Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Aircraft Maker to Make A Test Run
An innovative Kenyan is just about to test the results of his brainchild. Gabriel Nderitu, an I.T specialist is putting final touches to an aeroplane he has been assembling for the last one year ahead of a test run in Kitengela next week. If indeed Nderitu's two seater plane takes off, and more importantly, lands successfully, then it will be a first for Kenya. Sylvia Chebet tells us more about the budding innovator and how close he is to becoming Kenya's pioneer in aircraft manufacturing...
Monday, August 23, 2010
Pakistan flood death toll over 800, state of emergency declared
At least 800 people have been killed in Pakistan over the last three days during floods triggered by monsoon rains. Thousands were left stranded as emergency services struggled to reach remote villages. Nearly 400 thousand have been displaced so far and the provincial government has declared a state of emergency. The torrential rains are expected to continue over the weekend..
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Huge ice island breaks from Greenland glacier
NUUK, GREENLAND - A huge ice island four times the size of Manhattan has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers, the biggest such incident in the Arctic in almost half a century....
See the source: http://www.timesofearth.com/Technology/?NT=2&nid=25811
See the source: http://www.timesofearth.com/Technology/?NT=2&nid=25811
Thursday, July 8, 2010
He Has a Giant Head
Sain Mumtaz has the most extraordinary head but what is causing its extreme growth and how Sain might be treated is a total mystery.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
'UFOs' spotted in Reading
Mobile phone footage has captured the moment that several UFO's were spotted flying above Reading, Berkshire.
The video was captured by Lizzie Zuowen Tang and Jo Mingjiao Xue who claim to have seen 21 flying objects between 4.45 and 5.53 in the morning.
Ms Tang said: "Their shapes were like rods which pointed in the direction they were flying, but they were rotating at the same time when flying forward.
"They flew very slowly without the noise which planes generate when flying, so at first we thought they were meteors, but then we immediately realised that they were definitely not meteors because their speed was much slower.
"We think that they were flying at a very high altitude and we saw two of them generate a very strong light flash for a few seconds when they were flying."
This is not the first time UFO's have been spotted in the UK, many people were left puzzled by a mysterious cylinder that hovered over a busy campsite in Brean, Somerset, last year.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-video/7872873/UFOs-spotted-in-Reading.html
The video was captured by Lizzie Zuowen Tang and Jo Mingjiao Xue who claim to have seen 21 flying objects between 4.45 and 5.53 in the morning.
Ms Tang said: "Their shapes were like rods which pointed in the direction they were flying, but they were rotating at the same time when flying forward.
"They flew very slowly without the noise which planes generate when flying, so at first we thought they were meteors, but then we immediately realised that they were definitely not meteors because their speed was much slower.
"We think that they were flying at a very high altitude and we saw two of them generate a very strong light flash for a few seconds when they were flying."
This is not the first time UFO's have been spotted in the UK, many people were left puzzled by a mysterious cylinder that hovered over a busy campsite in Brean, Somerset, last year.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-video/7872873/UFOs-spotted-in-Reading.html
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
MUFON CMS report - undisclosed location in New York - 6-29-2010
Witness was driving in to her job as a Home Health Aide and saw what she thought was a hole in the storm clouds, she had her cell phone with her and took a picture of the hole in the clouds. When she got to her job, she told (**Name deleted--SGonzalez/CMS) that she had seen a strange hole in the storm clouds on the way into work. He downloaded the picture on to his PC and saw the patterns of lights on the object, the trailing disturbance in the clouds and called me up on the phone. He sent the picture to me for my opinion.
To me, I can see the rain drops on the windshield and the image on the other side of the drops, there is no reflection in the glass.
NOTE: this is all the information I can find currently....very new report and the other databases haven't picked up yet. The object appears to be very well contrasted despite the reported speed of the vehicle (stated 55 MPH by witness)...note the scenery on the ground is blurred. As well, this report was filed by another party.
Source: http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2010/07/mufon-cms-ufo-disc-captured-on-cell.html
To me, I can see the rain drops on the windshield and the image on the other side of the drops, there is no reflection in the glass.
