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Anomaly News for the Week of January 27th, 2005
Some of the choice articles from this week's roundup ...

January 27

Universal Translator Might be Needed to Understand ET SETI
Last month, anthropologists who gathered for a major conference heard some
news that will be sobering for SETI enthusiasts: it may be much more
difficult to understand extraterrestrials than many scientists have thought
before.

No Ghosts Please -- You're Scaring the Tourists Reuters
Phattanaphong Ekwanich, president of the Phuket Tourism Business
Association: 'It's inappropriate for media operators such as Thai television
to be presenting this. It's not amusing and also has a serious impact on the
tourist industry.'

Indigo Children Roanoke Times
Are Indigos are a new type of human being? Some think so. A new film
purports to document the phenomenon.

Taiwan's New Premier Visited Paris in His Split Body Associated Press
Guru Sung Chi-li says he used his magical powers to take the island's new
premier Frank Hsieh on a 'cosmos-roaming' tour of Paris without going there
physically.

Clowns--They Make Us Laugh, They Make Us Cry! IT
In part one of a two-part series, youth correspondent Allen Scaife asks, Are
clowns getting a bad rap? If they're driving around in unmarked white panel
vans, the answer is no.


January 26

Dark Haloes Pepper the Universe Nature
Long before the first stars ignited, ghostly blobs of dark matter were
forming in our Universe, according to astrophysicists. Ben Moore,
astrophysicist: 'These structures, the building blocks of all we see today,
started forming only 20 million years after the Big Bang.' And: Dark Matter
Clouds May Float Through Earth

'Meteorite' Arouses Cambodians' Superstitions AFP
A 4.5-kilogram suspected meteorite has landed in rice fields in
north-western Cambodia, narrowly avoiding a nearby village.

Surprise: Hot-Spring Creatures Use Hydrogen Billings Gazette
The major energy source for certain primitive organisms living in
Yellowstone National Park's thermal areas is not sulfur, but hydrogen, the
most abundant element in the universe, which may have implications for life
elsewhere.

Turin Shroud Older Than Thought Discovery News
Raymond Rogers, retired chemist, on a new test: 'A determination of the
kinetics of vanillin loss suggests that the shroud is between 1300 and 3000
years old.'

Pubs Full of Spirits icSterlingshire
Christian Paterson is adamant that some of Stirling’s oldest pubs are a
hotbed of paranormal activity.


January 25

Cosmic Birth Theory Gets Support BBC News
New meteorite data lends support to a controversial theory that the violent
explosion of a star was involved in the creation of the Sun and its planets.

Ghost Seekers Trek to Centre Hill's Haunted Grounds Progress-Index
Anniversary ghost. For years ghostly noises have occurred on Jan. 24 at the
Centre Hill Mansion. More than 100 years since the sounds were first
reported, tours are held each Jan. 24 to see if the sounds will once again
be heard.
Earth's Thermostat Went Awry, and the Air Grew Thin New York Times
No meteor necessary for oblivion. Like a chaotic pendulum, earth's climate
swings, at uneven intervals, between warm and chilly ages lasting from
thousands to millions of years. Elsewhere: Search for Life Signal on Titan

Hominid Inbreeding Left Humans Vulnerable to Disease New Scientist
If our evolution can't be explained by cannibalism, then it must be by our
having sex with family members. Martin Leecher, researcher: 'We're used to
viewing us as the pinnacle of evolution. Seeing that rodents control their
genes much more precisely is somewhat sobering.'

Our Universe is Not Alone International Reporter
Dr. Raj Baldev, author of Two Big Bangs Created the Universe, says 'our
Universe is not the only one but there are several hundred thousands
installed in the infinite space.'

Hybrid Sparrow Sparks Excitement BBC News
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has described the likely cross
between a UK house sparrow and a rare migrant Spanish sparrow as 'bizarre'.

Television Show Features Buchan Horse Whisperer Buchan Observer
Billy Rennie is acknowledged as the last surviving man to have the
Horseman's Word. He says the Horseman's Society is similar to the Masons, a
brotherhood where the brothers look after each other and pass on specialist
knowledge.

Home of a Friendly Ghost Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Number 19 Magdalen Street, Norwich, was -- and maybe still is -- home to a
young woman named Sara who was murdered more than 100 years ago in the attic.

Teen: I'm a Vampire Toronto Sun
A teen who boasted he was a vampire preying on people in Toronto's Don
Valley frightened his ex-girlfriend when he unveiled his bizarre scheme to
rape and mass murder a friend's family. And: Bragged About Killing


January 24

Colin Bennett's New Ufology Phenomena Mag
A personal UFO encounter. 'To myself now, years later, this UFO was a
liminal object that is something whose "existence" lies between fact and
fiction, like an Escher drawing.'

Escape from the Future Prospect Mag
The universe is destined to end. Before it does, could an advanced
civilisation escape via a wormhole into a parallel universe? Here's how.

Museum Unveils 'Hobbit' Remains BBC News
Albeit a skull replica. At the University Museum of Natural History in
Oxford.

Gray Matter & Sexes: A Scientific Gray Area New York Times
Brain differences between the sexes? Perhaps, but researchers warn that the
mere finding of a difference in form does not mean a difference in function
or output inevitably follows.

Audience Eats Up Authors of Book on State Spooks Daily Tribune
Another book signing danger: becoming the victims of cannibals. Only in
central Wisconsin, home to Gein & Dahmer, does double entendre escape
headline writers.

Prehistoric Cannibalism Triggered Human Evolution Pravda
Even at book signings, it's all for a good cause, apparently.
'Anthropologists and historians come to realize that cannibalism was an
evolutionally motivated phenomenon.'

