Blather: UFO
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Posted by ender at 12:00 PM on June 26, 2009
Every now and then, the Internet brings forth startling discoveries and staggering examples of original research bordering on such genius that they leave one completely gob-smacked, boggle-eyed, in need of a lie-down and perhaps even, a tiny little yellow stained leakage in one's summery cotton y-fronts, as one grapples with the ramifications of what has just been 'revealed'.
The following is not one of those times. Though it may leave you with a profound appreciation of Darwinian evolution, chimpanzee typists, and/or the long term effects of hallucinogenic substances on the human mind.
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Posted by ender at 12:00 PM on June 26, 2009
Every now and then, the Internet brings forth startling discoveries and staggering examples of original research bordering on such genius that they leave one completely gob-smacked, boggle-eyed, in need of a lie-down and perhaps even, a tiny little yellow stained leakage in one's summery cotton y-fronts, as one grapples with the ramifications of what has just been 'revealed'.
The following is not one of those times. Though it may leave you with a profound appreciation of Darwinian evolution, chimpanzee typists, and/or the long term effects of hallucinogenic substances on the human mind.
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Why is UFO activity on the increase?
Posted by damien at 4:44 PM on July 14, 2008
(image 'adolescent paranoia' by Dr. Joanne)
WAR!
Old-school blather readers will know that Blather.net spent many of its formative years talking about, looking for and worrying about that most insidious of modern phenomena - the UFO. Indeed, as Daev recently detailed in our book 'A Load of Blather' had there not been a rather oddly intense period of UFO activity towards the end of the 1990's (perhaps born of 'pre-millenial tension') Blather.net may never have come into existence at all (at all). But as the years passed, our interests have shifted and we found ourselves moving on to talk about other things (paranormal or not) and UFO stories became increasingly rarer as time went by.
FAMINE!
The cynic in me might comment that this was most likely because we'd gotten a bit older and were now concerning ourselves with such matters as 'saving the planet' and 'getting laid', but every once in a while a UFO story does catch our attention. This morning, our friends at the excellent 'Damn Data' sent us a story (from some low, common rag known as the 'British Daily Telegraph') which duly caught our eye; a story posing a question which had bubbled up to the surface of my own addled mind only a week or two ago - why is there such a sudden and dramatic surge of UFO activity reported in the media in recent months?
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Posted by damien at 4:44 PM on July 14, 2008
(image 'adolescent paranoia' by Dr. Joanne)
WAR!
Old-school blather readers will know that Blather.net spent many of its formative years talking about, looking for and worrying about that most insidious of modern phenomena - the UFO. Indeed, as Daev recently detailed in our book 'A Load of Blather' had there not been a rather oddly intense period of UFO activity towards the end of the 1990's (perhaps born of 'pre-millenial tension') Blather.net may never have come into existence at all (at all). But as the years passed, our interests have shifted and we found ourselves moving on to talk about other things (paranormal or not) and UFO stories became increasingly rarer as time went by.
FAMINE!
The cynic in me might comment that this was most likely because we'd gotten a bit older and were now concerning ourselves with such matters as 'saving the planet' and 'getting laid', but every once in a while a UFO story does catch our attention. This morning, our friends at the excellent 'Damn Data' sent us a story (from some low, common rag known as the 'British Daily Telegraph') which duly caught our eye; a story posing a question which had bubbled up to the surface of my own addled mind only a week or two ago - why is there such a sudden and dramatic surge of UFO activity reported in the media in recent months?
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Blather.net's Map of the Weird
Posted by damien at 10:33 AM on March 28, 2008
View Larger Map For the last eleven years (yes, that's eleven) we here at Blather have been keeping track of every lake monster, UFO sighting, satanist, pornographer, ghost, exorcism, banshee attack, ABC sighting, religious quack, police state action, alien abduction and friendly neighbourhood Kangaroo that we can scribble down in this here site. But the truth is, there's such an abundance of these bloody things that keeping track of them has become somewhat problematic. Until now. So allow us reader dear, to present 'Blather.net's Map of the Weird', a first public presentation of what will become an ever-growing, all-encompassing cartographic apocalypse of filth, depravity, smut and forteana.
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Posted by damien at 10:33 AM on March 28, 2008
View Larger Map For the last eleven years (yes, that's eleven) we here at Blather have been keeping track of every lake monster, UFO sighting, satanist, pornographer, ghost, exorcism, banshee attack, ABC sighting, religious quack, police state action, alien abduction and friendly neighbourhood Kangaroo that we can scribble down in this here site. But the truth is, there's such an abundance of these bloody things that keeping track of them has become somewhat problematic. Until now. So allow us reader dear, to present 'Blather.net's Map of the Weird', a first public presentation of what will become an ever-growing, all-encompassing cartographic apocalypse of filth, depravity, smut and forteana.
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Blather meets Out There Radio
Posted by damien at 10:00 AM on September 26, 2007
'Out There Radio' is the brainchild of Messrs. Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley. Broadcasting from Athens, Georgia and touching on every form of conspiracy theory and fortean phenomena imaginable, 'Out There' is an excellent podcast, covering ground that should be quite familiar to readers of Blather.net. We recently caught up with Joe McFall and invited him to introduce himself and 'Out There' to Blatherskites.
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Posted by damien at 10:00 AM on September 26, 2007
'Out There Radio' is the brainchild of Messrs. Joe McFall and Raymond Wiley. Broadcasting from Athens, Georgia and touching on every form of conspiracy theory and fortean phenomena imaginable, 'Out There' is an excellent podcast, covering ground that should be quite familiar to readers of Blather.net. We recently caught up with Joe McFall and invited him to introduce himself and 'Out There' to Blatherskites.
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Conspiracy of Silence; UFOs in Ireland
Posted by daev at 12:14 PM on September 22, 2007
I wrote this review of Conspiracy of Silence; UFOs in Ireland by Dermot Butler and Carl Nally about a year ago for Fortean Times - and completely forgot to publish in Blather! Of course, that's all because blather.net is part of an Irish government conspiracy to suppress the proof that extra-terrestrials are visiting this very parish, I'll have you know.
