Spacenut56 Posted June 21, 2013 #1 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Lots of interesting bits and pieces from over the years here: hopefully this works: http://www.cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/20/19063873-ufo-over-stonehenge-britain-releases-its-last-big-batch-of-x-files?lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted June 21, 2013 #2 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 21, 2013 #3 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Here .... The Real X-Files: Britain makes last of secret UFO files public The truth is finally out there. The U.K. government has released the final batch of secret files related to a decades long hunt for little green men -- and revealed that the hunt for aliens was detracting from “more valuable defense-related activities.” The Ministry of Defense in 2009 closed its UFO desk and hotline, the go-to spot for anyone wishing to warn the government about a recent alien abduction, sighting or any sort of close encounter. The government spent years detailing the accounts from ordinary citizens of such reports, including one from a person who claimed to have been living with an alien. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/06/21/real-x-files-britain-makes-last-secret-ufo-files-public/#ixzz2WruXC2HO Britain Releases the Last of Its X-Files LONDON — Britain’s front-line defense against alien invasion from outer space has fallen victim to spending cuts, according to documents released on Friday. Papers published by the National Archives showed the country’s defense ministry closed its specialist U.F.O.-monitoring unit because it could no longer justify a project that was consuming increasing resources. It emerges that the ministry quietly shut down its U.F.O. unit in 2009 after concluding “no UFO sighting reported has ever revealed anything to suggest an extra-terrestrial presence or military threat to the U.K.” The decision meant the closure of a U.F.O. hot line and a dedicated e-mail address to which members of the public could report sightings of unidentified flying objects links ` 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted June 21, 2013 #4 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) "The memo said there was "no defense benefit" in the recording, collating, analysis or investigation of the sightings, adding: "The level of resources diverted to this task is increasing in response to a recent upsurge in reported sightings, diverting staff from more valuable defence-related activities." Translation: We already know there are UFOs up there and there's not a damn thing we can do about it anyway. Edited June 21, 2013 by Sweetpumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 21, 2013 #5 Share Posted June 21, 2013 "The memo said there was "no defense benefit" in the recording, collating, analysis or investigation of the sightings, adding: "The level of resources diverted to this task is increasing in response to a recent upsurge in reported sightings, diverting staff from more valuable defence-related activities." Translation: We already know there are UFOs up there and there's not a damn thing we can do about it anyway. Exactly !! And to add ... we know they are convincing sightings reports from reliable witnesses and there's not a damn thing we can do with it anyway too ! ` 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted June 21, 2013 #6 Share Posted June 21, 2013 And to add ... we know they are convincing sightings reports from reliable witnesses and there's not a damn thing we can do with it anyway too ! That's the boat I'm in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacenut56 Posted June 21, 2013 Author #7 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Thank you Third eye. Excuse my technological glitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 21, 2013 #8 Share Posted June 21, 2013 well with pics like this Im totally stunned and convinced now :no: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 21, 2013 #9 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Yea, I think somebody flung a rock up into the air. they should take more care with those rocks, almost hit that pigeon in the circle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 21, 2013 #10 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Thank you Third eye. Excuse my technological glitch. no problem and you're welcome well with pics like this Im totally stunned and convinced now ~image repeat :no: it is the times and the tech available then ... today we can watch 'bright lights' in the sky for half a day and not feel it out of place ... those days ... Its more than a whole different story .. it is still UFOs they're talking about here ... not about putting aliens on a surgery table ... which brings to mind ... how many people actually looks up at the sky anymore I wonder ? just a few days ago my friend was driving and I noticed a nice moonlit night and said "what a wonderful 'sky'" all the two guys and three girls in the car went "where ?" where ? seriously ? I made them pay for my beers ... heheheheh ` 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elq Posted June 23, 2013 #11 Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) After more than 50 years faithfully recording reports of UFOs and flying saucers, and patiently answering questions from the public, the MoD eventually decided it was a waste of money, newly released documents show. Edited June 23, 2013 by Elq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted June 23, 2013 #12 Share Posted June 23, 2013 After more than 50 years faithfully recording reports of UFOs and flying saucers, and patiently answering questions from the public, the MoD eventually decided it was a waste of money, newly released documents show. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted June 24, 2013 #13 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) which brings to mind ... how many people actually looks up at the sky anymore I wonder ? Millions of people do it every night with powerful telescopes. Typical Star Party. Edited June 24, 2013 by psyche101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted June 24, 2013 #14 Share Posted June 24, 2013 After more than 50 years faithfully recording reports of UFOs and flying saucers, and patiently answering questions from the public, the MoD eventually decided it was a waste of money, newly released documents show. The British Space program has always suffered budgetary problems, or they might well have been a contender in the space race between the USSR and the US of A. Britain developed several rockets, and some space planes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 24, 2013 #15 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Millions of people do it every night with powerful telescopes. Typical Star Party. ~snip not exactly what I meant .... "... how many people actually looks up at the sky anymore I wonder ? " ` 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asadora