Neptune, Vulcan, and Planet X

Neptune

Neptune was discovered on this day in 1846 though it is said that Galileo's calculations pinpointed it as early as the 17^th-Century.  Using the same methodology, scientists theorized another planet existed, as well, and named it "Vulcan."  While Vulcan's existence has never been confirmed, some still insist that it is hidden behind the Sun.

This "hidden planet" theory has since mutated into "Planet X," or "Planet 9," and features prominently in Doomsday scenarios, Flat-Earth MISOs (23/Isis), and books by Zecharia Sitchin.

© The Weirding, 2018-2019

Measure 1. Project: ISIS, the KGB, and 23

Project: Isis

We do so love our conspiracy theories here to The OddBlog, and this one's got it all: Russian black ops, UFOs, alien mummies, hidden planets, Egyptian tombs, and the KGB!

This one's a grand-daddy, so strap yourselves in for Project: ISIS (23).

Every year or so, some asshole predicts the entire world is going to end on April 23^rd!  It's always some halfwit doomsday cultist passing himself off as an Evangelical -- but, if you stop and think it through, what's the difference?  These doomsday Evangelicals are to 23 what the Church of Scientology is to Plan 9.

Thomas Edison's Spirit Phone

Thomas Edison

In 1920, Thomas Edison announced that he was working on a communication device which would allow users to speak to the dead.  Edison's Telephone to the Dead was reported in American Magazine, and was apparently taken seriously by both the public and the magazine (though some later suggested Edison was pranking the press, and the entire thing was a hoax).

A few decades earlier, the American public was swept into a Spiritualism Movement, lasting from around the 1840s to some time after the turn of the century.  By 1920, Edison was one of the most famous men alive, and the news sparked a media sensation.  While no prototype was ever manufactured, and no blueprints ever found, even Alexander Graham Bell's assistant, Thomas Watson, attempted his own version of a spirit phone.

Radio had become prevalent, and news traveled fast.  The telegraph and air flight had also only recently been discovered, so communicating with the dead was not beyond acceptable reason for the times.  The audience later divided into camps, with some suggesting that Edison's Spirit Phone was a deliberate prank on the press, and others suggesting that Edison probably did pursue the project, despite no real evidence of having finished it.

To-date, no device has been proven to communicate with the dead, but several attempts at "Spirit Phones" have been made.  Thomas Edison died in 1931.

© The Weirding, 2019

In Defense of Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)

Whirlpool Galaxy M51

MOND, or Modified Newtonian Dynamics, is usually short-handed as an alternative theory to Dark Energy and Dark Matter (FLRW, or Concordance, Model).  While the latter is generally accepted as fact, and even taught in schools, few realize that there is absolutely no evidence that Dark Matter or Dark Energy exist!  The entire "proof" of those concepts lay in theoretical mathematical equations, and nowhere else.

The FLRW Model depends (more or less) on the argument that one cannot prove a negative -- that is, we cannot prove that Dark Energy and Dark Matter do not exist, so they could exist.  Accepting that much, if you then accept a lot of other supporting, yet also unproven, theories, the Concordance Model might be correct.

The primary motive behind this is to support the "Multiverse Theory," which is largely a hobbled-together hypothesis based on Schroedinger's Cat and Uncanny X-Men comics, stating (loosely) that there is an infinite number of universes in which all possibilities occur.  There are other reasons for the theories of Dark Energy and Matter, but the Multiverse Theory is what kicked it off and gave it traction.  Again, there is no way to disprove this, but there is absolutely no proof of it, either!

It's Faith-based Science on a universal scale.

We can see in large scale structures, such as forming galaxies and their collapse, the same patterns we see in cell formation, and the collapse and formation of cellular networks.  As numerous "spirituality"-based memes suggest, this is no coincidence -- and, in that at least (more usually, at most), they're correct.

The similarities do not end there; we have innumerable cases to which we can point in which small scale structures reflect large scale structures in both form and formation, and often degradation.  This appears to suggest that matter follows the same patterns during formation and dissolution, regardless of the structure's scale, and possibly regardless of atmospheric constraints -- such as a lack of oxygen, gravitational fields, et. al.

It is because of this, but not this alone, that I discount the FLRW Model in favor of MOND.

I am not suggesting that Dark Energy and Dark Matter conclusively do not exist, as a rule, nor even that a multiverse is impossible; I am saying their existence has yet to be proven, so we cannot take their existence on faith.  In fact, I willingly concede that "empty," or "Dark," space likely has some measurable weight, even if only at a sub-atomic level.  This makes perfect sense, as we also know factually that many particles are too small to be seen with the naked eye or even powerful devices, and these should then both occupy space and have measurable weight (if not mass) -- but the leap in logic from that concession to the Concordance Model is pure fantasy.

