I saw a documentary yesterday about the war in Syria. And it was horrible. Children screaming after their parents who was somewhere beneath the rubble in some bombed building. People bleeding and calling out for their love ones. Total chaos! This is how war is. When the free independent mind is blocked and controlled by some old stupid fairytale. Inevitable as is, this becomes the result!
This documentary was supposed to mirror both sides of the war and what is going on there now. First you got a glint of how the Free Syrian Army(Sunni) look at the current situation, and how they stated that the wanted a Syria for all people and of all religious convictions. Second you were shown The Syrian Army “Assad” government friendly one (Alawite) , and how they stated that they were defending the Syria as they know it. But the worse thing, no matter what side you were listening to. They always talked about revenge in the name of Allah? Is that what their god wants?
Revenge after revenge? First the Syrian Ba’ath Party government forces that are friendly towards Bashar al-Assad strikes with regularly carried out attacks against civilian targets and against the free Syrian forces that are active in the northwest (Idlib, Aleppo). Just to be revenged the day after, by the Free Syrian Forces who will attack Syrian Army pickets. And this is how it goes on and on, day after day? And every time someone was injured or killed they screamed for revenge in the name of Allah, that goes for both sides. Intelligence demanded?
The religion has such a strong grip around these poor people, that in.. everything they do or say, it’s always together with some religious statement about Allah. Like: “Look! this is what Allah wants” “Allah told us this” “Allah decided this” “We will revenge them in the name of Allah”. They just can’t think one single thought without referring to Allah. It’s taking up almost 100% of their brain capacity. So to think rational and with a free mind is impossible for them. At least that’s my conclusion of what I’ve seen. The only way these people is going to be free and living peace with each other is WITHOUT religion. Religion was created as a power tool for the greedy and rich wannabe’s. That’s all! We can all live without these stupid brainwash techniques. We don’t need it.
We are free independent minds, and we must not be controlled by anybody than ourselves. I also state that this goes for the Western countries to. Where religion maybe isn’t that strong. But other things seems to take up much of the free mind. Like Money! Because the same grip as religion have over people in the Middle East, the forced desire to raise money in West, has the same effect on people here. My grandfather always said: Priests Politicians and Lawyers is Satan’s Soldiers..and this is so true! After watching and reading about religious wars throughout history I’ve come to the conclusion that, my grandfather was 100% right. We are simple better of without anyone controlling our mind.
Note: Some people are actually being helped by having a religion to lean on!
I heard about this case years ago, when living in Italy. It caused a great media sensation at the time (between 1956 and 1978). It was a Mass UFO sightings. People wanted to know what was happening but no one could penetrate the mystery. Now after 50 years of silence, insider witnesses have decided to speak. A UFO contact case that has been kept secret for decades is now revealed. Humans working together with extraterrestrials in secret. Hundreds of people were involved. Countless pieces of evidence remain. Only now can the truth be known.
I have to add that this case could be BS easily! But considering that even after fifty years ago the idea of a mobile phone seems like a SCI-FI fantasy back then. And yet today It`s a common household item. Also have to add some credit to UFO TV. Which is usually a fairly reputable film maker and tends to give a fair handed point of view in each angle. Second, that there are so many people involved in this case. If there was one or two maybe a hoax, but with so many people who knows?
And a new book details the history of a mysterious group of human looking extraterrestrials that established underground bases in Italy and met with local residents between 1956 and 1978. The author of Mass Contact, Stefano Breccia, is a well-regarded Italian UFOLogist with an electrical engineering background who has taught at several Italian and foreign universities. He investigated the Amicizia (Friendship) case over a period of several decades during which he got to meet and question many of the primary witnesses. In the book, Breccia includes the testimony of Bruno Sammaciccia, a highly qualified Italian scholar with degrees in psychology and psychiatry, and author of 160 books. Sammaciccia’s testimony contains his claims of direct physical contact with extraterrestrials over several decades. Leading Italian UFOlogist, Dr Roberto Pinotti wrote the Preface to the book and acknowledged his own decades long knowledge of the Friendship case, and the extensive evidence supporting it. Some of the many photos taken of UFOs and extraterrestrials in the Friendship case rank among the best quality ever taken. In terms of its overall impact, number of participants involved, and documentary evidence compiled, Mass Contact is the most astonishing case of human extraterrestrial contact in modern history. This is the unbelievable true story about The Friendship Case.