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Posted by daev at 12:14 PM on September 22, 2007
I wrote this review of Conspiracy of Silence; UFOs in Ireland by Dermot Butler and Carl Nally about a year ago for Fortean Times - and completely forgot to publish in Blather! Of course, that's all because blather.net is part of an Irish government conspiracy to suppress the proof that extra-terrestrials are visiting this very parish, I'll have you know. More >>
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UFO over Archway in London
Posted by damien at 2:24 PM on February 13, 2007
Be the holy! It's been a while since Blather found itself in the middle of a UFO flap. That is, we mean, in the actual *middle* of one, with a spate of UFO sightings in the area of Archway, near to Crouch End in north London, where this particular BlatherGoon resides. The sightings appear to have taken place on February 1st at 5.30pm with the Police recieving a brace of phone calls to report the objects...
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Posted by damien at 2:24 PM on February 13, 2007
Be the holy! It's been a while since Blather found itself in the middle of a UFO flap. That is, we mean, in the actual *middle* of one, with a spate of UFO sightings in the area of Archway, near to Crouch End in north London, where this particular BlatherGoon resides. The sightings appear to have taken place on February 1st at 5.30pm with the Police recieving a brace of phone calls to report the objects...
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UFOs in Newbury, UK
Posted by damien at 12:09 PM on November 5, 2006
Starting this September just gone, residents in Newbury, Berkshire, England have been reporting anomalous lights in the local sky. According to Newbury News 'triangular lights' were seen by the the local Greenham Common by a spate of people. And now a new set of sightings, this week just gone, over the M4 road have left locals puzzled and generated a rash of calls to the media. Apparently, the Met office and the Police can't explain it. But, if the truth be told, the UFO sightings are only the beginning of the story for an area rich in Fortean history: a quick perusal of the archives reveals an area abundant in spectres, ghosts and unexplained phenomena.
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Posted by damien at 12:09 PM on November 5, 2006
Starting this September just gone, residents in Newbury, Berkshire, England have been reporting anomalous lights in the local sky. According to Newbury News 'triangular lights' were seen by the the local Greenham Common by a spate of people. And now a new set of sightings, this week just gone, over the M4 road have left locals puzzled and generated a rash of calls to the media. Apparently, the Met office and the Police can't explain it. But, if the truth be told, the UFO sightings are only the beginning of the story for an area rich in Fortean history: a quick perusal of the archives reveals an area abundant in spectres, ghosts and unexplained phenomena.
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UFO YouTube
Posted by damien at 8:20 AM on October 14, 2006
In addition to whacky music videos, horse porn, mind-bendingly dull video blogs, Chuck Norris fight-scenes and flesh-crawlingly cute kittens on record turntables, YouTube is also a portal for all class of UFO shenanigans, allowing as it does, for the easy sharing of 'UFO movies' from around the world.
Theoretically, this should be a goldmine of Forteana: the very cream of what the UFOlogical community has to offer. However, YouTube's strength is also it's weakness: the ease with which you can upload a file means that many people don't bother to explain the provenance of the footage. The result is a mixed bag. No matter, it's been far too long since we had any hot UFO action around these parts, so I decided to strap-on my bullshit detector and wade in to the thick of it.
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Posted by damien at 8:20 AM on October 14, 2006
In addition to whacky music videos, horse porn, mind-bendingly dull video blogs, Chuck Norris fight-scenes and flesh-crawlingly cute kittens on record turntables, YouTube is also a portal for all class of UFO shenanigans, allowing as it does, for the easy sharing of 'UFO movies' from around the world.
Theoretically, this should be a goldmine of Forteana: the very cream of what the UFOlogical community has to offer. However, YouTube's strength is also it's weakness: the ease with which you can upload a file means that many people don't bother to explain the provenance of the footage. The result is a mixed bag. No matter, it's been far too long since we had any hot UFO action around these parts, so I decided to strap-on my bullshit detector and wade in to the thick of it.
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Fireball Over Dublin
Posted by daev at 7:59 PM on February 1, 2004
The value of looking up. Big lights in the Dublin sky!
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Posted by daev at 7:59 PM on February 1, 2004
The value of looking up. Big lights in the Dublin sky!
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'...time is just memory mixed with desire'
Posted by daev at 12:06 PM on June 10, 2000
De Selby, Hunter S. Thompson, Irish UFOs and more!
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Posted by daev at 12:06 PM on June 10, 2000
De Selby, Hunter S. Thompson, Irish UFOs and more!
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Out of the Marvellous - Black Masses, Lord Dunsany and Falling Fish
Posted by daev at 8:11 PM on February 13, 2000
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Posted by daev at 8:11 PM on February 13, 2000
TEMPIS FUGIT
Time does fly - yet another chasm gapes between the previous issue and
this one. Its been a quiet couple of months, with very little in the
way of Irish paranormal tales coming our way - but we've not been not
been idle (the devil found work for us). On the Blather website can be
found a fledgling, or worse still, skeleton bookstore, where we hope
to start reviewing and recommending books.
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Blather Doesn't Care - An end of the pseudo-m*llennium special
Posted by daev at 7:40 PM on December 8, 1999
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Posted by daev at 7:40 PM on December 8, 1999
As we are mere weeks away from the end of the year, Blather would like
to make it know that *we don't care* about the (change of) millennium.
We don't.
Ok?
However, we will discuss possible Irish meteorites, Wexford UFOs and other malarkey...
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'Blather is here. As we advance to make our bow, you will in vain for signs of servility or for any evidence of a desire to please. We are an arrogant and depraved body of men. We are as proud as bantams and as vain as peacocks. "*Blather* doesn't care." A sardonic laugh escapes us as we bow, cruel and cynical hounds that we are. It is a terrible laugh, the laugh of lost men. Do you get the smell of porter?'
- from the original *Blather*, issue 1, published in 1934 by Brian
O'Nolan a.k.a. Flann O'Brien a.k.a. Myles na gCopaleen.
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THE SPIEL
In between the last few issues, we've been prostrating ourselves,
itching in our liquid latex hairshirts, and flagellating ourselves
with the guilt of not producing Blather on a more regular basis. It's
not that we've been short of material, rather we have had very little
time to devote to the matter, and what time we've had has been spent
considering the path that Blather should take, as we enter what is
alleged to be the final month of the 'millennium'. We promise that we
will do better in future. Somehow.