Machine Learns Games 'Like a Human' New Scientist
More evolution toward the PKD world. CogVis has learned to play 'scissors,
paper, stone' through observation and mimicry, not hard-coded rules.

X-Files The Journal
A North pilot's close encounter with a UFO off the coast of Northumberland
has been revealed in long-hidden military files.

Fukuoka Residents Mistake Vapor Trail for UFO Mainichi Daily News
It's more common than they think.


January 23

No Human Explanation for Italy's Weeping Madonna Associated Press
The Madonna of Civitavecchia made international headlines 10 years ago.
According to the newspaper Corriere, 'Everything -- they (the experts) say
unanimously -- indicates that in that corner of the Earth, at the gates of
Rome, an event took place that has no human explanation and points at the
mystery of the supernatural.'

Desperately Hoping to Catch a Tasmanian Tiger San Francisco Chronicle
For two decades Nick Mooney's has been hunting for the Tasmanian tiger. He's
laid out wet sand in likely habitats to try to capture footprints, set
photographic trip-lines, questioned ranchers and hunters, and examined more
scat than he cares to think about.

The Mysterious End of Essex Man The Observer
Archaeologists now believe two groups of early humans fought for dominance
in ancient Britain -- and the axe-wielders won.


January 22

Chemtrails: A Fortean View Phenomena Mag
Colin Bennett: Chemtrails: What's Going On?

Clues to Our Birth May Be Written in Space PhysOrg
Extraterrestrial molecules found in meteorites may hold the key to the
origin of life on Earth, according to chemistry research at the University
of Leeds.

Police Closing in on 'Vampire' icBirmingham
Police say they are confident of catching the crazed madman said to be
responsible for the attack on a city family which has spiralled into an
'urban myth'. Elsewhere: American 'Vampire' Jailed in Norfolk ; Occult
Obsessed Teen Convicted

Monstrous Plans Upset Nessie Fans Grampian TV
An American's plans to harpoon Nessie this spring have upset the monster's
fans and Loch Ness sailors. Includes audio with upset fans.

Uncovered: Strange Flying Objects in Britain's 'X-Files' The Independent
Under the Freedom of Information laws, files previously held by the Ministry
of Defence's special UFO department, known as SF4, are being released to the
public. Elsewhere: Sun Storms Trigger German UFO Alert

Plagiarism Charge Flies Over Discovery Associated Press
Peruvian archaeologist Ruth Shady is hurling allegations of plagiarism and
intellectual plunder at American colleagues who are researching the ruins of
Caral, the oldest known city in the Americas.

Earth, Titan a Lot Alike -- Except for the Chemicals San Francisco Chronicle
Saturn's cryptic moon Titan, shrouded in haze and photochemical smog, is a
violently active world much like ours.

She Wasn't Bargaining for Ghosts Winchester Star
Virginia. Are there ghosts in the attic at 141 S. Loudoun Street? New owner
Melinda Kramer thinks so. Elsewhere: Letter: Ghost Chasers Don't Want to
Disturb the Dead

UFO Watchtower Began as Joke Alamosa News
Judy Messoline has met people from such faraway places as France and
Slovenia, and some folks who said they were from much farther away. So far
she's met nine people who claimed to be aliens.

666 - the Mark of the Beast Jamaica Observer
Many believers contend that three motor vehicle accidents, which brutally
killed 18 people at Christmas, were a satanic omen of prophetic
significance. On the other hand, maybe it's just poor road maintenance.

The Supernatural is Super Boring Toronto Star
Columnist Venay Menon rants. 'The entertainment industry is at it again,
making a spectacle of science and rational inquiry as a new wave of
supernatural projects arrives.' Also: Point Pleasant, Mothman, & Fun With
666! ; Snoop Dogg Spooked on Film Set


January 21

Mysterious Attacker Targets Family's 17 Goats Charleston Post & Courier
Over the past month, sinister occurrences have visited Howard Blackburn's
Johns Island ranch: all 17 of the family's goats have been stolen, killed or
mutilated.

Norwegians Confused by Bush Salute Associated Press
President Bush's 'Hook 'em, 'horns' salute got lost in translation in
Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his
inauguration as a salute to Satan. With pic. Elsewhere: The Devil's Hand:
No, It's Not 'Hook 'Em Horns' ; Accused Killer's Satan Obsession ; No
Ordinary Teen

Museum to Exhibit Unsolved Mysteries, UFOs News-Press
'The Roswell Exhibit', opening at the Southwest Florida Museum of History on
Saturday, promises to be a unique close encounter of the otherworldly kind.

Hertford the Focus of the World of the Weird Hertfordshire Mercury
Holy Grail Fever continues, thanks to an article in The Fortean Times. David
Sutton: 'We’re pleased to be able to bring Hertford’s very own Templar
mystery to a wider audience.'

Questioning Life After Death North Texas Daily
Dr. Jan Holden: 'NDEers say that there is no such thing as death of
consciousness. Paradoxical changes happen in that state of consciousness.'

Methane Rivers & Rain Shape Titan's Surface New Scientist
Hills made of ice and rivers carved by liquid methane mark the surface of
Saturn's giant moon.

Experts Join Debate on Mystery Light Shropshire Star
Explanations range from an iridium flare to a burning meteor to a bright
search light to aircraft landing lights to a UFO.

Area Woman Hosts Heavenly Encounters Blairsville Dispatch
Carol Ann Ciocco talks to angels. She calls herself an 'angel intuitive.'
Michael is 'the Donald Trump of the angels. He's the CEO. It's like a divine
team with a division of labor.'

