The first Earth-like planet outside the solar system will have been discovered by the end of the year, one of the world's leading astronomers said yesterday.
Professor Michel Mayor, the scientist in charge of the team who detected the first extrasolar planet in 1995, claimed that the chance of finding a planet that is habitable for humans is now imminent.
The astronomer, of Geneva University, said that recent technological progress that allows the observation of planets outside the solar system now makes the prospect of locating a planet of a similar make-up to Earth extremely likely.
Twin Earth: Professor Michel Mayor said yesterday that the chance of finding a planet outside the solar system that is habitable for humans is now imminent
Professor Mayor said that Nasa's Kepler spacecraft is likely to be the first to locate the ideal planet to sustain human life because it is carrying the largest telescope to ever have been sent beyond the Earth's orbit.
The telescope, which is in orbit around the Sun, is monitoring more than 100,000 stars every half hour and is focused on a star field in the Orion spiral arm of the Milky Way.
Professor Mayor said that Nasa's Kepler spacecraft is likely to be the first to locate the ideal planet to sustain human life because it is carrying the largest telescope to ever have been sent beyond the Earth's orbit
More than 400 extrasolar planets - or exoplanets - that orbit stars similar to the Sun have been discovered in the last 15 years, Professor Mayor told the conference.
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By Mike Fortson
(c) 2-4-09
As we near the 12 anniversary of what is commonly and erroneously labeled the Phoenix Lights, in retrospect it's difficult to believe so much time has passed; it seems as if it were only a couple of years ago that my wife and I witnessed the "Massive V-Shaped Craft" from our then home in Chandler Arizona; for almost 4400 days that image has been seared into my mind's eye. I still vividly remember the entire sighting, which occurred at 8:30 pm MST. I've been told on many occasions that over time, thoughts and memories fade and total recall starts to diminish. Well, not this one!
I still give thanks almost daily for being allowed the opportunity to view with my own eyes one of the greatest UFO sightings in history. We (my wife and I) were at the perfect angle at the right time and place to have the opportunity of a lifetime. Being able to witness a mile-long "alien craft," from which I believe comes from another dimension, has been by far the greatest visual experience of my 55 years of life on earth.
I'm not writing this to sway public opinion or change anyone's mind. I am writing this to express gratitude for what I was a part of and to publicly say, "Thank you Lord" for allowing me to see this for myself; something that we have been told all of our lives "does not exist!"
I first came forward on Saturday morning March 15, 1997, in a phone call to Mr. Walter Andress of MUFON in Sequin, Texas; from that point on I haven't stopped talking about this life-changing experience. I have met and shared our encounter with hundreds of other "eight o'clock witnesses" and the database is overwhelming as to the scope and magnitude of the event throughout the great state of Arizona. What was once thought of as a mere set of lights beginning near Kingman, is now known to be much larger in scale with multiple mile long V shaped objects, a massive 2 mile-wide triangle and a mile wide disc (and that's not all).
Not just one set of lights by a long shot!
It's a fact that the listening and viewing public have been lied to from the very beginning! Without a doubt the real story has never been told. This is what motivated me to write, The Non-Investigation of the Phoenix Lights. I have known from my very first interviews that the media (producers) do not care if the truth is ever told. They wish to sanitize the story so it is more believable (accepted) by the public. In other words; they change or don't report all the facts; thus, they lie to you. Because they feel that sometimes the truth is much too strong for the sheeple and the truth needs to be altered so we can sleep tonight without worrying about something we have no control of. Sickening, isn't it?
Concerning the Phoenix Lights case: "they" changed the facts and continually show the 10 PM flare videos (there are 6 of them) while interviewing the eight o'clock witnesses. This deception is a huge slap in the face to the witnesses of the "actual craft," and a total lie to any who read or watched the events and testimonies of The Massive UFO Flyover of Arizona, March 13, 1997. All one has to do is ask a non-witness about the Phoenix Lights sightings on March 13, 1997, and most will say, "Oh, yeah they were flares!" The eight o'clock witnesses just shake their heads left to right in frustration. The diversion has succeeded and the truth will probably never be told as minds have already been made up.
