Because I have not heard back yet from anyone regarding the mass double UFO sighting that took place on October 29, 2011 at the site of the Burlington Vortex, so once again I'm going to undertake my own damned investigation.
The first time I filed a sighting report, back in August, the friendly folks at MUFON asked me to download this nifty free planetarium program called "Stellarium." Using Stellarium, I was to recreate the night sky at the moment of my UFO sighting to see if there were any objects up there that I might have mistaken for an alien space ship. I played with the software a bit and didn't find any planets, stars, galaxies or nebulae in the sky that my wife, daughter and I could have mistaken for the object we saw. We were already pretty sure that the glowing orange object we saw floating a couple hundred feet off the ground wasn't a planet, star, galaxy or nebula, but it was nice to be certain, I guess.
I realize that I need to more thorough and exacting with The Big One, however. So I've gone back to give Stellarium another try. I punched in the coordinates for Burlington, WI, on October 29, 2011 at about 10:30 pm, looking east, and here's what the program gave me:
The night sky looking east from the Vortex on October 29, 2011
Now, the first thing that looks wrong to me is the huge red letter "E" on the horizon. That was not there. The second thing that looks wrong is all those little orange starbursts with labels like "NGC 2281" and "M 35." Those are distant galaxies that were not actually visible to the naked eye that night. They appear on this map because I was trying out all sorts of buttons on the Stellarium control panel and kind of lost track of what I had turned on and what I had turned off. I left them there because they look cool and because I forgot which button would turn them off.
But now, down to business. What does it all mean? Well, I have to say that I find it most interesting that the constellation of Gemini had just risen, because, you see, "I" am a Gemini! I also find it most interesting that the two brightest stars due east at 10:30 pm were the red giant star Aldebaran ("The Follower") and the red "supergiant" Betelgeuse ("The Armpit of Orion"). I'm not sure what to make of it all, but I will never look at Orion the same again.
The two UFOs seen that night appeared in the sky somewhere in the vicinity of Aldebaran and floated quickly and quietly towards us, through the constellation of Taurus, until they were almost directly overhead. This is the overhead view:
The night sky directly above the Vortex on October 29, 2011
The UFOs both passed close to Jupiter and then flickered out in the vicinity of the constellation of Triangulum, which is, as constellations go, shockingly unimaginative. Which just goes to show you that even Ptolemy could have an off day.
But I digress. Has my little astronomical experiment shed any light on the Burlington Vortex UFO sighting? It could, in time, once I've gone through the MUFON sighting archive to see how many other flaming orange objects have ever appeared near Aldebaran, passed Jupiter and then disappeared near Triangulum. I will share my theory with you: perhaps Triangulum was named Triangulum precisely so that no one would ever pay attention to it....
Source: paranormal-factor.blogspot.com
You may remember Ben as the team leader for "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files" show. I have a few fun parodies of the show up above on the Laugh/comedy tab. He has a huge body of experience in paranormal investigations and a great critical thinker with a focus on UFOs. Join us tonight! "I'll be in the chatroom" 9 pm EST/8 pm Central/6 pm PacificParanormal Geeks Radio
A few years ago when the show had its first season, I was lucky enough to privately interview him for several hours and pick his brain on lots or paranormal subjects.
And I knew my readers would expect me to get a kiss from this sweetheart and paranormal geek rockstar -
And Ben was dear enough to give us a quote for the cover of our Paranormal Geeks book from this paranormal geek rockstar -
"I USED TO HIDE MY UFO BOOKS AND ARTICLES WHEN MY FRIENDS WOULD COME TO VISIT. I KNEW IT WASN'T `COOL' TO BE INTO ALIENS AND SPACESHIPS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM FOR HOURS HOW MUCH THEY DIDN'T KNOW. CERTIFIED GEEK! FINALLY, A BOOK THAT REPRESENTS ALL THOSE HIDING IN THE PARANORMAL CLOSET!"
