows.

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Se Fotografa Chorro De Luz En Superficie Marciana

La foto, que viaj'o millones de kil'ometros desde MARTE hasta el LABORATORIO DE PROPULSI'oN A CHORRO EN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, fue tomada la semana pasada por uno de los dos veh'iculos de la NASA que se encuentran en el planeta rojo. Aunque la agencia espacial estadounidense no ha emitido ninguna declaraci'on oficial sobre el fen'omeno, los "blogueros" y entusiastas de temas espaciales han comenzado emitir sus juicios e hip'otesis. SCOTT WARING, que dirige el sitio web de avistamientos de ovnis UFO SIGHTINGS DAILY, public'o la imagen el pasado DOMINGO 06 DE ABRIL DE 2014 y se~nal'o que la luz brilla de manera vertical, como si proviniera del suelo, y que es muy plana en la parte inferior."ESTO PODR'iA INDICAR QUE HAY VIDA INTELIGENTE DEBAJO DEL SUELO Y UTILIZA LA LUZ COMO LO HACEMOS NOSOTROS", escribi'o WARING en su sitio web. "ESTO NO ES UN RESPLANDOR DEL SOL, NI TAMPOCO UN ARTEFACTO DEL PROCESO FOTOGR'aFICO", agreg'o. A principios de este mes la NASA anunci'o que el MI'eRCOLES 02 DE ABRIL 2014 el 'rover' CURIOSITY transit'o los 'ultimos 40 METROS necesarios para llegar a un lugar conocido como KIMBERLEY, en cuyas rocas busca se~nales de ambientes antiguos que podr'ian haber sido favorables para la vida, seg'un un comunicado de prensa. El KIMBERLEY, donde cuatro tipos diferentes de roca se mezclan, toma su nombre de una regi'on del oeste de AUSTRALIA. La estancia del 'rover' fue planeada desde principios del a~no pasado, seg'un el comunicado.

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Chimps Teach Young To Communicate With Humans

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Large Silent Ufo Drops About 12 Smaller Craft Over Huntington Beach California

" Date: October 28, 2011Time: 9:15 p.m. Every my large spawn and I witnessed the exceptionally type of orbs released from a round distant flying object on October 28, 2011 at 9:15 p.m. from the Hyatt HB. The orbs were released coupled, about 12, so six went in one pour, and singular six in our pour. Precisely over our heads! Fifteen report final, they came back up in shock and went back up up in vogue the craft. For instance so, we be the owner of seen orbs on heap occasions, but an insane climb up of UFO activity in the downtown Huntington Seashore area in general. You wouldn't continue me if I told you what happened about a month ago. Let's average say after we witnessed it, the light bulbs in our home exhausted. The police and Air Handle are habitually infuriating to undergo these crafts, but never get nonstop being they move at the speed of light and mark no affordable. We thought the orb stuff are being sent down to worthy up a number of good of information, in the role of they go back up up in vogue the craft anywhere they came from. May perhaps be our own military critical these stuff out throughout. Your thoughts? If you be the owner of seen whatsoever desire this in the exceptionally area call be good adequate to contact Brian Vike at: "SIGHTING@TELUS.NET" near the details of your sighting. "ALL ACCURATE INFORMATION IS SNOBBISH FURTIVE. The Vike Factor (BRIAN VIKE) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/"Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/"

Ufo Hits Okanagan Lake Rises Up And Ufos Battle Over Kelowna British Columbia

("FROM BRIAN VIKE'S UFO FILES") Re-posted by Mel.

Two UFOs Battle In The Skies Over Okanagan Lake (Kelowna) British Columbia

Kelowna, B. C. Two UFOs - More Eyewitness To An Amazing Sky Event

Date: July 2, 2007

Time: Approx: 10:45 p.m.

Hey Brian, Ok, so like I said I would I've been watching the skies. Not last night but the night before, I saw something out of this world (no pun intended). It was about 10:45 p.m. at night and I saw two object in the sky just hovering. They weren't doing much, but something new with most sightings, they were different shaped objects. One was thin and longish, and the other was like a triangular shape.

They kept hovering there, so I got up quickly to run and grab my camera but the next thing I know I hear a smallest bang, almost like a gun, and the longish one starts to hurtle towards earth on fire making a deep sound, kind of like a nuclear generator bass kind of sound. I'm thinking to myself what the hell!