The processes we have observed appear to closely follow Newtonian Principles, with some forgiveness for atmospheric conditions, including the weight of "empty" space, so this is a more provable -- and more viable -- theory than the FLRW Model.  In fact, you have to accept a byzantine structure of auxiliary theories to even make the mathematical gymnastics of the FLRW Model work!

Until there is a functional way to literally prove the existence of Dark Energy and Dark Matter and/or the existence of a multiverse, it's detrimental to teach it to children, and it's astounding that it has found such wide acceptance in the scientific community -- especially in such a short time.

This is a case-in-point as to why so many question the "Religion of Science" -- and a damn good one, IMO!

As I favor the theory of Mu/Pangaea over the more accepted, but also thoroughly lacking, theories concerning disappearing isthmuses, I favor MOND over FLRW.  Just because you cannot prove a negative does not mean any fantastic theory need be entertained, especially at the scientific level.  And, since the Concordance Model fails to meet the Scientific Method, it should never have been accepted as anything more than the less preferred theory -- particularly when compared to Modified Newtonian Dynamics.

© The Weirding, 2018

Fluoride is a Toxin - GB8236, US934871

Fluoride is a Toxin

Fluoride was developed as an insecticide and toxin for vermin control in the 19^th-Century (that's the 1800s).  Charles Henry Higbee of New York City, NY, filed the first patent in England (GB8236) in 1896; a US patent (934,871) was then issued in 1909, with several more following.

Fluoride was first introduced to Americans' drinking water en masse without approval by, or informing, the Citizenry in the 1940s.  Rumor has it that this was a Nazi plot, though I repeat that is only an unverified rumor.

At least one Harvard study found that fluoride has a deleterious effect on children's neurological development.  Numerous organizations have determined that fluoride is likely a cancerous agent, and US governmental agencies have actually suggested lowering levels of fluoridation in Americans' drinking water.

This has yet to happen.

© The Weirding, 2018

The Ghost Vibe - 19Hz

Bell Labs

Research by engineer, Vic Tandy, concluded that the frequency of 19Hz causes visual hallucinations and psychological disturbances in humans and some animals.  Known as "infrasound," this range exists just below normal human perception.  Tandy and other researchers believe it may account for many alleged ghosts and hauntings.

19Hz vibrates the eyeball, resulting in blurry vision and "shimmering" hallucinations, as well as the sensation of lowered temperature, and a sense of unease or being observed -- all of which have been associated with hauntings and reported ghost sightings.  Tandy first made the discovery after experiencing a "haunting" in his own lab in the 1980s.  He determined the haunting was due to a recently replaced extractor fan, which was emitting a frequency of 18.9Hz -- just under the normal range of human hearing, which begins at 20Hz.

To test his ghostly theory, he investigated a 14^th-Century Coventry pub's cellar where a gray apparition and discomfitting feelings had been reported for years.  There, he discovered a standing wave field of 19Hz -- just as with the fan in his lab!  Even today, Vic Tandy is known as the man who discovered "the sound of fear."  Of course, this does nothing to account for EVP...

In the 1960s, NASA published several reports on sound frequencies and their effects on humans, which can be devastating.  In fact, infrasound has been shown to induce dizziness, fear, panic, and hyperventilation.  NASA researcher, G.H. Mohr, determined that other frequencies could have more destructive, even deadly, physical effects.

The US military regularly employs silent weaponry on US civilians and other "enemy combatants."  The technology is readily available to civilians, or can be created with little technical know-how, and is in use by streetgangs, corporations, police, "religious" organizations, Hollywood, and others throughout the US.

© The Weirding, 2018

The Hunt for Nessie is Renewed!

Surgeon's Photo

Every year about this time, the Loch Ness Monster -- known affectionately as "Nessie" -- seems to rear her possibly prehistoric head.  While skeptics decry the timing as suspicious, and specifically meant to drive tourism to Scotland's most famous loch, intriguing evidence sometimes surfaces.

Now, scientists are preparing to use DNA research to determine whether or not some unknown creature(s) truly exists within Loch Ness -- kind of.

Evolutionary genetics professor, Neil Gemmell of New Zealand’s Otago University, freely admits that he is using the legend of Loch Ness to fuel interest in his expedition, but says he is keeping an open mind.  The DNA research trip is expected to find unknown forms of marine life, for which Loch Ness is also known.  The word, "cryptozoology" literally means, "the science of unknown animals."