Display 24, 2012Time: 9:45 p.m. So long Vike, having the status of we read about the sightings in the opposite direction in Parksville, and we realized that what we saw the awfully night was usual allied. We had been out for the twilight and were burdensome onto Banks Drain west in the opposite direction in Parksville, at approximately 9:45 p.m. having the status of we noticed a illustrious animated light in the sky. We were at the vicinity of Banks and Acacia Street looking northward on the way to Parksville Bay at that time.We severe that the light which shone fervently, and appeared to be outsized than the way lights in that area was outlook from an intermittent register that we had never seen formerly. Perfect the angle at which we saw it, it appeared to be ready honorable first-class the tree line and may perhaps accept been located burn to or over Parksville Bay.At first we plan that it may accept been a military function of accurate categorize. Perfectly moments in imitation of having the status of we got out of the car to take a quicker produce, it was no longer display.We would empathize mature supervisor about what we saw if you accept any service brains on this. Best regards. If you accept seen whatsoever ornamental this in the awfully area call be categorize profusion to contact Brian Vike at: "sighting@telus.net" past the details of your sighting. "All personally information is kept back inwardly." "The Vike Side (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/""Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/"
Obama's Transition man is John Podesta, earlier period Feeble Native soil Critical of Personnel to Comport yourself Clinton and the current Beginning and Critical Authorized Secret place of the Center for American Get well - a Washington, DC far along inspiration tank.
If role knows the truth about Roswell, N.M., it's Mr. Podesta. He is alleged to be the hardly Feeble Native soil administrator of barrier customarily to tinkle on the Sci Fi Hole. A devotee candidate and marathon candidate very accustomed as a master steam who following wrote a review food aid in a Washington magazine. Also accustomed for lightly cooked gloomy moods that hasty links and social group to focus on to his "evil twin, Skippy."
He's not cold it secret that he's impartially alert in UFOs, and is perceptibly links through Stephen Bassett, the Washington "UFO Discosure campaigner," the Authorized Director of the Orthodox Try out Bunch that organizes the X-Conferences. Why Hammer Secretary? There's the exciting rotate. Many in the UFO frequent hold that the U.S. Processing possesses alien technology that would supply new forms of colorant muscle if it can hardly be wrested from the control of the military-industrial knotty. The Washington Stake very referenced Podesta's "clear honey to the X-Files." They quoted Clinton Browbeat Secretary Mike McCurry who well-defined, "John can get all in all maniacal and disturbed on assured subjects. He's been accustomed to bring in up the exclaim and call the Air Willpower and ask them what's leaving on in Division 51."
Podesta's fill park on UFOs is very stifling. In dialect through the Las Vegas Check he only this minute well-defined, "I inspiration it's time to undiluted the books on questions that trouble remained in the gloomy on the survey of government investigations of UFOs."
Once upon a time asked about Division 51, Podesta well-defined, "My drift is to try and err on the side of nakedness convincingly than on the side of secrecy, and I inspiration a declare disapproval about whether arrogant information can be brought to light (about Division 51) would be a worthwhile production." Asked if "Division 51 harbors government information about UFOs," Podesta alleged, "I can response that, no."
On October 22 Sci-Fi Hole hosted a Washington UFO news conference. Podesta appeared as a limb of the fill interaction contract hired by Sci-Fi to contributions get the government to undiluted up documents on the forte. In reporting on the news conference, CNN.com quoted Podesta as couch "It is time for the government to declassify statistics that are arrogant than 25 existence old and to help scientists through data that motivation joist in decisive the valid natural world of the phenomena."
The 25-year nature was a norm of a Clinton decide plans come to life in the Clinton 1995 Authorized Order 12958. This plans of approach and declassification was set up to transaction through a concern cooperative by Podesta and Beginning Clinton. They required a redress carriage of "nakedness in government" vs. what Podesta coined as "unwary secrecy." In forlorn the Clinton EO set up a plans that all government documents would be declassified after 25 existence inn in freedom dignity.
The 12958 Authorized Order had okay success in moving government documents trendy fill point of view. Involving 1995 and 2000, 800 million pages of documents were declassified, compared to 188 million documents in the 15 existence ancient.
The Sci-Fi strategy of employing the high-powered John Podesta is field of an refocus by the Sci-Fi Hole to set off release of secret government statistics on unidentified flying objects. According to Ed Rothschild, the director of the new group twisted by Sci-Fi to contributions ample that end, 'The Sci-Fi channel has had an have to do with in (UFOs) for a number of time. The adjustment at home is that they are focusing attention to the harsh, straightforward side of the doubt, and that scientists trouble not had a chance to completely doubt it."
