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Hello and welcome to our June issue. I have been busy constructing a news Special Report
called‐ Deception: A Review and Critical Analysis of the book: Encounters in Rendlesham Forest.
The Special Report has been written by Peter Robbins and includes photographs, newsclippings, Page 2: Castaneda’s Witches.
official letters and much more. There is also an epilogue provided by Colin Andrews. Together
we have constructed a huge document, well in excess of 300 pages. All this as well as the critical Taisha Abelar along with Carol Tiggs and Florinda Donner‐Grau were
review will soon be available to download from the Phenomena Magazine website as several
PDF Files. Watch out for details of its release on our Facebook pages. I’ve also been busy with
three women known collectively as ‘the witches’. They formed part of
several lectures. For those interested, I will be lecturing for the UFO Truth Magazine Conference
in August. Details of the event along with many others such as the Scottish Paranormal Festival
the inner circle surrounding the controversial anthropologist and
and Anthony Becketts Exopolitics UK Conferences can be found on our events page. author Carlos Castaneda. Nothing surrounding the origins and per‐

In this issue you will find varied subjects. Some interesting UFO articles and Paranormal ones, as well as a touch of sonal history of Carlos Castaneda is straight forward. However…
Crop Circles, conspiracy theories, the supernatural and much more. Even our good friend Dr. Peter McCue has
provided an excellent book review. Finally, for those interested… the TV series Most Haunted is to once again hit our Martin White reveals some of the truths.
screens, kicking off into a new season. Lets hope it’s going to be less questionable and more professional… But! I
wouldn’t hold your breath.

Page 7: The Last in Line: UFOs in San Diego.
EDITORIAL Convinced that the objects were not birds or planes I decided to re‐
turn to Inaja Memorial park two weeks later where at scenic spot
Hello All, As Steve mentioned a couple of issues ago we both spoke at the recent and uniformly
excellent Probe International conference that took place at Lytham St Annes in March: (nice job number seven I was able to photograph birds, planes and helicopters
Sam and all those who made it possible). The gathering of like‐minded people was remarkably
well attended and the choice of subject matter was both eclectic and fascinating. However one to my satisfaction. As I turned to leave the site I saw something that
of the speakers, who was unscheduled, really stretched the limits of credulity. This was Mr
David Boyle, who announced to the somewhat bewildered and bemused audience that he knew stopped me in my tracks. Michael James Orrell reveals his interesting
exactly what had become of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, its passengers and
crew. While Mr Boyle no doubt meant well, what he actually said was incredibly irresponsible.
UFO photograph.
It was only a matter of time before the conspiracy mill got into gear and started churning out a
range of theories concerning this aircraft and this was typical of what happens.

Page 11: The Faces of Belmez.
This can be seen in the item from the Huffington Post that appears elsewhere in this edition. According to Mr Boyle
(whose messages are exclusively channelled from the no doubt altruistic ‘Ashtar Command’), the aircraft allegedly We’re all haunted by faces from the past in one way or another’
had many ‘light workers’ (I am unsure precisely what they are) on board and they are all willing hostages being held
in a secure location to be used as bargaining chips to force world governments to give up weapons of mass destruc‐ claimed Maria Gomez towards the end of her life in 2004.
tion and make the world a safe and secure place; indeed a laudable if unlikely objective. Specifically, all passengers
and crew are safe, well and happy in the Hollow Earth, which they entered through the ‘hole at the South Pole’. They
Faces from the past can return to haunt both individuals and even
had all been beamed off the aircraft (thankfully along with the luggage) and safely deposited in the Hollow Earth, the
aircraft was then allowed to crash. Truly mind‐numbing and completely unprovable stuff and in the circumstances
countries. Sometimes they are real phantoms; sometimes memories
possibly unforgivable that he should make unverifiable assertions (which is 100% what they are) about the lives of hidden deeply in the sub or collective conscience. Mado Martinez
hundreds of innocent people who are almost certainly dead and currently lying somewhere at the bottom of the sea.
Ufology and all that goes with it already struggles for credibility without statements like these being made. looks into the mystery surrounding the Faces of Belmez.

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Castaneda’s Witches
By Martin White
If you went to the Amazon website ten years ago which it is said, is where she met Castaneda. It is Castaneda some years earlier. In 1973, Castaneda

and looked up a book called ‘The Sorcerer’s Cross‐ unclear why, but Pohlman left Castaneda in 1973, purchased a compound in Westwood, LA. Shortly
ing’ by Taisha Abelar there was a message saying only to reappear, twelve years later. This absence afterwards, the ‘witches’ moved in. It is interest‐
that the sequel would be coming out soon. Today, and reappearance was explained by Castaneda ing to note that this period coincides with
if you do a search on her name there is a book later, by saying she had travelled into another Pohlman leaving the group, but it would be pure
referenced ‘Untitled sequel’ to “The Sorcerer’s dimension during dreaming, only to return after a speculation to attempt to link the two events. The
Crossing” by Taisha Abelar dated 28 Feb 2012. period of twelve years. She was known then as witches, along with a few others – Mary Joan
Unfortunately, it is ‘currently unavailable’. Let me ‘the Nagual (pronounced Nah‐‘whal) Woman’. Baker, Beverly Evans, Kylie Lundahl, Talia Bey and
tell you why that is likely to be the case for some Taisha Abelar met Castaneda at UCLA, where she Patricia Partin became Castaneda’s inner circle.
time to come. Taisha Abelar along with Carol was also an Anthropology student. Originally Castaneda’s writings mirrored this accumulation
Tiggs and Florinda Donner‐Grau were three named Anne‐Marie Carter, then Maryann Simko, of personnel, in that the idea of a ‘warrior’s party’
women known collectively as ‘the witches’. They tall and soft spoken, Abelar also had a keen inter‐ started to appear. To understand why this is im‐
formed part of the inner circle surrounding the est in karate portant in terms of the events as they were about
controversial anthropologist and author Carlos
Castaneda.

Nothing surrounding the origins and personal
history of Carlos Castaneda is straight forward. All
sorts of myths and stories abound – many fos‐
tered and encouraged by the man himself. Casta‐
neda called this process ‘losing personal history’
by which he meant, not being defined by your
previous actions and experiences. One part of the
process of losing personal history was known as
‘becoming inaccessible’, not letting people pin
you down with your past. Effectively this involved
creating a variety of fictitious pasts (and names)
and living as if each of them was true. Obviously,
this makes researching Castaneda’s past tricky,
but several authors have managed to uncover
much of the actual truth.

Carlos Castaneda was born in 1925, at a place
called Cajamarca in Peru. He moved to the U.S.A.
in 1951, where he embarked on furthering his
education. By 1962 he received a B.A. in Anthro‐
pology, but it is the book that resulted from his
dissertation ‘The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui
way of Knowledge’ published in 1968 by the Uni‐
versity of California Press, that brought him to
notoriety. On the face of it, a stunning piece of
work, hailed as a major advance in the field of
anthropology. Never before had a Western aca‐
demic gleaned such detailed information on the In 1970 Regine Margarita Thal came to UCLA, to unfold, it is necessary to explain what this term
shamanic practises of indigenous Mexican Indi‐ again, to study anthropology, where she was in‐ means and what such a party consists of.
ans. It seemed almost too good to be true – it troduced to Castaneda by Taisha Abelar. Thal,
was. Many authors since have bought into ques‐ born in Venezuela to German immigrants, took A warrior’s party is a group of people that form a
tion, the authenticity of his work, to the point that the name Florinda Donner‐Grau, and later short‐ single energetic unit and whose main aim is to
it is now considered mostly fiction. Much ink has ened it to Florinda Donner. She was also nick‐ attain personal freedom through adherence to
been spilled both attacking and defending Casta‐ named ‘the hummingbird’ due to her short stat‐ the Toltec teachings and eventually reach a state
neda, but this article is about the women he sur‐ ure and ceaseless energy. Thal too, became inter‐ where they could leave their physical bodies
rounded himself with, about whom, much less ested in karate (as did Castaneda himself), this behind and travel between alternative realities at
has been written. interest becoming important to the group in will; this contrasts starkly with the lot of an
the1990s, when they jointly started to teach ‘average man’ i.e. those people not following
In the same year as ‘Teachings’ was published, classes in a system they called ‘tensegrity’, billed Toltec teaching, which was effectively to have
Castaneda, met a woman called Kathleen as an ancient Mexican magical martial art. Both their consciousness crushed out of existence by
Pohlman, better known (due to the processes Abelar and Thal gained an M.A. in Anthropology something known metaphorically as the’ eagle’.
described earlier) as Carol Tiggs, and later as Muni at UCLA, Abelar going on to secure her PhD, while The primary member of the warrior’s party is the
Alexander. Pohlman was born in 1947 at Pasa‐ Thal, became embroiled in a similar controversy nagual; this is the leader of the party and is some‐
dena, California. She had studied Art in Mexico, over her published work ‘Shabono’, to that of one that has a special energetic body and is the
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Castaneda’s Witches
By Martin White
epitome of impeccability, strength, harmony, behaviours exhibited by other cults such as This was how things were supposed to end, in a
peace and sobriety. Naturally, Castaneda saw Heaven’s Gate founded by Marshall Applewhite quiet glory. But the nagual had not lived up to his
himself as filling this role (in his writing, he was or the People’s Temple run by Jim Jones it is easy end of the bargain.
actually chosen by his teacher, the Yaqui sorcerer to see why. A strong personality, surrounding
Don Juan Matus for this responsibility). Then themselves with emotionally vulnerable people, According to contemporary sources such as Amy
there should be a female counterpart, known as setting for them rigid boundaries and codes of Wallace, who was always on the fringes of the
the nagual woman; as we have seen this role was behaviour; encourages them to see themselves as inner circle, Castaneda’s illness and eventual
assigned to Carol Tiggs. Then there should be special and chosen ones. death from cancer caused a great deal of confu‐
eight additional women, split into two groups sion and turmoil for those close to him. Castaneda
known as ‘stalkers’ and ‘dreamers’ respectively. I don’t think in Castaneda’s case though, it is quite had ruled his group in a very autocratic manner;
Stalkers, which now has an unfortunate connota‐ that simple. It would be a mistake to think of the his demise was leaving a power vacuum, which
tion, not in common use at the time the term was witches as passive victims. Rather, as we have simply could not be filled. Amazingly, Castaneda’s
coined, are generally well grounded people that seen, they were intelligent, creative people in death was not picked up on or reported in the
are comfortable in the everyday world – the art of their own right; Florinda Donner with three pub‐ press until June 19th. In her book ‘Filming Casta‐
stalking is referring to stalking the self in an at‐ lished works to her name and Taisha Abelar with neda’ Gaby Geuter states that when the reporter
tempt to eradicate such things as old habits and another, beautifully written piece, and other for‐ contacted Margaret Runyon and C.J.Castaneda –
beliefs that do not serve us. Taisha Abelar was mer ‘cult’ members have published works to their his former wife and adopted son, they were both
such a person. name; they were not archetypical cult fodder. surprised by the news. On contacting Cleargreen,
Perhaps Castaneda really was trying to ‘toughen an organization set up by Castaneda to dissemi‐
Dreamers are people who can change their state up’ his disciples, turning them into the uncompro‐ nate his teachings, they reluctantly confirmed
of consciousness easily and effectively, thus imag‐ mising spiritual warriors his writings were depict‐ that Castaneda was gone.
ining and inhabiting other realities. Florinda Don‐ ing. Perhaps the excesses of his behaviour in later By the time Cleargreen ran a workshop in Santa
ner filled this role. The art of dreaming, changing years can be explained by his illness as some have Monica on May 2nd, Taisha Abelar, Florinda Don‐
consciousness, sometimes using plant based sub‐ suggested. We can only speculate. ner, Talia Bey and Kylie Lundahl had disappeared,
stances, and Castaneda’s relationship to this in his their telephones all disconnected – they were
teachings is a topic worthy of an article in its own According to his death certificate, Carlos Casta‐ never seen again. Sometime later, another one of
right, but beyond the scope of this piece. The neda died on April 27, 1998, from metabolic en‐ Castaneda’s group, Patricia Partin also disap‐
party should also contain three more men and an cephalopathy due to liver failure which was pre‐ peared. In Patricia’s case however a skeleton was
unspecified number of extra personnel known as ceded by ten months of hepatocellular cancer‐ recovered in February 2006 at Death Valley, Cali‐
‘witnesses’, which could be of either sex. Later in this was not the way that the nagual was sup‐ fornia and subsequent DNA testing confirmed it
his writings, Castaneda intimated that a party may posed to leave the world. was her.
not always be fully populated before it ‘leaves the Prior to their disappearance, it has been reported
world’. It could be argued that this reflected the According to his own writings, the nagual was by those close to the group that there had been
state of affairs in his real world; perhaps he could‐ supposed to lead his chosen party into another some talk of suicide, but no bodies have ever
n’t find the right people, who were willing to do dimension by ‘burning with the fire from within’. been found. The one remaining witch, Kathleen
what it took in order to fulfil the role. And it took This particular exercise was the pinnacle of Toltec Pohlman aka Carol Tiggs has never been consis‐
a great deal. sorcery, a leap into infinity, literally if we believe tent with her account of what happened to them
Castaneda’s own words, leaping from a cliff face, either and she dropped from public view not long
Castaneda’s close followers were encouraged to never to hit the bottom. He maintained that the after the others had gone. There have been no
break all ties to their families (although Florinda nagual woman Carol Tiggs had already performed sightings, and to my knowledge, no financial trail
Donner never did). Castaneda’s control and rule this miracle and returned to tell the tale. Effec‐ either, so group suicide does appear to be the
was absolute, dictating what people could eat, tively, the warrior’s party were supposed to sim‐ most likely event. What is clear, is that they man‐
who they could sleep with (if anyone, often male ply disappear from this reality. aged their disappearance in such a way as to sug‐
followers were encouraged to be celibate). He gest that they did indeed burn with the fire from
controlled what topics his followers could and within, leaving this reality forever – but until any
could not discuss. In addition to this they were set bodies are discovered we will never know for
a demanding routine of spiritual development. sure. So, was it suicide or a sorceric manoeuvre?
Failure to live up to his ideal could and often did, We may never find out, but personally, I don’t
lead to being completely ostracized from the think the sequel to the Sorcerer’s Crossing will be
group, often for no discernible reason; explana‐ in print any time soon; which is a shame, as I
tions were never given. The nagual apparently found this book to be the equal of anything that
was a fickle man. This made for a tense atmos‐ Carlos Castaneda wrote himself.
phere, with its members in a state of high anxiety
regarding their own safety within the group. Martin White is a published author (Spellcaster,
seven ways to effective magic) and has a masters
Eventually, the women came to wear the same degree in Social Anthropology. His main interests
short, severe, dyed blonde haircuts and identical are altered states of consciousness, magick and
perfume – all as directed by Castaneda himself. shamanism. He is currently working on a novel;
For these reasons Castaneda has often been ac‐ check out his progress at:
cused of running a cult. If we look at the
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The Last in Line: UFOs in San Diego
By Michael James Orrell
Long before I accidentally photographed ten daylight UFOs hovering over the
San Diego River valley, I had studied the phenomenon as a teenager shortly
after my cop Father died in 1971. Not satisfied with my religions nonsensical
explanation for the dying experience, I sought to find some real answers to
where my Dad went and what purpose our Creator had in mind for our exis‐
tence. As fate would have it my Fathers best friend and our next door
neighbour, Dennis, who was a Korean war veteran like my dad, was studying
metaphysics which is defined as "the part of philosophy that is concerned
with the basic causes and nature of things".
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So at the age of sixteen I was accepted by Dennis With this mysterious omen in mind we started At first I thought it was some sort of negative
as his apprentice and was instructed to read the our trek on this beautiful loop trail and I was glitch but when I checked the other photos I
writings of the top three authors in the field, clicking away capturing some great compositions. couldn't find the same pattern. Maybe they
T.Lobsang Rampa, Carlos Castaneda and Jane About a half hour in we reached scenic spot were birds or airplanes but when I looked at
Roberts. To my utter amazement these writers number 7 and I knew I was looking at the best the objects through my magnifying loop I could‐
wrote about the same things which had never photo opp of the day. Eighteen miles of the San n't see any wings. Then I noticed that three of
crossed the lips of any of my friends, parents or Diego River valley stretched majestically before the objects on the extreme left had formed a
teachers. Even to this day I would be hard us slowly winding its way towards the ocean as triangular formation that was pointed west and
pressed to find someone who has heard of the the setting sun created an unearthly blue haze that the entire formation seemed to be stretch‐
Nazca Lines in Peru or the Akashic records. Meta‐ that hovered over the scenic valley below. It was ing towards the west so I took my loop over to
physics revealed that aliens and UFOs are approximately 4:30 pm and the day was rapidly the right side of the photo and low and behold
"emissaries" from God who have "seeded" our winding down so I made haste to set my camera there was a single object of the same size and
planet and have nurtured mankind since the up on this man‐made rock wall that held a peri‐ density as the other objects and it was hovering
beginning. Many of them come from different scope device that allowed the viewer to site in a over a distant hillside as well. That’s when I
dimensions based on different molecular struc‐ distant mountain. A indicator attached to the decided to throw the negative in my Omega
tures so when they come from a silicon universe bottom of the periscope informed the traveller C760 enlarger in the darkroom I had built in our
they must wear the carbon "camouflage" of our what mountain they were looking at. I set my bedroom and enlarged the objects as much as I
environment. These countless dimensions oc‐ zoom lens on maximum, slowed my breathing could then developed the print in my drum
cupy the same space that we do but they are down and in‐between breathes I slowed processor. I was astonished to see the results
focused on a different channel much like a televi‐ squeezed the shutter. and shared them with a friend who was also a
sion set. It cannot be overstated how pivotal photographer who declared the wingless ob‐
these writings were in developing my foundation Without bothering to take a second photo (dumb jects to be "flying ducks". When I asked him to
of reality so that when that fateful day arrived on ‐ass) I gathered my party and sped along the show me the wings or ailerons he ignored my
July 1 1990, I was ready. path as darkness was rapidly closing in. Having request and implied that if I thought they were
no idea how long the trail was to get back to the UFOs that I had some mental issues and
I had my first emotional experience concerning parking lot, I was concerned for the safety of my needed medical attention.
aliens and UFOs as a 10 yr old youngster when, companions because of mountain lions in the
after viewing artistic drawings of scary looking area. On the long drive home from the park I Convinced that the objects were not birds or
aliens in a UFO book at my buddy Jeff's house, I could not get that scenic spot 7 area out of my planes I decided to return to Inaja Memorial
was later riding my bicycle home at night and mind. It just seemed so magically beautiful with park two weeks later where at scenic spot num‐
when I reached the intersection at the top of the the blue atmosphere hanging over the valley and ber seven I was able to photograph birds,
hill where my house was on the left and a spooky the receding hillsides bathed in different shades planes and helicopters to my satisfaction. As I
dirt road was on the right, my imagination took of purple, we were awestruck by its magnifi‐ turned to leave the site I saw something that
control and suddenly those scary aliens were cence . In my wildest dreams I could not have stopped me in my tracks, 15 feet behind the
waiting for me in the darkness down that dirt imagined what was hovering over those distant lookout platform was a boulder shaped exactly
road. I raced to my front yard, flew off the bike hillsides. like an aliens head. It was an outcropping of
and rushed in the house only to be greeted by rock sitting directly on the path that was recog‐
bewildering looks from my parents who wanted When I finally got the film back from Thrifty's, (a nizable from either direction as a head but
to know what had me so upset. I was too embar‐ photo processing company) I was enjoying my looking at it from the platform the boulder
rassed to reveal the source of my anxiety and scenic compositions when suddenly the scenic clearly had a pointed ear like Spock from Star
vowed to never again let fear get the better of spot 7 photo appeared and instantly I saw the Trek. This was the third rock face I had discov‐
me. A valuable lesson I practice to this day. formation of dots in the upper left hand corner ered, the other two were also found by acci‐
of the 4 x 6 photograph. dent while hiking.
Decades later I'm on a photographic mission to
the San Diego backwoods with my new Canon
35mm EOS 650 camera. I've grabbed my then
girlfriend Ronnie and my buddy Bob and, after
buying my favourite fruit bars at Dudley's Bakery
in Santa Ysabel just east of Ramona, began our
trip to Julian. Just a couple miles up the road
from Dudley's however, I spotted a sign on the
right that said "Inaja Memorial Park" and swung
the car in and pulled into the parking lot. As a
native San Diegan I was surprised to discover
that I've never heard of this park and was even
more astounded to learn from Bob that a memo‐
rial marker at the entrance of the loop trail de‐
tailed the purpose for the parks creation.

