Starfish Prime, Dominic I and II: Fishbowl Films

Too few realize that the US military/political "electorate" and science-for-pay community are criminally insane -- they think they're "heroes" who are "just doing their job" through mass murder.  The Fishbowl series of nuclear explosions in outer space should change these peoples' minds, but probably won't.

In 1962, these "heroes" decided it was logical to set-off a series of atomic explosions in outer space, as well as within the Earth's atmosphere -- to, you know, find out what would happen if they did.  Probably a bit like stickin' a firecracker in a fishbowl, right?  That kind of "hold my beer Science" is bad enough but, when you're dealing with these pathological "heroes" and their G.O.D., it only ever gets worse:

Some evidence suggests that, by the time they were shooting the Fishbowl Films, the US had already established a military base on the moon.

Could it be that the Starfish Prime exercises, Dominic I and II, were designed to see what kind of atmospheric changes would take place if they repeatedly launched nuclear-powered, space-capable vehicles from the "Fishbowl" climate of Earth into outer space?

UPDATE:  Sorry the formatting for this is so wonky.  I'm trying a few things but I can't see exactly how they're going to look live until I publish them.  Thanks!

© The Weirding, 2019

Ivan T. Sanderson on the Long John Nebel Show, 1956

Ivan Sanderson

Ivan T. Sanderson is best known as the man who coined the term, cryptozoology -- the study of unknown animals -- but he also founded SITU, the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained.

Here, he discusses his theory of UFOs as biological entities on the Long John Nebel Show in November of 1956.  Sanderson frequented the radio show throughout the 1960s, but this is probably his best known appearance.

Ivan T. Sanderson died in 1973, but his legacy lives on in the numerous books he penned on the paranormal and cryptozoological, as well as travel, zoology, and more.  Sanderson's SITU is still around, as well.

© The Weirding, 2019

VIDEO: Fireballs Over Michigan, 2014

The amateur video above is from Michigan, apparently recorded in September, 2014. There were numerous sightings of similar "fireballs" and meteor-like activity across the United States Eastern Coast during that period.

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Salem, Massachusetts - July, 1952 - Coast Guard

Salem, Massachusetts - July, 1952

UFO fleet or weather phenomenon?  A still captured by the Coast Guard in Salem, Massachusetts in July, 1952.  A wave of similar UFO sightings gripped the nation throughout 1952.

The most famous sightings occurred over the Capitol Building from July 12^th to the 29^th.  It became known as "The Washington Incident."

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Multicolored Cloud in Costa Rica

This video of a multicolored cloud over Costa Rica has gone viral.  No one seems to have a good explanation for what looks very much like something that might happen if a nuclear device were detonated above the ground.  Of course, there was no visible damage or fallout, so I am not suggesting that that is what happened, that's just what it reminds me of.

There is almost certainly a very natural and well understood reason for this oddly shaped, multicolored cloud formation, but the experts apparently have yet to weigh-in on the matter.  Some (non-experts) are calling it an "End of Times" cloud formation.

© The Weirding, 2015

UFO Photographed Over New York

With UFO sightings up around the country, New York was the fifth highest-reporting state in August of 2011.  From these reports comes a photograph of a diamond-shaped UFO taken on August 17^th and reported to MUFON on the 23^rd:

The photographer, who remains anonymous, said he believes he can make-out markings and windows on the object.  He also says it was moving at an incredible rate of speed and thinks it is emitting red and blue lights from either end.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

White Spots on Mars

L.J. Wilson of Nashville, TN reported having seen several white spots on the face of Mars in 1911.  The spots were seen near the region of Hesperia.  The account was carried by the magazine, Nature.

In December of 1911, a Prof. Luther of the Dusseldorf Observatory claimed to have witnessed "half of the disc of Mars nearest the Moon" turn green.  The Professor theorized it must have been due to a lunar event, but made no claims beyond that.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

PHOTO: Petit-Rechain 1990

Petit-Rechain

The "Petit-Rechain" picture, named for the locale near which it was thought to have been taken, became famous when it was circulated around the world in conjunction with the "Belgian Wave" of sightings.