The legend of a lake monster in Loch Ness dates back at least 1,000 years, and is generally thought to have originated with Saint Columba, who stopped Nessie from eating a man swimming the lake.  Some sources note that a Northern Scottish tribe was actually the first to record a strange, flippered beast in drawings -- some 1,000 years before Saint Columba's time!  Most Nessie sightings have occurred after the 1934 Inverness Road was built.  And while the Loch Ness Monster has suffered its share of hoaxes and ridicule, innumerable photos and film have confounded researchers throughout the years.

Scotland's tourism industry is unlikely to suffer due to a renewed interest in Loch Ness, but that was hardly on the minds of early observers, or Professor Gemmell.  Cryptozoology is a fun and exciting scientific endeavor, and although we doubt much will come of the DNA search insofar as Nessie goes (for numerous reasons), we hope it draws more researchers into the field.

According to RT, 2017 was a highwater mark for Nessie sightings in the 21^st-Century.

© The Weirding, 2018

PHOTO: Rocketdyne Aerospike Engine

Aerospike Space Engine

A very early iteration of the Aerospike smokeless JATO rocket engine.

© The Weirding, 2018

PHOTO: The Gurdon Light - Gurdon, Arkansas

Gurdon Light

The Gurdon Light is one of the better-known, and examined, cases of "ghost lights."  First reported in Gurdon, Arkansas (US) around 1931, the Gurdon Light is seen over the railroad tracks in the small town in Clark County, Arkansas.  It is clearly visible, and attracts flocks of spectators -- especially around Halloween.

This photograph was taken in 1994 by the immensely popular US TV show, Unsolved Mysteries (see sidebar).  It was one of the first photos of the phenomenon considered "credible" by the scientific community.  Other photographs and footage of The Gurdon Light captured both before and since 1994 have taken on added significance, but I chose this one due to its historical import (and Fair Use).

Ghost Lights go by many names, including faery fires and corpse candles, and have been seen across the world for centuries.  They seem to be most prolific in Welsh legend, but are far from unique to the UK.  Prevailing theories explaining the Ghost Lights phenomenon include magnetic fields, mineral deposits, and the infamous "swamp gas."  While some instances are known to be manufactured (usually by, and for, criminal means), there is no official explanation for Ghost Lights.

Arkansas' Gurdon Light remains unexplained.

© The Weirding, 2018

NEVER FORGET: 11 Microbiologists Mysteriously Died in 2002

9/11 Anthrax

Eleven prominent microbiologists were murdered, or died under "mysterious circumstances," between 2001 and 2002.  Most worked in programs involving bio-terrorism, weapons-grade biological experimentation, or defense against bio-terrorist war tactics.

The 11 mysterious deaths began just over a month after "elements of" the US government conducted 9/11.

Five microbiologists died between November and December, 2002: Benito Que, Don Wiley, Vladmir Pasechnik, Robert M. Schwartz, and Set Van Nguyen.  Of these, those that weren't murdered died under "mysterious circumstances."

The sixth microbiologist, Dr. Robert M. Schwartz, was killed by "vampires" who supposedly drank his blood in a crime allegedly orchestrated by his own daughter.  Kyle Hulbert, 18 of Millersville, MD, said he was "given permission" to murder by three creatures named Ordog, Sabba, and Nicodemus¹.  (Coincidentally, an implantable tooth which picks up radio signals then silently broadcasts them to the user through the jawbone was on display from June to November, 2002, at the Science Museum in London, as part of the "Future Product" program -- a joint effort with the Royal College of Art.)

In February of 2002, Dr. Victor Korshunov was found bludgeoned to death outside his home in Russia.  Five days later, Dr. Ian Langford was found wedged under a chair in Norwich, naked from the waist down.  On the 28^th, 38-year-old microbiologist Guyang (Matthew) Huang allegedly posed as a pizza delivery man and shot fellow microbiologist, Tanya Holzmayer, seven times when she answered her door.  He then "committed suicide" on her front porch -- allegedly.

In March of 2002, astrobiologist David Wynn-Williams was hit by a car while jogging.  The next day, a noted expert in bio-terrorism, "Dr. Flu" Steven Mostow, was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed in Denver.

We're guessing the "official story" would call this a conspiracy... theory.

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1:  There was a spate of "vampire" killings in the 1990s -- particularly in the Southern United States --  all of which were blamed on White Wolf's LARP, "Vampire: The Masquerade," and marijuana use.  Thankfully, the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was winding down, and the "vampire killings" remained limited to a handful of media spectacles.  As in similarly media-fueled cases, no causal link between the game -- or marijuana use -- exists.