On November 25 1956, eleven fire‐fighters died
fighting a fire there that had raced up a hill and
killed these brave men. it was the date that still
gives me goose bumps, I was born one day later
and as a believer in reincarnation it was a remote
possibility that I was the reincarnated soul of one
of those dead heroes. Close up of the objects.
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One was in La Jolla Cove and the other on El UFOs and there was a lot of material on this rap‐ So I had become convinced that I had identified
Cajon Mountain. The one on El Cajon Mountain, idly growing phenomenon hitting the airwaves. these unidentifiable objects as the same type of
also know as El Capitan, is a huge mile diameter One of them was an Unsolved Mysteries episode craft that crashed in Kecksberg that magical
natural rock face surrounded by a perfect circle. about a crashed UFO in a Pennsylvania forest in a night of December 9 1965, and speculate that
All three faces would eventually win numerous town called Kecksberg. I found the tape, played it the Kecksberg crash was no crash at all but a
press accounts. By coincidence if you were to put back and was shocked by the similarity between purposefully designed event by extraterrestrials
the periscope device, at scenic spot 7,on the the programs acorn shaped craft, which was who planned the exact location of the landing
indicator for El Cajon mountain and looked modelled after eyewitness accounts by the civil‐ knowing that civilian eyewitnesses would be
through it, it aligns perfectly with the position of ians who saw it, and my single crafts left contour. the first to see the object before the military
the single UFO I captured in the photo on the Now recently there was some speculation that carted the craft away claiming it was just a
west side of the valley. what crashed in Kecksberg was a Soviet satellite, meteorite then changing their cover‐up to
the Cosmos 96 space probe that never attained claim instead it was the Cosmos 96 which scien‐
After getting my film back of the birds and planes orbit but, "in a 2003 interview Chief Scientist for tists have proved it was not. My father who was
and then comparing them to the objects in my Orbital Debris at the NASA Johnson Space Centre a Staff Sergeant in the 40th Bomber Wing in
UFO photo I realized that their was no compari‐ Nicholas L. Johnson stated: I can tell you cate‐ Korea had a box full of black rubber airplanes
son and that the probability was high that I had gorically, that there is no way that any debris that he said were used to identify and recog‐
taken a one in a billion photo of 10 airborne vehi‐ from Cosmos 96 could have landed in Pennsyl‐ nize different types of aircraft, "recognition
cles that were not from this world. I decided to vania anywhere around 4:45 p.m.[...] That’s an planes" he called them, which unfortunately
call the San Diego UFO Society with my story and absolute. Orbital mechanics are very strict. melted to nothing during the tragic Aerospace
was informed that the objects needed to be Museum fire years ago in San Diego. So too was
enlarged to grain which I could not do with my the purpose of the "Kecksberg" acorn shaped
enlarger. So I went to Giant photo downtown craft, its mission to serve as an example of what
and they enlarged the negative, took a photo of to look for twenty five years later. I also found
it, and enlarged it again and the results were another TV program called "Secrets and Mys‐
beyond my wildest dreams. I spent an entire teries" that gave me the final piece of evidence
week just gazing at the 8 x 10 of the nine objects that confirmed for me that I had indeed acci‐
in formation. Reflecting on my metaphysical dentally photographed 10 daylight craft from
readings I was convinced that these objects were another world.
the "emissaries" that my writers had spoke of
and was humbled before this convincing evi‐ On this show, hosted by the older gentleman
dence that not only were we "not alone" but that who played the Ghost in the TV show "The
God exists. At some point I began to think that Ghost and Mrs Muir" they aired the UFO filmed
the photo was not an accident but that "they" by Astronaut James McDivitt during the Gemini
knew I would be there at that specific time and flight over Hawaii. McDivitt described that the
day and "posed" for my camera knowing that "beer can shaped object had a pencil point
with my belief system, gained at the cost of my projection sticking out of it" which is exactly the
fathers life, I would not discard these objects as image the program aired and it matched my
merely "ducks" like almost everyone else would single UFOs projection perfectly. I later discov‐
have. ered that NASA had "lost" McDivitt’s UFO
photo. Now the search was on and sure enough
Eventually I forced myself to examine closely the I found other UFO photos who also had the
enlargement of the single craft on the right side same spike‐like projection. Then I hit the book
of the valley which at first glance was an unin‐ stores and found a gold mine of countless an‐
spiring blob of pixels with no clear form or out‐ cient artefacts from various ancient civilizations
line. Then I saw it. The left side of the blob was in that all had the same projecting acorn or trian‐
fact a very clear and detailed image of what gular shapes which proved what metaphysics
looked like an upside down acorn. The right side had been saying all along; that aliens have been
of the object had three duplicate images of itself on mankind's team since the beginning and are
which clearly indicated to me that this craft was set to return to once again save us from what
indeed moving right to left or West to East to join maybe the most devastating natural disaster
the formation on the opposite side of the valley we have ever faced, a crustal displacement of
and that the click of my cameras shutter ac‐ earths magnetic poles.
counted for the three trailing images of itself and
was the reason the left contour was so clear as it Volcanic core samples prove that the earth is
had not run over itself. The most interesting ob‐ over 230,000 years overdue for its next mag‐
servation though was the discovery of a clear netic reversal. Why hasn't the world flipped
spike‐like projection two thirds up the left side of already? Could it be that aliens were responsi‐
the craft. I remember sitting upright in my chair ble? Did they help build the Giza pyramids and
and thinking how glad I was that I had used all Stonehenge using sound like metaphysics
my know‐how in taking a clear in‐focus picture of claims so that the earths processional wobble
this detailed object which must have been 3 to 5 would be stabilized long enough for us to make
miles away. My breathing technique had paid off wilful contact with extraterrestrials as they
in a large way, then I remembered something. have been waiting for?. Did the mysterious
nuclear blast over Tunguska, Siberia in 1908,
While waiting for Giant Photo to complete my which affected earth’s magnetic field, also de‐
order, I had video taped anything on TV about lay the shift?
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Videos of UFOs flying into the sun as well as vol‐ that historic day of contact, (they may come as Russian test pilot Marina Popovich was the first
canoes have recently surfaced and they have thieves in the night) and what now serves as the to hold the Inaja UFO Photo on Television after
been spotted near major earthquakes. Is it really military forces of the nations of our planet will be we exchanged photos during a 2nd presenta‐
possible that aliens are struggling to save man‐ re‐trained as ‘away teams’ to set up trading posts tion I gave her delegation where I successfully
kind by using all their resources to delay the in‐ on other inhabited worlds just as we need to linked both our photos to the Nazca Lines. In
evitable shift? Is that why the Mayans predicted invite the aliens representatives to homestead 2006 CBS affiliate KFMB Channel 8 made his‐
the end of the 4th world and the beginning of on our beloved planet, which they seeded and if tory by showing the sacred pattern. On Jan.1
the 5th on 12/21/2012 which was the end of the not for us then for our children and their chil‐ 2008 those same UFOs may have returned.
earth’s 26,000 yr processional wobble? Did the dren.
alien’s efforts circumvent a real doomsday for
mankind? I believe the answer is yes. Even the We must gladly suffer the shock and fear that
Bible predicts the exact result of what would this endeavour will produce so that unborn fu‐
happen if the earth suddenly rolled over produc‐ ture generations will be able to live without dis‐
ing 500 mph winds as Edgar Cayce has foreseen. ease, starvation and homelessness. That those
Rev.6; 12‐16 "Islands will disappear and every who have given the ultimate sacrifice over the
mountain moved from its place. An Earthquake years so that we might have the freedom to
like none before" choose this most wonderful future will be re‐
born into it. One day many generations from now
Numerous locations throughout San Diego have they will look back and say: "How did we ever
unusual rock formations and ancient carvings survive our isolation from the rest of the uni‐
have also been found. Could such things be verse?", and we will answer, "Because we will‐ Mike Orrell, with an enlargement of his UFO
somehow the reminisce of contact between ingly chose another path and we did it for you” picture taken in 1990. "I've been given a great
such UFOs and our ancients. gift that I have been trying to share," he said. —
Nelvin C. Cepeda / U‐T.