Bidding War for Jesus Rock Ends at $2,550 The Vindicator
Is it surprising that GoldenPalace.com put in the winning bid for the
palm-size weeping Jesus rock that supposedly cures cancer?


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Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy

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Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
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An ancient Etruscan statue of a chimera found in north-central Italy. The
mythic beast had a lion's body, serpent's tail, and goat's head.

Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by
producing chimeras—a hybrid creature that's part human, part animal.

Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003
successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly
the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to
develop for several days in a laboratory dish before the scientists
destroyed the embryos to harvest their stem cells.

In Minnesota last year researchers at the Mayo Clinic created pigs with
human blood flowing through their bodies.

And at Stanford University in California an experiment might be done later
this year to create mice with human brains.

Scientists feel that, the more humanlike the animal, the better research
model it makes for testing drugs or possibly growing "spare parts," such as
livers, to transplant into humans.

Watching how human cells mature and interact in a living creature may also
lead to the discoveries of new medical treatments.

But creating human-animal chimeras—named after a monster in Greek mythology
that had a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail—has raised troubling
questions: What new subhuman combination should be produced and for what
purpose? At what point would it be considered human? And what rights, if
any, should it have?

There are currently no U.S. federal laws that address these issues.

Ethical Guidelines

The National Academy of Sciences, which advises the U.S. government, has
been studying the issue. In March it plans to present voluntary ethical
guidelines for researchers.

A chimera is a mixture of two or more species in one body. Not all are
considered troubling, though.

For example, faulty human heart valves are routinely replaced with ones
taken from cows and pigs. The surgery—which makes the recipient a
human-animal chimera—is widely accepted. And for years scientists have added
human genes to bacteria and farm animals.

What's caused the uproar is the mixing of human stem cells with embryonic
animals to create new species.

Biotechnology activist Jeremy Rifkin is opposed to crossing species
boundaries, because he believes animals have the right to exist without
being tampered with or crossed with another species.

He concedes that these studies would lead to some medical breakthroughs.
Still, they should not be done.

"There are other ways to advance medicine and human health besides going out
into the strange, brave new world of chimeric animals," Rifkin said, adding
that sophisticated computer models can substitute for experimentation on
live animals.

"One doesn't have to be religious or into animal rights to think this
doesn't make sense," he continued. "It's the scientists who want to do this.
They've now gone over the edge into the pathological domain."

David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics at
Stanford University, believes the real worry is whether or not chimeras will
be put to uses that are problematic, risky, or dangerous.

Human Born to Mice Parents?

For example, an experiment that would raise concerns, he said, is
genetically engineering mice to produce human sperm and eggs, then doing in
vitro fertilization to produce a child whose parents are a pair of mice.

"Most people would find that problematic," Magnus said, "but those uses are
bizarre and not, to the best of my knowledge, anything that anybody is
remotely contemplating. Most uses of chimeras are actually much more
relevant to practical concerns."

Last year Canada passed the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, which bans
chimeras. Specifically, it prohibits transferring a nonhuman cell into a
human embryo and putting human cells into a nonhuman embryo.

Cynthia Cohen is a member of Canada's Stem Cell Oversight Committee, which
oversees research protocols to ensure they are in accordance with the new
guidelines.

She believes a ban should also be put into place in the U.S.

Creating chimeras, she said, by mixing human and animal gametes (sperms and
eggs) or transferring reproductive cells, diminishes human dignity.

"It would deny that there is something distinctive and valuable about human
beings that ought to be honored and protected," said Cohen, who is also the
senior research fellow at Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of
Ethics in Washington, D.C.

But, she noted, the wording on such a ban needs to be developed carefully.
It shouldn't outlaw ethical and legitimate experiments—such as transferring
a limited number of adult human stem cells into animal embryos in order to
learn how they proliferate and grow during the prenatal period.

Irv Weissman, director of Stanford University's Institute of Cancer/Stem
Cell Biology and Medicine in California, is against a ban in the United
States.

"Anybody who puts their own moral guidance in the way of this biomedical
science, where they want to impose their will—not just be part of an
argument—if that leads to a ban or moratorium. … they are stopping research
that would save human lives," he said.

Mice With Human Brains

Weissman has already created mice with brains that are about one percent
human.

Later this year he may conduct another experiment where the mice have 100
percent human brains. This would be done, he said, by injecting human
neurons into the brains of embryonic mice.

Before being born, the mice would be killed and dissected to see if the
architecture of a human brain had formed. If it did, he'd look for traces of
human cognitive behavior.

Weissman said he's not a mad scientist trying to create a human in an animal
body. He hopes the experiment leads to a better understanding of how the
brain works, which would be useful in treating diseases like Alzheimer's or
Parkinson's disease.

The test has not yet begun. Weissman is waiting to read the National
Academy's report, due out in March.

William Cheshire, associate professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic's
Jacksonville, Florida, branch, feels that combining human and animal neurons
is problematic.

"This is unexplored biologic territory," he said. "Whatever moral threshold
of human neural development we might choose to set as the limit for such an
experiment, there would be a considerable risk of exceeding that limit
before it could be recognized."

Cheshire supports research that combines human and animal cells to study
cellular function. As an undergraduate he participated in research that
fused human and mouse cells.

But where he draws the ethical line is on research that would destroy a
human embryo to obtain cells, or research that would create an organism that
is partly human and partly animal.

