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- The Loch Raven Dam UFO Encounter
- Fortean / Oddball News - 9/10/2010
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| The Loch Raven Dam UFO Encounter Posted: 10 Sep 2010 06:45 PM PDT  The following incident hits close to home for at least two reasons...it occurred two days before I was born and the location is just a few miles from me.The Loch Raven Dam is located in Baltimore County, Maryland just north of the Baltimore City limits. On October 26, 1958, at 23:30 EST, two men, Philip Small and Alvin Cohen, witnessed an egg-shaped object hovering over the reservoir. It was approximately 100 feet long and 125 feet in altitude and brightly glowed white. The car power and engine failed when they approached at 200 to 300 feet from the object. The object emitted a flash. It then shot straight up with a loud noise and heat. The witnesses later reported their skin was reddened on the side facing the object. Small and Cohen later stated "Shortly after you pass the dam...the bridge looms up in front of you at 200 to 250 yards away. We saw from that distance what happened to be a large, flat sort of egg-shaped object hanging between 100 to 150 feet off the top of the superstructure of the bridge over the lake." "We slowed and decided to go closer and investigate the object. When we got to within 80 feet of the bridge, the car went completely dead on us. It seemed as though the electrical system was affected: the dash lights went out, the headlights went out, the motor went dead. Mr S., who was driving the car, put on his brakes [after the motor went dead], turned the ignition once or twice. We did not get any whirring sound; we were pretty frightened at that point. We watched it for approximately 30 to 45 seconds and then, I am not sure of the sequence of events here, it seemed to flash a brilliant flash of white light, and we both felt heat on our faces. Concurrently there was a loud noise, which I interpreted as a dull explosion. Then very quickly, the object started to rise vertically. It didn't change its position [aspect], as far as we could tell, during the rising." "The only different feature it had while it was moving was that it was very bright and the age became diffused so that we couldn't make out the shape as it rose. It took from five to ten seconds to disappear from view completely. We were very frightened." "...We got back to a phone booth in approximately 15 minutes. We proceeded to call the Ground Observer Corps, with no result. Our story elicited only complete disbelief." The case was filed as 'Unknown' by the USAF 'Project Bluebook' with the following description: 'U.S., Loch Raven Dam Maryland: Two young men observed an egg-shaped object hovering above Bridge No. 1 over the reservoir. It was 100 feet long, 125 feet in altitude, and glowing a dim white. Their car went dead 75 to 80 feet from the bridge, or about 200 to 300 feet from the UFO. After leaving the car and watching for another 45 seconds, they saw the UFO flash brilliantly white, shoot straight up, and disappear from view in 5 to 10 seconds. There was a loud noise as the object left, as well as an increased sensation of heat. The witnesses later noticed that their skin had been reddened on the side facing the object.'  NOTE: Over the years, there have been a few undocumented incidents in the same general area. In 1978, a local fisherman, by the name of Mitchell, alleged that a 'bright round light' rose out of the lake (about 500 yds above the dam), hovered over the water for a few seconds, then dove back into the lake. A similar account was circulating among several Baltimore City Water dept. workers in 1983. The only difference was that the 'ball of yellow light' traveled along the shoreline for several minutes before it suddenly vanished. It was stated that the workers had trouble starting their work vehicles after the sighting. In May 2000, an administrator at Greater Baltimore Medical Center told me he witnessed a disc-shaped object that 'looked like green fire' fly across the reservoir while he drove home one evening in January 2000. He said he had a very good look at the object since there was snow on the ground and the lake was frozen and covered as well...which provided a very good contrast. This occurred near the Paper Mill Rd. bridge. He stated he stopped his car, got out and noticed a strong sickening-sweet odor that made him retch for several minutes. He claimed that he had trouble keeping food in his stomach for a few days and that his eyesight was so impaired that he was unable to operate a vehicle for almost a month. He also said that he experienced increased joint and back pain since the sighting. The cause of his illness was never determined. BTW, I attempted to contact the witness for some follow up information about a year later and was told he had taken his own life not long after our initial conversation...Lon Source: J. Allen Hynek - "The UFO Experience" bluebookarchive.org ufologie.net www.nicap.org wbaltv.com Witness accounts The Loch Raven Dam UFO Encounter  |
