News of the Imbalance
May – June 2010

Hurricane Alex churns toward Mexican coast
CNN, 30th June 2010

Hurricane Alex churned through the western Gulf of Mexico overnight, slowly picking up steam as officials in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas made preparations. The Category 1 storm, which became the first June hurricane to form on the Atlantic side of the United States since 1995, is expected to make landfall Wednesday evening.

At 5 a.m. ET, Alex was moving west-northwest at 7 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and was about 235 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas, and 175 miles east of La Pesca, Mexico. President Obama issued a federal emergency declaration for Texas ahead of the expected arrival of Alex, the White House said Tuesday night.

Comment: After listening to Matt Simmons, you really have to wonder... So, now we wait to see what happens when gale force winds blow across the shoreline.

FEMA Prepares For Landfall Of Hurricane Alex
Fema.gov, 30th June 2010

Alex – first Atlantic Hurricane of 2010
Satellite Radar animation
Public health concerns rise along US Gulf Coast
RT News, 1st July 2010
"What can go wrong will go wrong. Such is the case for the Gulf Coast and the unending saga of the BP oil spill that’s now in its eleventh week. [...]

Winds from Hurricane Alex are pushing tar balls as large as apples onto Gulf Coast beaches. This has stopped cleanup efforts momentarily and even undone some of the spill control. As one marine scientist put it, “We lost all the progress we made.” YouTube version Gulf Coast, grab your gas masks!
World's largest skimmer arrives in Gulf as Alex disrupts oil cleanup
CNN, 1st July 2010
Alex is expected to blow liquid oil onshore! Amazing weather report!
How can this happen!?! Logical thinkers tell people what to expect and they are vilified in the media and then people are given no official warning of the same massive dangers until it's too late!!!! How many people have got gas masks? Absolutely unbelievable! The RT & CNN news pieces are basically telling people nicely that BP has poisoned the environment and you will probably get sick and most likely you will probably die soon after! At times, it's almost feels like these news reports are parody, telling the sheeple what's about to happen to them....
Allegations Emerge BP Is Dumping Sand To Cover Oil
Huffington Post, 1st July 2010
Adding insult to injury

Electric Biology
Thunderbolts.info, 30th June 2010

Experiments with electrostatic fields might illuminate biological diversity.

A major problem in biology is the internal motion of proteins. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania using Magnetic Resonance Imaging were surprised to discover that the calmodulin protein molecule possesses an internal "jitter" that shakes it billions of times per second. This revelation led them to conclude that it is not merely the complex folded shape of such molecules that affects their function, but their internal movement.

According to Dr. Joshua Wand, “The situation is akin to the discussion in astrophysics in which theoreticians predict that there is dark matter, or energy, that no one has yet seen.”

Where the internal energy necessary for protein binding comes from is unknown at the present time, but it seems likely, based on research with electrostatic fields on various organisms, that there is an electrical component to the source. Cell walls are arranged in a double layer configuration with positive and negative ion channels built-in.

A book called The Primeval Code (Der Urzeit-Code) was recently published in Switzerland, detailing experiments that demonstrate how a changing electric field can alter gametes so much that new species are created.

Comment: This is the original source article: The "Primeval Code" – the ecological alternative to controversial genetic engineering!. This is fascinating! OK, we have emphasis on an electrostatic field here but it's the magnetic field that delivers higher dimensional information, but I wonder if the higher potential means unhelpful environmental signals are kept at bay. We know that certain environmental signals cannot be shielded against and they deliver the higher dimensional DNA templates. So, according to the research of pioneers like Harold Saxon Burr, from Yale who was researching in the 1940s, the growth of a seed or egg is directed by the electromagnetic field that surrounds it, so presumably if that field changes, the instructions will change too. Smith is talking about electric arcs sweeping across Earth.... generating evolutionary change.... the answer to that is, yes it's coming!

Cosmic noise could point to space storms
Scientists focus on solar wind’s soft X-rays, once seen as interference
MSNBC News, 30th June 2010

A signal astrophysicists once dismissed as contamination of X-ray observations could actually improve forecasts of dangerous space weather that threatens Earth.

Charged particles within the solar wind give off so-called soft X-rays when they collide with the magnetic field that shrouds Earth. The soft X-rays have longer wavelengths and lower frequencies than their hard X-ray cousins.

This signal was once dismissed as local cosmic noise that interfered with space observatory surveys of hot, distant objects such as supernovas, until some scientists realized its significance for Earth.

Comment: Another reminder of the curse of ignorance and arrogance, which is particularly worrying trait for a scientist. In fact, I can't imagine how people would think that when something comes along that they don't understand, it must be rubbish.... Mind you, some of the most stupid, uneducated people I have ever come across in my life, still thought they knew more than others... As I say, the mixture of ignorance and arrogance is a curse...

The Gulf of Mexico
Inexplicata, 29th June 2010

The oil industry has the talents of the best geologists and geotechnicians at its service, and is the employer of choice for these disciplines. However, one wonders if an effort to keep the location of a major petroleum strike confidential -- having invested millions in 2--D and 3-D seismic mapping -- BP's quest for oil led it to pierce the main chamber, or a subsidiary one, of an unusual geological phenomenon discovered six years ago.

In the spring of 2003, the German research vessel RV Sonne was engaged in a routine survey of the underwater geological feature known as the Campeche Escarpment at a depths in excess of three thousand meters. Previous imagery of this location had shown the presence of intriguing traces of oil floating in the sea, and the oceanographic vessel deployed a complex video and still camera system to get a better idea of the phenomenon. [...]

The team’s dutiful research into this geological puzzle yielded unexpected results. All their data suggested that the “volcano” they had discovered spewed asphalt instead of lava – something they had never witnessed before. Several kilograms of random samples from the seabed only confirmed their astonishing discovery.

The underwater feature was given the name Chapapote, the Nahuatl term for tar. [...]

Natural tar deposits, millions of years old, are often associated with oil fields, emitting large bubbles of gas. This new geological feature presented signs of natural methane hydrates and hydrocarbons.

These findings were published in Science, May 14, 2004.

Comment: Some FACTS! There has been lots of speculation, but this is the first article I have come across that has cited scientific research that implies that BP has really hit a asphalt volcano in the Gulf of Mexico. This research was even published in Science, so I really don't understand how this 'mistake' could have been made... Hells bells!

Rare 1970s BP Offshore Oil Strike board game donated to toy museum
Saffron Walden Reporter, 6th July 2010
I suppose to the 'Powers That Be' destroying the planet is just another game...

New $10M X Prize Announced for Solution to Gulf Oil Spill Crisis
Politics Daily, 29th June 2010

A mention of the "X Prize" typically conjures up images of experimental, futuristic commercial spacecraft -- particularly the SpaceShipOne, which won the $10 million Ansari X Prize in 2004.

But today the X Prize came down to earth. Far down, in fact: below the waters of the gulf, where an estimated 40,000 barrels continue to spew from BP's uncapped well every day.

The nonprofit X Prize Foundation -- created by space-age entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Diamandis -- announced today at the TEDxOilSpill conference that it would be offering a new $10 million bounty "for smart ideas on how to handle the oil spill."

Comment: ??? Maybe this is a publicity stunt, but in bad taste. Don't they think it's too late! Dick Cheney reduced the amount of safety considerations for BP so they could save money and the result is a potential Extinction Level Event. It seems that the US government had no idea about the real dangers of deep water drilling in the Gulf and no disaster recovery plan was asked for if things went drastically wrong... It's obvious, the US government don't have the critical thinking skills to handle this disaster, as the expertise of taking the next bribe from a corporation is not really much help. The only people on the planet that may have the relevant experience is the Russians, but would the US really asking them for help, even if it meant saving the planet? So far, they have been quite adept at helping BP cover up the scale of the disaster, but the 20 billion dollar BP "shakedown" probably won't cover the true costs. The article mentions at the end that BP has rejected the advice of entrepreneurs, this was at a time when it was thought these offers may have made a difference, but since BP has been lying from day the disaster went public and the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up, it may be that accepting help might have thwarted the cover up.

Pope launches team to 're-evangelise' the West
The Telegraph, 29th June 2010

Benedict XVI announced the creation of a new Vatican department dedicated to tackling what he called "a grave crisis in the sense of the Christian faith and the role of the Church."

He expressed deep concerns that previously staunch Catholic countries in Europe and North America were facing "the eclipse of a sense of God". Tens of thousands of worshippers are deserting the Church over issues such as clerical sex abuse and the ban on married priests.

Comment: They must be joking, there is too much scandal. The Catholic Church needs to clean house and quite frankly, things are so bad, I can't see how that can be done. The church in it's present form is finished.

Plato's stave: academic cracks philosopher's musical code
The Guardian News, 29th June 2010

Historian claims Plato's manuscripts are mathematically ordered according to 12-note scale

It may sound like the plot of a Dan Brown novel, but an academic at the University of Manchester claims to have cracked a mathematical and musical code in the works of Plato.

Jay Kennedy, a historian and philosopher of science, described his findings as "like opening a tomb and discovering new works by Plato."

Plato is revealed to be a Pythagorean who understood the basic structure of the universe to be mathematical, anticipating the scientific revolution of Galileo and Newton by 2,000 years.

Kennedy's breakthrough, published in the journal Apeiron this week, is based on stichometry: the measure of ancient texts by standard line lengths. Kennedy used a computer to restore the most accurate contemporary versions of Plato's manuscripts to their original form, which would consist of lines of 35 characters, with no spaces or punctuation. What he found was that within a margin of error of just one or two percent, many of Plato's dialogues had line lengths based on round multiples of twelve hundred.

Comment: These numbers seem appear to be a nice example of how Plato encoded astronomical information about the divisions of the precessional cycle in an attempt to preserve even more ancient knowledge. At the same time, Plato could have embedded the mathematical laws related to the harmonics of the universe that modern day scientists have rediscovered.

Department of Energy: Segments of Oil Well Casing Were Violently Ejected Upwards Into the Blowout Preventer
Washington Blogspot, 28th June 2010

Oil industry expert Matt Simmons has said for many weeks that the well casing was destroyed by the initial explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig.

He said that when oil wells blow out, the casing often shoots up above ground. He has been ridiculed by many because no one has seen well casing on the seafloor. But the Department of Energy has just partly exonerated Simmons.

Comment: It's interesting that Simmons spoke the truth and there were immediate attempts to discredit him, but now he is being exonerated. He has just given another amazing interview and states that BP have been lying all along and things are dire.

TruNews Interview of Matt Simmons on BP Oil Crisis 28th June 2010 1-6
Incredible interview!
Matthew Simmons interview start at 7:52. He says that BP has been lying from the start and that the real problem is an open hole 10 miles away. The US government has been duped as they believed BP, but the facts did not stack up and so they only started to realise that BP were lying about 2 weeks ago. At this point, they sent out crews to check what was really going on. He now estimates that the largest oil slick is 400 feet deep, 120 miles wide and maybe 10 miles wide of thick sludge on the sea floor. Simmons talks about hurricanes in part 3 churning up the massive lake of oil that is now covering 40% of the Gulf of Mexico and releasing deadly toxins that are worse than mustard gas. Simmons says a couple of times that BP top executives will end up in jail for manslaughter, but he also talks about the culture of saving money and cost cutting which is an attitude that is still very ingrained. Simmons talks about the real possibilities of biggest power blackout in the history of America, fuel shortage and water desalinisation plants shutting down, plus much more. The interviewer Rick Wiles, is so shocked that Simmons is being allowed to ramble but the information is still sensational. He says that if someone wrote this as a sci-fi book, no one would have believed it possible, but it's happening.... Videos 1- 6 on GLP, here
Download TruNews Interview of Matt Simmons on BP Oil Crisis 28th June 2010 MP3
Senasational Claims By Matt Simmons About The BP Leak
The Big Picture, 30th May 2010
People are now so shocked by what Simmons is saying that people are looking for evidence to backup what he says. There is a quote from Bloomberg News (28th) that has gone unnoticed: "James H. Cowan Jr., a professor at Louisiana State University, said his crew on Wednesday found a plume of oil in a section of the gulf 75 miles northwest of the source of the leak.

Cowan said that his crew sent a remotely controlled submarine into the water, and found it full of oily globules, from the size of a thumbnail to the size of a golf ball. Unlike the plume found east of the leak — in which the oil was so dissolved that contaminated water appeared clear — Cowan said the oil at this site was so thick that it covered the lights on the submarine.
[...]
This discovery seems to confirm the fears of some scientists that — because of the depth of the leak and the heavy use of chemical “dispersants” — this spill was behaving differently than others. Instead of floating on top of the water, it may be moving beneath it."

Sex complaint against Gore is detailed, credible
Washington Examiner, 29th June 2010

The allegation that Al Gore sexually assaulted a woman in a Portland, Ore., hotel room nearly four years ago has dealt a serious blow to the former vice president's story that he and wife Tipper simply "grew apart" after 40 years of marriage.

The police report of the masseuse's complaint is 73 pages long and extremely detailed. According to the document, she got a call from the front desk of the trendy Hotel Lucia on the night of Oct. 24, 2006. The hotel had a special guest. Could she come at 10:30 p.m.?

Comment: I was going to completely ignore this allegation, even the New Agey stuff about his second chakra, until I read the following, as I don't think a woman being blackmailed by the threat of global warming is acceptable. I am sorry, but this cannot be allowed to pass.

"Finally she got away. Later, she talked to friends, liberals like herself, who advised against telling police. One asked her "to just suck it up; otherwise, the world's going to be destroyed from global warming."

In April 2010, Investors Weekly Business had an article, A Complete List Of Bad Things Attributed To Global Warming, at that time there was 756 things, but the list now stands at 760. 'Gore omnipresence' was listed, but surely that does not include him being allowed to molest women, so I am sure a new category will be added...

Bright light anomalies stealing the UFO headlines lately [US]
UFO Examiner, 29th June 2010

Unidentified bright lights in the sky - or sometimes described as spheres - are currently reported around the country with some overlapping detail and in alarming frequency, according to reports filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The sphere UFO is typically - silent - moving in a controlled manner - hovering - and moving in speeds unknown to current technology. Some recent reports include additional details. There are witnesses who describe the sphere as getting dimmer and then blinking out - disappearing, instead of moving away.

Comment: When I was much younger and those around me were impatient we would sing the following like an anthem or hymn: 'Why, are we waiting, why are we waiting, why, are waiting......' I am quite fed up waiting for people to wake up! The orbs are NOT going anywhere, this is a fundamental shift in the fabric of space-time, when will these ufologists get it! The radar angels are appearing, The ancestors are back! More and more reports:

California witness describes silent, bright light UFO moving at low altitude [US]
"This object was a bright light and I could see no other "parts". It was moving eastward and made no sound. There were no blinking lights and I could see nothing that would indicate an airplane of any sort."

UFO Orbs over Lover's Key National Park Fort Myers Beach Florida 06/15/10 [US]
Forced to make a comment here. Sometimes, the bs is too hard to cope with.

Large, Glowing UFO Seen over Portland, Oregon [US]
"I saw an extremely bright light that had the appearance of the North Star only about 10 times brighter and much bigger. It was so bright I had to squint... AT NIGHT!"

Idaho aircraft mechanic reports Bright Light UFOs on multiple nights
"An Idaho aircraft mechanic and student pilot is trying to explain what appeared to be intelligently controlled lights moving across the sky with no signs of FAA required navigation lights, rotating beacons, or strobes, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database."
Orbs will occasionally try to pass themselves off as planes but most of the time, they don't.

Dramatic! Pilot sees fiery orange ball on fire! - Harlech, Wales
UK UFO Sightings, 28th June 2010

Location of Sighting: Harlech, Gwynedd,
Date of Sighting: 27 June 2010, Time: 23-33

Witness Statement: This has to be one of the most dramatic UFO sightings I have ever witnessed. I was inside the garden shed preparing to lock up up for the evening. The automatic security light outside the house had just cut out and I then turned off the shed light. On instinct I opened the curtain briefly and saw a fiery orange ball (it seemed as though it was on fire).

The object was huge and from my position looked very close to the beach which was to the West from my observation point. Coming from the South it was descending at an angle of 45 degrees heading North West. I estimated the initial height to be 500' to 750' (five hundred to seven hundred and fifty feet) and my estimated sighting time was one to 1.5 seconds it had disappeared down to sea level or down to rooftop leveI.

Calculating that figure I estimate the speed to have been approximately 200 to 300 mph (300 to be the higher altitude) The shape of the object was similar to a shuttlecock with flames of bright orange emanating from it and seemed to be burning fiercely.

The one thing that stood out the most was it’s rate of descent and the attitude which seemed very unusual. I immediately went outside to take it all in, and approximately fifteen to thirty seconds later I distinctly heard two dull thuds similar to an impact (not shotgun blasts), quite loud, but very distant. I can safely say it was not a lantern. or a meteorite. A qualified private pilot for thirty years I can safely say that using my judgement this report is as accurate as far as I can recall.

Comment: The UK Sightings website is now back listing new sightings. This report has been picked out because we expect pilots, whether privately trained or not, to be able to understand exactly what they are seeing, the description of a shuttlecock is similar to other reports over the last few years and is a good way to explain a short trail of energy. According to scientists who have been researching "Light phenomena" for 25 years, these balls of fire are plasmoids, ie plasma trapped within it's own magnetic field, but in reality, they are conscious living entities.

Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder
Natural News, 29th June 2010

In its never-ending attempt to fabricate "mental disorders" out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they've invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.

This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods, you're "mentally diseased" and probably need some sort of chemical treatment involving powerful psychotropic drugs. The Guardian newspaper reports, "Fixation with healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder" and goes on to claim this "disease" is called orthorexia nervosa -- which is basically just Latin for "nervous about correct eating."

Comment: Hmmm...

The New Space Junk Blame Game
WUWT, 27th June 2010

Space junk, those bits and pieces dropped by astronauts, or resulting from explosion of upper stages, or collisions of satellites or ASAT tests, are a major safety hazard in Low Earth Orbit and are a growing issue in Geosynchronous Orbit

[...] However, the point of this post is to discuss a recent New Scientist story that is trying an attempt to revise scientific history, much as the Hockey Team has attempted with the LIA and MWP in the temperature record. New Scientist’s article is trying to claim that the cooler upper atmosphere and continued space junk problem is not due to the solar minimum at all, but due to CO2 induced Global Warming! Yes, that carbon dioxide is not just a car wax, a tooth polish, a paint remover AND an atmospheric warmer, it is also an atmospheric cooler…

Comment: I can't understand this article because they are claiming that NASA and NOAA do not agree with the concept of CO2 causing COOLING in the upper atmosphere, but that is EXACTLY what has been reported before! This is old news... From the article Earth's Upper Atmosphere Cooling Dramatically, 17th December 2009, at space.com, we read:

"When the sun is relatively inactive — as it has been in recent years — the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere cools dramatically, new observations find." [...] "Knowing just how the energy flowing out from the sun naturally impacts the state of the thermosphere also will help scientists test predictions that man's emissions of carbon dioxide should cool this layer. (While that may seem to contradict the idea of global warming, it has long been known that carbon dioxide causes warming in the lowest part of the atmosphere and cooling in the upper layers of the atmosphere.)" link

There is even a nice video Why Earth's Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling. Obviously, NASA sponsors many different scientists with different opinions but up until now they have been clear that more CO2 cools the upper atmosphere. Watts et al. should stay away from scientists in the space community, they are NOT climate scientists and if satellites are wandering out of orbit they want to know exactly why, they have no interest in convincing the general public about the merits of CO2.

3rd UPDATE: Gulf Oil Workers Being Evacuated Due To Tropical Storm Alex
Wall Street Journal, 28th June 2010

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Tropical Storm Alex, expected to become a hurricane Tuesday, seems to be headed on a path away from the bulk of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico's oil and gas production and refining infrastructure. But some production impact will be felt as one of the largest energy producers in the Gulf said Monday it was shutting down several platforms as a precaution.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said it had pulled 700 workers from its Gulf operations, and some 835 workers remained offshore. The company is shutting in production from its Western and Central Gulf of Mexico assets to prepare for the potential full evacuation of personnel Tuesday. The company started pulling workers from the Gulf over the weekend. The company didn't specify how much production would be shut or how many platforms were being evacuated.

At 11 a.m. EDT, Alex was located about 85 miles west-northwest of Campeche, Mexico, in the western Gulf of Mexico, and was heading towards southern Texas and northern Mexico. Most U.S. offshore oil and gas platforms are located in the eastern part of the Gulf, far from Alex's forecast path. [...]

While the storm's winds are expected to stay far to the west of the Deepwater Horizon spill, high seas are likely to become an issue this week, said Kent Wells, a senior vice president with BP, in a press briefing. [...] A hurricane watch was issued for parts of the south Texas Gulf coastline area and parts of northern Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reported Monday on its website.

Comment: See below:

Tropical Storm Alex crosses the Yucatan Peninsula - GoesSat_June28_28_2010
"HD GOES Satellite view over 2 days as Tropical Storm Alex crosses the Yucatan Peninsula. It hit Belize with 65 mph winds, then weakened as it reemerged over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico with 35 mph winds."
Alex Storm Surge
"Tropical system "Alex" moves west while "surge" dissociates and moves east into Gulf of Mexico making landfall on Louisiana coast. This map is from magicseaweed.com"
NOAA Hurricane Center: Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center

Mysterious new crop circles at UFO capital of Britain in Wiltshire
Metro News, 28th June 2010

Nearly 200 crop circles have appeared in just one formation not far from Warminster, Wiltshire, known as the UFO capital of Britain.

The circular 90m (300ft) design, believed to represent the passage of the Moon and Sun, contains 193 rings, including six key circles and a seventh in the centre.

Crop circle expert Karen Alexander said: ‘This is the most complex circle so far this year.’ The formation, near the village of Mere, is the first in the area since 1997.

Comment: It's wonderful that the mainstream press paying so much attention. Here are more images at CCC White Sheet Hill, Nr Mere, Wiltshire. Reported 25th June. & comments and here is an article, White Sheet Hill, Nr Mere, Wiltshire - Decoding pictogram 25th June supposedly from two Russian women scientists. I am not overly enthusiastic with the style of presentation, but I can't completeley disagree with the final statement, as stated below:

Despite obvious unwillingness of mankind to understand a problem ETC constantly transfer messages through crop circles about necessity of the Transition to the next cycle of life through the united consciousness.

I think it's obvious there is not a united consciousness on this planet and there never would be either. I think we can only talk in terms of higher consciousness and how that is expressed. It's been enlightening for me to mix with people who claim spirituality but their behaviour clearly reveals they have not travelled very far in turns of evolving their consciousness, being able to parot New Age 'sound bites' is not a sign of advancement.

Reaching too Far, Delving too Deep: The Well from Hell
BP Knows it will get Worse, much Worse
Global Researcher, 27th June 2010

The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame. — Saruman, The Lord of the Rings

There is something primordial about BP's quest for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. It's an Icarus-like story of super-ambition; of reaching too far, delving too deep.

I don't know if you've stopped to contemplate what BP was trying to do... The well itself started 5,000 feet below the surface. That's the depth of the Grand Canyon from the rim. And then the company attempted to drill more than 30,000 feet below that — Mt. Everest would give 972 feet to spare. Furthermore, the company sought oil in a dangerous area of the seabed.

Comment: Others have already made this comparison with the book Lord of the Rings, here is a quote from GLP:

I have finally figured out the sentence that has bugged me all this time!
to paraphase--- "The dwarves were greedy and they DUG TOO DEEP"!
Lord of the Rings in the Mines Of Moria!
THEY RELEASED THE BALROG!
I swear in my mind, this is what it seems.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 801199

[...]
"In Tolkiens first sequel of the triology, Silmarillion, Mordorth (1st evil entity) Spews black tar and gas out of his cavern...all crops, trees, lands are destroyed over night, and it keeps spreading...it almost sounded like oil...and thus the trolls, etc...easily conquered. All that part of the world was abandoned by men and elves...." link

Sometimes, stories are not stories, they are prophecies...

More related reports:

Status Report: BP Slick in Gulf
YouTube, 26th June 2010
"This was the most emotionally disturbing video I have ever done! A flight over the BP Slick Source where I saw at least 100 Dolphins in the oil, some dying. I also photographed a Sperm Whale covered in oil all around it's blow hole."
Lawrence Solomon: Avertible catastrophe
Financial Post, 25th June 2010
How U.S. labour and environmental rules blocked Dutch spill-cleanup technology
Top 15 Dumbest Quotes About the Gulf Oil Spill
"The Most Ridiculous and Delusional Statements About BP's Oil Spill Disaster"

The Toronto G20 Riot Fraud: Undercover Police engaged in Purposeful Provocation
At Tax Payers' Expense
Global Researcher, 27th June 2010

Toronto is right now in the midst of a massive government / media propaganda fraud. As events unfold, it is becoming increasingly clear that the 'Black Bloc' are undercover police operatives engaged in purposeful provocations to eclipse and invalidate legitimate G20 citizen protest by starting a riot. Government agents have been caught doing this before in Canada.

Canadian "Bureaucratic Economizing" Exposes The Fraud
That the ‘black bloc’ provocateurs and the uniformed armoured police are wearing in Toronto (as at Montebello) the identical government issued combat boots, has at least one positive aspect. It looks as if someone in the procurement bureaucracy was at least trying to do some economizing in the spending of the one billion dollars that this G20 fiasco has wrested from the taxpayers. Very sensibly, these bureaucrats wanted to provide the same sturdy combat boots for both the uniformed police officers as well as the undercover ones. How wonderfully Canadian.

Comment: Absolutely obvious.... come on, rioters wearing police riot gear... Well, since people don't make up enough trouble these days, we see report after report of trouble being made up by the controllers for political purposes, it's all so pathetic...

Savernake Forest, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire. Reported 23rd June
Crop Circle Connector, 26th June 2010

From article see link below: "Circle makers probably want to make the most of the remaining time. That is why they create new circles so frequently these days. All the circle researchers and photographers must be very busy chasing these new formations now. Their efforts are really appreciated..

All circles appeared recently have connections to each other. This one is relating to the 8 appeared at Chirton Bottom on June 16th. In that formation, circle makers depicted that geothermal energy is the future energy which will allow only two seasons on earth-summer and winter by opening and closing the energy outlet. In this circle, they continue to depict how the remaining two seasons will impact the water supply that human beings have been relying on."

Comment: See CCC article Interpretation of the Crop Circle Appeared at Savernake Forest, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire. Reported 23rd June. The article is shocking to me because one metaphysical source has been hinting about water and geothermal energy for years and it always struck me that they were pissing in the proverbial wind talking to New Agers. Well, well, well...

Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP
Yahoo News, 25th June 2010

It was treated as an oddball twist in the otherwise wrenching saga of the BP oil spill when Kevin Costner stepped forward to promote a device he said could work wonders in containing the spill's damage. But as Henry Fountain explains in the New York Times, the gadget in question — an oil-separating centrifuge — marks a major breakthrough in spill cleanup technology.

And BP, after trial runs with the device, is ordering 32 more of the Costner-endorsed centrifuges to aid the Gulf cleanup.

The "Waterworld" actor has invested some $20 million and spent the past 15 years in developing the centrifuges. He helped found a manufacturing company, Ocean Therapy Solutions, to advance his brother's research in spill cleanup technology. In testimony before Congress this month, Costner walked through the device's operation—explaining how it spins oil-contaminated water at a rapid speed, so as to separate out the oil and capture it in a containment tank:

Comment: Well, Kevin Costner is so high profile, with machines ready to go that BP dare not ignore this offer. However, it really makes you wonder about the sick state of the oil industry that obviously was not too bothered about promptly cleaning up their own mess and how that was achieved. Well, I am sure many think Costner is a true American hero, Hollywood style!

Butterfly Effect, Oil Gusher & Edge of Chaos: World Wide Summit?
Huffington Post, 25th June 2010

Does the flap of a Butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas? How we strive for predictability, which eludes us more than ever before, yet we don't often stop to ask ourselves: why? According to the Butterfly Effect, the slightest disturbance in one part of the world can trigger a chain of events that create a hurricane in another part of the world. [...]

It is clear that the disturbance to the natural environment caused by the oil gusher is more than the flapping of the butterfly's wing, which represents but a small change in the initial condition of the system. Given the change that the unprecedented oil gusher is bringing about in the global ecosystem, this is likely to cause a chain of events leading to substantial large-scale phenomena. Had this butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. It leads to the possibility of "Chaos", that whatever is the most unexpected thing at the time happens, ie, a true "Black Swan". As a result, nothing is predictable and even the slightest action can have the most complex reaction.

Comment: The author is talking about Black Swans so I could not resist, yes it's very pseudointellectual to talk about the butterfly effect, but this is really a Black Swan Event (and ironically, covered in oil). BP had no idea that their corporate greed and cutting corners would have such a massive detrimental impact and one could almost argue that there is clearly a lazy attitude that presided that if they do screw up it does not matter anyway. Unfortunately for them, they got this very badly wrong, it does matter. So, do you think the Chinese and Russians want a planet that is so badly degraded through human stupidity that it might not be able to support human life? We have talk of a world summit here but the American government could not even bring themselves to accept international offers of help at an early stage, almost like they are plotting their own demise, Atlantis V2.

Matt Simmons: 20 Million People In Gulf States May Have To Evacuate
Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill
The Washington Post, 23rd June 2010

An enduring feature of the gulf oil spill is that, even when you think you've heard the worst-case scenario, there's always another that's even more dire.

The base-line measures of the crisis have steadily worsened. The estimated flow rate keeps rising. The well is like something deranged, stronger than anyone anticipated. BP executives last month said they had a 60 to 70 percent chance of killing it with mud, but the well spit the mud out and kept blowing.

The net effect is that nothing about this well seems crazy anymore. Week by week, the truth of this disaster has drifted toward the stamping ground of the alarmists.

The most disturbing of the worst-case scenarios, one that is unsubstantiated but is driving much of the blog discussion, is that the Deepwater Horizon well has been so badly damaged that it has spawned multiple leaks from the seafloor, making containment impossible and a long-term solution much more complicated.

Comment: Well, talk of evacuations have been going on for weeks now and 2 potential hurricanes are now brewing, I have posted enough information about how bad things are, but it could get a whole lot worse. I am sorry to say that people are predicting millions dead. I imagine it will made up from those who are most vulnerable and those who believe the U.S. government and MSM the most. The Katrina hurricane was just warm-up. Anyway, the reports of the U.S government refusing international offers of help implies that if they accept offers, it won't be so easy for them to cover up the scale of this disaster and then if the Gulf goes BOOM then they have a liability issue, (but see the Jones Act info below). It seems they are trying to minimise this and they don't seem to matter if it's their own citizens that get killed. Well this is all so sick and twisted as to defy comprehension. Sorry, but I am not going to speculate on the reasons, there is plenty of theories elsewhere.

NOAA Hurricance Center
Two hurricanes forming, 25th June 2PM EDT 80% chance of formation

Hurricane advisory map 25 June 2010, 18:45 UTC
An Oilicane?
Energy Tribune, 21st June 2010
By meterologist Art Horn
Senator LeMieux on BP spill
Offers of international help turned down, but why?
30 International Offers Of Oil Spill Support Obama Has Thrown Out The Window
Business Insider, 22nd June 2010
Nice slide show of offers turned down
Concerns Grow Over Long-Term Health Effects of Oil Spill
Fox News, 24th June 2010
Here's The Real Reason America Refused International Help On The Oil Spill
Business Insider, 9th June 2010
Explanation of the Jones Act

BP-style horrors coming your way Important New Links
Asia Times, 24th June 2010

On June 15, in their testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the chief executives of America's leading oil companies argued that BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was an aberration - something that would not have occurred with proper corporate oversight and will not happen again once proper safeguards are put in place.

This is fallacious, if not an outright lie. The Deepwater Horizon explosion was the inevitable result of a relentless effort to extract oil from ever deeper and more hazardous locations. In fact, as long as the industry continues its relentless, reckless pursuit of "extreme energy" - oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium obtained from geologically, environmentally, and politically unsafe areas - more such calamities are destined to occur. [...]

When a dozen American oil workers are executed and a like number held hostage by a newly announced rebel group, the president addresses the nation from the Oval Office, declares that US energy security is at risk, and sends 20,000 Marines and Army troops into the delta to join the Special Operations forces already there. Major port facilities are quickly secured, but the American expeditionary force soon finds itself literally in an oil quagmire, an almost unimaginable landscape of oil spills in which they find themselves fighting a set of interlocked insurgencies that show no sign of fading. Casualties rise as they attempt to protect far-flung pipelines in an impenetrable swamp not unlike the Mekong Delta of Vietnam War fame.

Comment: Well, this article is giving the reason why future oil catastrophes are much more likely if we stay the course... but there are some home truths thrown in for general consumption....

CDC advises “Everyone, including pregnant women” to avoid areas affected by spill; Expert says crude oil contains “some of the most toxic chemicals that we know”
Oil Florida, 22nd June 2010
"“It’s completely scientifically dishonest to pooh-pooh the potential here when you are talking about some of the most toxic chemicals that we know,” said Kramer, who is founder and president of consulting firm Epidemiology International in Hunt Valley, Maryland."
Oil spill: Aerial footage of Pensacola Beach [6:54] Terrible!
Pnj.com, 23rd June 2010
"Aerial video footage taken by personnel aboard an Escambia County Sheriff's Office helicopter helps to illustrate the extent of the oil and tar that blanketed Pensacola Beach on Wednesday."
Kids Playing in Oil Covered Destin Beach Fl June 23rd 2010
I-Witness Video
Kindra Arnesan - Gulf Emergency Summit - 19th June 2010
Video: Louisiana Woman Tells It How It Is! With Attitude!!
BP are already complaining that the clean-up operation is too expensive and they need to cut costs! That's how these idiots got into this mess in the first place!

Louisiana Official Furious at Obama: 'They All Need to Rot in Hell for This'
Fox News, 24th June 2010 Officials playing politics while Rome burns
Shell Oil ex-CEO: “Whole casing system is deteriorating”, “We’re just getting a gusher” Video: Excellent summary and comments from ex-Shell boss
Oil Florida, 24th June 2010
Shep Smith Rages On Fox News Colleague For Defending BP (VIDEO)
Huffington Post, 25th June 2010
I think there are going to be more screaming fits as this progresses

UFOs at the UN -- A Close Encounter
AOL News, 25th June 2010

(June 25) -- Will the European Union disclose any UFO files it might have, as one lawmaker called for several days ago, perhaps bringing new facts to a field long relegated by government officials as science fiction? Maybe, but this isn't the first time world leaders have had a close encounter with UFOs.

As AOL News reported here earlier this week, Italian Northern League party leader Mario Borghezio has urged all 27-member EU governments to open the books and reveal any previously secret UFO files.

Mario Borghezio, a member of the European Parliament, is lobbying the EU to release its secret UFO files. In Borghezio's declaration, he mentioned a 1978 United Nations summit in which "the 33rd General Assembly ... formally recognized UFOs as a valid issue."