"We must be cautious not to violate the integrity of humanity or of animal
life over which we have a stewardship responsibility," said Cheshire, a
member of Christian Medical and Dental Associations. "Research projects that
create human-animal chimeras risk disturbing fragile ecosystems, endanger
health, and affront species integrity."




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Indonesian Tsunami Probably Tripped by Exxon-Mobil Works

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Indonesian Tsunami Probably Tripped by Exxon-Mobil Works
Compiled by PESN from Paul Noel and JAH

One cubic mile of natural gas extracted every four years at epicenter Aceh
facility presents a smoking gun for man-made factor in 9.0 earthquake with
accompanying tsunami that killed more than 225,000 people. Think of a large
boulder sitting precariously, nudged over the edge with a small lever.

ACEH, INDONESIA -- Exxon-Mobil has a 60-billion-standard-cubic-foot-per-day
facility near Aceh. In the span of four years the company extracts more than
one cubic mile of natural gas from the formations beneath what has turned
out to be the epicenter of the Aceh earthquake. The gas field there has been
producing for much longer than four years, and is one of the largest such
facilities in the world.

Scientists have known for some time that earthquakes in the order of 4.0 on
the Richtor scale have been caused by oil drilling and other earth intrusive
practices.


click for enlargement
Correlation of Increase in Major Earthquakes to Increse in Oil Combustion
from 1900 to 2000 (ForceBorne.com )
An analogous phenomena can be seen with earthquakes associated with large
Hydro Dams. For example, Fontana Dam (USTVA North Carolina) has been
associated with up to 4.0 earthquakes and routinely causes 2.5 quakes some
fifty-plus years after construction.

Due to its much greater scale, and the presence of six geological faults in
the area, the Three Gorges Dam in China will create very large earthquakes
if its reservoirs are ever filled completely. According to Chinese news
reports, tremors measuring 6.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Zhangye
region at 8:41 p.m. and 8:48 p.m. on Oct. 25, 2003.

Water was drained to safe levels over the next two days, and the China Daily
reported that the dams were structurally compromised: "Cracks five
centimetres wide had opened in the walls of the Shuangshuzhi reservoir,
while the Zhaizhaizi reservoir had developed a fissure one centimetre wide
and 410 metres long", the newspaper reported.

The weight of water overlying an unstable geological formation or fault
exerts incredible pressure to which the rock layers inevitably yield.
Therefore it is legitimate to ask, "What role did the extraction of oil and
gas from the immediate area play in the 9.0 Aceh earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004?"

World oil production alone (not including natural gas) is approximately 80
to 100 million barrels of oil per day. That is a tremendous volume of oil,
too large to even visualize in your mind’s eye, which is being extracted
EVERY DAY.

The world’s oilfields are pressurized naturally by natural-gas within the
oil. We've all probably seen "oil gushers" on films involving oil discovery:
oil shoots high into the air as it is forced out of the ground by the
natural-gas pressure in the underground oilfield.

The oil is not only pressurized, but is also hot. As it is extracted, the
pressure gradually decreases until the oil well is no longer pressurized.
Comparable to an empty aerosol can that still has some liquid in it, but
which is no longer expelled by depressing the spout, the gas pressure
decreases to the point where the drilling company needs to burn energy for
pumping. Thus it becomes less profitable to extract the oil.

In some cases, in order to extract the remaining oil, cold water is
injected/pumped into the well, causing the oil to float on top of the
injected water. As the oil well fills with cold water, the last remaining
oil which floats up on top of it is forced up through the well head to the
surface, until the well is "dry" – i.e. "empty", but not literally "dry"
since it is now filled with water.

During these various stages of the oil-extraction process, the outer crust
of the globe is gradually being depressurized and cooled internally, causing
contraction for both of these reasons. When objects cool down they
automatically shrink/contract in size. If you let high-pressure air or gas
out of a cylinder ice forms around the outlet, and cools the entire
cylinder. If you let some of the air out of a football, or basketball, the
ball shrinks and goes badly out of shape.

Apply that to the Earth and you have earthquakes as the crustal layers shift
in response to the loss of pressure from below while the water pressure
above increases. This is simple common sense –- not rocket science. It is a
fact so simple that anyone who understands the oil-extraction process would
understand the effects. Or at least, they should understand.

Therefore, the people doing this oil extraction should know the risk of
triggering earthquakes, even if they ignore the consequences of rapidly
dropping the underground pressure -- as the financial gurus and oil
executives apparently regularly do.

Should these executives and decision-makers, who are also the profit-makers,
be required to accept liability for the consequences?

Another obvious fact that is never quoted in relation to global warming is
that internal combustion engines do not just give off greenhouse gases, they
also give off tremendous heat – every single one of them. If you try putting
your hand near the cooling-radiator or exhaust manifold of a running engine,
you are going to snatch it away again quickly to prevent burns. The
professors never factor this into the global-warming equations, and never
mention it in the news. They mention only the gas emissions.

Think about the millions of engines giving off tremendous heat every day,
some all day every day. Compound this on top of the greenhouse gases and you
can see why the scientists' and professors' prognostications have turned out
to be wrong. The ice caps are melting much faster than the "experts" first
predicted, and faster than they are still wrongly predicting now. What
pressures does this shift in weight from the poles place on the planet?

If oil is continually being created deep in the earth, as some theorists
argue, what happens when this new oil rises into a former oil deposit that
is now filled with water? Will this also result in further earthquakes as
pressure builds up with gas being forced into the same space?