Check out Mike Orrell’s non‐profit research
website. It explores the true story of what hap‐
pened after he accidentally captured ten UFOs
hovering over a distant hillside in one scenic
daylight photograph taken July 1st 1990. After
examining enlargements of the objects, he
could clearly see that one of them resembled
the famous "Kecksberg UFO". It also contained
a spike‐like projection he later found on numer‐
ous other UFO photos as well as ancient arti‐
facts, crop circles and the Nazca Lines in Peru.

The evidence to support these bold claims are
contained on his website: ie, dozens of links.
The San Diego Edition of the Los Angeles Times
broke the story and numerous front page fea‐
tures, radio interviews and TV spots followed.
This story is linked as well to other related
metaphysical discoveries and prophecies in‐
volving end time scenarios. Check all this out at:
A rock formation I discovered that looks like a face
Fear not I say, evidence abounds that our space
brothers have no intention of letting us perish in
this cataclysmic natural disaster. Of course the
polar shift has happened one hundred and sev‐
enty one times in the past according to the core
samples and our beloved planet desperately
needs to roll over once again to "reboot" itself.
Why do you think the wholly mammoths were
found in glaciers with their stomachs full of
daisy's? It was America's greatest UFO abductee
Betty Hill who had the courage and audacity to
question the aliens during her abduction. When
they responded to her question about where
they came from they showed her a map and
pointed out that the dotted lines to other planets
like our own are expeditionary routes, but that
the solid lines to other stars were "trading
routes". Planet Earth is destined to be a shining
star of interplanetary commerce and trade after
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The Faces of Belmez
By Mado Martinez
We’re all haunted by faces from the past in one way or another’ claimed Maria
Gomez towards the end of her life in 2004.
Faces from the past can return to haunt both individuals and even countries.
Sometimes they are real phantoms; sometimes memories hidden deeply in the
sub or collective conscience. But what of the faces that began to literally to ap-
pear Maria Gomez’s kitchen floor? Were these faces projected from her sub
conscious or did they originate in Spain’s dark and troubled past? According to
one parapsychologist, the Faces of Bélmez were the most important paranormal
phenomenon of the twentieth century.
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The Faces of Belmez
By Mado Martinez
Faces suddenly and mysteriously appearing on

the kitchen floor of a house in the small Andalu‐
sian town of Bélmez in 1971 have continued to
divide public opinion over their origin until the
present day. Labelled by a handful as some of
most intriguing and convincing of all paranormal
phenomenon ever to be recorded, but dismissed
as a hoax by government scientists and the
Catholic Church, the faces remain an enigma.

The Faces of Bélmez, as they have become
known, have been written about extensively. As
with the majority of paranormal events, most of
the published writings have been critical. At best,
the faces were the sub‐conscious projections of
Maria Gomez, the central character in the story
though some writers and researchers went even
further and called the whole thing a cruel hoax
perpetrated by both Maria and her family for
financial gain. Government scientists called in to
examine the kitchen found samples of vinegar
and soot on the floor and concluded that these
must have been the main ingredients in the paint
used to produce the faces. But was this just a
convenient ploy to discredit the occupants of the
house and divert intense media scrutiny away
from the village which, at one point, was being Helped by books like Orwell’s Homage to Catalo‐ In a bid to solve the mystery once and for all,
likened to Fatima and even Lourdes itself? nia, the spotlight gradually turned to Spain’s dark the floor was dug up completely and what sci‐
and troubled past, particularly the civil war, and entists found shocked them. Several skeletons
It is now over 40 years since the appearance of it was within this cultural backdrop that other – mostly female – were found. Estimates of
the faces made headline news in Spain. They types of faces from Spain’s past began to appear their age varied but scientists generally agreed
have continued to divide both public and expert on Maria Gomez’s kitchen floor. . . they were approximately several hundred years
opinion in the way anomalous phenomenon or so with the earliest of the skeletons dated
invariably does. The events surrounding the mys‐ Street Real 5 was the address of the house occu‐ from around the thirteenth century. It emerged
terious faces were left for readers to decide for pied by Maria Gomez Camara and her husband that the house had been built in 1870 over
themselves whether or not they were paranor‐ Juan Pereira when the faces first appeared on what had been a cemetery. It was further dis‐
mal in origin or had a more logical explanation. 23rd August. They were ordinary people who covered that before this, the whole area had
At lease this was case until recently. lacked any formal education. Many of the locals been a burial site for both Roman and Muslin
in Belmez believed Maria was psychic, but other invaders.
than that nothing set the family apart from other
According to a recent article in the Spanish press, typical Andalusian folk. According to Jose Martinez‐Romero in his book
the faces have suddenly returned even though Las Caras de Bélmez, new faces were appearing
Maria Gomez died over seven years ago. If, as At first they naturally confused and frightened all the time. At first it had been one haunting
the Spanish press claim, the faces have made a re Maria and her family. One can only speculate on face which appeared. According to Maria, the
‐appearance then this would be an appropriate the unrest they brought to the family. She ex‐ expression of the face changed daily. After a
time to go back to the summer of 1971 and re‐ plained how her husband had broken up and re‐ while, more faces appeared and since the phe‐
examine the events and central personalities laid the floor but the faces re‐appeared on the nomenon began, thousands of people have
surrounding the enigma that was to become the fresh concrete. By Easter of the following year flocked to the house to see them, photograph
Faces of Bélmez. the house had become a place of pilgrimage with them, study them and even pray to them. Many
hundreds of tourists flocking to Bélmez to wit‐ have been photographed by newspapers and
Bélmez is a sleepy town of whitewashed houses ness Spain’s miraculous happenings. Many peo‐ are all available for scrutiny on the internet.
basking under the baking Spanish sun. It is sur‐ ple living in Andalusia were devoted Catholics While the faces cannot be described as realistic
rounded by some of the largest olive groves in who descended from Romany traditions with they have a very haunting and surreal appear‐
Andalusia. By 1971 General Franco was slowly strong associations with the Virgin Mary. ance. It is worth searching for images of the
losing his grip on controlling Spain and the Span‐ faces on the internet. In particular, one web
ish imagination, and tourists were starting to They needed little persuading that the faces site sets the faces to some very unnerving ca‐
pour into the Costa del Sol opening up centuries originated in another dimension and believed cophonous, discordant music.
of isolation to levels of scrutiny not witnessed Belmez was their Lourdes. The intense media
since the International Brigade headed there to attention together with the large volumes of Spanish media and local politicians were keen
fight fascism in the 1930’s. These new tourists visitors flocking to the town worried local politi‐ to debunk the whole phenomenon claiming the
had no socialist ideals; they flocked to Spain for cians. In the same way local politicians in Lourdes faces were a fake. Maria’s son, Diego Pereira,
sun and cheap alcohol. They brought back som‐ in the mid‐19th century sought to discredit the was singled out for being the culprit perpetrat‐
breros and bullfighting posters but any other claims that the Virgin Mary had appeared to a ing the scam. When sections of the floor were
close examination of Spanish culture and tradi‐ peasant girl called Bernadette in the town’s rub‐ taken away for detailed analysis, traces of soot
tions was left to middle class intellectuals and bish dump, local government officers in Belmez and vinegar were found. According to expert
writers re‐emerging from the schism Nazi fascism were equally keen to discredit and demean the opinion they were thought to be the main in‐
sunk Western Europe into during World War II. faces appearing on Maria’s kitchen floor. gredients of the paint used to produce the
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The Faces of Belmez
By Mado Martinez
faces. The evidence submitted by the scientists

to discredit the faces was considered by many to
be weak and typical of the type of evidence used
to explain away anomalous phenomenon. Soot
and vinegar of course would be found in the
majority of kitchens. Looking at the faces in de‐
tail, it is extremely hard to believe that they were
forged by anyone, let alone a young boy.
Ramos Perera, president of the Spanish Society

of Parapsychology, said that by testing the first
face with infrared in La Pava, he was left in doubt
that it had been painted. What the actual tests
were and how Perera came to this conclusion is
unknown. Psychologists however who inter‐
viewed Maria, were convinced that she was not
the perpetrator of a cruel hoax.

Hans Bender, a German paranormal investigator
who had access to the house and interviewed
Maria extensively also did not subscribe to the
fraud hypothesis. However, he believed the faces
had another equally challenging explanation. He
believed that the faces were appearing paranor‐
mally by a process called ‘thoughtography’. Es‐
sentially Bender believed Maria’s unconscious
thoughts were responsible for the faces appear‐
ing. He claimed that this was a form of telekinetic
effect though he had no idea as to how it actually
happened in reality. However, he still went on
record to say that the faces were one of the most
important paranormal events of the twentieth
century and refused to accept that fraudulent
activity was responsible for their appearance.

Another psychologist and paranormal investiga‐
tor, German de Argumosa, interviewed Maria
extensively and was also convinced that the faces
were not fraudulent. Argumosa was one of the
early pioneers of Electronic Voice Phenomena
(EVP). He set up delicate sound recording equip‐
ment in the locked up kitchen overnight and
obtained recorded sounds of whispering and
sighing. Careful analysis of the tapes identified
distinct voices saying things such as ‘I continue
buried’, Maria, I want to go out’ and ‘Look be‐
low’. It would be interesting to know if the tapes
were still available for further research as sound
technology has improved exponentially since the
early 1970’s.

José Martinez Romero published a book also
endorsing the paranormal hypothesis: He argued
that teleplasty was the energy behind the crea‐
tion of the faces. Teleplasty is a term used to
describe how a medium uses ectoplasm to re‐
create a spiritual form. In this case, the energy of
Maria was being used to create the faces on the
floor. This suggests that if we are to accept the heavily on an amateur translator during his stay. the Institute of Ceramics and Glass for further
paranormal explanation, then we have to ac‐ His readable account of the faces also supported analysis. Granulometric, mineralogical and
knowledge the role Maria played as a knowing or the paranormal explanation though cannot be chemical tests were carried out on them and no
unknowing medium by providing the psychic classed as a critical investigation into the phe‐ traces of paint were found. Of course by then,
energy for the faces to manifest themselves. In nomenon. as far as the government and church officials
England, Andrew MacKenzie, a writer of the were concerned, the case was a closed one:
paranormal, devoted the first chapter of ‘The Much later on in the early 1990’s, a catholic there were no more questions to answer. Sci‐
seen and the unseen’ to the Faces Bélmez. priest Father JM Pilon managed to recover two of ence had stepped in to declare the faces
MacKenzie did not speak Spanish and relied the slabs first taken by Government scientists to fraudulent. However, to many people there are
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The Faces of Belmez
By Mado Martinez
still too many unanswered questions for a line to even love the faces, there is a great deal we can them. In later years, Maria grew to cherish
be drawn under what Hans Bender considered to learn about the nature of paranormal phenome‐ them. They gave her the reassurance she
be one of the most important paranormal events non and how it can touch humanity in very spe‐ sought about the nature of life and death and
of the twentieth century. cial ways. Regardless of whether the faces were she said she hoped the faces would accompany
her to the afterlife. The faces disappeared as

quickly and as suddenly as they appeared back
in August 1971 when Maria died. This un‐
equivocally links Maria with the faces though
whether they were paranormal in origin or an
example of ‘thoughtography’ or ‘teleplasty’ as
Hans Bender and José Martinez Romero respec‐
tively claim remains to be answered. Though
fraud can never be completely ruled out, gen‐
eral consensus points out to this being very
unlikely. Paint was a very convenient explana‐
tion used by desperate and probably frightened
politicians to supress popular and heightened
sensationalism. In this short article I have tried
to give a balance account of everything that
was reported to have happened back in 1971.
The problem we have in seeking to verify writ‐
ten accounts, especially those originating in
another language is huge. Whilst counter advo‐
cates of the psi hypothesis have an easier job
than paranormal investigators, many non‐
sceptics make their life much easier by buying
the psychic explanation up front. We need to
continue to provide balanced accounts and this
case above all others, stresses the need for
careful and accurate documentation from day
one. The unknown is often met with fear and
perhaps Maria’s response to the faces is a les‐
son for us all? Perhaps The Faces of Bélmez
themselves should have the last word here.
According to eye witness accounts in 1984, the
year Maria died, they were responsible for
In all of this little has been said of Maria. genuine or not, they certainly touched and af‐ providing the most intriguing of all conclusions
Throughout the intense media attention, Maria fected Maria. to any story. Upon Maria’s death, the faces
constantly refuted the claims that the faces were suddenly appeared in a house further up in the
in any way fake. She died in February 2004 at the Maria went on record to say that the faces com‐ same street. To most of the inhabitants of
age of 85 years and is therefore no longer able to forted her in her later years. When many things Bélmez, this was not at all surprising: it was the
give her own version of events. However, if we in society were changing, the faces remained a house in which Maria had been born.
are to look at the way Maria dealt with the faces constant in her life. Though she had feared the
throughout the remainder of her life; how she faces when they first appeared, she believed this http://adhitsbgja.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the‐
came to accept and learn to both live with, and was simply because she failed to understand faces‐from‐belmez.html
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES
‘The Marked Ones’ is the latest in the very successful Paranormal Activity franchise. It also suc‐
ceeds in tying in the very first film in the series in a very inventive manner, but you’ll have to
watch to finds out how. This time the plot concerns Jesse, a recent high school graduate who
buys a second hand video camera and starts filming everything around him., this includes the
apartment next door that used to belong to a old woman, Anna, who was thought to be a witch
and sure enough there they find signs of sinister occult rituals.