NOTE: this is all the information I can find currently....very new report and the other databases haven't picked up yet. The object appears to be very well contrasted despite the reported speed of the vehicle (stated 55 MPH by witness)...note the scenery on the ground is blurred. As well, this report was filed by another party.
Source: http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2010/07/mufon-cms-ufo-disc-captured-on-cell.html
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Ghost Images Colbert County EMA Offices
Mysterious Images Spotted In Colbert County EMA Office
Are they ghosts? You be the judge!..
Something eerie may be lurking in the Colbert County EMA office. On the surface, his office appears normal, but EMA Director Mike Melton is convinced that he may be sharing his office space with the paranormal.
"It appears that there's some type of dimension or something that a flash of the camera can pick up that we might not be able to see," said Melton.
That's because of a photo taken of Mike's office during it's renovation several years ago. The original image is covered in blurry white spots with faint outlines of human figures in the background. EMA employees agreed it looked peculiar.
John McWilliams, a local historian, enhanced the clarity of the image, revealing what appears to be a line of ghostly figures.
"When I saw it, I didn't realize it was a saloon scene," said McWilliams, of Tuscumbia. "I could just see the people. It was not until I started processing it that I saw that it was a saloon scene."
That prompted McWilliams to do a little homework on the building. After looking at old maps, he determined what's now the Colbert County EMA office was a saloon and bowling alley back in 1884.
"I have records here to find out what was in those buildings at that time during that period," said McWilliams. "The picture meets that criteria."
He said that explains why the figures appear to be waiting in line, while others appear to be perched at a bar.
Photos snapped at the EMA console reveal what appears to be three figures in the foreground, wearing microphone headsets. Mike suspects they once worked in the building.
"Evidently, we're sharing their space and they're not sharing ours," said Melton.
Photos taken since the construction work suggest there could still be some sort of supernatural activity in his office.
We wanted to check it out for ourselves, so we posed for the camera after our interview with Melton. John processed the image for us and revealed nine ghostly figures after enhancing the photo clarity.
Ghosts or not, Melton and other EMA employees aren't spooked.
"It is something to be lighthearted about," said Melton. "It's just an unknown, something creepy you can try to figure out and try to understand what it's about."
Melton and McWilliams both joke they know it sounds crazy, but can't help what they see.
Are they ghosts? You be the judge!..
Something eerie may be lurking in the Colbert County EMA office. On the surface, his office appears normal, but EMA Director Mike Melton is convinced that he may be sharing his office space with the paranormal.
"It appears that there's some type of dimension or something that a flash of the camera can pick up that we might not be able to see," said Melton.
That's because of a photo taken of Mike's office during it's renovation several years ago. The original image is covered in blurry white spots with faint outlines of human figures in the background. EMA employees agreed it looked peculiar.
John McWilliams, a local historian, enhanced the clarity of the image, revealing what appears to be a line of ghostly figures.
"When I saw it, I didn't realize it was a saloon scene," said McWilliams, of Tuscumbia. "I could just see the people. It was not until I started processing it that I saw that it was a saloon scene."
That prompted McWilliams to do a little homework on the building. After looking at old maps, he determined what's now the Colbert County EMA office was a saloon and bowling alley back in 1884.
"I have records here to find out what was in those buildings at that time during that period," said McWilliams. "The picture meets that criteria."
He said that explains why the figures appear to be waiting in line, while others appear to be perched at a bar.
Photos snapped at the EMA console reveal what appears to be three figures in the foreground, wearing microphone headsets. Mike suspects they once worked in the building.
"Evidently, we're sharing their space and they're not sharing ours," said Melton.
Photos taken since the construction work suggest there could still be some sort of supernatural activity in his office.
We wanted to check it out for ourselves, so we posed for the camera after our interview with Melton. John processed the image for us and revealed nine ghostly figures after enhancing the photo clarity.
Ghosts or not, Melton and other EMA employees aren't spooked.
"It is something to be lighthearted about," said Melton. "It's just an unknown, something creepy you can try to figure out and try to understand what it's about."
