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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 2, 2018 12:59:17 GMT
UFO Stalker
You can see the last 20 UFO cases reported to mufon at any given time at www.ufostalker.com/
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 2, 2018 13:28:36 GMT
ODN Published on Oct 2, 2018
A two-day rescue effort in Argentina involving 30 people was successful in returning a humpback whale stranded on a beach back out to sea. Report by Sarah Duffy.
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 3, 2018 11:32:17 GMT
Good morning lovely UFOCasebookers!
Den Of Geek
The X-Files’ Darkest Episode Revisited
By Todd VanDerWerff 2 October 2018
An excerpt from:
Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files – October 16, 2018 release
The X-Files Season 4, Episode 2: “Home”
Written by James Wong and Glen Morgan / Directed by Kim Manners
If you wandered far enough into the countryside surrounding the tiny town I grew up in, you’d find people who desired the absolute minimum of human interaction, people who put signs up on their farms warning that trespassers would be shot, people who collected abandoned sheds and set them up in a lonely cow pasture in some semblance of a small ghost town consisting almost entirely of chicken coops. If you talked to these people, they were almost always friendly but terse, able to interact with others but attempting to end that interaction as soon as possible. It’s not so hard to imagine twisting this terse emptiness into horror.
“Home” is twenty-two years old, but it feels part of a different world entirely. In the 2010s, small towns feel like part of a much more homogenous whole, thanks to the wonders of modern connection. If you go for a drive in even the most isolated parts of the nation, you’re still connected to the rest of the country. “Home,” like its central gures, the Peacock family, is a remnant. Like so many X-Files tales, it’s both a sterling example of a certain kind of horror story and a last-gasp effort within the subgenre, a sort of sad farewell to the weird America that was rapidly smoothing over.
“Home” is the first episode of four this season written by the returning Glen Morgan and James Wong, and every one of those episodes is a notable break from the form the show had established up until that point. “Home,” in particular, is among the nest episodes the show produced, a reminder that The X-Files could do brutal, scary episodes even as it was crossing over into a mainstream hit.
The setup Morgan and Wong exploit is a simple one: There’s a creepy house at the edge of a small town in the middle of nowhere. That house holds a family that doesn’t want anything to do with anyone who might disrupt them. This is, basically, the show’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre episode, only here the family are three inbred brothers, products of generations of incest, attempting to beget another child with their own mother.
Morgan and Wong were fantastic at taking old horror movie templates and updating them for the show’s universe, as they did when they turned The Thing into “Ice” (S1E8) and folded any number of ’80s Satanism chillers into “Die Hand Die Verletzt” (S2E14). Morgan and Wong understand both what makes The X-Files work and what makes those old horror movies work, and they understand where and how the two intersect. “Home” is somehow both a creepy house horror movie and an episode of The X-Files. That the two overlap so comfortably is proof that the show’s template was so elastic as to incorporate almost anything the writers and producers could throw at it, but it’s also evidence that the weirdness and wildness of America was becoming almost commonplace. The rise of mass communication (and especially the Internet) made little local monsters and urban legends into well-known national gures, the best spreading and choking out more localized phenomena. In earlier decades, you had to be road-tripping through the Texas wilderness to run across a family of chainsaw-wielding freaks. Now, Mulder and Scully could pop in and out of a small town to hang out with an inbred sideshow for just a few days’ time.
more after the jump:
www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-x-files/276683/the-x-files-darkest-episode-revisited
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 3, 2018 11:35:03 GMT
Scott Waring Published on Oct 2, 2018
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Post by swamprat on Oct 3, 2018 15:43:43 GMT
Children's violent video game play associated with increased physical aggressive behavior
Date: October 1, 2018
Source: Dartmouth College
Summary:
Violent video game play by adolescents is associated with increases in physical aggression over time, according to a Dartmouth meta-analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Although most researchers on the subject agree that playing violent video games appears to increase physical aggression, a vocal minority continues to dispute this. To examine issues raised by the counterclaims on this topic, Dartmouth researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 24 studies from around the world from 2010 to 2017 with over 17,000 participants, ages nine to 19 years-old. The studies all examined how violent video game play affected changes in real-world physical aggression over time, ranging from three months to four years. Examples of physical aggression included incidents such as hitting someone or being sent to the principal's office for fighting, and were based on self-reports by children, parents, teachers and peers.
Dartmouth's study examined three specific critiques of the literature on video game play and aggression:
• To address claims that previous meta-analyses overestimate the association of violent video game play and aggression because they include "non-serious" measures of aggression, this meta-analysis was limited to studies that measured reports of overt, physical aggression over time. Despite this more stringent criterion, findings supported the hypothesis that playing violent games is associated with subsequent increases in physical aggression.