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Alleged E.T. Embryo in Bundoran
Posted by daev at 8:02 PM on October 5, 1999
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Posted by daev at 8:02 PM on October 5, 1999
DE EDITORIAL
Some observant readers may notice that we don't release Blathers quite
as regularly as we used to. This is due to a number of factors
including other commitments, and a decision to publish Blather when we
feel like it, rather than on arbitrary dates, e.g. weekly, and so
aiming for quality rather than quantity. And so, it seems like months
- nay, it *is* months - since we last touched on the subject of UFO
reports in Ireland. In fact it's only a few issues back, but there's
been a plethora of reports, media coverage and bizarre tales in recent
times, inspiring Blather to comment on at least some of them.
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Epiphany Weather - Aliens visiting Ireland
Posted by daev at 7:48 PM on July 5, 1999
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Posted by daev at 7:48 PM on July 5, 1999
It's some months now since Blather last paid any direct attention to the curious, if somewhat tiresome, phenomenon of Irish ufology and reported UFOs. Truth be told, the respite was sorely needed.
Still, duty-bound we return to the fray, however grudgingly. It is with a little pride and nagging sense of futility that we notice that we seem to be the only voice emanating from this island which takes a critical (yet amused) view of the actions of Irish ufologists and their subsequent newspaper coverage. Much of this reportage seems polluted with X-Files cliches, pointless 'facts', often providing us with little more than mere silly-season page-filler.
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Fiery Sky
Posted by blather at 4:54 PM on March 31, 1999
On Thursday March 18, Blather received an email from an Edel Chadwick: 'I was driving across the bog (ostensibly a road)... between Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary and Cloghan, Co. Offaly. Anyone who knows that road will know it is unrelieved flat bog. It was Saturday March 6 at about 11.30pm. I saw what I presume to be a meteorological phenomenon... it was a very clear dry night, cold. I saw what looked like a very large shooting star, comet type thing, about 10 times larger than the comet that was visible last year. It moved through the sky extremely quickly but not for a very long distance (similar to shooting star)... it was a very vivid green. It lasted a second or two and vanished... ideas?'
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Posted by blather at 4:54 PM on March 31, 1999
On Thursday March 18, Blather received an email from an Edel Chadwick: 'I was driving across the bog (ostensibly a road)... between Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary and Cloghan, Co. Offaly. Anyone who knows that road will know it is unrelieved flat bog. It was Saturday March 6 at about 11.30pm. I saw what I presume to be a meteorological phenomenon... it was a very clear dry night, cold. I saw what looked like a very large shooting star, comet type thing, about 10 times larger than the comet that was visible last year. It moved through the sky extremely quickly but not for a very long distance (similar to shooting star)... it was a very vivid green. It lasted a second or two and vanished... ideas?'
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Ghost of a Chance - A Wicklow Haunted House
Posted by blather at 4:43 PM on March 16, 1999
All has been suspiciously quiet at Blather HQ in recent times, giving us just cause to run riot with any miscellaneous rubbish that we salvage from the in-tray overflow. Bear with us. First up are our recent investigations into the strange column of light that we wrote about the Blather issue *Big Lights Out West*. Blather reader Peter McNally and in-house Blatherskites both made enquiries into the matter - with the Irish Meteorological service, i.e. Met Eireann. Once our pre-war (Crimean) typewriter is back on the road, we intend to furnish those fine meteorologists with a missive of inquiry, as our telephone investigations were met with vague response.
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Posted by blather at 4:43 PM on March 16, 1999
All has been suspiciously quiet at Blather HQ in recent times, giving us just cause to run riot with any miscellaneous rubbish that we salvage from the in-tray overflow. Bear with us. First up are our recent investigations into the strange column of light that we wrote about the Blather issue *Big Lights Out West*. Blather reader Peter McNally and in-house Blatherskites both made enquiries into the matter - with the Irish Meteorological service, i.e. Met Eireann. Once our pre-war (Crimean) typewriter is back on the road, we intend to furnish those fine meteorologists with a missive of inquiry, as our telephone investigations were met with vague response.
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Big Lights Out West
Posted by blather at 10:43 AM on February 12, 1999
As mentioned in *Good Puzzle* a couple of weeks back, there was a spate of Dublin UFO sightings *predicted* for 0500 hrs on January 30th. Dare we admit it, but this insomniac was indeed awake at the time (after having spent the evening lurching about the streets). We saw nothing in the sky other than the manner of thing that one expects to see (stars, clouds, aircraft, etc.), and as we didn't hear tell of any radio, TV or newspaper reports afterwards, Blather would only be *thrilled* to hear news to the contrary...
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Posted by blather at 10:43 AM on February 12, 1999
As mentioned in *Good Puzzle* a couple of weeks back, there was a spate of Dublin UFO sightings *predicted* for 0500 hrs on January 30th. Dare we admit it, but this insomniac was indeed awake at the time (after having spent the evening lurching about the streets). We saw nothing in the sky other than the manner of thing that one expects to see (stars, clouds, aircraft, etc.), and as we didn't hear tell of any radio, TV or newspaper reports afterwards, Blather would only be *thrilled* to hear news to the contrary...
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Good Puzzle
Posted by blather at 5:05 PM on January 22, 1999
Just as the by-now traditional pre-Christmas rash of Irish UFO predictions had apparently given way to a New Year lull, our blatherbubble has been punctured by a painful article in *The Boston Herald* (of all places). This newspaper gave column inches to Blather's favourite UFO proponent, Eamon Ansbro, in a suitably skin-crawling article by one Jim Dee. After wading through the cringeworthy opening paragraph, which rattles on about the 'Emerald Isle', 'Land of a Thousand Welcomes', and 'legendary hospitality', we're told that Ireland is now welcoming tourists from outer space.
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Posted by blather at 5:05 PM on January 22, 1999
Just as the by-now traditional pre-Christmas rash of Irish UFO predictions had apparently given way to a New Year lull, our blatherbubble has been punctured by a painful article in *The Boston Herald* (of all places). This newspaper gave column inches to Blather's favourite UFO proponent, Eamon Ansbro, in a suitably skin-crawling article by one Jim Dee. After wading through the cringeworthy opening paragraph, which rattles on about the 'Emerald Isle', 'Land of a Thousand Welcomes', and 'legendary hospitality', we're told that Ireland is now welcoming tourists from outer space.