From there things start to go badly wrong for Jesse when he finds he has apparent supernatural
powers that prevent him from coming to harm of any kind, almost as if he is being protected. He
also finds a strange bite mark on his arm, this is ‘the mark of the demon’ There is a really nifty
scene where one of Jesse’s friends, Hector, is attacked by muggers, but abruptly an invisible
force hurls the muggers violently and bodily through the air.

Gradually Jesse becomes increasingly aggressive and homicidal as his powers increase corre‐
spondingly and he becomes the focus of a coven of witches who seem to have groomed him for
Title: Paranormal Activity: The their own purposes. The film ends with a really fine portrayal of a kind of ‘vortex’ that sucks Jesse
Marked Ones in then spits him back out again and as one would expect it all ends unpleasantly for all those
Director: Christopher B. Landon concerned .
Main Cast: Andrew Jacob Jorge
Diaz Gabrielle Walsh
The film is a really effective and atmospheric shocker and is well worth seeking out: a fitting part
Format: DVD and Blue Ray
Extras: Found footage of Paranormal Activity jigsaw.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
June 7 - Conjunction of the Moon and Mars. The Moon will pass within two degrees of the the planet
Mars in the evening sky. The gibbous moon will be at magnitude -12.2 and Mars will be at magnitude -
0.8. Look for both objects in the western sky just after sunset. The pair will be visible in the evening
sky for about 6 hours after sunset.
June 13 - Full Moon. The Moon will be directly opposite the Earth from the Sun and will be fully illumi-
nated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 04:11 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native
American tribes as the Full Strawberry Moon because it signalled the time of year to gather ripening
fruit. It also coincides with the peak of the strawberry harvesting season. This moon has also been
known as the Full Rose Moon and the Full Honey Moon.
June 21 - June Solstice. The June solstice occurs at 10:51 UTC. The North Pole of the earth will be
tilted toward the Sun, which will have reached its northernmost position in the sky and will be directly
over the Tropic of Cancer at 23.44 degrees north latitude. This is the first day of summer (summer sol-
stice) in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of winter (winter solstice) in the Southern Hemi-
sphere.
June 27 - New Moon. The Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible
from Earth. This phase occurs at 08:08 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint ob-
jects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
Balaam The Demon
By Paul Dale Roberts
Friday, November 22nd 2013: Time to be there: 9.00pm – Follow‐up investigation – 2 story house. One person
died in this house. First investigation – possible demonic activity. Follow‐up to see if anything is there and a
stop by at the haunted Banta Inn, which is 5 miles from the home. Address to be at: Tracy, CA / Contact person:
Erica / After I blessed the house and baptized Erica, the entity attacked Erica’s fiancée – he was scratched in
two areas of his body – 3 long scratches – indicating disrespect for the trinity. I saw the pictures, he was
scratched in areas that he cannot reach with his hand. Everyone that is a cleanser be prepared to help this
family out. The entity does not attack Erica, because she has been baptized, but is now attacking her fiancée,
a way to attack Erica is through her fiancée...
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Balaam The Demon
By Paul Dale Roberts
ROLL CALL: Paranormal Intelligence Operatives (Roll Call): Paul Dale Roberts Erica was reluctant to talk about it, but admits that she did play with a Ouija
– HPI Owner/Leader; Larry Baty – Technician; Amy Kneppel – Spanish Inter‐ Board, wrote the words ‘F all of this’, pricked her finger, bled on the paper
preter – Metaphysical Cleanser; Brent George – Technician; Shari Aresta – and then burned the paper. Mayra, a Santeria High Priestess, was possessed
General Manager; Jon Koyasako – Security / Lead Investigator; Wendy twice during this investigation. The possession was quite intense and her
Maxam – Videographer – Technician – Researcher; Lizzy Silva – Psychic Inves‐ husband and friend had to restrain her, she at one point of time, attacked
tigator – Spanish Interpreter; Randi Villanueva‐Zalas; Becky Cardenas – Span‐ Erica and the intensity of the battle got so powerful, the investigators had to
ish Interpreter and Lead Investigator; Jordan Briones – Friend to Occupant; move away from Mayra for their own safety. Mayra’s friend received 3 huge
Erica Ransom – Occupant; Laurie Campbell – Friend to Occupant; Frank Salto scratches on her chest. This dramatic scene is horrifying to watch, you actu‐
– Friend to Occupant; Mayra Salto‐LaDany – Psychic – Friend to Occupant; ally felt like you walked into a horror movie. When you watch the videos, be
Blake – fiancée to Occupant. prepared to be shocked, not for the weak hearted. You have been warned.

HOW WE GOT HERE: Larry drove Shari. Brent drove Jon K and Becky. I picked
up Randi in Greenhaven, then snatched up Amy & Wendy from my house,
made a pitstop in Stockton to pick up Lizzy. Finally we are on our way to
Tracy.

AREAS TO COVER: We have two areas to cover, the second floor and bed‐
rooms and the other area is the two living rooms, kitchen and backyard. We
have two teams. Brent George has Team Apollo with team members Amy,
Lizzy, Laurie, Jordan and Erica. Becky Cardenas has Team Prometheus with
team members Randi, Jon K, Mayra, Frank. Floaters are Larry Baty ma man‐
ning monitors; Shari Aresta and Wendy. Lizzy may break away from her
team, if she is feeling something.

AN ODDITY OCCURS: During the initial briefing, Mayra (Erica’s psychic friend)
starts channeling. There is verbal mayhem as an Indian spirit possesses the
body of Mayra and starts speaking through her. Mayra starts speaking the
Maidu Indian language. Mayra tells us that Native American Indians are up‐
set that these new homes are built on sacred Indian burial grounds. Special
Note: We are not able to determine if Mayra was actually possessed. Mayra
tells us that she feels to properly clear the spirits from this property, tobacco
ties must be used for cleansing. SPECIAL NOTE: While Mayra explains that
the Indians are upset, later we are told by Mayra that the Indian spirits are
guardians of this family and home that the Indian spirits are here to protect
the family from Balaam.

FIRST INVESTIGATIVE EVIDENCE BRIEFING: Randi captures a blue light streak
in the backyard. Brent said that the air changed, it got extremely cold. Lizzy
felt a male presence at some point of time. In the father’s bedroom, they WHO IS BALAAM? According to demonology, Balaam (also Balan) is a great
captured a lot of orb activity. Larry Baty, who is monitoring the bedrooms, and powerful king (to some authors a duke or a prince) of Hell who com‐
considers the orb activity as dust. There were a few unusual designer orbs in mands over forty legions of demons. He gives perfect answers on things past,
some of the bedrooms, but we were unable to detect intelligent movement. present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty. Balaam is
Lizzy Silva detected 2 entities at some point of time in the bedroom and depicted as being three‐headed. One head is the head of a bull, the second
when she detected the 2 entities, Brent snapped a photo and captured two of a man, and the third of a ram. He has flaming eyes and the tail of a ser‐
orbs side‐by‐side, it coincided with what Lizzy said. Jon K was getting K2 hits pent. He carries a hawk on his fist and rides a strong bear. At other times he
on the side of the house. Becky detected on her recorder a high pitch squeal, is represented as a naked man riding a bear. His name seems to have been
it was later debunked as a top window closing. Amy Kneppel with Becky taken from Balaam, the Biblical magician.
Cardenas and Lizzy Silva’s assistance will conduct a metaphysical cleansing of
the home tonight, if the entities are Native Americans they will have more CONCLUSION: Erica validates what Mayra says is true. All I can do is present
respect for the cleansing if it came from Amy, Becky and Lizzy, whose heri‐ the video footage, tell you the story via this article and let you the audience
tage comes from Mexican Indian and all three are full‐blooded. Since my decide what actually happened. Special Note: Brent George captured an odd
Catholic house blessing was unsuccessful, there is no point of me conducting mist on the side of the house, during the time Mayra was possessed the 2nd
another Catholic house blessing. time around. I conducted a hedge‐of‐protection prayer afterwards for all
those who were present during this investigation. Due to the screams, yell‐
ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE: Mayra is possessed again. You must watch the ing, profanity that occurred during the 2nd possession, no EVP’s were cap‐
videos. Disclaimer: The video footage is horrific imagery; the graphic scene tured. Some HPI investigators were pushed and hit during the filming of this
may be disturbing to some viewers. Thoughtful discretion is advised. Wendy possession. Mayra’s strength seemed to increase ten‐fold.
Maxam and Shari Aresta capture everything via video footage. Mayra is re‐
strained by her husband. I loan the holy water and wooden cross to Mayra’s THE OPTION: If my Catholic house blessing did not work. If my full submer‐
friend and she places holy water all over her face. She also places the cross sion baptism did not work on Erica, then I gave her this option. Erica needs to
on her head and asks for the demon to be repelled from her body. During the consult a Baptist Church and talk to the pastor about what occurred at her
possession, there is kicking, there is fighting, she attacks Erica. Mayra when home. The Baptist Church is known to bring their whole congregation into
she comes out of the possession says that when Erica was playing with the the haunted home and sing gospel songs and recite prayers. The congrega‐
Ouija Board, someone dealt with human blood, a blood ritual. Mayra identi‐ tion will bring so much positive energy into the home, that it will instantly
fies the demon in the house as being Balaam. dispel any negative forces in the home. It’s like a rap artist going to a Heavy
Metal concert. The music is so alien to the rapper, he has to leave. Same
Balaam tells Mayra he is not leaving the house and again tells Erica that she scenario (almost). There is so much positive energy that will resonate
was involved with a blood ritual, which in turn brought him to this home. through the home, which the negative forces will have to leave...
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HAUNTED HOSTELRIES OF SHROPSHIRE
Another selection of haunted pubs and associated drinking houses, this time in Shropshire,
and why not? Andrew Homer, a member of ASSAP, (Association for the Scientific Study of
Anomalous Phenomena), gives the reader an unflinching account of spooky tales of polter‐
geists, highwaymen, serving wenches and other types of ghosts whose presence is still felt in
the various premises they frequented in life.

The book is well presented and generously illustrated with photographs of the buildings and in
some cases with artists’ renderings of the spirits said to haunt them. The contents are laid out
alphabetically starting with the strangely named ‘The Horns of Bonningal’e in Albrighton, to
‘The Wheel Inn’ in Worfield, with a fair scattering of Kings Heads, White Lions, White Horses,
White Harts and Bulls Inns etc in the towns in between.

Each of the pubs and hotels mentioned has its own distinctive ghostly tale to tell, some more
effectively than others, although the author does seem to have made an effort to check the
veracity of each tale and even recommends which room to stay in should the reader wish to
sample some of the ghostly encounters on offer.

Title: Haunted Hostelries of It would be unfair to select one particular pub or hotel over another, because each has its own
Shropshire particular charm and of course ghost. So, if you plan on visiting Shropshire then you could do
Author: Andrew Homer a lot worse that having a look at this book before setting out, who knows, it could even help
Publisher: you find that ever elusive ghostly encounter.
Amberley Publishing
ISBN: 978‐1‐4456‐0201‐1
NO MORE SECRETS NO MORE LIES
This is the third and last of a trilogy of books channelled by Patricia Cori in her role as scribe to
the ‘Speakers of the Sirian High Council’ and once again purports to be a work of great import
to the human race and the planet we live on. Since the book contains information channelled
directly to the author from the Sirian High Council (who live in the sixth dimension), we have to
take it on trust that it is a factual work and not a work of fiction.

The information is a heady (if worrying) conspiracy theory based mix of dark forces concealed
in a notional hidden government, designed to suppress the potential of the human race and
leavened with a generous dash of New Age spirituality and in addition like the two preceding
books it contains much common sense and pragmatism to commend it.