• To investigate claims that effects are often inflated because many studies do not take into account other variables predictive of aggressive behavior, Dartmouth researchers compared analyses that included or did not include information on such variables and found that taking these data into account had only a minor effect on the size of the observed relation between violent video game play and aggression.
• To evaluate claims that the estimated effect of violent game play on aggression is inflated because of a bias against publishing studies that fail to find a relation of violent game play and aggression, Dartmouth researchers conducted a variety of different tests and found no evidence of publication bias.
In addition to providing evidence that violent video game play is associated with increased aggression over time, the study also reports that this effect appears to be significantly different for various ethnic groups: the largest effect was observed among white participants, with some effect noted among Asians and no effect observed among Hispanics. Although speculative, the authors suggest that this effect may reflect a greater emphasis on maintaining empathy toward victims of aggression among Eastern and Hispanic cultures in contrast to an emphasis on "rugged individualism" in Western cultures.
"Although no single research project is definitive, our research aims to provide the most current and compelling responses to key criticisms on this topic. Based on our findings, we feel it is clear that violent video game play is associated with subsequent increases in physical aggression," said lead author Jay G. Hull, the Dartmouth Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and associate dean of faculty for the social sciences at Dartmouth.
"The most notable critic of the violent video game aggression literature conducted studies in primarily Hispanic populations and found no evidence of this association. If all of my studies showed null findings, I too, would be skeptical," said co-author James D. Sargent, the Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor of Pediatric Oncology and director of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth. "I hope our findings prompt skeptics to reevaluate their position, especially since some of our other research indicates that violent video game play may increase deviance with implications for multiple risk behaviors," added Sargent.
The study builds on the research team's growing body of work that investigates the impact of video games on children's behavior, including the link between mature-rated, risk-glorifying video games and deviant behavior (e.g., smoking, drinking, and risky sex) and the association between playing these type of video games and reckless driving among teens.
Story Source:
Materials provided by Dartmouth College. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
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Journal Reference:
1. Anna T. Prescott, James D. Sargent, Jay G. Hull. Metaanalysis of the relationship between violent video game play and physical aggression over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018; 115 (40): 9882 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611617114
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 4, 2018 11:51:48 GMT
Good morning fellow ufo'ers
Clarion Ledger
Alien abduction, UFO book turns Mississippi man's life upside down again
by Brian Broom, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 5:00 a.m. CT Oct. 4, 2018
The recent publication of a book about a Mississippi man who claims to have been abducted by aliens in 1973 has changed his life as he knew it.
"It was shocking for me," said Calvin Parker of Moss Point. "I had no clue it was going to go over this well.
"It's been radio, TV, podcasts and a few newspapers. Probably about 300 interviews. I just did an interview on Fox News Watters' World. They're calling every day, every day."
The story has not gone unnoticed in the film industry, either. Parker said he and his publisher recently signed a contract with a film producer for film rights.
"Supposedly, he wants to do a life story, not just about the abduction," Parker said. "That would be great. We'll just have to see what goes on."
Parker's story began on Oct. 11, 1973 on the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula.
"We'd gotten off work that day and a friend of mine, he and I went fishing," Parker said. "The old abandoned shipyard; they had a little pier out front and we were on that pier.
"I'm going to guess it was about six o'clock in the evening. It had just started getting dark, but it was kind of a bright moon."
Parker said he noticed blue light reflecting off the water and his initial thought was law enforcement officers had arrived to tell the two fishermen they needed to leave the property. However, when Parker looked up, he realized the light was coming from a craft like nothing he'd ever seen.
"A big light came out of the clouds," Parker said. "It was a blinding light.
"It was hard to tell with the lights so bright, but it looked like it was shaped like a football. I would say, just estimating, (it was) about 80-foot. (It made) very little sound. It was just a hissing noise."
Parker said he and his friend, Charles Hickson, were levitated into the craft by three leathery creatures with hands that resembled crab claws or mittens. Once inside, the creatures performed medical examinations on the two. After, they were taken back to the pier and the craft disappeared.
Parker and Hickson contacted law enforcement officers and both passed polygraph tests. News of the encounter made headlines.
Parker spent the remainder of his life trying to distance himself from the event. However, Parker said his health isn't good and decided it was time to tell his story. His book, "Pascagoula — The Closest Encounter: My Story", put him in the spotlight again.
"It's kind of disappointing because it's disrupted my life all over again," Parker said, but not because he's still trying to run away from what happened as he did most of his life. "I went from doing what I want to do and now everything is on a schedule again.
"I do, on average, two radio shows a day. I'm getting fan mail from Switzerland right now. They're sending pictures to me and self-addressed stamped envelopes for me to sign and send back."
His book sales also reflect the amount of worldwide interest in Parker's story.