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Enough Is Enough
Posted by blather at 4:36 PM on December 18, 1998
In last week's Blather, a casual and fairly open-minded mention was made of the skywatch (or UFO watch) which was to take place in Lough Key Forest Park, Roscommon, on December 14th. Blather also made sure to point out the *second* apparent coincidence of a ufological skywatch - organised by an *astronomer*, Eamon Ansbro of PEIR (Programme for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) - with an annual astronomical highlight - the Geminid meteor shower (7th-16th Dec), which had peaked the night before. Mr. Ansbro had provided us with the details of the skywatch a few days beforehand, during a phone conversation. He asked if Blather would be making an appearance there - we declined the invitation, enquiring instead about any PEIR or ICUFOS (Irish Centre for UFO Studies) skywatches taking place around Dublin on that night. Mr. Ansbro informed us that no such event was taking place other than the Roscommon one.
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Posted by blather at 4:36 PM on December 18, 1998
In last week's Blather, a casual and fairly open-minded mention was made of the skywatch (or UFO watch) which was to take place in Lough Key Forest Park, Roscommon, on December 14th. Blather also made sure to point out the *second* apparent coincidence of a ufological skywatch - organised by an *astronomer*, Eamon Ansbro of PEIR (Programme for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) - with an annual astronomical highlight - the Geminid meteor shower (7th-16th Dec), which had peaked the night before. Mr. Ansbro had provided us with the details of the skywatch a few days beforehand, during a phone conversation. He asked if Blather would be making an appearance there - we declined the invitation, enquiring instead about any PEIR or ICUFOS (Irish Centre for UFO Studies) skywatches taking place around Dublin on that night. Mr. Ansbro informed us that no such event was taking place other than the Roscommon one.
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The Doctor and the Devil
Posted by blather at 5:00 PM on December 11, 1998
Two weeks ago, Blather gave mention of Dr. Franklin Ruehl's claims of extraterrestrial involvement in the malfunction of NASA's Deep Space 1 probe. Dr. Ruehl wrote Blather an interesting letter in response, and so we have decided to share our rather gentlemanly argument with the readership, with Blather as Devil's Advocate.
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Posted by blather at 5:00 PM on December 11, 1998
Two weeks ago, Blather gave mention of Dr. Franklin Ruehl's claims of extraterrestrial involvement in the malfunction of NASA's Deep Space 1 probe. Dr. Ruehl wrote Blather an interesting letter in response, and so we have decided to share our rather gentlemanly argument with the readership, with Blather as Devil's Advocate.
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Non Temperance Zone
Posted by blather at 7:49 PM on November 27, 1998
Nuclear physicist and U.S. cable TV presenter (of *Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion*), Dr. Franklin Ruehl contacted Blather this week, to ask: 'Did ETs zap the Deep Space 1 ion engine? Were alien remote viewers involved in this act of extraterrestrial sabotage? Would this be a possible item for Blather?'
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Posted by blather at 7:49 PM on November 27, 1998
Nuclear physicist and U.S. cable TV presenter (of *Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion*), Dr. Franklin Ruehl contacted Blather this week, to ask: 'Did ETs zap the Deep Space 1 ion engine? Were alien remote viewers involved in this act of extraterrestrial sabotage? Would this be a possible item for Blather?'
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Energy fields! Shields up!
Posted by blather at 4:39 PM on November 13, 1998
(happy triskaidekaphobia day) It is with grave disappointment that Blather discovered the writings of one Eamonn Ansbro sullying the pages of *Catalyst* magazine (Autumn '98), an otherwise worthy publication standing for the triple principles of 'ecology', 'empowerment' and 'evolution'. The current issue includes coverage on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's *Multilateral Agreement on Investment*, a matter which, in the past, has given this writer cause to put pen to paper.
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Posted by blather at 4:39 PM on November 13, 1998
(happy triskaidekaphobia day) It is with grave disappointment that Blather discovered the writings of one Eamonn Ansbro sullying the pages of *Catalyst* magazine (Autumn '98), an otherwise worthy publication standing for the triple principles of 'ecology', 'empowerment' and 'evolution'. The current issue includes coverage on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's *Multilateral Agreement on Investment*, a matter which, in the past, has given this writer cause to put pen to paper.
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Klaatu Barada Nikto - The Day the Earth Stood Still
Posted by daev at 5:06 PM on October 2, 1998
Last weekend, the BlatherGHQ TV was accidentally powered-up and tuned on to The Day The Earth Stood Still, a 1951 extraterrestrial contact movie directed by Robert Wise and adapted by Edmund North from Harry Bates' 1940 short story, Farewell to the Master.
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Posted by daev at 5:06 PM on October 2, 1998
Last weekend, the BlatherGHQ TV was accidentally powered-up and tuned on to The Day The Earth Stood Still, a 1951 extraterrestrial contact movie directed by Robert Wise and adapted by Edmund North from Harry Bates' 1940 short story, Farewell to the Master.
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Alphabeti Reticulans
Posted by blather at 5:35 PM on July 24, 1998
It was without success that Blather tried to contact Ms. Myler and Mr. Ansbro -- stars of last week's issue. However, we did stumble across the news that the Irish Centre for UFO Studies is planning a talk of some sort in the Bull Island Interpretive Centre (this centre is finding out about wildfowl, not extra-terrestrials) in Clontarf, Dublin at 2pm on Sunday 26th July. Blather may or may not have someone on the scene.
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Posted by blather at 5:35 PM on July 24, 1998
It was without success that Blather tried to contact Ms. Myler and Mr. Ansbro -- stars of last week's issue. However, we did stumble across the news that the Irish Centre for UFO Studies is planning a talk of some sort in the Bull Island Interpretive Centre (this centre is finding out about wildfowl, not extra-terrestrials) in Clontarf, Dublin at 2pm on Sunday 26th July. Blather may or may not have someone on the scene.