To connect the dots, therefore, we have to link the rapid “harvesting” of
subterranean and undersea oil, and the reason for doing so – the thirsty
tanks of obsolete gas-guzzling vehicles – with the consequence of
earthquakes and tsunamis. Not only in Asia, but also around the world, are
many oilfields with rapidly dropping pressure, into which water is being
pumped to extract the last expensive barrels. How many more disastrous
quakes will humanity face as the result of this artificially-maintained
appetite for fuel?

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Compiled by Sterling D. Allan
Thanks, for editorial input.

References:

Oil Extraction Stresses Earth, Contributing to Earthquakes and Tsunamis -
Previous draft of this story, published on Jan. 12, 2005, prior to
information about Exxon-Mobil.

ExxonMobil, Aceh and the Tsunami - In Aceh, the company operates one of the
largest gas fields in the world and they're being sued for gross human
rights violations. (Democracy Now; Jan. 4, 2005) (related )

Oil Drilling and Earthquakes - cites multiple references (Google Answers;
April 25, 2004)

Q. "Given the fact that oil has been pumped out of the ground 24/7/365 by
thousands upon thousands of pumps all over the world for so many years, what
replaces the space previously held by the oil?"

A. "the removal of oil can cause earthquakes, even in regions normally quiet
when it comes to seismic activity..."

Troop deployment to guard Exxon and other vital enterprises - At least 1600
troops guarding Exxon interests alone in the Aceh region in 2001.

Exxon 'helped torture in Indonesia' - "The Asia-Pacific region contributes
about 13% of ExxonMobil's worldwide production of oil and gas." Ini 2000,
gas from Indonesia yielded 118 cargoes of LNG." (BBC; June 22, 2001)

OIL: The Cause of Most Earthquakes and Bad Weather - Robert L. Cook, alt
energy inventor, addresses oil extraction and earthquakes; global warming
and ice cap water redistribution stresses; atmospheric pressure
modifications. "What would happen if the sunken earth of the Antarctic
region were to spring back up (even a few hundred feet) after enough ice
melts away? Could this trigger a worldwide earthquake?"

Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy? - "Sound bombing" or
seismic tests of ocean floors to test for oil and gas had been carried out
near the sites of the Tasmanian beachings recently. (Independent Media TV;
Dec. 28, 2004)

Whale Beachings in Tasmania, Australia and New Zealand on November 30th, 2004
(Robin Good )

Three Gorges Dam - is situated near six active fault lines and above 15
million people.

Dam on dangerous ground - recent earthquakes (Three Gorges Probe news
service; Dec. 18, 2003)

Magma Oil - List of references that support the theory that some oil is
generated deep within the earth and replenished. (FreeEnergyNews directory)

When Will We Learn - Michael Horn claims that Billy Meier warned thirty
years ago that earthquakes would accompany oil and gas extraction at the
rate we are harvesting.

Meier was specifically warned about the connection of earthquakes to the
extraction of petroleum and natural gas, as well as the damming of waters
and over-building of huge cities. The first confirmation I found for the
petroleum connection was from Paul Segal, a geophysics professor at Stanford
University in 1990.

I will be discussing this and more on the Art Bell radio show this Saturday
night, Jan. 29, from 11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. PST (www.coasttocoastam.com )

Art is also well known for exploring the latest developments in alternative
energy sources.

Michael Horn Authorized American Media Representative The Billy Meier
Contacts www.theyfly.com

See also
Scalar Electromagnetic Weapons and their Terrorist Use: Immediate Strategic
Aspects of the Asymmetric War on the U.S. - 62-pp document by Tom Bearden
about man-made earthquake capabilities.
Pure Energy Systems News




Military Campaign Hurting Civilians in Aceh, Indonesia
Source: Indonesia Human Rights Network May 22, 2003

More than 1600 Indonesian troops have guarded the Exxon-Mobil facilities in
Aceh at one time in recent years. The Indonesian government gleans more
than $100 million per year from the works.




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halfhuman-halfreptile

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hi
the 17/01/2005
i've read an article in an arab newspaper about strange creatures living in
the saudi desert , they were discovered when engeneers were doing a petrol
prospection .the article was short and there was a little picture not very
clear the picture was showing a strange creature with an human upper half
and a reptile or a crocodile lower half
so please i'm asking every one
can you find more articles, pictures, shots, weblinks about that?


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Ghostbusters and seekers trek to Centre Hill's haunted grounds

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Ghostbusters and seekers trek to Centre Hill's haunted grounds
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The tour had community members on the lookout for evidence of music
mysteriously playing, sheets being torn off beds and soldiers running
through rooms.

PETERSBURG - Some came because they thought it would be a good family event.

Others came because they've been coming since the first one and each time
hope for a surprise.

Still others came because they "felt" they should.

The Ghost Watch at Centre Hill Mansion has been an ever popular way to spend
a frigid late January evening. This year more than 200 people came out to
the event, so many that the tours which were supposed to have a maximum of
15 people, were having up to 20 at a time.

"You just never know what you're going to see on this tour," said Ted Lowder
who has been coming on the tours since the first one. "I keep hoping to be
surprised one year."

The Ghost Watch first began in 1991 when more than 500 people came out to
the first tour. Since then reservations have been mandatory. More than 100
years ago the residents of Centre Hill Mansion, one of the city's most
historic homes, first reported hearing the footsteps of soldiers.

For years the ghostly noises occurred on Jan. 24. Now, more than 100 years
since the sounds were first reported, tours are held each Jan. 24 to see if
the sounds will once again be heard.

Sandi Bosha and several of her friends decided to go on the tour after one
of them felt the presence of "the lady in the window." One of the many ghost
stories surrounding the house is that there is a beautiful lady in white
that can be seen looking out over the circle on Centre Hill Court.