Melton and McWilliams both joke they know it sounds crazy, but can't help what they see.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Is there a ghost cat in Taranaki?
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
UFO Over Ottawa Ontario 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, 2010 supposedly filmed by local citizen, possibly more footage of the "Celestial Ring" UFO
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Ears save boy from death as crowds watch him dangle from window
A six-year-old boy was saved from certain death by his ears, which prevented him from falling from a high-rise apartment block.
Adventurous Ming Ming managed to get his head stuck in window bars of his home in Yinchang, China.
Crowds gathered after hearing his screams and rescuers moved into save the child from an eight storey drop.
An onlooker said: 'The only thing stopping him from plunging to the ground below was the fact his head was trapped between two window bars.'
Once inside the flat firefighters quickly used a hydraulic pressure expander to force the bars apart and pulled Ming Ming back into the apartment.
Source: www.metro.co.uk
Adventurous Ming Ming managed to get his head stuck in window bars of his home in Yinchang, China.
Crowds gathered after hearing his screams and rescuers moved into save the child from an eight storey drop.
An onlooker said: 'The only thing stopping him from plunging to the ground below was the fact his head was trapped between two window bars.'
Once inside the flat firefighters quickly used a hydraulic pressure expander to force the bars apart and pulled Ming Ming back into the apartment.
Source: www.metro.co.uk
Sunday, May 2, 2010
'I'm in love with my grandson and we're having a baby'
Pearl Carter is positively glowing with joy. She has a handsome new boyfriend, is enjoying an active sex life after many years of celibacy and, amazingly, is preparing to become a mother again.
But the retired grandmother isn't carrying the baby herself. She and her young lover have spent a staggering $54,000 hiring a surrogate to help them with their dreams of having a child.
What makes Pearl's decision to become a mum again even more shocking is that her new boyfriend is her biological grandson, 26-year-old Phil Bailey.
Phil is the son of Pearl's daughter Lynette Bailey, and the pair is braving public horror and even prison by breaking one of the last taboos – incest.
However, the pair makes no apologies for their controversial plan to start their own family.
'I'm not interested in anyone else's opinion,' Pearl says. 'I am in love with Phil and he's in love with me. Soon I'll be holding my son or daughter in my arms and Phil will be the proud dad'.
Phil adds, 'I love Pearl with all my heart. I've always been attracted to older women and I think Pearl is gorgeous. Now I'm going to be a dad and I can't wait.
'Yes, we get laughed at and bullied when we go out and kiss in public but we don't care. You can't help who you fall for.'
Pearl was 18 when she fell pregnant with daughter Lynette. She was living with her Catholic parents in Indiana and they insisted she give the baby away, so as not to bring the family into disrepute.
They organised a private adoption and Pearl never again saw her baby girl.
Pearl went on to marry, but she never had any more children. Instead she searched for her lost daughter until finally giving up hope 15 years ago.
But the retired grandmother isn't carrying the baby herself. She and her young lover have spent a staggering $54,000 hiring a surrogate to help them with their dreams of having a child.
What makes Pearl's decision to become a mum again even more shocking is that her new boyfriend is her biological grandson, 26-year-old Phil Bailey.
Phil is the son of Pearl's daughter Lynette Bailey, and the pair is braving public horror and even prison by breaking one of the last taboos – incest.
However, the pair makes no apologies for their controversial plan to start their own family.
'I'm not interested in anyone else's opinion,' Pearl says. 'I am in love with Phil and he's in love with me. Soon I'll be holding my son or daughter in my arms and Phil will be the proud dad'.
Phil adds, 'I love Pearl with all my heart. I've always been attracted to older women and I think Pearl is gorgeous. Now I'm going to be a dad and I can't wait.
'Yes, we get laughed at and bullied when we go out and kiss in public but we don't care. You can't help who you fall for.'
Pearl was 18 when she fell pregnant with daughter Lynette. She was living with her Catholic parents in Indiana and they insisted she give the baby away, so as not to bring the family into disrepute.