© The Weirding, 2017

Brain Waves and States

Brain Waves and Brain States

Frequency transmissions can alter the brain's state.  This is one methodology of "Silent Weaponry."  These frequency transmissions are also used to mimic mental illness, including inducing "hearing voices," often fraudulently diagnosed as Paranoid Schizophrenia.  It can also affect the Targeted Individuals' memory.

This is absolutely not "new" technology.

© The Weirding, 2017

NYT Archival Reference to Neural Frequency Transmission Experiments

New York Times

Neural Frequency Transmissions are used to manipulate the brain states of subjects, and alter memories, behavior, and emotional states.  This Silent Weaponry is also used to affect the "Manchurian Candidate" -- assassins who rarely recall their actions -- and read thoughts.  This is Project: Deep Sleep, the culmination, and current incarnation, of the CIA's MK-ULTRA program (Chatter, Mockingbird, SIGINT, et. al.).

© The Weirding, 2017

Introductory Space Science, Vol. II - Chapter 33

For decades, many have suspected US involvement in clandestine space programs.  In the early 2000s, a Scottish IT specialist by the name of Gary McKinnon hacked US security, claiming to have discovered definitive proof of just such a thing.  Lending some apparent credence to McKinnon's claims is the existence of Chapter 33 from the Introductory Space Science, VOL II book used to instruct US Air Force officers from 1968 to at least 1970.

In 1970, Chapter 33 of Introductory Space Science, Vol. II was edited to include information from "The Condon Report," or Project Blue Book.  Part of the text reads, "Approximately 6% of the UFO reports collected by Project Blue Book are officially listed as 'unexplained.'"  Project Blue Book was a USAF investigation into UFO sightings from 1947 to 1969 which operated under at least different three names, including "Sign," and "Grudge."

The last sentence of Chapter 33 of Introductory Space Science, Vol. II reads, "The best thing to do is to keep an open and skeptical mind, and not take an extreme position on any side of the question."

© The Weirding, 2017

VRIL and the Nazi Haunebu Program of WWII

Haunebu

A lot of ink and pixels have been spilled to debunk and disprove the Nazi VRIL and Haunebu programs, especially in the West. Some of these authors and investigators have been well-meaning, however misguided, but others have purposefully spread co-intel to muddy the waters.

While fanciful stories regarding the Occult and Venusian spacewomen (as well as Nordic Aliens) can be easily dismissed, many videos and information concerning the VRIL and Haunebu programs have been declassified and are available online, and elsewhere. The best way of knowing that there is some truth to them is, of course, the fact that they are routinely removed; if they were propaganda or misinformation, they would be more readily-accessible -- the way the stories regarding VRIL Occultists and ponytailed, psychic Venusians are.

There was no "Vril Society," nor any Nordic aliens; this was a cover story for VRIL technology used by Nazi Germany and their allies in their Haunebu program during WWII, specifically in the European Theater.

The German V-2 rocket is thought to have been the first man-made craft to reach space on either October 3^rd, 1942 or in 1944 (discounting ancient astronaut theories), and the term "foo fighter" comes from the glowing orbs Allied WWII pilots saw during flights in the European and Pacific Theaters. The first US rocket to reach space did not do so until 1949, several years after Operation: Paperclip nabbed Nazi scientists and researchers.

One of the "smoking guns" in this covert history is the fact that Prescott Bush was indicted for funding both sides of WWII. Ford Motor Company, IBM, Hugo Boss, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and many other American-based corporations and businesses, supplied the Nazis -- and the swastika existed in numerous cultures long before, including some Native American tribes (in which it allegedly meant "war"). Even George Soros, one of the primary financial supporters of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, collaborated with the Nazis ("This video [was] removed for violating YouTube's Terms of Service." - which is clear evidence of a conspiracy constituting Crimes Against Humanity - 2019).

While some of these tests were clearly successful, there is no real way of knowing how successful, nor how many vehicles were made and put into use -- or for how long. Some of the pictures appear to have been doctored by propagandists, while others appear to be of decommissioned craft that may have been prototypes, models, or simple mock-ups. Others clearly show armed, apparently operational, saucer-shaped vehicles of a strikingly similar nature. WWII was the beginning of "The Space Race."

Alien life is almost certain, mathematically speaking if nothing else, but the Nazi/Axis space programs -- specifically the VRIL and Haunebu programs -- were very real, and the craft that came from those flew not only in WWII, but served as the foundation for some modern-day craft, as well. Whether or not the Nazi Haunebu models, or any craft using VRIL technology, are capable of space travel or are in use today remains unknown to this author.