To know what the greedy men of the church makes-em tick, and how they collaborate with politician and what their twisted perverted sex fantasies is, you have to see this! Conspiracy of Silence, a documentary listed for viewing in TV Guide Magazine was to be aired on the Discovery Channel, on May 3 1994. This documentary exposed a network of religious leaders and Washington politicians who flew children to Washington D.C. for sex orgies. Many children suffered the indignity of wearing nothing but their underwear and a number displayed on a piece of cardboard hanging from their necks when being auctioned off to foreigners in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Toronto, Canada.
At the last-minute before airing, unknown congressmen threatened the TV Cable industry with restrictive legislation if this documentary was aired. Almost immediately, the rights to the documentary were purchased by unknown persons who ordered all copies destroyed. A copy of this videotape was furnished anonymously to former Nebraska state senator and attorney John De Camp who made it available to retired FBI Agent Ted Gunderson. While the video quality is not top grade, this tape is a blockbuster in what is revealed by its participants involved.
So why have you never heard of the Franklin cover-up? Originally scheduled to air in May of 1994 on the Discovery Channel, “Conspiracy of Silence” was yanked at the last-minute due to formidable pressure applied by this top politician. Some very powerful people did not want you to watch this documentary.
You may find yourself becoming angry or upset while watching “Conspiracy of Silence.” Many people do. However, consider that each of us has at times in our life acted out of selfish motives when it comes to sexuality and ended up hurting others in one way or another. Let us take this information not only as a call to stop this kind of abuse at the nationwide level, but also as a call to examine our own sexual relationships and make a commitment to deep honesty and integrity in our own lives around this most sensitive issue. Thanks for caring and may we all work together to build a brighter future for ourselves and for our world.
NOTE; This film had to be reassembled from remaining VHS fragments after an all-out effort was made to block the films release and destroy all extant copies. Every effort has been made to restore it to the original and complete “meant to be broadcast” version.
Apparently we have already reached dangerous levels when it comes to climate changes. Which will cause catastrophes with unimagined proportions. And it is obviously to late, trying to stop it now.
“A prehistoric climate” For the first time in four million years, carbon dioxide levels now reach above 400 parts per million in the atmosphere (PPM). – Alarming, says climate expert Pär Holmgren. See image above, the highest possible level 2008 was 386. Think!
Towards prehistoric climate?
To understand what a content of 400 ppm means comparing scientists with a historical time, Pliocene, which occurred 3-5 million years ago. It is judged by the Earth experienced a carbon content equal to what we are heading for now. Where did the CO2 concentration 415 ppm.
During the Pliocene, the global temperature three to four degrees higher than today. At the poles, it was perhaps as much as ten degrees warmer. The great ice sheets of Greenland and Antaktis had not been formed and the sea level was 5-40 meters higher than today.
Follow daily updates of CO2 concentration on Twitter: @ Keeling_curve Pär Holmgren, meteorologist and climate expert Pär Holmgren, meteorologist and climate expert. That was yesterday, May 9, as the record high measured at 400 ppm was made, which is thus a maximum concentration of carbon dioxide measured in the atmosphere since the start of the measurements in 1958.
- We are creating a prehistoric climate, with huge and potentially catastrophic risks to human societies, says Bob Ward, director of the Grantham Institute at the prestigious London School of Economics, which focuses on research into climate change, reports news agency TT.
Unequivocal proof
Since 1958, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at a mountaintop in Hawaii. U.S. Agency NOAA measures the particular conditions of the Pacific Ocean, from the volcano Mauna Loa, and that is where they measured a record level.
- It does not matter to the climate here and now today, but it’s more that there is a very clear threshold as we pass. We passed 300 in the early 1900s and today, as it increases by about 2 parts per million per year, so unfortunately it’s an increase that is also accelerating, says Pär Holmgren, meteorologist and climate expert.
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has steadily increased since NOAA began measuring, but the last ten years, the growth rate accelerated.
- The evidence is clear – it is the sharp increase in carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that is causing this increase, says Pieter Tans, a researcher at NOAA, in a press release.
Increases hundred times faster
Carbon dioxide accounts for two-thirds of the greenhouse effect, even though it represents only 0.04 percent of the air. When the survey started measured approximately 317 ppm. By then, 180 years of industrial revolution already yields to rise from about 280 ppm.
If the rapid growth that has occurred over the past decade continues, then the carbon dioxide that might pass 500 ppm already in the middle of this century.
- It is all simply in the wrong direction right now, says Pär Holmgren.