One of the tools of Bosha's self-described obsession of ghost hunting is a
standard compass. She explained that any specific movement indicates a
change in the electromagnetic field, and possibly the presence of something
not of this realm of existence.

"I found several places in the house where the needle of the compass
specifically moved," said Bosha.

Two places she said she could detect the movement the most were near the
crib on the second floor and in a back bedroom.

Bosha said she would love to come back and tour the home again in daylight
hours.

One of her friends who came out with her for the tour, Jan Hartman, said she
happened to tour the place once, and drove by the house and felt immediate
connections and presences both times.

"I definitely felt something in the room with the cradle," Hartman said. "I
feel there's a woman here for a child and that she won't leave because she's
looking for that child."

Centre Hill site coordinator Ann Brown said in all the years she has worked
at the house, she has never heard anything and that she has even conducted
the tours each year for the annual Ghost Watch.

Other ghostly tales associated with the house, according to Brown, include
feelings of being watched, doors which have been opened inexplicably and a
beautiful woman overlooking Centre Hill Court. Despite all the tales of
apparitions and otherworldly sounds, Brown has still not seen or heard a
ghost. But she isn't ruling out the possibility.

Neither is Sydney Knapp, one of the tour guides for the event Monday. She
said that in the four years she has conducted the tour, she hasn't seen
anything.

"But we always tell them good morning when we open and good evening when we
close," said Knapp. "We have a great deal of respect for the ghosts."


* F.M. Wiggins may be reached at 732-3456, ext. 254.




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Re: Mysterious Noise Pollution Is Known As The Hum

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Hi Larry,
I have lived in DeSoto, Texas since 1978 in the same house. The Hum
seems to have started for me in the early nineties. Since I never could
identify the source of the noise, and no one else in the family could hear
it but me, I just tried to live with it. I'm sure the constant droning hum
noise have had effects on my physical and psychological health. I have
tried earplugs (didn't work), putting the pillow over my head, just about
everything, including sleep-aids. I even remember wishing I was actually
deaf!! Anyway, right now, and for a good year or so, I haven't heard the
hum. I wish I had seen that show on CNN about the hum that you mentioned.
Hope you are "humless", Cindy


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Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern

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Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern
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A fish that has a pattern resembling a human face on its body was found in a
pond in Chongju, South Korea, according to a Local 6 News report.

The news of a fish with a human face spread to South Korea through the
Internet after a Japanese sports tabloid reported on the unusual fish.

A South Korean newspaper then carried an article about the fish in South
Korea.

The fish is the result of artificial insemination between a carp and ayu
sweetfish.

As the fish grew larger, the design on the fish reportedly changed to look
more like the face of a human being.

Rare markings on a fish are considered a good omen in some Asian countries,
according to a report.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.



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Re: Strange Object Seen in Sky Across Fort Wayne

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My husband and I plus a friend were driving on that day in Indiana on I-74
West and took approximately 15 photos of 6 different objects in the sky
which for the most part were just hovering. We then witnessed airforce
craft flying with haste to their position and from what we could tell one
was shot down. There were approximately 4 airforce craft on intercept.
There was a plume of smoke after one plumeted and hit the ground. Even some
truckers were honking their horns on the motorway as if to alert people to
the sight.

We took photos of all that I've mentioned above yet CVS pharmacy at Avon say
they don't know what happened to our film. Our pictures were very clear and
I guess someone just wanted to sell them. We've called and been in numerous
times and they always say 'we'll call you back' and they never do. We've
been in and the lady who ALWAYS serves us when we put a film in said she
didn't ever recognise us which is just ridiculous. If anyone can help with
our cause we'd greatly appreciate it. We have the original dockets from
when we put the film in but will not hand them over to the staff as they
seem to be totally incompetant or just plain hiding the fact they took that
roll of film. We aren't looking to make money from these photos whatsoever
it's something we want to share over the net...it's more confirmation that
on that day there were UFO's over Indiana.

Any suggestions?
Cly


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Anomaly News 050120

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Anomaly News for the Week of January 20th, 2005
Some of the choice articles from this week's roundup ...

January 20

Scottish Golfer Unveiled as a 19th Century Nostradamus Reuters
Golfer Jack McCullogh predicted bullet trains, driverless golf carts,
televisions, digital watches, and that women would start dressing like men
and do all the work. Right on all counts.


January 19

Amazing Hominid Haul in Ethiopia BBC News
Fossil hunters have unearthed the remains of at least nine primitive
hominids that are between 4.5 million and 4.3 million years old. Sileshi
Semaw: 'It is a very important finding because it does confirm hominids
walked upright on two feet definitely 4.5 million years ago.'

Strange Aerial Light is Reported Delaware Coast Press
Blue light special of another kind. On their way to Kmart on November 26,
Theresa Alexander and her husband say they were followed by a florescent
blue object for over an hour.

Flouting Probability San Antonio Express-News
An obscure team of researchers is trying to determine whether the world can
put its collective heads together and, in essence, bend spoons on a global
level. Reg. required. And: Global Consciousness Project

Have We Been Visited By Aliens? Preston Today
Stephen Ratcliffe reckons he's seen something strange in the skies above
Ribchester. He claims he unwittingly snapped four UFOs on his digital
camera. And: Others Saw Shropshire Beam

Columbia Crew Saw New Atmospheric Phenomenon New Scientist
More on the Transient Ionospheric Glow Emission in Red.