© The Weirding, 2017

Watch Worlds in Collision: Immanuel Velikovsky Streaming Free

Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision

Immanuel Velikovsky is largely unknown today, though he rose to fame in the '60s and '70s for his 1950 work, Worlds in Collision.  A resurgence of casual interest in comparative mythology and Catastrophist theory in the 1970s was somewhat derisively termed Velikovskyism (it has also been applied to theories that attempt to rectify ancient tales and legends with scientific evidence).

The popularity of the questions he raised prompted inquiries by major scientific organizations, and became such a spectacle that it was its own scientific event, examined in "The Velikovsky Affair." Velikovsky's work and theories were vociferously mocked throughout the established scientific community well into the mid-1980s, but supporters still exist despite his "debunking."

Immanuel Velikovsky died in 1979, but the theories he proposed so captured the interest of both the public and the scientific community, that they continue to be debated.  Worlds in Collision remains a hot topic in some discussions.

Many of Immanuel Velikovsky's unpublished works are also available online.

© The Weirding, 2016

Have You Heard of Nikola Tesla?

Nikola Tesla

Many of Nikola Tesla's inventions and discoveries are still in use today, such as the Tesla Coil. Although he started his career working with Thomas Edison, the two became rivals after a short time. Due to poor business sense, and a series of mysterious circumstances, Tesla's many scientific contributions remain largely uncredited in the United States.

© The Weirding, 2016

Naga Fireballs

Naga Fireballs

Each October, fireballs appear to emerge from the Mekong River in Nong Khai, Thailand. Also known as the Mekong Lights, or "bung fai paya nak," legend has it that the Naga Fireballs are spat by a river monster from Buddhist lore. Some "explanations" include swamp gas and tracer rounds fired by soldiers on opposing banks, but swamp gas (methane) can apparently be ruled-out.

While soldiers do fire tracer rounds and fireworks (apparently for tourism, as the Mekong Lights are sparse some years), many films and photos appear to show the Naga Fireballs emerging from the water. One study by a Thai science institution claimed the Mekong Lights are actually isoprene.

© The Weirding, 2016

Antikythera Mechanism Solved?

Antikythera Mechanism - AP

Speaking from a conference at the Katerina Laskaridis Historical Foundation Library in Greece, researchers claim to have made great strides in determining what the 2100+ year-old Antikythera Mechanism was used for.

Discovered in a shipwreck off of Crete in 1900, the Antikythera Mechanism was long thought to have been used in some manner for Astronomical and Astrological means. Similar devices are mentioned in ancient texts. But researchers have been able to use modern technology to read the Greek text on the mechanism, some of which is merely ¹/₂₀^th an inch wide.

According to a team of scientists who have worked on this for decades, the Antikythera Mechanism was not only used to determine the position of the moon, sun, and stars, but to predict lunar and solar eclipses. Interestingly, one of its functions may have been to predict the color of these eclipses, although the reasoning behind this is unknown.

The team also said that it appears the Antikythera Mechanism was manufactured by at least two people, maybe more, and was not the work of a single individual.

© The Weirding, 2016

The Technological Possibilities of Ghosts

Have you ever wondered if ghosts are just imagery, in the same sense that you see film cells when the projector starts skipping or is slowed down, or the way the monitor flickers when it's going out?

This is not an original thought; I'd actually been thinking about something similar (because I was having monitor issues) when I saw a meme in a ghost-hunting group positing much the same question, and I returned to the idea of veridical imagery -- the concept that some things are somehow "recorded" in time, and set to playback on certain anniversaries, whenever triggered by events, emotions, memories, or something else in this reality (or at random).

It may suggest multiple realities or dimensions but, if true, we could be reflections of veridical imagery ourselves -- even as we're alive!  Perhaps something that happened in our past lives was emotional or spiritual enough in nature to have made it off the cutting-room floor and is playing in perpetuity even as we discuss it?

This could explain all manner of things, from Green Children to The Lost City of Alaska, and could be electromagnetic in nature (but it certainly doesn't have to be).  There have been, and will continue to be, things that simply escape our knowledge and ability to comprehend.  This could be one of those things -- but, with the advancement of technology clipping along at such a pace, knowing more about these things might be just around the corner.

© The Weirding, 2014-2015

The Beyonce Fly

An Australian horsefly has been named after celebrity singer, Beyonce, thanks to the golden hairs on its back end.  The Scaptia Beyonceae is largely regarded as a pest, but is known to pollinate many plants.  It can be found in Queensland. Strangely, the fly was first discovered in 1981 -- the same year Beyonce was born.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011