Over the past 800 000 years, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere fluctuated between about 180 ppm during ice ages and 280 ppm during warm periods. But today’s increase is more than hundred times faster than the increase that occurred when the last ice age ended.
- What is happening now is still an open question, it depends on the climate and is still something we can control. Key question remains how much we are going to continue to rely on fossil fuels as an energy source, says scientist Ralph Keeling.
Must remove emissions made
If warming should be kept below 2 degrees is the goal, the levels back down to 350 ppm, according to many scientists, that is a level we have already passed. It considers Pär Holmgren is realistic.
-Yes it is perfectly reasonable if we would have an entirely fossil-free society, and also eventually develop technology that can remove the emissions that we have already done. But the longer it goes the harder it will become, and the more money it will cost and the more advanced technology we will need.
- The fundamental problem with climate change is that they are so slow and sluggish, so we will not see the full effect of the emissions we have done until now only in the order of a thousand years. That is why it is actually very frightening and alarming that we pass additional border now.
Disappearances are some of the most mysterious unsolved things in our surroundings. It is amazing to think of what might have become of some of the people disappearing like this. Abducted`s or got lost in time-portals or natural predators victim. Who really knows until they`ll be found. Another person has disappeared without a trace. Swedish Police continue to look for the 20-year-old woman who disappeared outside Boden (Northen Sweden).
- We have searched all night and all morning about Åberget, where we received the last signal from her cell phone at 18:40 on Saturday, said provincial police officer on duty Magnus Modig in Norrbotten. There are unfortunately no concrete tracks at all after the 20-year-old woman, police said.
On Saturday, the woman wrote on Facebook that she was going out for a run. In the nature area mentioned. Police are now searching this area but the terrain is difficult to search with many old military fortifications, canyons and crevices. During the day, according to police, some 60 men from the National Guard are now involved in the search, as well as volunteers from the organization Missing People. A helicopter from the Swedish Armed Forces will also be deployed. According to Magnus Modig police suspect currently no crime associated with the woman’s disappearance.
Not long ago a famous Swedish filmmaker also disappear during walking in a nature reserve. Daniel Lind Lagerlöf the Swedish director and screenwriter who disappeared at Tjurpannans nature reserve outside Tanumshede in Sweden during preparations for the filming of Camilla Läckberg’s Fjällbackamorden – Strandriddaren. The search for him was suspended after two days without result.
People rarely reappear after vanishing for a longer time. In most cases these cases remain unsolved. The outcome is grim.
You may be reading this article in the privacy of your own home, but somewhere in a National Security Agency control center your every move is being tracked. What time you logged on this morning, the web site you visited, how long you stayed and even what you said in the comments section – all of it – has been cataloged and possibly even flagged for suspicious activity.
Several years ago, to the disbelief of many, we discussed the tracking and archiving capabilities of advanced monitoring systems being implemented by the government. We noted that everything you do on a daily basis is being tracked.
Since then, the government has further expanded their capabilities. In fact, their ability to monitor Americans has increased to such an extent that they’ve built a data center so massive that it can store over a yottabyte of information; that’s 1 trillion terrabytes, or about 100 trillion high definition DVD’s worth of information. The NSA’s new data center is such a game changer, that it prompted one whistle blower to come forward:
Domestically, they’re pulling together all the data about virtually every U.S. citizen in the country and assembling that information, building communities that you have relationships with, and knowledge about you; what your activities are; what you’re doing.
We’re talking about every digital data bit in existence here. If it crosses an internet pipeline (and that includes your phone calls), it’s being logged.
Many Americans may not realize this, but nothing that you do on your cell phone or on the Internet will ever be private again. According to the Washington Post, the NSA intercepts and stores an astounding amount of information every single day…
Every day, collection systems at the National Security Agency intercept and store 1.7 billion e-mails, phone calls and other types of communications. The NSA sorts a fraction of those into 70 separate databases.
But even the Washington Post may not have been aware of the full scope of the surveillance. In fact, National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney claims that the NSA has collected “20 trillion transactions” involving U.S. citizens…
In fact, I would suggest that they’ve assembled on the order of 20 trillion transactions about U.S. citizens with other U.S. citizens.
What’s even more frightening is not that they can log and cross reference this information, but that they have the ability to monitor these data flows in real-time.
What does this mean?
As noted by Liberty Blitzkrieg, it means that all digital communications – that includes phone calls, text messages, emails and even live internet chat – are being actively monitored and captured, and they can be recalled at the push of a button.
This isn’t some new and emerging technology; it’s happening right here and now.
