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January 11, 2011
Argentina: Another water tank is mysteriously emptied
One of the most perplexing anomalies in Argentina - tied to UFO and cattle mutilation phenomena - is the emptying of large water tanks (locally known as tanques australianos - "Australian tanks") from one day to the next. Water is also drained from other sources, including ponds and swimming pools. This report from Luis Burgos of FAO concerns the latest in such developments - SC...
Other historical incidents of bizarre things raining from the sky
Sundry odd objects have rained from the sky since Year Dot. For a further look into these strange rains, here's the curiously titled 1917 essay of "Showers of Organic Matter." With the sudden interest in dead birds falling from the sky, following the apocalyptic death of thousands of red-winged blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Years Eve 2010, you may have overlooked an old scholarly report on the subject, titled "Showers of Organic Matter" by Waldo L. McAtee, published in Monthly Weather Review 45 (May 1917): 217-224...
Possible spontaneous human combustion
Gardai are investigating the death of a woman who perished in a house fire. The body of a mother of three, named locally as Elizabeth Loftus (50), was discovered by fire officers on the floor of her home at School Lane, off the Malin Road, in Carndonagh, Co Donegal, just after 11am yesterday. Gardai carried out a technical examination of the scene to determine the cause of the blaze, which did little damage to the surrounding furniture...
Vatican denies collaboration with Discovery exorcism show
A new show called "The Exorcist Files" will air on the Discovery channel. The show has stirred up some rifts between the Catholic Church, the Vatican, and practicing Catholics. The Discovery Channel has claimed that they have collaborated with the Vatican in the production of the forthcoming television series...
New interest in exorcism rites comes to Baltimore
The Rev. Harvey Egan, also a B.C. theologian, said that while exorcism can be considered "part and parcel" of Christian faith, he worried about "all these people saying 'the devil, the devil,' when they should be saying 'Christ, God.' "..
Be prepared for close encounters with aliens, says scientist
We should be prepared for contact with aliens, a Scottish-based scientist has argued. In order to cope with any interaction with extraterrestrial life forms, the researcher has argued that the United Nations (UN) must set up a branch to deal with any alien encounters. The comments are part of an extraterrestrial-themed edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A...