Posted June 26, 2013 #16 Share Posted June 26, 2013 not exactly what I meant .... "... how many people actually looks up at the sky anymore I wonder ? " ` I do when I have good visibility or no light pollution. Whenever I am able too, I will often look up in the sky and wonder Kind Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 26, 2013 #17 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I do when I have good visibility or no light pollution. Whenever I am able too, I will often look up in the sky and wonder Kind Regards I moved away from the 'bright lights big city' due to those reasons ... I remember I was looking up because a very fond friend was flying to another country and I couldn't get a glimpse of the sky ... to maybe catch a glimpse of her flight over head ... I remember how I felt in my heart ... that emptiness ... NOw I almost always say good night to the night sky before I get in bed when I'm sober enough to remember ... ~mutual regards ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted June 29, 2013 #18 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I moved away from the 'bright lights big city' due to those reasons ... I remember I was looking up because a very fond friend was flying to another country and I couldn't get a glimpse of the sky ... to maybe catch a glimpse of her flight over head ... I remember how I felt in my heart ... that emptiness ... NOw I almost always say good night to the night sky before I get in bed when I'm sober enough to remember ... ~mutual regards ` I moved away from the 'bright lights big city' due to those reasons ... I remember I was looking up because a very fond friend was flying to another country and I couldn't get a glimpse of the sky ... to maybe catch a glimpse of her flight over head ... I remember how I felt in my heart ... that emptiness ... NOw I almost always say good night to the night sky before I get in bed when I'm sober enough to remember ... ~mutual regards ` Its a real good thing to Look up at night Look into the vastness of our hood,and dream a little dream that sends a positive outlook into that Great Dark Unknown ! I Look each night up and do so , It helps me sleep and dream that Dream ! We are not alone, but we are very,very far apart ! Until that day We can Dream! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted July 1, 2013 #19 Share Posted July 1, 2013 not exactly what I meant .... "... how many people actually looks up at the sky anymore I wonder ? " ` Millions of people every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 1, 2013 #20 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Millions of people every night. that's good to know ... at least there's still a sky left to look at in parts of the world ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted July 2, 2013 #21 Share Posted July 2, 2013 that's good to know ... at least there's still a sky left to look at in parts of the world ~ Plenty of it in Australia. Have you never heard someone returning from a camping holiday or such exclaiming how many stars are in the sky, once they get away from cities a little? It is very common here in any case, and one does not require a telescope to take it to the next level, lots of people have an old set of half decent Binoculars hanging around, particularly campers I find, and they are an excellent tool to viewing space as well. Major cities create a serious problem with sky watching, the rest of the world is quite OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted July 2, 2013 #22 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Plenty of it in Australia. Have you never heard someone returning from a camping holiday or such exclaiming how many stars are in the sky, once they get away from cities a little? It is very common here in any case, and one does not require a telescope to take it to the next level, lots of people have an old set of half decent Binoculars hanging around, particularly campers I find, and they are an excellent tool to viewing space as well. Major cities create a serious problem with sky watching, the rest of the world is quite OK. We know that all too well here in the States psyche101 ! The Big Cities do create bad background light ! I just got back from Alpine Texas ,we went up the Mc Donald Davis observatory and All the towns with in a Hundred mile radius of this place use the special lights there pink-ish orange in color ! Really works all the Brains out at the Tele`s Love the Great Light At Night ,Deep in the Heart of Texas ! You really need to Get your Aussie-ness over here mate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 2, 2013 #23 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Plenty of it in Australia. Have you never heard someone returning from a camping holiday or such exclaiming how many stars are in the sky, once they get away from cities a little? It is very common here in any case, and one does not require a telescope to take it to the next level, lots of people have an old set of half decent Binoculars hanging around, particularly campers I find, and they are an excellent tool to viewing space as well. Major cities create a serious problem with sky watching, the rest of the world is quite OK. We in the suburbs and rural areas knows that very well ... and I was proposing the question in a rhetorical nature ... Even so its not a common habit as more and more would more likely be watching TV or staring at Computer screens or doing something else like peering into space, both into telescopes or left to wandering minds gazing at nothing in particular, all in all ... my point is that less and less remembers there is a 'sky' above and the wonders of sunsets and sunrise or just the clear unpolluted starry night sky is all. ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 2, 2013 #24 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Here .... The Real X-Files: Britain makes last of secret UFO files public The truth is finally out there. The U.K. government has released the final batch of secret files related to a decades long hunt for little green men -- Read more: http://www.foxnews.c.../#ixzz2WruXC2HO Please, can't they revoke journalistic licences if they exceed more than a certain threshold of dreadful clichés? Anyway, you couldn't expect someone as corny as that to treat the subject remotely seriously, could you. Edited July 2, 2013 by Colonel Rhuairidh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted July 2, 2013 #25 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Please, can't they revoke journalistic licences if they exceed more than a certain threshold of dreadful clichés? Anyway, you couldn't expect someone as corny as that to treat the subject remotely seriously, could you.[/left] I was just doing a service of setting right the links that were broken and didn't work my Colonel link ... serious or not I'll leave that up to the other members ... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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