The Gralien Report

Recently during a press briefing regarding the Large Hadron Collider beneath Geneva, Sergio Bertolucci, a physics theorist and Director of Research and Scientific Computing at CERN told reporters, “Out of this door might come something, or we might send something through it.” What “door” does Bertolucci refer to? Believe it or not, he is actually referencing a potential rift in space-time that could result from experimentation with the LHC, and warns that unspecified “somethings” could indeed interact with this realm as a result of experiments with the massive machine.

“We’re hoping to see supersymmetry and extra dimensions,” said Bertolucci, who also postulates that, though the discovery would be ground-breaking, the event he warns of would be rather small, if noticeable. “Of course, after this tiny moment the door would again shut, bringing us back to our ‘normal’ four dimensional world … It would be a major leap in our vision of Nature, although of no practical use (for the time being, at least). And of course, no risk to the stability of our world.”

That’s reassuring… until Mothman comes through the dimensional doorway with a legion of Mothmen to take over Earth in the name of King Hybreed Manthuzlar IIV. Only time will tell, I suppose.

A Pennsylvania man now says he can mark seeing an alien off his bucket list, as reported at the MUFON UFO Stalker live event feed. The strange story involves not one, but three weird entities: an amorphous glowing ball of plasma, a H.G. Wells-esque “tripod” creature, and a fractal mantoid the likes of something from one of Terence McKenna’s DMT trips (those familiar with psychedelic literature and, more specifically, modern pharmacology, may know that there is a greater potential link between all three of these creatures… but I get ahead of myself, as usual).

The report reads as follows:

On 8-15-2009 at 2:45am I was buzzed for about 5 seconds by a 4 foot round luminescent orb on the roof of the building that I work in, in Philadelphia . It materialized about a foot away from me, blocking my way and making a buzzing sound, it then took off and dematerialized in approximately a 6 feet distance. At this time I decided to turn around and leave the roof. I found a photo of the object here.

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Famous inventor Nikola Tesla was known for the massive wealth of knowledge he produced in his lifetime with regard to the understanding of electricity. Even today, many still believe that Tesla probably had a potential for knowledge of how electricity and radio work that could rival the best experts living now. But is there evidence that Tesla involved himself in other, even stranger studies?

To describe anything Tesla might have done as “strange” isn’t too great a stride for most, seeing as how conspiracies involving Tesla’s involvement with the infamous Philadelphia Experiment, or even rumors of “death rays” and electric spacecraft have proliferated for decades. With the majority of his notes and work tucked away nicely at the bottom of some unknown Federal file cabinet, it is likely that we’ll never know the complete story. However, as indicated in the Collier’s Weekly periodical in March of 1901, it seems we were indeed made privy to at least one interesting facet of his work which begs further explanation: communication with other planets.

Tesla’s interview reads as follows:

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Recently while pondering strange objects of esoterica, I came across a historical article regarding Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian “Blood Countess”, whose grisly crimes against virgin peasant girls (the blood of which she believed could be used to preserve her own youth) secured her the title of the most prolific female serial-killer in history. Whether it be due to the fact that Bathory abducted her victims by the cover of night, or perhaps for some other less-obvious reason, somehow I began brainstorming what kinds of parallels might exist between modern Ufology and Vampires (obviously referencing the fact that at least most UFO abductions are reported at night, and often in people’s homes, much like vampires entering a maiden’s window under the cover of darkness). Initially, I only managed to muster the following points of parallel:

1) Vampires, much like aliens, are indeed known for abducting their victims

2) Vampires and aliens both tend to prefer operations during the cover of darkness

3) Alien-like creatures often associated with UFO sightings (like the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia) often bear similarities to vampires

4) Chupacabras exhibit rather vampiric traits, and are often associated with UFOs

Along these lines, I was reminded of a bizarre “vampire” creature recently reported by Scott Corrales, over at his website Inexplicata, which is normally devoted to the study of Latin American Ufology. However, Corrales shares at his blog recent encounters with a creature described as a “Man Bat” seen in the vicinity of Cimbraplay, near Saenz Guerrero, Chihuahua, said to have been linked to the deaths of  several sheep at three different ranches. According to sources, all the creatures had been slain in the same fashion: a large slash to the neck, as well as wounds on part of their tails.
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Recent reports from England’s Telegraph may indicate sightings of the alleged “Octopoid” UFO days prior to the now-famous destruction of a wind turbine near Lincolnshire.

While driving along the Scottish Highlands late in the evening on January 4, area resident Lyn Meall described how she and her family had seen what they believed were six brilliant, orange-colored UFOs. Yesterday she told the Telegraph that “We were driving through forestry when we spotted four orange balls of light in the sky ahead of us.” Meall described how she pulled the vehicle off the road to observe the objects. “The lights appeared to be coming towards us when suddenly, one by one, they disappeared. A few moments later another one appeared to our left that appeared to be burning up. Then another one emerged to our right which had silver tentacles reaching down from it towards the ground, like an octopus.”