Since this book is the culmination of what has been discussed in the previous offerings of the
trilogy, the author has been further assisted by beings called ‘The Overlighted Ones’ originating
in the realms of the eighth dimension. However, on a more accessible level is the role played
by the ‘third eye’ of the pineal gland and the vast amount of dormant DNA contained in the
human body is also mentioned, plus how to activate them to achieve your full potential and
bring about a much needed sea‐change in the human condition Title: No More Secrets, No
More Lies: A Handbook to
It is not for this reviewer to decide on the authenticity or otherwise of what the book contains, Starseed Awakening
that is for the reader, but much of the book must of necessity be taken at face value because Author: Patricia Cori
other than where it mentions specific functions of human physiology, none of it is either Publisher: North Atlantic
checkable or verifiable. Overall, as with the previous two works, the book is well written and Books
entertaining, but has to be approached with a very open mind. ISBN: 978‐1‐55643‐738‐0
Price: $16.95
Highly recommended for those with New Age views and values
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LOST SECRETS OF THE GODS
Are there 10,000‐year‐old secret societies that still exist today? Was there a race of giants that
once inhabited the Americas? Did ancient Egypt and ancient China have heretofore undiscov‐
ered ties?
Lost Secrets of the Gods delves into these ancient mysteries and many more in articles by
some of the world's most intrepid and knowledgeable researchers. The old paradigms of his‐
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Many ancient cultures spoke and wrote of visitors that gave them knowledge and helped
shape their societies. Who were they, and where did they come from?
We now know that many ancient cultures had advanced knowledge of science, agriculture,
and astronomy, only some of which has been rediscovered in the last 100 years.
Were The Iliad and The Odyssey really about an epic struggle in pre‐Celtic Europe? What hap‐
pened to the Persian army that completely disappeared from Egypt 2,500 years ago? Did the
Title: Lost Secrets of the Gods
ancients know how to create psychic guard dogs to protect sacred sites?
Authors: Michael Pye &
There is much more to history than what has officially been recorded. Kirsten Dalley
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Lost Secrets of the Gods reveals startling truths and asks fascinating questions traditional his‐ ISBN: 13: 978‐1601633248
torians have long ignored.
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FATAL KIND
Everyone has heard of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But what about close encounters of
the fatal kind? The field of UFOs is rife with unsettling examples of suspicious deaths. Accounts
of accidents that might not have been accidents after all,abound. Researchers and witnesses
have vanished, never to be seen again. Conveniently timed heart attacks are reported. Out‐of‐
the‐blue suicides that, upon investigation, bear the distinct hallmarks of murder, are all too
common. And grisly deaths at the hands of both extraterrestrials and government agents have
occurred. Highlights of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FATAL KIND include:
*The strange saga of the incredible melting man.
*The UFO‐related death of the first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal.
*The mysterious disappearances of military pilots and their connection to UFOs.
*The connections between national security and the sudden deaths of UFO investigators.
Getting too close to the cosmic truth about alien abductions, Roswell and what the govern‐
Title: Close Encounters of the ment really knows about UFOs can clearly be a deadly business. The government's latest ad‐
Fatal Kind mission of the existence of Area 51 is barely the tip of a very big iceberg.
Author: Nick Redfern
Publisher: New Page Books First things first… This 223 page book is packed with fatal pilot encounters with UFOs. I have
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great research archive in one place. Definitely well worth added to your collection. Nick has
written yet another fascinating book. I simply could not put it down.
(Steve Mera: PM Managing Editor).
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Køge Huskors: An Elaborate Danish Poltergeist Case from the 17th Century
By Thomas Brisson Jørgensen
Køge is a modest-sized town south of Copenhagen which no longer plays any significant role in
Danish national culture or politics. In the town centre, however, a local merchants house once
stood. This house was home to a number of very intense poltergeist and “high strangeness”
incidents, running from the year 1608 to 1615. Today there is even an official plaque
commemorating the phenomenon that came to be popularly known as “Køge Huskors”.
Huskors is a convoluted term in this context. It translates directly to “house cross”, but was a
word often used at the time to describe a plague or test (from God). In this case moreover, it is
also refers specifically to the entity that was believed to be the source of all the mischief
(basically The Devil). To confuse matters even more, the Wikipedia entry and a few other
sources state that Køge Huskors was ALSO the name of the witch-trials that followed in the
wake of it all. There seems to be no real consensus on the correct use of Køge Huskors then,
but in this article I will focus almost explicitly on the Poltergeist-type manifestations that
occurred during the period. Therefore, I use the term “Huskors” loosely to refer to the source
of these (whatever “It” actually was).
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The story of Køge Huskors was written down years after the disturbances at followed (on foot) by the rest of the family. Here he was found dangling 1
the house had stopped, and later these writings found their way to one Johan meter above the ground, feet down and arms stretched upwards and his chin
Brunsmand, who was a rector at a boarding school. He then published them moving up and down, as if he was about to lose it. Everybody tried their hard‐
as a book under the title “Et forfærdeligt Huus‐kaars” (forfærdeligt meaning est to get him down, but nothing worked. Finally they resorted to prayer,
“terrible”) which became so popular for the next couple of centuries that it which turned out to have an effect as the boy eventually fell to the ground
went through several reprints – the latest in 1870, published by none other again. Following this was a loud rumble which sounded like a deep voice,
than Denmark’s all‐time most famous socialist leader, Louis Pio. It is also in‐ although no one could make sense of what was said. At the same time came a
teresting to note that even The Vatican created a report about Køge Huskors, glowing fire that shot from one end of the courtyard to the other.
which supposedly still exists somewhere in their archives. Very little about the
case appears to have made it into English though (at least not onto the Inter‐ A shapeshifting spirit?
net), which is why I have chosen to make an attempt of it here. The article is
inspired largely by Chr. Jacobsens article “Køge Huskors” which appeared in Most of these events point to “typical” poltergeist stuff, but just as often the
the Danish magazine Det Ukendte, issue 3 (1981), but other sources – includ‐ Huskors was able to take on a number of different shapes. It seemed to have
ing Johan Brunsmands original book – have been used as well. had a particular fondness for animal forms, and indeed appeared as one the
first time it was seen: one night, not long after the initial incident with the bed
‐clucking, Anne Pedersdatter went out into the courtyard where she saw a
horrible‐looking toad with long, narrow legs, almost like a hen's, walking to‐
wards her through the gates. On later occasions the Huskors appeared as a
goose, a raven, a dog, a rat, a pig and even a monkey. One night there was a
loud scream from the attic, which made everyone gather around to see what
had happened. Anne and Hans' youngest daughter came crying down the
stairs, relaying that a terrible creature had grabbed her shirt and told her it
was going to take her. She described it as a man‐like figure with eyes like
dishes and feet and claws like those of a hen.

In the above case, the Huskors showed itself with humanoid traits. But there
were other times where it appeared to be fully human. It would even go as far
as to imitate existing persons. One night, after arriving home from a choir
session, Anne found the house full of people.
Above: Plaque commemorating the events where the house once stood:
“Here once roamed the Huskors of Køge”

Polter(or poultry?)geist activity.

The primary targets of the Køge Huskors were merchant Hans Bartskjær, his
wife Anne Pedersdatter (the one who eventually wrote down the experi‐
ences) and their children. But also other family members residing in the
house, as well as servants and maids, friends, casual visitors and even animals
fell victim in one way or the other over the years. It all appears to have
started with a particular incident, one night Anne Pedersdatter and Hans
Bartskjær were lying in bed. All of a sudden they heard from underneath their
pillow, a sound like the clucking of a hen. A frantic search through the bed‐
ding sheets, and eventually the bed itself, produced no such animal ‐ or in‐
deed anything else they could attribute the sound to. After this very modest
introduction, the Huskors quickly stepped up its activities.

By looking at the Køge Huskors as a whole it becomes clear that ,depending
on the situation, “It” was sometimes visible and other times invisible. At times
when the Huskors remained invisible during its deeds, it would move people
and animals around, without anyone being able to anticipate or determine
where It came from. Often items would also go missing and later reappear
elsewhere in the house. Once, the family’s small dog was grabbed and thrown
up into the ceiling and pulled down again. When it tried to hide, it was pulled
out again by the head and abused once more. The next day the dog was com‐
pletely out of control, biting out at everyone who came near it. It was put
down shortly thereafter.

Sometimes people would get the same treatment as the animals. Once when
Anne Pedersdatter was tending to her oldest son who had fallen ill, his bed
was lifted 1 meter into the air, dropped again and continued to bounce up
and down. Anne went to get her husband, but when they came back to their
sons room they discovered that he had been taken out of bed and was stand‐
ing on his head with his arms stretched out. Only after an intense struggle did
they manage to get him back into bed. Their 12 year old foster son Jacob,
experienced something similar one day while the family was eating. Suddenly Title leaf from a German edition (1696) of Brunsmand's book, showing the
he was pulled away from the table and out into the courtyard, quickly various guises of the Køge Huskors
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They were gathered there because something terrible had happened to her How the Huskors had gotten into the house was discussed vehemently. For a
mother while she was away. One side of her mouth had frozen in a frighten‐ while the foster son Jacob was accused, but this was dropped again. Once the
ing distortion and her legs had started to bounce up and down so violently, Huskors indicated to Hans Bartskjær that some woman in town had sent the
that no one were able to keep her on the ground. The mother then accused devil after them on purpose, and that only when the culprit was found and
Anne of having given her a beating earlier that day. Apparently, in her ab‐ put to justice would things go back to normal again. In the end it was not too
sence, the Huskors had taken the form of Anne and attacked the mother. hard to place the blame back then, since it was widely believed that there
were witches around Køge. So naturally the culprit or culprits had to be found
The Huskors was clearly not bound to the physical space of the house either. amongst these. By the end of 1615, at least 10 women had been burnt at the
One time, Anne Pedersdatter had to leave town to pursue an errand, and on stake for involvement in the huskors affair.
the way back the horse wagon became so heavy, for no apparent reason, that
she didn’t reach in town until long after midnight ‐ unreasonably late for what
was normally a routine trip. As soon as she arrived at the house, the clock
struck 1. The trees in the garden then started to creak and some huge object,
like a tower, started to rise into the air. From it came a terrible voice, but its
words were undecipherable. Terrified and exhausted, Anne managed to fi‐
nally get inside and climb into bed.
Various strange ailments.

Hans, Anne and many of the other residents all experienced various physical
complications following their encounters with the Huskors ‐ often strange,
unknown diseases and symptoms. One of the servants was bedridden for ½
year and the oldest daughter had one experience which left her so sick that
she couldn’t hold any food down for three days. The Huskors seemed to have
it in particularly bad for the foster son Jacob. Sometimes he was found lying
as if he was crucified, with his eyes whited out. At one time he didn’t sleep for
a whole month, because he was so constantly haunted and attacked. This of
course took very hard on him and drained him of all his energy. Then one day The location is no stranger to the paranormal. Witchcraft and Devil worship
he stood up and everything was fine. He was never personally troubled by the was dealt with by burning, depicted in this magazine feature above.
Huskors after that. The same could not be said for Hans Bartskjær. Shortly
after Jacob had become well again, Bartskjær started to act strange around Comments.
the rest of the family. When it had gone on for some weeks, he finally told
them that every day, for several hours, something invisible hung onto him If this whole story brings thoughts into the readers heads of a certain movie
heavily, like a sack of corn. Sometimes it felt like a hard egg jabbing into one from 1973, that included a backwards walking little girl who said some very
side of his body, and often he fainted due to the pain. nasty things about her mother, well, you aren't the only one. In that sense,
Køge Huskors seems to be not only a classic poltergeist case, but also one of
But one day also he was well again, and never experienced any troubles after‐ (apparent) demonic possession. Movies like The Exorcist were of course built
wards. But as soon as this was over, the oldest son started to complain about directly on real life accounts of such incidents, and in many of these there
severe stomach pains. Sometimes a sound like a pig chewing came out of him. have appeared a whole series of “outlier” effects that aren't easily cassifiable.
He too was locked into several distorted positions which no one, no matter
how many assisted in it, could wrestle him out of. Sometimes he was
clenched together so tightly that you could place him up against the wall like
a piece of furniture, He also bled from the mouth while making several other
animal sounds. After a while, also he became well, and it seemed as if the
tests of the Køge Huskors were now over. But 2 years before it all ended,
Hans Bartskjær had died, although this wasn’t attributed to anything super‐
natural. Therefore, eventually, the only life that the Huskors was credited
with taking, was the dogs'.
Investigation, confirmation and blame.