So, I ask myself, "What can I do?" Does anyone other than the witnesses really care? Does anyone know about or care about the MSTI-3 satellite that was disabled early on March 13th 1997? Does anyone care about the witnesses who watched in awe at 5:30 pm near Crown King, AZ., as 3 massive V shaped craft in daylight pancaked on top of each other"; then turned into a white ball of light and vanished as 2 fighter jets approached from the south? Does anyone care that the 8:16 pm MST witnesses in Paulden, AZ., included retired US Army Major named Lyle Vann, not a retired police officer as was written in summaries and books? Does anyone care about being "historically correct" as much as we possibly can? I do!
Does anyone care that drivers on I-17, I-10, US60 and many other highways and roads throughout the state pulled over and got out of their vehicles to watch in disbelief what was passing in their field of vision? Does anyone care if a little league game came to a halt as a massive craft silently passed overhead? And does anyone care if a police search and rescue team practicing in the north valley witnessed the same thing and the helicopter pilot absolutely refused to go up and check it out? What about the airborne flight instructor from Embry-Riddle? As he looked down he assumed there was a power outage, only to become aware of the massive V shaped craft passing under him; in his own words he stated, "I thought he was going to die!" Does anyone care? Does anyone care about the retired airline captain who claimed he could land his 737 on the wing of the massive V shaped craft? Again, does anyone really care?
I mean, after all it was just flares, right?
Throughout the past twelve years, I've looked back and realized just how lucky I've been. I mean I've done 2 episodes of Strange Universe, 2 documentaries for stations in Tokyo, Japan; I've also been privileged to do dozens of television interviews and at least 60 radio interviews. I was invited to do the Leeza Gibbons show, as well. How often does one get to fly to Los Angeles, get a limo ride to Paramount Studios, have your name on your door, a catered private lunch and get to meet Leeza! Wow! Well, I did. It was very cool indeed and one of the best times I've had.
I have for the most part always been open to share my experience-again without requiring compensation. There have been a few witnesses and or investigators who've penned books and or produced DVDs etc; however, making a buck hasn't been a precedence for me.
I did an interview with Dr Lynne Kitei for her book and DVD. Actually, I'm a large part of the video she sells and my 8:30 sighting is told in great detail. I do appreciate her for allowing me to do that. She asked me dozens of questions and allowed my views of March 13, 1997 to be told in my own words. I do not agree with her on her 10 PM video as UFO; rather I pretty much agree that those 10 pm videos are more than likely flares, intentionally ignited at high altitude (17,000') to create a diversion to take away attention from the earlier events of the massive crafts.
The strangest part of my association with Dr Lynne took place at a MUFON meeting in Mesa, AZ a couple months ago; she approached me and said, "I'm also an eight o'clock witness to the massive V shaped craft! I just never came forward because I didn't take any pictures!" What? So, for the last 11.5 years why have you been focused on the 10 pm video you shot, trying to divorce it from the other flare footage and claming it was of an authentic UFO? Most agree that the 10 pm videos are in fact flares, so now you claim to be an eight o'clock witness as well? Are you kidding me? And for the past 11.5 years with all your interviews, television and radio shows-you never made this claim! Now you are a witness to the large craft?
Does anyone else find this peculiar? Very early on, the majority of eight o'clock hour witnesses became cognizant of the disparity between the "large craft" cruising "low and slow," opposed to the distant lights up and beyond the Estrellas; to say that people were adamant about their "craft sighting," in contrast to flares would be an understatement! Dr. Lynne has fought tooth and nail for her "10:00 video" to be disassociated with flares-never during this time has she given any inkling that she observed the "craft" in the eight o'clock hour! I find this new revelation very curious to be polite.
