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LITS NEWS: Planet Alignment Tonight; Rogue Planets; Space Elevator
by UFO updates on Feb.25, 2012, under Breaking News
Planet Alignment: Jupiter, Venus and more, tonight!
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| The planets as seen on February 24, 2012 (early evening). |
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I saw something last night that was simply awesome... Jupiter and Venus lined up with the moon.
I pulled out my smart phone, pulled up my app called Google Sky Map (how did I ever live without it?) and not only did it show Jupiter and Venus lined up to my west, it also showed Uranus and Mercury (below the moon).
To the far east was Mars, just beginning to rise above the horizon. Now how cool is that?
What you can't see until much later, is Saturn. You'll have to wait till late night/ early morning to get a view of the ringed planet.
But wait, more to come! Tonight should be quite a spectacle. Please check this out at Space.com:
Jupiter, Venus & Moon Line Up This Weekend: How to Watch Online
And for you astronomy buffs out there, I just have to add the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society website, it's awesome.
So be sure to check out the night sky tonight and if you can't, you will still be able to see it live-online and in photos!
-Sunny Williams/LITS
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Nomad Alien Planets May Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy
Our Milky Way galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets that ramble through space instead of being locked in orbit around a star, a new study suggests.
These "nomad planets" could be surprisingly common in our bustling galaxy, according to researchers at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), a joint institute of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The study predicts that there may be 100,000 times more of these wandering, homeless planets than stars in the Milky Way.
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Space Elevator, Going Up
According to The Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo construction company, Obayashi Corporation, hopes to erect a space elevator by 2050. As a doff of the cap to our British readers, the space lift would ferry passengers and cargo along a carbon nanotube ribbon from a terrestrial terminal to a spaceport nearly a quarter of the way to the moon.
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UFO Sighting Near Fort Irwin and Rancho Mirage, California
by UFO updates on Feb.24, 2012, under Breaking News
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| Fort Irwin, located 37 miles N.E. of Barstow, California. Click on image to enlarge. Image courtesy Google Earth. |
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NUFORC Case # S87072
Occurred : 2/6/2012 20:52
Location: Fort Irwin, CA
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 10 min
Triangle Shape Object With About 14 Orange Lights
My back yard is looking into the training area here (Known as the box). I was looking over towards the training city of Abu Layla and saw this group of bright orange lights. Looked to be about 14 or more lights in a triangle form. The lights were just hovering above the road out there. After 10 minutes of watching this the lights headed east towards the I15 freeway and you could see the glow of this object silhouette the mountains. When it took off it had to be going faster then 600mph because it only took about 5 seconds for it to disappear (figuring the speed by the time and distance). When it took off it went from a stand still position. This is my 3rd time seeing it here in the same spot. I work in this area every day, and there is nothing but Desert out there. I have 2 pictures I took with a Point and Shoot camera, but they came out blurry due to the distance and are not 'really' helpful.
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NUFORC Case # S87089
Occurred : 2/7/2012 18:40
Location: Rancho Mirage, CA
Shape: Circle
Duration: 30 minutes+
Watched a flying object over Bob Hope Drive with my sister. There was quite a few cars on the road so I'm sure others saw it, too. Followed it as it got further and further away. It was flying in a circular motion for quite a while - as we parked along a secluded road to watch it in disbelief.
Flew further away (Easterly direction).
The craft had lights along its circular border and one red light on top. It had the shape of a toy spinner/spinner top.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect an evening sighting, but we may be wrong. PD)
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Hey folks, if you are serious enough to report a UFO sighting to me, or to NUFORC, or other reputable UFO investigation organizations, please give the hard working ufologists your contact info, so they can verify your sighting's information. They aren't going to hound you, or post your name or personal info without permission. I certainly don't! -Sunny
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Egyptian Eye-Like Object Hovers Over Georgia
by Roger Marsh on Feb.07, 2012, under Breaking News
By Roger Marsh
National UFO Examiner

The object was seen while the witness was driving along Hickory Level Road in Villa Rica, GA.
Credits: Google Maps
Spherical Bright White Light Over Murphy, Texas- 2/1/2012
by UFO updates on Feb.02, 2012, under Breaking News

I received the following email from a parent reporting their 12 year old son's UFO sighting.
This report is "as is", with no corrections.
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My 12 year old son would like to report the following:
UFO sighted this evening Feb 1 2012 at around 8 pm.
- One witness (him).
- 5 seconds.
- North Murphy Texas USA
- 200 feet high and 800 feet away.
- Spherical shape, huge, bright white.
When I wrote back and asked several questions, I received this reply:
My son says that he was hearing a low pitch humming like a refrigerator.
The light came from West and headed in Southeast direction.