Comment: It's only taken a week for this news to go mainstream, and now we have the name ot the Italian MEP. He knows that most ufologists are hyping up their fantasies and that the vast majority of UFO sightings are plasma phenomena, UAPs.

North Carolina witnesses watch orange light divide into nine-orb formation [US]
UFO Examiner, 25th June 2010

Nine witnesses in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, watched a "ball of reddish orange light" as a "small white light" appeared alongside it and shortly after, the orange light divided into nine orbs and formed a V-formation on June 22, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

"There was no sound and no other aircraft around, and it was about 10 degrees over the ocean's horizon, about 1 to 2 miles away," the witness stated.

Comment: Heh, even when eye-witnesses see orbs dividing infront of their eyes some ufologists want to make out that all the bright lights in the sky are spacecraft, but how can a spacecraft divide itself up? Now if you are new to this blog you may not have found the information about magnetospheric plasmoids which is the term that I use to call the entities that ride into our atmosphere and when they get low enough down they spilt up. Search the archives there are some good examples on video, Best of the Blog - Orbs, UAP Traffic & UFO Disclosure . Now, for the doubters, please think WHY the Queen's astrologer is scratching is head in public and saying that humans may never be able to understand the Universe. I find this hard to believe that this chappy was non the wiser, but we are being giving the impression that he has been clueless about the true natures of UFOs. Personally, I don't believe it.

Series of glowing white orbs reported moving over Pennsylvania skies [US]
UFO Examiner, 25th June 2010
"A Pennsylvania witness near the Delaware Water Gap reports observing a series of "glowing white orbs" at different altitudes on June 23 and 24, 2010, while similar anomalies are reported on the same date in four other states, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database."

UFO sighting: Bright orange lights [Australia]
"We counted 29 of them. We don’t know if there were many more before we walked out," she said. "The were bright orange lights with no tails, nothing around them. "It looked like dots but glowing, not really pulsing but almost like a flame."

Mystery crop circle attracts hundreds
Newbury Today, 24th June 2010

Some say they found crystals in its centre and another says it gave them healing powers

HUNDREDS of crop circle enthusiasts have been flocking from across Europe to a field near Inkpen to spot this intricate design that has appeared in barley.

Jamie Saddler, whose bungalow backs onto the field near Walbury Hill, near Combe, said: “Hundreds of people turned up on Sunday, on their way to summer solstice celebrations.

“There were people from Holland, Belgium and France. One group said they found a crystal in the middle of the crop circle and one person, from France, said that the circle gave them healing powers.” Scientific research has shown that, in some formations, the crop has been super-heated causing steam to blow vent holes in the stem nodes and indicating microwave radiation as a possible source.

Comment: It's very interesting to note that the MSM are starting to warm towards the crop circle phenomena. There are more pictures at Crop Circle connector Walbury Hill, nr Combe, Berkshire. Reported 12th June. and some intelligent comments that suggest I-Ching and the Ouroboros. I-Ching is thousands of years old and is all about the science of change. If anyone is talking about energy and change but there is no obvious link to I Ching, then I would be seriously suspicious. Comments

"Don't Taze my granny!"
Courthouse News, 24th June 2010

Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she couldn't breathe, after her grandson called 911 seeking medical assistance, the woman and her grandson claim in Oklahoma City Federal Court.

Though the grandson said, "Don't Taze my granny!" an El Reno police officer told another cop to "Taser her!" and wrote in his police report that he did so because the old woman "took a more aggressive posture in her bed," according to the complaint.

Lonnie Tinsley claims that he called 911 after he went to check on his grandmother, whom he found in her bed, "connected to a portable oxygen concentrator with a long hose." She is "in marginal health, [and] takes several prescribed medications daily," and "was unable to tell him exactly when she had taken her meds," so, Tinsley says, he called 911 "to ask for an emergency medical technician to come to her apartment to evaluate her."

In response, "as many as ten El Reno police" officers "pushed their way through the door," according to the complaint.

Comment: "Don't Taze my granny!" Unbelievable! Are U.S. cops going insane! To be honest, this reads like a spoof, but this is supposed to be Courthouse News! How much more crap can U.S. citizens take! This is the spiced up original story Police Taser El Reno woman

‘Green’ Energy Company Threatens Economics Professor … with Package of Dismantled Bomb Parts
Pajamas Media, 24th June 2010

Spain’s Dr. Gabriel Calzada — the author of a damning study concluding that Spain’s “green jobs” energy program has been a catastrophic economic failure — was mailed a dismantled bomb on Tuesday by solar energy company Thermotechnic.

Says Calzada: Before opening it, I called [Thermotechnic] to know what was inside … they answered, it was their answer to my energy pieces. Dr. Calzada contacted a terrorism expert to handle the package. The expert first performed a scan of the package, then opened it in front of a journalist, Dr. Calzada, and a private security expert.

The terrorism consultant said he had seen this before: This time you receive unconnected pieces. Next time it can explode in your hands. Dr. Calzada added: [The terrorism expert] told me that this was a warning. [...]

As I have previously reported at PJM (here and here), Spain’s “green jobs” program was repeatedly referenced by President Obama as a model for what he would like to implement in the United States. Following the release of Calzada’s report, Spain’s Socialist government has since acknowledged the debacle — both privately and publicly.

Comment: Well, we are seeing the darkside of the Greens.

Mystery glitch? Blame it on the sun
New Scientist, 23rd June 2010

[...] Relatively minor space storms now appear to be behind a range of mysterious mishaps - railway signals malfunctioning in Archangel province in north-western Russia, for example, between 2000 and 2005.

A study led by Eugenia Eroshenko of the Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation in Troitsk, Russia, examined episodes when signals turned red for minutes or even hours though the track ahead was clear, then spontaneously reverted to green.

Eroshenko's team found that 16 malfunctions of this sort observed between 2000 and 2005 coincided with space storms (Advances in Space Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.017). "We were surprised by such a clear correlation," Eroshenko says. How could space weather switch railroad signals from green to red?

Comment: The public are being told about Space Weather causing electromagnetic interference (EMI). I wrote about this in my book in 2006, but my main concern was EMI in humans. So now the EM environmental is far worse than when I was researching my book, some days the Earth's magnetic shield simply vanishes on the daylight side and sensitive people will notice, I did this week...

Botox May Affect Ability to Feel Emotions
Web MD, 23rd June 2010

Botox injections may do more than smooth your wrinkles and limit your facial expressions. These popular injections may also dampen your ability to feel emotions.

The study findings appear in the journal Emotions. Botox injections were the No. 1 nonsurgical cosmetic procedure performed in 2009, according to statistics by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

“For at least some emotions, if you take away some part of the facial expression, you take away some of the emotional experience,” says study researcher Joshua Ian Davis, PhD, a term assistant professor in the department of psychology at Barnard College in New York City.

“Whether this is a benefit or a detriment depends on your goals,” he says. Botox Dampens Emotions

Comment: Maybe, this has a really detrimental effect on some. Subsequently as a response, some think that they need more and more botox and cosmetic surgery until they end up looking ridiculous because they are unconsciously trying to get some of their feelings back...

Tropical Storm May Threaten BP’s Cleanup, Spread Oil (Update2)
Bloomberg Business Week, 22nd June 2010

June 22 (Bloomberg) -- The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season may enter the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, possibly disrupting BP Plc’s efforts to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

A system of thunderstorms in the Caribbean may strengthen into a tropical storm this week before heading into the Gulf between Mexico and Cuba, said Jim Rouiller, a senior energy meteorologist at Planalytics Inc. in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

The storm currently has a 40 percent chance of developing, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Comment: We simply don't know what will happen but I would worry about an unstable well that has been out of control for 2 months, in a geologically active area... People are extremely rattled and the rumourmill has turned into fact within weeks on this one. Unless there is some kind of miracle were are seeing an escalating Hollywood style apocalypse. One rumour I heard and I am only stating it because it is logical if they nuke this well and it goes wrong, but there is a chance of an underwater landslide and a tsunami, and variations on this theme, so the military folk are urging their families to move north of I-20. Check it out on the map. Sorry folks, but when geologists talk about Armageddon they are not joking... more back up doom below:

Has BP Summoned the Fires of Hell?
Rick Ackerman, 14th June 2010
The real consequences of an ocean floor collapse
Huliq News, 22nd June 2010
Could Gulf Oil Leak Lead to Methane-Bubble Tsunami? BP Responds Update
Politics Daily, 22nd June 2010
BP's View: "BP America spokesman Robert Wine told Surge Desk that Matai's claims were unfounded, saying: "Of course there's natural gas down there. That's what's coming up, that's what we've been burning this whole time. It's what caused the explosion in the first place, after all, so where does this idea of another bubble or explosion come from? It is a bit difficult to comment on the claims of unspecified geologists."
Word must spread very fast these days for BP to comment and one must assume that the information is coming from geologists who are frankly in shock...
Problem With Cap Causes More Oil to Gush in Gulf
New York Times, 23rd June 2010
Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high": U.S. scientist
Reuters, 22nd June 2010
History Channel Mega Disasters - Methane Explosion
"History Channel "Mega Disasters" series. This explores the controversial paper published by Northwestern University's Gregory Ryskin. His thesis: the oceans periodically produce massive eruptions of explosive methane gas... enough to cause global catastrophe on a regular basis!"
Deepwater Horizon Rig Oil Spill Monitoring
"We thank NOAA, NASA and ESA for providing our society with such wonderful Earth observing satellite data."

Mandala Formation in Greenfield, California
Human Resonance, 22nd June 2010

Greenfield, California - Two days ago I was leaving my family's farm with a friend, when we noticed something [in our field]. Another friend of mine flies the helicopter for the local news station. He agreed to take us up [to videotape the formation from the air]. There was nothing in the field the day before. The gate to our property was still locked.

Comment: Now, it's not spectacular compared to others found around the world, especially in the UK, but it seems that the messengers have not forgotten the United States, however bad things look there.

Seeking to Illuminate the Mysterious Placebo Effect
New York Times, 21st June 2010

The phrase “mind-body connection” has many connotations. For some, it’s shorthand for New Age quackery. For others, it’s a source of hope and a way to reconcile their spiritual life with modern science. [...]

That persistent question — why some people are more responsive to placebos than others — has long frustrated scientists. “There’s decades of research that has more or less failed,” Dr. Wager said. “New methods are going to let us get a lot more out of it.”

Solving the mystery would potentially unlock whole new areas for therapy. Dr. Wager recently attended a meeting sponsored by the National Institutes of Health about enlisting multiple institutions in an effort to understand placebos. Several drug companies were present; some have begun their own research into the mystery.

Dr. Wager (who receives financing from the N.I.H., the National Science Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation) says drug companies were cautious about bringing too much attention to placebos, but recognized a potential for better therapies.

But for him it is a deeper question, tied to his childhood religion and the way he sees the world. “What is the placebo effect?” he asked. “It’s not some weird magical thing that just kind of happened out of the blue.

“I think it’s connected to systems that generate emotional responses,” he continued. “It’s a window into ways in which psychological factors can affect brain and body factors that are related to health.”

Comment: Adequate research has been ongoing for decades, maybe this researcher could not be bothered to explain it. However the link here with emotions is very important as it points to the healthy state of the human electromagnetic field. The closed down unemotional zombies will NOT benefit from "The Placebo Effect".

Minor 5.0 earthquake causes damage in Canada, stories across Michigan
Mlive.com, 23rd June 2010

First, the ground shook. Next came amazement and a flurry of story-swapping from many West Michigan residents stunned to feel tremors from a 5.0 magnitude quake at 1:45 p.m. on the Ontario-Quebec border.

"It just felt like we were wiggling back and forth, and we all kind of stopped and looked at each other," said Metro Health employee Angie Gravelyn in Wyoming. "It just kind of kept doing it for 20 seconds or so. We thought maybe part of the building was sinking into the ground

Comment: The short video clip is quite funny... Well, things are heating up..., there were rainbow clouds and reports of 2 tornadoes too, see

YouTube Video: Cloud Rainbow? Toronto 2010-06-20
Well I have been talking about these very low frequency emissions that are precursor to earthquakes and they are becoming much more prevalent. The planetary refresh is going into the final stages and quite frankly things are starting to get hazardous. Society at large has not been interested so it's all coming as a bit of a shock and even those who claim to be spiritual, many are parroting their way into a New Age, and obviously don't understand what is happening.

Suspected tornado sparks state of emergency - Ontario, Canada
"Substantial damage"

UFO spotted in Suffolk? [UK]
Man claims multiple encounters since '97
Suffolk News Herald, 23rd June 2010

The first time Terrell Copeland saw a UFO was in 1997, when he was 15 years old. Since then, he’s seen them all over Suffolk and Isle of Wight — especially around the city’s lakes and landfills.

“They use large waterways to hide in, around the landfill – all over,” he said. “Most of the sightings are in my apartment – up close. One was just sitting over my apartment.” The objects he has seen flying in the air, he said, range from balls of light to elliptical objects and triangular objects.

Comment: Folks interacting with UFOs is now mainstream news.....!!!!!! As regulars will know, I am really only interested in promoting the idea of another life form that exists alongside us and is becoming more visible every day, but it is true that if you take a keen interest in some of these manifestations they will take a keen interest in you. More UK reports:

Strange lights spotted above Llandudno [UK]
"...the light was burning incredibly bright and just hovering there - so bright you couldn't really see what shape it was. It definitely wasn't a Chinese lantern. it was very strange."

Neighbours see strange lights - Linclude Scotland [UK]
" “I was called out by my neighbour because she had seen a bright orange light. “It was sort of orange red in colour with whitish edges."

UFOs seen from Cheltenham G.D.H.Q., England [UK]
"OK something strange is going on in the UK. I have already reported an sighting of orbs around the Cheltenham G.C.H.Q area and I am lucky enough to report three more."

Numerous bright orange lights over Walderslade, England [UK] "I'm also counting out Chinese lanterns, as like you, I have seen a lot of these to know what they look like..."

Orange flame object over Ashby De La Zouch, England [UK]
"The object looked like an orange flame, a glowing object. It was oval in shape with a dark orange flame like thing at the bottom and the top was rounded and well defined, i.e no flame at the top. It appeared like the flame was upside down."

Will the Evolution of "Intelligence" Prove to Be Constant in the Universe? (A Galaxy Classic)
Daily Galaxy, 22nd June 2010

[...] there is no trend toward human-like intelligence, and this whole idea of intelligence being convergent is just an empty claim based on what we want to believe about ourselves."

Only one species of the billions of species that have existed on Earth has shown an aptitude for radios and even we failed to build one during the first 99% of our 7 million year history. Current estimates say that are some 100 billion stars just in our Milky Way galaxy and 10 billion trillion stars in the observable universe.There are more stars in existence than days since the universe was formed.Yet, the deafening silence from space is not surprising. There must be other radio transmitters out there, but perhaps none in our galaxy. If homo sapiens survive long enough, time will tell.

We should not expect to see any other forms of life that are genetically, functionally and intellectually similar to us." Lineweaver emphasizes. "I strongly suspect that our closest relatives in the universe are here on Earth, and they're not likely to be elsewhere."

But NASA was listening and our future searches have been reconfigured to explore for non-carbon forms of life and the totally unknown.

Comment: UAPS are now in vogue! It's a constant drip drip drip of news resetting the agenda, but it looks like SETI has already changed track and looking for NON CARBON BASED LIFE FORMS!

Maybe ET's Calling, But We Have the Wrong Phone
Universe Today, 21st June 2010

Are We Overlooking Alien Beacons?
Discovery News, 21st June 2020

SETI Institute Names New Chief Alien Life Hunter
Space.com, 14th June 2010
I wonder if the new boss is interesting in making a name for himself and making the history books...

(Not so much) peace and love: Farmer's fury as crop circle appears next to heart-shaped wood on Summer Solstice
Daily Mail, 21st June 2010

The summer solstice is traditionally a time of peace and love. So it was particularly fitting that this crop circle should appear in a field in Wiltshire yesterday - right next to a heart-shaped wood.

But the sentiment wasn't exactly shared by the farmer whose land the circle appeared on. He blasted the design an 'act of vandalism'. A man claiming to be Gavin Davies, the farm's manager, posted an angry message on a website run by crop circle enthusiasts, urging them not to encourage people to visit the field.

He said: 'I have this morning noticed the circle on land that I manage. 'I do not support this vandalism, and demand that this circle, and the location are not reported on your website. 'We will be posting notices on the field stating we do not allow access to the circle, and will regularly monitor the field to ensure this is obeyed.'

Comment: At a time when people so many are stressed about living on this planets with crazies appearing to be in control, this crop circle gives a particularly nice sentiment from our cosmic nieghbours. I feel sorry for the farmer, it seems that the orbs are not interested in his pain... or bank balance... For more photos see Crop Circle Connector Vale of Pewsey. nr Oare. Wiltshire. Reported 21st June. In the comments it's been decoded as the golden ration, a nice touch of sacred geometry for those who understand how the universe workds, very nice...

Amazing videos of a rare debris filled tornado moving through Billings, Montana Sunday afternoon
Jackson Weather Examiner, 21st June 2010

One place you do not hear much about tornadoes is Montana but on Sunday, that all changed after a damaging tornado struck the city of Billings.

The National Weather Service in Billings, Montana issued a tornado warning at 424 pm MDT for Central Yellowstone County, Montana after trained weather spotters reported a tornado on the ground just southeast of the city of Billings.

The tornado was only moving at 10 mph to the northeast, which allowed many to capture amazing footage of the tornado as it moved through the heart of the city, causing major damage to the Rimrock Auto Arena at Metra Park, leaving pieces strewn over a �-mile area. The tornado also damaged a casino, a bar and a laundry operation in the city’s downtown area and leveled a glass shop and broke some gas mains.

Comment: The videos are awesome...

Billionaires plan to put the world to rights following secret supper
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are among those signing up to the greatest private donation in history
The Guardian, 20th June 2010

It was a dinner meeting that fed the appetites of the world's conspiracy theorists just as much as those sitting down to eat. Held in May 2009 at a secret location in New York, the meal was a meeting between some of the globe's richest billionaires, organised by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

A year later, we know what they were talking about. Not taking over the world, but working out ways to give away billions of dollars. [...]

The meeting was called the "first supper". There have been, according to Fortune, second and third suppers since then. Finally, a strategy has emerged around a "pledge" whereby billionaires who sign up promise to give away 50% of their net worth. If it works, the group will be the greatest private philanthropic effort in history

Comment: Maybe, the billionaires are actually frightened and think that throwing money at the situation will help. Unfortunately, corruption seems to be systemic, so the money will probably find it's way into the wrong hands and them be used for evil purposes. Well, we are living at a time when universal forces are now flooding the planet and I await some real positive action.

Egypt oil spill threatens Red Sea marine life
Yahoo News, 20th June 2010

CAIRO (AFP) – An oil spill off the Egyptian Red Sea coast of Hurghada threatening to damage marine life in the area has prompted environmental agencies to demand tighter regulation of offshore oil platforms.

Large quantities of oil have appeared in recent days around the resorts of Hurghada which draw millions of tourists who come to dive or snorkle, according to the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Agency.

"It started four or five days ago and the companies responsible didn't notify anyone. It is catastrophic," HEPCA Managing Director Amr Ali told AFP.

The spill was caused by leakage from an offshore oil platform north of Hurghada and has polluted protected areas and showed up on tourist beach resorts.

"The companies have said they will pay damages, but it is the environmental damage that we are concerned about," Ali said, declining to name the companies for legal reasons.

Comment: Probably pipeline corrosion due to Space Weather, it's now a major problem, something I pointed out in my book that was published in September 2006. Certain technological infrastructure is not able to cope, but of course, the money makers are too greedy and stupid to realise that they were fighting a losing battle... Apparently, BP is a long term offender here too, most likely this will knock the share price... see article with map

Oil spills poison the Red Sea
Oil Coating Seafloor and Killing Fish, Crabs ... and the American Dream
Washington's Blog, 20th June 2010
BP ‘burning sea turtles alive’
The Raw Story, 20th June 2010
"A rare and endangered species of sea turtle is being burned alive in BP's controlled burns of the oil swirling around the Gulf of Mexico, and a boat captain tasked with saving them says the company has blocked rescue efforts."
More great PR from BP

Crop markings are still a puzzle in scientific circles
The National, 19th June 2010

You have to hand it to those extra-terrestrials: they aren’t just smart, they’re artistic and witty. Every summer since the 1970s, they have parked their UFOs in fields around the world, and set about creating beautiful patterns somewhat prosaically named “crop circles”. And this summer they’ve outdone themselves, having just created a 90-metre wide design in a field in Wiltshire, England, which contains a secret message and a mathematical joke.

Comment: I am sure the crop circle makers will be thrilled with the compliments! Well the article misses the opportunity to point out that credible scientific research has been taking place see archives Best of the Blog 'Spectacular Crop Circles'. Researchers know that crop circles are formed in minutes, but even with a team of 50 people, some of the most sophisticated crop circles require lots of time in daylight, military organisation and GPS and then the results are crushed stems with no evidence to the microwaving that is found in genuine crop circles. People who want to believe that it's plasma swirling about miss the intelligence factor. Yet, it is most apparent that ignorant and arrogant humans don't want to believe in the existence of universal intelligences that can outshine humans period.

Global Seed Vault: National Geographic Explores The Arctic Facility (VIDEO)
Huffington Post, 18th June 2010

Take a look inside the global seed vault in this clip from National Geographic's upcoming 3-night special, "How The Earth Changed History". The seed vault, built to protect the world's food supply in the event of a global crisis, is located on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. It was built high enough to avoid rising sea levels, and deep enough into the mountain to be able to withstand a nuclear explosion. The vault is kept at a constant temperature of zero degrees to preserve its contents.

Comment: This 'Doomsday' seed vault has been organised in case of a global disaster where it was intitially claimed that one cause could be the complete break down of the world's electricty grid. Of course, as part of my Space Weather research, I picked that up immediately and the information was placed in the introduction of my book. Actually, I think there must be other vaults, because Svalbard does get the occasional earthquake... So, here we get a little look at what the elite have organised... maybe some need a little reassurance that everything will be alright... for them...

Where is the Oil Spill?
Washington's Blog, 18th June 2010

It's the largest environmental disaster in U.S. - and possibly world - history. But do you know exactly where it is? Could you point to a map and show where the oil rig sank?

Do you know what the topography of the surrounding area is? Hint: If you think it's flat seafloor - as implied by BPs drawings - you'd be wrong (the spill site is actually located within a giant canyon system, rather than on flat ground). This essay will provide some basic orientation as to ground zero for the oil spill. [...]

(1) The spill site is located in a steep canyon;
(2) There are hundreds of feet of loose mud and muck on top of the sea floor in this area; and
(3) Many deepwater, oi-rich areas within the Gulf are tectonically active.

Comment: Excellent information... But, how the hell did BP get permission to drill at this location. Unbelievable! More...

Chris Landau: B.P., Halliburton and Transocean Have Unleashed Armageddon and Now There is No Stopping It

Human race 'will be extinct within 100 years', claims leading scientist
Daily Mail, 18th June 2010

As the scientist who helped eradicate smallpox he certainly know a thing or two about extinction. And now Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.

He has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a population explosion and 'unbridled consumption.’ Fenner told The Australian newspaper that 'homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years.'

Comment: I think we are in for a re-birth, but there is a lot of deadwood to be got rid of first. That means that evolutionary changes driven by cosmic forces will determine that a new human with higher consciousness (mutant) will arise and Space Weather is set to zap those that no longer harmonize with Earth. I'm sorry if you don't like the idea but you need to study many subjects to realise that life on Earth has been destroyed many times before and recovered. I know there are people who feel secure because they have a bunker and gold but that is of zero interest to cosmic forces that can seriously sterilise this planet.

European Union Parliamentarian Calls For End to UFO Secrecy
UFO Blogger, 18th June 2010

After UFO Disclosure by UK, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Russia, and New Zealand government publishing its own x-files in public domain in next few weeks. And CIA disclosure document revealing that DIA Remote Viewers 'saw' Extraterrestrial on Saturn moon Titan.

Now the Italian EU MP Mario Borghezio on 14 June 2010, had tabled a written statement. In it he calls on member of states to disclosure the documents relating to UFOs. According to document :

1. Considers it essential to set up a scientific center for the analysis and dissemination of the scientific data gathered to date by various European bodies and governments;
2. Calls for public archives on UFOs to be opened up and for records to be declassified by the Member States, thus providing the public and the mass media with access to the full range of documentation on the subject;
3. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

So far 17 EU members have signed the statement. Disclosure request document had received the signatures of the majority of the EU Parliament.

The written statement P7_DCL (2010) 0057 also indicates that the UFOs are a major safety problem and further states that in the 33rd United Nations General Assembly in 1978 it was formally recognized as well.

According to UFO disclosure request document UFO sighting data collected by the Member States could "important scientific and technological impact" entail. Therefore urge the signatories not just "the opening of state archives on UFOs and the lifting of secrecy", but also propose the establishment of a scientific UFO observatory. Down-below is EU Parliament UFO Disclosure Request Document:

Comment: Due to information available on the internet, I strongly suspect that this Italian European MEP, is completely aware that UAPs represent another life form, and hence why he wants an observatory. That is NOT what you would ask for if one suspected that humanity was under any kind of threat. The other give away is the reference to 'safety', which should read 'aviation safety' and is an oblique reference to NARCAP's Spherical UAP and Aviation Safety: A Critical Review - April 2010 .

Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns
AP, 18th June 2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem.

The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographer who is studying the impact of methane from the spill.

That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.

"This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," Kessler said.

Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major component in the natural gas used to heat people's homes. Petroleum engineers typically burn off excess gas attached to crude before the oil is shipped off to the refinery. That's exactly what BP has done as it has captured more than 7.5 million gallons of crude from the breached well.

Comment: So, what we have here is a methane bomb. Every day, this is getting more and more apocalyptic... What's worse is people believe that it is likely to blow...

Did BP Start Losing Containment of the Oil Well in February?
Washington's Blog, 17th June 2010
A good summary of the evidence, we read: "...massive evidence that BP has been criminally negligent."
Deep sea methane: Energy Saviour Or Impending Disaster?
Science Notes , 2004 Proof that oil companies and drillers knew the risks were high.
"Normally, the pressure of hundreds of meters of water above keeps the frozen methane stable. But heat flowing from oil drilling and pipelines has the potential to slowly destabilize it, with possibly disastrous results: Melting hydrate might trigger underwater landslides as it decomposes. Scientists hypothesize, in fact, that 8,000 years ago, decomposing hydrate helped to generate a gigantic landslide under the North Sea. The resulting tsunami scoured the Norwegian fjords and scattered seafloor sediment across Holland and Scotland. While no one is predicting that drilling could catalyze an event of such catastrophic proportions, an underwater slide in an oil field could cause enormous environmental damage from oil spills that couldn’t be easily stopped."
BP scaring the crap out of people: dispersants having laxative effect on Floridians
Before It's News, 17th June 2010
"Air reeking of petroleum and oil fumes, rain tainted by petrochemicals and carcinogenic volatile organic compounds, combined with a predicted intense hurricane season and the possibility of a 20 milewide,[by 5 miles,] 10 foot high natural gas field in the Gulf exploding with catastrophic results, has become the perfect storm of disasters."
The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Is Making A Lot Of People Really Sick
End of the American Dream, 16th June 2010
"The most common symptoms being reported by oil spill disaster workers include vomiting, dizziness, headaches and shortness of breath."
16 Burning Questions About Gulf Oil Spill...
Silicon Investor, 17th June 2010
New video shows evolution of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, April 20-June 13
University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
YouTube, 18th June 2010
How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions This is not unrealistic...
"According to some geological experts, BP's operations set into motion a series of events that may be irreversible."
Richard Hoagland gave a good summary on Youtube link
Who Died And Made BP The King Of The Gulf Of Mexico?
Business Insider, 18th June 2010
"Over the last several weeks, members of the mainstream media attempting to cover the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been yelled at, harassed, kicked off public beaches and threatened with arrest. The Obama administration keeps promising "to improve media access", but so far their promises haven't seemed to make much difference. In fact, a recent AP report detailed several recent highly disturbing incidents of journalist intimidation...."

Bright white orb, pulsating lights
More UFO sightings baffle Capri residents
Marco Island Florida.com, 17th June 2010

On April 8, I wrote about the unusual sightings that my husband and I watched over Johnson's Bay for three consecutive nights.

We discovered that we were not the only ones to see the bright white ball of light that appeared out of nowhere and then sat silently about 150 feet above the water and mangroves March 27 through 29. [...] Chuck and Ginny Walton were the first to notice it May 26.

They came to our house and asked us to "come out to take a look." We took our binoculars and were in awe of what we saw.

It was globe-shaped, and appeared to resemble a huge gyroscope. It hovered about 200 feet over the water in Capri Pass off to the west of us. With the naked eye, we could see it pulsating a yellow and white light. With binoculars, each of us could see the exquisite details of the object.

Comment: This is an interesting report, but there is no mention of UFO, craft, ship or alien... but we are given an absolutely fascinating description and drawing of a large ball of light with smaller balls of light whirling around. If these entities have been showing up for a few weeks, you have to wonder why now... Note the proximity to the oil spill, see map, but we have to ask: where are the military? If this was a marauding alien entity, why don't the military stake out the place for target practice? When will folk get what's really going on? Maybe we will get some video footage, I think that would be awesome! Btw, if we start to see more reports from around the Gulf of Mexico of what seems like an exodus, I think people should follow suit...

UFO mystery sighting on Central Coast [Australia]
Express Advocate, 17th June 2010

IS this an alien spacecraft or an American rocket that was mysteriously five days late showing up? The truth - or even ET - may be out there, but for the moment it seems the Central Coast can’t be sure. But we can say we played host to an unidentified flying object last week - days after other people along the eastern seaboard of Australialia reported similar sightings.

Comment: It looks like the ghost rocket type, but the image is not really good enough, even for an initial guess. I am still cross that I did not take details of an absolutely brilliant example of a UAP darting about in the skies of Hawaii that was shown on local news. At that time, I was not aware that the planetary refresh was getting serious and there would be thousands of UAP reports, but this Hawaii example, would probably still be in my top 20 UAP sightings.

S. African killed by wife, kids in TV spat
Soccer Net, 17th June 2010

JOHANNESBURG -- Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.

David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.

"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.

Comment: Hmmm... I suppose some would argue the problem was there no video to record the gospel show....

'Bizarre' ~~UFO~~UAP lights caught on camera
Highland News, 17th June 2010

THINGS that glow bright in the night are still causing a stir across the Highlands.In recent weeks there have been numerous reports of mysterious unidentified flying objects in the sky at various locations around Inverness, Easter Ross and Fort William, and one of the latest is backed by amazing unexplained photos. [...] "We were looking across to the Corran Ferry and on the other side there's a crevasse, and they just seemed to come out of there," said Mr Bird. "There were four of them and they all came up at separate times.

"One came up, followed by another and then two came up following a completely different course. They were reddish glowing lights and they seemed to gently rise and kept going and going until they disappeared into the high cloud."

He added: "My camera was on a stand with a timed exposure, and I took some photos. When I blew them up they were quite bizarre - with squiggles and so on.

"One of them looks like a flower pot with other trailing parts coming off it. One person around here thought it could have been Chinese lanterns, but I have never seen one, so I would not know."

Comment: Does that look like a flying saucer with little green men inside or even a Chinese lantern? Hell no! It looks like plasma to me, but many ufologists completely refuse to except that not every bright light in the sky is a UFO. Hey, it's as stupid as trying to make out that only submarines exist in the oceans and ignoring all the 'fish' and the rest of the sea creatures or even worse, pretending that they are ALL submarines! ... Here, it looks like the digital camera did not pick up the plasma cloak (that sometimes gets dropped anyway) that normally makes these objects look like an orb and we are looking directly at the entity's energy. Good stuff! More:

WANSTEAD: Orange UFO spotted again
Guardian Redbridge News, 17th June 2010
"She said: “It was a really lovely evening and we were sitting outside with some friends when suddenly this black helicopter came flying low overhead. Just behind it gliding across the sky was this big orange ball – it looked like it was following the helicopter."

Can Chinese lanterns fly against the wind?
Lep.co.uk, May 27 2010
"She said: “We were just watching television when lights appeared in the sky. “At first we thought they were hot air balloons but then we were not sure, they were travelling in a row.They travelled then went back and we could not hear any motor. “When I saw these strange lights in the sky I went outside. “It looked like there was some form of light and they were shining an orange colour. “They were moving but not drifting, they looked like they were moving with some purpose and we just watched them go off into the distance.”

Cracks Show BP Battled Well Two Months Before Blast (Update1)
Bloomberg News, 17th June 2010

BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

It took 10 days to plug the first cracks, according to reports BP filed with the Minerals Management Service that were later delivered to congressional investigators. Cracks in the surrounding rock continued to complicate the drilling operation during the ensuing weeks. Left unsealed, they can allow explosive natural gas to rush up the shaft.

“Once they realized they had oil down there, all the decisions they made were designed to get that oil at the lowest cost,” said Peter Galvin of the Center for Biological Diversity, which has been working with congressional investigators probing the disaster. “It’s been a doomed voyage from the beginning.” [...]

On March 10, BP executive Scherie Douglas e-mailed Frank Patton, the mineral service’s drilling engineer for the New Orleans district, telling him: “We’re in the midst of a well control situation.” The incident was a “showstopper,” said Robert Bea, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has consulted with the Interior Department on offshore drilling safety. “They damn near blew up the rig.”

Comment: Well, the rig blew up on April 20th, 6 weeks after a engineering expert had been shocked by BP's recklessness... So now we know why senior BP management sold their shares and Goldman Sachs sold 40% of their BP share holdings because things were looking very bad... This is a completely criminal...

BP Admits That - If It Tries to Cap the Leak - the Whole Well May Blow
Blacklisted News, 16th June 2010
3 interviews by MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg News of oil experts who new the truth weeks ago...

ELECTRIC BLUE CLOUDS & GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
spaceweather.com, 17th June 2010

Observers in Europe are reporting brightening displays of noctilucent clouds (NLCs). "We had a lovely show on June 15th," says Peter McCabe of Dundalk, Co.Louth, Ireland. "The electric-blue colors were striking." He took this picture using a Canon 450D: [...]

A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field and causing geomagnetic activity around the poles. Zoltan Kenwell sends this picture taken June 16th from a lake shore 150 miles north of Edmonton, Alberta:

Comment: Well, as spaceweather gets more dramatic, I wonder whether people will start to wonder if it's related to the recent unequivocal statement made by NASA on the 4th June 2010:

NASA: "Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history." link

I am also wondering at what point the 2012ers will admit that they completely missed the importance of the interpretation of modern Mayan Elders who stated clearly many times, that the New Age would be dominated by aether or space and that we were in a period of transition lasting about 25 years, that could be compared to a birth. Obviously it requires some knowledge of what spacetime or the aether (modern spelling of ether) actually represents, so I think it was too technical for most Mayan calendar pundits. However, I am very very grateful to modern Mayan Elders for taking the time to educate, at least I got it and had time to write a book that was placed in the United Kingdom National Archives in November 2007, despite very little support from others with less ability to see the truth.