They organised a private adoption and Pearl never again saw her baby girl.
Pearl went on to marry, but she never had any more children. Instead she searched for her lost daughter until finally giving up hope 15 years ago.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Second Moscow Pyramid UFO
Michael Cohen
Last year in December, worldwide media outlets ran a story that enthralled UFO enthusiasts and others curious about the possibility of alien vistation to our planet and the existence of extraterrestrial life.
A huge pyramid UFO had been seen by many and filmed by at least one witness as it hovered above The Kremlin in Moscow. The video became a hit on YouTube and other sites. Hundreds of witnesses also reported seeing the UFO, however shortly after the film was released a campaign to discredit the sighting appeared to have swung into action.
Witnesses were visited by what seemed to be plain clothes police officers and asked to remain silent over the event. Any further footage was confiscated. Stories began circulating about buildings in the footage that no longer existed despite experts confirming this was not the case.
Now a brave witness has had the courage to post a second piece of footage (Video below) of the event: Filmed from an apartment in Moscows suburbs.
Sergei Ahmedayov attests that this footage was taken by him from his bedroom window as the craft hovered for hours on the very same day the Kremlin UFO was filmed. He also attests that all of his family saw the event too.
'I am sure this is an ET sapceship and I am not scared to show it' he defiantly commented.
It is now known that these pyramid shaped UFOs are the long haul spacecraft used by a civilization originating from Orion Constellation: These humanoid aliens have been interacting with humanity for thousands of years and arrived in this galaxy from Andromeda millions of years ago.
Last year in December, worldwide media outlets ran a story that enthralled UFO enthusiasts and others curious about the possibility of alien vistation to our planet and the existence of extraterrestrial life.
A huge pyramid UFO had been seen by many and filmed by at least one witness as it hovered above The Kremlin in Moscow. The video became a hit on YouTube and other sites. Hundreds of witnesses also reported seeing the UFO, however shortly after the film was released a campaign to discredit the sighting appeared to have swung into action.
Witnesses were visited by what seemed to be plain clothes police officers and asked to remain silent over the event. Any further footage was confiscated. Stories began circulating about buildings in the footage that no longer existed despite experts confirming this was not the case.
Now a brave witness has had the courage to post a second piece of footage (Video below) of the event: Filmed from an apartment in Moscows suburbs.
Sergei Ahmedayov attests that this footage was taken by him from his bedroom window as the craft hovered for hours on the very same day the Kremlin UFO was filmed. He also attests that all of his family saw the event too.
'I am sure this is an ET sapceship and I am not scared to show it' he defiantly commented.
It is now known that these pyramid shaped UFOs are the long haul spacecraft used by a civilization originating from Orion Constellation: These humanoid aliens have been interacting with humanity for thousands of years and arrived in this galaxy from Andromeda millions of years ago.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
The fireball that crossed Midwest skies last night may have been a basketball-size meteor from a comet first discovered at the start of the Civil War, according to experts.
David Eicher, editor and chief of Astronomy Magazine, said that while it's believed the fireball seen Wednesday night was a meteor, that wouldn't be known for sure until and unless it is found on the ground. Astronomers believe if the object landed, it would have come down in the Great Lakes area. There were no reports that it had been found.
"It was an extraordinarily bright meteor," said Eicher. "As bright as this thing was, the odds are that it didn't completely burn up before it hit the ground."
But he also couldn't completely rule out that what people saw were pieces of a falling satellite reentering the Earth's atmosphere as space junk.
He estimated that on impact a burning meteor could have ended up the size of a baseball. The amount of light that the object emitted indicted it was either a large chunk of stone or iron, he said.
Usually, meteorites that cause a streak in the sky tend to be only the size of sand or a pea, Eicher said. This one--assuming it was one--may have come from April's Lyrid meteorite showers as debris from a comet named Thatcher after the man who first discovered it in 1861.
"It was probably a very large chunk, relatively speaking, of cometary debris that was left in the wake, the trail, of this comet's orbit,'' he said.
