The Gralien Report

Less than 24 hours after the premiere of the new National Geographic program Paranatural, which featured my colleagues and I from the L.E.M.U.R. team studying atmospheric phenomenon and Earth lights in Western North Carolina, news is beginning to surface regarding similar phenomenon said to have occurred just prior to the recent 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile.

One of the most credible reports of such phenomenon stems from a Chilean news reporter, Cecelia Lagos, who was interviewed by MSNBC and CNN networks. Lagos described “seeing the sky change colors outside her window as her house shook.” Lagos describes “I saw through my window, while I was still in bed, I saw the sky changing colors, it was absolutely surreal. I really thought it was the end of the world…I don’t know I hope you understand me because I’m not exaggerating really because I saw it through my window like that. That was the most terrifying thing seeing the sky changing colors with the terribly, amazingly, strong movement of the earth, I thought, ok…this is mother earth… the earth opened up and buildings crumbled into the earth …like in the movie 2012…”

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A good friend of mine, Christopher McCollum (also a Gralien Report news correspondent) has recently begun to make such headway with his own research into the strange twilight realm of Forteana that he has launched and excellent new blog of his own, Popular Paranormal:

Popular Paranormal: A Closer Look at Paranormal Themes in Popular Culture

McCollum is a member of the L.E.M.U.R. Paranormal Investigation team, led by Joshua P. Warren, and will be featured in his first nationally televised appearance tomorrow night (Monday March 1st) on National Geographic’s Paranatural. This fellow will no doubt continue to become one of the newest movers and shakers in the esoteric community… be sure and check in at his site often to learn more about his observations into the link between movies, books, media, and the unexplained.

When he’s not hunting UFOs and reading conspiracy books, Chris enjoys playing soccer and praising the exploits of the Great Flying Gople of Denmark.

Below is a video preview of National Geographic’s new program, PARANATURAL featuring the LEMUR team researching causes behind the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights:

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I just received word that a television program Joshua P. Warren and the L.E.M.U.R. team filmed last October with National Geographic will be airing this Monday night, according to word from network sources. Here’s an update sent out by Warren earlier this week:

At long last, our BIG National Geographic program is slated to air this Monday, March 1, 9pm east coast US (New York) time on the National Geographic Channel.

Our team has captured some truly weird and amazing stuff. As usual, I was skeptical and doubtful when I first saw the footage. After analysis, I realized what we got was truly out of this world.

Using 3rd Generation Night Vision technology, Dean Warsing (www.UFONightShift.com) was able to capture something at Brown Mountain we cannot explain. It was enhanced by Brian Irish, assisted by Chris McCollum.

If you tune in, you might even catch a (very fleeting) glimpse of yours truly (although I was on set, most of the work I did was off-camera… you know what they say about guys like me having a face made for radio, right?).

This Saturday is the deadline to win free copies of several great books by William Michael Mott, Joshua P. Warren, and Micah A. Hanks! All you have to do is submit a short essay to me at info@gralienreport.com for a chance to win… here is a link to the subjects you can choose from:

Click here and start writin’ up a storm!

Among the prize titles are Caverns, Cauldrons and Concealed Creatures, The Pulsifer Saga: Omnibus Edition, Pulp Winds: Pulse Pounding Adventures in Fiction and Verse, and This Tragic Earth: The Art and World of Richard Sharpe Shaver by William Michael Mott, as well as Pet Ghosts and The Secret Wisdom of Kukulkan by Joshua P. Warren, and finally, my own book, Magic Mysticism and the Molecule. Thanks to those of you who have sent in essays for entry already, and for those who are holding out until the last minute, ya better make ‘em good!

This morning, WPIX.com out of New York reported on a strange find at nearby Plum Island, involving the dead, decomposing body of what is being called a mutant. This, however, is no “Montauk Monster”; the body is human:

A security guard on foot patrol reportedly discovered the clothed decomposing body Thursday afternoon on the southwest beach area of the island, where access is restricted, police said.

The body was described as that of a white male about 6-feet tall with a large build and “very long” fingers. According to authorities, there were no obvious signs of trauma.

In all likelihood, “long fingers” as described here are probably somewhat less than remarkable, since actual measurements aren’t given along with the scant information the report provides. Until actual photos, coroner’s reports, or at very least, some kind of formal measurements are given, we won’t know for certain how long “very long” actually is. Rest assured, however, that if it is a clothed human body, many of these details won’t be released immediately, as the official investigation ensues.

The next question I have, though it might not be so obvious to some, is “what did the feet look like?”

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In today’s News of the Weird, this startling story of a miniature Stonehenge and a froggie mummy comes to us from Nick Redfern, author of the new book Contactees: A History of Alien-Human Interaction:

A couple of nights ago, I was interviewed on the Jeff Rense Program about my Contactees book and noted that the book contains a chapter on sightings of so-called “Space Brothers” in the vicinity of Stonehenge and Crop-Circles, and their relationship to the whole “Trickster” controversy.