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore
Yahoo News, 16th June 2010

Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.

Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster are seeing some strange — and troubling — phenomena.

Fish and other wildlife are fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast. But that is not the hopeful sign it might appear to be, researchers say. The animals' presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily get devoured by predators.

Comment: There are complaints about the clean up efforts being for show purposes and people are getting paid to do literally nothing, but quite frankly, what's the point until the source of the oil spill is stopped? Unless we get a miracle, or the fractured wells and surrounding reservoir are nuked to seal the leak, as people don't believe the relief wells will work, (if the nuke actually works and informed opinion is divided about this too especially as the U.S. Military would be in charge (cough...)), then what is the point of cleaning up as it will be have to be done time and time again. The whole things is devasting...

However, at the same time, BP and other oil companies have been comitting this kind of atrocity all over the planet and only certain incidents have had real publicity, as often it's only the poor that are most effected and so are ignored. Well, now the chickens have come home to roost because BP were allowed by the US Administration to behaved as irresponsibly as they have in other countries run by bandits.

# Oil Spill Threatens Native American Water Village
"National Geographic documentary video clip [5:14]
Dead whale found in Gulf of Mexico
Chron Business, 17th June 2010

Brian Greene: Putting emotion back into science
New Scientist, 16th June 2010

Modern cosmology has synthesized Einstein's theories of relativity and the standard model of particle physics to give us an elegant description of the universe and its history - which some cynically describe as a modern creation myth.

Now physicist Brian Greene has left hard data and cryptic equations behind to venture into classical mythology, reimagining the Greek story of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun.

In 2008, Greene came out with an illustrated book version of Icarus at the Edge of Time (watch New Scientist's video interview with Greene about the book).

Last week, the full multimedia musical premiered at the third annual World Science Festival in New York. The Festival itself is a project created by Greene and his wife that seeks to combine science and culture.

Comment: I have to say this is pure brilliance in terms of selling old ideas in a new way. I was actually drawn by the headline but the marketing concept is even better, but in reality the concept of black holes is completely and utterly stupid. Enough people are seeing the light, especially the light coming out of so-called black holes that are represent X-ray and gamma emissions that have been called Hawking radiation, something else that was made up quickly when it was obvious the science was wrong. For the doubters, scientists have recently admitted the black hole at the centre of our own galaxy is 'feeble', but I would say virtually non-existent, so scientists need to understand that the visible universe is 99.999% plasma and then re-think.

Lights spark more ~~UFO~~ UAP claims
Clacton Gazette, 16th June 2010

MORE mysterious lights have been spotted in the skies above Tendring, sparking a flurry of UFO reports. The Gazette reported last week how UFO-sceptic John Tarrier saw unidentified flying objects over Jaywick. Three days later, Sue Alderton also had a close encounter. She went into the garden of her house in Havering Close, Clacton, at 10pm.

“I noticed three bright orange, glowing, lights to the west – quite big in size," she said. “They just appeared and were travelling from east to west. They were quite high up and seemed to be travelling fairly fast. [...] “I’m not a UFO-type of person and I used to be in the RAF, so I know it wasn’t a helicopter. I thought it was really strange because there was no noise.”

Comment: Well, it does not really matter whether people arer interested in little green men, our reality has morphed and we are now seeing the "radar angels" the bane of radar operatios since the 1940s. Ufologist Dr David Clarke, in his book The UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real-life Sightings (2009), tells us that when he visited a Royal air force [RAF] radar control centre in 2005, he enquired about radar UFOs. The response is very revealing:

“Sometimes, but when we spot one, we just send for the technicians who come along and tune them out.”

Well, they can still block them out on the radar screens but Joe Bloggs can now see them in the skies and I wonder at what point people will acknowledge that these are magnetic plasma entities going about their business.

BP and Halliburton's Role in the Gulf Oil Disaster-- Well Casing Horror Story
Global Research, 16th June 2010

Right from the beginning, it was reported right away-- that Halliburton's job was to cement and seal the well casing. But I misunderstood what that meant. I took it to mean that Halliburton's job was to seal the connection between the well-head and the top of the pipe that was drilled 18,000 feet into the ground. Wrong.

Halliburton's job was to seal the well casing. When a well like the Gulf disaster well on BP's Macondo prospect oil field is drilled, they start with a big hole-- about 22 inches in diameter. Then, after a few or five thousand feet, they go to a smaller diameter, say 16 inches, then 12 inches, 11 inches, 9 inches. That initial drilling hole is the well casing. It's like a several mile long inverted cone. When the well is completed, they put a heavier duty four inch pipe all the way down the well. That's what the oil is supposed to flow through.

Halliburton's job was to seal the well casing with concrete-- all three plus miles of casing, so the four inch pipe was surrounded with concrete. New disclosures make it clear that BP made decisions to cut costs which reduced the safety of the job Haliburton did.

Comment: I actually prefer the reports that are more technical because there is a need to establish the facts and so far, it's looking like BP decided to cut too many corners that led to an inevitable mega disaster. The fact that others are claiming they could have prevented the escalation is also extremely worrying, but this has escalated into a planetary sized catastrophe. More:

BP: 'Small People' Matter To Us, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg Says (VIDEO)
Huffington Post, 16th June 2010
BP Chair: 'We Care About The Small People'
YouTube, 16th June 2010
I like this comment: "I think that's what Gulliver said? when he woke up and found himself tied up by the Lilliputians."
BP chief apologizes for "small people" remark
Reuters, 16th June 2010
Oil Industry Veteran Explains Why Nuclear Option For Gulf Spill Is Only Option Left
Bloomberg, 15th June 2010
"June 15 (Bloomberg) -- Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about BP Plc's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and his view that the use of a "small-bore nuclear device" is now the "only option" to stop the flow of oil. (Source: Bloomberg)"

Strange Hole-Punch Clouds Explained
Wired News, 15th June 2010

Airplanes can punch holes in clouds and make it rain, new research shows. As propeller or jet airplanes pass through the right atmospheric conditions, they make liquid water droplets freeze and immediately drop as snow, leaving a circular fissure behind.

Odd clouds can sometimes elude explanation for decades, and these mysterious gaps in the sky, aptly called hole-punch clouds or channel clouds, have been puzzling sky gazers and scientists alike since the 1940s. A 1968 article in the magazine Weatherwise called them “A Meteorological Whodunit?”

As recently as October 2009, headlines touted a “Mystery UFO Halo Over Moscow.” Earlier studies had suggested a link between hole-punch clouds and airplanes, though the mechanism was unclear.

Comment: Well, we have strange punch holes in the skies, punch holes found on ice and now sink holes appearing too. At this moment, I am waiting for more believable explanations before I can come up with any opinion on what's going on...

Dark energy may not exist in space, scientists claim
The Telegraph, 15th June 2010

Dark matter and energy, the mysterious forces thought to make up 96 per cent of the universe, may not exist according to a groundbreaking study.

The universe as we know it – formed of recognisable components such as planets, stars, asteroids and gas - accounts for just four per cent of the cosmos, according to the decades old Standard Model.

The rest is thought to be made up of mysterious dark matter and dark energy. This permeates space and powers the expansion of the universe.

But physicists at Durham University now claim the calculations on which the Standard Model is based could be fatally flawed. This raises the possibility that the “dark side” of the cosmos does not exist, which in turn could mean that the universe is expanding less quickly than previously thought. [...]

When the measurements were first taken in 2001 the size of the ripples in the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation led scientists to conclude that the cosmos is made up of four percent "normal" matter, 22 percent "dark" or invisible matter and 74 percent "dark" energy.

Comment: I am sure that others have made similar criticisms in the past and were ignored... I am wondering whether the word has got out that the CMB measurement was a fraud and so a few are taking the opportunity to steer the science into a new direction... I like the headline at PhysOrg.com: Durham astronomers' doubts about the 'dark side'

Could explosives seal off the Gulf oil leak?
BBC News, 15th June 2010

BP's engineers have tried several methods to block off the flow from the well that is causing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Continue reading the main story Oil above the LMRP containment cap in the area of the cut riser pipe at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico (Reuters) Q&A: Franz Gayl But oil continues to flow into the ocean, with potentially disastrous consequences for the environment.

Now a former US military scientist has proposed a seemingly radical solution: detonating a massive bomb underwater to seal the leaking well. It sounds like an extreme measure, but could such a plan actually succeed?

Comment: This is starting to remind me of the fall of Atlantis and the misuse of natural resources that turned destructive. OK, this has been done on land before and worked, but I will warn that some people think it will create a massive tsunami and 50-200 miles inland will be lost. There are some possibe outcomes that are just completely catastrophic. The GLP board is famed for attracting conspiracy talk, but the doom meter is now off the scale...

BP: Oil Containment Efforts Resume After Ship Fire
ABC News, 15th June 2010
"A drill ship resumed siphoning off oil gushing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after a bolt of lightning struck the vessel and ignited a fire that halted containment efforts, the company said."
YouTube Video: An Atomic Bomb will stop the Gulf Oil Leak, LOOK!
"Here's some vintage USSR propaganda showing us how they extinguished a gas leak fire. The same technique could be used for the oil leak in the gulf. The Russians used nukes to put out fires like this a total of 5 times."
YouTube Video: Lake Peigneur (disappearing lake) History Channel footage
A drilling disaster explained

White ball of fire [Canada]
Journal Pioneer, 15th June 2010

Mysterious burned area leaves Graham Road residents wondering if it was a meteor

A mysterious fire that occurred in Grahams Road Saturday morning has left residents puzzled. Louis and Clemmie Campbell were outside in their yard when they heard a loud swishing sound.

“A white ball of fire fell from the sky,” described Clemmie. “It hit the ground and smoke started coming up.” The ball of fire landed in a hay field beside the Campbell’s driveway. Clemmie phoned the New London Fire Department while her husband Louis grabbed a pitchfork and approached the flames. By the time firefighters arrived on scene, Louis had put out the flames with his fork and boots. “It mostly burnt out as soon as it hit the ground,” said Louis.

Comment: We have had a few fire incidents, but I am not calling a new trend just yet....

Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation
The Telegraph, 14th June 2010

Britain could face widespread power blackouts and be left without critical communication signals for long periods of time, after the earth is hit by a once-in-a-generation “space storm”, Nasa has warned.

National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years.

Senior space agency scientists believe the Earth will be hit with unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from solar flares after the Sun wakes “from a deep slumber” sometime around 2013, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Comment: The Sun is quiet but NASA are still warning, I now think the evidence is pointing to something triggering the Sun and hence the increased levels of concern about the cosmic environment from NASA et al. in recent months. Regardless, it's the impact on Earth that is now worrying authorities. Well, in my opinion, it's our reliance on electricity and oil etc that is the problem. We don't have to be vulnerable, but if the lights go out now in our modern technological world, most will not survive, yet there are extremely poor parts of the world that would not even notice that the sun had knocked out national power grids and life would go on. The power brokers have so far choked off alternative and 'free' energy options and now we will see how they cope when their preferred money making and controlling choice is also put to the test.

BP E-mail: Doomed Rig a "Nightmare Well"
CBS News, 14th June 2010

BP hoped to drill the well in 51 days for $96 million. But things ran way behind schedule and over budget, reports CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

Leasing the Deepwater Horizon cost BP a million dollars every two days. The day of the explosion, the rig was already 43 days late for its next job.

Investigators say that may be why BP took so many risks. Like choosing a cheaper well casing over a safer option that would have cost $7 to $10 million more. [...]

On going the cheaper route, internal BP emails read: "saves a lot of time … saves a good deal of time/money." BP also rejected advice from Halliburton, the contractor hired to finish out the well. Halliburton recommended using 21 so-called "centralizers" to keep the well casing centered.

A BP official, John Guide, worried that would "take 10 hours ... I do not like this." Instead of 21, BP decided to use just six. Halliburton warned that would mean a well with "a severe gas flow problem."

Of the risk, one BP Engineer, Brett Cocales, wrote: "who cares, it's done, end of story, will probably be fine."

Comment: This is some real confirmation that BP engineers had completely taken their eye off the ball, and were being dictated to by accountants. As I wrote previously, it seems that the mentality was "time is money" and when they were running late, engineers tried to cut corners with complete disregard to safety...

Tide of anger may turn an ecological tragedy into a political nightmare
The Guardian, 13th June 2010
"Fifty days in, the backlash from the BP oil spill is being felt on both sides of the Atlantic. As the special relationship comes under strain, Obama invests an unprecedented amount of presidential time on a visit to the Gulf, while Cameron faces rightwing flak"
BP will NEVER recover, the corporate strategy of lying and deceitfulness is untenable, it's all over....
Report: BP Hires Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs To Defend Itself Against Takeover Attempts
Business Insider, 14th June 2010
"Fox Business reports that BP has hired two banks to defer any kind of takeover attempt a rival company (like ExxonMobil, perhaps) would make."
It's all over...

BP Call Center Employee Admits: 'We're A Diversion' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post, 14th June 2010

It's in the nature of customer service call centers to be unhelpful, but in the case of the Gulf oil spill, the frustration of Gulf Coast residents has been so overwhelming that one contract employee at the West Houston BP Call Center felt the need to come forward and voice her concerns with KHOU Channel 11 in Houston, Texas.

Speaking under the cloak of anonymity as "Janice," the call center employee describes the operation as nothing more than a "diversion." [...] "We're a diversion to stop them from really getting to the corporate office, to the big people," said Janice.

The calls come in from around the world, but it's the desperation of those on the Gulf Coast that has affected her the most.

"I don't want to get emotional, but it's so frustrating when these people live right there and nothing is being done to help them," the operator said. For weeks on end, 12 hours a day, there is a little secret that Janice said she has witnessed firsthand.

Comment: Apparently, the orginal KHOU Channel 11 news story and video has been pulled, but it is expected that this story will go viral on the internet, people are really sick of BP BS.

Stewart On Latest BP Developments: "We Are So F--ked" (VIDEO)
During last night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart assessed the ongoing oil spill disaster and the new developments that have occurred. His conclusion: "We are so f--ked."
I have to agree, I'm with Costner...

What's wrong with the sun?
New Scientist, 14th June 2010

SUNSPOTS come and go, but recently they have mostly gone. For centuries, astronomers have recorded when these dark blemishes on the solar surface emerge, only for them to fade away again after a few days, weeks or months. Thanks to their efforts, we know that sunspot numbers ebb and flow in cycles lasting about 11 years.

But for the past two years, the sunspots have mostly been missing. Their absence, the most prolonged for nearly a hundred years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise. "This is solar behaviour we haven't seen in living memory," says David Hathaway, a physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The sun is under scrutiny as never before thanks to an armada of space telescopes. The results they beam back are portraying our nearest star, and its influence on Earth, in a new light. Sunspots and other clues indicate that the sun's magnetic activity is diminishing, and that the sun may even be shrinking. Together the results hint that something profound is happening inside the sun. The big question is what?

Comment: Lots to read here. Well, the solar doom has not manifested and NASA scientists can't find out why either. It's a bit of a problem because a huge number of probes have been placed in space to monitor the sun and mitigate space weather which has not happened as predicted, but it seems the real action is now occuring in the form of megablasts from deep space. Apparently, all last week the Earth was ringing like a bell, most likely the Earth being fired on by a magnetar... our scientists cannot hope to provide warnings for this kind of extreme Space Weather.

The end of the world as we know it
The Independent, 14th June 2010

Forget man-made threats – the catalyst for the apocalypse will come from outer space, warns astronomer Chris Impey

Apocalyptic thought has a tradition that dates to the Persian prophet Zoroaster in the 14th century BC. Recently, anxiety has grown over the prediction of the end of the world in the Mayan calendar.

It's true that the Mayan odometer will hit zeros on 21 December 2012, as it reaches the end of a 394-year cycle called a baktun. But this baktun is part of a larger 8,000-year cycle called a pictun, and there's no evidence that anything astronomically untoward will happen as the current baktun slides into the next. However, that hasn't stopped the feverish speculating that sells books and cinema tickets.

Comment: Well, the oil spill has certainly frightened a lot of people, but generally speaking, the threat from space is more likely and especially now as we have a strong magnetic cloud of dusty plasma seeping into our solar system with effects that we don't fully understand mixed in with extreme Space Weather. The Mayan Elders are predicting three days of darkness, it took me a while to fully understand this, but now I have realised that this scenario is quite possible.

BP's latest oil-spill cleaning tool: paper towels?
Yahoo News, 11th June 2010

From the time the oil from BP's busted well first came ashore in Grand Isle, Louisiana, Mother Jones reporter Mac McClelland has been snooping around, and posting what she's seen, smelled and heard there on the magazine's website and her Twitter page. This week she traveled to Grande Terre, a small island just east of Grand Isle that BP has fought hard to keep reporters away from. She reached the island by kayak and was greeted by an odd spectacle:

Comment: There is some serious snooping going on from people who simply don't care about BP's image which has already been destroyed. I did see a video and comments, but at the time, I could not comprehend that this was true, if BP used hay then it would be more understandable...

Planet alignment raises tsunami fears
Bangkok Post, 12th June 2010

Reports that the alignment of the planets might cause a tsunami in Andaman coastal provinces have led to emergency evacuation drills being conducted on an island in Surat Thani.

[...] The drill also included practice search and rescue operations for passengers of capsized vessels using a helicopter and a police patrol boat.

Earlier, Kongpop U-yen, a Thai engineer who works at the US National Aeronatics and Space Administration (Nasa), said the alignment of the planets today could cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. NDWC chief Smith Dharmasarojana agreed with the forecast, saying it was backed by scientific data. The forecast, however, met with criticism from the scientific community as authorities did not clarify the prediction.

Mr Smith recently said during a TV interview that a solar eclipse was due to occur on June 12 as a result of the alignment of the Earth, the moon and the sun. He said the alignment would release considerable cumulative energy, which could affect the Earth. Mr Smith, quoting Mr Kongpop, said the phenomenon would have a direct impact on the Earth in the forms of climate disruption, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

As to which part of the world would be affected by the disasters, Mr Kongpop said that depended on the time the sun unleashed its energy. It was hard to exactly locate the target area as the Earth revolved around the sun, he said. Mr Smith said that Southeast Asia could be the first region to be affected if the planetary alignment, due to occur at 6.30pm local time, triggers natural disasters. A 7.0-8.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale could occur, possibly causing a tsunami.

Comment: Well, times are certainly changing! It was not that long ago that scientists refused to believe that planetary alignments had any impact on Earth. Btw, the prediction was correct, there was a 7.7 earthquake and now there is a tsunami warning in progress, see below...

Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean after earthquake hits India's Nicobar Islands
News.com.au, 13th June 2010
"THE Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a regional tsunami watch for all areas of the Indian ocean following a 7.7 earthquake near India's Nicobar Islands."

Did BP Fail to Act on a Method to Stop the Oil Leak During Top Kill?
PRS Newswire, June 2010

NEW ORLEANS, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Hunt, of Linear Power, Ltd., appeared before the Saint Bernard Parish Council in LA during their session on June 1st while the "Top Kill" was still underway where he warned the council that BP's plan to cut the riser pipe would increase the flow of oil two to three fold, which government experts now confirm has happened.

Hunt stated that he had pleaded with BP to take immediate action to employ his plan to use strong magnets to stop the leaking oil. Hunt also spoke to the Harrison County Mississippi Board of Supervisors during their June 7th meeting where they passed a resolution directed to BP, the Coast Guard, and the President requesting that they take immediate action upon ideas submitted to them by outside experts to find a solution to the leaking BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Well by experts like Hunt. Councilman at Large Wayne Landry of St. Bernard Parish confirmed that his council plans to pass a similar resolution. [...]

The magnetic top kill idea that Hunt and co-worker George Reed came up with uses concrete that is mixed using pieces of magnetic metal instead of rocks. Powerful permanent magnets that are unaffected by depth are placed on the outside the casing of the well at the leaks where they attract the metallic solids in the concrete pumped over the magnets that draw it to where it is needed and where it is held in place by the powerful magnetic field in order to overcome the pressure of the oil. Graphics of the magnetic top kill process may be seen at the Hunt affiliated websites below.

Comment: Psychopaths don't tend to think about what's best for everyone else... there is no win, win, win for these people i.e. I win, you win and we all win, it's not part of the neurological development in thinking and our society tends to love the psychopaths... whose motto is I win, you lose... If you are not sure, take a visit over to SOTT.net, they have been doing article after article about psychopaths in society for quite some time now.

BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR
Washington Blog, 12th June 2010

As I noted Tuesday, there is growing evidence that BP's oil well - technically called the "well casing" or "well bore" - has suffered damage beneath the level of the sea floor.

The evidence is growing stronger and stronger that there is substantial damage beneath the sea floor. Indeed, it appears that BP officials themselves have admitted to such damage. This has enormous impacts on both the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf, and the prospects for quickly stopping the leak this summer.

Comment: Well, the rumours have been doing the rounds for some time now, but now everyone is talking, this is so serious as to be in the realms of a true apocalypse, in the modern-day meaning of the term. I have started to think that all along, BP management have been behaving and reacting in a knee jerk manner. It's like the tunnel vision was "drill, baby, drill", "time is money", and then when things go wrong, it's time to "cover-up". Please consider the calm and callous response by the BP CEO, Tony Hayward that fisherman who were being employed by BP to clean-up were getting "food poisoning". We have been learning about people with clever ideas or people with offers to help have been turned away and really it's part of the same pathological mentality. However, this is not about one company, it's about the widespread mentality of greed and stupidity, where people think a whole society can get along by cutting everyone else's throat. Every sector of society doing this to everyone else, one way or the other and not realising that this is really not the time to be doing this. We have universal forces watching on with the ammunition to obliterate parts of the humanity that are not willing to cooperate with the upward progression of humanity. We are not talking about next years balance sheet, the health of a planet and the progression of humanity is thought of in a much longer time span. It's only the ignorant that know nothing about the true history of mankind who think universal forces will allow stupid and greedy humans to do this much damage – with no consequences.

Flight over BP Oil disaster Day 52: James Fox with Marine Biologist, Dr. Carl Safina
"James Fox flew over the BP Gulf oil disaster with Marine Biologist Dr. Carl Safina who's president of Blue Ocean Institute on day 52 of the BP Oil spill. What we saw and documented was horrific."
Ocean currents likely to carry oil along Atlantic coast
UCAR News, 3rd June 2010
Richard Shephard ~ Aerial Photography specializes in Low Altitude Aerial Imagery 
BP Oil Spill Galleries of Photos
Oil Disaster (Photos)
Distressing...

U.S. Estimates Double Oil Flow Into Gulf
Fox News, 11th June 2010

With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse. New figures for the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico show the amount of oil spewing may have been up to twice as much as previously thought, according to scientists consulting with the federal government.

That could mean 42 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the Gulf's fragile waters, affecting people who live, work and play along the coast from Louisiana to

Comment: Some analysts think it's all over with BP and the British are fighting back because they have British pensions to think about. Well, BP should have thought about that when they took on this risky venture and screwed up bigtime, there are reports of people getting sick now and a real fear that people along the Gulf coast will have to evacuate. The discussion about the use of extremely toxic dispersants is frightening and there are videos of fish thrashing about in the ocean trying to come up for oxygen which is awful, but I still can't buy the conspiracy theory. I think people were in the normal mode of cutting corners and treating this new venture like every other well that had been drilled before and it seems that the fact it was an attempt at drilling the deepest ever well and that they might encounter new conditions seem to have been forgotten. Therefore, the decision to use sea water instead of mud to keep the well under control looks like an obvious criminal act. The BP image icon used here is courtesy of Greenpeace who are no doubt on the war path too, see BP logo competition entries with the link provided below... Here are more reports and videos:

Toxic Corexit dispersant chemicals remained secret as feds colluded with Big Business Natural News, 11th June 2010
BP brand faces further damage as oil crisis deepens
BP plans to defer dividend after pressure from Obama
The Times, 11th June 2010
BP is Not Aware of Any Reason for Share Price Movement
BP, 10th June 2010 Priceless!
Barack Obama's attacks on BP hurting British pensioners
The Telegraph, 9th June 2010
BP calls for Russian mini-subs to tackle oil spill - paper
RIA novosti, 7th June 2010
Greenpeace competition to redesign the BP logo (25 pictures)
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Hilarious Take On The BP Oil Spill From The Upright Citizens Brigade
Business Insider, 10th June 2010

Has Jupiter sent cosmology down a false trail?
New Scientist, 11th June 2010

It's supposed to be the "gold standard" of evidence supporting the standard model of cosmology – including dark matter, dark energy and the exponential expansion after the big bang known as inflation.

But could it be wrong?Might misleading measurements by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) have been leading us towards the wrong theory of cosmology? One astrophysicist thinks so, and he says the planet Jupiter is to blame – though others insist that there is nothing amiss.

WMAP detects photons of the cosmic microwave background, the "echo" of the big bang, and these measurements are used to map the temperature of the sky. Ripples in the map are used to calculate a spectrum that produces a near-perfect fit to the standard model of cosmology.

Since 2007, Tom Shanks at the University of Durham, UK, who is a critic of the standard model, has been tracking a discrepancy between measurements from WMAP and X-ray measurements of some of the same star clusters made by ground-based telescopes. He initially assumed that the problem was with measurements from the ground and that the WMAP data was "pristine".

Comment: So scientists don't want to admit that they might have completely got the science wrong behind the CMB... well ,we already know that the experiment that claimed to have discovered the blackbody spectrum from the Big Bang has been proved to be fraudulent but the Nobel Prize for this effort has not been retracted, see 'Ancient light' takes Nobel Prize. Scientists will try and hang on for a few more decades even though insiders know the truth, a few more physicists will die and then the science willl move on. Sorry folks, that seems to be how it works. I don't want to disillusion Shanks, but the science comes second to maintaining a facade. I expect to see more of these types of reports in the future, but no change in dogma. Remember, a lot of cosmology is religion and metaphysics dressed up as science, if you are not sure, check out the opinion of the critics. Even some of the faithful complain about the hermetic jargon being specifically designed to keep most people awe-struck but not enlightened, but some insiders realise that this area of the scientific community is on a merry-go-round.

Betelgeuse: The incredible shrinking star?
New Scientist, 10th June 2010

Pinned prominently on Orion's shoulder, the bright red star Betelgeuse hardly seems like a wallflower. But a new study suggests the giant star has been shrinking for more than a decade.

Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life as a red supergiant. The bright, bloated star is 15 to 20 times more massive than the sun. If it were placed at the centre of the solar system, the star would extend out to the orbit of Jupiter.

But the star's reach seems to be waning. New observations indicate the giant star has shrunk by more than 15 per cent since 1993. This could be a sign of a long-term oscillation in its size or the star's first death knells. Or it may just be an artefact of the star's bumpy surface, which may appear to change in size as the star rotates.

Comment: I suppose scientists are worrying about whether this massive star is about to nova, as if there are not enough Space Weather threats to consider already...

Gamma Gamma Hey
Thunderbolts.info, 10th June 2010

Gamma ray frequency electromagnetic radiation has been detected in terrestrial lightning strokes. [...]

According to a recent press release, scientists have been confronted with yet another surprising find: 17 gamma ray flashes have been detected in lightning from terrestrial thunderstorms. As the team analyzing data from the satellite noted, the gamma ray frequency "could have been produced only by the decay of energetic positrons, the antimatter equivalent of electrons."

As Karl Popper once observed, though: "No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white."

Comment: This report is interesting for a few reasons, but the mention of Karl Popper and the inference of a black swan is very meaningful as Earth transitions into a new high energy plasma environment. The discussion of gamma rays in lightning storms is very topical, as this week we have found out that some pilots believe that AF447 was struck down by Space Weather, presumably "Killer Electrons" from the outer Van Allen Belts accelerated by a shock wave from some solar or cosmic blast finding their way into Earth's upper atmosphere (in the SAA where shielding is very weak) and randomly hitting a plane's electronics. Those same "Killer Electrons" could also theoretically trigger gamma ray emmissions in our atmosphere. Since physics of 'energetic positrons' being discussed here is purely a theoretical label for the signature of energy being seen, the EU theorists are proposing a different mechanism and since our scientists are witnessing extreme geomagnetic conditions on Earth, unless scientists can reproduce the same effects in a cloud chamber we don't have to believe a string of theoretical assumptions, we can just look at what is happening around Earth and come up with some best fit analysis.

UFO Traffic Report: ground level reports on the increase
UFO Examiner, 10th June 2010

A barrage of UFO reports continues across the U.S. as we clip through June 2010 with new waves, new trends and some warnings. May brought us waves of Bright Light formations and clusters across our skies...

Comment: I made a comment here, I was very concerned about the cigar shaped UFOs being referred to as "cargo ships". Here is a new quote from the report Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Defence Region. [2000] which discusses the search for extraterrestrial life (SETI) and concludes that maybe, too many erroneous assumptions have been made. Hence, we read from Volume 3, chapter 3:

“The conventional scientific expectation when searching for extra terrestrial life, is that this might be revealed by searching for oxygen, nitrogen, or other specific spectral lines. Of course, this supposition is based possibly/probably erroneously on the assumption that there could be biological life elsewhere in the form which we conventionally understand it. So far unsuccessfully, the USA have spent millions of dollars (in the SETI programme) in this search. Lateral thinking shows that other ‘inhabited’ parts of the universe may contain entities bearing no resemblance to ourselves whatsoever.

Clearly, if they exist, they may not ‘breath’ as humans or have any of the usual attributes – hence, one could argue they could, perhaps naturally, withstand the enormous gravity forces involved in the manoeuvres described. The logic soon changes again when it is suggested that, in the limit, these entities have no mass! Several (UFO) researchers have concluded, for example, based on what they have taken to be reliable incident reports, that these entities must also have the ability to materialise and de-materialise. Further, the reported aerodynamic gymnastics implies that their technology of using, apparently, near drag-less, noiseless flight, can be achieved most of the time. All of these exceptional characteristics can be explained if the object are gaseous buoyant plasmas.” [...]

“Propulsion UAP noise is only usually reported as a ‘whine’, ‘hum’, or ‘crackle’ or ‘buzz’ at ‘take-off’. The method of propulsion of the objects does not, reportedly, produce the familiar noise which is made by air thrust, turbulence or motion by an aerofoil through air, as we know it – despite the fact that the 'craft' size reports imply the presence of a significant mass given the enormous dimensions often described. If however, as is believed, there are many reports which are of plasma/charged mass in characteristic, then they would be virtually inertia-less, and would therefore not push masses of air aside in order to move; while others are purely manifestations of visible light moving about.” [...]

“Finally, as these entities can also reportedly appear and disappear at will and have intelligence, one could surmise that they could decide when and whether to be visible to humans or not. The classic reporting dilemma exists as to whether the witness are reporting what they are actually seeing or, alternatively reporting what they think they should be seeing.”

At some point in the future, mankind will look back on our narrowmindedness and simply laugh...

Cylinder-shaped UFO seen landing multiple times at Satan Butte, Arizona
UFO Examiner, June 19th 2010
"I am white with a Navajo wife living on the Navajo Reservation. For many years I have heard many stories about Satan's Butte - all stories revolve around UFO's and Snakes. While I believe in the likelihood of UFO's - I never really believed in something this close to our home."

I think the difference here between a "cylindrical sphere with red blinking lights" and the Navajo Indians with the description of "snakes" amounts to viewing the different layers of light and energy associated the the UAP's energy field, rather like the layers within the human energy field. Our scientists have identified that these entities can travel with and without a cloak of plasma in our atmosphere and sometimes when we see the cloak with the eye, it is not picked up by digital photography.

FANTASTIC PROMINENCE:
Spaceweather, 10th June 2010

A long filament of magnetism circling the sun's north pole is rising into space, producing a truly fantastic prominence. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture just hours ago:

The extreme ultraviolet image shows a cloud of hot (60,000 K) plasma held suspended above the stellar surface by filamentary magnetic forces. The structure is five times taller than Earth and at least 20 times as long. These dimensions make it a fine target for backyard solar telescopes as well as advanced spacecraft.

If the filament becomes unstable and collapses (as magnetic filaments often do), plasma hitting the stellar surface could explode, resulting in a type of flare called a "Hyder flare."

Comment: We seem to have a new trend on the Sun with the continuous ccurence of these huge prominences forming described as a "Hyder flare", some of which have blown off and come our way as a Coronal mass Ejection (CME). This indicates to me that the Sun is dealing with a slightly different energy input and maybe associated with the dusty plasma that we are now encountering. Elsewhere, more people are getting to hear about Space Weather, More Active Sun Means Nasty Solar Storms Ahead

~~UFOs~~ Orbs Filmed Over Vatican
Ghost Theory, 10th June 2010

Italy is buzzing today with news about the apparent filming that was made of some UFOs over the Vatican by some U.S. ambassador security guards.

On the morning of June 7th, around 4am, three security guards belonging to the 17° antiaircraft Regiment at the “Santa Barbara” station in Sabuadia had observed three bright lights hovering above St. Peter’s dome in the Vatican. The men, obviously trained in aircraft surveillance, thought that the lights in the sky were unlike anything they’ve ever seen fly before. Quick thinking, they manage to capture the UFOs with a cellphone camera. Within a minute, the objects darted off towards the west in a 40° angle. The guards filed a police report that same morning. [...]

Thanks to the technical background of the witnesses, many TV networks took the news seriously.

Comment: Yes, that is why Vatican astronomers are hosting UFO conferences and now claiming that 'angels' could be extraterrestrials. Actually, I swing about here in my opinion, because it's useful that the Vatican are ahead of the game but at the same time, as a massive power broker, they have been hiding the truth and deserve to get nailed by their 'flock'. Let's be positive, the fact that the orbs can be seen over the Vatican means that even the energy levels around the Vatican have risen! Wow!!

Actually, if you’re a comet, it *is* easy being green
Discover Magazine, 9th June 2010

[...] And that brings us to the comet’s verdant glow. That green color is real, and not just from the way the picture was made! And it’s the same reason a neon sign glows. When you have an ionized atom or molecule (or just an excited one, with an electron bumped into a higher energy state so that it can fall back down), the electron can recombine with its parent. When it does, it gives off light. The color of the light depends very strongly on the type of atom or molecule. Excited hydrogen glows red, for example, which is why so many gas clouds in deep space glow that color.

In a comet, the molecule cyanogen (CN)2 and diatomic carbon (C2) both glow characteristically green, which is why some comets, like McNaught, are green. And I wouldn’t blame you if you thought that these comets must be mostly made of those two molecules since the comet is so green. But, like everything in science, there’s more going on…

Comment: Astronomers are getting excited about Comet McNaught, swinging it's way past Earth. In 2007, Comet McNaught, was the Great Comet of 2007 and the brightest comet for the last 40 years. There are more pictures at Spaceweather.com Comet McNaught. Here, astronomer Phil Plait is forced to give a plasma explanation for why the comet appears green, which is due to the ionization of cyanogen (CN)2 and diatomic carbon (C2) but he does not mention that the coma is actually a sheath or double layer around the comet that acts to electrically isolate it from the rest of the solar system. Here we are seeing that the coma is elctrically stressed enough to glow. .