One part of the March 13th massive statewide sightings that never really gets examined is the official statements made by the USAF and government pertaining to the events; they did not claim that the dropping of flares were responsible for the "earlier events" (eight o'clock hour). Instead what was said was this, "at no point in time was there a threat to the security of the United States". Thus, my interpretation would be that since there was no threat, then it (the UFOs) would be considered a friendly. The FOIA from Luke AFB did not call the earlier events as planes, flares, blimps, balloons, or any other man made objects. Instead the FOIA reports the USAF as calling the "objects" as unusual aerial sightings. They also report that no Luke AFB craft were involved in the "phenomena" reported on the night of 13 Mar 97.
Since our sighting nearly twelve years ago, my wife and I have become very good sky watchers. We have spent many hundreds of hours watching the skies for a return visit, hoping this time to get "it" (or them) on film. I really feel that what we got to see that night might be considered a "once in a lifetime" sighting and we have accepted that as a possibility. However, whenever outside no matter what the length of time might be, I am always aware of my surroundings and I still take a moment to scan the skies.
So, in closing I wish to say something from my heart, "I do not believe in UFOs or aliens-I know "they exist!"
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UFO INSIGHT - UFO SIGHTING REPORT WETUMPKA 2013
This astonishing UFO Sighting Report comes from Wetumpka (USA). This Encounter happened 03.06.2013.
"Went to the local store at 9:43 p.m. and returned home at 9:59 p.m. I pulled in my driveway which put me facing West when a "pop" of light caught my attention just coming into view over our residence. At first I didnt pay it much attention and went inside and settled my things, taking about 15 minutes I guess. For some reason it was nagging at me to go back outside and just look up. Odd considering the temperature was around 37 degrees! As I walked out onto our porch facing East, there it was. Kind of pulsating/strobing just above the treetops across from us. I watched it for a minute or so and knew I needed to get the Sony HandyCam ASAP! After acquiring the Camcorder I began filming the object just kind of waver around the screen. The object had become an "Orb" looking shape now. I filmed this for around 20-25 minutes observing that the sky was FULL of twinkling stars and NO clouds but, on my LCD screen of the recorder all I could observe was the object in question which made me believe that it was pretty close. Upon realizing this I adjusted my recorder to 800X Digital Zoom and began reshooting the object. I also noticed that now there were more than just the one in the sky. 3 to my knowledge but it was more difficult to get them on film. I briefly had one other zoomed in screen but it quickly moved off to avoid me it seemed. The footage I captured is astounding. Ive seen many videos taken over the years of Unidentified Flying Objects but, nothing to this effect. It should also be stated that many times while filming my hearing was affected with a high pitched ringing tone and throughout the encounter I felt very safe and curiously enough very loved."
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I was confused for a extended time, regarding UFO secrecy, I mean why is it classified to be Above Top Secret, with a amount of category high then atomic bomb tips. I can see why a few of the secrecy exists, with regards to developing new military aircraft plus additional these craft, because is required for nationwide safety factors.
But because I became more plus more aware which the UFO - Alien enigma, was actually a satanic plus demonic program, it became obvious why the amount of secrecy was thus significant. The key objective of the UFO - plus Alien planners which are inside the 'Know' of the program, learn which this really is a battle for the souls of all mankind.
There are 2 primary kinds of military personnel or groups which are associated with all the UFO Phenomena, 1 group is those which are inside the thus called 'Know', these are the best brass which are correspondence 1 about 1 with all the fallen angels, themselves plus understand what the true UFO plus Alien schedule is about. These men, or girls, are guaranteed plus provided earthly desires like military powers, cash, plus many different gratuity for their service to these demonic forces. These guys or ladies might very possibly be murdered or have their families kidnapped or worse when they revealed the true UFO schedule to the public. The fallen angels plus demons masquerading because aliens, recognize which this schedule is a main element of the 'Great Deception' against Christians plus Jesus Christ, plus they might do anything they will to create their plans come about.