He lost sight when the object went past his room window.
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| Click on map for larger view. Map courtesy: Google. |
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Witness Reports, ‘Large White Blinking Like A Strobe’ Object Over Airstrip
by Roger Marsh on Jan.08, 2012, under Breaking News
By Roger Marsh,
UFO Examiner

This map of the Dixon, MO, area shows the general region where the UFO sighting took place.
Credits: Google Maps
Was a UFO in distress in the skies over New Mexico?
by UFO updates on Jan.01, 2012, under Breaking News
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| Satellite image of New Mexico (courtesy Google maps). Click on Map to enlarge. |
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On the first day of 2012, a witness saw what they believe to be a flying object in distress, over the Gila Mountains of New Mexico.
[This report is unedited.]
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MUFON Case # 34492
Date: 2012-01-01
Time: 03:30
Status: Assigned
City: Gila
State: New Mexico
Shape: Fireball,Flash,Star-like
Distance: Over one mile
Description: Possible UFO in distress
Report:
I had just awakened from sleep, rolled over to get my glasses, and happened to look out my North faceing window in my bedroom whenin the North sky over the mountains in the Gila Wilderness, there appeared an EXTREMELY bright, silvery, white light comeing in from above. The streak of light was not a straight streak like a meteor but had a wobble to it, like the object was spinning. It was EXTREMELY bright, like a stroke of lightning with with a slight silvery look about it. It was about the same width as a match head held at arms length. The total lingth of the path of light was approximately the width of two hands and seemed to slow down a bit the lower it got to the mountains.
At the end of its flight path, it ended in an EXTREMELY bright white flash, that lit up most of the mountain range just West of the Turkey Creek camp ground which is about 10 to 15 miles away from our trailer. About 1 minute later there was a brillient flash of light straight overhead and slightly to the North of our position. Where we live, we have a totally unobstructed view of the mountains of the Gila Wilderness.
Turkey Creek is well known locally as a UFO Hotspot as many lights of unknown origin have been seen in that area for several years. It is a quiet, remote area and requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle to safely get there. If more information is required, just let me know, and I will supply to the best of my ability.
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Malcolm Robinson: UFOs, Paranormal and Ghosts
by Malcolm Robinson on Dec.03, 2011, under Breaking News
Publisher's Notes: Malcolm Robinson has been a friend of mine for many years. He is an established, successful author, writer and magazine publisher. I received this article in my Google Alerts and decided to share it with you.
What’s that sound? The "Hum" Heard ‘Round The World
by UFO updates on Nov.13, 2011, under Breaking News
Here is that email (edited to remove personal information).
"I live in the [removed] subdivision of Round Rock Texas. I've been awakened in recent weeks by strange humming noises, like at 3am this morning. I was first awakened by my one year old talking in his sleep through the baby monitor. Then around 2:55am I awakened to a humming which changed frequency several times. Usually it's just one frequency. The A/C was off and an inspection of the sky showed no aircraft or high wind. I was unable to sleep all night and felt sick, stomach ache and generally restless and uneasy. At about 10am this morning (11/12/2011) there were 7 military copters in formation flying low over our home. Two times in the last 4 months there have been large military formations flying over our house at around 3-4am. Once I slept through it but my husband was awakened and disturbed. The other time I was awakened and it was so close to our house that the windows were shaking and I ran to get the baby because I thought they were crashing on us. What the heck is going on around here?!"
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From Wikipedia: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
Scary, if true.
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Earthquakes And Asteroids – November 2011
by UFO updates on Nov.06, 2011, under Breaking News
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| The bulls-eye shows epicenter of the 5.6 magnitude Oklahoma earthquake, which took place at 10:53 p.m. CST, November 5, 2011. Click on image to enlarge. |
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Shake, Rattle and Roll!
by Sunny Williams, Lights in the Texas Sky
Near Earth misses by asteroids and Earthquakes, where and when you don't expect them to be. It's almost too much excitement!
It was a couple of minutes before 11:00 p.m. Saturday night, November 5, 2011, when I was rudely shaken from bed.
I had gone to bed early but my spouse (Joe) was up watching TV, when suddenly the bed started bouncing and shaking like one of those vibrating motel beds. I could even hear the thumping of the bed legs on the floor. So could Joe and as soon as he heard my exclamations of surprise, he came running to see if I was alright.
Come to find out, his recliner had also been doing the Watusi, along with the ceiling fans and anything else not nailed down.
Well after that rude arousal I certainly couldn't sleep, so I got up and checked Google News. Sure enough, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake had hit Oklahoma, the epicenter located near Sparks, 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, at a depth of 3.1 miles.