"The book sales numbers are confidential, but what I can say is that books have been purchased all over the world and the Kindle edition was an Amazon.com best-seller for over two weeks," said Parker's publisher, Philip Mantle of Flying Disk Press. "In the meantime, the book continues to sell better than we had ever expected.
"So far the German and Portuguese rights to Calvin's book have been sold. The German book should be out by the end of 2018 and the Portuguese in 2019. We are in extended negotiations in selling the rights to Russia, Italy, France and Spain."
The city of Pascagoula is also recognizing Parker. Main Street Pascagoula and the city are hosting a book signing on the 45th anniversary of the encounter. The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 618 Delmas Avenue on Oct 11. Parker will sign books, tell his account of what happened and answer questions.
Parker said the book-signing event is important to him.
"It's a big deal for me," Parker said. " (It's) strictly just to let the people of the Gulf Coast know what went on. That's the main thing."
To find out more about the book signing or to reserve a signed copy, visit www.mainstreetpascagoula.com.
www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2018/10/04/alien-abduction-ufo-book-turns-mississippi-mans-life-upside-down-again/1420381002/
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 4, 2018 11:56:09 GMT
Mysterious Universe
Point Pleasant: One City, Multiple Monsters
Nick Redfern October 4, 2018 The West Virginia city of Point Pleasant is inextricably linked to the legend of the red-eyed Mothman, that flying fiend which terrorized the people of Point Pleasant from late 1966 to December 1967. For those who don’t know, for around a year the city was haunted by the presence of the legendary, flying humanoid. Things came to a tragic halt when Point Pleasant’s Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River. Dozens of people lost their lives. Some researchers and locals believed that, in some fashion, at least, the presence of the Mothman and the deaths were somehow connected. Some saw the creature as a supernatural entity that – in a strange fashion – tried to warn people of the looming disaster. Others believed that the Mothman was a dangerous, evil thing that caused the chaos and death and that should have been avoided at all costs. But, it’s not the Mothman I’m focused on today. Rather, it’s two additional kinds of monsters that have also made their presence known in Point Pleasant: (a) the “Reptilians” and (b) the creepiest kids of all. In a very strange way, as you’ll see, the witness claimed they were one and the same.
In 2012, it was black eyes – rather than red eyes – which caused so much terror for one woman in Point Pleasant. I’ll refer to as “Marie.” Yes, we are talking about the Black Eyed Children. Although Marie’s BEC encounter occurred in 2012, she did not speak about it until two years later. She was in her mid-twenties when she had an encounter she was destined to never, ever forget. There is no doubt that the fear in Marie’s face was as clear as it was obvious when she related the facts to me at the 2014 Mothman Festival – which is held in Point Pleasant every September, and which attracts people in their thousands.
Marie works irregular hours in her job. As a result, on a Saturday night and shortly after 11:00 p.m., she was stretched out on her couch, in front of the TV, after a ten-hour-long stint at work. She had got herself a pizza and a couple of cans of Coors Lite. All was good. For a while. That situation soon changed. Marie practically flew off the couch with fear as there was a loud knock on the front door of her second-floor apartment. She thought: who the hell could that be at this time of night? It was a very good question.
Marie carefully crept silently to the door and looked through the spy-hole, her breathing already slightly labored. There were two boys, staring back at her, and both wearing black hoodies. She asked if they were okay. No reply. That wasn’t a good sign: Marie put the chain on the door and then opened it the couple of inches that the chain would allow. Two things immediately struck Marie – and filled her with fear: their skin was as white as a sheet of paper and their eyes were totally black. One of them, in a monotone and blank fashion, demanded “food.”
Not surprisingly, Marie slammed the door, and ran to the furthest wall in the living room. Her mind was in a whirlwind of confusion and fear. After a few minutes, she again crept to the door and looked through the spy-hole: the boys were still there. Most disturbing of all, the pair clearly reacted when Marie looked at them – even though she had done so in complete silence. Then, something even more terrifying happened: the pair of ““children” suddenly shimmered – like a “heatwave,” said Marie – and transformed into a pair of bipedal, lizard-like monsters.
In seconds, they were swallowed up by a sudden, black nothingness outside the door and were gone. Marie was in a state of terror. It’s hardly surprising that when she was satisfied all was okay, Marie fled her apartment and went to stay with her mother for the next three days, who lives in nearby Ohio. Notably, for the next three days Marie felt exhausted and as if she had the flu. Had Marie somehow been supernaturally “infected” and “drained” by the lizard-like monsters that took on the guise of kids? That’s exactly what Marie felt.
mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/10/point-pleasant-one-city-multiple-monsters/
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 4, 2018 20:17:30 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 4, 2018 20:48:22 GMT
For Mary
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Post by swamprat on Oct 4, 2018 23:42:49 GMT
Thank you, Crystal!
