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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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In September of 2007, I was sitting in a Billiards room upstairs above Barley’s Taproom in Asheville, North Carolina, having a tasty microbrewery beer with my pal Jim Marrs, one of the most popular conspiracy authors in America. Jim knows, or has at least met or written about most of the notorious figures in modern conspiracy theories, and on that clandestine afternoon I took the opportunity to ask him about one who has perplexed me for years.

“Jim, what do you think about John Lear?”

Jim smiled a broad grin that emerged from under his beard. “Well, I know John,” he replied, telling me he’d met John Lear on a number of occasions.

“This ‘Dark Theory Hypothesis’ thing of his really has me mixed up,” I said. “Part of me… the biggest part of me, doesn’t buy it at all. But somewhere all this horrific shit he talks about, you know, like aliens bathing in ground-up human remains and all this Majestic 12 stuff, almost seems plausible when you look at his record.” Lear, who has been a frequent guest on programs like Coast to Coast AM and is one of the biggest proponents of the theory that our government has “bargained” in shady deals with aliens over the years, also holds every attainable medal in the USAF, which seems to lend greatly to his credibility. Still, many presume Lear may be a disinformation agent, planted with the purpose of “stirring the pot” and creating confusion among the American populace with regard to aliens and UFOs.

“So Jim, do you think he’s telling the truth?” I asked. Jim’s brow wrinkled a bit from beneath the long brim of his fedora, and after a mighty gulp of his brew, he told me, “well, I think he believes what he says.”

It was a telling response, and Jim was right; even if what some of the modern “informants” are saying about UFOs and Ufology isn’t 100% accurate, due to the number of contacts, stories, and personal encounters that people like Lear have gathered over the years, it doesn’t seem unlikely that portions of what they compile must be accurate. Still, these islands of truth may nonetheless float in a dark sea of conjecture and rumor.

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Doing a blog like The Gralien Report keeps me in touch with all the strangest stuff anyone could imagine, and on a daily basis. Still, from time to time I like to hear about weird encounters and other first-hand accounts of paranormal oddities from Gralien Report readers. If you have a story you’d like to share, email me by clicking here.

As always, I’ll look forward to seeing what strange news floats this way… keep in mind however that, due to the volume of reports I receive, I can’t post them all on the site, though I’ll always share the best ones when I can!

-Micah!

Inventor Howard Hughes, in addition to being famous for his wealth and his debilitating eccentricities later in life, was also one of the most acclaimed aviators in modern times, cited among the most brilliant minds in engineering history. But could it be that Hughes was at one time even considered for the task of back-engineering flying saucers? A new report, compiled by Bill Knell over at Op Ed News suggests this, with specific relevance to the infamous 1947 incident at Roswell, New Mexico:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Did-Howard-Hughes-View-a-C-by-Bill-Knell-080613-429.html

Hughes, with his history of involvement in covert U.S. Government and CIA operations, as well as his associations with the famous Watergate scandal, only further confirms in our minds that he might have had involvment with darker conspiracies of this sort. Was Hughes asked to back-engineer the spacecraft that allegedly crashed at Roswell, and did he actually witness the craft himself, having even been shown the alien bodies found within?

This video clip has appeared on Youtube (apparently having been posted March 9th), detailing a low resolution clip of a “transparent humanoid” which locals in Veracruz, Mexico, claim tried to attack them:

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Nick Redfern sent out this press release this morning regarding a new expedition by the Center of Fortean Zoology, for which he will be giving regular progress updates at his blog There’s Something in the Woods…

BRITISH SCIENTISTS HUNT LIVING CAVEMEN IN RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS

A group of scientists from the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology, the world’s largest mystery animal research organisation, are to travel to the Caucasus Mountains of the Southwest Russian republic of Karbadino Balkaria in search of what may be mankind’s closest living relative; a hominid known as the Almasty.
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I decided recently to begin looking around for some of the more bizarre Freedom of Information act requests on record, both those which were able to lead to the release of information, and those which were flat-out denied. From time to time there is general weirdness that seems to come together regarding FOIA, often appearing somewhat contrary to what the legislation, by name, should be providing.

FOIA, also called “open records” and sometimes even “sunshine laws” are designed to “set rules on access to information or records held by government bodies.” Similar legislation has been passed in over 70 countries, dating as far back as 1766 with Sweden’s Freedom of the Press act. Many countries also maintain “constitutional guarantees” granting the right to access requested information, though due to the lack of specific legislation to enforce their use, these guarantees are often overlooked.

Here in the States, LBJ signed the legislation into law back in 1966, one year before it would take effect. Similarly, President Bill Clinton signed the amendments regarding electronic documents and stored information in 1996. Given that all documents, both paper and electronic, fall under FOIA legislation, one might think it would be hard for governing bodies to hide anything from those willing to ask; but rest assured, there are plenty of instances where information has been flat-out denied, for reasons as simple as “privacy”. Read the rest of this entry »