The news website Australia.to posted a frighteningly good UFO photograph yesterday, depicting what appears to be a black helicopter chasing an object reminiscent of other famous UFO photos from days past. Below is a link to the article, as well as a photograph:
http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040467-289,00,00.html
From time to time, it seems that fascinating photographs are presented, and then subsequently forgotten. In this age of (fake) drones and digital renderings of everything from Chupacabras to Nessie, it seems like fewer people show appreciation for the often vague, yet strangely sublime photos we see from time to time of blurry UFOs buzzing around. Personally, though I concur with Mr. Keel that “belief is the enemy”, I am duly impressed with the photo linked above. However, it’s not the only recent photo I find impressive…
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In past Gralien Report articles, I’ve discussed some astonishing recent studies and observations in the world of the higher primates, specifically involving chimpanzees who have learned to use tools, and even swim. another reoccurring theme here has involved the concept of “Humanzees”, that is, human-ape hybrids. The fact that the small apes can display such learned “human” characteristics implies similarities between humans and chimpanzees on a genetic level which may previously have been overlooked.
CHIMPS IN SPACE: Enos, NASA’s “Space Chimp”, prior to being inserted into the Mercury-Atlas 5 in 1961, displaying typical human-like behavior among what he perceived to be “curiously chimp-like people.”
However, a new study suggests that chimpanzees also exhibit other man-like activities, including planning for the future, as well as avoiding cat-fights among females by keeping quiet about their sexual partners. Originally published in Animal Cognition, the study which resulted in a display of planning on behalf of the apes involved Linda and Maria Magdalena, a pair of female chimps, along with a male orangutan named Naong, who were shown how to sip “a yummy fruit soup using a straw-like hose.”
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Prior to hitting the open roads for a brief visit to Pennsylvania this weekend, I thought I’d poke around this morning and see what anomalous news might be pushing the envelope around the world. Here are some of today’s top stories:
The mother of an autistic schoolgirl is now saying she feels the public school board in Barrie, Canada, acted unprofessionally by allowing a psychic to suggest that her daughter was a victim of sex abuse. “I have trust issues now,” she told the Toronto Sun, asking “What are they going to concoct next week?” School board directors, on the other hand, stated that all cases of suspected abuse must be reported if there are “reasonable grounds.” The autistic child, age 11, has been diagnosed with severe autism, and is nonverbal. School officials correlated her behavior with a recent psychic consultation, which described that a child whose name began with the letter “V” was being sexually abused by a man in his twenties, and called the for an “urgent meeting” where the girl’s mother, Colleen Leduc, was informed of the circumstances. According Leduc, “that’s when I got sick to my stomach. I was shocked (by) the whole meeting.”
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2008/06/18/5910691-sun.html
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In a news release issued by the Univeristy of Florida, a machanical and aerospace engineering associate professor has designed what he thinks may be a functional flying saucer, and not surprisingly, it’s proposed propulsion methods involve the use of magnetohydrodynamics, that is, passing electrical current or magnetism through a conductive fluid. What fluid do you suppose they might plan on using (and no, it’s not liquid mercury)?
Image courtesy of Danielle Zawoy and the University of Florida.
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