I watched the object as it disappeared at low altitude behind a small hill between my neighborhood and the lake. I looked up and I saw the triangular object make a small circle, come a little lower and then I see it start to hurdle towards the sky at a fast rate, and the long one reappears from behind the hill, there was no more fire, and ascending at break neck speed and when it gets a little higher, I saw it literally shoot something at the other object and then a very loud bang and the triangular one was no longer visible.

The long shaped one started to what looked like it was searching the sky. It was going north, then south, then east and west, very quickly, almost like a hummingbird when it goes side to side. Then the object disappeared and I suppose it's departure broke the sound barrier immediately because I heard that sonic boom when the barrier is broken.

Anyways, like I said. This seems ludicrous, and after my many years of watching the skies, I finally saw what seemed like two E.T.s duking it out. The thing I find interesting about this sighting though, is that the objects were not glowing eerily like most UFO sightings refer to.

It makes the sighting almost that much more "real" if you know what I mean.

One of the witnesses did up a graphic of what this unusual UFO event appeared to look like.

"Another witnesses report below:"

"WESTBANK, BRITISH COLUMBIA TWO UFOS - ONE HITS THE LAKE"

Date: July 2, 2007

Time: Approx: 11:00 p.m.

"BRIAN VIKE'S - THE VIKE FACTOR NOTE:" This is a very interesting report, and since reports have been coming from the entire area I was wondering if other people who may have been witness to the objects, and sound would you please file a report on the event to Brian Vike's - The Vike Factor.

Message: I don't know what happened last night but It was the most frightening, incredible, and down right terrifying thing I have ever seen! I was walking my dog along the Beach in Westbank, B.C. and minding my own business at close to 11:00 p.m. on the 2nd of July (yesterday) when I seen this really really, really big bright thingy that looked something like a, well, I don't know, but it didn't fit the usual description of a UFO round type of object.

It looked somewhat like a torpedo or something with wings, kind of like a fighter jet, screaming across the sky and downwards on fire. It crashed into the lake and there was a big splash, almost like a large, large plane. The sound was incredibly, loud and like a deep bass "womp, womp, womp" sound as it came down.

I ducked for cover thinking of a meteor or asteroid or something. I started to freak out and yell and as I was standing up, something came literally shooting back out of the water and I saw it start to hurtle towards a different looking object very high in the sky, which kind of looked like a cone of some sort.

I saw what looked like what you would see in a star wars movie for the bullets from the blaster. It was coming from the object that just was in the lake, and I heard a loud bang that knocked me off my feet. I looked up to see what the heck was going on and the cone shaped object was gone and the torpedo thing was just hovering. Moving from side to side looking almost confused and then a loud sonic boom and it was gone.

People came running out to me as I screamed loudly and people asked me what happened. What was I going to say, I just saw two UFOs? Not likely. What the heck could have this been?

"YET ANOTHER WITNESS FOR THIS UFO EVENT BELOW:"

"MISSION IN KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA ANOTHER WITNESS TO STRANGE OBJECT AND LOUD SOUND"

Date: July 2, 2007

Time: Approx: 11:00 p.m.

"THE VIKE FACTOR NOTE:" By the sounds of things this is another eyewitness for the sighting that took place in and around the Kelowna, B.C. area on the same night. Object seen and a loud sound noted. Also if anyone has any information on this sighting, please do contact Brian Vike's - The Vike Factor.

Message: My name is (removed by Brian Vike). I saw something that almost seems like a dream. Last night at about 11:00 p.m. I was watching TV at home (I live in the Mission in Kelowna) and I just happened to catch a bright light through my window.

I didn't think much of it because our neighbors car always shines the lights in our house because of the make up of the drive-way. I continued to watch TV and I heard an extremely loud bang that scared the hell out of me. I ran to the window and looked around and I happened to catch a glimpse something in the sky hovering and moving side to side. Then I heard another really loud boom and it was gone. I wonder if anyone else has reported this?

"BELOW - MORE WITNESSES TO MAJOR UFO SIGHTING."

"KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA CYLINDER SHAPED CRAFT ENTIRELY LIT UP"

Date: July 2, 2007

Time: Approx: 11:00 p.m.

Hello Mr. Vike. My name is (full name removed). I live on (removed) Rd. Kelowna. On Monday night I was sitting on my front steps talking to my friend on the phone and saw something strange in the sky as well. This also may confirm the stories that my friend read in Fridays paper. Please feel free to call me at my home so we can discuss this in better detail. Thank you for your time.

Brian Vike telephoned the witness on July 10, 2007 to see what other information I might be able to gather.