Shrugging off Bigelow’s killer UFOs
Herald Tribune Blog, 9th June 2010

Robert Bigelow, the jillionaire hotelier who wants to build the world’s first private space station, doesn’t do much media — mos def not De Void — so Monday’s profile in the New York Times is worth a read. [...]

But suddenly — screee! — reporter Kenneth Chang shifts lanes and shears the guardrails. Quote:

His space stations are not his only interest in space. “I’ve been a researcher and student of U.F.O.’s for many, many years,” Mr. Bigelow said. “Anybody that does research, if people bother to do quality research, come away absolutely convinced. You don’t have to have personal encounters.”

He added: “People have been killed. People have been hurt. It’s more than observational kind of data.”

Comment: So Bigelow is now talking about UFOs in the New York Times, which is interesting after we are told he can be hardly bothered with the press... Anyway, that should make a few pundits pay a little more attention to what's going on. Btw, some of the deaths have been caused by pilots trying to do stunts to avoid UFOs and have not made it. Other deaths have been caused by pilots trying to chase UFOs, and have crashed their planes for various reasons like going too high and running out of oxygen. Then there are planes that have disappeared, but we can't assume it was due to being swallowed up by a UFO. I actually read one story about a daredevil pilot that actually flew a small aircraft around a huge 'mothership' UFO, whilst smaller UFOs were exiting and he lived to tell the tale, so there are no hard and fast rules about these 'deaths,' but the UK MOD UAP report stresses the need for pilots to NOT try to outmaneuver UFOs/UAPs, it's simply a very bad idea. Please note: the December 2009 press release by the US FAA informing pilots and air traffic controllers that if they come across a UFO to contact Bigelow's organisation - Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) (voice: 1-877-979-7444 or e-mail: Reporting@baass.org). Bigelow knows the score on what UFOs represent, and I am grateful, he realises that he has to inform others, simply, authorities have no choice, the planet is being swamped.

Stony Littleton Long Barrow, Nr Wellow. Somerset. Reported 7th June
Crop Circle Connector, 9th June 2010

The location high on the hillside overlooking a quiet valley close to the Roman City of Bath is quite stunning. The Chamber Barrow of Stony Littleton is one of the finest Burial Chambers in Britain. Thought to be around 5000 years old, it resides in a remote location, cut off from the hectic 21st century. Perhaps one of the most amazing locations I have had the pleasure to visit, and yet only 40 minutes from my own home.

The formation is located right next to the ancient mound. The crop remains a mystery at the moment, as its very short, but however does have a yellow flower. At first glance we thought it was Old Canola, as most of the Canola fields are losing their flowers at this stage. It is only 3ft in height with a much narrow stem than Canola.

The crop inside had an extremely neat floor pattern, with minimal breakage.

Comment: Well the crops circles keep coming but this one is unusal in that it is located near Bath, UK and a crop circle has never been seen in this location before. So, it will be interesting if this upsets someone's thory for why only certain locations are picked. Don't miss the comments page with more analysis.

BP oil spill fears hit North Sea as Norway bans drilling
The Telegraph, 9th June 2010

Norway has banned new deepwater oil drilling in the North Sea amid in a sign that panic over BP's Gulf of Mexico spill is spreading.

As the political fall-out moved beyond America, US President Barack Obama attacked BP chief executive Tony Hayward, saying he should have been sacked for tactless comments after the spill. Britain yesterday ruled out a moratorium "for the moment" on deep water exploration, but Norway, its North Sea neighbour, said it had sufficient concerns to halt all new drilling until a full inquiry is conducted into the cause of BP's leak.

Comment: People are very frightened, maybe this is just a response to placate a few... At the moment, I am still having difficulty believing that BP deliberately sought this disaster and tragedy on the themselves and the Gulf. We know that oil companies have a long history of abusing the environment, look at Africa, where it is obvious they simply do not care, but the United States is a country that specialises in litigation and the stock market knows how to weaken a company so that it can be easily taken over. The CEO moaning about wanting his life back, does not sound like someone who deliberately chose to create a nightmare. Now, there are lots of reports of oil leaking beneath the sea floor, it's all seems to be getting worse. I have been seeing many links now to predictions and quite frankly, many people are also talking about judgement coming to the United States, but it's unrealistic to think it will stop there. I would not mention it, but I was struck a few years ago about the need for some payback by a respected metaphysical source. Also, you will find that Mayan Elder Carlos Barrios predicted that the beaches were going to burn and that was only April 2007, see Mayan Elders Warn . There is already one news clip of a reporter standing in oil on a beach saying that the oil retains heat and was hot enough to burn...

PJ Hahn: 'BP has lied to us from day one. We could have stopped the oil'
The Independent, 9th June 2010
Witness statement says bosses knew Gulf oil rig disaster was 'gonna happen': report
New York Post, 8th June 2010
Waterworld Meets BP Spill
Motherjones, 9th June 2010
"Kevin Costner, best known for his role in Bull Durham (or Dances with Wolves, or Waterworld, depending on whom you ask), will appear before a House panel today to discuss the need for research and development of technologies to clean up oil spills, in light of the ongoing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico."
Oil Surfing Pensacola Beach, FL
YouTube: Surfers with oxygen masks, they are making a point...
Gulf Oil Spill-Bioremediation Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks
It's a Mother Earth solution, just like the microbes that can eat nuclear waste, but it's not popular with money makers, because it's a exceedingly cheap solution and these kind of people are only interested in making lots of money and appearing to be "top dog".

Nuclear Physicist Describes Vast UFO Cover-Up
AOL News, 7th June 2010

[...] You're fighting the forces of 'evil,' one might say -- arrogance and ignorance."

While some scientists through the years have quietly suggested Earth has been visited by ETs, Friedman is the most outspoken. He's especially irked by the attitude of scientists who use radio and optical telescopes in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, such as the SETI Institute in California.

"Their livelihood depends on the assumption that there's nobody coming here, and if we just wait long enough, we're going to pick up the signal and it'll be the greatest discovery in man's history, and it will help solve all our problems.

"What really bothers me is that the SETI people will tell you there is no evidence for UFOs. Well, they certainly don't reference any, so there must not be, right? Wrong!"

If so, why would reputable scientists refuse to consider that Earth may be a vacation spot for otherworldly travelers?

"Because they'd have to admit that they'd ignored such a big story for so long and that they were wrong," Friedman said. "Being wrong is something that scientists don't like to admit at all." [...]

Plus, in 2008, the pope's chief astronomer, the Rev. Gabriel Funes, proclaimed that intelligent beings created by God might actually exist in outer space, and that it wouldn't contradict a belief in God. All of that gives Friedman hope.

Comment: This is the mainstream press, so does this suggest that more pundits are starting to wonder? So Friedman is going after the SETI guys, well, they already know they have a problem, huge balls of fire swooping down on folks in the UK cannot have gone unnoticed. What's interesting, is that the link came from a shorter version at Fox News
Vast UFO Cover-Up a 'Cosmic Watergate,' Says Nuclear Physicist

I found a nice easy to read paper called On the Importance of SETI for Transhumanism , and I got the distinct impression that the authors are not too thrilled with the intellectual arguments and skepticism towards the existence of alien life forms. Here is a quote:

"Curiously enough, some transhumanists seem to share the view, previously regarded as the exclusive playground of religious (notably Christian) fundamentalists, that intelligent life on Earth is unique, at least in the Galactic context.[3] Consequently, they reject any interest in astrobiological and SETI questions, even in the contexts in which it directly (and possibly adversely) influences some of the basic tenets of transhumanism. This strain of thought is expressed particularly well, for instance, in an otherwise brilliant paper on existential risks humanity faces (Bostrom 2001):
The probability of running into aliens any time soon appears to be very small... If things go well, however, and we develop into an intergalactic civilization, we may well one day in the distant future encounter aliens. If they were hostile and if (for some unknown reason) they had significantly better technology than we will have then, they may begin the process of conquering us. Alternatively, if they trigger a phase transition of the vacuum through their high-energy physics experiments (see the Bangs section) we may one day face the consequences. Because the spatial extent of our civilization at that stage would likely be very large, the conquest or destruction would take relatively long to complete, making this scenario a whimper rather than a bang. [...]

There must be (at least) one Great Filter – an evolutionary step that is extremely improbable – somewhere on the line between Earth-like planet and colonizing-in-detectable-ways civilization ADDIN ENRfu[64]. If the Great Filter isn’t in our past, we must fear it in our (near) future. Maybe nearly every civilization that develops a certain level of technology causes its own extinction.

Luckily, what we know about our evolutionary past is consistent with the hypothesis that the Great Filter is behind us. ... This would change dramatically if we discovered traces of life (whether extinct or not) on other planets. Such a discovery would be bad news. Finding a relatively advanced life-form (multicellular organisms) would be especially depressing.
Thus, we are led into a bizarre situation that out of all scientific disciplines, astrobiology is the only one whose successes are not desirable. This particularly applies to the SETI sector of the astrobiological endeavor. To other complaints against the SETI enterprise, one is tempted to add another: psychological welfare of humanity, namely the need to avoid being “depressed”!" [Bold added for emphasis]
Link: On the Importance of SETI for Transhumanism ,

Well, I imagine that a few people in the know, have been in a very depressed state for quite a long time already!

Sudden Sinkhole Outbreak Raises Fear in China
Epoch Times, 7th June 2010

While the Guatemalans are wondering if the giant sinkhole formed on June 1 in their capital city is an isolated case, on the other side of the globe, the Chinese have discovered at least eight sinkholes that suddenly formed in the past two weeks across their country, and many more have appeared during the past two months.

The latest known sinkhole formed at 12:25 a.m. Beijing time on June 4, in the middle of a freeway in Zhejiang Province on the nation’s eastern coast. The sinkhole measured 20 feet deep and 27 feet wide. [...]

The outbreak of sinkholes has struck fear in Chinese people. Though reports in official media always quote “experts” that conclude such holes are not warning signs of another major earthquake, people have little trust in such comments.

Comment: I was very undecided about the Guatemalan sink hole, even after more major media outlets confirmed it was genuine. However, there just seems to be a rising tide of reports, so maybe something major is occuring. See Tropical storm leaves more than 115 dead in Central America . & A family of 4 dies in sinkhole in Canada - photo gallery . There have been quite a few other stories, but in terms of an explanation, I can't understand just how clean cut those sides are... See also 13 of the Biggest, Strangest, and Most Devastating Sinkholes on Earth

Update
Guatemala Sinkhole Created by Humans, Not Nature

'I carried my victims for 20 years': Bernie Madoff shows no remorse for $65billion con
Daily Mail, 8th June 2010

Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff is unrepentant about his $65billion (£45billion) fraud and has become a 'hero' in prison, telling fellow inmates 'F--- my victims, I carried them for 20 years.'

A profile on the conman, who was sentenced to 150 years behind bars for orchestrating the world's biggest investment scam, has revealed he has no sympathy for the thousands of 'greedy' victims whose life savings he decimated. [...] It was also revealed that he told investigators that living a lie for so many years had been a 'nightmare.' 'I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago,' he said.

Comment: Well, I am not sure whether this report is completely truthful. A true psychopath would not show any remorse as they can totally mentally justify the lies and deceit. Psychologists, don't believe they can help them, they are only studied so that the victims can be helped. No wonder Madoff is now a hero in a prison with many similar personalities. These days, there are a lot of self-absorbed personalities that I believe will get increasingly psychopathic as they try to control, control, control and the new energies are enlightening more people.

Catalan Police Force issue Club Bilderberg complaint
Free Planet, 8th June 2010

American Free Press's Mark Anderson, reporting from the last day of the Sitges Bilderberg meeting in eastern Spain, dropped the reporting BOMBSHELL that the Catalan Police Force, who were contracted by 'Club Bilderberg' (as it's known in Europe) to protect their global elitist members, has submitted an official complaint in the form of a Catalan Police Union Press Release to the local Sitges newspaper stating,

"The ab-use of the public police force as a Private Army to enforce a corporate regime such as Club Bilderberg is a bad use of resources."

Comment: I don't normally comment, but this is interesting, more signs of evolving consciousness...

Chinese internet addicts stage mutiny at boot camp
Times Online, 8th June 2010

A group of inmates at a Chinese boot camp for young internet addicts tied up a supervisor and made a dramatic break for freedom.

The 14 addicts made their great escape from the Huai’an Internet Addiction Treatment Centre last Wednesday, complaining that they could no longer endure the “monotonous work and intensive training”, one Chinese newspaper said. Aged from 15 to 22, the inmates staged their mutiny by seizing a duty supervisor when he was in bed and immobilising him in his quilt. He shouted for help. The children apologised but continued to tie him up and escaped, making a break for the hometown of the leader of the group.

Comment: These stories about internet and gaming addicts continue....

Police were tracking Cumbria killer from the third of his 12 murders
Times Online, 8th June 2010

Derrick Bird was pursued by three uniformed police officers through the streets of Whitehaven, but escaped after they were forced to take cover when he threatened to shoot them.

In response to criticism that they had been slow to react to the unfolding emergency, senior officers from Cumbria Constabulary disclosed that their officers confronted Bird early in his killing rampage.

Stuart Hyde, deputy chief constable, said that the officers did everything in their duty to stop Bird, 52, insisting “at no point did they have an opportunity to end the killings sooner”.

Mr Hyde said: “Our officers are expected to deal with difficult and challenging situations. This incident was unprecedented — with exceptional circumstances, fast-moving and highly dangerous. Had any officer or member of staff the clear opportunity to stop Bird they would have taken it”.

Comment: This really does sound like the local bobbies (Unarmed police officers) were not prepared for something terrible like this, and the armed officers seemed to take too long to track Bird down. Very sad and shocking for the local community.

China: cracks in the Three Gorges Dam, so 300,000 people can wave goodbye to their homes
Telegraph Blog, 7th June 2010

In China, cracks are appearing – in the neighbourhood of the massive Three Gorges Dam, the country’s great prestige project, and also in the Great Internet Firewall of China, enabling the ominous news to leak out. Three years ago stories were already emerging in the Chinese media about landslides, ecological deterioration and accumulation of algae further down the river. And less and less effort seems to be made to plug the leaks.

Recent media reports tell of a series of landslips, minor earthquakes and cracks appearing in roads and buildings along the central section of the Yangtse, between the dam and the city of Chongqing. Almost 10,000 “dangerous sites” have been identified,

Comment: Well, the Three Gorges Dam is the biggest hydroelectric power station in the whole world, so if it breaks and the authorities are slow, it could be a massive disaster. Folks are talking about the prophecy of Raging Wind Blackfoot, which is quite interesting, so we do not have long to see whether we have changed timelines, but the fact the dam has cracks and the prophecy is relatively recent, seems like it could be fulfilled.

Is the internet making us quick but shallow?
CNN, 7th June 2010

During a recent commencement address at Hampton University in Virginia, Barack Obama described the way today's internet-powered media environment "bombards us with all kinds of content."

He warned students that iPads, Xboxes, and other popular digital gadgets can turn information into "a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment" rather than a means "of empowerment."

As soon as the president's remarks were made public, knees began jerking throughout the blogosphere.

Patricia Greenfield, a leading developmental psychologist who teaches at UCLA, warned in a 2009 Science article that a growing body of scientific evidence indicates that spending a lot of time with computers, smartphones, and other such devices weakens people's ability to think deeply, critically, and creatively. As we rush around the web gathering little pieces of information, we seem to be training our brains to be quick but superficial.

Comment: Maybe, the author Carr and the President are addressing the problem that people don't think. It's almost out of fashion. Quite frankly, if people don't think, certain wiring in the brain atrophies and the typical responses are knee jerk reactions, exactly as the author stated. Picking up bits and pieces of information, is like collecting pieces of different jig-saw puzzles and not being able to make sense of any of the pictures.... To do that requires time for reflection. What's more, for some strange reason, some people think that not thinking is spiritual and the real manipulators make a lot of money advocating cognitive suicide. Our world is on the threshold of major changes, but I can only count a few sources that have given me much insight into what we can expect in the future and that's because very few have been really thinking about what has been happening in our cosmic environment in the last two decades.

'I want to be disproved': Interview with Professor Otto E. Roessler about the Dangers at the CERN LHC
Notepad News, June 2010

This is a interview with Professor Otto E. Roessler by notepad publishing senior investigative journalist Armin Albarracin. notepad publishing is a non-

profit news agency domiciled in Switzerland. We have visited Professor Otto E. Roessler in his home town in Tuebingen, Germany, to talk with him about the CERN LHC.

'There are some scientists called medical people. And they have the Hippocratic Oath. And there must be a Hippocratic Oath for the whole field of

science of course. Eventually. Because humans, humanity, the Earth is so small that it is necessary to have a common ethics eventually. And maybe this

is an occasion, that everybody realizes that it is possible to be as kind as science can be. And CERN has given this present of the internet as we already

said, so science is something like the good uncle of everyone on the planet. And CERN is the good uncle of the planet. And they would destroy this

World. They would loose all credit with a majority of young people on the planet. Why risk that?'

Professor Doctor Otto E. Roessler on science, ethics and the destruction of the Earth

Comment: Quite frankly, the CERN LHC is just a huge scientific white elephant that also poses some risk. The more I study alternative theories, the more I see the elephants. So, where the Higgs at? If it was just the Higgs it wouldn't be so bad, but it's concept after concept after concept that just cannot be right... the theory of black holes and the virtually non-existent "feeble" black hole in the centre of our own galaxy is a good example, another huge embarrassement. There is a lot of interesting information on this website related to the CERN LHC.

'Video: If Einstein is right, the CERN LHC is dangerous'
Interview with Professor Otto E. Rössler over the Dangers at the CERN LHC
Notepad, March 13 2010
At the moment, they have made a discovery, and maybe that will be enough to save a few faces.

Missing Piece Found in Particle Puzzle - ABC News
ABC News, 1st June 2010

UFOs spotted high above Sydney [Australia]
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2010

EERIE lights in the sky in Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra early today prompted multiple UFO sightings up and down the east coast.

People reported throughout the states say they witnessed a mysterious light travelling in an erratic fashion across the sky in the early morning hours. One caller told the ABC that she saw a light 'racing across the sky' about 5.50am Saturday. She described the light as 'like a lollipop swirl' that came from the west and was headed east out to sea.

Comment: Here we go again... The energetic environment of planet Earth is now high enough that we can now see the results of plasmas of different polarities interacting. Nothing to do with HAARP or humanoid aliens. Spirals in the sky will become commonplace just like in the Bronze Age when our ancestors saw the same in the skies and recorded what they saw as petroglyphs. For the scientific analysis see, Anthony Peratt - Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity. At the moment, I have assumed the story is genuine because it has hit the mainstream press and is not being promoted some obscure website. More Reports:

UFO spotted over eastern Australia
ABC News, 5th June 2010
Photo caption: "A UFO moves across Brisbane's skyline as the sun is rising on on June 5, 2010. Destin Sparks of Wavell Heights spotted the UFO from Mt Coot-tha about 5:50am AEST." With video

UFO 'seen zooming over eastern Australia'
9 News, 5th June 2010
Great little bit of video! From the initial perspective it looks like an hour-glass shape then it looks like a disk that we are looking at obliquely, great stuff!

Spiral UFO Object Spotted Over Eastern Australia
UFO Blogger, 5th June 2010
The video is just weird, no major spiral at this point, it's almost like an embryo inside a fluid sac...

YouTube Video - Spiral over Eastern Australia
The commentary of an argument between a young girl and her skeptical companion is quite funny, but it seems this incident was caught by quite a few people..

YouTube Video - Early Morning Spiral, Eastern Australia
Quite clear too, but here it seems that there are two 'orbs' of plasma which were 'struggling' to make the spiral... Anthony Peratt is right...

YouTube Video - Spiral Light over Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
Nice pre-dawn skies shown here

US rocket launch sparks Australia UFO frenzy
AP, 5th June 2010
Who is going to believe this crap? "He said the timing was right for the SpaceX rocket to have travelled over the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the Indian Ocean and be in skies over Australia at the time the spiralling light was seen." LOL!! Remember, they want us to believe that a rocket was completely out of control and allowed to fly half way across the world, to gracefully spiral in the Australian sky before it disappeared. Can I ask: where is the rocket exhaust trails?

Oh, those Falcon UFOs!
Discover Magazine, 5th June 2010
81. Brown Says: June 6th, 2010 at 3:54 am
"That is an utterly weak and lame explanation. The Falcon Rocket has been inserted successfully in orbit. According to Elon Musk “Nominal shutdown and orbit was almost exactly 250km. Telemetry showed essentially a bullseye: ~0.2% on perigee and ~1% on apogee.” Second stage engine shutdown was at T+ 8:50. So we’re being told that an hour later we’re looking at a rocket still firing and spinning wildly out of control?"
See what I mean? I am not an expert on rockets, but really, do they expect people to be so unconcerned about a state of the art rocket leaking fuel over so many countries? Map of trajectory available here.

The most crazy thing about all this, is we ain't seen nothing yet! We are waiting for the heliosphere - to go pop, and then we will a get real high energy plasma environment on Earth... people might as well start studying the petroglyphs now, but personally, I think more people should be concerned about whether their energy field is able to cope with the influx of cosmic energy... The flotsam and jetsom of a high energy plasma environment have been arriving for quite a while, but now they are on display for the world to see. Space Weather is here now! The Ancestors are back!

As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather
NASA News, 4th June 2010

Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history. To make preparations,authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the National Press Club on June 8th.

Richard Fisher, head of NASA's Heliophysics Division, explains what it's all about:

"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity. At the same time, our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms. The intersection of these two issues is what we're getting together to discuss." [...]

"I believe we're on the threshold of a new era in which space weather can be as influential in our daily lives as ordinary terrestrial weather." Fisher concludes. "We take this very seriously indeed."

Comment: NASA knows something that most people don't know... if you want to know more, read about Space Weather on this blog, but it's not actually the Sun that is the problem it's the cosmic environment that effects the Sun and that is changing rapidly.

Are there dangers in being 'spiritual but not religious'?
CNN, 4th June 2010

It's a trendy phrase people often use to describe their belief that they don't need organized religion to live a life of faith. But for Jesuit priest James Martin, the phrase also hints at something else: egotism.

"Being spiritual but not religious can lead to complacency and self-centeredness," says Martin, an editor at America, a national Catholic magazine based in New York City. "If it's just you and God in your room, and a religious community makes no demands on you, why help the poor?"

Religious debates erupt over everything from doctrine to fashion. Martin has jumped into a running debate over the "I'm spiritual but not religious" phrase.

Comment: Well, lets put it like this, after a mauling by people who I considered to be spiritual, I was forced to study human development to find out where I was in my development and then estimate where others were in their development. Once I had done the work, I could see that the mauling was inevitable. Some dogs bite, that is my conclusion. Since that time, I have been driven to do more research and these days the label of "spiritual" now means absolutely nothing to me, but the old adage of wolves in sheeps clothing still applies... Incidentally, I was accused of being of being elitist, but in my defence, I will say that I am just much more careful. I was being approached by another dog and this one gave the impression that he liked to sink his teeth in...

FDA defeated in federal court over censorship of truthful health claims
Natural News, 4th June 2010

Health freedom has just been handed a significant victory by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which ruled last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated the First Amendment rights of a nutritional supplement company when it censored truthful, scientifically-backed claims about how selenium can help reduce the risk of cancer.

Comment: Good News! Well, health supplements are too cheap for the FDA, they want people to get sick and then stay sick, by being forced fed highly toxic useless drugs because it makes some people very wealthy. The evidence is hard to ignore.

Jupiter Impact
Spaceweather.com, 4th June 2010

Amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloudtops:

Comment: Well, it is cetainly getting lively in our solar system and Jupiter because of it's size is atrracting more objects. I am starting to think that amateurs are seeing these impacts because they are looking, whereas NASA et al. may not want to draw too much attention to the traffic these days. Also at Sky & Telescope: Jupiter Takes Another Hit!

'UFOs' spotted over Jaywick [Essex, UK]
Clactonan Gazette, 3rd June 2010

A UFO sceptic says he's changed his mind after seeing bright lights in the sky over Jaywick.

John Tarrier was speechless after spotting three unidentified flying objects in the sky on Wednesday night. The retired plasterer was at home in Meadow Way when he noticed the strange objects just after 10pm. "They were like a V-shape," said Mr Tarrier. "It was unbelievable. They stopped dead still and then started moving again and went towards St Osyth.

"I watched them until they were little dots in the sky." He says the UFOs were amber coloured - "like a lightbulb". "Their lights weren't going on and off like a plane's do - they were pulsating," said Mr Tarrier. [...]

"I didn't believe in UFOs before but I do now!"

Comment: There is no way to mistake a beautiful amber orb that glides and pulsates for a Chinese lantern. This description is so good that I thought it should be added to the blog. More mainstream reports from this week.

Did you see a UFO over Northchurch? - [UK]
Something strange.... witness wanted to call the MOD, but maybe he found out that they are not interested. British air space is NOT being invaded, it's always been like this, it's just people were not aware of plasma entities from Earth's shadow biosphere that the MOD have called for decades the "radar angels"...

Mysterious lights may be UFOs in Oz - [Australia]
"Mysterious bright lights have been captured in the sky near Kadina, northwest of Adelaide."
Yes, bright lights but no signs of aliens anywhere!

Logical explanations behind UFO sighting? - Halstead [UK]
"Satellites and lanterns were some of the suggestions put forward after the Gazette ran a story about a teenager baffled by lights moving across the night sky."
How do you explain 'logical' to people who don't know or understand even the basics of how the universe works?

UFO looked 'like a fireball' - [Scotland, UK]
"It was so strange. It was almost like a fireball, but there was no red in it. It was a sort of glowing, tumbling light. "There was no noise from it. It moved quickly towards us then off to the side and then back again," she added."

Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City
Huffington Post, 3rd June 2010

In December 2009, Herald de Paris published a curious article about the likely discovery of a submerged city in the Western Caribbean. While the discovery could have tremendous implications for modern archaeology, the story remained, forgive the pun, largely under the radar.

Today, we sit down with architectural historian and archaeologist Jes Alexander, who spearheaded the research team, to get the first-hand details of what could be a piece of real-life Atlantis. Maria Popova: What is it, exactly, that your team discovered and how?

Jes Alexander: Well, we believe we have found the remains of an ancient city on the sea floor in the Western Caribbean. It is important to note that we have yet to be to the site, but what we believe we have found is the remains of an ancient city that was formerly above sea level, and perhaps as much as 4500-8000 years old. This has nothing to do with another site, found almost 10 years ago by a Canadian/Russian team working to map the sea floor near the Yucatan Peninsula. Their site is nearly 2 miles below the sea floor. The site we are working with is much shallower - in between 40 and 70 feet of water. We initially found anomalous objects by mapping a grid and searching the sea floor using simple Google Earth technology. As we zeroed in on the site location, we sought out other satellite imagery and ocean floor maps to arrive at this hypothesis.

Comment: Atlantis was not just a city, it was a huge continent that sunk. I think the general idea is to scoff at ideas of Atlantis because the implications are that either an ancient civilisation created their own demise or forces beyond their control caused catastrophe, either way, controllers don't want ordinary people to consider either scenario. Yet, the fact that a small section is only 40 - 70 ft below water, seems to fit in with the idea that this sunken continent is actually now resurfacing. Surely, it's too close to the surface not to have been noticed before? I hear there are rumours that Lemuria that sank in the Pacific is coming up too... All very exciting!

Giant glowing bubbles found around Milky Way
New Scientist, 3rd June 2010

IS THE Milky Way blowing giant bubbles? A pair of gamma ray bubbles, shaped like an hourglass, seem to be spewing from the black hole we think lies at the centre of our galaxy. That is according to the latest maps from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Its large area telescope has been scanning the whole sky every three hours since June 2008.

The source of the bubbles is a mystery but it seems unlikely that dark matter is responsible. This was what Douglas Finkbeiner of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, first suspected when he looked at the maps with his colleagues last year (arxiv.org/abs/0910.4583).

But a new analysis with more Fermi data suggests that the gamma radiation traces out a pair of distinct bubbles that span some 65,000 light years from end to end - towering above the 2000-light-year-thick disc of the galaxy (see image).

Comment: Have some of these scientists never heard of plasma that fills 99.999% of the visible universe? The hourglass is seen all over the universe here is a Nebula Gallery with a few good examples. Dark matter is only theoretical, if cosmologists were interested in real facts they would consult with plasma physicists. What's more, we know the so-called black hole at the centre of our galaxy is 'feeble', so it's a waste of time trying to blame the sign of outward expansion on a theoretical construct that originally was supposed to swallow everything up.... Anyway, I am completely intrigued and as soon as the Electric Universe theorists come across this report, I am sure there will be a swift response.

Twenty green orbs in my backyard - E. Kilbride, Lanarkshire [Scotland, UK]
UK UFO Sightings, 2nd June 2010

Last night I saw one weird set of events right behind my house….across at the bushes this side of the football pitch…..probably less than fifty feet from where I was standing.

Firstly, a couple of small, luminous green balls were darting around the tops of the hedges….I first saw what I thought was someone waving some kind of green glowstick in the corner of my eye and turned to see these objects flying around each other silently, blinking in and out of view erratically and performing incredible aerobatics including loop the loops, sudden disappearances and reappearances a few feet away and astonishing bursts of speed that left traces of their paths on my eyes! [...]

I’d say about twenty more of the things suddenly started glowing from their (previously unseen) positions on the ground…..it was like a Mexican Wave…as the one approached, loads of them illuminated, stayed glowing for about two seconds then disappeared again.

I saw all the undersides of the branches of the trees as they shone briefly from below. For a moment it was like looking at a small city below at night from the space shuttle or something like that. Now I’m really thinking…”What the f*ck ARE these??!!”

Comment: Hmmm... Long witness sighting, it must have been quite a show. It's called a dimensional shift, the orbs have always been around, but it's only recently that you have been able to see them... This website now has lots of obtrusive advertising, some of it crass.

UFOs spotted in central Colombia
Colombia Reports, 2nd June 2010

Strange things are afoot in the central Colombian department of Boyaca, where several residents have spotted unidentified flying objects in the night skies, reported Caracol on Wednesday.

Boyaca residents, who say that the sightings have been going on for many months now, are baffled by the mysterious airborne objects, and where they have come from. Various explanations for the UFOs have been suggested, the most popular - and perhaps most eccentric - being that the lights belong to other-worldly creatures.

Combita resident Nury Gamarra voiced one popular opinion that the objects are in fact "divine ships coming for their chosen ones," whilst other argue that they are witnessing extraterrestrial aircrafts. Whatever they are, Boyaca residents are convinced that the UFOs belong to unearthly beings. According to reports by local residents, UFO sightings are becoming a common occurrence in the area, particularly in the western regions of Combita, Motavita and Tunja.

Comment: There are now reports nearly every week informing the world that UFO sightings are going up across the world, and that is because we are experiencing a dimensional shift. There is nothing that anyone can do about it as this is being controlled by universal consiousness. Well, we have another country (two in a week) telling the world that some of their citizens know the truth! Wow, wow, wow!

Mystery of falling tadpoles returns
Japan Times, 2nd June 2010

On Monday morning, a man working in a field in front of his house in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, reported that he found about 10 tadpoles, which he suspects fell from the sky.

Since last June, tadpoles falling from the sky have been reported in Ishikawa, Miyagi and Saitama prefectures. While some experts believe the tadpoles are dropped by birds, other lay the blame on tornadoes.

Comment: This is Fortean territory. The question that nobody can answer is: If tadpoles are scooped up by a passing tornado or strong "updraft" and dumped elsewhere, why is there NEVER any sign of associated debris from the original source? Polliwogs!?! LOL!!

Cumbria shooting rampage suspect's 'body found'
BBC News, 2nd June 2010

Twelve people have been killed and 25 injured by a gunman who opened fire in west Cumbria.

A body thought to be that of the suspect - taxi driver Derrick Bird - has been found in the Boot area. The first fatality was in Whitehaven before the gunman drove south, apparently shooting people at random. Witnesses said the suspect drove through the town with a gun hanging out of his car window, before heading south through Gosforth and Seascale.

Comment: This does not happen very often in the UK... this is a very sad time for many families, the small communities in the county of Cumbria and the country.

Slaughter in the Lake District: 13 dead. 25 injured. The terrible toll of a taxi driver's petty row that ended with the words: 'There's going to be a rampage'
Daily Mail, June 2010

Squirrels Show Softer Side by Adopting Orphans, Study Finds
Science Daily, 2nd June 2010

Those neighbourhood squirrels you often see fighting over food may not seem altruistic, but new University of Guelph research has found that the critters will actually take in orphaned relatives. The study by Guelph Prof. Andrew McAdam, along with researchers from the University of Alberta and McGill University, revealed that red squirrels will adopt pups that have lost their mother.[...]

What's also remarkable is that squirrels are able to assess which pups are related or not, he added. As squirrels rarely interact, they learn who their nearby relatives are by hearing their unique calls, he said. If they fail to hear a relative's calls for a few days, they may investigate.

"We suspect that, if they find pups on the territory, they remember that their neighbour was a relative and carry the pups back to their nest. This would be quite intelligent behaviour for a squirrel."

Comment: Sometimes, it seems that scientists really struggle to give animals any credit whatsoever. That a squirrel can work out it's relatives is made out here to be some amazing achievement, but why?

Solar EMP and the Mystery of Air France 447
Huffington Post, 1st June 2010

[...] Our conversation quickly shifted to the crash of Air France 447, an Airbus 330-200 that went down en route from Rio to Paris on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 aboard. The mystery of AF447 has been intensively investigated, but the blackbox was never found and the case was never solved.

Investigators surmise that the plane flew through a thunderstorm, causing a temperature gauge to be coated with ice and thus give false readings which in turn caused speed sensors, known as pitot tubes, to give even more false readings, ultimately tripping the cascade of failures throughout the plane's computer systems that sent AF447 into the ocean. But there are a lot of thunderstorms in the South Atlantic, and pilots who do the Rio-Paris run routinely avoid them...

The commercial pilot who approached me had heard the same scuttlebutt that I had, that AF447 had had been done in by solar EMP. When the Airbus went down it was passing through what is known as the South Atlantic anomaly, a California-sized crack in the Earth's protective magnetic field that normally protects us from solar EMP.