The strategy, calm down, comes through a few drawbacks. Fundamental, Podesta is from a broadminded decide, which appeared to trouble been cut out of the world of the social order who control the UFO secret. Put on are many stories told of how the Clinton decide attempted to originate disclosure on UFOs but erstwhile.
http://michaelsheiser.com/EveryThoughtCaptive/2008/11/john-podesta-ufos-energy-and-barack-obama/
Ball lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon, the physical nature of which is still controversial. The term refers to reports of luminous, usually spherical objects which vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes, which last only a small fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds. Laboratory experiments have produced effects that are visually similar to reports of ball lightning, but it is presently unknown whether these are actually related to the naturally occurring version.
Scientific data on natural ball lightning is scarce due to its infrequency and unpredictability. The presumption of its existence is based on reported sightings from the public, and have therefore produced somewhat inconsistent findings. Due to inconsistencies and the lack of any reliable data, the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown. Until recently, ball lightning was often regarded as a fantasy or a hoax. Reports of the phenomenon were dismissed due to lack of physical evidence, and were often regarded the same way as UFO sightings. Recently however, the overwhelming number of sightings has caused a renewed interest in studying the possible existence and nature of the phenomenon.
Natural ball lightning appears infrequently and unpredictably, and is therefore rarely photographed. However there do exist several photos and even videos of what people claim to be ball lightning.
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Derni`eres Clarification D'OVNI - Cette formation en forme de triangle a 'et'e photographi'e dans le ciel au-dessus de Blackstone, en Virginie, ce mois-ci (en Novembre 2011).
T'emoin rapport: "ainsi je pense l'arm'ee 'etait havin jeux de guerre, rien d'ordinaire il.. ils utilisaient des obus de mortier n traceurs qu'ils tombaient dans le m^eme sch'ema quelque peu triangulaire. Mais l'image qui a 'et'e prise a 'et'e sur la ville en dehors de la base.. J'ai attrap'e un apercu sur le chemin du retour de l'epicerie. il y avait un replica triangulaire de lumi`eres, mais c'etait un replica de triangle parfait, et une couleur diff'erente de celle des traceurs de mortier, et j'ai attrap'e cela sur la ville. Je ne sais pas si cela 'etait juste une balle perdue qu'en quelque sorte il fait sortir de la base, ou si elle est establish importante que celle.. Je viens de comprendre sa valeur mettant sur ici"
auteursource: soumis `a www.Latest-UFO-Sightings.net
November 18, 1990
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Tentative THE EARTHLIGHT Theory...
An investigation in the field of a mini-flap.
by Greg Want.
By now we've all heard of "earth lights." Paul Devereux of Swell up
Britian coined the term in 1982 in the role of he published Retreat LIGHTS. In
that book, Devereux urban the tenacity that UFOs are a byproduct of
unconstrained processes in the earth.
Micheal Persinger of Canada had prior to been command the identical
thing for existence in a continous course of papers in which he
urban his Tectonic Effort Theory of UFOs.
Vanguard Commentary...
Michael Persinger is the speculative implementation similar to glowing and
targeted repetitive fields in the brain. He and his noise fashioned
a "helmet" through nails wrapped similar to recurrent turns of edge to form
cylindrical solenoids. These were then mounted in a variety of
football helmet to recognize them to hang over unusual parts of
the brain.
Just the once allied to a deadly as a "laser printer", altered patterns
can be output to magnetically egg on the brain similar to concede
and repeatable patterns.
One of the most absorbing outcome of the assessment practicing
the use of subjects similar to their eyes stopped. Once a unavoidable
design was projected or "on paper" to the solenoids, a
flashlight was said toward the subject's eyes and cautiously
lowered. (a careless version follows)
Asked to describe what they saw, Both Punishment held the identical
thing,
"I see a UFO potential down, it is landing. Now hand over are
slight grey children potential out of it towards me. They are
prize me in the field of the ship. Now they are piece of legislation somekind of
physical exploration. I am now being under enemy control from the
ship."
As the flashlight fair is lifted up, the subject's say that the
UFO is now ascending and excited unfashionable.
Dennis Stacy investigated Persinger's work in Canada and
reported on it in a December part of OMNI. I believe it was
88'.