January 18

NASA Rover Finds Meteorite on Surface of Mars Associated Press
Tests confirm the metal object found on the Martian surface is a nickel-iron
meteorite, says Steve Squyres. 'I didn't see this one coming.'
Woman Baffled By 'Beam of Light' Shropshire Star
Sue Oliver, dog walker: 'I wasn't sure what it was, I don't usually believe
in weird things but I knew it wasn't a shooting star. After talking to my
colleagues we think it might have been a UFO.'

Nessie Fans Plan to Halt Harpoon Hunt Inverness Courier
Gary Campbell is not pleased with Dan Taylor's plans to harpoon Nessie. 'He
thinks it's OK to take a home-made submarine onto one of Scotland's busiest
waterways and shoot off spears at any living creature that appear on his
sonar. We will be organising a proper defence of Nessie.' Posted Earlier:
Passions Run Deep in Search of Loch Ness Monster

Reality Bites The Guardian
A vampire is on the loose in Birmingham. And an inept one, if reports are to
be believed.

Do You Want to Live Forever? Technology Review
Aubrey de Grey thinks he knows how to defeat aging. Brilliant, or a nutter?
And: Aubrey de Grey Responds

Author Wrestles with 'the Devil' The Republican
M. Scott Peck, author of Glimpses of the Devil: 'I'm getting old and I'm
going to die one of these days. I thought it would be a sin to go to my
grave and take these stories with me. I owed it to society, science and
religion to tell the stories - and tell the stories scientifically.'

Big Cat Search Gets Under Way Warrnambool Standard
A search for big cats and thylacines in the Otways is under way using new
technology. Michael Moss: 'These creatures are definitely here.'

Buddhist Monks Lead Prayers to Cleanse Thai Beach ChannelNewsAsia
Some 100 Budhhist monks led a mass cleansing ritual Tuesday at popular beach
on the island of Phuket to dispel fears that restless spirits of tsunami
victims are haunting the area. Elsewhere: Sir Edmund Hillary: Shackleton's
Ghost Haunts Antarctic Hut


January 17

Mysterious Object Seen Over East Texas KLTV TV
Lots of theories, mostly mundane. With pic and video.

Columbia Crew Catches a Mysterious TIGER PhysOrg
Transient Ionospheric Glow Emission in Red, which may be a new type of
transient luminous event, like lightning sprites. Captured on film less than
two weeks before the Columbia crashed on re-entry.

Chance, Magic, or Mystery? Western Mail
Martin Plimmer and Brian King have authored a bestselling book Beyond
Coincidence. Plimmer: 'It's made me more sceptical. The scientific argument
makes the most sense - it's chance.'

Medium Awareness Arizona Daily Star
Allison DuBois says about 65 percent on the television program Medium is
based on her own experiences. 'The gold nugget of it is real.' And: Gary E.
Schwartz, Prof: 'This is Not a Fraud' ; UVa Research Mirrors Television's
Medium ; Patricia Arquette Now Believes

It Came Out of the Sky Astrobiology Mag
David Grinspoon: 'This discovery proves that Mars is indeed an important
place for astrobiology exploration - a place where many kinds of Earth life
could once have survived- so why not Martians?'

Our Sixth Sense Aspen Times
Paul Andersen: 'John Muir spoke of a sixth sense, an intuitive understanding
that alerted him to events affecting people close to him. Muir, a devout man
of nature, had premonitions when each of his parents was close to death, and
he was right both times.'

'Living' Robots Powered By Muscle BBC News
Tech. Tiny robots powered by living rat muscle have been created by
scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Colour of Music The Scotsman
Synaesthesia. Margaret Cook: 'I�ve always been aware that the days of the
week have distinct colours, as do the names of months, numbers and letters
of the alphabet, though they�ve faded with the years.'

Thais Try to Lay to Rest Troubled Spirits The Guardian
Thousands of Thais will take part in a week of formal Buddhist and Chinese
rituals beginning tomorrow to lay to rest the wandering spirits of the
tsunami victims.

Vampire Takes a Bite Out of Brum The Guardian
Josephine McNally: 'All I've heard is that there's a fellow who is going
round attacking people like a dog and biting them. It does put the wind up
you.'


January 16

Extraterrestrials Have Contacted Me Concord Monitor
Letter to the editor. Paul Spera: 'They have allowed me to film them in
unbelievable numbers and uncanny regularity never before documented. They
are speeding up an education process that has been ongoing for over 40 years
and is now at full throttle.' Yikes!

Psychic Cruise Makes Some Skeptics Believe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On a Mississippi paddlewheeler with Sylvia Brown.

Sighting Suggests Bears are Present San Francisco Chronicle
The Bay Area's greatest wildlife mystery -- the chance that a few bears are
roaming the region's 1.2 million acres of surrounding greenbelt -- gained
new credibility last week with the return of the 'Swanton Road Bear'.

Life After Death The Sunday Mail
Olivia Newton-John felt 'an incredible presence' while sitting with her dead
mother. 'It was an energy I'd never felt before.' From Mike Agostini's new
book, The Dying Experience and Learning How To Live.


January 15

Planet Hunter Thinks There's Life Out There RedNova
Huzzah for Dr. Debra Fischer. 'I always imagined that I wanted to be a
scientist. I'd sit up and read books and I was a loner. I imagined being a
mad scientist and blowing things up.'

Discovery of Homo Floresiensis Brings New Credibility NewsTarget
To cryptozoology. Maybe. Provided it is a new discovery and not a pygmy
species as some scientists insist.