Beginning the day before, on May 31, 2009, and continuing through the crash date, a large sunspot and along with it an enormous plasma filament had erupted on the Sun's northwest quadrant, the quadrant from which sunstorm explosions are likeliest to hit the Earth. Had a blast of solar EMP rocketed through space, penetrated this giant crack in the magnetic field and fried some of the Airbus's electronic components, perhaps including the temperature gauge and/or pitot tubes? Depends on how well those components were protected, or "hardened." Most hardening of electronic components is done under the working assumption that normal conditions will prevail in the Earth's protective magnetic field. The South Atlantic anomaly is not "normal conditions"; it is an absence of protection.

Comment: OK, we finally have an answer and it has taken 1 year for at least the rumours from good sources to surface. Earth had lost it's shielding from Space Weather which is weak around the South Atlantic Anomaly anyway, and the Air France 447 plane was knocked out. The explanation given here is most likely wrong and more likely to have been caused by "Killer Electrons" finding their way into Earth's atmosphere and had randomly hit and fried the plane's electronics. See the previous March 2010, European Space Agency Shocking recipe for making killer electrons article and previous entries in the archive Best of the Blog - Electronics & Electromagnetic Chaos

The chasm between Apollo and the Gulf
Watts Up With That, 1st June 2010

I am honored to present this guest post by Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Dr. H. Harrison Schmitt – Anthony

President Obama’s Administration and its supportive media repeatedly say our 1970 Apollo 13 experience is analogous to the effort to contain and cap the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Not hardly!

The rescue of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, after an oxygen tank explosion on their spacecraft, illustrates how complex technical accidents should be handled, in contrast to the Gulf fiasco. Nothing in the government’s response to the blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and its aftermath bears any resemblance to the response to the Apollo 13 situation by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration and its Mission Control team at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. [...]

Long-term, history reminds us that naturally and accidentally released oil in the oceans disappears due to bacterial action. Remember that the fuel oil which blackened the world’s beaches as a result of World War II ship destruction disappeared after only a few years, and ocean life survived. The Gulf oil spill will not be this Nation’s most serious environmental crisis: World War II tops it by orders of magnitude in more than just this respect.

Comment: OK, it seems that Dr. Harrison wants the facts out in the public domain rather than the Obama Administration spin, but his views are thought provoking.

Strange orange UFO spotted over Buckhurst Hill [W.Sussex, UK]
Guardian Series, 1st June 2010

A FORMER pilot and aircraft recognition teacher has been left stumped by a mysterious orange ball seen flying in the skies above Buckhurst Hill.

David Crook, of Cherston Road in Loughton, said he and his girlfriend saw the unidentified flying object as it silently swooped through the clouds above the town just before 11pm on Sunday (May 30).

It is the latest in a string of recent sightings in the area – although some have suggested the district's proximity to Stansted Airport could be to blame, while others have theorised that the orange balls are Chinese lanterns.

But Mr Crooks, a 23-year-old finance worker, said: “I don't think it was a Chinese lantern as it was absolutely huge and it wasn't particularly windy either.

“It was a fairly big orange ball. It looked like a large ball of fire moving steadily at a good speed and it made no noise. It was very close to us so it couldn't have been been an aircraft or helicopter.

Comment: The UK local media are now continuously reporting the fiery looking orbs. I am only interested in this report because it was a pilot and former 'aircraft recognition teacher', so he is considered a reliable witness. Earth's shadow biosphere is appearing en masse, but the local media are using sightings as fodder. Incredible! More:

Former pilot and avid skywatcher sees three orange UFOs - Devizes Wiltshire [UK]
UK UFO Sightings, 1st June 2010
"... three bright orange-gold (bronze) lights just appeared stationary in a horizontal line the eastern sky at an elevation of about 20 degrees above the horizon. I stopped to watch thinking they were military parachute flares (we see these regularly and these lights looked similar). One of these lights sank downward toward the ground and dissapeared behind a distant tree. The second light moved in wide a curving turn to the south and headed in what looked like a descending path to the south or southeast (toward Thruxton Airfield area). The third came toward me overflying keevil airfield some 2 kilometers abeam my location. I viewed this nearest light with a 15x mini telescope I keep in the car."

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary claims ashcloud 'was mythical'
Independe News, 1st June 2010

Michael O'Leary has refused to soften his stance on compensation as he admitted the volcanic ash cloud cost the airline around €50m.

Ryanair's chief executive said his airline was gearing up for a legal challenge against "unfair" EU regulations, which forced carriers to cover the costs of refreshments and accommodation for passengers who could not get home. Mr O'Leary said the firm planned to use the top 20 "most ludicrous" claims as part of a test case in the courts. He said one customer stranded in the Canary Isles, hoping to return to Dublin, put in a claim for €3,000 for a luxury apartment. The outspoken boss said the "mythical" cloud had left his business with a bill of around €50m so far.

"There was no ash cloud," he told a press conference on Tuesday. "It was mythical. We've not been able to find it." He went on: "It's become evident the airspace closure was completely unnecessary."

Comment: Well, I am intrigued! So, my strange thought that maybe airspace over Europe was closed down in order to investigate UAP phenomena might not be so far fetched. If the ash cloud really was mythical, and quite frankly, the ash cloud models looked convincing, then I am sure there must be a few wondering what was really going on...

BP CEO Hayward: “I want my life back”
Hayward gaffe fuels BP's woes as shares plunge 15% - Energy - Management Today
Management Today, 1st June 2010

Another £14bn off the share price, the CEO in bother, and still no sign of a solution - it just gets worse for BP... Another rotten morning for BP: after its latest efforts to stem the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ended in miserable failure this weekend, its share price sank another 15% today, wiping some £14bn off its value. But as BP’s efforts to stop the oil gushing out get increasingly desperate, CEO Tony Hayward hasn’t exactly been doing his bit to win friends and influence people State-side. ‘There’s nobody who wants this over more than I do. I want my life back,’ he apparently told a US radio station – rather unfortunate, especially given that his finer feelings aren’t exactly high on US priority lists at the moment...

Comment: People are calling this an Extinction Level Event and BP's CEO is fed up that his life is not exactly how he would want it! After watching 60 Minutes on YouTube, where Deepwater Horizon survivor Chief Electronics Engineer, Mike Williams describes BP's cowboy mentality, we are left in no doubt that this disaster was inevitable. Williams states: "all the things that they told us could not happen, happened". He was left twice by a lifeboat and a liferaft, despite weekly drills where people are "trained" what to do to make sure everybody gets out in an emergency. He was forced to jump off the rig, 10 storeys and he still survived, when he was rescued but he does not say by who which is a curiosity, did the US Navy show up? Whatever, it reveals there are too many people who only care about themselves, it's ME, ME, ME! Share price plunges are just not enough, penalty fines are just not enough, but quite frankly, it's an issue of humans with low consciousness, who simply don't have the ability to see the bigger picture. Now some want to nuke the well, but that's crazy, because there are major issues with the whole land plate of North America, as the drilling for oil on land has left a highly dangerous situation. Another mystery is now unfolding as people's attention is now focused on their survival. The stupidity and short sightedness justs goes on and on, and we are living at a time when universal consciousness can deal with shortsighted humans very effectively.

YouTube: BP CEO On Need To Stop Oil Spill: 'I Would Like My Life Back'
YouTube Media clip, May 2010
The Gulf Oil Spill Tracker
Oil spill Sky Truth, May 2010
Something Useful:

BP oil spill: death and devastation – and it's just the start
It could take months or years for the true impact of the spill on surrounding ecosystems to emerge
Guardian, 31st May 2010

The White House says the BP oil spill is probably the greatest environmental disaster the US has faced, but the true impact on surrounding ecosystems could take months or even years to emerge.

Experts say the unprecedented depth of the spill, combined with the use of chemicals that broke the oil down before it reached the surface, pose an unknown threat.

"It's difficult to marshal resources to do a thorough job of charting what the impacts are," Jeffrey Short, an environmental chemist who worked on the effects of the Exxon Valdez spill, told Nature magazine. "It's especially difficult when weird things happen to catch the scientific community bysurprise. That's clearly the case here."
Comment:

Federal Government Opens Criminal Investigation of Gulf Oil Spill
Fox News, 1st June 2010
(Also Slideshow with 90 Photos)
Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill
NY Daily News, 2nd June 2010
BP's shares fall 13% after plan to stop oil leak fails
BBC News, 1st June 2010
"The markets are pricing in an apocalyptic scenario," said Evgeny Solovyov, equity analyst at SG Securities in London.

Giant ash cloud threatens flights in Pacific
PhysOrg.com, 31st May 2010

A giant plume of volcanic ash is disrupting flights in the Pacific and threatening villagers in Vanuatu, echoing similar problems which caused chaos in Europe, scientists and officials said Monday.

Forecasters in New Zealand said the cloud, spewing from Vanuatu's Mount Yasur volcano, was about 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) high and covered an area of about 132 square miles.

Tourists have been urged to stay away from the volcano on Tanna island, which has disrupted domestic flights in neighbouring New Caledonia. Peter Korisa of the National Disaster Management Office, who is on Tanna to assess the situation, said lava and hot rocks had been spewing from the volcano and ash was raining down on nearby villages. "There are 6,000 people in the villages around the volcano, we're not moving them out yet," Korisa told AFP. "All tourists and tourist operators have been asked to not access the volcano. The access is restricted."

Comment: More volcanoes going up, meanwhile people just complain about disruptions, however some of these volcanoes could wipe out life on vast parts of Earth...

Westwoods, nr Lockeridge, Wiltshire. reported 31st May
Crop circle Connentor, 31st May 2010

The formation is quite small, it has been described as a 'sperm and egg' and is in oil seed rape. It is said to be very nice from the air.

Comment: There are not comments yet, but there are lots of obvious interpretations to this crop circle. As far as I am concerned, there is a cosmic snake just outside our solar system and it might mean that the heliosphere will be penetrated or the other option is that a pillar of fire is arriving, whether we are ready or not.

Update
There is talk that Betelgeuse is showing signs that it ready to supernova and if that has already happemed then the light will be reaching us soon, so we will have to wait and see, but it will be an amazing astronomical event... So, whatever the correct scenario, I imagine that all we have the same final impact of flooding this planet with radiation. In terms of Robert Cox and 'The Day of Illumination', it must be near...

This scares everybody — that we can’t make it stop, says BP chief
Times Online, 31st May 2010

With the failure of its latest attempt to stem the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, BP was running out of time, money and friends yesterday as it prepared another, even riskier, plan of attack.

“We failed to wrestle the beast to the ground,” Bob Dudley, the company’s managing director, said after BP admitted that the much vaunted “top kill” operation had not worked. President Obama called the news “as enraging as it is heartbreaking”. [...]

Five methods of stemming the leak or containing the oil have been tried; all have failed or been aborted. The list of options is dwindling, the odds in favour of success are slim and since the crisis began on April 20 about 40 million gallons of crude have fouled the waters, according to government figures.

“This scares everybody — the fact that we can’t make this well stop flowing, the fact that we haven’t succeeded so far,” said BP’s chief operating officer, Doug Suttles.

Comment: Well, someone has made a suggestion and my brain has just gone ping! What is happening now should not surprise a few knowledgeable thinkers in the metaphysical community. There were chanelled messages – warnings a few years ago was that we would NOT be allowed to continue drilling for oil and at the time I believed that geomagnetic conditions would make this impossible. I was wrong. According to an anonymous person at GLP, the undersea deposits of methane are starting to melt all over the world. Since I have avoided talking geology generally on this blog and in my book, the earthquakes and volcanic activity are clear indicators that Earth is heating up from the inside due to the massive inputs of energy from space weather. So note the recent problem in the North Sea, where we read:

"Ninety oil workers have been evacuated from a North Sea rig as engineers fight to control a huge build up of pressure in a well which critics say has the potential to blow-up the platform and cause a major environmental problem." Gas build-up threatens North Sea oil rig

At the moment, things are moving into realms of biblical prophecy... I had not paid much attention to comments about why the oil is red, but lots of people are now quoting Revelations!

"And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and that had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed." Revelation 8:8-9

So whilst, the bankers, business try to carry on as if nothing is happening, the impact of Space Weather and massive increases in the Earth's energy is now becoming obvious. More: The Gulf Oil Disaster & Biblical Prophecy Parallels, Gulf Oil Disaster Of Biblical Proportions?

What happens if a hurricane hits the Gulf Oil Slick?
Watts Up With That, 30th May 2010

There’s been a lot of worry and speculation over what will happen if a hurricane and the gulf oil spill collide. In response, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has prepared a document answering some of the questions. There’s of course, a lot of uncertainty too.

What will happen to a hurricane that runs through this oil slick?

• Most hurricanes span an enormous area of the ocean (200-300 miles) — far wider than the current size of the spill.
• If the slick remains small in comparison to a typical hurricane’s general environment and size, the anticipated impact on the hurricane would be minimal.
• The oil is not expected to appreciably affect either the intensity or the track of a fully developed tropical storm or hurricane.
• The oil slick would have little effect on the storm surge or near-shore wave heights.

Comment: Written by meteorologist Anthony Watts. I thought this might help some who are very concerned about this escalating disaster.

BP's behaviour in the Gulf is appalling. But our thirst for oil is the real issue
Science will solve this crisis, but the real cause is America's demands and our refusal to pay oil's true price
The Guardian, 30th May 2010

As this piece is written, act one of the Gulf of Mexico tragedy continues, agonisingly, to unfold. We, the people of the region, keep hoping to leave behind the terrifying explosions and ghastly loss of human life, the dread invoked by black jets billowing endlessly from below and the floating oil spreading over an ever-growing area. [...]

I am told that Britons like to measure areas by comparison to the size of Wales. The oil spill stretching across the Gulf is now far bigger than Wales; it's about the size of Scotland and growing by more than 1,500 square kilometres (580 square miles) a day. It was my observation, in satellite images of this inexorable spread, that led me to conclude in early May that the rate of release being cited by BP and repeated by our coastguard – 1,000 barrels a day – was preposterous.

After initial pressure, the rate was upped to 5,000 barrels per day – still too low by my estimation by at least a factor of five. BP, however, refused to make any effort to estimate the flow, claiming this could jeopardise its response efforts, which could not possibly be any greater, it avowed.

Comment: Written by Ian R MacDonald, Professor of Oceanography, Florida State University. Some folk are very very frightened and some commentators are calling this an Extinction Level Event. We will have to see if they start evaculating parts of Florida, it's that bad. I think most are starting to agree – Beyond Pathetic.

Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’
Raw Story, 29th May 2010
This was the suggestion well before we found out that Top Kill had failed, but it might be a very bad idea.
‘Difference of opinion’ on BP’s oil rig hours before explosion
Times Online, 31st May 2010
Oil spill creates huge undersea 'dead zones'
The Independent, 31st May 2010
"Clouds of crude and chemical dispersants have formed in the Gulf of Mexico and oceanologists fear these could have devastating effects on the food chain"
60 Minutes - BP disaster - Deepwater Horizon survivor Mike Williams pt 1
At about 4 minutes, Mike Williams says that a previous well had to be abandoned because in an attempt to 'speed things up', the well fractured -- poor thinking -- it all went to hell. This old well is probably the cause of the oil plume 6-7 miles away. This video has to be watched!

Creative minds 'mimic schizophrenia'
BBC News, 29th May 2010

Brain scans reveal striking similarities in the thought pathways of highly creative people and those with schizophrenia. Both groups lack important receptors used to filter and direct thought. It could be this uninhibited processing that allows creative people to "think outside the box", say experts from Sweden's Karolinska Institute. In some people, it leads to mental illness. But rather than a clear division, experts suspect a continuum, with some people having psychotic traits but few negative symptoms.

Comment: Maybe this is the reason why people people who have spiritually evolved which means neurological development has taken place, seem odd to others. I understand that in the evolutionary process NEW areas of the brain are ignited that are associated with original thinking. So, maybe people who have been considered creative in the past, who have been prone to mental illness, have just not had enough necessary re-wiring done.

Excerpts From The Electric Universe Part 8
Thunderbolts.info, 29th May 2010

In this series we have contrasted the dirty snowball model of comets to the plasma discharge model, questioned how gravity alone could retain huge comas, explored surface features not expected of a slushball, discovered that electrical stresses are the most likely cause of cometary fragmentation, and observed the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter and the Deep Impact probe into comet Tempel 1. Together this outstanding body of observations must bring into question the orthodox model of comets as it serves to demonstrate the predictive power of Electric Universe theory.

Comment: Actually, the more you know about plasma, the harder it is to comprehend why cosmologists wish to adhere to completely outdated ideas of gravity ruling the universe. This series outlines why NASA et al. have been continually embarrassed by the latest discoveries and close-up encounters with asteroids and comets, especially as they have tried hard to maintain the belief that comets are harmless snowballs in space. That's so that people continue to believe that the cosmos is a benign environment, which is not always the case. Here are the links for other in the series:
Excerpts From The Electric Universe - Part 6
Excerpts From The Electric Universe - Part 7
Thunderblog Index

Latest climate climbdown: the Royal Society reviews its statements on global warming
Telegraph Warner Blog, 28th May 2010

The latest institutional retreat from uncritical support of the AGW hypothesis is one that will chill warmists to the core: the Royal Society has announced it is to review its public statements on climate change. The Society now believes that its previous communications did not properly distinguish between what was widely agreed on climate science and what is not fully understood. It has appointed a panel to review its statements, assisted by two critical sub-groups, including a number of Fellows who have doubts about the received view on the risks of increasing CO2 levels. In fact this review has been forced on the Society by 43 of its Fellows who demanded last January that the pamphlet Climate Change Controversies, produced in 2007 and published on its website, should be rewritten to take a less aggressive stance in support of AGW and respect climate change “agnostics”.

Comment: I wonder if the agnostics are aware that Earth is not a closed system and is being continually blasted with energies from deep space. The plethora of new atmospheric physics, geophysical and geological phenomena as well as the general increase in earthquake and volcanic eruptions, as well as the Earth's tilt changing, cannot be ignored by the educated few who have taken off the normal societal blinkers.

Video game fanatic hunts down and stabs rival player who killed character online
A French video game fanatic hunted down and stabbed a rival player who had killed his character in an online war game.
The Telegraph, 27th May 2010

Julien Barreaux, 20, told police he wanted to see his rival player "wiped out" after his character in the game Counter-Strike died in a virtual knife fight. A court in Cambrai, northern France, heard how Barreaux plotted revenge for seven months after the online "killing" last November.

Comment: I am sure psychologists must be researching this phenomena of people who seem to think their "characters" are real... hence anger management just does not seem appropriate...

Mexico: A UFO/Airliner Close Encounter?
UK UFO Sightings, 28th May 2010

Mexico: Letter from Aviation Mechanic Alfonso Salazar

Contributing editor Prof. Ana Luisa Cid shares with us a message sent to her by aviation mechanic Alfonso Salazar, whose reports on interactions between airliners and unidentified aerial objects have become known worldwide.

"Dear Ana Luisa - My best regards to you. This photograph was taken by Fausto Abaroa on May 21st as an Aeromexico 737-800 approached Mexico City along the San Mateo air corridor. The same image shows a black flying object that dangerously escorts the passenger jet.

Comment: In honour of the NARCAP releasing their Spherical UAP and Aviation Safety: A Critical Review [April, 2010]

From the introduction we read:

“Flight safety within the National Aerospace System (NAS) of the United States of America remains of critical importance to everyone who is associated in any way with aviation. Other nations share similar concerns as well. [...] This report addresses one particular subject that, as far as can be determined from the open literature, has been overlooked by aviation officials at all levels, viz., generally small, energetic, propelled (i.e., not passive), spherical phenomena and/or objects that have been reported for decades within the NAS and elsewhere around the world.”

From the conclusion:

“Given that this report and others cited here have pointed out the existence of rare but real phenomena and perhaps even unidentified solid objects that fly in close proximity to all kinds of airplanes in many nations at all hours of the day and night and at all flight altitudes why haven’t any American aviation officials taken them seriously? There are several clearly defined actions that could be taken to better prepare in-flight and ground personnel for such encounters and thereby improve safety. These actions are briefly mentioned and also in the third section of this final chapter.”

It is my personal belief that orbs pacing or even escorting planes is a demonstration of "critter" behaviour. The orbs are playing tag, just like birds swooping in front of cars and dolphins pace boats etc. In reality, the shadow biosphere on Earth means a whole ecology of light beings with a range of characteristics and behaviours. Fortunately, there have been some researchers over the years that have had some great insights and today we have a huge collection of information to help us understand UAPs.

2 Bright lights trailing a plane - W. Bromwich [UK]

UFO Traffic Report: May 24, 2010 [US]

Mexico: An Interview With [Pilot] Carlos de los Santos Montiel
As usual, ufologists are trying to claim it was an attempted abduction (1975), when the pilot is claiming that the UFOs might have been trying to help him as he was in an old, clapped out plane!

Mexico: Interview with Air Traffic Controller Enrique Kolbeck
"He was a skeptic for many years until a single event caused him to change his opinion. And it was precisely an event involving a pilot in 1994, when an unknown object impacted against an Aeromexico liner and damaged the main landing gear – an event that took place of the World Trade Center in southern side of the capital city."

Geomagnetic Storm - NOAA
SolarCycle24.com, 29th May 2010

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

Geophysical Activity Summary 27/2100Z to 28/2100Z: The geomagnetic field has been quiet to unsettled. An interplanetary shock was observed at the ACE spacecraft at 28/0203Z. Boulder magnetometer observed a 33 nT sudden impulse at 28/0259Z, the activity is most likely due to the arrival of the CME observed on May 23.

Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be at predominately unsettled levels with a chance for active periods on day one (29 May) as the CMEs from 23-24 May continue to be geo-effective. Unsettled to active levels are likely are on days two and three (30-31 May) due to the arrival of a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream. In addition, there is a slight chance for isolated minor storm periods during the high speed stream interval.

Comment: Geomagnetic Storm! Well, I downloaded the NICT movie for 28/05/2010 because I knew a CME had been predicted to arrive and it looks like we had several separate hits as the billion tons of plasma arrived in waves, as charged particles travel at different speeds dependent on mass. However today, the current images of the magnetosphere are weird, and according to Spaceweather.com WE HAVE A BREACH. What that means in real terms is the that Earth has dropped her normal shielding and we are completely open to the cosmic and galactic elements. All quite interesting really. The image icon is taken from NICT realtime Magnetosphere Pressure on 10/05/29 16:23:16 UT. The magnetosphere, Earth's magnetic shield has effectively temporarily disappeared!

Could Livingston UFO sighting be connected to an experiment in Wales?
Scotsman, 28th May 2010

On April 17 a test was carried out on a Welsh hillside by a group of like-minded individuals to try out equipment built to communicate with alien life forms through the medium of light. The complex contraption, according to Paul Rowlands – the man who built it, converts voice and audio into light which are then transmitted into space using lasers. The equipment, says Paul, is also capable of receiving any responses.

"I've been using light-based technology to try to contact the spirit world in paranormal experiments and found it to be a very effective method of communication, he said. [...]

The group then transmitted their own personal messages alongside a mathematically-coded audio track. The equipment was also used to send the music tracks Angels by Robbie Williams, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft by The Carpenters and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Comment: DIY SETI?

Hurricane plus oil equals more problems
CNN, 28th May 2010

A predicted busy hurricane season this summer is on a collision course with an unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the results are anyone's guess, weather experts say. "The problem is that this is a man-made experiment we wish we hadn't made," said Jenni Evans, a professor of meteorology at Penn State University. Scientists on Thursday said as much as 19,000 barrels of oil have been spewing every day from the BP well in the Gulf, making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Most of the oily water lies off the coast of Louisiana, where marshes and wildlife have been coated and the state's fishing and tourism industries have taken direct hits.

Comment: Carl Safina, has said it. BP=Beyond Pathetic

Fierce hurricane season predicted
USA Today, 27th May 2010
Gulf Oil Photo Essay
PBSNewsHour — 26 May 2010 — Since the oil leak began in the Gulf more than a month ago, Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert has as been documenting the people and places at the center of the disaster.
Renowned Marine Biologist Carl Safina on the BP Oil Spill’s Ecological Impact on the Gulf Coast and Worldwide
Democracy Now, 27th May 2010
Carl Safina, the founding president of Blue Ocean Institute, warns the ecological fallout from the spill may be felt across much of the world. (With Transcript)
Hurricanes could damage oil pipelines
BBC News, 27th May 2010

Solar Scientists Agree That the Sun's Recent Behavior Is Odd, but the Explanation Remains Elusive
Scientific American, 27th May 2010

The most recent solar minimum was both long and pronounced. But why?

MIAMI—In very rough terms, the sun's activity ebbs and flows in an 11-year cycle, with flares, coronal mass ejections and other energetic phenomena peaking at what is called solar maximum and bottoming out at solar minimum. Sunspots, markers of magnetic activity on the sun's surface, provide a visual proxy to mark the cycle's evolution, appearing in droves at maximum and all but disappearing at minimum. But the behavior of our host star is not as predictable as all that—the most recent solar minimum was surprisingly deep and long, finally bottoming out around late 2008 or so.

Comment: Actually, I think that the behaviour of the Sun has been a strange combination of factors that you will not find solar scientists willing to discuss. First, our scientists have no credible theory for the existence of the sun. I understand that the mass of the Sun should haver disappeared a very long time ago if conventional theory is believed. At the moment, I like theory proposed by Stephen Goodfellow who proposes that our sun is a plasma shell around a absolute vacuum, somehow it makes the role of sound waves easier to understand. He believes that solar activity has a role in maintaining the Sun's equilibrium and we know that this is a puzzle for conventional theory, see An Empty Sun - Is Gravity being Induced?. I think this is an additional refinement to the Sun being an Electric Star because we need an explanation for how the Sun would react if it has to deal with more dusty plasma. We know that the Sun has been crossing over a transition zone that was filled with Birkeland Currents, so we have to presume the historic blasts were how it dealt with the additional matter. Then we had the Venus transit and proof that something seem to "switch off" in the Sun, but if course, that could just be coincidence. Solar activity has increased but it's still not excessive, so it's interesting to see if we have to wait until 2012 for the next Venus passing to see if something gets triggered back "on" again and then if it settles back into something that scientists think is normal.

Space so full of junk that a satellite collision could destroy communications on Earth
The Telegraph, 26th May 2010

Space is so littered with debris that a collision between satellites could set off an “uncontrolled chain reaction” capable of destroying the communications network on Earth, a Pentagon report has warned.

The volume of abandoned rockets, shattered satellites and missile shrapnel in the Earth’s orbit is reaching a “tipping point” and is now threatening the $250 billion (£174bn) space services industry, scientists said.

A single collision between two satellites or large pieces of “space junk” could send thousands of pieces of debris spinning into orbit, each capable of destroying further satellites. [...]

The space junk, dubbed “an orbiting rubbish dump”, also comprises nuts, bolts, gloves and other debris from space missions.

"This is almost the tipping point," Dr Gopalaswamy said. "No satellite can be reliably shielded against this kind of destructive force."

Comment: I have been saying this for over four years now. In fact, ever since I did the original research and published my book in September 2006. Of course, people want to be positive, so anything that upsets their perception that they can completely control their reality is ignored. However, the reality of the junkyard that is near Earth space has now become an issue and the conditions accerbated by Space Weather just make the situation more unmanageable. Hence, I have been regularly logging stories about space junk and my own thoughts, as a record of my belief that we could quite easily lose the whole satellite infrastructure, just as this report now claims. I have not been pessimistic, it's just a realistic assessment of the facts.

Ring of fire in the sky: Storm clouds form an astonishing circle at sunset in Hungary
Daily Mail, 26th May 2010

A circle of clouds forms a ring of fire above the Hungarian countryside as the sun sets after a day of torrential rain and hail storms which brought havoc to the country and much of central Europe.

This dramatic picture was taken after more than 2,000 people were forced from their homes in northern Hungary as flash floods triggered by heavy weekend rains blocked off villages and cut power in parts of the country.

Unusually bad weather, with heavy gusts of wind and two months' worth of rain in some areas, sent water levels surging to record highs on smaller rivers.

Comment: Don't these clouds just look angry! There seems to be more examples lately too... I note the comments that people do not believe the cloud formation type given here, it does not matter because we are tracking the occurrence of these highly electrified clouds.

A significant event in the night sky [Canada]
Eta Aquarid meteor attracts comments from far and wide
Cranbrook Daily Townsmen, 26th May 2010

Reports are still trickling in about the massive meteor shower seen over the Kootenays May 12. [...]

“I just about missed it but I looked up and it looked like some fireworks that went sideways instead of straight up . . . It seemed to me really close and not too far away.” Lockhart, a deli manager at Safeway, said the meteor emitted a white light that gradually turned red before the space body disappeared in the sky. [...]

“It was absolutely amazing. It was like something out of the movie Armageddon or something like that.” Realini said the meteor looked like a Roman candle in the sky, a description other observers have made. “It was just there and suddenly, poof, it was gone.” [...]

"I live in downtown Calgary with an unobstructed view of the southern sky. On May 12 around 9:43 p.m., I was on my sixth floor balcony facing south. The object was 10 to 15 degrees above the horizon when I first saw it. It was very bright and split in half during entry to the atmosphere.

"The two half pieces continued to glow for approximately two to three seconds and it moved from east to west for approximately 10 seconds in total. By my approximation, if any of it made it through the atmosphere, Cranbrook may be the place where something might have made it to the ground."

Comment: Quite frankly, you just have to wonder if these continued reports of spectacular 'meteor' showers are related to the fact that celestial objkects are not being repulsed by Earth's magnetic field and the ionosphere is still low and so objects are coming in much closer. The image icon used here is that of a roman candle firework!

Mysterious object spotted above Waterloo Region [SW Onatario, Canada]
CTV News, 26th May 2010

Curious Waterloo Region residents are asking questions after a fireball was spotted in the skies on Tuesday night.

Michelle Tremblay-Emary and Kim Schultz captured the sight on video and say it lasted only a minute or two. "It was just huge at first and then it got smaller and it just went so slow," says Tremblay-Emary.

Surprisingly, no one seems to know what it might have been. Astronomers at the University of Waterloo and the University of Western Ontario are not aware of any meteors.

Comment: What is amusing is the astronomers not having a clue, but the young kids at the end of the video are teaching a toddler that it was a big ball of fire that came from out of space! LOL!! OK, the planetary upgrade continues, with energies flying in from all over the galaxy, or so we are told! See archives for lots more examples of this strange plasma manifestation that has sometimes been referred to as a "ghost rocket".

Australia’s Victorian government creates seminar to “deal with denialism”
WUWT, 26th May 2010

Whoo boy. It must be rough out there when CSIRO has to have seminars on how to deal with us rowdy ruffian “deniers”. I’m surprised though, a 15 million budget, and they ask you to bring a sack lunch? DSE invites members of the Victorian Public Service to a presentation on:

Dealing with climate change denialism with Paul Holper, CSIRO

Popular opinion on climate change often waivers, particularly when the media focus on denialist views and encourage “debates” with climate change scientists.

Comment: Well, as I have said many times before, the planet is under the cosh from extreme space weather but authorities in the know, realise that massive changes in our solar system and Earth will cause rapid evolutionary change that will be difficult to manage or mitigate, so they want the general public to think they are responsible and pay higher taxes for those in authority to spend as they see fit. The persistence, even when scientific claims have been proven to be fraudulent, emphasises the desperation to get back on track with the plan and maintain the facade.

Meteorite? Piece of Icelandic volcano? Rock?
KLTV.com, 26th May 2010

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - Elia Angulo was relaxing in her backyard when she says a rock shot out of the sky. "I thought it was bird, you know," said Angulo. "And, I saw it and saw it was a rock, and I tried to touch it, and it was hot so I went inside and got cold water." It is not something you see every day. "It just got me in chills that I found something," said Angulo.

She and family immediately thought it may be a piece of meteorite. After a look, geologists Bob Hulse and Rick Turner say that is possible. [...]

They say there are several components here unlike anything they have seen. "This appears to be a glassy material, characterized by that flat surface that's shiny called conchoidal fracture," explained Turner. "It certainly appears to have been heated somewhat. It's got some, almost layered appearance there." Could it be from the Icelandic volcano?

Comment: Hmmm... as if there is not enough stuff falling from the skies....

Video: UFO's over Fresno California May 25th 2010 [US]
UFO Examiner, 25th May 2010

What is that red thing in the night sky over Fresno California?

The first object in this recently released footage from May 25th 2010 by You Tube author "ufoattacks" could be a UFO. The second craft resembles a conventional aircraft in its movement which would make sense if this footage were taken in an area close to an airport. The first object however seems to have a slightly different lighting configuration then what is expected. The pace in which the red light is pulsating seems to differ from typical aircraft for the area. We found this footage worthy of your analysis. What is it?

Comment: These strober-type orbs and UAPs are really strange. If the thing did not zig-zag in the sky and then do a little dance, I supose it could be mistaken for an ordinary plane.... The video is worth watching and the commentary is amusing too like, "Hell no! That is no plane!"

'Zombie' satellite prompts orbital waltz
BBC News, 25th May 2010

Two spacecraft are about to begin an unusual orbital dance above the Pacific Ocean to try to evade the interference from a third, failed satellite. Control was lost of Intelsat's Galaxy-15 platform in April. It will not take commands from the ground and is in a drift towards neighbouring spacecraft. [...]

The intricacy of the space choreography that is about to take place is thought to be unprecedented in the commercial telecommunications sector.

Comment: The saga continues...

Crazy violent explosion shoots out two cosmic bullets
Bad Astronomy Blog, 25th May 2010

I deal with superginormously ridiculous energies, velocities, and sizes all the time as an astronomer. You get used to it after a while… then something like this’ll slap you upside the head: a star that exploded more than 5000 years ago launched two epic bullets. One is a cloud of gas screaming away at thousands of kilometers per second, and the other is the cinder of the star itself, an octillion-ton cannonball blasting through space in a totally different direction.

Comment: What's interesting about this article is that it is obvious that Phil Plait realises just how extreme and fierce Magnetars are, but his audience just don't get the implications. Magnetar SGR 0526-66 was the first to be seen in 1979, but not the first to be seen in outburst mode. Our planet is now getting regularly walloped by these celestial monsters in x-rays and gamma rays and some even suspect gravitational waves, but the general public can't really appreciate the implications and I am sure Plait wonders why he is even bothering to enlighten so few. However, what really fascinates me is Plait prides himself on being a skeptic, but his writing about Magnetars is far from skeptical, more like someone who is shocked and awed.

Man allegedly sets blaze because of late dinner
Dallas News, 24th May 2010

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Kanawha County authorities said a marital spat over a late dinner has landed a man in jail on an arson charge. Lt. Sean Crosier of the Sheriff's Department said 60-year-old Guy Edward Jones came home Sunday and got angry because his wife, Beverly Jones, didn't have dinner on the table

Comment: Yes, there are all sorts of examples of imbalanced people but this story is a true example of madness... I am sure the wife is glad she no longer has to live with that kind of tyranny.

