Aliens and the Theory of Everything

Having just enjoyed a weekend hearing all about UFOs and aliens, monsters and mysteries, ghosts and the paranormal, I am ready to tackle new theories. These were all subjects that I loved as a kid. Now a fully-grown adult, (although some of my friends might disagree with this description, especially when it comes to my attitude to life and the world around me) I feel able to comprehend mysteries easily.

I have always been fascinated with the unknown. These past few years, I’ve moved away from reading up on the above subjects, in favour of more macabre themes, such as crime scene investigations, and unsolved murders. Of course, these also fit under the banner of the strange and unknown to an extent.

I like to think that I have honed my skills of detection, problem solving, and logical analysis. Now I find myself re-evaluating everything I thought about the UFO phenomenon once more. Not having seen the much touted ‘Mirage Men’, a 2013 documentary film directed by John Lundberg, written by Mark Pilkington and co-directed by Roland Denning and Kypros Kyprianou, about how the US government used the mythology of Ufos to cover up their advanced technologies, or so it goes. I can no doubt come up with another conclusion about what I think is really going on.

If you have yet to see the programmes, ‘UFOs: The Secret Evidence’, ‘Alien Investigations’, and ‘The Great UFO Conspiracy’, you should, if only for entertainment. You’ll see Timothy Good being cornered into admitting that he thinks Jesus really is an alien, and you may choke on your popcorn when discussions of decades long black-helicopter surveillance leaves one investigator with a serious psychological problem. Talk of crop-circles being deliberately created for no reason, along with the latest Falklands ‘Black Goo’ conspiracy will have you rolling your eyes along with the ‘Black Eyed Kids’.

Just because I am fascinated with these subjects doesn’t mean I believe every word I’m told. However, it doesn’t mean that I would dismiss any rational explanations, theories, or even proof, should they arise. That old cliché, ‘If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck!’ can never be taken for granted.

The Internet is a minefield of new and expanding theories of everything. What’s more disturbing is that, in some quarters, people are actively trying to string all anomalies together, to make a ‘one-theory- fits-all’ concept appear plausible, thus causing serious researchers a headache of trouble trying to separate the truth from fiction.

One classic that got me saying ‘ah ha’ was that worn nugget of the Moon Landing Hoax. We never landed on the moon verses we did land and the astronauts saw aliens but were sworn to secrecy. This is why we’ve never been back?

By the way, did anyone catch Buzz Aldrin talking to Physicist Brian Cox about how he used a felt-tipped pen to start the ignition on the Apollo moon lander? Apparently this is a story he told on The Sky at Night Live programme, yesterday evening, just before the special Eclipse 2015 show on BBC 2. 

Who said that, ‘If you can think of it, it’s possible!’? An example, any subject the X-files series ever touched upon is now being reported by someone somewhere. We live in a very strange world of possibilities and unexplained occurrences. They don’t all have to form one huge theory of everything, do they?

This weekend has prompted me to take a browse through my old book shelf and compare what people were thinking over fifty years ago, with ideas which have changed in our technologically minded new Millennium. Everything from Big Foot sightings, the Bermuda Triangle, visions of the Virgin Mary, the Lindbergh Baby and Jack the Ripper. Picking up Frank Edwards ‘Flying Saucers – Here and Now!’ caused a sudden revelation.

The (McMinnville) Trent photographs of 1950, as one of the most famous prime examples, re-looked at from a different perspective. View them today and what do you see? (Remember not to read the description of eye-witnesses before-hand) You can see clearly, looking not from left to right, but from foreground to background, the image of a Stealth bomber or fighter, heading away and rising into the sunset. Oops! Is this another case of 'perception management?'

Perhaps JFK did ask too many questions after all, and there was no one on that grassy knoll. Like a lot of people these days, I’m not waiting for UFO disclosure, or any kind of Apocalypse, just a straightforward answer will do.

Beware of the Dog

wag the dog:

"To cause a persuasive movement in any large body of influence, i.e., a mass of people, through means by which a lesser influence is utilized.

From the phrase, 'It's the tail that wags the dog.' This can be seen when a dog begins to wag it's tail, and it's body then follows.

in partisan politics, an unpopular party will wag the dog using a variety of provocative political manoeverings and machinations to undermine the public favour from the popular party, out of which a momentum can be borne."

Tales from the Crib

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas... as merry as possible!

The news is full of quite dramatic, depressing and rather sad events. When strange tales like these appear, shiny, Christmas-light-entangled antenna, start twitching! I apologize in advance for any offense that may be taken by the following item about dead babies everywhere...

