Blackbird singing "you'll be dead tonight..."
Man goes biking. Bird goes striking. Man falls down, breaks his crown, and police go fumbling after.
Wait, what?
Ganked article
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
UK Helicopter Chases Flying Saucer
Continuing their open policy, the South Wales PD released information on June 20 that one of their Air Support Units reportedly had a near-collision with an unidentified aircraft on June 7.
The helicopter crew of three agreed it looked like a "flying saucer," and they pursued until low fuel forced a return to base.
One wonders if this UFO was DUI ...
The helicopter crew of three agreed it looked like a "flying saucer," and they pursued until low fuel forced a return to base.
One wonders if this UFO was DUI ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
"Not Dead Yet ..."
According to this story, a guy in France wasn't quite dead enough to be an organ donor.
Even though he'd been dead for an hour and a half.
Quote:
The 45-year-old man suffered a massive heart attack and rescuers used cardiac massage to try and [sic] revive him without success before transferring him to a nearby hospital.
Due to a series of complex circumstances, revival efforts continued for longer than usual for a patient whose heart was not responding to treatment, until doctors started preparations to remove organs.
It was at that point that the astonished surgeons noticed the man was beginning to breathe unaided again, his pupils were active, he was giving signs that he could feel pain -- and finally, his heart started beating again.
Several weeks later, the man can walk and talk.
No word if he has a craving for braaaaaainz.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
UAPs in the UK
Possibly directly related to this news that the Pope says it's okay to believe in aliens, Britain's Ministry of Defense has released reports regarding "unexplained aerial phenomena" (UAP) from some theoretically highly-credible sources, including air-traffic controllers.
A snippet:
"4 p.m. on April 19, 1984: [...] The air traffic controllers' 'Report of Unusual Aerial Phenomenon' was filed from an unspecified small airport near the eastern coast of England.
The men, each with more than eight years on the job, described how they were helping guide a small plane to a landing on runway 22 when they were distracted by a brightly lit object approaching a different runway without clearance.
'Everyone became aware that the object was unidentified,' their report said. 'SATCO (code name for a controller with 14 years experience) reports that the object came in "at speed," made a touch and go on runway 27, then departed at "terrific speed" in a "near vertical" climb'."
Another credible witness report:
AP's caption:In this image made available by Britain's National Archives Wednesday May 14, 3008, a sketch made by a police officer after a sighting of an unidentified Flying Object in England in 1984 is seen. [Wow - not only do we get UFOs, but time-traveling images!]
Article archived here.
A snippet:
"4 p.m. on April 19, 1984: [...] The air traffic controllers' 'Report of Unusual Aerial Phenomenon' was filed from an unspecified small airport near the eastern coast of England.
The men, each with more than eight years on the job, described how they were helping guide a small plane to a landing on runway 22 when they were distracted by a brightly lit object approaching a different runway without clearance.
'Everyone became aware that the object was unidentified,' their report said. 'SATCO (code name for a controller with 14 years experience) reports that the object came in "at speed," made a touch and go on runway 27, then departed at "terrific speed" in a "near vertical" climb'."
Another credible witness report:
AP's caption:
Article archived here.
Archive: "Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings"
AP Article (via Yahoo! News): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_sc/britain_ufo_files;_ylt=AvawpxqZVaD_C9devrETFlms0NUE
By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 13, 7:58 PM ET
LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
No one, they knew, would believe their claim an unidentified flying object landed at the airport they were overseeing in the east of England, touched down briefly, then took off again at tremendous speed. Yet that's what they reported happened at 4 p.m. on April 19, 1984.
Article continues ...
The incident is one of hundreds of reported sightings contained in more than 1,000 pages of formerly secret UFO documents being released Wednesday by Britain's National Archives. It is one of the few that was never explained.
The air traffic controllers' "Report of Unusual Aerial Phenomenon" was filed from an unspecified small airport near the eastern coast of England.
The men, each with more than eight years on the job, described how they were helping guide a small plane to a landing on runway 22 when they were distracted by a brightly lit object approaching a different runway without clearance.
"Everyone became aware that the object was unidentified," their report said. "SATCO (code name for a controller with 14 years experience) reports that the object came in 'at speed,' made a touch and go on runway 27, then departed at 'terrific speed' in a 'near vertical' climb."
The incident is one of the more credible in the newly public files because it was reported by air traffic controllers, said David Clarke, a UFO expert who worked with the National Archives on the document release.
"They were absolutely astonished," he said. "It was a bright, circular object, flashing different colors, and after it touched down it disappeared at fantastic speed. The report comes from very qualified people, and it's one of the few that remained unexplained."
But while there are some unexplained cases in the papers, there is no reported instance in which the Ministry of Defense found any evidence of alien activity or alien spacecraft, said Clarke, who nonetheless expects conspiracy theories about a UFO cover-up by the British defense establishment to persist.
"The Ministry of Defense doesn't have any evidence that our defenses were breached by alien craft," Clarke said. "They never found one, no bits of one. That's all we can say."
Clarke said the released documents, dealing with the late 1970s and early 1980s, are the first batch in a series that will be made public in the next few years.