The witness told me she had arrived home from a friends place and noticed another friend had left a message for her to call. The lady took her telephone outside as she was returning the call, plus having a cigarette.

As the two friends talked on the phone the witness noticed a long cylinder shaped light. Her first thoughts were that she was just seeing an airplane, as she is close to where the flights fly directly overhead, but the woman went on to say, the object was a little odd looking as it wasn't exactly on the normal flight path. Plus there were not any of the normal NAV lights on this object.

The entire craft was fully lit up. After approximately 3 or 4 minutes of viewing time it was gone, the witness said it was like someone turned off the light switch. (we are not sure if the craft moved quickly away from it's location, or with the lights out and due to the darkness the object just wasn't visible).

The object was stationary and not a sound was heard coming from it. It also wasn't sitting at a high altitude, lower than a small Cessna would fly at. Rather low she mentioned and there were also no flashing or blinking lights on it at all.

The lady mentioned to her friend on the telephone that possibly she may have just been witness to a UFO sighting. Both kidded around about what was seen and talked for a while longer then hung up.

On July 6, 2007 the witness gets a phone call from the same friend informing her about an newspaper article on UFO sightings that was reported in the local Kelowna newspaper. (Kelowna Capital News). This is when the lady decided to write an email to me asking if I would telephone her.

"Below - Other eyewitnesses to part of the same UFO event."

"LARGE ROUND CRAFT HOVERS FOR AN HOUR OVER OKANAGAN LAKE (KELOWNA) BRITISH COLUMBIA"

"BRIAN VIKE'S - THE VIKE FACTOR:" A lady must have called the Kelowna Capital News to request my phone number as the witness called me up and explained what it was she witnessed over Okanagan Lake. The lady said she saw the same UFO twice over a weeks time period.

Date: July 2, 2007

Time: 2:00 a.m.

The first sighting of the craft was on Monday June 25, 2007 and again on the evening everyone else witnessed the unusual UFO event, which would have been July 2, 2007.

The witness said she was awake and got up at 2:00 a.m. and watched the craft for approximately one hour. The object was hovering, she said it did not move from it's position over top of the lake. There were a string of lights that went around the bottom part of the object and as she watched, the bottom lights would fade out and lights at the top of the craft came on, still appearing to circle the object. Also the top portion of the craft seemed to be lit up. The woman also stated that beams of light would shoot out from the top of the UFO and also from the bottom. Finally after roughly the hour had passed by, the craft shot up quickly and was gone and out of sight.

She reports that not a sound was heard coming from it. The lady lives on lake frontage and had an amazing view of the event. The object was low and again stationary over the water. (not touching the water at anytime) The witness said it appeared to be looking for something, or that is the impression she got from observing the event.

Thank you to all the eyewitnesses for their reports.

Brian Vike, The Vike Factor (Into The Paranormal) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

"Below is an newspaper article the Kelowna Capital Newspaper ran on this UFO event."

"VIKE RESEARCHES OKANAGAN UFO 'SHOOTOUT'"

By Jennifer Smith Staff Reporter "Kelownacapnews.com"

Did you see an unidentified flying object touch down on Okanagan Lake Monday evening? Well, apparently at least three of your neighbours did and they all managed to track down preeminent B.C. UFO researcher Brian Vike to report the phenomenon.

Late Monday evening Vike started receiving reports of an unidentifiable fireball hovering over the lake. "Everything seemed to look good and usually you can tell if it's a hoax or not," said Vike, who was furiously contacting local media for help by Tuesday morning.

Kelowna has been a hot spot for Vike who operates a UFO research organization, "THE VIKE FACTOR", out of his home in Houston, B.C. Back in 2003 two women reported an incredible alien encounter on a Kelowna street and it wound up among Vike's biggest cases.

The sighting was featured in a "CTV special" and even wound up on the "Montel Williams" show as fodder for a famous psychic. So, when three sightings were reported on the same night this week out of Kelowna, Vike figured it was worth some attention.

The first sighting was by a woman walking her dog in Westbank who noticed a fireball that appeared to dive into the lake and then return to the air. "This thing ended up coming back out of the water and started to hurl toward a different looking object very high in the sky, which is totally bizarre," said Vike.

An excerpt from the email she sent the UFO researcher shows just how upsetting the episode was for the pet owner.

"OK, I don't know what happened last night but it was the most frightening, incredible, and down right terrifying thing I have ever seen," she wrote. "I ducked for cover thinking of a meteor or asteroid or something. I started to freak out and yell and as I was standing up, something came literally shooting back out of the water and I saw it start to hurtle towards a different looking object very high in the sky."

