News Briefs 23-12-2010
Posted by Greg at 12:20, 23 Dec 2010It's that time of year where we unplug and enjoy some time off from TDG. There will be sporadic updates over the next couple of weeks, but don't expect anything too regular. Merry Christmas to everyone and all the best for 2011!
- Archaeologists find shadowy human group in Siberia from 400,000 years ago; interbred with ancestors of today's inhabitants of New Guinea.
- Futurology: the tricky art of knowing what will happen next. This guy did okay at it.
- Live forever…or at least have fun trying.
- Astronomers puzzled by the rare configuration of our local Galactic space.
- U.S. military in talks to share fireball data from secret satellites.
- New Zealand opens its UFO files.
- Rendlesham UFO was a U.S. cover-up of bungled Apollo space capsule move?
- A blue sunset on Mars.
- Giant Mars sinkholes revealed in sharp detail.
- Evidence that placebos work even if you tell people they're taking placebos.
- This woman has no fear. Literally.
- Would there still be a psi debate if Pat Price was still alive?
- Nearly one in three Britons believe they have a Guardian Angel watching over them. Well, sort of…
- H.R. Giger back on board for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel?
- When do we start forgetting our childhood?
- Bad Science: the year in nonsense.
- Contra Assange, Guardian says no UFOs in Wikileak documents.
- Life's building blocks found on surprising meteorite.
- Scientists find massive geomagnetic spikes in the Middle East 3000 years ago.
- Prince Charles reflects on sacred geometry.
- The ten most interesting UFO books of 2010.
- Bereaved animals grieve - if their lifestyles allow it.
- Great Britain…you seem to be looking a little pale.
- I've seen things you people wouldn't believe…
Quote of the Day:
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge
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Comments
14 July 2008
3 days 3 hours
Re: Rendlesham UFO was a U.S. cover-up
This is a fast and hard reminder of the US Air Force's history of efforts to explain away Roswell. First it was a weather balloon. Then it was Project Mogul. Oh, and those alien bodies? Crash test dummies that weren't crash-tested until wayyyyy well after the 1947 date.
So, in Rendlesham there was this UFO that was reportedly seen, approached and -depending on your preferred version of events- even touched by base personnel. It's a tough story to deny, too, considering all the former members of the military that have come forward with witness testimony.
The Apollo capsule is as ridiculous as those dummies.
The dates don't work.
The logic doesn't work.
Lame excuse FAIL.
(You know now, without a doubt, that they take us all as complete idiots.)
Now... if they had said that there was a model of the then-forthcoming Space Shuttle that was accidentally dropped, over England, they could have at least drawn the attention of a few old James Bond fans.
PS -
Thanks Greg... a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all here at TDG!
(But... to be honest, I am in wayyyy too deep now to unplug 8)
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
22 November 2004
4 weeks 6 days
A fascinating part of the story of these newly found ancient ancestors is that this is reconstructed from one (1) finger and one (1) tooth.
Sort of reminds me of the start of this movie.
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We are the cat.
12 April 2007
10 min 46 sec
Bah! Clarke had *nothing* on Criswell
It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
6 April 2010
13 hours 48 min
then i guess they must be snow angels :P
Happy Holidays Grailers!
"Following the dog’s example, you will have to be wise in sniffing, smelling and estimating these fine and meaty books...after which you should break the bone and suck the substantial marrow..." ~ Rabelais
8 April 2006
14 hours 10 min
Yeah, I know, but Christmas was once Saturnalia, and that's what we celebrate at my home.... but why confuse my neighbors, eh?
I love this place. I know our politics don't see eye to eye, but this site is always a daily read. There's always something of interest to check out, and I, for one, appreciate the work you all do to keep the place up and running. Hopefully, things on my end will improve enough that I can help out, at least financially.
Nonetheless, thanks from me to all who make this site a part of my daily life.
Merry Christmas, and may we all enjoy a good and prosperous New Year!
Respects,
Gwedd
1 May 2004
11 weeks 5 days
Thanks, Gwedd. I'm counting your lovely feedback as my second Christmas present of the day!
5 June 2006
1 week 3 days
I was pleased that this was mostly in-fighting amongst the science-types and not the usual witch-burning of the non-believers (or rejectors of the old paradigm)
The recent critiques of the arsenic-based life-form and such help to weaken commonly held misconception that 'science' is the only way to 'know' anything.
15 October 2010
24 weeks 5 days
I think Redoubt had an excellent comment.
I can't explain what happened at Rendlesham. but I know it wasn't some inside job conceived and executed by NASA as a cover-up for an Apollo failure. What utter tripe. There is simply no rational or even good faith basis for suggesting such a ridiculous alternative. It is an insult to anyone who knows of the incident to put forth such a shoddily sourced and poorly researched counter-story without the least explanation of how to account for the reports made by at least 6 separate individuals who laid eyes on what plainly appeared to them to be an extraterrestrial craft under intelligent control. One or two persons actually touched the craft. And it most certainly was not a US spacecraft being recoered.
What an insult this fiction is to everyone who has ever read about Rendlesham.