While he could not point to the object and definitively say it was a meteor, he said circumstantial evidence points to it--chiefly, that the sighting came during the Lyrid showers, which will reach their peak Saturday.
According to lore, the Thatcher comet was regarded with fear when it was first observed because it came after the raid on Fort Sumter by Confederate troops that started the Civil War.
Reports of meteor sightings about 10 p.m. Wednesday came in to the National Weather Service from wide areas across the Midwest. News outlets from Missouri to Minnesota and east to Michigan reported sightings.
In a statement on its Web site, the National Weather Service office in the Quad Cities said:
"Just after 10 pm CDT Wednesday evening April 14th, a fireball or very bright meteor was observed streaking across the sky. The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east.
"Well before it reached the horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was lost from sight. The fireball was seen across Northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin. Several reports of a prolonged sonic boom were received from areas north of Highway 20, along with shaking of homes, trees and various other objects including wind chimes. As of late Wednesday evening, it is unknown whether any portion of this meteorite hit the ground."
National Weather Service radar in LaCrosse, Wis., showed the object between 6,000 and 12,000 feet, heading from northwest to southeast over Grant and Iowa counties.
(The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences has a series of time lapse photos of the event as seen from Madison; an Iowa sheriff's department captured video of the flash that's been posted on YouTube.)
Christine McMorris was in her Woodstock home looking out her kitchen window as she washed dishes and talked with a friend when she noticed a bright light coming from the sky.
"All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye, I saw this huge ball of fire and a huge light,'' said McMorris. "I was like what the hell was that?"
She didn't believe the light signaled the end of the world because she had seen many shooting stars from her travels to the Western United States. But last night put those to shame.
"They are minuscule compared to this, it was enormous,'' she said.
She said as the object traveled closer to the surface, its intensity diminished until she lost sight of it after five to 10 seconds. She said it didn't have a tail.
"It was truly spectacular,'' she said.
Becky Hoffman, who lives on a farm near Dixon, said she and her husband were getting ready for bed when they looked out and saw a "big glow" in the sky. She found it strange because the air was clear of storm clouds. She said she is about an hour and a half from the Wisconsin border and noticed the light north of her home.
"We thought it might've been a transformer blowing up in the area,'' she said, but she dismissed that thought quickly because she and her husband did not hear any explosions.
She said the object had a reddish-orange glow to it. She didn't think anything of it until she turned on the radio this morning and heard that it probably was a meteor.
"That's what it was, I saw it,'' said Hoffman. "I thought it was pretty exciting, I just want to know where it ended up at. Did it disintegrate into the skyline or did it actually hit ground?"
David Eicher, editor and chief of Astronomy Magazine, said that while it's believed the fireball seen Wednesday night was a meteor, that wouldn't be known for sure until and unless it is found on the ground. Astronomers believe if the object landed, it would have come down in the Great Lakes area. There were no reports that it had been found.
"It was an extraordinarily bright meteor," said Eicher. "As bright as this thing was, the odds are that it didn't completely burn up before it hit the ground."
But he also couldn't completely rule out that what people saw were pieces of a falling satellite reentering the Earth's atmosphere as space junk.
He estimated that on impact a burning meteor could have ended up the size of a baseball. The amount of light that the object emitted indicted it was either a large chunk of stone or iron, he said.
Usually, meteorites that cause a streak in the sky tend to be only the size of sand or a pea, Eicher said. This one--assuming it was one--may have come from April's Lyrid meteorite showers as debris from a comet named Thatcher after the man who first discovered it in 1861.
"It was probably a very large chunk, relatively speaking, of cometary debris that was left in the wake, the trail, of this comet's orbit,'' he said.
While he could not point to the object and definitively say it was a meteor, he said circumstantial evidence points to it--chiefly, that the sighting came during the Lyrid showers, which will reach their peak Saturday.
According to lore, the Thatcher comet was regarded with fear when it was first observed because it came after the raid on Fort Sumter by Confederate troops that started the Civil War.
Reports of meteor sightings about 10 p.m. Wednesday came in to the National Weather Service from wide areas across the Midwest. News outlets from Missouri to Minnesota and east to Michigan reported sightings.