Saturn Moon Probe Reveals Possible Shoreline Reuters
The first pictures from the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan taken by the
European space probe Huygens shows a possibly rocky surface with 'drainage
channels' for liquids. And: Creme Brulee Surface

Fears of Occults Rituals as Sheep are Slaughtered Western Daily Press
Jane Kellett: 'We didn't really notice any particular shape, but now we have
heard these suggestions about rituals and what have you, I'd really rather
not think about it too much. I hope it is not the start of strange
happenings.' Elsewhere: Police 'Guessing' Occult is Vandal's 'Driving Force'

Paranormal Nonprofit Has Spirited Undertakings Providence Business Journal
The Rhode Island Paranormal Research Group has been investigating ghosts for
20 years. Elsewhere: Popular Culture: We Want to See Dead People

War of the Worlds The Age
Virtual reality. Hacking or hi-jacking reality? Blurring the distinction
between where one world ends and the next begins.

Woman Jailed for 'Haunting' Owner of Castle PA News
The Grudge. A Polish woman who harboured a grudge against her husband�s
employer has been sentenced to four months� imprisonment for terrorising the
boss by making ghostly sounds at his castle-like estate in Austria.

Shell Shocked AFP
Bar manager Matteo Brandi (nice name) in Roche, Switzerland, says he wants
to sell an oyster shell that looks like Christ. 'When I tried to toss one of
them away, it stuck to my hand. It wouldn't slip off my palm. Like He was
calling me.' With looks-worse-for-the-wear pic. Elsewhere: Fish Discovered
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Drug traffickers apparently own US debt

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"Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities" ... a US Treasury Dept. page.

... It indicates that $85 billion of the US debt was bought, in the form of
purchased US government paper (bonds, securities, etc.), by "Caribbean Bank
Centers." There is a 2 after that entry. I thought the 2 referred to two
bank centers, but it's a footnote. The footnote spells out where these
Caribbean bank centers are located:

Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Panama.

Places that have gathered fame as friends to laundered $$$.

Is this a coincidence? I would bet against that. I would say that bank
centers in these places (notice that the exact banks are not named) have
taken in very large amounts of drug money and then invested some of that
money in US government paper---which is how the US finances its debt.

I mean, if you were the head of the DEA or the FBI and you were honest, and
you found out that $85 billion of the US government debt was being
bankrolled from such places, wouldn't you smell a rat? Wouldn't you
investigate? The operative word here is HONEST.

The absence of such investigations, in the real world, is what you can call
a clue. A clue that the war on drugs is, at best, a very limited and phony
enterprise, designed (in part) to protect a favored source of revenue for
the US government. Such protection involves, among other things, terminating
major, major drug busts before they happen. A necessity, if those big $$$
are going to be successfully fielded by drug traffickers, deposited in "bank
centers," and then invested in floating part of the US government debt.

A criminal operation of this kind and magnitude is obviously going to
involve SKIMMING. By that I suggest that certain US government officials and
certain other insiders are going to grab a significant commission along the
way.

In fact, what we are looking at here is a DEAL, a TRADE-OFF. The traffickers
are permitted to go about their business, with the understanding that they
will buy up a piece of the US national debt.

As a partial analogy, the US Treasury document I'm referring to also
ominously lists China as a very major holder of US government debt. Well,
where does the government of China get the money to buy its piece of the US
deficit? Let's see. There is slave labor or close-to-slave-labor in
factories that turn out products that are sold to US companies. Does the US
government entertain a flicker of conscience about that ugly situation? Of
course not. In the same way, the US government does not mind at all that
billions of its debt are bought by drug traffickers. It's just business.
It's just money.

MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars)
{Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and nonmarketable
bills, bonds and notes are based on Treasury Foreign Portfolio Investment
Survey benchmarks and on monthly data reported under the Treasury
International Capital (TIC) reporting system.}

[...]

Caribbean Banking Centers 2 85.2 (billion dollars in 2004)...
{Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and
Panama.}

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U.S. Nuclear Submarine Runs Aground - crewmember dies

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Submarine crewmember dies
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A crewmember died this afternoon aboard the Los
Angeles-class submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) as a result of injuries
sustained when the sub ran aground yesterday south of Guam.

The name of the Sailor is being withheld pending a mandatory 24-hour period,
which started when next of kin were notified.

Our sincerest condolences and prayers go out to the family and friends of
the Sailor.

Navy medical personnel were surged overnight and came aboard the submarine
at the first opportunity this morning, but the one Sailor’s injuries were
extremely serious. The medical personnel, including a doctor, remain aboard
and are treating 23 other crew members for a range of injuries including
broken bones, lacerations, bruises and a back injury.

The submarine remains on the surface and is continuing toward its homeport
in Guam, escorted by the Coast Guard cutter Galveston Island and USNS
Stockham. The submarine is expected to arrive in port Monday afternoon
(Guam time). USNS Kiska and military aircraft are also continuing to assist
as required.

Further information will be released when available.

Questions may be referred to the U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs Office at
(808)471-3769.



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U.S. Nuclear Submarine Runs Aground
Sat Jan 8, 3:45 AM ET

HONOLULU - A nuclear submarine ran aground about 350 miles south of Guam,
injuring several sailors, one of them critically, the Navy said.

There were no reports of damage to the USS San Francisco's reactor plant,
which was operating normally, the Navy said.u

Jon Yoshishige, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet based at Pearl
Harbor, said the Friday afternoon incident is under investigation and the
360-foot submarine was headed back to its home port in Guam.

Details on the sailors' injuries were not immediately available. The sub has
a crew of 137, officials said.

Military and Coast Guard aircraft from Guam were en route to monitor the
submarine and assist if needed, the Navy said.

Guam is a U.S. territory about 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.
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