Kit rocket hits ~~UFO~~ [UAP] hovering over Texas field [US]
UFO Examiner, 25th May 2010

Three Texans were somewhat baffled when a kit rocket they had launched from a country field on January 31, 2009, appeared to land on something in the night sky - allowing them to see a hovering object that moved quickly out of the area, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The father, son, and a friend had attached glow sticks to the rockets to see them in the sky.

Comment: Well, it's a good thing this UAP was not vengeful, it was an accident! Again, the behaviour is distinctly biological and matches other resports of UAPs being fired on by hand held lasers, which they do not like and reacting in the same manner as a normal biological entity. It's quite interesting that the rocket could not be found though and also interesting that this UAP did not see the rocket coming, maybe it was 'asleep'...
UFO or Massive Glowing Kite Over Bakersfield, California? [US]
Watch the video and make your own mind up. The movement was quite fluid but as the broadcaster stated, he has never heard of a kite that can be lit up at night enough to glow and be seen all over the city... Watch the video in large screen, I was amazed, but I am not prepared to make a call on this one!

'Rain cloud is mostly made of bacteria'
The Times of India, 25th May 2010

BOZEMAN (MONTANA): Walking across the campus of Montana State University here, David Sands, a plant pathologist, says the blanket of snow draped over the mountains around town contains a surprise. The cause of most of it, he said, is a living organism, a bacterium, called pseudomonas syringae.

In the last few years, Sands and other researchers have accumulated evidence that the well-known group of bacteria, long known to live on agricultural crops, are far more widespread and may be part of a little-studied weather ecosystem. The principle is well accepted, but how widespread the phenomenon is remains a matter of debate.

Comment: Yes, it's a surprising fact, but the skies are filled with bacteria that act as cloud condensation nuclei, but as the universe is filled with dust – that is mostly dessicated bacteria – it should be no surprise, but the education system tends to avoid the subject.

MUFON’s Bonfire of the Vanities
UFO Media Matters, 25th May 2010

MUFON "members" are in an "uproar" over a series of videos on You Tube which showcase and critique Texas MUFON Director Ken Cherry. (Presentations below) Cherry decided to point out what he thought were some real problems inside MUFON and he did it the old fashioned skeptic/debunker way: by attacking the people. Some of the members are angry because some Stephenville witnesses and the examination by MUFON of radar tests were his main targets.

Comment: Is it any wonder why serious scientific researchers refuse to have anything to do with ufologists? Well, I have found an absolutely delicious quote from a scientist who is well known in the 'light phenomena' community, who has advised his colleagues to not talk to New Agers, presumably because they are all too stupid, don't talk to the general public because they are all too stupid as well, despite the fact that they pay for the research through their taxes and definitely don't talk to the press, well we all know why anyone would have reservations there... Yes, I could hardly believe what I was reading, but fortunately for us, others don't think the same, despite the obvious scheming to maintain the subject of UFOs/UAPs at the level of public ridicule.

Pictures: Nine Fish With "Hands" Found to Be New Species
National Geographic, 24th May 2010

Using its fins to walk, rather than swim, along the ocean floor in an undated picture, the pink handfish is one of nine newly named species described in a recent scientific review of the handfish family.

Only four specimens of the elusive four-inch (ten-centimeter) pink handfish have ever been found, and all of those were collected from areas around the city of Hobart (map), on the Australian island of Tasmania.

Though no one has spotted a living pink handfish since 1999, it's taken till now for scientists to formally identify it as a unique species.

Comment: Well, whilst evolutionary biologists tell us we are facing the greatest extinction rate in 65 million years, we seem to have constant reports of new species being found. Others, are claiming that species and plants are resilient and are adjusting to cope with new conditions, and they have the genetics to tune into the environment and quickly change their characteristics or habits/habitats to quickly adapt. So, we have many examples of evolutionary change that is occuring in decades not thousands or tens of thousands of years. As I have said many times before, how do we know if we have never seen a new species before that it has not quickly evolved from something else that we have not seen seen before either?

Nearby black hole is feeble and unpredictable
Eureka Alert, 25th May 2010

For over 10 years, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has repeatedly observed the Andromeda Galaxy for a combined total of nearly one million seconds. This unique data set has given astronomers an unprecedented view of the nearest supermassive black hole outside our own Galaxy.

Astronomers think that most galaxies - including the Milky Way - contain giant black holes at their cores that are millions of times more massive than the Sun. At a distance of just under 3 million light years from Earth, Andromeda (also known as M31) is relatively close and provides an opportunity to study its black hole in great detail.

Just like the one in the center of the Milky Way, the black hole in Andromeda is surprisingly quiet. In fact, Andromeda's black hole, known as M31*, is ten to one hundred thousand times fainter in X-ray light that astronomers might expect given the reservoir of gas around it.

"The black holes in both Andromeda and the Milky Way are incredibly feeble," said Zhiyuan Li of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Mass. "These two 'anti-quasars' provide special laboratories for us to study some of the dimmest type of accretion even seen onto a supermassive black hole."

The decade-long study by Chandra reveals that M31* was in a very dim, or quiet, state before 2006. However, on January 6, 2006, the black hole became more than a hundred times brighter, suggesting an outburst of X-rays. This was the first time such an event had been seen from a supermassive black hole in the nearby, local universe.

Comment: So, how can so-called 'black holes', that theoretically were supposed to swallowed everything up around them, can now be seen all over universe emitting x-rays and gamma rays? Yet, Andromeda M31, is supposed to have 4 X-ray sources, how does that work then within the theoretical constraints of conventional cosmology? Amazingly, we have got some truth here about our own Milky Way's 'black hole' that is pronounced as a terrible disappointment, as it is 'incredibly feeble', I think it would be fairer to say virtually invisible. Yes, the real action in the centre of our galaxy, is a region of millions of stars called Sagittarius A*, which hosts a massive supergiant Red Star called IRS7 that seems to be a focus of some real action, NOT the feeble virtually invisible black hole. By the way, note the image here, where is the blackness of the hole! LOL! This is an old joke: "Black holes are where God divided by zero." – Comedian Steven Wright

'Nature's batteries' may have helped power early lifeforms
Eureka Alert News, 25th May 2010

Researchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered new clues to the origins of life on Earth. The team found that a compound known as pyrophosphite may have been an important energy source for primitive lifeforms. There are several conflicting theories of how life on Earth emerged from inanimate matter billions of years ago – a process known as abiogenesis.

"It's a chicken and egg question," said Dr Terry Kee of the University of Leeds, who led the research. "Scientists are in disagreement over what came first – replication, or metabolism. But there is a third part to the equation – and that is energy." [...]

But despite its importance to life, it is not fully understood how phosphorus first appeared in our atmosphere. One theory is that it was contained within the many meteorites that collided with the Earth billions of years ago.

Comment: More heretics talking about life originating from space and given credence to the theory of Panspermia. Note: these scientists are not paying attention to the work of others, phosphorous is manufacturered in space.

BP Gulf Spill Now Equaling Exxon Valdez Every 3.5 Days
Daily Galaxy, 24th May 2010

Initially, BP reported a 1,000 barrels per day leak, then 5,000 after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) estimate, while independent analysis of company supplied video and satellite imagery suggest somewhere between 50 - 100,000 barrels, the consensus settling on 70,000 or an Exxon Valdez equivalent every 3.5 days - by far, America's greatest ever environmental disaster, and growing worse daily.

Comment: Seriously, the incompetence is breathtaking... Here is a video I found quite appropriate. Requiem For The Gulf

Did DNA-Based Life Begin in Nebula & Interstellar Clouds?
Daily Galaxy, 24th May 2010

Stellar debris, nebulae such as the Bubble (image above) and Orion Nebula, and interstellar clouds contain hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, water vapour, methanol, ethanol, cyanide, ammonia, formaldehyde, and complex organic molecules.

A spectral line survey of Orion nebular clouds has identified 40 different molecular species, including several organic compounds such as methyl cyanide, methanol, and dimethyl ether. An examination of a nebular cloud within 3 astronomical units of AA Tauri revealed the presence of an abundance of simple organic molecules (HCN, C2H2, and CO2), water vapor, and OH. Water was particularly abundant throughout the inner disk which is a strong indication of active organic chemistry.

There is an abundance of organic molecules, water, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons within interstellar clouds, which indicates either the presence of life, and serve as important ingredients for creating life.

Comment: This whole article is excellent. So all of a sudden, we are now getting more reports explaining that the ingredients of life are "ubiquitous" in nebula & interstellar clouds. Instead of space being a cold, dark, hostile environment, we are told it is in fact a stellar nursery for encouraging life! Quote: "Microbes from Earth are preadapted to surviving conditions which they have not encountered on this planet. Therefore, they must have inherited the genes which made survival in space possible; and this means these genes were acquired from microbes which had lived in space (Joseph 2009a)." I keep thinking about Sir Fred Hoyle who teamed up with N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, taking 20 years to realise that the dust in space was mostly freeze dried bacteria in various states of degradation. The mindset was space was lifeless and dust was made from inorganic compounds, and that is why after much frustration, it took 20 years to eradicate this prejudice and Hoyle was a brilliant man! Goodness me! This is biblical talk: "...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Genesis (ch. III, v. 19)

Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System -- Update
NASA JPL/Caltech News, 24th May 2010

Engineers successfully reset a computer onboard Voyager 2 that caused an unexpected data pattern shift, and the spacecraft resumed sending properly formatted science data back to Earth on Sunday, May 23.

Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., had been operating the spacecraft in engineering mode since May 6. They took this action as they traced the source of the pattern shift to the flip of a single bit in the flight data system computer that packages data to transmit back to Earth. In the next week, engineers will be checking the science data with Voyager team scientists to make sure instruments onboard the spacecraft are processing data correctly.

Comment: Voyager 2 is fixed! All the talk of aliens sending back messages was complete and utter rubbish, see previous comment.

Wilton Windmill, nr Wilton, Wiltshire. Reported 22nd May.
Crop Circle Connector, 23rd May 2010

This formation was reported to me soon after 12 noon today and is in oil seed rape adjacent to the Wilton Windmill www.wiltshiretouristguide.com. It is approx:200 ft in diameter.

Comment: It's been decoded! e^iΠ + 1 = 0 but I am not sure that means a lot to many people! The following is funny.

Addendum: I started to play around with the Ogham alphabet. First: Ogham is based upon 4, so I divided each dividing line in two and figured there would be two 12-letter strings. The letters made no sense whatsoever. But then i started to think binary again. What if it should be read like equals = 0 and different = 1? That is if the first 4 places along a dividing line has two markings and the next 4 also had two, it should be an 0. And it would then be 24 letters = 3 x 8. And the translation was: FYI and which is an acronym for: For Your Information!

The crop circles makers have definitely got the attention of some clever and educated people, so we will continue to monitor the most interesting and important crop circles. More:

Crop circle hiding 'beautiful' maths formula appears in rape seed field
Daily Mail, 23rd May 2010
"An extraordinary crop circle based on the 'world's most beautiful maths theorem' has appeared in a field next to a windmill in Wiltshire."
Yes, I am amazed that the UK Daily Mail are so interested and the coverage is quite good.

Spherical UAP and Aviation Safety: A Critical Review
NARCAP News, May 2010

From the Preface: "This collection of articles is focused upon this single form. Each article considers a particular aspect of spherical UAP, those poorly understood but ubiquitous visual phenomena in Earth's atmosphere that existed yesterday, exist today, and will very likely exist far into the future!"

Comment: It looks like NARCAP [National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena] have knocked it out the box with this collection of articles on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), 23 documents and 21 MB. It does not matter that there is widespread ignorance amongst the general public, some pilots believe that they should be aware of everything in the skies that could have an affect on their flight. Please note: the webpage title "Project Sphere". Like anyone who is prepared to do the work, and this organisation has massive catalog of 1300+ sightings from military, airliner and private pilots sightings from 1916 to 2000 that is available online, they have taken into account that the vast majority of UAPs are spheres or orbs.

BP calls in Costner's $26m vacuum cleaners to mop up huge oil spill
The 'Waterworld' star has spent 15 years developing device to separate oil from sea water and it is now being put to work
The Independent, 22nd May 2010

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So with hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico each day, and its corporate image starting to resemble the tar-covered sea creatures now washing on to Louisiana's fragile shoreline, BP has called on Kevin Costner to help stave off environmental Armageddon.

The Hollywood star has been bobbing around the Mississippi Delta helping representatives of the British oil firm and US coastguard test-drive a stainless steel device called the Ocean Therapy. In a claim which sounds as unlikely as the plot premise of Waterworld, he says it can quickly and efficiently clean oil from tainted sea water.

Bizarrely, Costner may be on to something. The actor has spent 15 years and roughly $26m (£18m) of his personal fortune developing the patented machine with the help of his elder brother Dan, a scientist. [...]

Costner, 55, has quietly been developing Ocean Therapy since the mid-1990s when he founded the Costner Industries Nevada Corporation, a company which funded eco-friendly research by his brother and a team of scientists. Aside from the water cleaning device, the firm has also invented a non-chemical battery.

Comment: They say that real life can be stranger than fiction, but BP being rescued by a Kevin Costner, and his mad scientist brother with their "Ocean Therapy". I can already see a Hollywood blockbuster in the making..... Incredible.... video: Kevin Costner's Machine Heads to BP's Oil Spill Clean Up

UFOs Start to Appear in Moscow on Regular Basis
Pravda, 21st May 2010

Lately, Russian media has been reporting on unidentified flying objects seen in Moscow skies.

Recently a video was posted online showing a huge triangle 1.5 km wide soaring above the Moscow Kremlin. It was sitting above Red Square and shot by amateurs twice.

[...] Some hot heads stated that these are live beings unknown to science. Others think these are creatures that came from plasma world inhibited by souls and ghosts. [...]

Some scientists believe such phenomena to be signs of the future. But what do they indicate? Some extraordinary future events? Or, maybe, aliens are trying to tell us that they support us in tough times? We shall see.

Comment: Strange article and rather matter of fact. It's a headline grabber to get a message across, but the main story is just a rehash of old stories except for the mention of creatures from the plasma world... this is a major clue that the Russians know the truth and are slowly getting the message out. As I have said many times before: Thank God for the Russians! Don't forget: This is a dimensional shift, the veil is lifting!

The IBEX Ribbon: Are We in for a New Era in the Sun’s Voyage Through the Galaxy?
Science Daily, 21st May 2010

Scientists from the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, and Boston University suggest that the ribbon of enhanced emissions of energetic neutral atoms, discovered last year by the NASA Small Explorer satellite IBEX, could be explained by a geometric effect coming up because of the approach of the Sun to the boundary between the Local Cloud of interstellar gas and another cloud of a very hot gas called the Local Bubble. If this hypothesis is correct, IBEX is catching matter from a hot neighboring interstellar cloud, which the Sun might enter in a hundred years.

Is the Sun going to enter soon a million-degree galactic cloud of interstellar gas?

Comment: These days, I can hardly believe what is coming out of the astronomical community and the true significance. I don't know whether different groups of astronomers are using different terminology or whether there is an effort to confuse but from what I have read, we are ALREADY in a transition zone and about to enter the Galactic Cloud or G Cloud that seems to be hosting some interesting features that I have already commented on. Since my intentions have always been to point out the significance for evolutionary change, the warning at the end of this article will be repeated here:

"This might mean that the Solar System could enter the million-degree Local Bubble cloud as early as the next century."

Nothing unusual, the Sun frequently traverses various clouds of interstellar gas during its galactic journey," comments Grzedzielski. Such clouds are of very low density, much lower than the best vacuum obtained in Earth labs.

Once in, the heliosphere will reform and may shrink a little, the level of cosmic radiation entering the magnetosphere may rise a bit, but nothing more. "Perhaps future generations will have to learn how to better harden their space hardware against stronger radiation," suggests Grzedzielski."

If you have done the research like I have, you will know that the astronomical estimate of a few hundred years or next century is unreliable, other astronomers usually add the caveat "But maybe tomorrow!" However, metaphysical warnings for those interested in spiritual evolution, encouraging people to sort out their energy fields now, seem like good advice. With the increased radiation, humans are going to mutate EXACTLY as some Mayan Elders and metaphysical sources have predicted. The obvious issue is how well people are prepared to follow the new cosmic template that will guide our evolutionary destiny.

Archaeologists Unearth 7,000-Year-Old Swastika in North-western Bulgaria
Balkan Travellers, 20th May 2010

A pottery fragment with the image of a swastika, dating to 7,000 years ago, and an ancient female adornment with a phallus are among the artefacts shown for the first time as part of the on-going exhibition “Gods, Symbols and Ancient Signs” in the museum in Vratsa in north-western Bulgaria. [...]

The swastika as a symbol dates to the Neolithic period in Ancient India, according to previous archaeological finds. It can also be seen on Roman and Medieval artefacts. Although it was commonly used all over much of the world without stigma and still occurs widely in religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, the swastika has become stigmatized in the Western world, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany.

Comment: It's a sacred symbol for good reason but most are uneducated in the origins and meaning of ancient symbols because this kind of knowledge is retained for high initiates.

British policeman wins UFO investigation award
A British policeman has won an international award for his database of UFO sightings by UK police officers.
The Telegraph, 21st May 2010

Gary Heseltine's fascination with the unexplained in British skies began at the age of 15, when he spotted a mysterious bright light while walking his first girlfriend home.

The 49-year-old father-of-two picked up the 2010 Disclosures Award in Washington for his website,http://www.prufospolicedatabase.co.uk/ which he launched in 2002.

He said: "Winning the award was a total surprise, I didn't know I was going to win until my name was read out.

Comment: Congratulations, Gary Heseltine!

Lovesick pilot 'threatened to crash passenger plane after row with girlfriend'
Daily Mail, 21st May 2010

A lovesick pilot threatened to crash his plane after a row with his girlfriend, it was claimed yesterday

The distraught JetBlue pilot was held in a crew lounge an hour before takeoff after threatening to kill himself 'in spectacular fashion'.

It was reported on local radio that he had emailed his girlfriend, a flight attendant, saying that if they did not resolve their differences he would crash the plane.

Comment: I focus on pilots and crew because I believe that the extreme electromagnetic environmental conditions on this planet, combined with the work requirement of being in the air for thousands of hours, makes them more vulnerable to mental breakdowns. I have provided some examples on this blog.

Bridge’s St. Vitus dance
RT News, 21st May 2010

Motorists using a bridge in the southern Russian city of Volgograd were given the ride of a lifetime by a powerful gust of wind.

Comment: No, I don't think this was caused just by a gust of wind! The bridge experienced energy at it's resonant frequency and hence it started to 'dance'.

"Flutter is a self-starting and potentially destructive vibration where aerodynamic forces on an object couple with a structure's natural mode of vibration to produce rapid periodic motion. Flutter can occur in any object within a strong fluid flow, under the conditions that a positive feedback occurs between the structure's natural vibration and the aerodynamic forces. That is, that the vibrational movement of the object increases an aerodynamic load which in turn drives the object to move further." Flutter

The next question is: why does the bridge not dance more often, because wind is not a rare phenomena? I would suggest that slightly different atmospheric conditions combined to generate the necessary aerodynamics. Maybe, the bridge reacted to a shock wave from something man-made or natural like the jet-stream touching down. At the moment, geomagnetic conditions have been quiet to unsettled. The natural hypothesis has to be considered as we are now regularly experiencing a wide variety of "rare" atmospheric phenomena where scientists appear to not fully understand the factors involved. There are also frequent stories now of "rogue waves". Another video link here. Thanks Romanov for the tip!

Update
Europe's longest bridge closed after it wobbles
"A seven-kilometre-long bridge over the Volga River has been closed after the structure started to wobble. The bridge in Volgograd, southern Russia was built last year at a cost of £55m, and opened in October 2009."

Yarnbury Castle, nr Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire. Reported 16th May.
Crop Circle Connector, 21st May 2010

Finding the Key. When I first heard of this new event at Yarnbury Castle, I was immediately transported back to the early years of Crop Circling, 1991 to be exact! I was only 22 then, and could remember in my ‘giddy excitement’ driving down to this encampment to search for what was the very first formation to appear in that famous year. Unfortunately I was unlucky in finding this event, very much like a number of researchers for this year’s formation.

They say, History can repeat itself, well obviously this was the third event in 2010, but it was also positioned in the exact same field as the 1991 event, and in the same crop. Back then it was a long Dumbbell design, very simplistic compared with what was to come in later in that year. [...]

Why are we being shown this so soon within the season of 2010? Perhaps we are drawing closer to understanding the behaviour of the phenomenon and its strong connections with the past? Was it just a strange coincidence that I mentioned about finding the Key to unlock the phenomenon’s secrets in 2010.

This formation at Yarnbury has an uncanny resemblance to a ‘Keyhole’. Perhaps the key is to understand ourselves within this mystery and how we interact with the phenomenon, raising our awareness to potential truths.

Comment: Somehow, what is being stated here has resonance for me. The UK appears to be in shock that we are clearly experiencing a dimensional shift, a shadow biosphere is appearing. I don't know what this key is unless it's a key to open up people's minds. On the comments page we find the following:

Here is the Divine Triangle! That’s what mathematicians call it. The pure golden ratio, the one-fifth angle!

This triangle side divided by its base length equals phi the golden ratio, 1.618.... Its two base angles are 72 degrees. The golden ratio has long been associated by philosophers with beauty, and the Circlemakers have surely managed that here; and also, come up with the bright idea of putting a circle at the top whose diameter is equal to its base.... Five lines touch the base of the triangle, and then in the circle above a set of five lines cover the top angle of 36 degrees. This is a pentagram-type motif. Nicholas Kollerstrom

OK, when those who are enamoured with mysticism, talk about sacred geometry and the golden ratio, they tend to miss the real point. That is once we have worked out the mathematics, the next stage is to harness the associated 'divine energy', if truly interested in spiritual evolution.

The Cosmic Thunderbolt
YouTube, 20th May 2010

Dave Talbott narrates the latest video project from the folks at thunderbolts.info that serves as a prerelease trailer for this summer's planned release of Episode Two in the "Symbols of an Alien Sky" video production. The series describes how petroglyphs, myths and writings from ancient times appear to be depicting events in the heavens that actually occurred in those times, events that do not occur today. Courtesy www.anomalist.com

For helpful background, see the playlist of brief selections from Episode One: SYMBOLS OF AN ALIEN SKY — Selections (1)

Comment: I absolutely love these Electic Universe guys, (even though I don't agree with everything) and the work they have done with mythologists like Dave Talbott and Rens van der Sluijs. Interestingly, the emphasis here is placed on cosmic thunderbolts causing havoc in the heavens and life on Earth. However, some religious traditions refer to the "divine" thunderbolt too, as there is a deeper spiritual implications to understanding what this energy represents and how this energy has been used by the humans in the past.

BBC Journalist filmed a UFO in the skies above Stourbridge [UK]
YouTube, 20th May 2010

UFO filmed in the skies above Stourbridge. Footage captured by a BBC WM journalist above the skies of the village of Wollaston near Stourbridge

A BBC WM journalist has filmed a mysterious light in the skies above Stourbridge. The footage was recorded at around 9.30pm on the evening of Monday, 17 May using a mobile phone. It shows an orange ball crossing the horizon above Wollaston, travelling from north to south, before disappearing behind some trees. BBC WM's Brett Birks was watering his garden at the time and happened to look up at the sky.

"I glanced upwards and saw this orange ball," he said. "It was travelling on a perfect course across the sky. It appeared to change colour from orange to yellow and back again. It was absolutely silent. "Luckily I had my mobile phone in my pocket so was able to capture about a minute's worth of footage before the object disappeared behind some trees." Brett, who presents the BBC WM Introducing music show with Louise Brierley on Thursday nights, admits to having a keen interest in UFOs.

"It caught me off guard but it was quite exciting. I'm really not sure what it was. I know that Chinese lanterns account for a lot of UFO sightings these days. It could have been one of those or maybe something more mysterious!"

Comment: OK, a BBC reporter has an orb sighting, but will it make much of a difference? The UK is being swarmed by orbs, but the sleepy response might be symptomatic of a population that is completely tuned out of any interest beyond basic survival mode. Do people need poking with a sharp stick to get a response? Who knows! We are witnessing the greatest transition in the history of mankind and the response is basically niente (nil). Well, as far as I am aware, the dimensional shift is not over yet, so we await further developments.

The Smell of Fear: Anomalous in the Olfactory?
Mysterious Universe, 20th May 2010

If you could anticipate subtle changes in the environment with your five senses in ways that others can’t, how would you imagine this occurring?

What if, when someone was being dishonest, you could collect an odd greenish hue emanating from them in your periphery? Or what about a noticeable electric sensation tingling the tips of your fingers when you shook hands with someone who found you attractive? [...] Lydia also says she has, in the past, been able to “smell” subtle differences in DNA and other minute traces of the human condition around graveyards and spooky locations.

Comment: The article does not mention synesthesia (the mixing of two senses) and relates this ability to pick up information by smell as being related to extra-sensory perception (ESP). It's refering mainly to a woman called Lydia who I would love to talk to because I have had this ability for a long time, but recently it's just got stronger. Sometimes, it's an issue. For me, one of the worse places to detect bad energies is the stench of some clairvoyants at alternative fairs. Goodness only knows what the hell some of these people are chanelling, but it's NOT divine!

Students' stunned by 25 UFO lights
Highland News, 20th May 2010

MORE than two dozen UFO lights have been spotted over the skies of Inverness in one night.

The sighting of 25 orange lights was made by a group of eight students who were holidaying in Foyers to celebrate completing their university courses. The women are adamant that these were not Chinese lanterns as the lights travelled across the skies in a straight line and were all equally spaced.

At one point during their strange half-hour experience, two of the lights almost collided, but then quickly changed direction to avoid contact. The women got in touch with the Highland News after reading about similar reports we have revealed over the past few months. The sighting happened the night before an RAF servicemen reported seeing an orange fireball in the sky over Inverness.

Comment: Another mainstream report about UAPs that have lost their plasma cloaks going about their business in the UK. More over the UK & Ireland:

VIDEO: 'UFO spotted over Belfast sky' [N. Ireland]
"I saw was a huge orange light which appeared out of nowhere," he told the News Letter. "My first impression was that it was a plane on fire and I looked at my mother and she thought the same thing. We went outside and the orange light got smaller and smaller and disappeared. "Four others (orange lights) then came across the sky and seemed to form a sort of a pattern. They hovered there for a while and then they disappeared." In the education process, repetition is important for some.... The video is interesting...

Strange lights in the sky above Norbury [UK]
"One of the lights was in the shape of a large ball changing from red to yellow, orange, brown and green. It seemed so big as if covering the whole of London although it was only the size of a tennis ball from where I watched it."

Fenland UFO sighting described in detail by a woman who was simply popping outside for a cigarette
"...a huge slightly muffled circle of lights," she writes. "These were shining through cloud cover and pulsing (i.e. getting larger & smaller). "The shape was circular but there were two rings of orbs. I was so freaked out I called my husband to come take a look as I was so scared, the lights very close to the cloud level just as though sitting above them. "The lights continued to pulse and moved quickly from the side of my house & back again..."

Living in denial: Why sensible people reject the truth
New Scientist, 19th May 2010

[...] Kalichman, however, feels that everyday reasoning alone is not enough to make someone a denialist [...]

He believes the instigators of denialist movements have more serious psychological problems than most of their followers. "They display all the features of paranoid personality disorder", he says, including anger, intolerance of criticism, and what psychiatrists call a grandiose sense of their own importance. "Ultimately, their denialism is a mental health problem. That is why these movements all have the same features, especially the underlying conspiracy theory."

Comment: I have not really commented on the New Scientist's focus on deniers, which I see as a plea for why the general public cannot abdicate all person responsibility and just believe everything that scientists tell them, without engaging their own brain and/or not checking the facts for themselves. It's interesting that there is no reference to history here, because people tend to have long memories of when they have been duped before. Also:

Living in denial: The truth is our only weapon
New Scientist, 23rd May 2010
Of course, the 'truth' is based on someone's interpretation and others are forced to agree....

Multiple bright moving lights and 32 crop circles appear in Hidden Valley, CA [US]
UFO Examiner, 19th May 2010

A Hidden Valley, CA, witness is wondering why neighbors are not noticing or reporting the multiple bright lights moving around the sky at night and the sudden occurrence of approximately 32 crop circles in the same location, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

"Last week I saw the most beautiful lights rotating around something on the hill, I had never seen such pure white lights," the witness stated. "After about 30 min. only two lights remained at that spot. Some of the lights are also golden in color."

With all the local activity going on, the witness is questioning why others are not coming forward. "I am not sure what is going on here in Hidden Valley, but whatever it is, it is increasing.

Comment: Yes, others have noticed the increase in orb/UAP phenomena worldwide too... but 32 crop circles, that's impressive! However, maybe they mean 32 individual circles that are connected to make one large formation, but without an aerial image this is difficult to assess. Anyway, the final comment is funny: "Please write back soon, something is going on around here and like I said it is increasing. But I do not want a bunch of nosy looky loos coming around scaring them away!" LOL!!

8.6 Billion Miles from Earth: The End of Voyager 2 Mission?
Daily Galaxy, 14th May 2010

Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.

Preliminary engineering data received on May 1 show the spacecraft is basically healthy, and that the source of the issue is the flight data system, which is responsible for formatting the data to send back to Earth. The change in the data return pattern has prevented mission managers from decoding science data.

The first changes in the return of data packets from Voyager 2, which is near the edge of our solar system, appeared on April 22. Mission team members have been working to troubleshoot and resume the regular flow of science data.

Comment: Yes, I saw all the headlines about Voyager 2 being hijacked by aliens, but I was not in the mood last week to accomodate that kind of nonsense. I note the image used here showing that Voyager 2 is facing the IBEX "ribbon" that is more likely to be part of a huge "double layer" consisting of some fierce electrical discharges separating our local solar system bubble from the rest of the galaxy. NASA have had their monies worth, but now Voyager 2 is probably getting assailed by some anomalous cosmic rays from this region, so we will see what happens next. The difference between what happened with Voyager 1 & 2 could simply be a matter of varying location conditions at different times. The link I have provided here is an article that discusses the passage of Voyager 1 & 2 through the heliopause and the IBEX ribbon. It is made very clear here, especially from some of the comments, that these IBEX scientists are making some strange claims and that mainstream cosmology cannot explain fully what is happening.

Spacecraft Detects Mysterious "Ribbon" at Edge of Solar System
Universe Today, May 2010

NASA Finds Cause of Voyager 2 Glitch
Discovery News, 18th May 2010
"What a difference a bit makes. NASA engineers believe they have traced the cause of Voyager 2's gibberish to single flip of bit in the spacecraft’s memory. "A value in a single memory location was changed from a 0 to a 1," said JPL’s Veronia McGregor."
There we go, nothing to do with aliens!

Think-Tank Says Trained Chimp Can Predict Hurricanes Better Than NOAA… And Puts it to the Test
Watts Up With that, 18th May 2010

Chimp Predicts 6-8 Atlantic Hurricanes in 2010

Via press release: Washington, DC: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s track record in predicting the number of Atlantic hurricanes is so abysmal that a trained chimp could do better, says The National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

The group is putting this claim to the test, issuing a 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast today determined by a chimpanzee, “Dr. James Hansimian.” Video links follow.

Comment: OK, the Chimp video is hilarious, but as you can imagine, this press release has eloquently put the point across and got some attention. What's more, there is a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that after 3 weeks has not been bought under control. We all need to start praying that matters are not made worse by huge hurricanes. The comment here is interesting and of course there are those with ruffled feathers.... Please note that some real scientists are very concerned that all scientists are being tarnished after Climategate and erroneous computer modelling, but hurricane predictions are in the genre that is most suspect.

Update
NOAA delays due to monkey business?
Some commentators think there is now a delay because NOAA's predictions are the same as the chimps which is absolutely hilarious, if true. Actually, in response to the update to this story, the following comment might be very relevant: Charlie A says: May 19, 2010 at 3:58 pm

I wonder if someone leaked the NOAA prediction number to The National Center for Public Policy Research. Then all they would have to do is keep filming the chimp until he picked the same forecast as the impending NOAA forecast.

That would be a truly dirty trick, but also rather amusing. Charlie

Hmmm...

Most idiotic global warming headline ever
Watts Up With that, 18th May 2010

I may just divert to Toronto from Chicago and pay this writer a visit so I can tell him to his face what an idiot he is, or have my two new Canadian friends, Guy and Stuart, do it for me. He deserves it. How do the publishers of this newspaper reconcile printing such blatant idiocy based on what the writer calls “weeks old” science? How does such a headline get published? At first I thought maybe it was just the copy editor at fault, making a dumb headline, but then I read this in the body of the story:

Over 4.5 billion people could die from Global Warming related causes by 2012, as planet Earth accelarates [sic] into a greed-driven horrific catastrophe.

Comment: This is actually from 2007 but it has been repeated as another wild claim at the same time as some scientists are starting to get really anxious that we have entered a new ice age.

Big Science & commercial science publishing = corruption of peer review & science
HIV Skeptic, 17th May 2010

[...] Hand in hand with rushing to produce anything that doesn’t rock the boat goes a fierce determination to exclude anything that threatens the bandwagon and gravy train. Peer review, like other aspects of science, has become thoroughgoingly corrupted by the change from “little science” to “Big Science”, which means commercial science, for-profit science.

It has become routine for editors to choose manuscript reviewers with a view to getting the advice they want, namely, something that will not rock the profitable mainstream boat. Don’t try to publish anything that questions HIV/AIDS theory, or Big-Bang theory, or human-caused global warming theory, or Darwinian evolution, or string theory, or an asteroid cause of dinosaur extinctions, or any other prevailing contemporary consensus.

Comment: There is definitely more articles pointing out the problem with the peer review process. As pioneers will tell you, peer review has become a very cosy way of keeping outsiders out that will rock the boat. The following has been called The Modern Science Method:

Form clique of friends
Announce new “ground-breaking paper” to the press. Announce “result” in soundbite form.
Get papers published peer reviewed by friends
Go to United Nations and declare “the science is settled”
Denigrate other scientists who disagree with you as “Deniers” and in league with [insert scary corporation here]
Praise other “independent” scientific papers written by your friends which miraculously support your hypothesis.
Repeat the above two processes so that you and your friends get lions share of grant money while your opponents are starved of funding and attention.
Hide data/methodology so as to prevent replication. Make sure only copy of data is on a floppy disk and never, ever backed up like normal people.
Start weblog.
When cornered, declare that “science has moved on”

It could go on for years."

Hail Storm Oklahoma City [US]
YouTube, 16th May 2010

This was the most insane hail storm or storm in general I have ever seen! it was May 16th 2010. Sorry about all of the 'oh my Gods'. I was just in shock.

Comment: Wild, wild wild! Classic footage, however it falls short because we don't know whether there were some brick sized conglomerates, tennis balls, cricket balls, or baseball sized, but I think we can rule out golf balls, especially after the hail storm really gets going....

Multiple red-orange balls of light move over Portland sky [US]
UFO Examiner, 18th May 2010

An Oregon witness watched 10 red-orange balls of light moving slowly across Portland's night sky on May 17, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

"The color was not like an airplane, i thought of fire, or flares," the witness stated.