The "Belgian UFO Wave" occurred between 1989 and 1990.  An incident in November 1990, during which dozens of eyewitnesses saw a triangular craft with three lights -- similar to the one depicted in the Petit-Rechain photograph -- flying soundlessly and very slowly over Belgium, was later attributed to a Soviet satellite breaking-up over the area.  This cover story is a lie.

While the explanation sounds far-fetched, a man named only as "Patrick" told French-language broadcaster RTL that he and some friends created the craft in the picture using only a piece of polystyrene suspended in the air. Patrick says he was only 18 at the time the picture was taken, and his admission was coerced.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Things What Done Fell from the Sky: Raining Fire

For roughly 10 minutes on the night of October 18^th, 1867, fire reportedly fell from the sky over Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. The following morning, puddles and rainwater tanks were, "Thickly covered with a deposit of sulfur."

A couple of weeks later, eyewitnesses in Chatham, England claimed to have seen numerous black discs in the sky above. These disks were propelled by some unknown means that produced smoke.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Things What Done Fell from the Sky: Flesh and Blood

For a full three minutes one sunny, cloudless day on August 1^st, 1869, flesh and blood fell from the sky, covering two acres of farmland near Los Nietos, California.  The farm belonged to a J. Hudson, who said short, fine hairs fell along with the flesh and blood.  The flesh fell in particles, as well as in strips from 1-6" in length.

Cursory research showed that a similar event happened some two months earlier, when flesh and blood rained in nearby Santa Clara County.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ball Lightning: Eastern Airlines March 19, 1963

After Eastern Airlines Flight EA 539 was struck by lightning on March 19^th, 1963, passengers say Ball Lightning emerged from the pilot's cabin and floated down the aisle.  The Ball Lightning was about 20cm in diameter, perfectly symmetrical, and "almost solid in appearance."  It produced light equivalent to that of a 10-watt bulb and gave off no heat.

The Ball Lightning maintained "the same height and course for the whole distance over which it could be observed," according to witness, R.C. Jennison, who spoke to Nature in 1969.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

The Silent City - Prince Luigi

A decade after the New York Times reported that there was no proof to support the claims that The Silent City exists, Prince Luigi Amedeo claimed to have seen it while climbing Mt. Saint Elias. On the morning of July 7^th, 1897, Prince Luigi and the members of his expedition claim the Silent City was "mirrored in the clear atmosphere."

One wrote, "It was so distinct... that it required... strong faith to believe that it was not in reality a city." The expedition claimed the image lasted some 30 minutes before dissipating.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Wave of Darkness - Wimbledon

At 12:25 PM, "a tunnel of darkness with light visible at either end" descended upon Wimbledon, England for about 10 minutes on April 15th, 1904.  An eyewitness said it was too dark to garden and he could not explain the phenomenon, which came quickly with "puffs of wind," but no thunder or lightning.

He inquired Symom's Meteorological Magazine readers as to whether or not the formation could have been a snow cloud, but it does not appear his question was ever answered.  The writer also noted that he saw no mention of it in the press.  It does not appear to have been mentioned by anyone else since then, though the story has been repeated.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Wave of Darkness - Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1886

No one can explain the wave of darkness that swept over Oshkosh, Wisconsin at 3:00 in the afternoon on March 19^th, 1886.  Within the span of five minutes, it was as if night had settled over the town.  Horses were spooked and people scrambled through the streets. But the inexplicable wave of darkness lasted only 10 minutes before abating.

The local newspaper reported that towns to the west of Oshkosh, WI had experienced the same phenomenon just before residents there, indicating the wave of darkness had traveled from west to east.  There were no air currents overhead, the newspaper said, nor was there a solar eclipse on March 19^th, 1886.

Ball Lightning: Salina, KS 1919

In the early evening of October 8^th, 1919, a "ball of fire as big as a washtub floating low in the air" hit a building, ripping out bricks and destroying a window on the second story.  It then exploded with a report a correspondent likened to a gunshot, "filling the air with balls of fire as big as baseballs, which floated away in all directions."