In a statement on its Web site, the National Weather Service office in the Quad Cities said:
"Just after 10 pm CDT Wednesday evening April 14th, a fireball or very bright meteor was observed streaking across the sky. The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east.
"Well before it reached the horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was lost from sight. The fireball was seen across Northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin. Several reports of a prolonged sonic boom were received from areas north of Highway 20, along with shaking of homes, trees and various other objects including wind chimes. As of late Wednesday evening, it is unknown whether any portion of this meteorite hit the ground."
National Weather Service radar in LaCrosse, Wis., showed the object between 6,000 and 12,000 feet, heading from northwest to southeast over Grant and Iowa counties.
(The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences has a series of time lapse photos of the event as seen from Madison; an Iowa sheriff's department captured video of the flash that's been posted on YouTube.)
Christine McMorris was in her Woodstock home looking out her kitchen window as she washed dishes and talked with a friend when she noticed a bright light coming from the sky.
"All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye, I saw this huge ball of fire and a huge light,'' said McMorris. "I was like what the hell was that?"
She didn't believe the light signaled the end of the world because she had seen many shooting stars from her travels to the Western United States. But last night put those to shame.
"They are minuscule compared to this, it was enormous,'' she said.
She said as the object traveled closer to the surface, its intensity diminished until she lost sight of it after five to 10 seconds. She said it didn't have a tail.
"It was truly spectacular,'' she said.
Becky Hoffman, who lives on a farm near Dixon, said she and her husband were getting ready for bed when they looked out and saw a "big glow" in the sky. She found it strange because the air was clear of storm clouds. She said she is about an hour and a half from the Wisconsin border and noticed the light north of her home.
"We thought it might've been a transformer blowing up in the area,'' she said, but she dismissed that thought quickly because she and her husband did not hear any explosions.
She said the object had a reddish-orange glow to it. She didn't think anything of it until she turned on the radio this morning and heard that it probably was a meteor.
"That's what it was, I saw it,'' said Hoffman. "I thought it was pretty exciting, I just want to know where it ended up at. Did it disintegrate into the skyline or did it actually hit ground?"
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Avatar face girl needs help for operation
The parents of a young Chinese women dubbed "Avatar girl" have appealed for help for an operation to save their daughter's life.
Twenty-two-year old Wu Xiaoyan's parents have been unable to afford the medical costs and have had to watch helplessly as their beloved daughter's face twisted out of shape - leaving her looking like one of the creations from the Avatar movie.
Doctor Liao Quiqing from the hospital that is treating her in Lishui Zhejang, Southern China said: "She now has a severe facial deformity - a Fibrous Dysplasia.
"She cannot breathe through her nose or smell and can no longer see properly. She is very brave and doesn't complain but she must be in a lot of pain.
"Because her tumor has already occupied two-thirds of the face we want to remove it and then carry out chemotherapy and radiotherapy."
But the family that has already spent £10,000 on treatment cannot afford the extra £20,000 needed to complete the surgery.
All the family members are farmers and have little more than £100 a month income each. In addition her mother has been incapacitated after a stroke and the father is struggling to look after her and continue to make a living.
Twenty-two-year old Wu Xiaoyan's parents have been unable to afford the medical costs and have had to watch helplessly as their beloved daughter's face twisted out of shape - leaving her looking like one of the creations from the Avatar movie.
Doctor Liao Quiqing from the hospital that is treating her in Lishui Zhejang, Southern China said: "She now has a severe facial deformity - a Fibrous Dysplasia.
"She cannot breathe through her nose or smell and can no longer see properly. She is very brave and doesn't complain but she must be in a lot of pain.
"Because her tumor has already occupied two-thirds of the face we want to remove it and then carry out chemotherapy and radiotherapy."
But the family that has already spent £10,000 on treatment cannot afford the extra £20,000 needed to complete the surgery.
All the family members are farmers and have little more than £100 a month income each. In addition her mother has been incapacitated after a stroke and the father is struggling to look after her and continue to make a living.
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