Monday, July 18, 2011

After political shakeup, Zahi Hawass (and SEVERE critic of ancient alien hypothesis) is fired from his post as Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs!

After nearly a decade as chief of Egypt's antiquities, Zahi Hawass is now out of a job.  The 64-year-old archaeologist was fired yesterday by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf as part of a wider shakeup of his cabinet. Protestors at Cairo's Tahrir Square had been calling for his ouster as minister of antiquities for months. "All the devils united against me," Hawass told Science Insider.

Full article: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/07/eqypts-antiquities-boss-is-sacke.html?etoc&elq=b4e8e8303a9c47cfb0ab71c4b529f35e

Nessie-like sea monster photographed in Alaska

A video from 2009 shows something mysterious moving across the surface of the sea that resembles an Alaskan version of the Loch Ness monster.  Some are claiming that the animal is a "Cadborosaurus," a type of reptile or lizard that got its name from Cadboro Bay, in British Columbia. They say that what's in the video is a sea serpent that dwells in the North Pacific and possibly other regions.
Full article:  http://news.discovery.com/animals/sea-serpent-sighting-alaska-hillstranded-110718.html

Bigfoot sightings frequent the town of Chatham, Illinois 

There’s something amiss in the backwoods of Chatham, something potentially big. Lately there’s been talk around certain areas of town of an unusual howling and screeching sound as well as evidence of some very large footprints.
Full article:  http://www.sj-r.com/ourtowns/chatham/x121481200/Messing-with-Sasquatch-may-not-be-such-a-good-idea



After weekend debut of new  Harry Potter movie, Fundamentalist Christians claim the film and books promote witchcraft and Satanism...again

The ‘Harry Potter’ book and film series may be a pop-culture juggernaut generating billions of dollars around the world, but not everyone is thrilled with the adventures of the young wizards.Religious fundamentalists, particularly Evangelical Christians, have long railed against J.K. Rowling’s handiwork, largely because they associate wizardry and magic with witchcraft and Satanism.
Full article:  http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/182140/20110718/harry-potter-christians-witchcraft-wizardry-satan.htm


UFO spotted over Minnesota

A Minnesota witness reports watching and photographing an unusual, silent object in the sky that moved horizontally, "paused for about three minutes," and then continued moving across the sky, according to July 18, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Full article: http://www.examiner.com/ufo-in-national/minnesota-witness-photographs-silent-object