When Johan Brunsmand, who published the story many years later based on A notable example in the case of Køge Huskors is the weird animal angle,
Anne Pedersdatters notes, first got interested in the case, he started search‐ which on the one hand makes it all seem somewhat silly and childish. On the
ing for independent confirmation of the fantastic stories. This was in 1674, 60 other hand it is consistent with other, similar cases from the period (not just
years after the Huskors' reign ended. Brunsmand contacted the city mayor from Denmark). At the same time there is also an obvious connection to the
and council of Køge, who maintained that, even though they could not say idea of witches' familiars, that were said to exist in all sorts of animal forms.
what had caused it, the stories were in their opinions true and had been
passed down to them from their predecessors as facts. Brunsmand was not This no doubt helped to further weigh the evidence towards the involvement
quite satisfied with that answer, so he looked into all the sources available to of witchcraft in the case of Køge Huskors.
him that could unequivocally confirm the events. He managed to do this
through the city hall’s land registers from the period. These records proved Sources:
that something out of the ordinary had indeed happened at the merchants
house. As such, the case of Køge Huskors is not easily dismissed as a concoc‐ Brunsmand, Johan: “Et forfærdeligt Huus‐kaars”, 19? Edition Jacobsen, Chr.
tion. But the source of it all has been discussed by professionals on several “Køge Huskors” in “Det Ukendte” issue no. 3, 1981 (attached).
later occasions. Anne Pedersdatter herself had no doubts: She thought it was Jensen, Jørgen Steen: “Det Berygtede Hus” in Skalk issue no. 5 (1979).
the devil himself, something she felt was proven to her on many occasions. Thomas, Lars: Det Mystiske Danmark.
Once, a priest was even called to exorcise the Huskors, but it ended in a battle Wittendorf, Bo‐Bomuld: Guide til det okkulte Danmark ‐ København, Sjælland,
of words which the priest eventually lost. Lolland‐Falster, Møn og Bornholm (2006).
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Missing! Malaysia Flight 370
News Items
The Huffington Post UK: May 7th 2014.
MH370: Nearly One in Ten Americans Believe Aliens Involved In Malaysian
Airlines Flight Disappearance.
Nearly one in 10 Americans believes that aliens were involved in the disap‐
pearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 two months ago, according to
a new poll. The plane vanished with 239 people aboard, prompting a variety of
outlandish theories about what could have happened to it. Now, a poll has
shown 9% of Americans think that aliens or "beings from another dimension"
are behind the missing airliner, CNN has reported. On a saner note, the poll
also shows 42% of Americans believe the plane could have been hijacked and
69% believe the search should continue. The plane vanished on March 8 and
has been subject to an intense, multinational search by air and sea. More than
half ‐ 51% ‐ of Americans told pollsters they believed the plane had gone down
in the Indian Ocean, where the search has focused. But 46% believe it is some‐
where else, while 79% believe no one on the plane has survived. If the plane
did go down in the ocean, its wreckage could be at a depth of nearly three
miles below the surface. Last week, Malaysian Airlines announced it would
close the centres it was running to house relatives of those who disappeared
and provide them with daily updates on the search's progress. The airline said
the search was entered "a new phase" and it was best for relatives to be at
home to receive updates.
The Mail Online: June 14th 2014
'MH370 was no accident': Shocking new claim from commercial pilot who spent months investigating doomed flight for new book.
The disappearance of MH370 has been described as ‘deliberate’ and ‘calculated’ in the latest book to be published on the tragedy. New Zealand authors Ewan
Wilson, a commercial pilot and Hamilton City Councillor, and Waikato Times journalist Geoff Taylor, said they used a process of elimination to lead readers to
the revelation that the tragedy was no accident. Wilson told stuff.co.nz that the conclusion of Good Night Malaysian 370: The truth behind the loss of Flight
370 will shock the travelling public. ‘For the first time we present a detailed analysis of the flight, the incredible route it took, and who we believe was in
charge of the aircraft as it plunged into the Indian Ocean,’ Wilson said. The book begins at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8 and weaves in the
lives of the 239 passengers and crew on board what was meant to be a short flight to Beijing. Wilson, a former CEO of two airlines and with qualifications in
transport safety investigations, said the men investigated each piece of evidence and eliminated all the possible scenarios until the reader is left with 'one
shocking and unbelievable conclusion'. ‘The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 captured the world's attention and shocked everyone ‐ [the out‐
come] is gut‐wrenching,’ he said. The authors travelled to Malaysia to interview authorities and family members of MH370's pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah. Taylor
said authorities were not willing to admit the truth. ‘For the sake of the relatives of those on the flight the truth needs to be out there,’ he said. ‘We visited the
departure lounge where families sat full of excitement and anticipation waiting for their boarding call. Surely they deserve better than a cover up?
' During a late night visit to the departure lounge Taylor recalled the moment his conclusion swept over him. ‘What happened to MH370 was no accident,’ he
said. ‘It was deliberate and it was calculated and it should never have been allowed to happen.’ Wilson said the March 8 mystery could determine which air‐
lines passengers choose in the future. The authors also recommend immediate changes to the management of flight crews and the introduction of tamper‐
proof technical systems to ensure the aircraft can be tracked at all times. Meanwhile, Australia has chosen a state‐of‐the‐art Dutch vessel to help map the
Indian Ocean floor as the search for missing flight MH370 heads deeper under water. Netherlands‐based Fugro Survey will assist a Chinese military vessel in
surveying the ocean bed as part of the next stage of the quest for the Malaysia Airlines plane which vanished three months ago. The MV Fugro Equator, which
is equipped with a deep water multi‐beam echo sounder system, will work with Chinese PLA‐Navy ship Zhu Kezhen to complete the mapping ahead of the
underwater search by an as‐yet undetermined contractor. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is now planning to comb a 60,000 square‐kilometre (24,000
square‐mile) search zone based on the plane's last satellite communication. The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) stated that the survey would provide
crucial information to help plan the deep water search for MH370 which is scheduled to begin in August. ‘The bathymetric (ocean floor) survey will provide a
map of the underwater search zone, charting the contours, depths and composition of the seafloor in water depths up to 6,000 metres,’ the JACC said. Fugro
said in a statement that it expected its vessel to start mapping in mid‐June which was expected to take about three months. The Malaysian government has
revealed it has spent just a fraction of what Australia has paid in the search for missing flight MH370, as officials from both countries prepare to meet to dis‐
cuss the next phase of the mission. But Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey said Australia will pay its fair share in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
'It is understood that the plane went down in waters that are our responsibility, and there is a cost to having responsibility and we don't shirk that,' he told
reporters on Tuesday morning. 'We accept responsibility and will pay for it. We're not a country that begs others for money to do our job.' The Australian gov‐
ernment has set aside almost $90 million for the search ‐ expected to be the most expensive in aviation history ‐ but it's possible that figure could increase.
More than three months have passed since the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard ‐
including six Australians. The Boeing 777 is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, but an extensive search has turned up no sign of wreckage.
The Australia Transport Safety Board last week issued a tender to continue the deep‐water search for the ill‐fated flight.
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Hunters claim to have captured Bigfoot's
Are aliens invading Solihull? Mother films
Australian cousin Downunder
By Taylor Auerbach floating red orbs in the sky for 40 minutes –
although she admits 'I thought I'd had too
many rum and cokes'
By Richard Spillett.
A mother has told of her shock after she spotted mysterious
lights in the sky above her home. Market trader Michele
Bardsley, 35, filmed strange red and white orbs floating over
her street in Solihull, West Midlands. The video she made
shows a formation of three or four lights, rising and falling
together in the night sky.
Two friends who claim to have captured vision of an Australian
Bigfoot say they 'convinced' the elusive creature to appear on film The mother‐of‐three says she filmed the phenomenon for at least 40 minutes ‐ only breaking off for to
by offering him a feast of apples. The grainy early‐morning video, put on her slippers when her feet got cold. She said: 'I was painting upstairs then went to the back door
shot in South Queensland on March 29, has sent an online com‐ for a cig. I looked up and there were these shapes, like red orbs, in the sky. 'They didn't look like stars or
munity of Bigfoot hunters into a spin after the friends who filmed
it claimed the clip is evidence of the mysterious Yowie ‐ a mythical planes or helicopters, they were just hanging there. I thought I'd had a few too many rum and cokes.
creature rumoured to roam the Aussie bush. Jason Heal and Jason
Dunn, self‐described 'Yowie searchers', posted the vision to their
YouTube account on April 5 and dubbed the strange creature with
glowing eyes 'The Morning Visitor'.
'I got my phone and zoomed in on them. I was there for about
20 minutes, my feet were freezing but I couldn't come away.
'Eventually I had to come back inside for my slippers and fags,
then I went back out and filmed another 20 minutes.
'I must have looked mad out there for so long just filming the sky but it was so strange I did not want to
'We'd been throwing him a few extra apples since he was willing
to appear on camera,' Jason Heal told MailOnline. 'I'm somebody
go inside.' After spending nearly an hour in the garden she finally ended her video and went back inside to
who believes in appreciation in life and if he's showing himself, we her family. She added: 'I want people to see it because I want to know what it was. We put it on the big
appreciate the fact. 'We even left a few apples without the cam‐ TV screen and you can see all kinds of things happening, lights shooting off, appearing and disappearing.
era and said "you can have the apples but we don't get the prize."'
'People must think I'm mad but I know what I saw. I am not saying it is aliens, but they are definitely UFOs
He said the Yowie first appeared the Thursday afternoon before
their early morning video by waving its 'black hairy arm' in front of and I don't know what they were.' Ms Bardsley's sighting earlier this year is just the latest in a series of
the lens 'to see if it's going to set the camera off or not'. Mr. Heal apparent close encounters in the area. In 2012 an unnamed police officer claimed he witnessed a UFO
said he and his partner have spent thousands of dollars hunting speeding across the sky near Birmingham airport while off‐duty. And in 2010, two fighter jets were filmed
Yowies in the Australian bush and described the furry humanoids
as 'very intelligent creatures'. Their video has so far been watched
whizzing over the M5 in the West Midlands, apparently in pursuit of a UFO.
more than 9,000 times. It is just the latest in a string of clips that
have garnered the pair more than 1 million views on YouTube and NASA: Understanding alien messages may be just like solving the Rosetta Stone
inspired an article on the Cryptozoology News website. 'Even
though the creature on the video certainly resembles a sloth,
these animals are not native to any region of Australia and they A new e‐book from NASA discusses whether it might be simpler than expected
are illegal to have as pets,' the article reads. 'The possibility of the to communicate with aliens, should they ever make contact. According to
video showing a big unidentified ape remains open.' But readers Douglas Vakoch, director of interstellar message composition at the SETI insti‐
are not so sure with many voicing their skepticism over the infra‐
red vision, filmed at 3:27am. 'That’s a really neat‐o mask that guy tute and editor of a book called Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar
is wearing!' said Ira Shlamazel. Communications compared the struggle to communicate to the breakthroughs
in understanding ancient languages. 'For a couple thousand years, we had no
'Maybe if you moved the camera a little further away it wouldn’t idea what the hieroglyphs said. We had this idea of them as this abstract, exotic
be so obvious.' User The Flinx joked: '1990 called, they want their
hoax back'. Michael Bachman, editor of Cryptozoology News, told language, this super language that had some higher meaning, 'Ultimately, that's
MailOnline: 'At this point we have no idea whether the video is not what they are,' he said. 'They are like other languages, and we just had to
real or a hoax, but it has certainly captivated some viewers.' The free ourselves of an assumption that held everyone captive. We had to see
mixed opinion has angered the two Jason’s who said they have
them in a new light and assume they were just like every language.'
invested time and money in their hunt for evidence of Australia's
answer to the Sasquatch. 'Everyone's going crazy, saying it's a
hoax, like we're putting lamps on our head,' said Mr. Heal. 'You Assuming aliens attempt to communicate via radio signal or some kind of electronic pulse, that means
give them something real and they all turn around and say it's they would have a similar understanding of math and science. That would provide a common ground to
fake...we know they exist, we've done enough research.' The duo
crack their code. However, unlike the Rosetta Stone, Vakoch agreed that 'we aren't going to get some‐
do have a number of fans online. Paul Davies wrote: 'Excellent
capture you guys fair play, all that time out in the bush has cer‐ thing that is written in English and Klingo' to make the translation easier, there are other avenues we can
tainly paid off.' Yowies have long been part of Australian folklore, use. 'We can think, do we have an analog to the Rosetta Stone?' he asked. 'You can look at things like
with rumoured sightings dating back to the 18th century. Internet math and science. If you can build a radio telescope, then you must know some basic math, and you can
sleuths often swap tales of encounters with the strange ape‐like
creatures who are said to stroll around the outback. look at those as potential Rosetta stones.' Unlike most of the astrophysicists contributing to NASA's book.
Vakoch is a social scientist. 'Even my background is in psychology, where we're attuned to understanding
people who think like us,' he said. 'Well, anthropologists and archaeologists are used to making contact
Check the video out at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article‐2599430/Two‐ and connections with completely foreign things. They have this mindset of encountering the 'radically
Australian‐mates‐claim‐capture‐Yowie‐video‐luring‐fruit.html
other,' so most of them [were] very receptive to contributing to this book.'
Page 25 He also conceded that the wait for such contact 'requires tremendous patience.'
The ghost of Alcatraz: Tourists spooked by photograph of young woman Is this Bigfoot? Watch hiker's footage of a
'Sasquatch' climbing up a sheer slope in the
waiting in the notorious prison’s visitation block
Canadian mountains
By Corey Charlton By James Gordon
A photograph of a ghost‐like figure appearing at the window of an Alcatraz prison block has baffled the
couple who took it. The spooky picture was taken by Sheila Sillery‐Walsh at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary,
off the coast of San Francisco, California. The former prison site, long considered to be one of the most
haunted places in the US, was once home to hundreds of notorious murderers, bank robbers, and gang‐
sters such as Al Capone. In the spooky image, the shadowy girl can be seen staring directly through the
window at the camera from inside the inmates' visitation waiting room.
Teaching assistant Sheila Sillery‐Walsh from Birming‐
ham took the photo on her iPhone 5c when she visited
the former prison in April while on holiday in San Fran‐
cisco with her partner, Paul Rice. The 48‐year‐old said:
'Alcatraz Penitentiary is a must‐see for any tourist. How‐
ever as soon as we entered the prison, everything felt A Canadian hiker has released a video of what he thinks could be
very eerie. I didn't feel comfortable there. 'Whilst doing Sasquatch in the mountains near Squamish, British Columbia. The
video was shot by Myles Lamont two years ago while he was
an audio‐tour of the place, I casually stopped to take a hiking in the Tantalus Range, north of Vancouver. Now that it has
snap of the empty visitation block window on my been posted on YouTube, more than 260,000 people have viewed
iPhone. 'When I glanced at the photo on my mobile, I the footage. Mr Lamont claims he only uploaded the video for the
saw this dark female figure in the picture. I looked at benefit of a couple of friends. 'We had no intention for it to
gather the interest it has. We are not claiming this to be anything
the window again and there was no‐one in the room. other than a strange encounter.' The video shows a small black
dot of a figure reportedly moving up a mountain.
'I knew straight away that the woman in
the photo was a ghost and showed the
snap to Paul. 'From that point onwards, I
wasn't interested in the Alcatraz tour
anymore. I just kept looking at the picture
over and over again!' Mr Rice has never
believed in ghosts but admits that the
strange snapshot has shaken his confi‐
dence. The 50‐year‐old explained: 'When I
first saw the photo, I tried to rationalize
the female figure away by saying it was
just Sheila's reflection. 'But with closer
inspection, it's obvious that this is not the
case at all.
'Pretty sure this is Sasquatch down there,' said Mr Lamont on the
video recording. 'I can't see it very well. It's this little black dot
The woman's hair and clothing is from a different era ‐ it looks like she's
walking in the middle of the snow in the middle of nowhere.' Mr.
from the 1930s or 40s. 'I have no logical explanation for the girl in the Lamont says he was able to view the subject far better than what
picture ‐ I'm baffled by her! It's funny because she's staring right at the the video portrays as it was just a simple point and shoot camera.
camera, with a knowing look. 'I was really skeptical about ghosts before 'The contrast was excellent due to the snow behind the subject,'
he says. The video is intriguing because the shape does appear to
but I'm a bit more of a believer now. I do think that the woman in the be rapidly moving up the mountain. 'If that's human why would
photo is a ghost.' The couple have tried to find out the identity of the you walk up that ridge or that snow line?' Mr. Lamont asks. 'Why
ghostly woman in the photo by contacting staff at the Alcatraz site, but would he not just go straight down?'
none of the old‐timers could recognize the woman in the picture. 'I am so
'Good thing we brought beers,' he jokes. 'Maybe we can lure him
curious to know who she could be though ‐ perhaps she was a female visi‐ over here. I don't know how high we are, but we're probably
tor of a prisoner who kept returning back. close to 7,000 feet and this guy's just scampering up snow lines
like it's no big deal.' He states in his posting that 'the subject was
clearly bipedal and was without snowshoes or a backpack and
wearing all one colored clothing'. 'Movement over this kind of
terrain in soft snow without snowshoes would have been very
difficult and the distance travelled over the given time period
would have been very fast for a human without proper snow
travel gear.'
Some other interesting factors are noticed about the unusual
recording. 'There was a very steep drop off below where the
video was shot, easily a 300m sheer face. We were not equipped
with climbing gear and a descent around would have been impos‐
sible before nightfall,' Mr. Lamont says.
He does not believe that the footage is that of a bear or any other
wild animal. 'Perhaps the most reasonable explanation for this
video is a very ill prepared hiker, hiking up a difficult section of
snowline as opposed to a much easier route, one who is very
physically fit and able to cover ground in unusually quick fashion
and must have had very large feet as we were breaking through
snow crust in just our boots.' Although some may question the
authenticity of Mr. Lamonts' video, over the past five years, the
Sasquatch Genome Project has spent $500,000 on collecting data
and evidence and describe it as a 'serious study.' The group says
they'll continue to collect evidence and video, which will be used
in a documentary at a later date.
I would love to know why she's shown herself in my photo. 'Weirdly when we were near that cell, a woman Check out the video at:
came on the audio tour who used to visit a prisoner. It makes you wonder.' Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article‐2620822/Is‐Sasquatch
was a maximum high‐security federal prison, which operated from 1934 to 1963. Although officials for ‐caught‐camera‐Canadian‐mountains.html
Alcatraz publicly dismiss reports of ghosts at the site, several former guards and park rangers have re‐
vealed their paranormal experiences at the prison. Page 26
Crop Circles Mysteries
By Nancy Talbot
Nancy Talbot delves into further Crop Circle