Comment: Well, it looks like the sightings of "planes on fire" in the sky has now started in the US too! So it look like things are really moving ahead in the US and ufologists have taken note. However, while there is talk of UFO orbs, ufologists are still reluctant to admit that they are natural plasma phenomena and in fact represent another lifeform, despite the research that has been conducted over the years, in the United States. I have now created a Project Identification Info page. Reading Professor Rutledge's book, the project received funding from the St Louis Gobe Democrat and he was contracted to write about his research, but at that time, there was plenty of interest. I am not sure whether this media group is related to any of the newspapers that wrote articles about the UFO phenomena in Missouri that I have found on the internet.
Notice: New Webpage
Project Identification Info Page

More Sightings
Fireball falls from Arizona sky and shoots across landscape [US]
"Just before it hit the ground.. the object leveled out in a seamless motion, and it shot across the terrain... a white fireball (the light smaller now), and in a "zipping" like motion, this object hovered and glided gracefully above the ground before disappearing behind some nearby desert terrain."

Indiana witnesses report same orange fire ball seen over Ohio May 15 [US]
I would hazard a guess it's NOT the same fireball....

Hundreds of pulsating lights move over Ft. Wright, Kentucky May 15 [US]
"...we saw hundreds of pulsating lights going across the sky. It looked like a plane would look at night but there were hundreds of them."

Mississippi witnesses report two large red objects slow moving over night sky [US]
"I looked up and saw these two, large pinkish/red solid lights, flying across the sky."
They were emitting a directional light.

Orange Ball Of Fire In The Sky Over Dexter Missouri [US]
"...But as my knowledge deems it, stars do not fade out, pulse, or reappear in bright orange and yellow flame-like colors. Supernovas, dying stars, they flicker rapidly, as you know, in a variety of colors: blue, red, yellow, white even, but this object did no such thing."

Series of red-orange balls of light reported over New York [US]
"...a total of eight or ten objects they were moving kinda slow and each pair were evenly spaced apart the BALLS were dark orange and red swirling around inside. It looked like an orange red liquid marble of fire." That's quite a good description of a glowing plasma!

UFO Traffic Report: May 16, 2010 [US]

UFO Traffic Report: May 19, 2010 [US]

Girl, 8, grows new kidneys after old ones fail
nineMSM, 18th May 2010

An eight-year-old British girl whose kidneys failed because of constant infections has astounded doctors by growing two new organs.

Specialists found the two extra kidneys while operating on Angel Burton in 2007 when she was just five, the Daily Mail reports. They discovered the two "healthy" spares had taken over the role of the old kidneys, curing her of her problem.

Comment: Girl called Angel was born with spare kidneys that grew when required?

Celestial marvel
Cransbrook Dail Townsmen, 17th May 2010

Two more reports have come in about a meteorite seen over the Cranbrook-Kimberley area around 9:45 p.m May 12, but it’s no longer sure if the celestial object was a meteorite or a comet.

Whatever the case, the sightings by local earth-bound observers are consistent and indicate strongly that some sort of unidentified flying object flew over the region last Wednesday.

Jordan Eliason, a project manager with JSL Forum, said he came out of a meeting in Kimberley the evening of May 12 and while talking outside the building saw the meteorite brighten up the sky towards the ski hill.

“It is most likely that this was a large meteorite high up in the atmosphere. It was the second one I had seen so bright in my life. (It had) a whitish, yellow tail and then broke apart into many small pieces.”

Comment: Unfortunately the writer does not know the difference between a meteor and a meteorite, it's a meteorite when it hits the ground, but most people tend to prefer the word meteorite regardless.

Hatch of the day: Rare chicken-guinea fowl hybrid has FOUR wings
Daily Mail, 15th May 2010

What has four wings, pretty blue eyes and walks with a swagger? No, it's not a joke - it's a real bird and it's called a guin.

The strange-looking fowl is a hybrid of a chicken and a guinea fowl. The chick, named Tulip, hatched in Lyn Newman's coop. Mrs Newman had brought in two guinea fowl to act as a warning system for foxes, but did not know they could breed with her hens. Mrs Newman, 59, raises a number of fowl in Defford, Worcestershire, but she was astonished when one of her eggs hatched into an odd looking bird even she couldn't identify. The tiny bird was covered in clumps of feathers and - most strangely of all - had four wings.

Comment: Another glitch in the matrix....

Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors
The Telegraph, 15th May 2010

Homeopathy is "witchcraft" and the National Health Service should not pay for it, the British Medical Association has declared.

Hundreds of members of the BMA have passed a motion denouncing the use of the alternative medicine, saying taxpayers should not foot the bill for remedies with no scientific basis to support them.

The BMA has previously expressed scepticism about homoeopathy, arguing that the rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should examine the evidence base and make a definitive ruling about the use of the remedies in the NHS.

Comment: The fight goes on.... From what I understand of the research of Jacques Benveniste, there is an electromagnetic resonance that is transferred in highly diluted compounds and this can be transferred to cells in the human body to trigger a healing response. All doctors swear the Hippocratic Oath to DO NO HARM, but when others try to heal using simple methods, instead of with dangerous drugs that can't beat placebo, they are met with resistance and name calling. Actually after reading the classic version of the Hippocratic Oath, it seems that doctors have strayed a very very long way from the original ideals.

Update
This was sent to me from Sebastian in Germany: "here is an interesting article about a master course in homeopathy at my home town university in Magdeburg...compare to your article about the british medical society....."

"The European Library for Homeopathy is closely connected with the tradition. The homeopathic discipline returns to its place of origin Köthen in the direct vicinity of the former resi- dence of Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. At the same time the Library is facing the future. Parts of the curriculum of the first German Masters course in homeopathy at the Otto- von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, which will start in win- ter 2010/2011, will take place right here. The course is aimed at doctors, dentists, veterinarians and pharmacists who want to study a scientifically based method of homeopathy. The course is aimed at both experienced practitioners as well as beginners who are interested in highly qualified training." link

Thanks, Sebastian

The Sun's Unchanging Size Baffles Scientists
Space.com, 13th May 2010

The surface of the sun undergoes violent changes on a daily basis, but a group of astronomers has found that the size of our nearest star has been perplexingly constant in recent years.

The new study shows that the sun's diameter has changed by less than one part in a million over the last 12 years. The sun's width today is a steady 932,057 miles (1,500,000 km) across, the researchers found. "This constancy is baffling, given the violence of the changes we see every day on the sun's surface and the fluctuations that take place over an 11-year solar cycle," Kuhn said.

"The sun is remarkably constant," lead researcher Jeff Kuhn, the associate director of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, told SPACE.com. "We're measuring that the diameter changes by less than a kilometer (0.62 miles).

Comment: Maybe, we should look elsewhere for answers. Personally, I am impressed with the theory proposed by Stephen Goodfellow who proposes that our sun is a plasma shell around a absolute vacuum. He believes that solar actvity has a role in maintaining the Sun's equilibrium and from the observation being cited here in this article, he could be right. An Empty Sun - Is Gravity being Induced?

Anil Seth: identifying the root of consciousness
The Guardian, 9th May 2010

The co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science hopes to unravel the mystery of where 'we' exist through studying the brain

Consciousness is the last outpost of pure mystery in our scientific understanding of the brain.

We are learning ever more about the brain's physiology and how it controls our bodies, but the idea of where "we" exist, how we develop that sense of self and how it can be explained in terms of the activity of brain cells, all of that is still largely the domain of philosophers rather than scientists.

Comment: I think the major issue we have now is how we define the evolution of consciousness. Psychologists have generated a plethora of models to define human development and increased complexity in thinking that requires neurological changes is part of process. Hence, there are various conditions that scientists can cite that suggest sudden evolutionary development. This can be compared with increased brain functionality, as neurologists can now detect when new areas of the brain are activated. So despite the mystery of consciousness, we do have some criteria that can be used. Personally, these days, I have been forced to stand back and monitor how people think. I have done enough homework now to do my best to avoid those who are so unevolved as to border on dangerous.

Dendera Zodiac: The World's First Horoscope?
Heritage Key, 7th May 2010

One of the most famous, popular and mysterious ancient Egyptian treasures of the Louvre, the 2060-year-old Le zodiaque de Dendéra – the Dendera Zodiac – has witnessed more than its fair share of controversy over the centuries.

Stripped from the portico of a chapel dedicated to Osiris at the Hathor Temple at Dendera in 1820, then shipped to Paris, the beautifully carved bas-relief played an unlikely role in fierce disputes over science and faith in Napoleonic and Restoration France. Today, the zodiac continues to spark debate.[...]

New age pseudo-scientists prescribe a significance for the Dendera Zodiac as grave as that of the Maya Long Count Calendar, which is popularly said to be ticking towards Armageddon in December 2012.

One such eccentric is John Lamb Lash, an author and “exponent of the practice of mythology.” In an article on his website titled, with Dan Brown-esque flourish, The Dendera Revelation: Our Moment in the Mythic Order of the Ages, he describes the Dendera Zodiac as a “time-scanning dial,” revealing the mythic pattern of humanity’s experience over a cycle of 26 millennia, a cycle which is due to end very soon (around the same time as the Maya calendar times out, conveniently enough).

Comment: I am sure this article will be of interest to those who want to know there is a link between astronomy, religion and mythology.

UFO Passes Over UK Government Communications Headquarters (G.C.H.Q.) - Cheltenham [UK]
The Vike Factor, 15th May 2010

Date: May 10, 2010, Time: 8:25 p.m.
Shape of Objects: Orb (large)

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I live in Cheltenham UK. about half a km from the infamous UK head quarters G.C.H.Q. So it makes the sighting all the more curious. [...] About 20:40 I happened to glance towards the South only to see a static light in (or above) the clouds.

At first I dismissed it as an aircraft either coming into land at Staverton or on it's way to the states, but something was wrong. It was nowhere near any paths and too low and not moving. It disappeared behind clouds. I got a glance of it once more when it was static and then it shot off towards the NW at a rate of knots. It must of been pretty big too and emitted it's own light. Clouds obscured my view for a large amount of the angle of sight.

To explain, I saw no navigation lights no fuselage (light was good enough) and the speed was fast enough to be viewed but too fast to be conventional. Ironically the object passed virtually over the top of G.C.H.Q the most secure communications and surveillance building in the country. [...]

What I saw was something out of the ordinary.

Comment: Hilarious! Well, the orbs don't seem to be worried about trespassing over sensitive government facilities! LOL!! To be fair, the government are not interested either, or else they would not have made the decision decades ago, to remove the radar signature of anything that did not behave like a conventional aircraft. They only seem to get interested when too many of the public become away of the presence of the "radar angels". Well, some agencies must be quite agitated these days as spacetime morphs and we experience a dimensional shift.

Extraterrestrials may not need UFOs to visit Earth
American Chronicle, 15th May 2010

People who wonder about or even actively research the topics of UFOs and visitors from elsewhere sometimes begin with certain assumptions that may only be partially correct.

We might assume that if we are being visited, these intelligent beings are all biological life forms, though they might be quite different from humans.

We could also conclude that they are from another planet and they travel here aboard advanced spacecraft, possibly warping or surfing space-time in some way.

However, there are also theories and indications that, although those basic concepts might generally be accurate in some cases, there could be other developments going on as well.

Comment: OK, there is a problem with the headline but the rest of the article is acceptable. The title of this article reveals a fundamental error in thinking. That is a UFO or 'Unidentified Flying Object' is a vehicle. It implies that an ET entity requires a separate vehicle and NOT the concept that the ET could be A THOUGHTFORM OR INTELLIGENCE THAT CAN CREATE ITS VEHICLE AT WILL. That is one reason why the military and other groups have used the term Unidentified Aerial Phenomena to get away from the ingrained thinking of ufologists. Nobody is arguing about the existence of humanoid ETs, but that is not the only consideration that has to be made. Well, from what I have uncovered so far, there have been one ufologist, as early as the 1940s who proposed a UFO theory that fits the available observations where no one seems to have advanced a better idea since!

Scientist inspired by Dalai Lama studies happiness
PhysOrg.com, 14th May 2010

After hearing about his cutting-edge research on the brain and emotions through mutual friends, the Dalai Lama invited Richard Davidson to his home in India in 1992 to pose a question.

Scientists often study depression, anxiety and fear, but why not devote your work to the causes of positive human qualities like happiness and compassion? the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader asked.

"I couldn't give him a good answer," recalled Davidson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist. Since then, Davidson has become a partner in the Dalai Lama's attempts to build a connection between Buddhism and western science.

Comment: "His Holiness has said he is prepared to give up any part of Buddhism that is contradicted by scientific fact." Wow.... the Dalai Lama is wise. Fundamentally, real spiritual seekers and real scientists are both searching for truth, they just take a different approach.

All Species Evolved From Single Cell, Study Finds
National Geographic News, 14th May 2010

All life on Earth evolved from a single-celled organism that lived roughly 3.5 billion years ago, a new study seems to confirm.

The study supports the widely held "universal common ancestor" theory first proposed by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago.

Using computer models and statistical methods, biochemist Douglas Theobald calculated the odds that all species from the three main groups, or "domains," of life evolved from a common ancestor—versus, say, descending from several different life-forms or arising in their present form, Adam and Eve style.

The domains are bacteria, bacteria-like microbes called Archaea, and eukaryotes, the group that includes plants and other multicellular species, such as humans. The "best competing multiple ancestry hypothesis" has one species giving rise to bacteria and one giving rise to Archaea and eukaryotes, said Theobald, a biochemist at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

But, based on the new analysis, the odds of that are "just astronomically enormous," he said. "The number's so big, it's kind of silly to say it"—1 in 10 to the 2,680th power, or 10 followed by 2,680 zeros.

Comment: I am not sure this is really "astronomically enormous". I have seen even bigger astronomically enormous probabilities calculated for the occurence of life based on the 20 biologically important amino acids and the sequencing needed to create enzymes. For the 2,000 enzymes that are known to be crucial over a fairly wide spectrum of life ranging from simple micro-organisms all the way up to humans, the probability that they would occur is 10 followed by ~~40,0000~~ 500,000 zeros. I wonder if I started writing zeros on the walls, how many times I would have to go around the room and whether there would be enough wall space to write ~~40,000~~ 500,000 times... This is the EXACT reason why scientists who can actually comprehend the meaning of this kind of probability believe there is some type of creative agency in the universe and you can call that The Creator, God, or The Divine Principle, whatever you like. By the way, I am neither a creationist or an evolutionist, I prefer to study the facts. Update I am actually working my way through research papers and articles on this subject and it looks like this probability was revised UP! Now, the probability for the development of life is truly astronomical! LOL!

Climate Craziness of the Week – New Scientist: The Denial Depot Edition
WUWT, 14th May 2010

New Scientist has a barrage of articles on “denialism”, including one from DeSmog Blog misinformer Richard Littlemore, who runs with the tired old comparisons of today’s skeptical public to tobacco industry campaigns. He bashes what he calls “manufactured doubt” while at the same time ignoring the billions poured into the climate industry, including the funding he and his namesake publisher (Hoggan and Associates PR firm, who run DeSmog Blog) receives from that industry. It’s quite the sanctioned hatefest going on there. It is truly sad that like Scientific American, New Scientist has become nothing more that a political science mouthpiece, and a shell of its former self.

Comment: I like these comments:

DirkH says: May 14, 2010 at 7:47 am
Maybe they should rebrand to “New Dogmatist” or “Weekly Balderdash”.

John from CA says: May 14, 2010 at 7:58 am
There is a very odd similarity between this absurd dogma and the “Church” which once dictated “Science”.

David Corcoran says: May 14, 2010 at 8:17 am
These anti-skeptic articles have an increasingly angry, bitter and desperate tone. It’s not attractive.

simon says: May 14, 2010 at 9:03 am
Warmists In Groupthink Death Spiral

Tibetans developed genes to help them adapt to life at high elevations
PhysOrg.com, 13th May 2010

Researchers have long wondered why the people of the Tibetan Highlands can live at elevations that cause some humans to become life-threateningly ill - and a new study answers that mystery, in part, by showing that through thousands of years of natural selection, those hardy inhabitants of south-central Asia evolved 10 unique oxygen-processing genes that help them live in higher climes.[...]

Even at elevations of 14,000 feet above sea level or higher, where the atmosphere contains much less oxygen than at sea level, most Tibetans do not overproduce red blood cells and do not develop lung or brain complications. The Utah and Chinese researchers found evidence that this might be related to at least 10 genes, two of which are specific genes strongly associated with hemoglobin, a molecule that transports oxygen in the blood.

Comment: The statement that this variation in genes was due to thousands of years of natural selection is commonly accepted speculation. We already know that lower forms of life in stressed environmental conditions can actively modify their own genetics, if given anough time, but the mechanism has got nothing to do with natural selection.

Rainbow similar to before China and Chile quake seen over Los Angeles
The Weather Space, 13th May 2010

San Diego residents are reporting shaking continuing in the area. The shaking, according to the USGS, is likely due to the Easter quake this year which rocked the region.

Twitter is rolling with reports of rainbow cloud over Los Angeles today. Reports are coming in that this looks similar to before both the China and Chile quakes where residents reported and took photos of such events in the sky.

While no one can be sure what it means, people should always be prepared for a major Earthquake in Southern California as it is seismically active.

Comment: I think the best advice is that people should be prepared... There are very low frequency EM emissions that can be detected – even from satellites in space. Most systems are experimental because there does not seem anyway to tell if something will occur within a day or a week. Larger image: Twitpic - Fire rainbow over downtown LA

Stonehenge, Nr Amesbury, Wiltshire. Reported 9th May
Crop Circle Connector, 12th May 2010

Stonehenge of May 9, 2010 showed annual motions of our Moon, Earth and Sun, and was a logical successor to two other crop pictures which appeared at Stonehenge or Chiseldon fourteen years ago in 1996

A new crop picture which appeared on May 9, 2010 near the ancient megalithic site of Stonehenge in southern England has quickly captured worldwide attention. Many field details from that crop picture (in oilseed rape) suggest that it was made by some kind of highly-technological patterned energy, which no one on Earth today has the capability to produce. Yet what exactly do its many beautiful symbols mean?

Comment: This is the link to the comment page. Massimiliano Beretta thinks this is pointing us to the next Venus crossing between the Earth and the Sun in 2012. This is a rare astronomical event which occurs in pairs, so after the crossing in 2004, we await the 2012 crossing. Now, I believe the evidence clearly tells us that Venus literally "switched off" something within the Sun, to explain the strangely quiet solar minimum that has dragged on and on. Through all this, the esoteric meaning of the female Venus and the male Sun energies have become crystal clear, but I am wondering what to expect if the Sun is switched back on again. At this point, due to changing conditions in our solar system, there are other factors that could explain the strange behaviour of the Sun. Whatever, Earth's defences are now down (magnetosphere full of holes and massive breaches sometimes occur) so who knows what will happen, if we get a strong solar maximum. What's more, we can forget about predictions from solar scientists for solar maximum as they have been revised umpteen times and now David Hathaway, NASA spokesman, admits that their solar model based on helioseismology has failed.

Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
Boston.com, 12th May 2010

In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date.

Comment: Incredible pictures.

Weird Clouds Look Even Better From Space
Wired News, 12th May 2010

Clouds are fascinating because they take on so many different, beautiful shapes and are constantly changing. Cloud-watching from Earth can be endlessly entertaining, but some of the most amazing cloud patterns can only be properly appreciated from space.

Satellites can take in thousands of miles of the Earth’s surface in one shot, revealing complicated and intriguing cloud patterns we could never see from below. We’ve gathered here some of the best cloud formations to see from above.

Comment: Some very intriguing images.

Scientists have noted the presence of hydrogen fluoride throughout the Milky Way
Christian Science Monitor, 12th May 2010

Scientists have noted the presence of hydrogen fluoride throughout the Milky Way

A peculiar chemical compound has been found to be ubiquitous in interstellar gas clouds throughout our Milky Way galaxy and may give scientists a better way to track hydrogen across the universe.

The compound, called hydrogen fluoride, was detected by the European-built Herschel infrared space observatory. It is a mix of the elements hydrogen and fluorine and could serve as a signpost for astronomers trying to track hydrogen caches in the cosmos, researchers said.

"Hydrogen fluoride may be a more robust tracer of hidden molecular hydrogen than any other molecule used at present," said study team member Edwin Bergin of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Comment: To think that people have been taught that space is a cold dark empty place with nothing going on, when that is absolutely a very long way from the truth! Here again is another revelation of a strange chemical in space. For years astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle talked about the viruses, bacteria and dust in space that exists freeze-dried and ready to go! This was after his work in the 1960s and 1970s, but he got his knighthood for his theory of how elements are created in space. Now we are finding more complex organic molecules and astronomers believe "...it could only be a matter of time before amino acids are found in interstellar space." That's the so-called building blocks for life, we alread know that complex molecules can be seen blowing out from the near the galactic center implying that is how they arrive – prepackaged. I have written before about how virulent bacteria from Earth gets in space when imbued with a little bit of radiation, I imagine after billions of years, goodness knows what's out there.... Well, space "critters" for a start... No wonder some Nobel Prize winners refused to believe in some of the highly improbable theories for the beginnings of life and supported Panspermia based theories instead.

The Crystals at the Center of the Earth
Wired News, 11th May 2010

The iron alloys in the solid inner core of the Earth appear to have crystallized in such a way that it’s easier for energy to pass on the north-south axis than on the east-west, as described in a new study led by Maurizio Mattesini, a geologist at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, which appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“The structure of the atoms looks different in one direction than the other,” explained Norm Sleep, a Stanford geologist who was not part of the new study, [...] “The center of the earth is literally a crystal,” said Stephenson. Over time, it grew and now is no longer a single crystal but an aggregate of them.

In the mid-1990s, geologists began to notice an interesting thing. Seismic waves traveling north-south were reaching their destinations about 3 percent faster than waves moving along east-west paths.

“It’s one of these things that’s been detected for some time but kind of why it occurs has been somewhat of a puzzle,” Sleep said. They didn’t know why, but then again, the middle of the globe is perhaps the most difficult place to gather data on Earth.

Comment: Well, it's taken scientists quite some time to publish some new information on Earth's crystal core. Unfortunately the article does not mention that the latest research reveals a better solution has been found for the data to explain the properties of the inner core. Again, no discussion of whether the core is actually a plasma crystal which would seem more logical.

Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
New York Times, 11th May 2010

How angry is the world at Facebook for devouring every morsel of personal information we are willing to feed it? A few months back, four geeky college students, living on pizza in a computer lab downtown on Mercer Street, decided to build a social network that wouldn’t force people to surrender their privacy to a big business. It would take three or four months to write the code, and they would need a few thousand dollars each to live on.

They gave themselves 39 days to raise $10,000, using an online site, Kickstarter, that helps creative people find support. It turned out that just about all they had to do was whisper their plans.

“We were shocked,” said one of the four, Dan Grippi, 21. “For some strange reason, everyone just agreed with this whole privacy thing.”

Comment: The issues with Facebook and Twitter are absolutely no surprise to me. Even google mail (gmail) has tried to remove people's privacy by default with Buzz until there was complaints. When will people learn, there is nothing free... I wish these guys the best of luck.

Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options
New York Times, 12th May 2010
"To manage your privacy on Facebook, you will need to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 options. Facebook says it wants to offer precise controls for sharing on the Internet."

Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks
This is the attitude of a predator and a psychopath, right there in black and white...

Huge orange orb rises from reservoir in the Breacon Beacons - Wales [UK]
UK UFO Sightings, 11th May 2010

Mountain directly north from the upper Neuadd reservoir in the Breacon Beacons-10th May 2010 May.11, 2010 in Glamorgan 4 Comments

Location of Sighting: Mountain directly north from the upper Neuadd reservoir in the Breacon Beacons
Date of Sighting: 10/05/2010 Time: approx 2105 hours Witness Name: shane

Witness Statement: I dont know if this is of any help but i was riding my motorbike up towards the reservoir from Torpantau, when a huge red/orange sphere rose straight from the reservior and slowly started moving up the side of the mountain.

i pulled over and stopped and this thing as if knowing what i was doing started moving in my direction. It came down near to the ground in a field about 200 yards from and when it was about 20ft from the ground it shot out two bright white beams. i could not see anything moving but i did see the sheep in the field all huddled together not making a sound at all. it then started to move again and I noticed that is was gaining altitude and it passed straight over my head moving south west making no niose what so ever. i have never seen anything like this before, it was definatley not any aircraft i know of. I would say that it had to be about 30 to 40 ft in size. I watched it for about 5 minutes before it just stopped in mid air, then shot straight up and disappeared into clud. i never saw it again.

This has really shocked me, i know there has been some pretty strange sightings in this area over recent years but this i could not ignore. I know there are people that will ridicule me for this but i felt like people should know what i saw last night. i hope others people may have seen it too to put my mind at ease.

Comment: An interesting report from Wales. It's amazing just how quiet traditional ufologists are these days. The vast majority of sightings are orbs and more often now, they are being reported as such. It must be a severe blow to the belief system of some and others who for business purposes, want to ferment the idea that ALL sightings are humanoid ETs in physical spacecraft. Oh well, the reports keep coming, the dimensional shift continues and we are waiting for people to realise that our reality has morphed forever.
More and more and more reports....these are in the mainstream press and as this progresses, I am in total disbelief that the metaphysical community still largely appears to be oblivious.

More 'alien' footage surfaces as Chalfonts' UFO mystery deepens [UK]
It's a dimensional shift and yes, it will be creepy for quite some time until we all adjust...

BEXLEYHEATH: Strange lights stalk the skies over Bexley [UK]
"I have waited a lifetime, 45 years, to see this and I do hope it was UFOs." LOL!

Cheshunt couple left stunned after UFO encounter
"...they sighted the “very bright red/orange” unidentified flying object aglow in the sky above."

Mysterious Mayan ceremonial head found at Tak´alik Ab´aj
Australia.to News, 11th May 2010

Guatemala.Discovery of an extraordinary offering of a jadeite mosaic miniature ceremonial head underscores the importance and political power at the beginning of Early Classic of the ancient Maya city Tak’alik Ab’aj

Tak'alik Ab'aj is an ancient pre-Hispanic city situated in El Asintal, Department of Retalhuleu at the pacific piedmont of Guatemala. This important long distance trade and cosmopolitan cultural center is transcendent because of its long history which endured 1700 years (800 B.C. - 900 A.D). At its beginnings Tak'alik Ab'aj interacted and participated with the Olmec culture, and at its surmise, was one of the protagonists in the development of the early Maya culture. This particularity in addition to the extraordinary production of sculpture programs during these two important cultural periods, make Tak'alik Ab'aj unique in the history of Mesoamerica.

Comment: What is interesting is that the Maya deliberately hid some of their treasures in "time capsules" to be found at a certain time later in history. This is an issue for people who want to maintain that the present day Maya are just a degenerate version of their former selves and that they have lost their knowledge. Well, the modern Maya predicted a New Age dominated by space and the aether and they have been proven right. They still have their 20 calendars and from what I can tell, they are the only ones with the ability to interpret 17 out of 20 of them. Mayan treasures are still being found but more importantly, the real treasure of Mayan spiritual truth is being revealed.

Magnetically-Induced Hallucinations Explain Ball Lightning, Say Physicists
Powerful magnetic fields can induce hallucinations in the lab, so why not in the real world, too?
Technology Review, 11th May 2010

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an extraordinary technique pioneered by neuroscientists to explore the workings of the brain. The idea is to place a human in a rapidly changing magnetic field that is powerful enough to induce currents in neurons in the brain. Then sit back and see what happens.

Since TMS was invented in the 1980s, it has become a powerful way of investigating how the brain works. Because the fields can be tightly focused, it is possible to generate currents in very specific areas of the brain to see what they do.

Focus the field in the visual cortex, for example, and the induced eddys cause the subject to 'see' lights that appear as discs and lines. Move the the field within the cortex and the subject sees the lights move too.

All that much is repeatable in the lab using giant superconducting magnets capable of creating fields of as much as 0.5 Tesla inside the brain.

Comment: So, is this article trying to imply that magnetically-Induced hallucinations cause outdoor surveillance cameras to pick up plasma manifestations too? Nobody is arguing that ball lightning which only represents a very small fraction of plasma manifestations exists, but the normal result of ball lightning is scorch marks! UAPs and earthlights are much longer lasting phenomena and research by scientists such as Michael Persinger does suggest that people can be neurologically affected and other researchers admit that there is a psychic and telepathic aspect to this phenomena too. It's interesting that the article does not mention lightning caused sferics (atmospheric signals) because these can induce a whole range of physical symptoms in weather sensitive humans too.

'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists
PhysOrg.com, 10th May 2010

An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.

Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.

During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.

"We still do not know how he survives," neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment. "It is still a mystery what kind of phenomenon this is."

The long-haired and bearded yogi was sealed in a hospital in the city of Ahmedabad in a study initiated by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the state defence and military research institute.

Comment: Why are they surprised? There has been many other examples of people doing the same, but few claim they have done it for 70 years. The question scientists need to ask themselves is: how can some people live directly off aetheric energies?

The imperfect universe: Goodbye, theory of everything
New Scientist, 10th May 2010

[...] I now think that the very notion of a final theory is faulty. Even if we succeed in unifying the forces we know, we can only claim to have achieved partial unification. Our instruments have limits.

Since knowledge of physical reality depends on what we can measure, we will never know all there is to know. Who is to say there are only four fundamental forces? Science is full of surprises. Much better to accept that our knowledge of physical reality is necessarily incomplete. This way, science is understood as a human enterprise and the "mind of God" is exorcised once and for all. I now think that the very notion of a final theory is faulty

Ever since the discovery of parity violation in the weak interaction over 50 years ago, experiments in particle physics have shown us that our hopes for perfection are just that - hopes. Symmetries are violated left and right; in nature, unlike in John Keats's famous poem, beauty isn't always truth.

Comment: Goodness me! What's happening in the physics world, with people proclaiming that the REAL universe is unknowable and there are limits to what we can achieve! For decades, people have been identifying scalar-like forces that are associated with the electromagnetic force but they have been ignored! They carry information but depending on your alternative theory, within the unseen reality that everyone now agrees is seething with energy, some of this energy cannot be associated with mass ie Einstein's E=mc² does not apply! However, despite the difficulty, some people claim that they can tap this unseen reality for energy and have experiments and patents to prove it! I wonder if this means that physics will be moving in a new direction, one where electromagnetism will become much more important and the physics of the quantum vacuum (aether, zero-point) taken more seriously?

UFOs Intelligent Balls Of Light Over Mexico With Jamie Maussan
UFO Pla.net, 10th May 2010

Comment: Magical! Video in Spanish! This is the type that I call the "magical" orbs. In the video, they link back to a similar sighting in Russia, filmed in a nearby woods, you can find the link in the archives. When are the majority of folk going to realise that our reality has morphed? More nice video:

Mystery light over Denver: UFO? Planet? Jelly fish!? [US]
A single blue orb that pulsates.

Decade Long UFO Flap Continues Over Stirling, Scotland [UK]
Orbs over the city.

Low flying orb captured on Arizona photo
"I could not see the orb with the naked eye. I just held out the camera in the direction of the sun and took the pictures with my eyes looking down. I have other photos that I took of my own direction and they do not show anything unusual. I felt really excited I was looking and asking for some personal conformation. I've had some interesting encounters but I've always been able to discredit the experience in my mind. This gives me something tangable."

Rogue satellite threatens cable television
Winnipeg Sun, 11th May 2010

A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite’s orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites’ owners said Tuesday.

Communications company Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 8, possibly because the satellite’s systems were knocked out by a solar storm. Intelsat cannot remotely steer the satellite to remain in its orbit, so Galaxy 15 is creeping toward the adjacent path of another TV communications satellite that serves U.S. cable companies.

Galaxy 15 continues to receive and transmit satellite signals, and they will probably interfere with the second satellite, known as AMC 11, if Galaxy 15 drifts into its orbit as expected around May 23, according to AMC 11’s owner, SES World Skies.

AMC 11 receives digital programming from cable television channels and transmits it to all U.S. cable networks from its orbit 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the equator, SES World Skies said. It operates on the same frequencies as Galaxy 15.

Comment: Oh dear! A rogue satellite interfering with cable programming might be the only way that some people become aware that there is hell fire going on in the heavens above Earth!

Gray Whale Spotted on Wrong Side of World
Discovery News, 10th May 2010

Last Saturday, researchers with the Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC) took to the water to study a whale approximately a mile and a half off Herzliya Marina, just north of Tel Aviv. The whale, which was about forty feet long, was generally behaving as a whale does: swimming along the surface, making periodic short dives of between three and five minutes duration, and occasionally showing its tail flukes as it did so. [...]

There was only one problem. There are no gray whales off Israel. There are no gray whales in the Mediterranean. There are, in fact, no gray whales in the Atlantic - have not been, for that matter, since the eighteenth century, when the species was possibly exterminated from the hemisphere by commercial whalers. [...]

"There is no doubt that this is a gray whale, and as such the sighting is little short of astonishing," said Phillip Clapham of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an e-mail. "There are really only two explanations: that there has been a relict population in the N Atlantic that no one has noticed (virtually impossible), or (more likely) that this whale came down through the ice-free Northwest Passage and is now hopelessly lost."

Comment: Oh well, more change!

Sperm whales return to Mediterranean
"Marine biologists in Italy say the sperm whale, once thought to have been nearly wiped from the region by drift nets, has returned to the Mediterranean."

The Climate Crash of 2009
Watts Up With that, 11th May 2010

In a just published 43-page paper, leading scientists and professors are calling for a completely new direction in climate policy after what they call “The Crash of 2009?.

In its Executive Summary, the paper states that climate policy “has failed to produce any discernable real world reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases in fifteen years”, adding:

…UNFCCC/Kyoto model was structurally flawed and doomed to fail because it systematically misunderstood the nature of climate change as a policy issue between 1985 and 2009.

In my view this paper reveals that many scientists and policymakers are now realising what many of us already knew: Radical regulation and taxation of carbon is not going to work. The paper proposes a much watered down version of what governments, interest groups and activists were previously pushing for. Its authors are still calling for a tranformation in energy supply and consumption, but in a more measured and targeted approach using low taxes and through the development of unsubsidised energy sources.

Comment: This made me laugh: Bryan says: May 11, 2010 at 8:27 am

Back here in the UK after the coldest winter for 30 years, people will be skiing into June. Frost forecast for tonight and the road gritters are still out on roads at sea level. When will we have a reality check.

The Hartwell Paper: a new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009

Jupiter loses one of its belts
Duluth News Tribune, 10th May 2010

Are Jupiter's pants falling off? Find out more about the planet's missing belt and when it might reappear.

Look at the dramatic change in the planet from less than a year ago. The South Equatorial Belt (SEB) has faded away leaving just the north belt (NEB) viewable in small telescopes. [...]