The sighting reportedly occurred at 11 p.m. Vike does not give out the names of those who make reports to protect their privacy but he does go to great lengths to verify their claims.

Earlier this months he was featured on "Castanet" and is still going through the material he received after the story hit their web site and he is working on several reports he received on Father's Day from Trail, B.C.

Apparently an airborne craft shook residents from their beds in the Kootenay town, prompting a hunt for UFOs on local radio and even in the newspapers, he said. But this week's incident in Kelowna has him unusually excited.

"They saw what appeared to be a Star Wars movie full of bullets and blasters, kind of thing and I've had reports from other areas similar to what they're talking about," he said.

A second report from the Mission area noted the image was accompanied by a sonic boom and yet another report has come in since then.

Local RCMP did not receive any unusual calls Monday night, to the best of the media spokesperson's knowledge. And nothing usual appeared on Navigation Canada's radar. The air traffic control tower at Kelowna International Airport closed just shortly before the sightings occurred.

"I checked with the area control center. Now they only have radar for planes' transponders and so if it was a UFO it didn't have a transponder on. So no, we have no reports of any unusual aircraft in the area," said Ron Singer, Navigation Canada communications.

From this point forward, Vike will be combing his sources, checking with military contacts, police and beyond to see what he can dig out. If anyone can tell him what was going on in Kelowna's skies Monday night, he can be reached at v factor paranormal@live.com.

Brian Vike (Retired)

Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net

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Ufo Congress Dispels Doubts About Extraterrestrial Life

Hike 2, 8:42 AM by Michael Salla, Ph.D., Honolulu Exopolitics SupporterThe 18th Large-scale UFO Legislature and Net Festival has passable planed a week-long series of presentations taking part in UFOs and extraterrestrial life afterward its almanac conclusion of film awards. Euphoric on the list of undertake winning films were those featuring live footage of unidentified flying objects timetabled afterward lob and argue of investigations. Reply 900 attendees watched presenters show their best evidence of a phenomenon firmly pointing to the existence of extraterrestrial life. A key corner of the Legislature were many presentations that dutiful on the collective symbols implications of UFOs and extraterrestrial life. If role attending the Legislature held severe doubts about UFOs and their national vouch implications, what they witnessed would be full of been mega than sufficient to break up these. The almanac Legislature is the principal UFO conference in the Amalgamated States featuring a ample seven sparkle and nights of presentations, films and performance that attack on the UFO phenomenon. Thinly promoted and set by an international Suggest of Directors, the Legislature character many of the most climax researchers and cases establishment afterward UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Hang around presentations fixed me afterward the lively collective symbols implications of the have a bearing unfilled. This is corner of the promising subject of exopolitics that readily encourages UFO researchers to attack on the collective symbols implications of evidence inwards extraterrestrial life. A individual of members of the Hawaii based Exopolitics Start attended the Legislature and unfilled. I was invited to conduct and unfilled for the third time for instance 2005. This subsequently anew gave me the trip to hug an exhibit that has bring about a rite of hand out for those exploring the UFO phenomenon for the first time. The first Legislature tape was by Paola Harris who sits on the building of directors for any the Large-scale UFO Legislature and the Exopolitics Start. She discussed the self of Hollywood and its speckled depictions of UFOs as a means of calming genus of the reality of extraterrestrial life. Her tape firmly tart to a secret collective symbols to design institute for anticipated announcements inwards extraterrestrial life Hang around presenters obtainable emotive lob and film evidence of UFOs. These included Ed Grimsley who showed sustained infrared photos and film of what appeared to be dogfighting UFOs. Tested Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan showed fleets of UFOs over Mexico Local. He as well showed emotive film footage of an Italian contactee, Antonio Urzi, who has specified of the clearest photos and film images of flying saucers always captured. Haktan Akdogan, up-to-the-minute exceptional from any the Legislature and Exopolitics Start, showed specified of the most crucial UFO sightings always lovesick. These were from a Black Sea location of Kumburgaz, 20 miles from Istanbul in 2007-2008. The Kumburgaz/Istanbul sightings basically showed a strident flying saucer afterward what appeared to be two extraterrestrial beings looking exact a dialogue box. FOR Broaden INFO: 18th Large-scale UFO Legislature and Net Festival2009 X-Conference Aztec UFO 2009 Exposing U.S. Congress Policies on Extraterrestrial Being

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Will Ufo Disarm North Korean Nukes

With tensions rising between North Korea & South Korea and threats of nuclear attack on the USA, we are starting to see more reports of UFO activity in the area.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong- Un says his rocket forces are ready to "settle accounts with the U.S." in direct response to the announcement that the U.S. deployed nuclear capable B-2 stealth bombers to join military drills with South Korea. The London Telegraph reported that a photo released of Un (shown above, chart top left on the wall) show a chart marked " US mainland strike plan" and missile trajectories that the NK News web site estimates terminate in Hawaii, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Kim signed a rocket preparation plan and ordered his forces on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.