By now you all know I live near the town of Breckenridge, Texas. That is just a bit over 200 miles SW from OKC but I've read that the Oklahoma tremblor was felt up to 300 miles away. That's some major shaking.
There was only one other time that I felt the earth shake this bad; that was when we were stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, back in 1974-75. I believe an earthquake shook the Oregon coast, which reverberated up into Washington state.
The Oregon tremble was my first experience with quakes but we actually had dishes and window panes rattle during a shake in South Texas, back in the late 80s. It was centered somewhere east of Waco but didn't amount to much.
Now I don't know about you but for a born and raised Texan, experiencing an earthquake is unnerving, to say the least. I've lived through tornadoes and even a hurricane but to have the ground beneath me let me down, now that's a bum deal right there.
What's next, an asteroid?
More news on the Oklahoma earthquake:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/06/us/oklahoma-earthquake/?hpt=us_c2
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57319310/5.6-mag-okla-quakes-rattle-nerves/
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Prepare to duck! Another asteroid headed our way.
by Sunny Williams, Lights in the Texas Sky
Due on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 6:28 p.m.EST, an asteroid dubbed 2005 YU55 will come within 202,000 miles of Earth, before racing back out into space. That is about 38,000 miles closer to us than our own moon.
Carbon-colored and dark, the asteroid measures some 1,300 feet wide. It will be the closest visit by a space rock this size in more than three decades.
"This is not a potentially hazardous asteroid, just a good opportunity to study one," National Science Foundation astronomer Thomas Statler says. NASA and the NSF plan a series of radar telescope and other observations starting Friday, aimed at mapping the asteroid's surface and chemistry.
"The radar measurements should be pretty spectacular," Statler says.
At a quarter of a mile across, an asteroid this size landing in Earth's ocean would trigger a magnitude-7.0 earthquake and 70-foot-high tsunami waves some 60 miles away, according to Jay Melosh of Purdue University in Indiana. Such impacts are thought to come about once every 100,000 years.
“We’re extremely confident, 100 percent confident, that this is not a threat,” said the manager of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program, Don Yeomans. “But it is an opportunity.”
Lucky us, asteroid 2005 YU55 will be back in 2028.
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Huge asteroid headed for close encounter with Earth
(Reuters) - A huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon Tuesday, giving scientists a rare chance for study without having to go through the time and expense of launching a probe, officials said.
Earth's close encounter with Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will occur at 6:28 p.m. EST (2328 GMT) Tuesday, as the space rock sails about 201,000 miles from the planet.
"It is the first time since 1976 that an object of this size has passed this closely to the Earth. It gives us a great -- and rare -- chance to study a near-Earth object like this," astronomer Scott Fisher, a program director with the National Science Foundation, said Thursday during a Web chat with reporters.
The orbit and position of the asteroid, which is about 1,312 feet in diameter, is well known, added senior research scientist Don Yeomans, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"There is no chance that this object will collide with the Earth or moon," Yeomans said.
Thousands of amateur and professional astronomers are expected to track YU 55's approach, which will be visible from the planet's northern hemisphere. It will be too dim to be seen with the naked eye, however, and it will be moving too fast for viewing by the Hubble Space Telescope.
"The best time to observe it would be in the early evening on November 8 from the East Coast of the United States," Yeomans said. "It is going to be very faint, even at its closest approach. You will need a decent-sized telescope to be able to actually see the object as it flies by."
Scientists suspect YU 55 has been visiting Earth for thousands of years, but because gravitational tugs from the planets occasionally tweak its path, they cannot tell for sure how long the asteroid has been in its present orbit.
"These sorts of events have been happening for most of the lifetime of the Earth, about 4.5 billion years," Fisher said.
Computer models showing the asteroid's path for the next 100 years show there is no chance it will hit Earth during that time, added Yeomans.
"We do not think that it will ever impact the Earth or moon (but) we only have its orbit calculated for the next 100 years," he said.
Previous studies show the asteroid, which is blacker than charcoal, is what is called a C-type asteroid that is likely made of carbon-based materials and some silicate rock.
More information about its composition and structure are expected from radar images and chemical studies of its light as the asteroid passes by the planet.
"I've read that we will be able to see details down to a size of about 15 feet across on the surface of the asteroid," Fisher said.
NASA is working on a mission to return soil samples from an asteroid known as 1999 RQ36 in 2020, followed by a human mission to another asteroid in the mid-2020s.
Japan also plans to launch an asteroid sample return mission in 2018.
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Possible UFO crash near Evarts, Kentucky
by UFO updates on Aug.27, 2011, under Breaking News
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A MUFON Field Investigator observes a possible downed UFO. Here is that unedited report.