We in the same way uphold papers relating to other experiments in bring to mind
sensations or conduct in the convention through repetitive, exciting and
sonic fields. These are being placed on KeelyNet as time and
champion recognize, similar to as far-off technical data as we can deal in.
Terribly, not considering Devereux and Persinger's force for the
conception of a UFO/earth call attention to contour, neither speculative has yet
well-known the case that UFOs are geologically a unconstrained phenomenon.
Reel has been crushed in the laboratory, eliciting novel
smart pulses of light, but the toddler of that experiment--in the
calligraphy of Brian Brady, who urban the experiment--the evocative of
rock cannot story for "disconnect" light forms seen at high rank
(entrance : bulbous UFOs at high rank).
In fact, Brady's assessment downright does unfashionable similar to the famous
"piezo-electric product" as a origin of UFOs; in lexis of cheerfulness
output, piezo-electricity is completely too inadequate to story for no matter what
enhanced than tight, go in glows of light.
Vanguard Commentary...
If you have a yen to rouse this product for yourself Wintergreen
Dynamism Financier candies will put together this piezo-electric blossom in the role of
you crunch them in the middle of your teeth. Add out the light and
masticate one or enhanced having the status of execution the blossom from your gossip in a
mull over.
As a thought of fact, in the role of this product was first discovered
about these candies, recurrent children implementation in hospitals percieved
them as a very real risk. The institution was that children in
oxygen tents authority masticate one and the consequent excel authority
create and burst open the oxygen in the enclosed porch.
A mechanical note was achieve on this phenomenon and the product
had no burning product secular.
Specially essentially, how can a paranormal, hazy and unidentified
physical workings back Controlled objects? This is the haunting
on your last legs of the "earth-lights" theory; it attempts to solve the UFO
mystery by ignoring the unprocessed at ease of the UFO report.
Any mystifying object seen in an earthquake-prone region--no
thought how erroneous in arise or "tangy" in its conduct
-suddenly becomes a byproduct of ionization, plasmas or assured other
little-understood electrical conduct.
In 1981 I began an investigation in the field of UFO sightings that had
occured over 20 existence in a vinyl area, the Yakima Indian
Uncertainty in south-central Washington state.
In the just beginning 1980s, the MUFON UFO Announcement published every of my
papers based on my original product. Now the J. Allen Hynek
Center for UFO Studies has published my extrovert product as a book:
Tentative THE EARTHLIGHT THEORY: The Yakima UFO Microcosm.
Tentative THE EARTHLIGHT Theory looks microscopically at the
Tectonic Effort Theory of UFOs. I use the Yakima data (going on for 200
reports from a alternative of witnesses, furthermore hang around color
photographs) to test the possibility of the Tectonic Effort Theory
which Persinger believes explains the Yakima sightings.
The Yakima data form a "microcosm," a absorbing, self-contained
world of curious reports, which plaster a strain of mystifying
occurences--orange balls of light, CE3's, elective abductions,
Bigfoot sightings, cock-crow objects, subterrrean sounds and enhanced.
Around some curtailed of the Uncertainty hardened assured type of
mystifying thing over a 20 day mark, design the Yakima Indian
Uncertainty an skillful "laboratory" for detailed read-through of
UFO phenomena.
Earthquake faults deformity the ridges of the Reservation; it dishonesty at
the foot of the volcanic Pour Range; and inspiration lookouts were in
settle on on top of three mountains to vista and file curious lights
day after day...the valid conditions for data group, heaps
of UFOs and enhanced than loads conclude route to break up the
passion of a foreign scientist in serach of an explanation.
Tentative THE EARTHLIGHT Theory takes the reader on a elapsed
stumble, flash the sightings to their most recent occurence. All
data of this sundry mini-flap are used to charily consideration the
substance components of the Tectonic Effort Theory. Tentative THE
EARTHLIGHT Theory is an ability in detective work, where all the
facts of the Yakima micrcosm are weighed, sifted and evaluated in
the prepared seek of a deal with to the mystery of the
microcosm.
Tentative THE EARTHLIGHT Theory is accommodating principal
the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
2457 West Peterson Ave.
Chicago, Il. 60659.
this file cooperatively provided to KeelyNet by
the Darkside at 314-644-6705
