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Jun 16 2009

Noah's Ark anomaly gets a new image
Three high-tech companies have joined technology in the search for evidence that a 980-foot-long feature on Turkey's Mt. Ararat might be what's left of Noah's Ark. The high-tech effort involves GeoEye, INTA Space Turk, along with the talents of Satellite Imaging Corporation. Satellite Imaging Corporation of Houston, Texas has created a 3D terrain model of the so-called "Mt. Ararat anomaly" -- making use of stereo IKONOS satellite image data to create a flyover of the site in remote northeastern Turkey...

Red elephants of New Guinea

It's true... UFOs really do exist out there
A top UK government official admitted the existence of UFOs in a secret document about a dramatic sighting. The Ministry of Defence boss made the astonishing claim after dozens of eyewitnesses reported a "hovering" flying saucer in the skies in Shropshire. His confidential report features in a new book by Timothy Good, who is regarded as a world expert on alien phenomena...

'Lion' roars spook Caracas residents, spark hunt
Roars from an unidentified feline have scared residents of a mountainous Caracas suburb and triggered a hunt for the capture of what neighbours are convinced is a lion. But Venezuelan authorities, who have scoured on horseback the woods where the bellowing comes from, could only confirm the presence of some type of feline after finding the carcasses of small animals including a half-eaten armadillo...

Wiccan teacher wins lottery jackpot
The Maryland Lottery on Tuesday validated a winning Mega Millions ticket purchased by an accountant who teaches the Wiccan religion. Bartlett said his win will allow him to devote his time to teaching people about Wicca, a nature-based religion...

Did you see strange lights above Cheltenham?
Cheltenham town centre residents were left baffled by mysterious orange lights in the sky. The pairs of lights formed a triangle and moved in a line over the town. University of Gloucestershire students, who were holding a fundraising party, were using lasers to project pictures on to buildings during the course of the night. But those who saw the lights don't believe the lasers account for what they saw...

Spirited students given course on supernatural
High spirits on campus are more usually associated with student union bars than lecture halls, but one of Scotland's oldest seats of learning is offering classes studying spooks, poltergeists and demonic possession. Glasgow University will start running a course in psychical research next month, which aims to show that supernatural phenomena do occur...

Girls of ghost hunting
On a steamy August night, four women dressed in purple shirts with the words "paranormal investigator" on their sleeves stood in a circle in a hotel hallway and debated whether the faint smell of perfume in the air indicated the presence of a ghost...

Secret of space visitors exists in spiritual realm?
What is the true story behind unidentified flying objects seen in the night sky over every corner of the planet for generations? Are they, as leading UFO expert Stanton Friedman insists, strange visitors from another planet, or planets, so advanced in technology they are equipped to zoom in and out of Earth’s atmosphere at will? Does the secret actually lie within the spiritual realm, as some fundamentalist Christians maintain?..

Mysterious lights seen all across the East Coast
Mysterious lights seen in the sky from New York to New Jersey are not flares, boats on fire or flashing lights on the water. Residents reported seeing falling lights about 10 miles off Normandy Beach, New Jersey, last night. The U.S. Coast Guard investigated and found nothing...

Beethoven can help crops grow more quickly
The Prince of Wales may have been right all along: research showing plants respond to sound waves suggest that those who have derided Prince Charles for talking to his plants may have spoken too soon...

Stonehenge mystery solved
Ever wondered about the Stonehenge mystery, how those ancient humans built the amazing Stonehenge monuments in England. Maybe aliens helped them, or maybe it was just crazy smarts and gravity. Watch this video on how the Stonehenge was built. It is all very simple. Use small rocks to move the bigger ones and let gravity do the rest. Stonehenge mystery solved...

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