Well, it so happens that I actually built my very own (albeit highly condensed in size, of course!) recreation of Stonehenge in our back-garden some time ago (yes, I know it’s weird and I am too!); part of which is shown in the accompanying photo. So, imagine my surprise when I was out there this morning – cleaning fallen leaves off the fish-pond – when I saw sat atop one of the henge-stones a frog: and a dead and quite shrivelled one at that, too. How it got atop there, and why it did so to only sit and die, I have no idea at all.

Alas… Nick, it’s so simple. Don’t you see, the frog didn’t leap onto the Stonehenge by itself; it was placed there, no doubt by some evil reptilian being from Zeta II Reticuli. This is clearly meant as a warning; You, my friend, may be the next contactee!

Nick’s new book, Contactees: A History of Alien-Human Interaction can be purchased by clicking here.

Gralien Report correspondent Mobius sent me an email tonight pointing out that my friend Tim Beckley, publisher of the monthly magazine Conspiracy Journal, had included an interesting feature on Rosslyn Chapel and mysterious esoteric forces at work there. Beckley begins the piece ruminating on the death of John Keel earlier this year, and the “considerable buzz and controversy over who his heir apparent might be.”

To aid with this of his own accord, Beckley begins making predictions as to who some of the contenders might be… and you’d never guess who he named… read on, dear seekers of esoteric wisdom!

Jacques Vallee is the first name Beckley proposes, citing the good doctor’s “similar views about the ultraterrestrial nature of the UFO phenomenon,” something Keel was so well known for also. “Or maybe Nick Redfern could fill Keel’s shoes because of his frequent contributions to the field Charles Fort more or less established nearly a century ago,” he continues. Then Beckley goes on to list another, which surprised me, to say the least: “A third contender, Micah Hanks, has a very exciting Keelish blog, the Gralien Report, and can be heard filling in from time to time for Speaking of Strange host, Joshua P. Warren.”

That may be the most glowing praise this blog–and its creator–have ever received! Although I must say, it would be difficult to fill Keel’s shoes. If I had to name one guy who might come close however…

…it would, without question, be Tim Beckley. You can learn more about his work by visiting the link below:

Tim Beckley’s Conspiracy Journal Online

It has remained chief among religious relics that the likes of the Catholic Church and secret societies have touted for years as proof of the existence of Jesus. Now, Italian scientist Luigi Garlaschelli claims he has created a copy of the famous “Shroud of Turin” by wrapping a custom-made specially woven cloth over one of his students, painting it with red ochre pigment (iron oxide), baking it in an oven for several hours, and washing it. According to CNN News Garlaschelli’s results appear to mimick like the cloth that many Christians believe to be the actual burial shroud of Jesus.

“What you have now is a very fuzzy, dusty and weak image,” he said. “Then for the sake of completeness I have added the bloodstains, the burns, the scorching because there was a fire in 1532,” Garlaschelli says of his creation. Citing an interest in mysteries of history and the world, he took initiative to try and replicate the shroud years ago, until he finally happened upon this process. Now he says a similar shroud lookalike could be produced in as little as a week. Garlaschelli is also famous for the alleged debunking of myths such as Will-o’-the-Wisp, Kirlian photography and martial artists claiming to produce “touchless knockouts”.

In an opposing viewpoint expressed by Barrie Schwortz at the website Shroud.com, it appears that Garlaschelli may not be the first to claim iron oxide as a source for the mysterious images on the shroud. “It is apparent immediately that (Garlaschelli) knows very little about the actual Shroud of Turin,” Schwortz sasy. “He is not the first to suggest that the Shroud image was produced by red ochre pigment (iron oxide). In fact, he is at least the fourth to have proposed this theory in the last 30 years. Of course, this issue was anticipated by the STURP team in 1978 and a number of highly sensitive tests were performed that determined there was not enough iron oxide on the Shroud to be visible without a microscope. Iron oxide does not constitute the image on the Shroud. They also determined the image areas of the Shroud contain no more iron oxide than the non-image areas. It is more or less evenly distributed across the entire cloth.”

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A friend of mine living in Holland named Robert recently added this video blog to his YouTube account, where he discussed the radio program Speaking of Strange, hosted by Joshua P. Warren (and of which I am executive producer). A frequent guest on the program, Robert describes everything from natural causes that may be behind controversial issues like Global Warming, as well as ghosts, aliens, and a variety of Fortean subjects in the video below:

For those of you reading this on Facebook, here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDe1h58_EIA&feature=player_embedded

Robert, like myself, is a student of the unexplained, fringe science and arcane mysteries. Fluent in close to a dozen languages, Robert has traveled most of Europe in search of the truth behind a variety of UFO related phenomena.