Most analysts outside of North Korea say they have seen no proof that North Korean scientists have the capabilities needed to build a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on a missile. I for one don't trust Kim Jong-Un and think someone should just step up and take this guy out.

We have all heard the reports of military personnel claiming that UFO sightings have coincided with the strange shut down of our and other countries nuclear missile silos rendering them useless. These encounters make me think there is an alien watchdog group out there making sure that the humans don't blow ourselves off the planet and into extinction. I have also heard alien tales of an ancient nuclear war between two alien species that was the actual cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs. So maybe there is an alien watchdog group out there that knows of the great dangers we pose to ourselves and are determined to stop us.

So if Kim Jong- Un does have something up his sleeve and has the heartless soul to use nuclear weapons, do you think there will be an some kind of unexplained intervention to stop this catastrophe from happening.

Make sure you look for the poll on the side of our page and tell us your answer.

Here is a recent UFO sighting in Wonsan North Korea March 21, 2013. This one is interesting because this cigar shaped UFO takes a 360 maneuver just like another Cigar shaped UFO sighting I posted e few weeks ago. You can see the other video here.

Ufo Sighting In Caliraya Laguna

We went to Caliraya, Laguna last Tuesday (9-27-2005) to witness the manifestation of 6 flying objects believed to be of Extra-Terrestrial in origin.It was a 2 and half hour drive from Manila and we reached the location around 2 pm. We are a group of more than 20 people gathered in the area, with the paranormal expert Jimmy Licauco, Inventor Serafin Orijuela, Elmor Escosia of Pag-Asa, with some members of the media including myself and fellow DZRH anchorman Nick De Guzman, a TV newsteam and a German researcher.Licauco was told by Engineer Serafin Orijuela that ETs would show up around 4:05 in the afternoon.It was at the exact time when Nick declared 6 to 9 flying objects gathered around the sun, manuevering and changing their positions.The place, highest ground of Japanese Garden, were energized during the manifestation and mostly all people in the group were amazed of the sightings.We have shots taken using phone cameras, sadly TV newsteam's video camera failed to make direct shots during the sighting but another phone video camera, captured a floating /hovering object in a distant altitude. Here are the shots taken during the event and it's up to you to judge if these objects are what we consider and believe the ET spacecrafts but we affirm that the event really took place in the area.This is the second UFO sighting in the Caliraya area, the first one was last July 27, 2005 when incidentally a video camera captured an object flying at great speed from north towards south.During the sighting at Caliraya, as a channel, I received a message from these Extra-Terrestrial beings to the people of the Philippines -- "You must UNITE and HEAL your country and let LOVE reign in your hearts."

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Water In Mars Past Communicating Astrobiologys Breadth And Depth And The Exo Iii Android Makers

Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. You may notice that this and future entries are shorter than usual; career, family and book deal commitments have forced me to cut back some of my projects. Now, here's today's news:

g ABODES - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining features on Mars that address the role of water in the planet's past. If liquid water was ever present, Mars may have been a habitable environment for life. See article.

g COSMICUS - Quote of the Day: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde

g LEARNING - The challenge to communicate both the breadth and depth of astrobiology is discussed by Carol Oliver, of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. As a researcher in communicating science, she considers how best to tell a busy public what it means to explore other worlds for signs of life elsewhere. See article. Note: This article is from 2003.

g IMAGINING - An early "Star Trek" alien is the Exo III android makers. We really don't know what the android creators (aka "the Old Ones") looked like, but we can presume by the way human duplicates were created with the android-making machine that they appear like Ruk. See article.

g AFTERMATH - The statement that extraterrestrial intelligence exists or doesn't can have the parallel statement that God exists or doesn't. Some people say there's already sufficient evidence of existence for both. If you set aside abductions and miracles, it's true that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence for either. However, if and when humanity ever detects evidence of an extraterrestrial intelligence, it will break the symmetry of these two statements and, in fact, that evidence will be inconsistent with the existence of God or at least organized religions. See article. Note: This article is from 2004.