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On the Boyle
Posted by blather at 3:26 PM on July 17, 1998
While endeavouring to steer clear of any more weak puns regarding Boyle, Co. Roscommon, things *do* appear to have come to a head -- again. A surprisingly hefty article appeared on page 4 of The Irish Independent on Saturday July 11th 1998, containing much apocrypha drawn by journalist Ian Doherty from Eamon Ansbro (of ICUFOS) -- often spoken about in previous Blathers -- and Betty Myler, a spokesperson of the newly formed 15-member Western UFO Society in Boyle (mentioned previously in *Prophecies Fulfilled*).
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Posted by blather at 3:26 PM on July 17, 1998
While endeavouring to steer clear of any more weak puns regarding Boyle, Co. Roscommon, things *do* appear to have come to a head -- again. A surprisingly hefty article appeared on page 4 of The Irish Independent on Saturday July 11th 1998, containing much apocrypha drawn by journalist Ian Doherty from Eamon Ansbro (of ICUFOS) -- often spoken about in previous Blathers -- and Betty Myler, a spokesperson of the newly formed 15-member Western UFO Society in Boyle (mentioned previously in *Prophecies Fulfilled*).
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Silly Season: Monsters, UFOs etc
Posted by blather at 6:37 PM on July 3, 1998
Today's issue (July 3rd 1998) of that not particularly erudite newsheet *The Star*, carries a report titled *Look out, it's Eskie!*, which tells the tale of a lake monster sighting on Lough Eske [a.k.a. Lough Easke], a few miles north of Donegal town, in north-western Ireland.
Diners and staff at Harvey's Point Hotel saw 'something' moving about, around 300m (328 yds) from the shore on Sunday 28th June at 2:30pm. Local B&B boss Annabel Clarke reckons that the beastie was up looking for food, while her husband Kieran commented that '"some lakes in Donegal are said to be connected by current to Scotland"'.
Disappearing rivers, caverns, connecting lakes (which does happen, e.g. Lough Mask and Corrib) are all classic motifs in lake monster lore. I even seem to recall claims of links between Scottish and North American lakes!
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Posted by blather at 6:37 PM on July 3, 1998
Today's issue (July 3rd 1998) of that not particularly erudite newsheet *The Star*, carries a report titled *Look out, it's Eskie!*, which tells the tale of a lake monster sighting on Lough Eske [a.k.a. Lough Easke], a few miles north of Donegal town, in north-western Ireland.
Diners and staff at Harvey's Point Hotel saw 'something' moving about, around 300m (328 yds) from the shore on Sunday 28th June at 2:30pm. Local B&B boss Annabel Clarke reckons that the beastie was up looking for food, while her husband Kieran commented that '"some lakes in Donegal are said to be connected by current to Scotland"'.
Disappearing rivers, caverns, connecting lakes (which does happen, e.g. Lough Mask and Corrib) are all classic motifs in lake monster lore. I even seem to recall claims of links between Scottish and North American lakes!
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Prophecies Fulfilled
Posted by damien at 4:55 PM on June 19, 1998
It was but a fortnight ago, on June 5th, that Blather casually predicted that an Irish UFO summer flap had begun, following rumours of UFO sightings in Co. Tipperary. That lackadaisical forecast proved to be surprisingly accurate, with reports of *more* allegations of HibernUFOs popping up on page 1 of the Roscommon Herald on Wednesday June 10th, 1998.
The small sidebar mentions the newly formed *Western UFO Society* [first I heard of 'em too], who have already been deluged with reports of "flying saucers" in the sky above the Ballymote Road out of Boyle, Co. Roscommon, [Yes, *there* again - search Blather for a mention of Boyle] which could be seen for many miles around on the night of the 6th and morning of June 7th. The Herald claims to have come across several reports of 'three bright blue lights moving back and forwards slowly in the heavens'. No witnesses were named. More as we hear about it.
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Posted by damien at 4:55 PM on June 19, 1998
It was but a fortnight ago, on June 5th, that Blather casually predicted that an Irish UFO summer flap had begun, following rumours of UFO sightings in Co. Tipperary. That lackadaisical forecast proved to be surprisingly accurate, with reports of *more* allegations of HibernUFOs popping up on page 1 of the Roscommon Herald on Wednesday June 10th, 1998.
The small sidebar mentions the newly formed *Western UFO Society* [first I heard of 'em too], who have already been deluged with reports of "flying saucers" in the sky above the Ballymote Road out of Boyle, Co. Roscommon, [Yes, *there* again - search Blather for a mention of Boyle] which could be seen for many miles around on the night of the 6th and morning of June 7th. The Herald claims to have come across several reports of 'three bright blue lights moving back and forwards slowly in the heavens'. No witnesses were named. More as we hear about it.
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Weird Achill Island
Posted by blather at 3:12 PM on June 10, 1998
Previously on Blather, in *Baaaaah-Humbug*, and *Rocks from Irish Skies* , we mentioned the ongoing debacle at the Achill Island House of Prayer.
Alleged stigmatic Mrs. Christina Gallagher and what appears to be a cult following of sorts have been claiming minor miracles there. Back before Christmas 1997, the Archbishop of Tuam held an inquiry, concluding that there was no evidence that "supernatural phenomena of whatever kind" was taking place at The House of Prayer.
(Irish Times, December 17th 1997)
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Posted by blather at 3:12 PM on June 10, 1998
Previously on Blather, in *Baaaaah-Humbug*, and *Rocks from Irish Skies* , we mentioned the ongoing debacle at the Achill Island House of Prayer.
Alleged stigmatic Mrs. Christina Gallagher and what appears to be a cult following of sorts have been claiming minor miracles there. Back before Christmas 1997, the Archbishop of Tuam held an inquiry, concluding that there was no evidence that "supernatural phenomena of whatever kind" was taking place at The House of Prayer.
(Irish Times, December 17th 1997)
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Irish UFO season declared open
Posted by damien at 5:04 PM on June 5, 1998
After an unreasonably quiet winter, we would appear to be on the cusp of the National Annual Summer Irish UFO Splurge. After the Blanchardstown report from April, we managed to remain calm and collected, but thanks to Paul Collins in The Munster Express of May 22nd any unfounded illusion of national sanity has been since been scuppered.