formations. The 9th Crop Circle of 2014.
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By Nancy Talbot
Date: June 13 (just after midnight June 12‐13) Walking farther into the field they also found the large circle and noticed right
Location: Oud‐Gastel, Holland away that the lay in its outer edge ran counter‐clockwise, while the inner part
Crop: Wheat was flattened clockwise (the same way the April 4th grass circle near Hoeven
Found By: Robbert v/d Broeke ( http://www.robbertvandenbroeke.nl/home) had been). The large circle in this formation measured 13.2 meters in diame‐
Diagram: Roy Boschman, Nancy Talbott ter. Robbert reports a “very soft, peaceful” feeling in this formation and,
Photos: Roy Boschman while there, Roy (who had his camera with him this night) took pictures im‐
Report By: Nancy Talbott, BLT Research (http://www.bltresearch.com) mediately with the nearly‐full moon… FURTHER IMAGES ON THE NEXT PAGE.
On the evening of June12‐13 Robbert and Roy visited the June 4th formation
at Standdaarbuiten around 11pm. It was a lovely quiet night with no wind
and a nearly‐full moon. After staying in the field at Staanddaarbuiten for a
while Robbert felt very strongly that something or someone was trying to
make contact with him‐‐he was experiencing the same “uneasy” feeling he
always gets when a new circle is coming. After concentrating and trying to
“make contact” he got the name of the village of Oud‐Gastel and then the
street name “Laangedruf” (Long Drive)—a place where there has never been
(to Robbert’s knowledge) a circle before.

As the men drove to the area Robbert said the new formation would probably
consist of a big circle with some small “satellites” not far away…and he saw in
his “mind’s eye” a cluster of light‐balls swirling very fast around each other‐‐
directly over the place in the field where he knew the new circle would
be. Although this was a new location for a circle in Robbert’s area, they found
the field quickly since Robbert was guided, as usual, by his “intuitions” and
there was also a nearly full moon which gave enough light so that the forma‐
tion was clearly visible from the road when they got to the right place.
As the men walked into the field through the tram‐lines they first saw the Please note that it is not yet known if the farmer will allow access—check
three small satellites (ranging in size from 2 ‐ 2.6m in diameter), just as Rob‐ Robbert’s web‐site for more photos & info:
bert had said. ( http://www.robbertvandenbroeke.nl/graancirkelarchief).
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By Nancy Talbot

For many in‐depth reports about other crop circles and a wide range of highly
anomalous events which have been occurring around Robbert for the last 20
years see his page on the BLT website:

http://www.bltresearch.com/robbert.php
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UFOs over Anglesey
Back in the summer of 2006, my childhood interest in UFO's became almost instantly revived, due
to a personal experience I had on the Welsh island of Anglesey. That year I visited the island for the
first time, together with a friend from Liverpool who regularly goes there for off‐time with his
family. Both he and his at one time staunchly sceptical dad (who worked for the RAF), had been
telling me stories about strange lights they had observed in the sky while out camping, along with a
lot of general lore about Anglesey and its mysterious past. This of course intrigued me to no end, so
we planned a trip to the island to see if we might experience something out of the ordinary
together. The following is thus an account of the events that took place while we were there, and is
closely connected with some video evidence that my friend took a few weeks later at the same
location. But before laying out the details, there are a few things I should make clear.
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First of all, since I wrote very little down after that night, most of this account During this time, the loud squawking from Puffin Island also stopped.
comes solely from my memory ‐ and memory is of course known to be falli‐ Whether this was due to the surrounding activities or just because it was
ble in a number of ways. Secondly, I have become much more sceptical in the past bedtime, i honestly do not know, but we certainly thought it was
following years, not just of our "encounter", but also of UFO's in general (at strange at the time. Around midnight, or maybe a bit earlier, we both started
least concerning what “they” are). Nevertheless, I don't discount that true experiencing headaches and nausea, that seemed to originate somewhere
UFO experiences take place, and I still think that at least some of what I ex‐ around the gut and stomach area. It was a strange feeling of numbness. Also
perienced that summer on Anglesey, was anomalous in nature ‐ and in any even more lights of different colours had now started to appear along the
case, an interesting story for others to read. For the same reason, I have tried horizon, and at some point ‐ in a mix of anxiety and nausea ‐ my friend de‐
to reserve most of my critical comments until the end of this article. cided to retreat to the tent for the night. I was determined to stay around
though, and continue observing the lights out over sea.
Finally, as a supplement, I encourage everyone to check out my blog post at
http://vomanomalous.blogspot.dk/2012/12/ufos‐over‐anglesey‐wales‐ About 3 hours into the ordeal, there were as many as five lights on the hori‐
2006.html, where I have linked to the video footage my friend took some zon. Even if it is impossible to measure the exact distance from where we
weeks later. In that post I also describe the general area where the experi‐ were standing, its safe to say that they must have been at least a few kilome‐
ence took place in more detail, as well as give some short analysis of each ters from land. Some were static, while others were moving to the left and
video clip. I think readers will find it interesting and helpful to refer to. back again. Some shone with incredible brightness. I remember that one or
two of the lights changed colours regularly, almost like a piece of “ground
The experience itself spinner” fireworks. Another light was similar to a welders flame and very
difficult to look at directly, for more than a few moments at a time. Then,
Since my friend and his family had had their sightings while vacationing at suddenly, I started taking notice of a kind of bright, pulsating light – almost
the Nant Bychan Caravan/Campsite near the town of Moelfre on the north‐ like a camera flash – moving further down the coast, close to the town of
ern coast of the island, this is where we decided to stay as well. On the pic‐ Moelfre. At first i took it for a small boat, but something about the way the
ture below you can see the Campsite as it appears on google maps, with the light behaved and changed places just didn't seem right. After maybe half an
green marker showing almost exactly where our tent was, from where we hour i decided to take a flashlight and go down to the water and shine it in
were looking towards the coast. It has the GPS coordinates 53.346243,‐ the direction of the light. There was no real message behind it (I don't know
4.233843, if anyone wants to check the area out further. morse code), I just tried to get the attention of who or whatever was the
Shortly after we had set up camp the first night, things started to happen. source behind it. I think I might have tried for a few minutes, then made my
Until this point, my friend had mostly seen things appearing high up in the way back to the tent. As I walked back I specifically remember the light still
sky ‐ lights splitting and joining, zig‐zagging and quickly disappearing out of being around the area where it first appeared, which was perhaps 1 ½ to 2
sight. This night though, the sky were remarkably quiet. But at around 10 kilometers away.
o'clock, when it was beginning to get dark, we saw a light out at sea, close to
the bird sanctuary known as Puffin Island. Then afterwards more lights Arriving at our tent took me less than two minutes, and when got there I
started appearing, dotted along the horizon at different altitudes. I remem‐ looked towards Moelfre again to try and spot the pulsating light. To my as‐
ber, at first, we were thinking: this could be either planes or boats, or both tonishment, it suddenly appeared just slightly to the left of me, very close to
(we knew there was an oil rig off the coast, but this was clearly visible at all the beach and almost in front of the campsite, and then blinked away again.
times and therefore not easily confused with anything else), but still there There is no way it could have been a motordriven boat (which i figure it had
was something about that explanation that wasn't satisfactory. to be to cover that distance in such short time), since there was no noise at
all. Even if it could have been a boat of really skilled rowers, I figure they
At some point, an orange‐reddish ball of light started to form around over would have been smashed against the reef, since the waves were going
the horizon, and appeared as if it was spinning around frantically in the air. somewhat high at the time. But what happened next removed all those
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thoughts from my head, because suddenly the light appeared half way across by John Milor (note: I dont agree with Milor's conclusions about UFO's),
the campsite straight in front of me. It flashed in one pulsating moment, where to my surprise there is an almost exact description of what I experi‐
maybe one meter above the ground or so, and then disappeared again. enced. In the introduction to the book, Milor relates an incident that hap‐
There was no source behind the light that I could see. It looked almost as I pened while he was in the army. Out on an exercise one night, while he was
would imagine ball lightning to be like. I remember it shocked me and I yelled on guard duty, he suddenly saw a bright, flashing light in the distance:
out to my friend about it, making him even more anxious inside the tent. I
The autokinetic effect (also referred to as autokinesis) is a phenomenon of
was also a bit disturbed at this point, but the light never did appear again.
visual perception in which a stationary, small point of light in an otherwise
dark or featureless environment appears to move. It was first recorded by a
Russian officer keeping watch who observed illusory movement of a star
near the horizon. It presumably occurs because motion perception was
always relative to some reference point. In darkness or in a featureless
environment there is no reference point, so the movement of the single
point is undefined. The direction of the movements does not appear to be
correlated with the involuntary eye movements, but may be determined by
errors between eye position and that specified by efference copy of the
movement signals sent to the extraocular muscles.
1
The amplitude of the movements is also undefined. Individual observers set
their own frames of reference to judge amplitude (and possibly direction).
2 Because the phenomenon is labile, it has been used to show the effects of
social influence or suggestion on judgements. For example, if an observer
who would otherwise say the light is moving one foot overhears another
observer say the light is moving one yard then the first observer will report
View from our tent at the Nant Bychan campsite in daylight. that the light moved one yard. Discovery of the influence of suggestion on
1 marks where I first saw the pulsating light, and 2 where it appeared the autokinetic effect is often attributed to Sherif (1935), but it was re‐
over the site. corded by Adams (1912), if not others...
Wikipedia
As daylight started to break, the lights over the horizon faded too. The last to
disappear was the very sharp welders flame‐like light, which had been in “I stood up, waiting for another flash. Another one came, brighter, and
more or less the same place for hours, shining with more or less the same closer....Two things came to my mind to explain the phenomenon: swamp
intensity. I finally went to bed and when i woke up i tried to make sense of it gas, and ball lightning....Finally ,I saw what was producing the flashing. It
all with my friend, we decided to stay for another night and see if we could was a ball of light as bright as a camera flash, and about the size of a soccer
get closer to the mystery. Unfortunately, a storm arrived around nighttime ball. The ball was about twenty feet up in the air, would flash for about a half
and not only threatened to carry us away, tent and all, but also ruined all second, then disappear . While invisible, it would move about twenty to
visibility of sea and sky. The day after, the damages forced us to leave, much thirty feet closer to my position, then flash again....I stepped out onto the side
to my disappointment. We also regretted not having had proper equipment of the dirt road and began to talk to this ominous orb as it approached us.
with us to film what we had seen. A few weeks after, my friend bought a “Who are you? What are you? Reveal yourself to me…”I questioned it. By this
camera and went back to Anglesey alone. Here he managed to film a series time, it was flashing about ten feet in front of me, still close to twenty feet
of objects/lights similar to those we saw together. The results can be seen, as above the ground”
mentioned earlier, on my blog. As for myself, I came back to Anglesey again
several times after, but never saw anything anomalous there again. As you can see, he had the same reaction as I did, trying to make some sort
of communication with the light, which then appeared almost like it did in
Conclusions (in retrospect) front of me. This makes me seriously consider that he experienced the same
phenomenon, whatever it was.
Looking back at that night in 2006, together with knowledge gained from
later visits to Anglesey, it seems that there were 2 groups of lights appearing As to what really happened that night, I really do not have a fixed opinion.
on the horizon. Some could very well have belonged fishing trawlers or other But whatever it was, I have “It” to thank, for getting me seriously into the
boats out on business, in fact they probably did. But other lights, like the study of UFO's, which although frustrating at times, is still one of the most
orange‐red one, and that which I have referred to as the “welders flame” interesting areas of research there is. I do also hope to experience another
light, were completely different. It is quite possible that viewing both kinds of close encounter some day, although, knowing what I know today about the
lights, made the collective experience seem a lot more strange than it actu‐ subject, I hope it won't be TOO close.
ally was. On the other hand, if some of these lights really were what we
could call UFO's, this means that whoever were out on the boats that must
have observed the other lights along with us, and at even closer range. An‐
other option I have thought of, has been helicopters. I started considering
this possibility especially after seeing the objects on my friend's video foot‐
age. I since found out that Anglesey is home to quite a lot of helicopters, and
maybe they could have been out on a drill that night. Also there is a consider‐ Blog and online archive covering various subjects of interest
able army presence on the island, which could account for about the same to me (and hopefully you too). Topics include ‐ but are not
thing. But I dont think any one these solutions – or even all of them together
limited to ‐ UFO's, cryptozoology, weird fact‐fiction connec‐
‐ can account for the total experience.
tions and miscellaneous Forteana. The postings are based
The most difficult aspect to explain, of course, is the pulsating, flash‐like light on my own research and will often deal specifically with
that suddenly appeared in front of me over the campsite. Autokinesis paired Danish cases.
with lights of various human origin can account for much, but this indicated
to me that something out of the ordinary really is going on in the area, and http://vomanomalous.blogspot.dk/2012/12/ufos‐over‐
that I caught a glimpse of it at very close hand. Interestingly enough, just
anglesey‐wales‐2006.html
prior to finishing this article I was reading through a book, Aliens In The Bible
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Skinwalker Ranch: Book Review
By Dr. Peter McCue
Special Book Review by - Dr. Peter McCue.