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Post by swamprat on Oct 5, 2018 2:33:50 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 5, 2018 11:37:49 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 5, 2018 11:44:45 GMT
Good morning lovely UFOCasebookers,
Clarion Ledger
Mississippi 13th most likely state to see UFO and this writer saw one
by Billy Watkins, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 6:00 a.m. CT Oct. 4, 2018
More than 40,000 Americans have taken out alien abduction insurance.
I have not.
Mississippians reported 5,721 UFO sightings between 1940 and 2017, making it one of the top states where someone might see a UFO, based on population.
I’m not laughing at that figure. I have seen a UFO, or some sort of Unidentified Flying Object.
More about that in just a bit.
These figures I’ve listed are from casino.org, which provides information and reviews about casinos located across the U.S. It obtained the statistics from various sources, including the UFO investigative and reporting site Mufon and history.com.
One of Casino.org's marketing executives, Paul Taylor, emailed me after seeing my story about the late Charles Hickson, who claimed until his death in 2011 that he was abducted along with Calvin Parker in 1973 while fishing in Pascagoula.
The top 10: Wyoming and Vermont at 205/1, followed by Montana (252/1), North Dakota (294/1), Alaska (313/1), Hawaii (318/1), New Mexico (332/1), Rhode Island (342/1), New Hampshire (369/1) and Maine (370/1).
Least likely state: Florida (3,485/1)
I contacted Taylor about why his company feels the need to keep statistics on UFO sightings.
“The team at casino.org chose to research the odds of people seeing a UFO in different states because the topic of aliens and UFOs is one that excites a lot of people,” he answered, “and being in the casino industry, we have a particular interest in the way that odds can factor into our daily lives.”
The obvious question: Can people actually bet using these odds?
“Some sportsbooks have offered special bets on whether or not we'd make contact with UFOs, whether aliens exist and in what year we're likely to discover alien life,” Taylor said. “Bets like this are usually quite rare, and there are a lot of issues surrounding the truth.
“This, then, makes payouts tricky. It's controversial who has the final say on whether a UFO was spotted or not, or whether alien contact has been made. We'd suggest sticking to spotting UFOs with your eyes and placing bets on things you can be 100 percent certain if they did or didn't happen.”
'I know what I saw'
Certainly, all of the odds and stats should be taken with a grain of salt.
But there are people reading this who have seen something and didn’t report it — and you have probably only told a handful of people about it. You don’t want folks to think you’re crazy.
I talked with a friend the other day about this. He saw something as a kid — three objects floating in a straight line above the woods behind his home — that he can’t explain and has never seen again. It scared the daylights out of him. He kept quiet about it.
"I didn’t want people looking at me like I’m a nut,” he said.
I was the same way back in the late 1970s when I had my UFO experience. Now? I don’t really care what people say or think. I know what I saw.
Given the choice, I'd rather not see anything like it again.
But here is my story: I had covered a high school basketball tournament in Louisville and was driving back to Meridian, where I was a sports writer at The Meridian Star. It was a beautiful clear evening, stars shining brightly.
What I’m about to describe happened in a period of 5 to 10 seconds.
About halfway home, on a two-lane country road, I noticed what looked like a bright star, maybe a planet, out my windshield at the 2 o’clock position. It started getting bigger and bigger, brighter and brighter.
Suddenly, it streaked down behind some trees and everything around me glowed green. Yes, green.
For whatever reason, my heart raced but my mind almost went into slow motion.
"The car is probably going to lose power,” I remember thinking. I’m not sure why that crossed my mind.
Then this thought: “Whatever it was that fell behind the trees, it’s going to be there when you round this curve ahead.”
But before I could round the curve, the white-bright object appeared again, streaking upward at a high speed and disappearing into the sky. The green glow left with it.
I drove home as fast as I could. I told no one for years. Not even my wife.
I have no idea what it was, but I saw it.
And I could understand something falling from the sky and even lighting up the entire area green. But how do you explain an object going back up at a high speed?
Yeah, me neither.
www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2018/10/04/mississippi-13-th-most-likely-state-see-ufo-alien-abduction-odds/1436322002/
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Oct 5, 2018 11:48:48 GMT
NASA.gov
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes have uncovered tantalizing evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler 1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
Join Hubble scientists live Friday, October 5th at 1 p.m. ET as they answer your questions about what this evidence could mean for the future of exploring new worlds outside our solar system.
Joining us for this Live Q&A are:
· Senior Project Scientist: Jennifer Wiseman
· Deputy Operations Project Scientist: Knicole Colon
· Host: Erin Kisliuk
Please put your questions below and we will get to as many as we can during the show.
www.facebook.com/NASAHubble/videos/1869316183182131/
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