Saturday, July 16, 2011

Unidentified object falls from sky in Kenya

Panic hit a village in Kabati area in Thika District after a black object fell from the skies causing a loud explosion.  The incident, which happened on Saturday at 9am, drew attention from military personnel and bomb experts. They said the mysterious object weighed two kilograms.
Full article: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/231839-Kenya-Mysterious-Object-Falls-From-The-Sky

TV show Finding Bigfoot cast say the reality show is a hoax!?

A complaint by the cast of “Finding Bigfoot” is spreading through the web. They’re claiming to be fed-up with the constant editing and presentation of the show. According to Matt Moneymaker from the BFRO, the producers like to edit the show so that it seems like the team at times is chasing shadows or possibly Bigfoot itself.
Full article: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2011/07/16/finding-bigfoot-hoaxed-says-cast

Boulder kills four during Voodoo ritual in Haiti

doctor in Haiti says four pilgrims died when a boulder fell on them on the peak day of a three-day Voodoo festival.  Dr. Pierre-Marie Cherenfant says the pilgrims were under a waterfall at the sacred site of Saut d'Eau when the accident happened Friday.
Full article: http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1654414

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Parents of 'Balloon Boy hoax' sell UFO-like craft for $2502

A silver, UFO-like helium balloon that gripped the country’s attention when a couple said their son had floated away in it is back in Colorado after an online auction.  An attorney for Richard and Mayumi Heene (HEE’-nee) told the Coloradoan in Fort Collins Thursday that an Aurora man paid $2,502 earlier this month for the balloon. Perry Rausher says the man didn’t want his name released because he plans a news conference.
Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/parents-of-balloon-boy-sell-ufo-like-craft-used-in-colorado-hoax-for-2502/2011/07/14/gIQAuNMFFI_story.html

Friday, July 1, 2011

Viral internet video of a UFO mothership over London...most likely a hoax!?

A new viral video making the rounds on the Internet purports to show what's been dubbed a "mothership" and at least three separate smaller alien spacecraft filmed in the skies over London.  The most famous video (which was taken anonymously and is one of two or three versions in circulation) shows a large glowing white oval moving in and out from behind clouds over the course of about 20 seconds, and then zooming off, with three white dots also making an appearance.
Full article:  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/01/scitech/main20076039.shtml

Genetic tumor could be source for zombie creation?

Today a group of medical researchers reported the discovery of something very intriguing in a type of pancreatic cancer called PanNET. Turns out PanNET is associated with mutations in two genes that help control a part of your DNA that determines whether you die.
Full article: http://io9.com/5817312/a-tumor-that-could-provide-the-key-to-making-zombies

Friday, April 1, 2011

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!


James Randi Foundation hands out annual 'Flying Pig Award to NASA astrobiologist (and others such as 'Dr.' Andrew Wakefield) for supposedly finding life within meteorites on April Fools Day!

When NASA astrobiologist Richard Hoover announced, again, last month that he'd found evidence of microscopic life on meteorites, he probably didn't expect to receive the high honor of a Flying Pig Award.
But now, the man who some claim is the scientific equivalent of the boy who cried wolf, is getting honored for an achievement some say is dubious.
Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/01/skeptic-mocks-nasa-researcher-with-flying-pig-award-for-findin/

Huffington Post lists 'World's Greatest Hoaxes' for April Fools Day, including the Loch Ness Monster photo, Hitler's diary and the Alien Autopsy!

Though many of them seem absurd in retrospect, colossal hoaxes have been making fools of people around the world for centuries.  From alien encounters to foreign invasions, some of these hoaxes were even examined by scientific experts and reported by some of the world's most respected publications before being disproved.
Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-day-hoaxes-_n_843675.html#s260407&title=Famous_Loch_Ness