What is sad to me, is this really is another cause I believe Jesus states inside the Holy Bible, inside Mark 8:36 - 'For what shall it profit a guy, when he shall gain the entire globe, plus lose his own soul?', I ask anybody whom is within the 'Know' regarding the UFO plus Alien Agenda, to read which small passage over plus over, plus consider it.
The time all of us wear this Earth is quite brief, is a several years of earthly fun, value an eternity inside Hell. Why serve built beings, whenever you are able to serve the glorious Creator, plus be found on the winning side, remember Satan plus his forces have absolutely lost, their fate is sealed, don't create yours the same fate.
Another group is those which believe they are functioning together with real aliens from other world, plus they can keep quiet considering they are provided development, for their element of the service. This high ranking classified kind of function, additionally gets energy, revenue, etc. To revel this so-called alien development to the public, might cause a dishonorable discharge within the military, losing ones pension or retirement funds, plus very potentially lengthy prison sentences, or worse.
I believe the leading source or program for the UFO - Alien secrecy category originates from Satan plus his fallen angels, as well as the demons, then it filters right down to the best leaders, plus military commanders, plus then those associated inside the hidden, or black-operations because they are called. The government controls the media, thus it's not difficult to matter a disinformation campaign against those which report ufo accounts, incredibly whenever the government will pull or cancel a tv stations license.
The veil of silence, secrecy, disinformation plus ridicule is gradually being removed, because more plus more UFO's are appearing all over the world. This really is considering the planet is gradually becoming brainwashed into thinking which UFO's plus Aliens are real, because you are being visited by real extraterrestrial beings from another world. When the mainstream of human awareness becomes attuned to the alien (demonic) schedule, there is a worldwide UFO event or unveiling, that I believe is the 'Great Deception; which Jesus talked about inside the Holy Bible.
There is a website which has info about angels, fallen angels, ufos, secret groups, aliens, alien abductions, NWO, 1 globe government, and more, the website is called: The Great Deception, plus is found at this url: http://www.great-deception.com
By Robert W. Benjamin
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INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCHERS LIKE DAVID ICKE AND ETHICAL EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACTEE ALEX COLLIER HAVE SUGGESTED THAT MANIPULATIVE INTERDIMENSIONAL ENTITIES ALTERED OUR TIMELINE IN THE 1930S AND REMOVED OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE MEMORY OF AN "EXTRATERRESTRIAL WAR" THAT TOOK PLACE ON EARTH IN THE EARLY 1930'S
The manipulative aliens, who were apparently responsible for that war, infiltrated our time-space and selectively altered our history. The result, in part, is that human memory of such a war was "erased" from our "official time". Our current time line therefore reflects the alteration which took place.According to Alex Collier, Ethical Extraterrestrials, who operate on a higher-dimensional consciousness, witnessed this alteration of our time line, and they provided information about the same to him. Due to this manipulation, we, as humans, are apparently not aware of our "TRUE" history any more. Consequently, we are not able to answer basic questions about our existence, such as: "Who are we? Where did we come from? What will be our future like?"Mr. Collier also tells us about how these manipulative aliens or "Archons" entered our reality. He claims that the Nazi scientists, in their quest to control the world, created a time portal in the "original 1930s" which introduced aliens to our realm. These manipulative aliens then apparently travelled back in time with the help of their technologies, and created an artificial history for humans, full of wars, disasters and destructions. Humanity's formerly peaceful past became a past full of war and oppression.Alex Collier also suggests that these ETs altered our history and time line and so that humanity can be easily controlled. "Because of their ability to time travel, it looks like they have been here thousands of years -- they can go backwards in time. If you can go backwards in time you can literally alter the consciousness of any race. You can alter any event. That's exactly what they have done. They are not the only ones who have done this. There is also a group from Sirius B who have also done this. It took me a long time to understand why it was that they wanted to do this. The bottom line is that they wanted to control us."David Icke further tells us how "shapeshifting" aliens can control our leaders and are changing the course of human history with the help of their lower dimensional technologies. In fact, these researchers also claim that most of the natural and manmade calamities or disasters are caused by these Archons. Alex Collier's insights suggest that Fukushima is one of many regressive alien-orchestrated events that were spawned by a Manipulative Extraterrestrial intrusion which had taken place in a former time line.