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Posted by damien at 5:04 PM on June 5, 1998
After an unreasonably quiet winter, we would appear to be on the cusp of the National Annual Summer Irish UFO Splurge. After the Blanchardstown report from April, we managed to remain calm and collected, but thanks to Paul Collins in The Munster Express of May 22nd any unfounded illusion of national sanity has been since been scuppered.
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Hotrocks or Humbugs?
Posted by damien at 5:19 PM on May 29, 1998
On last week's show, Blather dealt with two reports of alleged Irish meteorite hits - both of which seemed to be accompanied by a considerable amount of spurious baggage.
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Posted by damien at 5:19 PM on May 29, 1998
On last week's show, Blather dealt with two reports of alleged Irish meteorite hits - both of which seemed to be accompanied by a considerable amount of spurious baggage.
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Rocks from Irish skies
Posted by damien at 2:43 PM on May 22, 1998
Not one, but *two* alleged Irish meteorite sites have come to the attention of Blather this week. Firstly, UFO Roundup, via the UK UFO Network (who are now presumably claiming responsibility over rocks that fall from the sky), reported on a 'mysterious crater' discovered on farmland near Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, in January 1998. Armagh Planetarium apparently investigated, where they are said to have found a 'circular crater six feet in diameter filled with water', along with a 'badly-damaged milk churn'. The report went on to state how 'investigators found a 1.5 millimetre bead of glass' which was possibly from the meteorite.
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Posted by damien at 2:43 PM on May 22, 1998
Not one, but *two* alleged Irish meteorite sites have come to the attention of Blather this week. Firstly, UFO Roundup, via the UK UFO Network (who are now presumably claiming responsibility over rocks that fall from the sky), reported on a 'mysterious crater' discovered on farmland near Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, in January 1998. Armagh Planetarium apparently investigated, where they are said to have found a 'circular crater six feet in diameter filled with water', along with a 'badly-damaged milk churn'. The report went on to state how 'investigators found a 1.5 millimetre bead of glass' which was possibly from the meteorite.
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UFOs and Humptydoo
Posted by blather at 1:17 PM on May 15, 1998
[Blather would like to take this opportunity to wish itself happy birthday - we've now been delivering our weekly missive for an entire year.] Irish UFO After what seems to have been a lull, a new Irish UFO report has come to our attention, this time in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Blather would have reported this much earlier, but a) there was no real hurry, and b) we were far too busy regaling you with tales of the UnCon. The reports state that on April 2, 1998 at around 5pm, a certain David Martin was perambulating towards *The Bell* public house, when he saw "an object flash across the sky. It stopped and hovered over my head. It seemed circular in shape. It flew off to the east in the direction of Raheny". According to one report, the object was red. While a 'typical' sort of report, Blanchardstown is a well populated suburban area in North West Dublin, and I've yet to hear any more reports of UFOs in broad daylight there. Blather shall look into it.
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Posted by blather at 1:17 PM on May 15, 1998
[Blather would like to take this opportunity to wish itself happy birthday - we've now been delivering our weekly missive for an entire year.] Irish UFO After what seems to have been a lull, a new Irish UFO report has come to our attention, this time in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Blather would have reported this much earlier, but a) there was no real hurry, and b) we were far too busy regaling you with tales of the UnCon. The reports state that on April 2, 1998 at around 5pm, a certain David Martin was perambulating towards *The Bell* public house, when he saw "an object flash across the sky. It stopped and hovered over my head. It seemed circular in shape. It flew off to the east in the direction of Raheny". According to one report, the object was red. While a 'typical' sort of report, Blanchardstown is a well populated suburban area in North West Dublin, and I've yet to hear any more reports of UFOs in broad daylight there. Blather shall look into it.
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The Raelly Late Late Show
Posted by daev at 12:19 AM on February 20, 1998
On Friday 13th, 1998, Rael of The Rael Foundation popped up on Irish RTE1 TV's 'The Late Late Show' as a guest of Gay Byrne's (trivia fans take note: The Late Late show is reputedly the longest running TV chat show ever). Rael, who used to be French motor-racing journalist Claude Vorlihon, formed the Foundation in 1973 and claims it to be the largest UFO organisation in the world, with 35,000 members in 85 countries (information culled from Mark Pilkington's 'Off the Tracks With British Rael' from Magonia 60, Summer 1997).
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Posted by daev at 12:19 AM on February 20, 1998
On Friday 13th, 1998, Rael of The Rael Foundation popped up on Irish RTE1 TV's 'The Late Late Show' as a guest of Gay Byrne's (trivia fans take note: The Late Late show is reputedly the longest running TV chat show ever). Rael, who used to be French motor-racing journalist Claude Vorlihon, formed the Foundation in 1973 and claims it to be the largest UFO organisation in the world, with 35,000 members in 85 countries (information culled from Mark Pilkington's 'Off the Tracks With British Rael' from Magonia 60, Summer 1997).
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The Glasshouse Effect
Posted by blather at 5:35 PM on February 13, 1998
The rather clammy and smelly paged 'Sightings' magazine has in this issue (Vol. 2 Issue 9) an article by one Dermot Butler of IUFORA (Should really be IUFOPRA, The Irish UFO & Paranormal Research Association), entitled 'The Wicklow Hotspot', a watered down version of his 'Irish Case Files Update '. To be utterly pernickety, 'Sightings' habit of randomly littering their publication with irrelevant photographs of unidentified flying objects and wizened grays is less than useful. This is especially true in the Irish article, as none of the UFOs mentioned were photographed. The article is a meander through the various reports from the county of Wicklow, into which the urban sprawl of Dublin reaches.
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Posted by blather at 5:35 PM on February 13, 1998
The rather clammy and smelly paged 'Sightings' magazine has in this issue (Vol. 2 Issue 9) an article by one Dermot Butler of IUFORA (Should really be IUFOPRA, The Irish UFO & Paranormal Research Association), entitled 'The Wicklow Hotspot', a watered down version of his 'Irish Case Files Update '. To be utterly pernickety, 'Sightings' habit of randomly littering their publication with irrelevant photographs of unidentified flying objects and wizened grays is less than useful. This is especially true in the Irish article, as none of the UFOs mentioned were photographed. The article is a meander through the various reports from the county of Wicklow, into which the urban sprawl of Dublin reaches.