| Fortean / Oddball News - 9/10/2010 Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:51 AM PDT  Found: Natural Bridges on the Moon newscientist - Natural bridges have been found on the moon for the first time in images taken by a high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Students scrutinising the camera's images have spotted two natural bridges on the moon's far side. The larger bridge measures 20 metres long and 7 metres wide, while its smaller neighbour is about half that size. Unlike natural bridges on Earth, which form largely by erosion from wind and water, these lunar bridges probably formed as a result of an impact in the last billion years, says Mark Robinson, a planetary geologist at Arizona State University in Tempe and principal investigator for LRO's camera. The impact melted the surface that it hit and gouged out a 77-kilometre-wide basin known as King crater. Some of the melted rock splashed over the crater's rim, forming a fiery pool of liquid 17 kilometres across just outside the crater's northwest rim. Like the skin that forms on top of cooked pudding, the surface of this "melt pond" formed a crust as it cooled, while the interior remained molten for longer. As the ground shifted after the impact, the molten interior likely flowed downhill, leaving behind unsupported crust that collapsed in two places, creating a natural bridge. The rocky arches are probably strong enough to support an astronaut, Robinson says, but since the US no longer aims to return people to the moon, it may be a while before we know for sure. "If you can arrange for me to go, I would be delighted to go test its strength out," he says. "I would walk out and jump on it." **********  Malaysia Opens 'Hatch' For Abandoned BabiesBBC - The cries of an abandoned baby boy echo in the nursery at Orphancare, a Malaysian charity that helps orphans find adoptive parents. He is the only child here and does not have a name. But in many ways he is seen as one of the lucky ones. He was left in a baby "hatch" - the first in the country - designed to allow mothers to leave their babies anonymously. The charity hopes it will rescue more unwanted newborns, as the authorities seek to stem the rising number of abandoned babies. Close to 500 babies have been found abandoned since 2005. Some were left in Muslim prayer halls, on doorsteps and even in rubbish bins. Many are found dead. It is thought these children are mainly abandoned by single mothers. Having a child out of wedlock is still seen as deeply shameful in this Muslim-majority country, where sex education is mainly focused on abstinence. 'The only solution' The Orphancare office is located in a quiet suburb outside Kuala Lumpur. Next to the front entrance is a small door that opens to a tiny cot. Once the baby is placed in the cot, an alarm is triggered and the air conditioner turns on. When the door closes, the baby is safely locked inside and a caretaker fetches the child. This way, the baby is kept safe, and the mother's identity will never be known. Critics say the programme will make it too easy for mothers to abandon their babies, encouraging extra-marital sex. But Noraini Hashim of Orphancare says anonymity is the only way to ensure parents will use the hatch rather than toss their babies in a bin. "We're not out to prosecute the mother or the couple who brings the baby in," she says. It is illegal for Muslims to have sex outside marriage in Malaysia. The country has a dual track legal system where Islamic law applies to Muslims. Non-Muslims are covered under civil law. But the stigma of having a child out of wedlock is what drives single mothers to desperate acts, says Ms Noraini. She says the pressure is greater for young girls when their boyfriends leave them and they feel unable to confide in family or friends. "In that state of depression I suppose the only solution they have is to abandon the baby," Ms Noraini says. The government, concerned by the rising number of abandoned babies, has asked police to start investigating these cases as attempted murder or murder, which carry the death sentence. Close to the busy centre of Kuala Lumpur is a shelter for unmarried, pregnant women. The Kewaja refuge is one of the few places they can turn to since abortion is not readily available. It is made up of a row of single-storey houses at the end of a dirt road, partly hidden by banana trees. The women all wear headscarves and oversized T-shirts to hide their swollen bellies. They will stay at the shelter until their babies are born. Three women agreed to tell me their stories under condition of anonymity. One 19-year-old girl, who calls herself Su, says she went to the shelter when she was five months pregnant so she wouldn't shame the family in front of the neighbours. Siti, 18, gave birth to a baby girl at the shelter. Her father thinks she is away studying. She can't return home until her mother calls her back. She's been waiting for over a month. Mila is 28 and came to the shelter in her final month of pregnancy. Unlike the other two she is engaged and has a steady job but she still feels unable to keep her child because having sex before marriage is forbidden in Islam. "If the baby knew he was born out of wedlock he will carry the shame for the rest of his life," she says. All three women told me they knew about contraception but were too ashamed to buy it. The shelter is run by Yahya Mohamed Yusof and his wife. He says shelters like his and the baby hatch help to save lives, but it doesn't tackle the problem of unwanted pregnancies. Mr Yahya says they are seeing an increase every month. "When we started 14 years ago, we had fewer than 10 girls at the shelter. But now, we have at least 70 pregnant women under our care," he says. To keep their pregnancy secret, most of the women who stay at the Kewaja shelter will give their babies up for adoption. In this country, unwed mothers still feel they have little choice. ********** More Than 230,000 Japanese Centenarians 'Missing' BBC - More than 230,000 elderly people in Japan who are listed as being aged 100 or over are unaccounted for, officials