Mysterious Universe

Update: We covered an article from forgetomori back on MU Plus+ 205 that did a great job of debunking these photos and especially the news reports from ABC. We commented in the show on how often UFO photos and video are regurgitated, years after they originally surfaced, and appear as “evidence” for new sightings. ~ Ben

Though it may be old news by now, strange events that occurred recently over China have caused enough of a stir that even the Christian Science Monitor has chimed in, prompting web photo editor Casey Bayer to quip, “Apparently someone didn’t listen to Stephen Hawking and contacted the aliens.”

All joking aside, Hawking, in his book A Brief History of Time and in years since, has speculated that aliens, if they visited Earth, would likely be hostile. Though the events that recently transpired over China don’t appear to depict any hostilities toward planet Earth, they do present a remarkable series of UFO-related sightings reported by locals and pilots in the area, in addition to photographs of the event.

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I’ve heard plenty of frightening paranormal stories over the years, but none of them quite as frightening as what you are about to read. On February 7, 2010, I received a fascinating e-mail from a woman named Maria, telling me of a series of encounters she’d had with a sinister and parasitic entity – what she later identified as a “shadow person” – that came between her and her partner at the time. Her e-mail was appropriately titled “A Strange Story for You.”

So intriguing did I find Maria’s story that I replied to her the next day, asking for further information. It quickly became clear to me that Maria, a polite, intelligent and articulate person, was telling the truth. A 43 year-old service station manager currently living in Rosebud, VIC, Australia, Maria is no stranger to the paranormal – though, as she pointed out to me, “I don’t consider myself ‘psychic’ in the most common sense of the word.” She explains:

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As many of you will know, my love affair with the positive effects of negative ions generated from items like salt lamps is still going strong. However I have a new ionic mistress… her name? Elanra

Would you like some salt with your lamp? No? Well then perhaps you should seek your negative ions from The Elanra by the Australian based company Bionic Products. I have longed to buy an Elanra as it has been long touted for its incredible health benefits. I finally I bit the bullet and purchased one. So far my experience with it has been incredible.

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In the United Kingdom, UFO disclosure seems to be an ongoing hobby the Ministry of Defense has undertaken. Spanning regular periodic intervals, large quantities of formerly classified government data pertaining to UFOs are released to the public, and in every case, at least some new kernel of interest, if not several, make their way to public attention after sustaining what usually amounts to decades of silence.

Today marked one such occasion for release, and as many a UFO-buff had hoped, there was certainly something of interest to be had.

It appears that allegations were made that Britain’s World War II Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, upon learning of an encounter an RAF pilot had with a “Foo Fighter,” issued an order of silence on the matter due to its shocking nature. Alleged to have taken place during a meeting with then-general Dwight Eisenhower toward the end of the war, Churchill had believed that irreversible damages incurred from public knowledge of the incident might lead to mass hysteria, or perhaps ever the collapse of the Christian faith.

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The MOD UFO releases take center stage before we dig deep under Untersberg mountain for tales of Gnomes and missing time.

We also cover more new on private space travel and the mystery surrounding Deadman’s Hole.

Show notes and music after the jump.

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Michael Williams, co-author of the book ‘Australian Big Cats‘, joins us on this episode to discuss the history of strange feline sightings across Australia.

We also return to Bigfoot reports with a new audio recording surfacing and more tales of “inter-dimensional” creatures, while Plus+ members are treated to a new MIB story along with tales of Ghost Baboons (yes baboons…).

Show notes, books, and music after the jump.

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Whether by happy chance or divine plan, many wizards, powerful as kings, chose to settle side-by-side in a single, fertile valley, where they created a new and glorious civilization using magic so ingenious that even during their lifetimes, their names –Apple, Google, Facebook, HP, Intel, Cisco, eBay, Adobe, Agilent, Oracle, Yahoo, Netflix– were uttered with a reverence usually reserved for gods.

The question remains, why did they pick that spot on Earth? There’s no sacred Nile River to float their boats, and they couldn’t grow silicon in the valley’s dusty fields and groves.

I recently traveled to the milquetoast-modern city of San Jose to cover “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Influence of Western Esoteric Movements on Modern Thought,” a four-day conference hosted by the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) at Rosicrucian Park, a place I knew existed but had seen with my own eyes. Now that I have seen it, I think I have the answer to the previous question.

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