Some of the Ball Lightning followed wires and powerlines as one might expect, but others simply floated away "independently of any objects near by [sic]."  One ball of lightning hit an electric switch box, blasting it open and plunging the east side of Salina, Kansas, into complete darkness.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

USO - North Atlantic, 1954

The crew of the SS Groote Beer saw something rise from the seas in the late summer of 1954.  According to Captain, Jan P. Boshoff, who observed the object through binoculars, the moon-shaped USO was flat and gray, with bright lights on its edges.  It flew away at a 60º angle more rapidly than manmade crafts can move.

Crewmembers on the Aliki P., a Honduran freighter sailing in the same general area, reported, "... a ball of fire moving in and out of water without being extinguished.  Trailing white smoke.  Moving in erratic course, finally disappeared."  It may have been the same USO, as the sighting was radioed-in to the Long Island Coast Guard around the same time.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ball Lightning: The Account of Maxwell Lyte

Henry Maxwell Lyte lead an impressive career and remains well-respected for his work to this day.  It may surprise some to know that Lyte gave an account of Ball Lightning he witnessed in the Pyrenees some years prior to the Science Club on August 17^th, 1881.

Lyte said he was inside of a barn renovated into a church in the French mountains when a great storm arose.  The congregation moved to secure the barn when Lyte saw a ball of fire he estimated at 6' in diameter "leisurely" moving at 10-12mph up the valley.  Lyte threw himself to the ground, and the ball passed over the makeshift church to strike a plum tree behind it.  The tree was "shattered to atoms."

While no one in the barn was killed, nine shepherds had taken refuge in a small cabin on the mountainside above.  Discharge from the Ball Lightning that struck the plum tree hit the cabin, setting it ablaze.  Four of the men were killed there, another three died from complications due to injuries sustained in the accident, and the remaining two were maimed for life.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ball Lightning: Louise Matthews

Louise Matthews was lying on her couch in South Philadelphia during the summer of 1960 when she heard something sizzling.  She saw a large, red ball coming through her window, leaving the Venetian blinds undamaged.

The ball lightning (presumably) continued through Mrs. Matthews' living room into the dining room, where it exited the house through another closed window.  Again, the window was undamaged.

Mrs. Matthews later noticed that the back of her hand was burned.  The hair at the back of her head later fell out, leaving the skin beneath as smooth as that on her face.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ball Lightning: The Death of a Researcher

According to Jerome Clark's well-researched Unexplained!, G.W. Richman was the first researcher to describe ball lightning in scientific literature.  He also became one of its few recorded victims. 

In 1754, Richman was attempting to measure the energy of a lightning strike.  Ball lightning formed from the electrodes of his equipment and floated toward his face, where it exploded with such a force that it killed him and knocked his assistant unconscious.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ghost Lights: Ball Lightning

Marfa Ghost Lights (Texas)

Ghost Lights are sometimes classified as ball lightning, especially when they appear indoors or during a thunderstorm.  Theories as to what comprises Ghost Lights include combustible methane (marsh gas), light from distant stars or planets refracting through atmospheric layers, headlights of traffic from a distance, concentrated magnetic force, nearby mineral deposits, and more -- however, most credible sightings of Ghost Lights defy explanation.  Ball lightning is often described as acting as though it were under intelligent control, or had a mind of its own.

However, most self-proclaimed atmospheric "experts" dismiss the ball lightning theory out-of-hand, noting that only surface similarities with Ghost Lights exist.  Ball lightning is a proven phenomenon that continues to intrigue researchers.  Strikes typically last under one to two minutes near, and after, a lightning strike or thunderstorm.  Many times, ball lightning dissipates violently, exploding with a sulfuric smell.

Ghost Lights, also known as faerie fires, are harmless and appear repeatedly in the same location over a lengthy period, regardless of atmospheric conditions.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011