It’s not just a theory. It’s fact. It has been confirmed time and again, most recently by former counter intelligence FBI agent Tim Clemente:
On the National Security side of the house we have assets. There’s lots of assets at our disposal throughout the intelligence community. And also, not just domestically but overseas. Those assets allow us to gain information and intelligence on things that we can’t use ordinarily in a criminal investigation, but are used for major terrorism investigations or counter-intelligence investigations.
I’m talking about all digital communications are… there’s a way to look at digital communications in the past. I can’t go into detail of how that’s done or what’s done.
I can tell you that no digital communication is secure. These digital communications will be found out, the conversation will be known.
What’s more is that they are not logging this information just for the heck of it. They are using advanced algorithmic systems to cross-reference all of this information in such a way that they can easily connect the dots to determine everything from your purchasing habits to who you hung out with at the local watering hole yesterday evening.
And before you say, ‘well at least they don’t know what I was talking about when hanging out with friends last night’, understand that in all likelihood you have a personal monitoring device right in your pocket or purse. Should an interested party have reason to do so, they can easily activate the microphone and camera on your cell phone without your knowledge, so everything you say in confidence during a private conversation can be listened to by a third-party without your knowledge. This covert listening technology has been available to the FBI and other agencies for at least a decade.
The real question is, why does the government need these capabilities? They’ll argue that it’s to protect America from terrorists. But considering that that we’re talking about the real-time, 24/7 surveillance of every single citizen in this country, one has to wonder whether there is an ulterior motive.
Couple this with the massive ramp up in the militarization of domestic police forces across the United States, and the only answer that makes sense is that elements within the U.S. government are pursuing a strategy that aims to completely lock this country down and move it from a Republic in which an individual is free to do as they please without interference from the State, to a tyrannical regime where our every move and conversation is monitored to ensure our actions are not subversive to the control infrastructure.
In due course this fairly passive surveillance may well be utilized to identify “domestic terrorists” as broadly defined by the Patriot Act. Once an individual or group has been marked as extremist, the next order of business will be to detain them “legally” under the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows the government to seize an American citizen and hold them indefinitely without charge or trial.
Of course, they’d never do such a thing and something like that would require massive prison camps to be a viable strategy. And we all know those don’t exist. They’re also not stocking up billions of rounds of ammunition.
In a gripping testimonial, an ailing former member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has talked via video for the first time publicly about his experience dealing with extraterrestrials, their craft and a cover-up. He actually doesn’t say much out over what we already know, but still good to come clean. And I must say that Dolan is a very skilled interviewer. He`s the voice of reason in this WAR to get the truth out.
The 15 minute prerecorded video of an anonymous former senior CIA officer was broadcast May 3 on the final day of the week-long Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. The 77-year-old man, though he was articulate, and sitting up as he spoke, was obviously in a poor state of health. He worked for the CIA under President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958 and had chosen to break his long-held silence as he approached the end of his life.
Organizer of the Citizen Hearing, Steve Bassett, introduced the video saying it offered an insight into the suffering of many military and government officials who are forced to live a world of secrecy and fear in what he calls the “truth embargo” about extraterrestrial encounters.
With the latest development in the middle east, with Israel as the aggressor in more than a few cases now. I believe that this could be the start of WW3. How do I put this together? Well I think that this would be one of the triggers. Either it`s planned or will inevitable break out due to that is people totally fed up about being slaves anymore. Or the fall of the US economy. Here`s how the various stages of the planned Third World War would look: (Sept 11, 2001 included) After the latest Israeli attack on it`s neighbor Syria. This was the sparkle! Israel alone are responsible if the WW3 breaks out, from now on.
Act 1 – The Middle East. Widespread conflict to bring the entire region into the flames of war, possibly triggered by Iran or militants in Pakistan using North Korean supplied nuclear arms. The first Scene in this Act was the US Invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003.
Act 2 – Israel at War – Against their Arab neighbors, possibly Palestine. (It`s Syria) A Palestinian State will be established, so that all Israelis will be fully separated from Palestinians (listen out for mention of a 7-year treaty to be confirmed by a World Leader – probably Bush), only for Israel to viciously attack Palestine shortly thereafter.
Act 3 – Far East — “Hair-raising nuclear confrontation that threatens mankind’s existence” – Peter Lemesurier, author of The Armageddon Script, p. 223, written in 1981. Includes China invading Taiwan and a nuclear eruption on the Korean Peninsula.
