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Massive Fireball Spotted Over Alberta And Saskatchewan

November 21, 2008 at 12:04 PM | 0 Comments

Hundreds of people in Western Canada Thursday night reported seeing a flaming object streak across the sky, variously describing it as green, yellow, purple and blue, brighter than a lightening strike and as loud as fireworks.

But before you get your UFO theories in order, know that aviation and astronomy experts say it was most likely a meteorite--though they can't say it was for certain. Says a professor at the University of Alberta:

What we probably saw was a fireball, which is the result of a rock coming into the atmosphere. The big question now is whether or not anything hit the ground.

While you might think a huge fireball would be easily tracked to its landing place, meteorites actually stop burning in the last few moments of their falls. That makes tracking the space rocks--if they don't burn up completely in the atmosphere--incredibly difficult: Fewer than 50 have ever been found in Canada.

Related Stories:
· Meteorite and Impacts Advisory Committee to the Canadian Space Agency [Official Site]
· Massive Fireball Lights up Night Skies in Alberta, Saskatchewan [Calgary Herald]
· ET Travel: Gillian Anderson Let Down Her Guard [Jaunted]

[Photo: Groovycandies.com]

UFO Travel: Slovenia Snags a Sighting

October 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM | 0 Comments

A few days before Britain released a batch of UFO files, a mysterious object was seen over the skies of Ajdovščina, Slovenia. Our Slovene isn't too good, but in-the-know blog Piran Café summarizes what this news anchor has to say:

The person who sent this video footage to POP TV of the October 14 sighting also reported electrical and mobile phone power outages in the western city of Ajdovščina and nearby villages. In this report the anchor said the reports couldn't be confirmed.

The footage does seem a little suspicious, leading us to think it's a hoax, but, hey, that's why they call them "unidentified flying objects."

Related Stories:
· UFO Spotted in Western Slovenia [Piran Café]
· British UFO Archives Giving Conspiracy Tourists New Itineraries [Jaunted]

British UFO Archives Giving Conspiracy Tourists New Itineraries

October 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM | 0 Comments

The UK's National Archives released a new batch of files about UFOs today, and despite our obsession with places tied to mysterious aerial activity, it seems the best place to spot unidentified aircraft is from commercial jets.

Four passengers headed from Gatwick to Hamburg in 1991 reported a cigar-shaped craft flying beneath their plane to the captain though the mystery of what it might've been was never solved. That same year, a pair of Alitalia pilots also spotted a UFO over Kent; British authorities determined it couldn't have been a missile--but also had no guess as to what it might've been.

Another UFO near Gatwick came so close to the airport that air traffic controllers warned a plane out of its way, though that pilot didn't report seeing anything unusual. In the next four years, Britain plans to release almost 200 more files on UFO sightings, insuring that the UK will remain a top-of-the-list destination for conspiracy theorists.

Related Stories:
· Newly Released UFO Files [Official Site]
· Britain Releases UFO Files, Dispels Mysteries [AP, via Google]
· UFO Travel: Mile-wide UFO over Guernsey [Jaunted]
· UFO Travel Map [Jaunted]

UFO Travel: Is the Northern Territory the World's New UFO Capital?

September 4, 2008 at 9:38 AM | 0 Comments

A few months back we reported a UFO sighting off the coast of Australia's Northern Territory on Groote Eylandt, but apparently UFO season Down Under hasn't stopped there.

The History Channel is about to send a production team from "UFO Hunters" down to the Northern Territory to investigate a whole raft of UFO claims, including one from Acacia Hills resident Alan Ferguson, who's keen to help the tourists out:

If I can spot the UFOs, I will point them out to them. They don't know what I know--I know too much.

And we thought the Northern Territory was simply full of dry and empty desert. We obviously don't know enough!

Related Stories:
· UFO Hunters Head to NT For Evidence [NTN]
· UFO Travel: Mystery Lights in the Northern Territory [Jaunted]
· UFO Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Bill Liao]

ET Travel: Gillian Anderson Let Down Her Guard

July 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments

Hasn't Gillian Anderson seen "Alien"? Getting pregnant while promoting a movie about extraterrestrial life... that takes guts. The actress even walked the red carpet for "X-Files: I Want To Believe" with long-time TV costar David Duchovny.

Guess everyone's into aliens these days: The Roswell UFO Festival reported a 25 percent jump in attendance this year, while local hotels were sold out and the city moved $15,000 of merchandise over 4 days. In these recessionary times, are we counting on visitors from the sky to save us?

Related Stories:
· Fest Attendance Jumps 25+ Percent [Roswell Record]
· UFO Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Just Jared]

UFO Travel: Mystery Lights in the Northern Territory

May 2, 2008 at 11:00 AM | 0 Comments

Five miners in the Northern Territory of Australia say they spotted a UFO last week. In the early evening, worker Arnold Murray noticed a light silently flying towards his work site and alerted his coworkers as the object swooped in:

The plant's pretty quiet at night. (It made) no noise whatsoever...All of a sudden it shot off and left a long orange trail behind it. That orange trail just faded out like a shooting star.

It wasn't a chopper, it wasn't a plane--we knew that much--and it definitely wasn't a shooting star.

Interestingly, the mine is on Groote Eylandt, close to where Australia's most famous UFO sighting was recorded. In 1964, the "light wheel" appeared off the coast of the island, causing a ship's compass to malfunction as a rotating circle of lights descended from the sky.

Related Stories:
· Miners "Saw UFO" [NT News]
· UFO Travel Map [Jaunted]

Adventures of Link: More UFO Travel

April 22, 2008 at 5:20 PM | 0 Comments

In 1997, thousands of people saw the now-famous Phoenix Lights, including Arizona's governor at the time, Fife Symington. Last night, it appeared they'd returned to the skies above Phoenix.