So here's the surprise. That bad boy south equatorial belt (SEB) has completely faded away. Point your scope at the planet any morning soon and you'll see only one obvious dark stripe, the North Equatorial Belt. Jupiter with only one belt is almost like seeing Saturn when its rings are edge-on and invisible for a time -- it just doesn't look right.

Comment: In just one year... the changes in the planets throughout our solar system just keep coming... See space and cosmology archive to try and keep up with all the changes.

Airport plods seize man with electric vibro-pleasure shoes
The Register, 10th May 2010

Bumbling Pakistani security operatives have detained a man at Karachi airport for attempting to board a plane with a pair of electrical vibro-massage shoes. Multiple reports indicate that the passenger, Faiz Mohammad, 30, was about to board a Thai Airways flight to Oman when he was seized following a check of his effects. X-ray operators had been alarmed to note batteries and circuitry built into the soles of his shoes.

However it appears that the offending gadgetry was not the firing circuit of a shoe bomb but a massage device: the shoes were reportedly the rechargeable "Good Vibrations" model, intended to deliver tingly foot fun to the wearer as he or she walks about.

Comment: This just made me laugh, but I do wonder what these "good vibrations" actually do to the human energy field... (I don't think the image icon is the real electro-vibro version, but they looked the part...)

Bang goes the theory: How physicists lost touch with reality
The Independent, 10th May 2010

[...] Cosmologists in particular and physicists in general, are now faced with the stark reality that roughly 96 per cent of the universe cannot be explained with the theories at hand. All our efforts to understand the material world have illuminated only a tiny fraction of the cosmos. And there are other mysteries.

Comment: This is a strange article but maybe it's just an appetizer for a book. Whatever, it triggered my own thoughts as I had just finished reading an article by someone who could not reconcile the concept of more than 99% of the universe being plasma and the concept of dark matter making up 80% of the matter in the universe, while ordinary mattter makes up only 20%. According to Wikipedia based on a NASA article

"According to observations of structures larger than galaxies, as well as Big Bang cosmology, dark matter accounts for 23% of the mass-energy density of the observable universe, while the ordinary matter accounts for only 4.6% (the remainder is attributed to dark energy). From these figures, dark matter constitutes 80% of the matter in the universe, while ordinary mattter makes up only 20%."

This is easy to reconcile: The PHYSICAL VISIBLE REAL UNIVERSE is 99.999% plasma. However scientists are not satisfied because their calculations don't work if you just look at REALITY, so they have invented dark matter to reconcile the sums and state that the PHYSICAL VISIBLE REAL UNIVERSE is only 4.6% of our TOTAL REALITY, the rest is dark matter and dark energy (STRANGE UNREALITY). To emphasise the point : TOTAL REALITY= PHYSICAL VISIBLE REAL UNIVERSE + STRANGE UNREALITY. What I don't understand is why scientists are not shot down in flames for their metaphysical beliefs, their theories could be completely wrong, but as most of them agree, their metaphysics is now standard theory.

Fire in the Sky! - Northampton [UK]
UK UFO Sightings, 10th May 2010

Location of Sighting: Northampton,
Date of Sighting: 21st April 2010 Time: 23.06

Witness Statement: Place Northampton… westerly direction… not ISS… not satelite… checked all… nothing like, far too big, seen with naked eye, white like moon, until enlarged full screen. Same distance as moon, and huge!

Comment: Fire in the sky! Interesting image... Acording to the owners of this website, they is now constant backlog of about 600 reports. Here is a few more examples of fire in the sky:

'Aircraft' glowing bright red in the sky - Nottingham, UK
"It looks almost like a flame in the sky."

Hounslow West UFO was spotted by second person
"...eight "burning balls of fire" shooting across the sky last Sunday evening at 9.15pm – the same time a Brentford man also saw the "eery" lights." "...the lights looked like yellowy balls of fire and moved in a circle formation, there was also a ninth following further behind but soon raced to catch up to the others."

A bright orange ball of light whizzing across the sky - Kilwinning, Scotland [UK]
"Now im not one for all this ufo cobblers but now I have witnessed a something which I cant explain." LOL!!

Quantum wonders: The field that isn't there
New Scientist, 8th May 2010

So what is going on? The Aharonov-Bohm effect is proof that there is more to electric and magnetic fields than is generally supposed. You can't calculate the size of the effect on a particle by considering just the properties of the electric and magnetic fields where the particle is. You also have to take into account the properties where it isn't.

Casting about for an explanation, physicists decided to take a look at a property of the magnetic field known as the vector potential. For a long time, vector potentials were considered just handy mathematical tools - a shorthand for electrical and magnetic properties that didn't have any real-world significance. As it turns out, they describe something that is very real indeed.

The Aharonov-Bohm effect showed that the vector potential makes an electromagnetic field more than the sum of its parts. Even when a field isn't there, the vector potential still exerts an influence.

Comment: This experiment is proof that there is an unseen world that underpins our reality that is capable of transmitting information and energy across time and space. Unfortunately, rightly or wrongly, 'quantum' is becoming a word that helps to sell New Age ideas and makes them more respectable because it 'sounds' scientific. It especially helps those who are very pretentious, feel more justified in their metaphysical beliefs.

Scientists weigh in on Hawking's alien warning
Los Angeles Times, 7th May 2010

Some agree with the physicist's argument that we should avoid them, a few are sharply critical – and one sent a limerick.

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking set off chatter in the scientific community in late April when he posited the existence of intelligent aliens on his new TV series, "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking" —adding that it would be best for human beings to avoid contact with them.

Hawking speculated that such aliens would likely be nomads, living in ships after sucking their own planet dry of resources, and hopping from one interstellar refueling station to the next. Earth, he said, shouldn't do anything to encourage their visit.

Comment: Well, even if Hawkings is wrong, at least he is getting people to think. We are experiencing a dimensional shift, people are seeing huge balls of fire in the sky amongst other manifestations and the general response is just a blank... Here is the link to comments from scientists compiled by The Journal of Cosmology: Commentaries: Stephen Hawking's Aliens Some of these responses are essays that are well worth reading! Someone has made a good point here that has made me think: Why would aliens travel across space for resources, if they were intelligent, they would tap the aether in their own backyard! The reason why we are not doing this is because it would create a situation where underlings could not be so easily controlled.

RAF man in new UFO mystery - Inverness, Scotland [UK]
Highland News, 6th May 2010

The sighting of "an orange fireball" in the sky over the city on Sunday night was reported by an RAF serviceman and his wife. Their description of the object is similar to that reported by Culloden man Rob Jackson who in March told the HN he had seen a UFO four times over Nairn and Inverness.

Further claims of UFO sightings in the area followed. This week, Heather and Karl King said they were in their garden on Sunday night when they spotted the unusual phenomenon at about 10.30pm in the sky from their New Elgin home in Moray. Mr King (33), who is ground crew at RAF Lossiemouth, is an aviation enthusiast and plane spotter. Mrs King said they saw what looked like an orange fireball and her husband reckoned it was above Inverness.

"It was an orange flame and was hovering. It came towards us then the light died out and it became a black sphere and started to spin towards the ground but we lost it in the cloud. It was really big and there was no noise."

Comment: Sometimes this does get surreal. What can I say that I have not written already? We are experiencing a dimensional shift, a previously unseen world (by the majority) is now appearing. Sorry Joe Public, nobody in the metaphysical community thought you would be interested. I can also add; that the light phenomena is not going to go away... More expert witnesses:
Ex-RAF man see a bright orange ball - Bolton [UK]
"There was no sound, strobes or anything that identifys it as a plane or helicopter. It made various sudden movements in the sky doing sharp turns."

Stephen Hawkings Universe - Fear The Aliens
YouTube, 6th May 2010

Now this is true fear mongering,on a global scale,by a well respected scientist! I Wonder what they are really saying here! Stephen Hawking suggests that if advanced spacefaring aliens exploit resources like humans, wed better hope they dont find us anytime soon. RISE RESIST REBEL

Comment: Totally amazed! No wonder people are complaining! This is a short clip [3:18] from Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking: The Story of Everything Premiere Sunday May 2 2010. I got the distinct impression that Hawkins has stolen some ideas from astronomer Fred Hoyle's book The Black Cloud... To be honest, I am very suspicious, are "they" testing public reaction to aliens? Oh well, The Times are soliciting comments and there is nothing but apathy so far.... see Your take on Stephen Hawking’s Universe I want to watch the whole documentary but as it says in the Bible, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak... I watched the first 5 minutes and loved the intro of the Cosmic Web in 3D awesome but sorry, I was pissed when he talked about the sun being made up of hydrogen 'gas' instead of saying it's a plasma ball and then I got even more annoyed when he reinforced Big Bang mythology and stated everything came from nothing. The question I have for Hawkings is: If everything came from nothing, where did the laws of physics come from to tell the universe what to do when it was born?

Summer starts today and, bang on cue, the first crop circle of 2010 pops up
Daily Mail, 7th May 2010

The cuckoo traditionally marks the beginning of spring and right on cue to mark the first day of summer a crop circle has been spotted. The first to be seen of that seasonal staple it is made up of curious swirls and has been 'discovered' in a field of oil seed rape in Wiltshire close to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort.

Comment: Well, even the UK mainstream press have welcomed the arrival of the first crop circle. Times are certainly changing!

Whatever Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?
Yahoo News, 6th May 2010

Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 - 25 years ago - that aerosol chemicals, among other factors, had torn a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole. The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from damaging solar radiation, became an overnight sensation. And the hole in the ozone layer became the poster-child for mankind's impact on the planet.

Today, the ozone hole - actually a region of thinned ozone, not actually a pure hole - doesn't make headlines like it used to. The size of the hole has stabilized, thanks to decades of aerosol-banning legislation. But, scientists warn, some danger still remains. [...]

The ozone layer has also thinned over the North Pole. This thinning is predicted to continue for the next 15 years due to weather-related phenomena that scientists still cannot fully explain,

Comment: Hmmm... see archives for previous comment on the link between cosmic rays, the Earth's magnetic field and the real cause of the hole in the ozone layer. By the way there is no real hole, it's just places in the statosphere (15 - 30km) in the Earth's upper atmosphere where the layer of ozone just gets very thin. This region is also over the poles and not over the industrialised areas because of the Earth's magnetic field. However, it seems obvious to me that since the Earth's magnetic field is now quite unreliable, and we are getting flooded with cosmic rays, that the Ozone hole is MUCH more likely to be getting thinner. I am also surprised that researchers have revealed that the link between the size of the 'hole' and global temps and the media have picked this up. Meanwhile Spaceweather.com DON'T BE ALARMED and CNN, Sun's halo - 'gift from God,' 'end of days' or just pretty? have reported alarmed folk in Cebu City, the Philippines. Now, if this was a common occurence, why would they be alarmed! Yes, the conventional explanation is ice crystals but there is another phenomena of 'diamond dust'. There is also some discussion of light reflecting through the thin ozone layer causing the ring but this is much more speculative.

Southern man found the answer to cleaning up the GULF of Mexico! Amazing Video!
YouTube, May 2010

YouTube comment: Radman4000 Wow, when I first saw this video I was just getting ready to laugh at some rednecks pretending to be scientists, but this is actually pretty awesome.

Of course, there's a lot of problems that could arise from doing this on a grander scale, and there's a big difference between salt water and fresh water (It's not clear what they're using here, but I'd guess fresh water.) If this would actually work, I'd just buy up all the hay I could from farmers all across America, then put the bill on BP. 32 m

Comment: I have not been following the details of the oil spill but I am fairly confident it's well covered elsewhere but this idea is so simple that it must be considered as part of the operation to clean up the residual mess. Courtesy GLP. Also Southern Boys Show US Government How to Clean Up Oil With Hay!

Weird Water in Space is Electrically Charged
Space.com, 7th May 2010

A new 'phase' of water that is electrically charged has been discovered in space for the first time. The weird space water vapor was discovered in an interstellar dust cloud by the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory. Unlike the three more familiar phases of water – namely solid ice, liquid water and gaseous steam – this newfound 'phase' doesn't occur naturally on Earth.

Comment: Well, my first thought was electrically charged water in space looks like another key ingredient for extraterrestrial life. See 'Electrical Activity -Is It a Key Indicator of Extraterrestrial Life?' below, for previous comments on this topic.

So that's why Pontius Pilate washed his hands - it can help ease niggling doubts about decisions
Daily Mail, 6th May 2010

If you have made a difficult decision and want to stick to it, go and wash your hands. A study has revealed that hand washing, long associated with absolving the mind of guilt, can also erase any doubts about everyday choices.

The latest research, reported in the journal Science, looked at whether the phenomenon extends to decisions with little or no moral implications by asking a set of volunteers to pick between two CDs or two jams. Scientists found the 40 volunteers were less likely to try to justify their choice if they washed their hands just after making it. [...] The idea that it is possible to wash away our sins is deep rooted in many cultures and religions, including Christianity. Water is a cornerstone of baptism ceremonies and, in the Bible, Pontius Pilate washed his hands after condemning Jesus to death.

Comment: Hmmm.... learning about the sources of our unconscious programming and how it determines our behaviour ....

Awareness grows about extraterrestrials, consciousness, emerging mysteries
American Chronicle, 7th May 2010

Researchers, journalists and others seem to be re-evaluating reports about unconventional U.S. defense and intelligence activities regarding contact and interaction with extraterrestrial life.

The "situation awareness" about possible visitation to Earth by extraterrestrials, as well as other emerging scientific understanding about many phenomena, appears to be steadily improving. [...]

There are misconceptions as well as misinformation about some anomalous and mysterious phenomena. And, there are many areas of importance that we just don´t fully understand, according to some researchers.

Comment: OK, I think some of the article is off the charts for me, but it's still interesting that the topics of discussion have made the mainstream. This is change....

'Massive' Ash Cloud Closing Western Irish Airports
Fox News, 7th May 2010

Eurocontrol says the ash accumulation is posing a new navigational obstacle -- because the cloud is gradually climbing to 35,000 feet and into the typical cruising altitude of trans-Atlantic aircraft.

DUBLIN -- Iceland's volcano has produced a 1,000-mile-wide ash cloud off the west coast of Ireland that will force western Irish airports to shut down again Friday, the Irish Aviation Authority announced.

The authority said shifting winds, currently coming from the north, had bundled recent days' erupted ash into a massive cloud that is growing both in width and height by the hour.

Comment: ...and there is no end in sight either....

Old Sarum, nr Salisbury, Wiltshire. Reported 5th May.
Crop Circle Connetor, 6th May 2010

Herewith the first crop circle of 2010. It is in oil seed rape and measures approx: 180 foot diameter. It is a circle containing six arcs intercepted by a small circle surrounded by a larger circle. A lozenge shape lies alongside the sixth arc with seven circles lying in an arc below. [...] The first week in May we witness the first English Crop Circle in southern Wiltshire. The area around Old Sarum is certainly not an active part of the countryside for the phenomenon. In fact it has only witnessed a few events of the last two decades, which makes this ‘Curtain Opener’ to the 2010 season quite a surprise.

Comment: With all the interdimensionl activity taking place, I am totally intrigued about what the crop circle makers have got to say! My first impression was a squashed tube with two distinct halves, but the hollow ring near the middle does not seem to fit in, so we await some more ideas!

Judge rules Asbo on low-slung trousers illegal
Times Online, 5th May April 2010

In a victory for skaters, hoodies and owners of oversized trousers everywhere, a teenager has won the right to wear his tracksuit bottoms halfway down his backside.

Ellis Drummond, 18, faced an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) that included a ban on “wearing trousers so low beneath the waistline that members of the public are able to see his underwear”. It also prohibited him from wearing in public any clothing “with the hood up”. [...] Alex Deane, director of the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, said: “The proper punishment for the comically low-riding trousers favoured by some people is that we all think they look like idiots.”

Comment: Completely and utterly off-topic! Now, like General Larry Platt the 61 year old civil rights leader who went on American Idol to sing his song Pants on the ground! complaining about low slung trousers, I am hoping that someone does the same to complain about Fire in the sky! Somebody, somewhere, has to believe that the presence of another lifeform appearing in our skies is worth some kind of acknowledgement. I would offer some lyrics, but I don't have any poetic abilities... If you feel it’s trouser chic to show cheeks, the law’s behind you I found this article quite hilarious. Btw, it's a monstrous lie about prison uniform being too big. This is about kids in 'the hood' from poor families who had to wear hand-me-downs, clothes that were too big for them. Low-slung trousers then became fashion, but it's a fashion that has been around for a long time.

Attempt to Shut Down Zombie Satellite Galaxy 15 Fails
Space.com, 5th May 2010

PARIS – An attempt to shut down the electronics payload of the out-of-control communications satellite Galaxy 15 has failed, leaving the satellite - which ceased responding to ground commands last month - still in its uncontrolled "zombiesat" drift toward orbits occupied by other spacecraft, the satellite's fleet operator Intelsat said Tuesday.

Galaxy 15 is closing in on the geostationary orbital slot occupied by another C-band satellite, the AMC-11 spacecraft operated by SES World Skies, and with its stuck-on communications payload will be in a position to cause potentially severe interference with the SES satellite during a two-week period starting around May 23, according to Intelsat and SES estimates.

Comment: OK, the electronics on Galaxy 15 is still working and sending out signals that can intefere with other satellites. So now, as well as being worried about it crashing with another satellite, they have to worry about electromagnetic interference (EMI). The space weather nightmare has just been raised to another order of magnitude...

Russian president asked to investigate alien claims
BBC News, 5th May 2010

A Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate claims by a regional president that he has met aliens on board a spaceship.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalmykia, made his claim in a television interview. MP Andre Lebedev is not just asking whether Mr Ilyumzhinov is fit to govern. He is also concerned that, if he was abducted, he may have revealed details about his job and state secrets.

Comment: Even I ignored this initially when I saw the headlines today.... crazy, but the Russians are taking it seriously! I don't believe it! Why a regional president? If anything he might have been tampered with, but not by aliens, if you know what I mean. If you read various UFO/ET books, it seems that planet Earth has already been well and truly over sampled! LOL!!

"Accusing world famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking of spreading misinformation about threats from aliens, former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer claimed recently that extraterrestrials have actually been visiting earth for decades. Rather than harm mankind, he said, their (aliens') spaceships have provided us information for triggering today's microchip and IT revolution on our planet." Have aliens been visiting Earth?

This source has spoken out before with the same sentiment and is someone who could be considered as reliable. Please note: reverse engineering crashed ufos belonging to ET humanoid types, is not the same as stuff being "given" to us. However I agree, people need to be educated and not frightened due to their ignorance.

RED RAINBOW: Muncie, Indiana [US]
Spaceweather.com, 5th May 2010

Yesterday in Muncie, Indiana, the sun was just about to set when--"Wow! This red rainbow popped up out of nowhere," reports Mike Hutchinson. "It hung there for about 15 minutes--just enough time to grab my camera and snap a rain-splattered picture."

What made the rainbow red? Simple. The sun itself was red. "The sun was low in the west and strongly reddened by atmospheric scattering and ominous-looking clouds," says Hutchinson.

The real question. according to Hutchinson, is why the inside of the rainbow was so much brighter red than the outside. Atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley has the answer: "A rainbow is not just a set of colored rings, but rather a set of colored disks. The sky inside is bright because raindrops direct light there, too." All rainbows have this property, but it is particularly evident when the sky above the 'bow is dark and cloudy--as it was on May 3rd in Muncie, Indiana.

Comment: I had to get my book book out again, Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows and Related Electromagnetic Phenomena by William R. Corliss. Apparently red rainbows are rare but explainable and examples from 1922, 1928, 1978 and one with no date were given, but interestingly, 3 out of 4 of these examples were reported in the UK, the other was in Montana, US. I am not sure we can accept the explanation here as adequate! Corliss writes: "When the sun is low in the sky, the shorter wavelengths in sunlight are scatteredby the atmosphere, leaving the longer wavelengths -- predominately red-- to form a rainbow. Corliss cites the example with no date, but recorded in 1974 as there being a red rainbow for about 30 secs, but the sun had already set! I'm not even sure I am satisfied with this. What is causing the scattering in THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE and is DIFFERENT TO NORMAL? REMEMBER THIS IS RARE!

Cannes struggles to prepare for festival as unseasonal wind and waves batter coast
Waves up to 10 metres high overturn cars and damage restaurants in Côte d'Azur a week before film festival
The Guardian, 5th May 2010

France's Côte d'Azur was struggling today to retain its seasonal spirit after huge waves and strong winds left the coastline badly damaged a week before the world's rich and famous are due to arrive for the 63rd Cannes film festival.Waves between four and 10 metres high crashed into the Promenade des Anglais in Nice and the Croisette in Cannes yesterday afternoon, overturning cars and battering seafront restaurants.

Comment: Oh well, how inconvenient for the rich and famous! So, if the Earth's tilt has changed even if ever so slightly, it will explain all the stories of freak waves, but at this moment in time, I am not linking stories about a coming Ice Age with the examples of inclement weather, but others are. Also:

Video: Snow in May? In Southern France?
It looks like the dead of winter....

It's snowing in Mexico in May!

Good and Evil Deeds Stimulate Surprising 'Superpowers'
Live Science, 4th May 2010

The mere act of kindness, or one of evil, can boost willpower and physical strength, a new study suggests. The results, based on three experiments, show that those who performed good deeds, or envisioned themselves acting charitably, were able to hold a weight or squeeze a hand grip significantly longer than those who didn't perform or think about such deeds. But evil acts appeared to confer similar and perhaps even greater superpowers.

Comment: The science is interesting but the spirtual truth is missing. It's the strength of our emotions that are linked to other realms of consciousness that makes the difference, whether we consider these emotions good or evil. It takes a lot of energy to be so hateful and that is why such people will go out of their way to drain those around them. However, people who are more optimistic and loving are able to tap into universal forces much more easily without realising it, but often don't realise the power available to them. Remember, the programming in society is to be meek and mild.

Lawrence Solomon: Arctic ice sets records in April, could augur global cooling
National Post, 3rd May 2010

The Arctic ice set 30 records in April, one for each day. According to satellite data received by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Arctic was more ice bound each day of April than it had been any other corresponding day in April since its sensors began tracking the extent of Arctic Ice in mid 2002. Click here to see this tracking on the Japan Aerospace website, run jointly with the International Arctic Research Center.

While Arctic ice has always varied greatly, expanding and contracting during the course of a year and also from year to year and decade to decade, the expansion of the Arctic ice this decade is significant in one respect: It acts to disprove the models that had predicted that the Arctic ice in this century would not recover as it had in previous centuries.

Comment: Also: Scientist says Arctic getting colder
Well, we know the Russians have had major problems this winter, they even had to bomb rivers free of ice.

Colored Object Over Edson Alberta (Video 9:59) [Canada]
The Vike Factor, 3rd May 2010

Full Description of Event/Sighting:

I uploaded the video to YouTube, but went out for one last smoke before bed, I looked up and noticed something hovering over Edson. I guess around the north middle of town, I ran in grabbed my camera and got some OK footage. I tried to communicate with it using a flashlight and it got really bright and flashing before it headed slowly north and out of sight. I'm pretty sad today, been in a bad mood because I want it to come back, I only wish I got my husband out of bed, and had my tripod ready.

Comment: You Tube link here. We are starting to see many more brilliant blue orbs now, but this one is awesome as it actually flashes blue, green, red and white which I have never seen on video. This poor woman is stunned, but I'm not! The suggestion of a jet refueling by her husband is just plain funny.... The woman says she wants to prove to scientists that this thing is real, well those scientists who have done some serious research out in the field with a battery of high tech equipment, KNOW that this plasma phenomena is real. Hey, I was reading that at Piedmont, Missouri, a researcher amongst many ordinary folk, captured so many lights on the mountain ridge it looked like a city! I am not even a ufologist but I have found documentation that serious research into plasma phenomena has been going on privately and formally for over 60 years. It's no longer matters about the obfuscation of many so-called ufologists, the veil is lifting, it is just not possible to hide the existence of another lifeform much longer. Anyway, this woman like so many others decides to communicate, notice she does not say, I will write a letter to the some authority or other and get them to do the business, no she picks up a flashlight and does it, and gets a response, please note she does not state that afterwards she lost consciousness and thinks she was abducted. More report s:

Strange Light In Boca Raton Sky Draws Crowd: Observer Says Object Was LED Bicycle Light Attached To Kite [Florida, US]
Yes, we have had a few reports of LED lights attached to ropes, if you go through the archives you can find similar crazy explanations. So will 'authorities' try and ban LED Lights like they have started to consider banning Chinese lanterns? I can tell them now they will be wasting their time, the veil is lifting and another lifeform is appearing en masse. There is NOTHING anyone can do about it. More people need to wake up!

Baffling UFO Sighting Finally Explained [NE Ohio, Cleveland]
This is just an update. It seems that people will believe what they want to believe, especially if they have no interest in the facts. NASA won't comment, wow what a surprise! However, I've got news for them, the problem will NOT go away because spacetime is changing!

[Video] Strange Light In Sky Still Unknown - Cincinnati [US]
This is the same type that streaked across the sky on live UK BBC breakfast TV in August 2009.

The Art of Mindreading: Empathy or Rational Inference?
Science Daily, 4th May 2010

The ability to infer what another person is thinking is an essential tool for social interaction and is known by neuroscientists as "Theory of Mind" (ToM), but how does the brain actually allow us to do this?

We are able to rationally infer what someone knows, thinks, or intends, but we are also able to "slip into their shoes" and infer how they feel, and it seems that the brain processes these different types of information in different ways, as confirmed by a new report in the June 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex.

Comment: Some con artists are very good at reading people, this the rational part of the brain but the ability to feel empathy must be low to zero.

A very large sphere that appeared to be made up of many octagon shaped bands of light - Dereham Norfolk [UK]
UK UFO Sightings, 3rd May 2010

Location of Sighting: Dereham Norfolk
Date of Sighting: 30th April 2010, Time: 11.30pm approx
Witness Name: Jean Phillips

Witness Statement: My husband let our dog out in the garden and called me to come see what was in the sky. I looked at what he was looking at but could only see a bright fuzzy light. We have binos in the kitchen so I grabbed those. When I looked at the light through the bino’s it was a very large sphere that appeared to be made up of many octagon shaped bands of light., moving across the sky towards the east. I watched it for several seconds until it disappeared behind the clouds.

There was no sound for such a large object and I have to say it was very odd and I have never seen anything like that in the sky.

Comment: Quite some time ago now, I saw a UFO story of a pilot who saw a huge crystalline orb in the sky, there was even a nice drawing but at the time I was not particularly interested in UFOs and it was before I knew about UAPs and plasma entities. So this report is interesting from the point of view that this orb had a geometrical surface almost like a crystal. Anyway, this week, I have decided to focus on the strangeness of orbs. However, I am hoping there are not too many reports, because it's bad enough that the "radar angels" are appearing and as far as most people are aware, completely unannounced and then ordinary people have to cope with the sometimes strange behaviour too.

A bright orange light in the middle of the road, it went from one side of the car to the other - Wells, Somerset [UK]
"...(it was if it was looking to see who was in the car ) it then returned to the middle of the road and then shot off in to the sky." Can you imagine what would happen if orbs start playing this game on the motorways?

A bright orange glow with a wing with all red/orange light bulbs all over it - S. Normanton, Derbyshire [UK]
Hmmm... different!

A pyramid in the sky with lights down all edges - Stockton on Tees, Cleveland [UK]
Apparently, these people were sitting in a traffic jam too, so there must have been plenty of witnesses!

Orange Light 'Ship' with red and blue searchlights - Southport [UK]
Yep, that's strange!

A solid orange ball turns into light wheel with spokes! - Lancaster [UK]
"An hour later this happened again." Hmmm... in the comments, someone has replied who saw this sighting too...

Intense Solar Storm Spins Satellite Out of Control
Fox News, 3rd May 2010

Galaxy 15 stopped responding to ground controllers on April 5. The satellite's manufacturer, Orbital Sciences Corp. of Virginia, has said an intense solar storm in early April may be to blame. An adrift Intelsat satellite that stopped communicating with its ground controllers last month remains out of control and has begun moving eastward along the geostationary arc, raising the threat of interference with other satellites in its path, Intelsat and other industry officials said.

In what industry officials called an unprecedented event, Intelsat's Galaxy 15 communications satellite has remained fully "on," with its C-band telecommunications payload still functioning even as it has left its assigned orbital slot of 133 degrees west longitude 36,000 kilometers over the equator.

Comment: Well, for the many factors that I have outlined in the last three years on this blog which I started after I wrote my book and the fact that Earth was blasted in early April see Earth struck by most powerful space storm in three years , we have a major report from Fox News (original source Space.com) that a major communication satellite Galaxy 15 has been lost. I actually wrote about the trouble caused in April 1998 when Galaxy IV died, it was the first loss of service in 35 years which was reported as "The Day The Bleepers Died". We must note that Solar cycle 24 has not even really ramped up yet either, so it does not bode well, especially as they think this satellite is now junk and might become a nuisance. It might explain all the complaints about space junk in the last few weeks. So far, there has been nothing but apathy about Space Weather and it's implications. People are just so comfortable that everythings works at the moment, but that might not last too much longer as more satellites crash out and we lose our modern satellite communication infrastructure. As you might have gathered, I am not too optimistic after researching the impact of Space Weather for the last six years.

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It "...was designed to be operational through 2022" & "It will relay GPS navigation to in-flight aircraft, providing highly accurate guidance to pilots at airports and airfields where there currently is no precision landing capability." ... Oh dear!

Improbable research: The repetitive physics of Om
Indian scientists wield sophisticated mathematics to dissect and analyse the traditional meditation chanting sound 'Om'
The Guardian, 3rd May 2010

Two Indian scientists are wielding sophisticated mathematics to dissect and analyse the traditional meditation chanting sound "Om".

The Om team has published six monographs in academic journals. These plumb certain acoustic subtleties of Om, which these researchers say is "the divine sound". Om has many variations. In a study published in the International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, the researchers explain: "It may be very fast, several cycles per second. [...]

In the introductory paper, Gurjar and Ladhake explain (in case there is someone unaware of the basics): "Om is a spiritual mantra, outstanding to fetch peace and calm. The entire psychological pressure and worldly thoughts are taken away by the chanting of Om mantra."

No one has explained the biophysical processes that underlie this fetching of calm and taking away of thoughts. Gurjar and Ladhake's time-frequency analysis is a tiny step along that hitherto little-taken branch of the path of enlightenment.

Comment: Om.....

ETs, Plasmas, or a Deeply Hidden Military Presence?
Alternative Perceptions Magazine, May 2010

[...] The results of the research have led Akers to have a disdain for using the term "UFO" to describe the Yakima phenomenon, because to most people it immediately implies something extraterrestrial. But the anomalous lights are certainly unidentified and very real, at least in the sense that they can be seen, photographed, and measured in various ways.

In some cases the lights appeared to follow some of the many fault lines on Toppenish Ridge, but the vast research that has been done shows that the lights have been seen nearly everywhere in that region. Akers has also found that unusual magnetic phenomena are associated with the lights. [...]

One of the most unpopular UFO theories of all time was actually proposed by Kenneth Arnold himself and curiously can be found cited in the now-declassified 1949 government Project Sign UFO report. Naturalist Ivan T. Sanderson and writer Vincent Gaddis also were proponents of this unpopular idea. But the major name associated with this seemingly bizarre theory is Trevor James Constable. It goes by several variant names but it is best known as the "Space Animal" or "Space Critter" theory.

Kenneth Arnold wrote that UFOs are "groups and masses of living organisms that are as much a part of our atmosphere and space as the life we find in the oceans." Sanderson wrote that it was "the most probable explanation" of UFOs. Constable, however, gave the most detailed explanation writing that they "are amoebalike life-forms existing in the plasma state. They are not solid, liquid, or gas. Rather, they exist in the fourth state of matter—plasma—as living heat-substance..." He went on to relate that they are in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic energy spectrum and thus, are typically invisible.

Comment: It's certainly very interesting to discover all this scientific research literally conducted under the radar... This article is part of a series, this is part 2 Why Do Ufologists Largely Ignore the Most Scientific Field Study of UFOs Ever Conducted? I have to say it's good to find a study that had NO ufologists taking part, just REAL scientists doing REAL science just like the research taking place at Hessdalen but even earlier. Well, it really does not matter whether most ufologists would rather ignore plasma entities, the general public are now getting to see them up close and personal and certainly they are NOTHING like the highly sellable little men in spaceships. The real issue is the disclosure of another lifeform that is completely different from us and where humans have NO influence. New Project Identification Info Page

Laser creates clouds over Germany
New Scientist, 2nd May 2010

A laser has been used to generate small clouds on demand in lab, and real-world experiments suggest this could be a way to call down rain when it's needed. [...]

In the lab the team fired extremely short pulses of infrared laser light into a chamber of water-saturated air at -24 °C. Linear clouds could be seen to form in the laser's wake, like a miniature airplane contrail.

Kasparian says that the laser pulses generate clouds by stripping electrons from atoms in air, which encourage the formation of hydroxyl radicals. Those convert sulphur and nitrogen dioxides in air into particles that act as seeds to grow water droplets. [...]

However, conditions of extremely high humidity at low temperature like those of the lab experiment are unlike those seen in the atmosphere, says Daniel Rosenfeld, an atmospheric scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. "Whatever has been documented in this experiment is of little relevance to natural clouds," he says.

Comment: Some people would argue that cosmic rays are actually plasmas and that this process occurs naturally to create clouds, see articles on Svensmark's cosmoclimatology (cosmic ray cloud formation and climate modulation hypothesis). What's interesting is the short video clip and the spiralling plasma demonstrating a Birkeland current.

'Junk DNA' drives cancer growth
PhysOrg.com, 2nd May 2010

Their studies have identified how 'junk' DNA promotes the growth of cancer cells in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Professor Constanze Bonifer (University of Leeds) and Dr Stephan Mathas (Charité, MDC) who co-led the study suspect that these pieces of 'junk' DNA, called 'long terminal repeats', can play a role in other forms of cancer as well. The work is published in Nature Medicine.

The researchers uncovered the process by which this 'junk DNA' is made active, promoting cancer growth.heir studies have identified how 'junk' DNA promotes the growth of cancer cells in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Professor Constanze Bonifer (University of Leeds) and Dr Stephan Mathas (Charité, MDC) who co-led the study suspect that these pieces of 'junk' DNA, called 'long terminal repeats', can play a role in other forms of cancer as well. The work is published in Nature Medicine.

The researchers uncovered the process by which this 'junk DNA' is made active, promoting cancer growth.

Comment: What surprises me is that there are not reports saying that all sorts of conditions are caused by Junk DNA. Some researchers are quite candid about their beliefs that the Junk represents "a cemetery of viruses" which often does not work in our best interests. However, there are mechanisms that can be used that allow for repair but it seems that maybe that has also been disabled in many humans. Also, New Hope Exists in Treating Inherited Disease By Suppressing DNA Mutations

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