said following a nationwide inquiry. An audit of family registries was launched last month after the remains of the man thought to be Tokyo's oldest were found at his family home. Relatives are accused of fraudulently receiving his pension for decades. Officials have found that hundreds of the missing would be at least 150 years old if still alive. The Justice Ministry said some of those unaccounted for may have died as long ago as World War II, possibly during the post-war turmoil. Others may have emigrated without reporting their status to local authorities, or relatives simply did not report the deaths. The inquiry followed the discovery of the mummified remains of Sogen Kato, who was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo. However, when officials went to congratulate him on his 111th birthday, they found his 30-year-old remains, raising concerns that the welfare system is being exploited by dishonest relatives. Reports said he had received about 9.5m yen ($109,000; £70,000) in pension payments since his wife's death six years ago, and some of the money had been withdrawn. Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing societies, with one in five over the age of 65. Last year's Health Ministry report said Japan had 40,399 people aged 100 or older with known addresses. NOTE: ...and I thought our Social Security and Census systems were a mess. Lon ********** Belize Animal Sanctuary Burned to Ground...Villagers Believe Missing Children Fed to Crocodiles CNN - An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property. Cherie and Vince Rose moved to the tiny Central American nation in 2004 to form a 36-acre sanctuary for two species of endangered crocodiles found in Belize -- the American and Morelet's crocodiles. Bit by bit, their hope turned into reality. They built a two-story octagonal house that rested on stilts and reached 30 feet into the air. They constructed two smaller cottages to house researchers and students. They dug out two acres of canals for the crocodiles. They acquired two boats. They called the place the American Crocodile Education Sanctuary. Most of it vanished Sunday morning, when a throng of angry villagers from a settlement about 10 miles away torched the buildings on their property. A local psychic had told the villagers that the Americans had fed the two missing children to the 17 crocodiles at the sanctuary, police say. The Roses were rescuing three crocodiles on a distant island at the time, so were not home to ward off the attack -- or possibly suffer a gruesome fate. "It was like something out of a Frankenstein movie," Cherie Rose said Tuesday. "If we'd been home, they would have killed us. They said they were going to chop us up and feed us to the crocodiles." National police confirm that the indigenous Maya villagers were acting on the advice of a psychic who said the Roses had something to do with the August 7 disappearance of 11-year-old Benjamin Rash and his 9-year-old sister Onelia. "They have their own superstitions," Deputy Police Commissioner James Magdaleno said about the Maya, who make up about 10 percent of Belize's population. "Because of their beliefs, they decided to take the law into their own hands." No arrests have been made, the deputy commissioner told CNN. "We don't know who burned the house," he said. "That is still under investigation." Police also questioned Vince Rose about the missing children, but no connection was established, Magdaleno said Tuesday. For the Roses, the drama unfolded in excruciating slow motion from far away. They traveled August 29 to rescue some crocodiles on Ambergris Caye, a Caribbean Sea island off the northeastern coast of Belize. Their sanctuary in Punta Gorda is on the Caribbean coast in southeastern Belize, more than five hours away by land and airplane. On Friday, September 3, the couple received phone calls from friends saying that truckloads of people from the village of San Marcos were on their way to the sanctuary to burn it down. The Roses sent their caretaker to the compound, but everyone was gone by the time he got there. The area around the two cottages had been trashed, though. The Roses got more calls from friends Saturday, again telling them that villagers with shotguns and machetes were on their way to the sanctuary. The caretaker was afraid to go there, Cherie Rose said, so they called police that night. The police said they couldn't go on the property because the Roses' two mixed-breed dogs were barking and would not allow them to enter, Cherie Rose recounted. "By 9 a.m. Sunday, we were receiving frantic calls and texts," Cherie Rose said. By the time police got there, it was too late. "They told us, 'Oh, we're sorry. Your place is burning to the ground as we speak,' " Cherie Rose said. Life has been numbingly painful since. "We're in shock," she said. "We're totally devastated." Vince Rose still found it difficult to talk about the sanctuary Tuesday, having to stop several times during a phone interview to compose himself. "They lost everything," Deputy Commissioner Magdaleno said Tuesday. Well, maybe not quite everything. Their two dogs -- Rio and Maya -- survived. So did their spirit. They don't know quite how, but they vow to stay in Belize and start all over. "We love what we do, and the adventure is just incredible," said Cherie Rose, who is 44 and said she has a biology degree from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. "We do more in one day than some people do in a lifetime. "We are going to stay in Belize. We are going to fight this. I'm not abandoning those crocodiles down there." Her 