These researchers suggest that we need to question what we are taught in our history books. We have to search for the truth so that we are not control by these other dimensional beings.
Read more in the UFO and Exopolitics section of The Canadian.
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SHORT UFO FACT: [Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico is another location that has been associated with many of the famous crash incidents as well as having its own sightings. In 1980 Kirtland suffered a number of low-level intrusions by UFOs in the vicinity of its nuclear weapons storage area. The sightings also consisted of radar jamming and electrical blackouts. Kirtland AFB also controls the Los Alamos National Laboratories and they intern control the Sandia Laboratories. ]
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SHORT UFO FACT: [South Africa's most famous "CONTACTEE", Elizabeth Klarer, died from cancer at the age of 83 in February ('94). Her overriding aim appeared merely to impart her "ALIEN KNOWLEDGE" of the properties of electro-magnetism. Among the claims she made are that, in the World War II years, she was trained to observe UFO's for the South African Airforce. But perhaps her most remarkable claim is that she met and made love to what would probably be called a "NORDIC-TYPE" alien and subsequently was flown to his homeworld in the Alpha-Centauri star system where she gave birth to a son who remains there. Her story has aroused controversy and disbelief, but she has stuck to it for many years. ]
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This is one of those matters in cryptozoology that shall be forever unsolvable at this point. The situation is that once upon a time there was supposed to be a photograph that had been circulated in the late 1950s or early 1960s, which was seen casually by several persons someplace or another. And then at one point in time, cryptozoologist Ivan T. Sanderson found that the only copy he had, in form of a photostat from some unspecified earlier publication, had been lost while out on loan to some researchers. Naturally enough, Sanderson wanted to get another copy of it as a replacement. And then something happened (perhaps baffling but perhaps not): nobody seemed to be able to find another copy of the photo or even identify where it had originally come from. To quote an internet source on the subject:...The story of the Thunderbird was relegated to the ranks of creatures like the "jackalope" until 1963, when the story was revived. In the May 1963 issue of Saga, a men's magazine of the day, writer Jack Pearl recounted the story of the Tombstone Thunderbird, along with some large bird sightings of the early 1960's. Not only did he tell the story though, he went one step further and claimed that the Tombstone Epitaph had, in 1886, "published a photograph of a huge bird nailed to a wall. The newspaper said that it had been shot by two prospectors and hauled into town by wagon. Lined up in front of the bird were six grown men with their arms outstretched, fingertip to fingertip. The creature measured about 36 feet from wingtip to wingtip."While this is a different variation of the story (and size of the creature), it seems to be referring to the same incident. Was this nothing more than a mythic legend of the west, or was there something to the story after all?In the September 1963 issue of Fate magazine, a correspondent to the magazine named H.M Cranmer would state that not only was the story true, but the photo was published and had appeared in newspapers all over America. And Cranmer would not be the only one who remembered the photo. Eminent researcher Ivan T. Sanderson also remembered seeing the photo and in fact, even claimed to have once had a photostat of it that he loaned to two associates, who lost it. The editors of Fate even came to believe that they may have published the photo in an earlier issue of the magazine but a search through back issues failed to reveal it. Meanwhile, the original Epitaph story, which again mentions no photograph, was revived in a 1969 issue of Old West, further confusing the issue as to whether the photo was real or not.The Epitaph however stated that it did not exist, or if it did, it had not been in their newspaper. Responding to numerous inquiries, employees of the paper started a thorough search of back issues and files. They could find no such photo and even an extended search of other Arizona and California