Baby No. 1

A vicar and his daughter are being held on suspicion of murder after a baby's body was found at a Lancashire house.

Police made the discovery after reports of a woman giving birth to a stillborn baby boy in Freckleton. The 28-year-old, named locally as Ruth Percival, was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for treatment and later released.

She was arrested on Tuesday with her father, Reverend James Percival, 64, of Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton.

(Source BBC News Lancashire Dec. 2nd)

RIP Charlotte Bevan of Bristol - mother of baby Zarnee (at Stonehenge)

Gone but not forgotten

Baby No. 2

The body of a new-born girl has been found in a wheelie bin in North Yorkshire. The baby was found by a man in a communal waste area at the historic market town of Richmond on Monday afternoon.

"It is highly likely that the (missing) mother is in a very distressed state and needs professional support. We urge her to contact the police or medical staff as a matter of urgency as her health and well being is the priority."

(Source The Telegraph Dec 3rd)

Baby No. 3

POLICE have issued an urgent appeal for help to find a mother and her four-day-old baby who have gone missing in Bristol city centre.

They say Charlotte Bevan was not wearing any shoes when she left St Michael's Hospital shortly after 9pm tonight.

A message on the Avon and Somerset police Facebook page said: "We have serious concern for the welfare of her baby."

"We have officers searching the area near to the hospital but need your help to find mother and baby - we are worried because neither are dressed for the cold night."

She is thought to be wearing a black top and black trousers but was not wearing a coat. 

Police added: "She may appear confused and worried."

(Source Bristol Post Dec. 2nd)

The stories appeared so quickly, one after the other, and details of the latest case of missing (found dead today) mother Charlotte Bevan and her baby, (now also found dead) are full of strangeness, you have to wonder what dark forces lie behind them.

Baby No. 3 cont. 

Police desperately searched all night for Charlotte, who walked out of St Michael's Hospital with daughter Zarnee Teanna around 8.30pm to 9pm last night. Boyfriend Pascal Malbrouck told the Bristol Post that 30-year-old Charlotte Bevan was happy before she gave birth but had become increasingly sleep deprived over the last few days.

But he said he could think of no reason why she would go missing.

Pascal, who comes from a remote French-owned island in the Indian Ocean, posted a message on Facebook saying: "My daughter has gone missing with her mum Charlotte Bevan.

A BRISTOL mother who yesterday walked out of a maternity hospital with her four-day-old daughter suffered from schizophrenia and depression, according to her boyfriend.

Charlotte, according to her Facebook page works for environmental charity Good is Planet Earth.

Addition:  Dec. 4th - FIREFIGHTERS were called to a small fire at St Michael’s Hospital today.

Three resilience crews attended the incident at the maternity hospital in Kingsdown at 9:54am. It is believed the blaze was caused by an electrical fault involving a socket.

Worthy of note: St Michael's Hospital is also a specialist genetics center for the South West region.

Baby No. 4

A newborn baby boy was found dead on a moving conveyor belt at a waste recycling plant after he was thrown out with the rubbish, an inquest heard today.

The body was discovered by a horrified worker operating a picking line at Associated Waste Management in Shipley, near Bradford, West Yorkshire.

At the time, the worker was separating mixed household and business waste including glass and paper.

(Source Daily Mail Dec. 12th)

Add the statistics of dead babies in the news from your own location, and we have a veritable 'creche of dead babies' stories... what on earth is happening?

More to follow... watch this space as I attempt to tidy up!

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Still can't get this damn thing to work! Excuse me a moment...

The Man with No Name

The former head of the Somerset Racial Equality Council, who is accused of stealing another identity, has denied a claim that he had been living a lie.

David Onamade is charged with fraudulently trying to claim benefits and possessing documents for use in connection with fraud.

The 52-year-old denies buying the identity in Nigeria.

The prosecution claim the real David Onamade is the identity of a man living in London who is autistic.

The accused told the court he had had his national insurance number since 1991.

'I don't know him'

"I have worked all my life and no-one has ever told me I am not David Onamade," he told the jury.

Under cross-examination, prosecutor Simon Goodman said to him: "You've lived a lie for so long that now you cannot back away from it."

"No that is not correct," he replied.

Mr Onamade denied he had purchased the identity, and told the court he had been born in Greenwich.

Mr Goodman asked him whether he had been using David Onamade's identity

The prosecution claims the identity of David Onamade, and his birth certificate belong in fact to an autistic man from London.

"No, I don't know him. I've never met him or his family," he replied.