provided by a man known as Junior Hicks) that the 1933, starting with about 160 acres and then in‐
ranch has been declared off‐limits to members of creasing their holding by buying further parcels of
the Ute tribe, because it supposedly lies in the land. Dr Garth Myers, a former paediatric neurolo‐
path of the Skinwalker – hence the figurative use gist (now deceased), told Salisbury that his brother
of 'Skinwalker' in the title of Kelleher and Knapp's Kenneth had died in 1987, after which his
book, and the colloquial name given to the ranch. (Kenneth's) widow continued living at the ranch
However, in the 2010 edition of his book, Frank until about 1992. She died in 1994, whereupon
Salisbury notes (p. 225) that the Native American Garth Myers and his sisters inherited the property,
stories that Hicks heard don’t apply to much of the which they sold to the Shermans. Regarding the
ranch, although Hicks reported that the ridge matter of digging on the ranch, Garth said that the
forming its northern boundary is of special signifi‐ only stipulation in the real estate contract was one
cance to Native Americans and they refuse to go retaining oil rights for the sellers. He denied that
there. there was a profusion of locks at the property,
although he explained that there were small slid‐
Funded by the US billionaire Robert Bigelow, an ing locks on cupboards inside; and he denied that
organization called the National Institute for Dis‐ his late brother had ever used large guard dogs.
covery Science (NIDS) was established to study
anomalous phenomena. In 1996, Colm Kelleher Hunt for the Skinwalker (p. 16) states that the
Title: Skinwalker Ranch: Path of the Skinwalker went to work for it. In August of that year, NIDS greatest concentration of high strangeness in the
Author: Ryan Skinner bought the Skinwalker Ranch from its then own‐ Uinta Basin has always been at the Skinwalker
Publisher: Lulu ers, Terry and Gwen Sherman (referred to, pseu‐ Ranch. But Garth Myers told Salisbury that he'd
ISBN: 978‐1‐304‐69541‐3 donymously, as Tom and Ellen Gorman in Kelleher been close to his brother and sister‐in‐law, and
Price: $11.57 on Amazon or $16.43 on Barnes and and Knapp's book). The couple and their two chil‐ that "[t]here was nothing, unequivocally, abso‐
Noble dren had been there for about two years, and had lutely nothing, that went on while [they] lived
Reviewer: Dr. Peter McCue reportedly witnessed a succession of bizarre and there" (quoted by Salisbury, 2010, p. 219). As a
harrowing events. Following the change in owner‐ teenager, Garth had worked on the ranch for three
ship of the ranch, NIDS personnel also experienced summers, without apparently seeing UFOs. In an e‐
Ryan Skinner's book describes some strange ex‐ strange phenomena there. mail to me in November 2010, Frank Salisbury
periences that he and three associates have alleg‐ explained that a couple of weeks previously, he'd
edly had on, or in the vicinity of, a 480‐acre ranch According to Hunt for the Skinwalker (p. 193), Kel‐ visited the Uinta Basin with Jacques Vallee (a well‐
in the Uinta (or Uintah) Basin in north‐east Utah. leher left NIDS in 2004. By then, nothing of note known writer on the UFO subject), and they'd
For ease of expression, I've outlined the stories had apparently happened for quite a while. Frank interviewed a number of people, including the son
without using distancing terminology ('alleges', Salisbury informed me that he had been hoping to of John Garcia, whose ranch adjoins the Skinwalker
'claims', 'purports', etc.). Unfortunately, Skinner make a visit to the ranch in September 2009. He Ranch on the east. (Garcia is referred to, pseudo‐
doesn't give much historical information about the contacted the caretakers, who explained that they nymously, as 'Mr Gonsalez' in Hunt for the Skin‐
ranch, so I'll start by providing some, drawing on would have to check with Mr Bigelow. About two walker.) Garcia's son explained that when he was a
Chapter 16 of my 2012 book Zones of Strangeness: hours later, Salisbury received a call from Colm teenager, he'd worked for Kenneth Myers and had
An Examination of Paranormal and UFO Hot Spots. Kelleher, who wouldn't permit the visit. Evidently, got to know him quite well, but Myers had never
then, Kelleher was still associated with Bigelow, said anything to him about UFOs or other strange
BACKGROUND and was still involved in some way with the ranch. things on his ranch.
The Uinta Basin has reportedly been the setting for
UFO activity over many years. It's discussed in an Kelleher and Knapp's book makes the following – Salisbury considers the possibility that Kenneth
interesting book by Dr Frank Salisbury, entitled The apparently inaccurate – assertions about the prop‐ and Edith Myers refrained from telling Garth about
Utah UFO Display. It first appeared in 1974. An erty and the people who owned it before the Sher‐ UFO sightings because he was sceptical about such
updated version was published in 2010, and in‐ mans: (1) The previous owners bought the ranch in matters. But Salisbury indicates that there's only
cludes an informative section on the aforemen‐ the 1950s. (2) It had been unoccupied for almost tenuous evidence for that proposition: Hicks
tioned ranch. e ranch is located about two‐and‐a‐ seven years when the Shermans arrived, although seemed to recall an assistant at a drugstore telling
half miles south‐west of Fort Duchesne and is sur‐ the owners would visit it a couple of times a year him that Edith Myers had UFO stories to tell. Terry
rounded by the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reserva‐ to check that the fence lines were intact. (3) The Sherman was a key witness regarding many of the
tion. Known colloquially as the 'Skinwalker Ranch', previous owners put some very strange clauses in events mentioned in Hunt for the Skinwalker. Salis‐
it has attracted much attention over recent years, the property sale contract, stipulating that there bury (2010, Chapter 8) refers to lengthy telephone
because of claims that it's been the setting for UFO was to be no digging on the land without their conversations he'd had with him, and Sherman's
sightings, cattle mutilations, poltergeist‐type ef‐ receiving prior warning. (4) The Shermans found contending that many of the things in Kelleher and
fects, and other anomalies. The first book to focus that every door in the ranch house had several Knapp's book only resembled a true account of his
on the phenomena at the ranch was Hunt for the heavy‐duty dead bolts on both the inside and out‐ experiences. Salisbury states that Sherman basi‐
Skinwalker, by Dr Colm Kelleher and George side; all the windows were bolted; and there were cally supported Garth Myers' version of the history
Knapp. It was published in 2005. Although very indications that the previous owners had chained of the ranch.
readable, it appears to contain some serious errors large guard dogs to both ends of the building.
In talking to Salisbury, Sherman was somewhat
In the religion and lore of the Native American These claims are challenged by testimony cited in guarded about what had occurred at the ranch.
tribes of the south‐west USA, a Skinwalker is an the 2010 edition of Frank Salisbury's book. It ap‐ But what he said, along with information from
evil, shape‐shifting witch. Kelleher and Knapp (p. pears that the previous occupants, Kenneth and Junior Hicks, convinced Salisbury that strange phe‐
44) state (apparently on the basis of information Edith Myers, had bought the property around nomena had indeed occurred, even though some
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By Dr. Peter McCue
of the details in Hunt for the Skinwalker appear to
be wrong.

SKINNER'S STORIES
In the early hours of what appears to have been
1st January 2008 – Skinner’s book is slightly con‐
fusing about the precise date – he and his wife‐to‐
be, Iryna, were driving on the Interstate‐70 road in
Utah when they became aware that a ruby‐red,
aerial light was following them. They pulled over
and stopped. Shortly after, they saw three entities
heading towards them. They couple sped away,
with the ball of light still in pursuit. They pulled
into a rest area. Thinking that truck drivers would
be asleep in their vehicles, Skinner tried to attract
their attention, by repeatedly sounding his horn.
But that was to no avail. As he looked about, he
noticed a number of seemingly abandoned cars,
with their doors hanging open. The light that had
been following them went away and suddenly
vanished over a ridgeline. Looking into one of the
cars, which had three of its four doors open, Skin‐
ner noticed items inside, including a mobile phone
and a purse.

After resuming their journey, the couple had fur‐
ther UFO and alien entity sightings. They managed
to capture some of the light phenomena with a
video camera. They pulled off the road at one
point, and Skinner states (p. 41) that several hours
passed before they continued their drive. It's not
clear whether he's suggesting that they were am‐
nesic for some of that period (i.e. whether they'd
experienced 'missing time'). Skinner discovered
that the strange events of that night had occurred
close to the Skinwalker Ranch, and he became
obsessed with the paranormal. This led to the his doorbell ringing. Eventually, he decided not to He states that he threw back the flaps of their tent
break‐up of his marriage with Iryna. respond to it. But he was awoken later – during and came face to face with his brother. At this
the first night when he adopted this new tactic, I point, the main text abruptly ends! It's followed
Although he's apparently made numerous investi‐ presume – by the sound of footsteps lumbering with "TO BE CONTINUED..." and then a page of
gative trips to the Uinta Basin, Skinner's 169‐page towards his bedroom door; then it sounded as if information about the author.
book goes into detail about only two of them. the intruder were shifting weight from one foot to
During the first one, he met up with a man called the other outside the door. But a calm feeling had PROBLEMS
Ian Borden (for all I know, that could be a pseudo‐ come over Skinner, associated with the idea that People who've paid for this book might feel
nym), who had moved from Salt Lake City to Fort by turning his attention away from them, he would cheated by its abrupt and unsatisfactory ending,
Duchesne. They drove out at night to a fairly re‐ be depriving the phenomena of their strength. and also, perhaps, by its rather limited content. If
mote spot, within hiking distance of the Skinwalker Over time, the manifestations became less fre‐ Skinner has made numerous other trips to the
Ranch, and, among other things, heard a strange, quent, and then they ceased. Uinta Basin, couldn't he have at least included a
mechanical voice and then saw flashing red, white summary of the relevant findings or experiences?
and blue lights. Skinner thought they'd been de‐ On the second visit to the Uinta Basin detailed in He's signally failed to explain what the
tected by the local native police. But then the his book, Skinner was accompanied by his brother “something” was that upset his brother while he
lights shut off and the voice ceased. Unaccompa‐ Tyson. They set up camp in the area that Skinner (Skinner) was some distance away, on the Skin‐
nied by Borden, who was concerned about tres‐ had been to with Ian Borden, and Skinner again walker Ranch. Of course, that may be deliberate, a
passing, Skinner ventured on to the territory of the made a nocturnal entry into the territory of the way of whetting his readers' appetites, so that
Skinwalker Ranch. He saw a ball of light coming ranch. Feeling unwell, his brother didn't accom‐ they'll promptly buy the next volume!
towards him, tried to video‐record it, and then pany him. But both of them had anomalous experi‐
made a fearful retreat. ences. For example, Skinner describes a face to Skinner's website:
face encounter with what he calls the (http://www.Skinwalkerranch.com) includes the
Back home, in a rural part of Wisconsin, Skinner "Skinwalker", in the form of a wolf‐like creature. 1974 edition of Frank Salisbury's book in its list of
was disturbed on three consecutive nights by the Over a walkie‐talkie he was carrying, he learned "Recommended Skinwalker Books". But it's the
sound of knocking on his front door, although that Tyson was in considerable distress – Tyson 2010 version of Salisbury's book that's more rele‐
when he checked, he saw no culprit. Then, from claimed that “something” was with him. Skinner vant, since it discusses the ranch and seriously
the fourth night, the disturbance took the form of hurried back to him over the rough terrain. challenges the accuracy of some of Kelleher and
Page 35
By Dr. Peter McCue
Knapp's assertions. Skinner's descriptive style is LACK OF CORROBORATION

long‐winded and unnecessarily convoluted. As do As noted above, some of the incidents that Skinner
Kelleher and Knapp in their book, Skinner reports describes involved companions. Given that his
snatches of conversation in the form of direct quo‐ marriage with Iryna broke down, it might not have
tations. Assuming they're not entirely fabricated, I been feasible for him to obtain a publishable state‐
suspect that, in the main, they're reconstructions ment from her. But it would have been helpful if
from memory. But that's a dubious ploy in a sup‐ the book had contained accounts, in their own
posedly factual book, since it introduces an ele‐ words, from his brother and from Ian Borden.
ment of fictionalization.
The Reviewer: Peter worked for many years as a
The book contains black‐and‐white photographs, clinical psychologist. He lives in Scotland. His
but the captions are hard to read, because the font Skinner also manages to get the acronym wrong, qualifications include a Ph.D., from the University
is too small and is relatively indistinct. There's a rendering it as “NIDs” (on p. 114, for example) or of Glasgow, awarded for a thesis on hypnosis.
drawing on p. 134 with some associated text, but “NID” (p. 129). In connection with his visit to the
the latter is hard to read, even with a magnifying Uinta Basin with his brother, Skinner states that he Peter’s interest in psychical research and UFOs
glass! Unfortunately, the book has no index and no needed to head north to get to the Skinwalker goes back decades. He’s the author of numerous
bibliography. It’s sprinkled with typos, grammatical Ranch, which implies, of course, that they were articles on these subjects and a recently published
errors and other mistakes. For example, ‘Santa south of it. However, from other details he gives, I book, titled Zones of Strangeness: An Examina‐
Claus’ is rendered as “Santa Clause” (p. 32), and get the impression that he actually approached it tion of Paranormal and UFO Hot Spots…
the word ‘for’ in ‘National Institute for Discovery from the north during both of the visits described
Science’ (NIDS) is replaced with “of” (p. 114). in the book. Amazing book: Well worth the read ‐ Steve Mera.
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