Act 4 – Erosion of Confidence in ‘The System’ so severe citizens will be panicked into giving up liberties and Constitutional form of government. The plan calls for the dissolution of the US Constitution, triggered by a significant enough ‘terrorist’ attack. The ultimate intent is to introduce a global government and one-world religion.
Act 5 – The collapse of the US, and other Western economies and morals.
Act 6 – Significant population reduction using natural and man-made disasters.
And remember that conspiracy sites for years, have informed and well-known that there will be 3 world wars and the 3rd would start in Syria. This is about to happen now! Because as the alliance of NATO, Israel and the conservative Gulf Cooperative Council monarchies continue with their relentless drive to destroy the generally popular (with the Syrian people) government of Syria and using the coming all-out battle in Syria as a backdoor to a regional war with Iran and Lebanon, Gaza and Palestine, other Major Powers have grown increasingly concerned. Russia, China and members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have made clear their opposition to any further globalist/NATO/Zionist aggression in the North Africa-Middle East-Southwest Asia arena. In fact both Russia and China have emphasized that their Vital National Interests are involved in Syria and Iran and have warned of the dangers of nuclear war and of a Third World War beginning if the ‘West’ continues with its aggressive operations. The rest you can figure out for yourself.
On the heels of a scathing assessment by Nigel Farage on the economic conditions in Europe which he says will ultimately lead to violent revolution, former US congressman Ron Paul and well-known investor Jim Rogers weigh in on the discussion. Undeterred by those who fail to heed his warnings, Dr. Paul suggests that global economic conditions, spearheaded by out-of-control government policies in the United States, will continue to deteriorate until such time that the whole system comes unhinged.
With financial markets hitting all-time highs, jubilation spreading throughout Wall Street, and average Mom & Pop Americans wondering if it’s time to plunge back in to stocks, Paul sees no reason for celebration. These are clear warnings signs that a rational person simply cannot ignore.
Bottom line, Nations are going bust. And the worse things get, the more desperate their tactics become. This isn’t the first time that the world has been in this position. This time is not different. History shows that there are serious, serious consequences to running unsustainable high debts and deficits. And those consequences have almost invariably involved pillaging people’s wealth, savings, livelihoods and liberties… either directly or indirectly. What’s happening right now is playing out in textbook fashion. More taxes, more debt, more printing, more confiscation, less freedom. I’m not talking about the end of the world here, I’m talking about difficult times ahead, and the things that go beyond economics. It’s time to face facts and look at how society will change (and has already changed).
Many people will resist the change and instead cling desperately to the old system – the cycle of debt and consumption that provided jobs, stability, and prosperity. These people will have their lives turned upside down because that system is gone forever. And in case it still weren’t obvious, here is three minutes of clarity from Ron Paul and Jim Rogers…“I would expect that there is going to be a lot more chaos still to come.” – Ron Paul; “They won’t take our bank accounts…they will take our retirement accounts.” – Jim Rogers
Via Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog,
The world is truly an enormous place… and, despite the dearth of good news and positive trends out there, I still see a lot of amazing opportunities in my travels.
But it’s really important to remain grounded about the challenges that face us. As I pen this letter to you, in fact,
- The NSA’s Utah data center, which will intercept every phone call, email, and tweet sent across the Internet, is nearing completion.
- The Marketplace Fairness Act, which will create additional sales taxes on US-based Internet transactions, is set to pass the Senate next week.
- The government of Cyprus just passed the final bail-in measures, officially authorizing the direct confiscation of people’s savings in that country’s banking system.
- The Bank of Japan recently announced its intentions to double down on their already unprecedented money printing operations.
- Not to be outdone, the US Federal Reserve just announced that they will maintain their Quantitative Easing program, which dilutes the existing money supply by more than $1 trillion annually.
- At $16.83 trillion, the US federal debt is at a record high and set to breach $17 trillion early this summer.
- President Obama recently proposed to cap the tax deferral benefit on Individual Retirement Accounts in the Land of the Free
These are clear warnings signs that a rational person simply cannot ignore. Bottom line, nations are going bust. And the worse things get, the more desperate their tactics become.
This isn’t the first time that the world has been in this position. This time is not different. History shows that there are serious, serious consequences to running unsustainably high debts and deficits. And those consequences have almost invariably involved pillaging people’s wealth, savings, livelihoods and liberties… either directly or indirectly.
What’s happening right now is playing out in textbook fashion. More taxes, more debt, more printing, more confiscation, less freedom. I’m not talking about the end of the world here, I’m talking about difficult times ahead, and the things that go beyond economics. It’s time to face facts and look at how society will change (and has already changed).