The accused denied he had been given the identity in Nigeria, and said he had not paid for it.

"What happens if you are not the person who you say you are?" Mr Goodman asked.

"That is scary," he replied.

The accused faces three charges of fraudulently trying to claim benefits and two charges of possessing documents - a birth certificate and a driving licence - for use in connection with fraud.

The case came to light when the Somerset Racial Equality Council closed last year and Mr Onamade, who had been its director for nine years, tried to claim Jobseeker's Allowance.

The National Insurance number he gave belonged to a David Onamade from London.

Guilty of fraud after stealing another man's identity...

The man, who claimed to be David Onamade, was also convicted of trying to claim benefits and possessing documents for use in attempt of fraud.

Taunton Crown Court heard he got hold of the identity of the real David Onamade, an autistic man from London.

The court heard even his former partner did not know he was living a lie.

The man, whose real name is still unknown, was found guilty of all charges.

The court was told he had lived with another man's identity for more than 20 years.

The jury found him found guilty of three charges of fraudulently trying to claim benefits and two charges of possessing documents - a birth certificate and a driving licence - for use in connection with fraud.

The court heard the accused may have bought David Onamade's birth certificate in Nigeria

The National Insurance number he gave belonged to a David Onamade from London.

In his position as Director of the Somerset Racial Equality Council he was once invited to Downing Street to meet prime minister Tony Blair.

It is not clear how he got hold of Mr Onamade's identity, but the jury was told he may have bought his birth certificate in Nigeria.

The bogus David Onamade lived in the West Country with his partner for 10 years.

During the trial, Helen Everett, who is the mother of Mr Onamade's children, told the court he introduced himself as Steven Douglas when they met.

'Very distressed'

He moved in with her in Bristol in 1992, and when they were packing books she found a birth certificate in a different name - David Onamade.

She said he told her this was his family name, which he never used because his father tried to control him and he wanted to live independently.

The mother of the real David Onamade, a 52-year-old autistic man from London, told the court she became aware that other people were trying to use her son's identity when spurious letters kept arriving in the post.

Speaking to the BBC ahead of the verdict, she said: "How could it be allowed to happen to him? I was very disappointed and very distressed."

The accused was sentenced to nine months in jail, but because he has already served 13 months on remand he walked free from court.

Judge Jeffrey Mercer said: "You have used copies of the birth certificate belonging to another person.

"Your future in this country has to be uncertain but that is not a matter for this court. Your status here is not part of my remit." (Source: BBC West)

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Aviophobia

I use to be fear-less it’s true. Things never use to scare me the way they scare me today. I use to drive really fast, try the craziest rides at the fair, eat the weirdest foods, attempt internet dating, and engage in other ‘risky’ behaviours, all completely legal of course.

It’s Sunday, 2nd November 2014. On Sundays I like to read my horoscope, for insight and for fun. It makes a change to reading all those news reports, especially of tragedy. However, this weekend’s horoscope has alarmed me no end.

The Australian writer and astrologer, Ed Tamplin reminds us of what he had to say earlier in the year about the October Eclipses…

“The upcoming lunar eclipse of October 8 2014 will again place the Moon (my rising sign) exactly with Uranus, the planet associated with flight and the technology of war. It will further fulfil the promise of the last Moon to Uranus connection... But there is something strange about this time. Prior October eclipses, accenting the middle degrees of Aries or Libra, have been regularly associated with major airline accidents and aerial war.

The upcoming lunar Eclipse of October 8 2014 may again lead to disaster from the skies in the coming two months. It’s a time when air safety will need to be absolutely paramount. And even without history as a guide, aerial bombardment will again be in the news. Only this time it could be on a larger scale then we have witnessed for quite a while.”

Granted, this can apply to anything at any time, really, but it scared me. Looking at the two recent space/air related crashes in the news, it’s hard to see how these things are not all connected.

Getting older has come with its ‘phobias’, lots of them. This week, I will be tested once again as I’m due to fly on a budget airliner. It’s a journey that will take an uncomfortable 15 hours ‘til I reach my destination. The trip will involve cheap planes, trains, coaches, and automobiles. Do I want to travel? No. Do I have any choice in the matter? No.

My ‘aviophobia’, or fear of flying, has already begun to set in. Gone are the days of sitting in the window seat with neck perched over to get the best view of the ground as we ascend to 34,000 feet…excuse me while I throw up a moment…

This is how Wiki explains my condition…

“Fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane (aeroplane), or other flying vehicle, such as a helicopter, while in flight. It is also referred to as flying phobia, flight phobia, aviophobia or aerophobia (although the last also means a fear of drafts or of fresh air).