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The Subjectiveness Trap
Posted by blather at 5:25 PM on February 5, 1998
The (London) Sunday Times of February 2nd 1998 hastens to inform us that 'Britain lends an ear to the search for ET'. As part of Project Phoenix, two of the world's largest radio telescopes will be linked together, the 250ft Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, and the 1,000ft telescope at Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The largest single-dish radio telescope in the world, the latter is located in the natural hollow of a mountain and utilises the Earth's rotation for its scan of the skies. For the next ten years, they will listen for 'artificial' (I find that term rather odd, I would have said 'coherent') radio messages from '2,000 Sun-like stars within a range of 150 light years from the Earth' using computers to scan 50 million frequently channels simultaneously. This endeavour is part of the SETI project (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). According to the Times, 'At present the California-based SETI Institute operates from a relatively small 140ft radio telescope at Greenbank, West Virginia'. Make what you will of this rather curious bilocational claim.
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Posted by blather at 5:25 PM on February 5, 1998
The (London) Sunday Times of February 2nd 1998 hastens to inform us that 'Britain lends an ear to the search for ET'. As part of Project Phoenix, two of the world's largest radio telescopes will be linked together, the 250ft Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, and the 1,000ft telescope at Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The largest single-dish radio telescope in the world, the latter is located in the natural hollow of a mountain and utilises the Earth's rotation for its scan of the skies. For the next ten years, they will listen for 'artificial' (I find that term rather odd, I would have said 'coherent') radio messages from '2,000 Sun-like stars within a range of 150 light years from the Earth' using computers to scan 50 million frequently channels simultaneously. This endeavour is part of the SETI project (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). According to the Times, 'At present the California-based SETI Institute operates from a relatively small 140ft radio telescope at Greenbank, West Virginia'. Make what you will of this rather curious bilocational claim.
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Occam the Barber
Posted by blather at 5:18 PM on January 30, 1998
Veteran Blatherphants may recall an issue of Blather from October 1997, titled 'Passports for Aliens', where I told of claims by various people concerning an alleged crash of an extraterrestrial craft in Co. Roscommon, Ireland. The supposed crash was said to have taken place in May 1996. I won't go as far as to revisit the entire tale here, but for those readers who may be unfamiliar with it, check out the original article. See also 'Watching the Skywatchers', where I mention the sudden interest that the Irish Centre for UFO Studies (ICUFOS) were showing in the Curlew mountains area of Roscommon.
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Posted by blather at 5:18 PM on January 30, 1998
Veteran Blatherphants may recall an issue of Blather from October 1997, titled 'Passports for Aliens', where I told of claims by various people concerning an alleged crash of an extraterrestrial craft in Co. Roscommon, Ireland. The supposed crash was said to have taken place in May 1996. I won't go as far as to revisit the entire tale here, but for those readers who may be unfamiliar with it, check out the original article. See also 'Watching the Skywatchers', where I mention the sudden interest that the Irish Centre for UFO Studies (ICUFOS) were showing in the Curlew mountains area of Roscommon.
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More Bloody EWE-EFF-OZE
Posted by blather at 5:02 PM on January 23, 1998
Via the wonderful reporters at Reuters, news comes to us of a meeting between an elderly Croatian farmer, Jako Vrancic, and four 'extra-terrestrials' earlier this month, close to the coastal town of Sibenik. Mr. Vrancic -- described as down-to-earth by his friends -- was working in a field, when an 'iron-shaped spacecraft' quietly landed beside him. Four wee child-sized creatures emerged, and conversed with Mr. V in a 'broken form of Croatian'. He offered them ham and dried figs, but they said they weren't hungry.
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Posted by blather at 5:02 PM on January 23, 1998
Via the wonderful reporters at Reuters, news comes to us of a meeting between an elderly Croatian farmer, Jako Vrancic, and four 'extra-terrestrials' earlier this month, close to the coastal town of Sibenik. Mr. Vrancic -- described as down-to-earth by his friends -- was working in a field, when an 'iron-shaped spacecraft' quietly landed beside him. Four wee child-sized creatures emerged, and conversed with Mr. V in a 'broken form of Croatian'. He offered them ham and dried figs, but they said they weren't hungry.
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War of the Wetlands
Posted by daev at 9:39 PM on December 19, 1997
It was at about 18:30 on a rather chilly Sunday 14th of December that I found myself walking along the moonlit causeway to Bull Island Nature Reserve (on the north side of Dublin Bay), praying that I wouldn't have to explain myself to the gardaí who spun by in their four wheel drive Jeep. Bull Island was unwittingly created by Captain Bligh (Yes, of Mutiny on the Bounty), and 'where of course thousands of Dubliners have been conceived in the back seats of cars on a Saturday night'.
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Posted by daev at 9:39 PM on December 19, 1997
It was at about 18:30 on a rather chilly Sunday 14th of December that I found myself walking along the moonlit causeway to Bull Island Nature Reserve (on the north side of Dublin Bay), praying that I wouldn't have to explain myself to the gardaí who spun by in their four wheel drive Jeep. Bull Island was unwittingly created by Captain Bligh (Yes, of Mutiny on the Bounty), and 'where of course thousands of Dubliners have been conceived in the back seats of cars on a Saturday night'.
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Skies Alive!
Posted by daev at 9:28 PM on December 12, 1997
This week's Blather is to be a cogno-intellectual compendium of sundry anomalous aerial tidings... While discussing the merry topic of mystery humans falling from the sky, last week's Blather mentioned the death of a woman in Miami, Florida, who was suspected of having fallen from an aircraft. A matter of hours after my sending out Blather, she had been named as Helene Deborah Gusik, and the police now reckoned that she had fallen from a nearby apartment block, but didn't know why she was in the building... (The Associated Press)
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Posted by daev at 9:28 PM on December 12, 1997
This week's Blather is to be a cogno-intellectual compendium of sundry anomalous aerial tidings... While discussing the merry topic of mystery humans falling from the sky, last week's Blather mentioned the death of a woman in Miami, Florida, who was suspected of having fallen from an aircraft. A matter of hours after my sending out Blather, she had been named as Helene Deborah Gusik, and the police now reckoned that she had fallen from a nearby apartment block, but didn't know why she was in the building... (The Associated Press)
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Pontifications On Pabulum
Posted by daev at 6:40 PM on November 28, 1997
Although it may appear, to all external analysis, that Blather is lapsing into some dank murkiness of ufology (or, as we prefer to call it around here, 'ufologyology' - the study of ufologists) on a permanent basis, we trip ourselves up in our haste to reassure The Readers that this is not in fact the case. Our excuse for such intense attention is merely due to the current flurry (slurry?) of Irish UFO interest - first two 'conferences' on consecutive weekends, and then UFO-related news made it to the front page of the 'The Examiner ' newspaper. Assuming that nothing utterly bizarre takes place in the next week with regard to Irish ufology(ology), next week's Blather will do its downmost to spew out bile of a different tangent.