Many people will resist the change and instead cling desperately to the old system– the cycle of debt and consumption that provided jobs, stability, and prosperity. These people will have their lives turned upside down because that system is gone forever. And in case it still weren’t obvious, I’d like to present Ron Paul and Jim Rogers, speaking together at our event in Chile a few weeks ago, with their own views on the situation.
“They won’t take our bank accounts…they will take our retirement accounts.” – Jim Rogers
“We are going to have a calamity in economics and political crises as economies worldwide are a lot weaker than they tell us.” – Ron Paul
“I would expect that there is going to be a lot more chaos still to come.” – Ron Paul
“There are so many distortions because we disobeyed economic law – no matter what Bernanke tell’s you.” – Ron Paul
“Bernanke’s whole intellectual career has been dedicated to the study of printing money.” – Jim Rogers
“I don’t doubt [the confiscation] at all; and they will use force and they’ll use intimidation.” – Ron Paul
From DiscloseTV. May 1, 2013 – The pilot of the aircraft said the risk of collision with the object, which did not show up on radar, had been “high”. A report by the UK Airprox Board said investigators were unable to establish what the object had been. The A320 was flying with its landing lights on, in clear conditions and at an altitude of about 4,000ft above the Bailliestonarea of Glasgow, when the pilot and non-flying pilot saw an object “loom ahead” at a range of about 100m.
The Airprox report included a transcript of the conversation that took place between the aircraft and the controller at 12:55:
A320: “Er yeah we just had something pass underneath us quite close [1255:30] and nothing on TCAS have you got anything on in our area”
EGPF: “Er negative er we’ve got nothing on er radar and we’re n- not talking to any traffic either”
A320: “Er not quite sure what it was but it definitely er quite large [1255:40] and it’s blue and yellow”
EGPF: “OK that’s understood er do you have a an estimate for the height”
A320: “Maybe er [1255:50] yeah we were probably about erm four hundred to five hundred feet above it so it’s probably about three and a half thousand feet.”
The object passed directly beneath the aircraft before either of the crew members had time to take avoiding action or had “really registered it”. But they both agreed that it appeared to have been blue and yellow or silver in colour with a small frontal area, but “bigger than a balloon”.
The pilot asked the controller at Glasgow Airport if he was “talking to anything in the area” as he had “got quite close” to a blue and yellow aircraft, travelling in the opposite direction, which had passed just below him. The controller stated that he was not talking to anyone else in that area and that nothing was seen on radar.
Search action was taken with no result and the A320 pilot stated his intention to file a report to Airprox, which investigates near misses. Air traffic control said they had no trace of any other objects in the area at the time of the incident, although the radar at Prestwick did spot an “unidentified track history” 1.3 nautical miles east of the A320′s position 28 seconds earlier.
Once the aircraft had landed, the pilot told the Glasgow Aerodrome Controller: “We seemed to only miss it by a couple of hundred feet, it went directly beneath us. Wherever we were when we called it in it was within about 10 seconds. Couldn’t tell what direction it was going but it went right underneath us.”
When asked if he thought it may have been a “glider or something like that” the pilot replied: “Well maybe a microlight. It just looked too big for a balloon.” The Airprox report concluded: “Investigation of the available surveillance sources was unable to trace any activity matching that described by the A320 pilot. Additionally there was no other information to indicate the presence or otherwise of activity in the area.”
The report said the Airprox board had been of the opinion that the object was unlikely to have been a fixed wing aircraft, helicopter or hot air balloon, given that it had not shown up on radar. It was also thought that a meteorological balloon would be radar significant and unlikely to be released in the area. A glider could not be discounted, the report said, but it was unlikely that one would be operating in the area because of the constrained airspace and the lack of thermal activity because of the low temperature. Similarly, the board believed that a hang-glider or para-motor would be radar significant and that conditions precluded them, as they did para-gliders or parascending.
The report stated: “Members were unable to reach a conclusion as to a likely candidate for the conflicting aircraft and it was therefore felt that the board had insufficient information to determine a Cause or Risk”.
Two suspects armed with a handgun and an axe broke into a home in Fresno, California on Saturday morning, but one was killed by the samurai-wielding homeowner. ABC 30 reported the resident of the home was first tied up by 34-year-old Aaron Baeza and 30-year-old Christopher Rupe. But the resident convinced the robbers to untie him so that he could show them w […]
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