48-year-old husband agrees. "What we created was absolutely beautiful," Vince Rose said. "No, I'm not going. We're not letting them run us out of this country." Click for video ********** Madam Uses 'Voodoo' to Exploit Prostitutes thelocal - A 30-year-old woman accused of forcing young Nigerian women into prostitution with "voodoo magic" will face trial for human trafficking, Bonn police said on Thursday. German authorities were first alerted to the exploitation in the winter of 2009 when they arrested 20-year-old prostitute during a routine check at a Bonn bordello for having false identification. She told officers that her "madam" had forced her into selling sex, handing over all of her earnings and not informing police using "voodoo magic" from the victim's native country. "Should she fail to adhere to this, she was threatened with sickness, madness and even death," police said in a statement. The madam reportedly used "voodoo packets," which contained items such as finger nails, body hair, clothing and photos. "The victims believe that the person who possesses these packets exercises power over them," the police statement said. Based on this report, police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia began a wider investigation, uncovering a network of smugglers, human traffickers and money launderers. Officers searched apartments in Berlin, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Essen and Hamburg, the statement said. The voodoo madam was arrested this May in Koblenz and remains imprisoned on remand, while a second woman was arrested in Hamburg on similar charges. The cases led to further investigations of human trafficking, money laundering, and violations of immigration laws. Since then the police have concluded their investigation of the madam and the state prosecutor's office has pressed charges. "She will answer for herself before a court soon," the police statement said. Fortean / Oddball News - 9/10/2010  |
| Recent Worldwide UFO Reports / Images - 9/10/2010 Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:07 AM PDT  Click for video Unknown rotating object passing over Tai Lam, Hong Kong - Thursday, 9th September 2010 around 0:30 am. **********  Above is another image taken a few days ago in the Gwendraeth Valley, South West Wales, UK. **********  MUFON CMS - Maricopa, Arizona - September 3, 2010: I decided to go to Wal-Mart driving on Route 238 approaching Shea Way I saw in a knife-edge position, traveling at an extreme high rate of speed, a large black 'V' shape craft. It had five white lights, one in the middle and two lights on each wing. It appeared to have taken off from a field near Route 238. As the craft rolled over to a horizontal position, I saw the lights flash then the craft made a hard right turn and disappeared over the horizon. I drove down Route 238 to the high side of the road and again in a knife-edge position traveling northeast at a high rate of speed was the craft. It appears to have just taken off and the lights flashed again as it rolled horizontal. It headed out to the mountains, and returns making a flyby photo. It passes over and heads south back to the mountains. It circles and lands in a field near the farm complex. I wait for about an hour watching for it to take off again but it never did. The craft was 'V' shaped black and non-reflective taper wing design with flashing lights on each wing. It was extremely fast with no sound, and highly maneuverable. Other than the possible knife-edge take offs and tight turns it flew pretty much like any other aircraft. It had the longest wingspan of any aircraft I have even seen. **********  NUFORC - Plymouth, MA – On August 29, 2010 at 9 PM: Driving east on Route 44 coming up on Esta Road I saw an object hovering about 20 feet above the treetops, and only ten feet away from the road near a pond. At first, I thought it was a helicopter, but as I drove closer, I realized that it was a triangle. Driving under it, I noticed the triangle pattern of lights that were hovering and made no noise. I drove past it and turned around; in that time, it was gone. **********  colombiareports - Locals in the north Colombian department of Magdalena say they spotted a UFO, local media reported on Friday. According to eyewitnesses the unidentified flying object was spotted on Wednesday just after noon. One of the witnesses recorded the object with his cell phone. The supposed ufo was seen in the sky above Magdalena for some 15 minutes before it disappeared. According to local newspaper El Informador, members of the Colombian Space Commission contacted the man who filmed the object with his cell phone. Recent Worldwide UFO Reports / Images - 9/10/2010 Send us an email   New Items - Strickler's Celebrity Autographs Works on maverick science, unexplained mysteries, unorthodox theories, strange talents, and unexpected discoveries. Please check out their excellent and diverse catalog  The 'C' Influence Actualizing Esoteric Discussion   "The latest news from beyond the mainstream" Join Ben & Aaron for their weekly podcast! Check out Mysterious Universe Plus+ all access format!  Spirit Rescue International Providing no cost professional spiritual help, support and guidance worldwide SPIRIT RESCUE INTERNATIONAL - HAUNTED HELP Spiritual, paranormal and supernatural guidance and support using remote viewing and other complementary therapies - all are welcome Phantoms & Monsters Wiki A NETWORK OF INVESTIGATORS, ENTHUSIASTS AND THOSE SEEKING THE TRUTH THROUGH PARANORMAL EDUCATION AND DISCUSSION   |
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