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“Maybe we can safely dispense with notions of interstellar visitors and wormholes. Our apparent visitors may not be “visiting” at all; conceivably, we are the newcomers.” -Mac Tonnies

I loved the quote above, which I’ve excerpted from Mac Tonnie’s recent post over at the SETI blog, titled Intelligence and the Cosmos: Some Barely Restrained Musings. Tonnies is the kind of writer who can effectively take you out of the nutshell for more than a few moments as he indulges in acrobatics of the mind, especially when it involves innovative thinking with regard to UFOs. This time around, Mac is discussing theories regarding non-human entities who he believes may be native to Earth and it’s place in the cosmos, as opposed to being creatures who travel here from elsewhere. In the article, he tells us that he’s “been dissatisfied with the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis since encountering Jacques Vallee. But sometimes musing about a nonhuman ‘psychosocial control system’ just seems too abstract, too vague and obtuse. Vallee himself pointed out that the prevailing materialist interpretation for UFOs is quintessentially American; Americans like to ‘kick the tires.’ ”

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While elsewhere in the world Pope Benedict XVI has recently decided to forgive John Lennon for famously saying the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus,” a new poll in England suggests that fewer people today believe in God than the number who express belief in the supernatural.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088824/Believe-God-Oh-But-I-swear-little-green-men-ghosts-mediums.html

“Believing in ghosts and little green men from outer space appears a touch easier than having faith in God,” the article says. “Researchers found that while 54 per cent of us are convinced the Almighty exists, 58 per cent believe in the supernatural.” The study, meant to coincide with the DVD release of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, also seemed to reflect stronger tendencies among women to believe in the supernatural and visit mediums or psychics.

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After modeling nine years of spot-on satellite data published in a recent edition of Nature Geoscience, geophysicists now say that frequent changes in the churning movements of Earth’s liquid outer core could be weakening our planet’s magnetic field. National Geographic reported earlier this week that Danish geophysicists who co-authored the study have commented on the strange, surprising way that changes appear to take place in Earth’s magnetosphere in various parts of the world. This has prompted some to ponder whether or not paranormal phenomenon might be triggered by such activity, and even if the Mayans might have been correct about their doomsday theories for the ever-steadily approaching 2012.

Earth’s interior is actually composed of three solid layers and a single outer liquid layer which is pure molten metal, believed to be nearly as hot as the surface of the sun (and to my friends at the Shavertron Discussion group, this doesn’t include the portions that are inhabited by evil Deros, of course). The innermost layer is a large, iron ball infused with sulfur and other minerals which, though surrounded by intense heat, is also compressed from every angle by such pressure that it remains solid. Liquid iron makes up the outer core, and movement of these liquid outer regions works to create an electrical current, and this in turn generates the magnetic field surrounding our planet, which is close to 1,500 miles thick.

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Recent sightings of a “Bigfoot” in the Cannock Chase, a wooded forest area in the UK, as well as legends of “cavemen” living in caves beneath the area, have made headlines numerous times in the last several weeks. I sent one of the recent stories along to my friend Nick Redfern last night, having to do with an alleged eye-witness account in the area reported by British news sources. Today, Nick (who grew up ten minutes from the Cannock Chase woodlands) chimes in on what he thinks may actually be going on:

http://manbeastuk.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-british-bigfoot-report.html

“Indeed, having grown up only a couple of miles from the woods, I know the exact area that the witness is talking about very well.

“And,” Nick says, ”there is no way that a 7-to-8-foot tall man-beast can exist on the Cannock Chase (yes, it’s of an impressive size and very dense in places, but it’s not that big and it’s surrounded by towns and villages), avoid detection and also leave behind no evidence of its “den” (or wherever it lives) or its eating habits – which would have to be huge, given the sheer size of the creatures reportedly seen in the woods of the Chase.”

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People are so strange sometimes.

Funny how it was a Greek Satirist named Lucian of Samosata who became the first writer in Western thought to theorize about alien life on planets other than Earth. Centuries later, the inconsequential falling of an apple from its tree inspired Issac Newton to wonder if such an unseen force, capable of drawing the fruit away from its leafy loft, might also maintain the moon in its orbit. Bizarre theories for their time, indeed.

More recently, physicist Migul Alcubierre proposed the idea for a warp drive machine back in 1994 that would essentially shrink space in front of a craft travelling through the cosmos, as well as expand the space behind you, resulting in a form of space travel that satisifies Einstein’s equations and falling well within the given laws of physics. And more recently, Michio Kaku in his book Parallel Worlds described a step-by-step plan as to how, in theory, a civilization may escape a dying universe.

All these great thinkers over the ages have had one thing in common having to do with their interest in science: they all speculate. This ability to speculate about things unseen, as well as things to come, has played a major role in creating what is known today as theoretical physics. Recently, author Mac Tonnies at the SETI blog questioned why it’s okay for physicists to expound theoretical concepts, and yet it doesn’t appear to be couth for Ufologists to call themselves “theoretical Ufologists”.

http://www.aboutseti.com/blog/theoretical-ufology

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