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Life on Mars? New Scientific Evidence.
Life on Mars? The above link will take you to a YouTube video typical of the so-called scientists and researchers such as Richard Hoagland and others who make money on the idea that there is a NASA/government conspiracy to hide the truth from us and that there is actual proof of artificial structures on Mars. Just look at the photos! Well, it may be true, but until we get some ground truth let us not jump to wild conclusions. The above video is from a presentation by Tom Van Flandern, Ph.D. The beginning of the video shows him as being associated with Meta Research, Washington, D.C. But in the video itself, he is presented as “a former chief astronomer, US Naval Observatory.” Apparently, the video editors did not think Tom (I shall call him Tom from now on) was good enough so they used the old “appeal to authority” trick … Continue reading
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An appeal from Dr. Steven Greer…
Steven Greer has been threatened before by unknown organizations who have opposed his efforts to force the government to disclose the truth. One such occasion I quote from a transcript of the Coast to Coast radio show with Art Bell: AB: All right, well here was an attempt at intimidation. This phone call came in when, Doctor? SG: This came in about two or three weeks ago to the CSETI line outside D.C. AB: Here it is, Listen carefully: [Playing tape] Recording of voice mail for CSETI number 301-249-3915 recorded message dated July 19, 2004. The time is 12:35 A.M. “Stop prying into government matters or dire consequences will result” [Voice Mail time] July 19, 12:35 A.M. (recorded message was repeated a few times) The number on the Caller I.D. for this call was 649-486-3151 and, according to the Internet, a 649 number is in the Turks and Caicos Islands … Continue reading
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Philip J. Corso’s book…
“The Day After Roswell” is the title of Philip Corso’s book. I read the edition dated 1997 that has the forward by Senator Strom Thurmond. I have to say that this is a most entertaining read. It is far from good literature, but as a science fiction or fantasy novel, it is quite entertaining. I found the first part of the book most intriguing when Corso writes of the probable sequence of events during and immediately following the recovery of the crash debris. I did read many reviews of this book online and also Stanton Freidman’s comment on this as well (see: http://stantonfriedman.com/). The bottom line is this: This book is a good read, but not because I believe Corso’s opinions. It is fun to read. I read it in just a couple of days. The other bottom line I need to state is that I think this book has … Continue reading
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How can alien spacecraft break the sound barrier without a sonic boom?
One way is to take the air molecules away from the spacecraft structure facing the direction of travel and put those air molecules behind the structure in the space just vacated thus preventing pressure waves from happening. This has to happen very fast, as fast as the spacecraft wants to travel. How do you get those air molecules away from the path of the craft and put them behind the craft in the vacuum created by the wake? Good question. I’d like to tell you but then I’d have to kill you, ha ha. Actually there is a way. I know this because such craft regularly break the sound barrier without a sonic boom. In fact, I do not recall ever hearing about so much as a breeze caused by the movement of these things. And most are utterly silent. No engine noise, no, not so much as a rustled … Continue reading
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Aliens come from our universe, or, there are no other dimensions…
Except for abstract mathematical concepts, there are no real dimensions other than the three we are familiar with. I believe time is not a separate dimension, merely a characteristic of the existing dimensions. UFO buffs are inundated with theories that claim aliens come from other dimensions, popping into and out of ours to their hearts content, assuming that they have hearts. Impossible. If aliens and their craft exist, they exist in this universe – you know, the one with the three dimensions: width, length, and height. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that aliens do come from another dimension with four axes. Could they visit us? Well, a “no” dimensional universe is merely a point. An infinitesimally small point with no dimension. Nothing can occupy this universe. Translate that point into a line and you have a universe with one dimension represented by a length, but no width or … Continue reading
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What’s the sense of living?
No, this is not a snuff post. It is, rather, a discussion of how we are equipped to understand the universe we live in. I was inspired partly by the way people accept evidence which is not supported by anything other than words coming out of another persons mouth, pen or video. It is not a truly scientific post, it is just speculation designed to make you think about how you process information so that you are more careful in the future. This topic is vast and I can’t possibly cover it all in one post. But enough about me, read on… When you obtain information about the universe you live in, how is that achieved? It begins with input. Your brain detects input from your senses. Your senses are a collection of cells which react to external stimuli. I will not list all the senses because I do not … Continue reading
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I am a self-proclaimed YouTube-ologist…
One of my favorite entertainments is cruising through You-Tube videos. Specifically, I like the paranormal – UFO – face on Mars – pyramid building aliens – end of the world – Illuminati – government conspiracy – brain-sucking aliens — and other fun stuff like that. And I love to leave comments. But I am not a troll, my comments are genuinely intended to be a, well, a comment. Seriously, I am very appalled at the scientific ignorance displayed in the comments for each and every video (if comments have not been disabled). Not only scientific ignorance, but ignorance of the English language, spelling, and grammar. I do not know if they are just lazy or if they really type “sum” repeatedly when they mean to say “some”. Or they type “hoo r u” in lieu of “who are you”. They leave out nouns, verbs, vowels, conjunctions, so that their sentences … Continue reading
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