Dozens of people called in to local radio and TV stations to report an eerie quartet of red lights. An FAA spokesman had no explanation for the phenomenon, but did have a sense of humor about it, given the agency's recent troubles:

It could be aliens coming down to save us from ourselves, you never know. The only thing I do know is if they were coming down, they weren't talking to air traffic controllers.

Former Governor Symington describes the original Phoenix Lights 45 seconds into this video.

Related Stories:
· Mystery Lights Reported over Phoenix [KTAR]
· Unexplained Lights above the Valley [KNXV]
· Officials: Source of Strange Red Lights Unknown [Arizona Republic]
· Phoenix Lights [Wikipedia]
· Mystery Lights Also Spotted in Florida [WKMG]

UFO Prepares to Invade Lithuania

April 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments

In the beautiful Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, weird things are about to interrupt the cityscape of heritage houses and communist buildings. The Guggenheim Museum plans to open another branch in the city, and since the Guggenheim has a tradition of inhabiting memorable buildings, this one will be no exception.

Depending on the angle you choose, the new Zaha Hadid-designed building looks a bit like a cruise ship, a spaceship or (we think) a giant computer mouse. Quite how this fits into Vilnius is something we can't quite imagine, but perhaps the point is that it doesn't.

If you want to see the design up close, along with the two losing ideas, they're being exhibited at the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in Vilnius until the end of June. Miss that, and nobody's sure quite how long you might have to wait to see the actual space ship land in Lithuania.

Related Stories:
· New UFO Guggenheim Museum to Open in Lithuania [Vagabondish]
· Guggenheim [Official Sites]
· Vilnius Travel Guide [Jaunted]

[Photo: Zaha-Hadid]

UFO Travel: Livin' La Vida Alien

March 18, 2008 at 10:09 AM | 1 Comment

No, this isn't a famous UFO sighting. Instead, many years ago, some crazy architects decided to build a UFO house in Signal Mountain, TN, near Chattanooga.

In these hard times it is no surprise that the flying saucer house was recently put up for auction. But the fact that the three bedroom home couldn't fetch more than $135,000 is a bit of a surprise. The auction winner and new UFO resident is said to have bought the place as a second home.

The crazy thing? There are more of these UFO style homes peppered throughout the country. But where are they? Get out and find 'em, because the truth is out there.

[Photo: Brent and MariLynn]

UFO Travel: UFOs Like Hanging Out in Britain, Taking Dogs

February 12, 2008 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments

It's official, at least according to the Ministry of Defense in Britain: UFO sightings are on the rise. Quite a substantial rise, too, rocketing from 97 sightings in 2006 up to 135 sightings during 2007. A whole range of UFOs were spotted, including:

a flying saucer in Staffordshire and a fast-moving triangular object in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Two pilots were flying over Alderney in the Channel Islands when they saw bright orange objects, while another saw a "balloon-like object" over the southwest.

But our favorite UFO sighting in Britain last year came from a man in Cardiff, Wales, who reported that spaceships flew near his house and abducted his car, tent and dog. Other witnesses in the area at the time also say they saw a spaceship. So take extra care on your next trip to Wales, which might just become a favorite hangout for UFOs with dog-loving aliens on board.

Related Stories:
· UFO Sightings on the Rise [Independent]
· Mile-wide UFO over Guernsey [Jaunted]
· UFO Travel Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: furbychan]

UFO Travel: Booze-Loving Aliens in Wycliffe Well

January 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM | 0 Comments

The locals in Wycliffe Well are divided when it comes to the sightings in Australia's self-proclaimed UFO capital. While some believe the area's gas station is a preferred hangout for aliens, others chalk it up to booze. The skeptics argument? Most of the sightings have been reported by people exiting the local pub late at night, after guzzling a beer or 12.

But while it may have something to do with high levels of alcohol consumption, some claim the extraterrestrial visitors just prefer the Northern Territory. The owner of the saloon has even racked up a half dozen sightings on his own:

When I came down here it was just a common occurrence. It was just one of those things. Even the previous owner just mentioned it to me in passing.

Today, the gas station props up statues of green-colored aliens along the roadway, hoping to catch the eye of motorists and tourists making the long drive from Alice Springs to Darwin. When it comes to the real thing, though, locals say they "hardly even blink when they see it." The tiny town, which is isolated and surrounded by scrubland, has garnered significant attention from the UFO community, attracting "experts" and even a couple UFO conventions.

Drunk or not, we'd love to pull up in a barstool next to a local and hear some UFO stories.

Related Stories:
· Lights, Beings, Beams: Just a Typical Night [AFP, via Google]
· UFO Over Texas Just Looking for Tasty BBQ? [Jaunted]
· UFO Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Johnsyweb]

UFO Over Stephenville Texas Looking For Jewel and Tasty BBQ?

January 15, 2008 at 10:09 AM | 0 Comments

Over twenty Stephenville residents, including a pilot, allege they recently saw a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast over their town. Some folks even claim a fighter jet was chasing it.

The pilot witness had this to say:

People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times. It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts.

Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, said no aircraft from his base were in the area recently, however, he is "90% sure" this sighting was an airliner.

So say for a minute, just a minute, that 10% ruled the day. What exactly were aliens looking for in Stephenville? Could have been Jewel, who filmed a music video there, or, if you are more into doomsday theories, these aliens could have been looking for the KKK, who held a rally in Stephenville last summer. However, our hope is that these alleged aliens were simply looking for some good BBQ, which can be found over at Hard Eight in Stephenville.