newspapers of the period produced no results. A NUMBER OF ARTICLES THAT APPEARED IN PURSUIT, THE JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE UNEXPLAINED PROMPTED A MEMORY FROM W. RITCHIE BENEDICT, WHO RECALLED SEEING IVAN T. SANDERSON HIMSELF DISPLAY A COPY["PHOTOSTAT"-DD] OF THE PHOTO ON A CANADIAN TELEVISION SHOW "THE PIERRE BENTON SHOW". UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH, NO COPIES OF THE SHOW HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND.So, is the photo real? And if not, then why do so many of us with an interest in the unusual claim to remember seeing it? Who knows? IN THE LATE 1990'S, AUTHOR JOHN KEEL INSISTED THAT "I KNOW I SAW IT! AND NOT ONLY THAT - I COMPARED NOTES WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO SAW IT." LIKE MANY OF US, KEEL BELIEVES THAT HE SAW IT IN ONE OF THE MEN'S MAGAZINES (LIKE SAGA OR TRUE) THAT WERE SO POPULAR IN THE 1960'S. MOST OF THESE MAGAZINES DEALT WITH AMAZING SUBJECT MATTER LIKE BIGFOOT, GHOSTS AND MORE. KEEL ALSO REMEMBERS THE PHOTO IN THE SAME WAY THAT MOST OF US DO - WITH MEN WEARING COWBOY CLOTHING AND THE BIRD LOOKING LIKE A PTERODACTYL OR SOME PREHISTORIC, WINGED CREATURE. [JOHN KEEL EVEN SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CREATURE DID "NOT" LOOK LIKE AARGE VULTURE WITH A HOOKED BEAK, AS SANDERSON'S EXPLANATION HAD IT. KEEL SAID IT HAD A LONG AND POINTED BEAK LIKE A "PTERANODON". THIS IS QUOTED IN SUCH BOOKS AS JEROME CLARK'S "UNEXPLAINED!"-DD]Interestingly, a reprint of the that appeared in Old West magazine caused a reader to remember another strange incident. He wrote to the magazine in the summer of 1970 and gave a firsthand account of a separate flying monster incident that also occurred near Tombstone. The writer had met two cowboys who told about seeing a similar creature around 1890, although they had shot at and chased the creature until their horses refused to go any further. This giant bird was not killed, brought to town or photographed. In fact, except for the fact that it was not shot down, their account sounds much closer to Bell's original report.During the 1990's, the search for the "Thunderbird Photo" reached a point of obsession for those interested in the subject. A discussion of the matter stretched over several issues of Mark Chorvinsky's Strange magazine and readers who believed they had seen the photo cited sources that ranged from old books, to Western photograph collections, men's magazines, National Geographic and beyond. As for myself, I combed through literally hundreds of issues of dusty copies of True and Saga but could find nothing more than the previously mentioned article by Jack Pearl. If the photo exists, I certainly don't have it in my own collection.So, how do we explain this weird phenomena of a photograph that so many remember seeing and yet no one can seem to find? Author Mark Hall believes that the description of the photo creates such a vivid image in the mind that many people who have a knowledge and an interest in curious and eclectic things begin to think the photo is familiar. It literally creates a "shared memory" of something that does not exist. We think we have seen it, but we actually have not.To be honest, I can't say for sure if I agree with this or not. I can certainly see the possibility of a "memory" like this that we have created from inside of our own overcrowded minds, but then again, what if the photo does exist and it's out there, just waiting to be discovered in some dusty garage, overflowing file cabinet or musty basement. I, for one, haven't given up quite yet - and I have a feeling that I am not the only one who is still out there looking.But are thunderbirds and mysterious flying creatures actually real? Do they fill the skies of anything other than our imaginations? If not, then what have so many people seen over the years? At this point, such creatures remain a mystery but one thing is sure, the sightings have continued over the years and occasionally an unusual report still trickles in from somewhere across America. So keep that in mind the next time that you are standing in an open field and a large, dark shadow suddenly fills the sky overhead. Was that just a cloud passing in front of the sun - or something else?http://www.prairieghosts.com/tbirdaz.htmlLate in the 1990s while working at IUPUI I had found a copy of a photo which I took to be the original of the "Lost" thiunderbird photo from a collection of photos purporting to