Fear of flying may be a distinct phobia in itself, or it may be an indirect combination of one or more other disorders, such as claustrophobia (a phobia of being restricted, confined, or unable to escape) or acrophobia (anxiety or dread of being at a great height). It may have other causes as well, such as agoraphobia(especially the type that has to do with having a panic attack in a place they can't escape from). It is a symptom rather than a disease, and different causes may bring it about in different individuals.

This phobia receives more attention than most other phobias because air travel is often difficult for people to avoid—especially in professional contexts—and because it is common, affecting a significant minority of the population. Inability to maintain emotional control when aloft may prevent a person from going on vacations or visiting family and friends...”

I use to suffer for a short period with agoraphobia. I still have acrophobia, which use to cause a lot of agro during the fire drills at work. No claustrophobia yet. I don’t have coulrophobia (fear of clowns) either. Although I couldn’t think of anything worse than sitting next to a guy dressed as a clown whilst on an aeroplane.

http://stuckattheairport.com/tag/el-al-airlines/

"El Al Airlines, the national carrier of Israel, is famous for its stringent security measures. That hasn't kept clowns—loved by most children, yet terrifying to some adults—from boarding some planes.

As part of an expanded family entertainment program, the airline has added a clown to the cabin crew of select long-haul flights from Tel Aviv to New York and several other cities. The complimentary program runs all summer and was featured on some El Al flights during the recent unrest that caused other airlines to temporarily halt flights to and from Israel.

On clown-enhanced flights, the fright-wigged temporary crew member roams the aisles, telling stories and riddles to children and handing out colouring books, crayons and games.“ (Must let Loren Coleman of Twilight Language know about this, if he doesn’t already)

About ‘aviophobia’, apparently I am in good company as Isaac Asimov, Doris Day, and Stanley Kubrick, all suffered. Wiki goes on to describe treatments for the condition…

“If a phobic flier were able to fly in the cockpit, the pilot's facial response to an unexpected noise or motion would adequately prove the absence of danger. But with information in the cabin limited, it is impossible to prove no danger exists. Stress hormones continue to be released. As levels rise, anxiety increases and the urge to escape becomes paramount. Since physical escape is impossible, panic may result, unless the person can escape psychologically, through denial, dissociation, or distraction.”

My ‘emotional control’ may fail me this week, and so the reason for this post. I won’t make too many jokes about it, my phobia doesn’t allow it. As I won’t be online much, excuse me if I don’t reply to your messages. I will be in a state of denial, dissociation, and distraction. A bit like these guys were back in August 2013…

"If you ever run across a marketer offering you an impromptu adventure overseas, you might first want to clarify whether it will entail you being kidnapped by clowns and dropped from an airplane. That was the terrifying fate of South African graphic designer Clint Jacobs, the final latest of four participants in Heineken's "Dropped" campaign from Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam… In the campaign's last instalment, a group of Heineklowns tosses the affable Jacobs into rural Poland and makes him hitchhike and tandem-bike his way to Germany, where he must host his own circus. This seems like the sort of proposition you'd have to be drunk to accept, so it works as a long-form beer commercial…” http://www.adnews.com.au/campaign/dropped-poland

Remember these clowns?

Okay, Tom Cruise, let's not get carried away now!

Isis in Cyprus?

Updated: Okay, this just in from 'Greek Reporter', now tell me my fears are not warranted?

"Authorities in Cyprus are on alert after receiving information from foreign secret services that Islamic State jihadists are planning to hijack airplanes in Cyprus.

A newsit report says that the airports of Larnaca and Paphos are on alert based on information by foreign secret services that IS jihadists plan to hijack a Cyprus Airlines plane and take hostages. The information says that jihadists plan to take the plane to an airport in Syria or Iraq that is under IS control and then use the hostages to negotiate with Great Britain.

The jihadists will use the hostages in order to demand that Cyprus will not allow Great Britain’s Royal Air Force to use the British bases in Cyprus to launch air raids against the areas in Syria and Iraq where jihadists have control.

According to the report, secret services say that the IS has similar plans for Greece and Great Britain. Cypriot Police have been put on alert in the airports of Larnaca and Paphos and are ordered to do thorough searches on all passengers and baggage.

The official alert was terminated yesterday, however police remain on alert as Cyprus’ secret services continue to gather information on suspects who are related to the jihadists. In both airports, passengers who are European citizens but are of Arabic origin are thoroughly searched. Secret services say that some of them plan to cross to the Turkish-occupied zone and cross to Syria from there."