Monday, July 19, 2010

3-D crop circle appears in Wiltshire, England

The creators of the 70m-wide design in a field of wheat outside London remain a mystery.  The area is known as the UFO capital of Britain after repeated sightings of flying saucers and numerous crop circle appearances over the past few decades.  However, those hoping that the mysterious circle is a message are likely to be disappointed. Over a decade ago pranksters Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted to creating 200 crop circles around Warminster.

Full article: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/a-ufo-message-or-3-d-crops/story-e6freuy9-1225893643914 

Bosnian man claims meteorites that keep hitting his home is due to angry aliens!

Radivoke Lajic, 50, said that his house being hit by rocks from space was the result of an extraterrestrial grudge.  "I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials," he said.  "I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense.  "The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate."  Mr Lajic, who lives in the village of Gornji Lajici in northern Bosnia, near Prijedor, said that the meteorite strikes always happen when it is raining.  The first meteorite struck his house in November 2007.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/7899549/Man-claims-aliens-targeted-his-home-with-meteorites.html

Possessed elephant rampages through a Liberian lumber company killing one employee, then it's trapped and crushed to death...and maybe eaten?!

The unlikeliest of activists — a rampaging elephant that locals claim was supernaturally possessed — has aired rural Liberians' frustrations with the country's profitable timber industry.  The elephant killed a logging worker in June when it charged onto the local company's property, and had also been known to menace other employees and local farmers in previous weeks.  This unlikely confluence of superstition, corporate activity and a big, mad, male elephant ended last week in a macabre draw, when logging officials killed the elephant after it killed the logging company employee.

Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38316318/ns/world_news-africa/

Russian Satanic cult leader of the Noble Order of the Devil gets twenty-month prison sentence for violations against human rights

The leader of a Satanic sect that practiced orgies as part of the initiation of adepts has received a 20-month prison term.Aleksandr Kazakov, 25, was found guilty of creating an organization that violated human and civil rights, and of indecent actions directed at a minor. His right-hand man, Denis Danshin, 23, received a year-and-half suspended term, reports Interfax news agency.  The two men organized the so-called “Noble Order of the Devil” or “Nobilis Ordo Diaboli.” Adepts, who were mostly high school or university students recruited via Internet, gathered in secrecy to perform death-themed rituals and indulge in promiscuity.

Full article: http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-07-19/satanic-sect-leader-prison.html


Bookies in Kazakhastan blame Paul the Psychic Octopus for their World Cup loss!

The Kazakhstan Association of Bookmakers has complained that its members made less than half of their expected profits after too many punters put their faith in the miracle octopus, rather than relying on their own predictive powers.  According to Kazakh newspaper Liter, they made a wafer-thin margin of 150m tenge (£670,000) on the 10 billion tenge (£44m) in bets placed.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/kazakhstan/7898730/Kazakh-bookmakers-furious-at-Paul-the-Octopus.html

Does this mean we finally have laser guns!?

The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system.  In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests.  Raytheon said the solid state fibre laser produces a 50 kilowatt beam and can be used against UAV, mortar, rockets and small surface ships.

The idea of using lasers as weapons has been around almost as long as the laser itself, invented in 1960.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10682693