The National Archives is releasing the files because of numerous freedom of information requests seeking information about the government's UFO reports. Officials said that names of many individuals had been blacked out to protect their privacy and that the entire files had been reviewed to make sure their release did not compromise national security.
Ministry of Defense officials indicate in the files that UFO reports were only investigated to make sure no enemy aircraft had illegally entered British airspace. This was crucial during the Cold War when Russian planes posed a threat.
Officials said they did not try to solve UFO riddles once an enemy attack had been ruled out.
The vast majority of UFO reports come from members of the public who see strange things in the sky and jump to the conclusion that a UFO is involved even though there are logical explanations for what they observe, experts said.
"The most common things are aircraft lights, bright stars and planets, satellites, meteors, airships and things like that," said Nick Pope, another UFO expert who helped the Ministry of Defense investigate the phenomenon.
That was the case when a number of people leaving a Tunbridge Wells pub one night reported seeing a strange craft "with red and green" lights, according to the released documents.
Asked by police where the object seemed to be traveling, the pub crawlers said it appeared to be heading for London's Gatwick Airport. It didn't take a scientist to figure out it was a commercial plane making a routine approach.
Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings
By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 13, 7:58 PM ET
LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
No one, they knew, would believe their claim an unidentified flying object landed at the airport they were overseeing in the east of England, touched down briefly, then took off again at tremendous speed. Yet that's what they reported happened at 4 p.m. on April 19, 1984.
Article continues ...
The incident is one of hundreds of reported sightings contained in more than 1,000 pages of formerly secret UFO documents being released Wednesday by Britain's National Archives. It is one of the few that was never explained.
The air traffic controllers' "Report of Unusual Aerial Phenomenon" was filed from an unspecified small airport near the eastern coast of England.
The men, each with more than eight years on the job, described how they were helping guide a small plane to a landing on runway 22 when they were distracted by a brightly lit object approaching a different runway without clearance.
"Everyone became aware that the object was unidentified," their report said. "SATCO (code name for a controller with 14 years experience) reports that the object came in 'at speed,' made a touch and go on runway 27, then departed at 'terrific speed' in a 'near vertical' climb."
The incident is one of the more credible in the newly public files because it was reported by air traffic controllers, said David Clarke, a UFO expert who worked with the National Archives on the document release.
"They were absolutely astonished," he said. "It was a bright, circular object, flashing different colors, and after it touched down it disappeared at fantastic speed. The report comes from very qualified people, and it's one of the few that remained unexplained."
But while there are some unexplained cases in the papers, there is no reported instance in which the Ministry of Defense found any evidence of alien activity or alien spacecraft, said Clarke, who nonetheless expects conspiracy theories about a UFO cover-up by the British defense establishment to persist.
"The Ministry of Defense doesn't have any evidence that our defenses were breached by alien craft," Clarke said. "They never found one, no bits of one. That's all we can say."
Clarke said the released documents, dealing with the late 1970s and early 1980s, are the first batch in a series that will be made public in the next few years.
The National Archives is releasing the files because of numerous freedom of information requests seeking information about the government's UFO reports. Officials said that names of many individuals had been blacked out to protect their privacy and that the entire files had been reviewed to make sure their release did not compromise national security.
Ministry of Defense officials indicate in the files that UFO reports were only investigated to make sure no enemy aircraft had illegally entered British airspace. This was crucial during the Cold War when Russian planes posed a threat.
Officials said they did not try to solve UFO riddles once an enemy attack had been ruled out.
The vast majority of UFO reports come from members of the public who see strange things in the sky and jump to the conclusion that a UFO is involved even though there are logical explanations for what they observe, experts said.
"The most common things are aircraft lights, bright stars and planets, satellites, meteors, airships and things like that," said Nick Pope, another UFO expert who helped the Ministry of Defense investigate the phenomenon.
That was the case when a number of people leaving a Tunbridge Wells pub one night reported seeing a strange craft "with red and green" lights, according to the released documents.
Asked by police where the object seemed to be traveling, the pub crawlers said it appeared to be heading for London's Gatwick Airport. It didn't take a scientist to figure out it was a commercial plane making a routine approach.
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Fatal Bicyling Accident Blamed on Aggressive Blackbird
via MyFox Chicago
Created: Friday, 11 Jul 2008, 4:26 PM CDT
An aggressive blackbird bird is being blamed for an unusual bicycle accident that led to the death of a 60-year-old man on a north suburban trail last week.
Lawrence Holtzman, 60, of 1727 McCraren Rd., Highland Park, was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m. on July 2 at Evanston Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiners’ office. A July 3 autopsy determined he died of craniocerebral injuries from a bicycle accident.
According to a Highland Park police spokesman, Holtzman was riding a bicycle on a trail behind 3040 Skokie Valley Rd. with his wife and daughter about 10:15 a.m. on June 19 when the crash occurred.
A red-winged blackbird "flew down in an aggressive posture" -- possibly protecting a nearby nest -- and Holtzman "took evasive action," either by swerving the bike or swinging his arm, according to the spokesman.
He said Holtzman then fell off the bike and struck his head, leg and arm on the ground. The "very strange" accident involved only the one bike, the spokesman said.
Holtzman fell unconscious and died at the hospital about two weeks later. No one else was hurt.
Highland Park police are investigating.