MUFON Case # 31203
Event Date: 2011-08-26
Time: 21:00
City: Evarts
State: Kentucky
Shape: Circle,Disc
Duration: 03:00:00
Distance: 500 feet or less
Summary: Multiple lights coming from a hillside, and a small amount of smoke. Lights were flashing solid beams into the sky.
Report:
Witness contact FI [name redacted] on August 27, 2011 via email. I, [name redacted] FI 10332, am submitting his account as this could be a crashed or a landed UFO.
Last night(8/26/2011) I was outside locking my truck up and my neighbor told me about an extremely bright beam of light shining through a window in her house that she noticed through her curtains about 30 minutes prior to my walking outside. Initially, I tried to ignore her, which is typically easy since her house is about 50 yards from my own and upon a small hill. However, she just wouldn't stop trying to get me to check it out from her vantage point so I walked up to her house and sat out on her 2nd story deck waiting for the lights to reappear. I didn't see anything for several minutes but in the mean time I noticed a dozen planes fly over the area in a matter of about 5 minutes; which to me is an unusually high amount of air traffic, as I frequently "star gaze". Sure enough though after several minutes I, too, saw this incredible, bright flash of a greenish-blue color. No beam, just a super bright flash that went away in seconds. After seeing this flash two more times in orange and white, my brother, neighbor, and myself decided to drive through our small town to see if we could get a closer look. Upon arriving at a local gas station approximately 1 mile away we noticed one police officer and a HAZMAT coordinator(who is also the chief of the fire dept.) looking at the same light that was now more than a mere flash. The lights were now located across the valley and about halfway up a small ridge, only accessible by an old logging road, and it had become six to eight smaller flashing lights which were red,blue, green and white and aligned in what looked like a semi-circular pattern.There was also a small amount of smoke coming from the scene, but not as much as you would typically see from a brush fire; and the amount of smoke also fluctuated with time. We asked the officers what they thought it could be and the HAZMAT guy said "no power lines had been reported down by KU" and "he wasn't sure", while the uniformed policeman jokingly said, "maybe it's E.T. with a blow torch". Both of which seemed to be more than a little stumped by this situation. There were also 6 other people who we talked to that confirmed the bright flashes. For the next 2 1/2 hours the three of us sat in the parking lot of this gas station and kept our eyes fixated on these lights which were now randomly flashing the colors i mentioned, but were dimming and then emitting powerful beams into the sky and through the trees in all directions periodically, and even went completely dark on 3 or 4 occasions. There was also a clearly audible "humming" sound coming from the area, that made more of a "wah-wah-wahhh" sound. There were power lines stretching in front of the lights that were completely visible due to the bright flashing of the lights and they appeared to be intact.The strangest thing to me though was we could spot a single light traveling up the logging road, which took about 30 minutes to get from the bottom of the hill to around the vicinity of these brighter lights, but before this light could get all the way up there, it promptly turned around and came back down in a matter of minutes. Dogs were also barking incessantly through this whole experience. After the lights finally quit flashing about 3 hours in, the lights went totally dark for about 20 minutes, at which time all the other spectators left, and then a single small,white light reappeared that was too bright to look at directly without causing pain or discomfort. We witnessed all of this through a pair of binoculars but due to the trees on the hill side the only thing we could clearly see was the colors and pattern of the lights. The police came back several hours later and told us it was, "in fact", a downed power line that had been arching and causing the bright flashes. Soon thereafter a KU truck came by, circled a short back road off KY-38, and left again without fixing this alleged down power line.
Also, this morning(8/27/2011) at about 9:00 am while on my way to class at the local community college I saw four KU trucks parked at different spots on KY-38, just parked there, sitting with no one doing any kind of work to power lines. Only a single person in the truck, the driver. Also in the gas station parking lot were two white Ford pick up trucks with the standard diamond shaped NFPA chemical hazard label, unfortunately, I did not think to stop by and take down the numbers within the diamond. There were so many things about this situation that didn't make sense to me and cause me to question it all. Here are a few of my most relevant questions:
Can a downed power line create a beam of light so bright that it can be seen in a house through the curtains, one mile away?
If it were a transformer that exploded, would it not create a single bright flash of a single color and then go dark? Why would the lights continue to reappear and go black?
Why would several blinking lights consolidate into one solid light?
If it was a downed power line, and KU knew about it, wouldn't they be obligated to fix the problem immediately? It could have potentially caused a forest fire.
In this area, small storms cause localized blackouts frequently, yet there was no blackout to be seen anywhere near this downed power line or blown transformer. Why?
What was the loud humming sound?
Why would KU trucks be parked on the side of the road, but not have anyone working on the power lines?
End of report.
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| Evarts, Kentucky Satellite image courtesy of Google Maps. |
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