By Brandon Keim 
December 9, 2009
‘Even as the science of global warming gets stronger, fewer Americans believe it’s real. In some ways, it’s nearly as jarring a disconnect as enduring disbelief in evolution or carbon dating. And according to Kari Marie Norgaard, a Whitman University sociologist who’s studied public attitudes towards climate science, we’re in denial…’
“STRANGE LIGHTS OVER NORWAY: This morning in arctic Norway, onlookers were stunned when a gigantic luminous spiral formed in the northern sky. ‘We are used to seeing lots of auroras here in Norway, but this was different,’ says Nick Banbury of Harstad who witnessed the phenomenon’… ‘between 7:50 and 8:00 a.m. local time.’ Onlooker Jan Petter Jorgensen took this photo:
“Banbury continues: ‘It consisted initially of a green beam of light similar in color to the aurora with a mysterious rotating spiral at one end. This spiral then got bigger and bigger until it turned into a huge halo in the sky with the green beam extending down to Earth…’
“UPDATE: Circumstantial evidence is mounting that the phenomenon was caused by a malfunctioning rocket, possibly an ICBM launched from a Russian submarine. A Navtex no-fly alert was issued for the White Sea on Dec. 9th, and photographers appear to have recorded the initial boost phase of a launch below the spiral (see inset). A rocket motor spinning out of control could indeed explain the spiral pattern, so this explanation seems plausible, although it has not yet been confirmed.
Raw, unedited, full length amazing video footage of UFOs taken in Switzerland taken around April, 2009, at 3:00 PM. This astounding footage, taken in the city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, shows UFOs flying around then entering the woods, going in and out. This amazing show goes on for more than 45 minutes. The video says it all. Special thanks to "optiktube" and the guys who shared this great footage. Here is a quote from the the original post: "It seems that there is one big invisible mothership, and a few little drones which appear as lights. The mothership uses some kind of stealth technology to reflect and refract the light so it gets invisible. "But when the mothership is moving a bit, it is possible to see its structure. (the exact time will come soon). At another time in the movie, a man, alien ,or something else, appears on the mothership or behind it (or somewhere else …). Then the alien, or what it is, walks into the direction of the lights, kneels down, and then runs (very fast) away."
Greenville, South Carolina - 05-26-09 From UFO Casebook (see widget at right side of FSI Blog)
"On May 26, 2009, at 12:30 PM, I was outside watching some thunderstorms pass by over my home. I had my camera with me, hoping to get a photo or two of some lightning. Instead this strange looking jet plane came from the northwest, and headed south. I thought that maybe it was a new type of aircraft the military was flying. I didn't hear any engine sound, but then again, there was thunder in the background. The sighting occurred in Greenville, South Carolina. Camera used was a Minolta Z5. Thanks, C. Salvo"
Five years ago, people around the world were sickened by photographs that surfaced showing U.S. troops abusing Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. But now a new batch of photographs, perhaps hundreds of images, of prisoners being abused is about to be made public.
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My wife, son and I were traveling home from Carlsbad Caverns on Friday, March 20, 2009, and around sunset my wife and son saw what appeared to be 4 lights hovering around 50 feet off of the ground, within a mile or so of the car (over some houses).
My wife initially thought they were towers, but they all moved simultaneously vertically. These lights were pulsating (not at the same time). I immediately pulled to the shoulder of Hwy 285 and witnessed what was now 3 lights in a "V" formation (the 4th had disappeared).
These lights rose vertically very slowly to a height of approximately 1000 feet in the air and after a brief pause began moving left (north) very slowly. It was getting close to sunset, and as the lights got further away the 3rd light appeared to be going slightly slower than the other two.
When the lights were in front of a lighted area, I could see what appeared to be physical form behind the lights (for the first time). Shortly thereafter, a 4th light appeared in the middle of the other 3. The object(s) continued moving in the same direction, then all 4 of them "flashed out" simultaneously.
My wife, son and I tracked these object(s) from directly beside our vehicle to approximately 10 or so miles away (to the horizon) behind our vehicle. The flight pattern paralleled Hwy 285.
A photo has emerged which reveals a head injury sustained by Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests before he died.
The clip, which was handed to the Guardian newspaper and the IPCC shows the startling force with which his head appears to hit the ground.
And it seems to show the 47-year-old put up no resistance to the approaching police officers in the moments before he was hit and shoved to the ground.
A misty shape, bearing a distinct similarity to the movie alien, was captured behind a bush next to a mysterious beam of light. The spooky snap was caught by Google image cameras in the town of Berkeley Heights in New Jersey. Some claim the image could be evidence of life in outer space while others point to a simple trick of the light.
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UFO Casebook: 'I was sitting outside waiting for the mailman to come by my home. The weather was overcast most of the day. I could barely make out the object through my camera LCD screen. This happened in South Carolina...'
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The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) recently featured this red sky photo taken by airlines passenger Tyler Blessing. He snapped the picture as his flight came in for a landing in Minneapolis.
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We're not serious all the time here at Thorny's BBS. Here's a lovely shot that popped up in my Yahoo! Desktop Widget that I thought just had to be posted.
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