represent surviving Pterosaurs on a Creationist website. It was in fact the same photo which Loren Coleman illustrates first in a Cryptomundo posting in March 2006http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/lost-t-bd-photo/At this point, Coleman quoted another researcher who had published the photo without comment or caption. At the time, Coleman did not know me and I did not know the other fellow (the link Coleman posted at Cryptomundo for this person's blog has long since gone dead) So, Later in 2006, I mentioned casually to Coleman that I thought I had a copy of the original Thunderbird photo. Not knowing about the other fellow, I sent Coleman another copy of the same photo. I gather Coleman did not take it well, for he never got back to me on the matter.So WHY did I choose that anonymously-submitted example from the 1990s? Two things in particular: the first is that the bird did NOT match the usual idea of what the "Thunderbird" in the photo was supposed to look like, "BUT it matched JOHN KEEL'S description specifically and exactly." And the second reason is that "This copy is not a photograph, IT IS A PHOTOSTAT, as Sanderson's copy was supposed to have been."So WHY was everyone going around looking for a photo that showed a bird nailed to a barn with six cowboys standing under it with fingertips touchig to mark six fathoms? "Because that was the remaining published description of the photo from SAGA magazine." And WHY was nobody able to find the photo again? "My guess was that the description was wrong: near enough right to ring a bell with people who had seen the montage but not exact enough that the original could be recognised again by going on the published description."My solution as far back as the period the SITU was still up and active, was that the photograph had been a montage and could possibly have come in more than one variation: indeed some accounts mention more than one photo. Here is a copy of another reconstruction of what the photo was supposed to look like taken from one of the Cryptozoological discussion boards, original without credit but I would guess from Deviant Art. And please note it does "NOT" match the published description from SAGA either:Compare to the version at the top. The bird could be mistakenly remembered as being in the upside-down position when it was actually rightside up and people were remembering THAT photo; or else it is also possible that an alternate montage pasted on the figure of the bird upside down as well.Here is another remembrance, with the witness this time inverting the bird to the rightside-up version as better representing what the witness remembered:http://www.forteantimes.com/artic/105/thunder.htmlIN A LETTER TO THEN-SITU PRESIDENT BOB WARTH DURING THE EARLY 1990S I SPOKE OF MY BELIEF THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH HAD BEEN A MONTAGE AND THAT I HAD SEEN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME PHOTO "WITHOUT" THE BIRD. I HAD BEEN THROUGH THE SITU'S FILES ABOUT THE MISSING PHOTOGRAPH AT THAT POINT AND I DEDUCED THAT THIS FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DEATH OF OUTLAW JOHN SONTAG (1893) HAD BEEN THE "BASE" PHOTOGRAPH ONE OR MORE MONTAGES HAD BEEN BUILT UP ON:Another clever internet viewer later came to the same conclusion.http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=93640.0 As to where or when the original montage could have been made, it COULD have been made anytime after 1893: my guess is sometime in the early 20th century and possibly as an April Fool's gag or possibly a souvenir postcard coming out of Tombstone Arizona or anywhere else in the Southwest. Possibly not the only variation of the idea in circulation, either. BUT The version shown at the top of this page is most likely the version in the possession of Ivan Sanderson and remembered by John Keel, because of the specific reasons given above.Selected References:Clark, Jerome (1993). Unexplained! 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena. Visible Ink Press.Coleman, Loren (1986). "Curious encounters: Phantom trains, spooky spots and other mysterious wonders" Faber and Faber, Inc.Hall, Mark A. 1994. Thunderbirds- The Living Legend!. Mark A. Hall Publications, Wilmington, NC.http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/thunderbird21/thunderbirdintro21.htmlPS, I have also seen the original letters from H. M. Cranmer in Sanderson's archives.Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.9