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Posted by daev at 6:40 PM on November 28, 1997
Although it may appear, to all external analysis, that Blather is lapsing into some dank murkiness of ufology (or, as we prefer to call it around here, 'ufologyology' - the study of ufologists) on a permanent basis, we trip ourselves up in our haste to reassure The Readers that this is not in fact the case. Our excuse for such intense attention is merely due to the current flurry (slurry?) of Irish UFO interest - first two 'conferences' on consecutive weekends, and then UFO-related news made it to the front page of the 'The Examiner ' newspaper. Assuming that nothing utterly bizarre takes place in the next week with regard to Irish ufology(ology), next week's Blather will do its downmost to spew out bile of a different tangent.
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All Gone PEIR Shaped
Posted by daev at 5:40 PM on November 20, 1997
On Saturday 15th, Mark Pilkington and I trotted along to Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, to hear what the Irish Centre for UFO Studies had to say for themselves. I gathered that they were centralising some of their efforts on Boyle, Co. Roscommon, in light of the alleged 'crash' there in May 1996. In light of this, and their previous exploits, I expected more of the same wackiness that they had already been indulging in (see *several* earlier Blathers concerning Bantry, Co. Cork), but I have to admit, what they came out with on Saturday afternoon was even more surprising.
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Posted by daev at 5:40 PM on November 20, 1997
On Saturday 15th, Mark Pilkington and I trotted along to Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, to hear what the Irish Centre for UFO Studies had to say for themselves. I gathered that they were centralising some of their efforts on Boyle, Co. Roscommon, in light of the alleged 'crash' there in May 1996. In light of this, and their previous exploits, I expected more of the same wackiness that they had already been indulging in (see *several* earlier Blathers concerning Bantry, Co. Cork), but I have to admit, what they came out with on Saturday afternoon was even more surprising.
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Watching the Skywatchers
Posted by daev at 5:25 PM on November 14, 1997
Last week's episode finished on a note of tongue-in-cheek anticipation of my possible demise by the hands of rabid ufologists. Although the conspiracy theorists among the readership may ponder whether or not this Blather was penned, so to speak, by an impostor, I would like to make it a clear that I emerged from the IUFOPRA (The Irish UFO and Paranormal Research Association) UFO Conference reasonably unscathed, despite the Irish coffees consumed during the latter part of the afternoon.
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Posted by daev at 5:25 PM on November 14, 1997
Last week's episode finished on a note of tongue-in-cheek anticipation of my possible demise by the hands of rabid ufologists. Although the conspiracy theorists among the readership may ponder whether or not this Blather was penned, so to speak, by an impostor, I would like to make it a clear that I emerged from the IUFOPRA (The Irish UFO and Paranormal Research Association) UFO Conference reasonably unscathed, despite the Irish coffees consumed during the latter part of the afternoon.
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Passports for Aliens?
Posted by daev at 5:38 PM on October 9, 1997
Welcome to Blather, in particular all the people who signed up having found this weekly slippery soapbox through 'Cool Site of the Day' on Tuesday 7th October. In response to last week's defence of defamed marsupials, the Rev. Syd Jesus stepped in with an immortal Raymond Chandler quote, which was: 'as easy to spot as a kangaroo in a dinner jacket'. Also spotted was some delirious 1920's journalism mentioned in Bernard Heuvelman's 'On the Track of Unknown Animals' (ISBN: 0710304986), describing a brontosaurus which was apparently running riot in Africa (which prompted many expeditions to find the damned thing) as having a tail like a kangaroo. Quite a brontosaurus, especially when one realises that the sum of the description led one to believe that it looked more like a triceratops. With a kangaroo's tail.
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Posted by daev at 5:38 PM on October 9, 1997
Welcome to Blather, in particular all the people who signed up having found this weekly slippery soapbox through 'Cool Site of the Day' on Tuesday 7th October. In response to last week's defence of defamed marsupials, the Rev. Syd Jesus stepped in with an immortal Raymond Chandler quote, which was: 'as easy to spot as a kangaroo in a dinner jacket'. Also spotted was some delirious 1920's journalism mentioned in Bernard Heuvelman's 'On the Track of Unknown Animals' (ISBN: 0710304986), describing a brontosaurus which was apparently running riot in Africa (which prompted many expeditions to find the damned thing) as having a tail like a kangaroo. Quite a brontosaurus, especially when one realises that the sum of the description led one to believe that it looked more like a triceratops. With a kangaroo's tail.
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Irish UFOs: Beginning To See The Light
Posted by daev at 5:59 PM on September 25, 1997
In last week's issue, 'Blather on Tour', I reported the strange chttp://www.westcork.comase of what could have been defined as an harassment by a UFO, which took place between Killarney and Mallow, in south west Ireland. But on Friday morning, as the Blather entourage arrived amidst the cheering populace to the gates of Blather HQ, we were greeted by a delegation despatched by the honourable Mr. Shane O'Sullivan, a native of the fair region referred to above. I commanded one of my sycophants to unfurl the scroll, and clutching my monocle with my highly developed eye-muscles, discovered that the document indeed carried information of not inconsiderable portent.
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Posted by daev at 5:59 PM on September 25, 1997
In last week's issue, 'Blather on Tour', I reported the strange chttp://www.westcork.comase of what could have been defined as an harassment by a UFO, which took place between Killarney and Mallow, in south west Ireland. But on Friday morning, as the Blather entourage arrived amidst the cheering populace to the gates of Blather HQ, we were greeted by a delegation despatched by the honourable Mr. Shane O'Sullivan, a native of the fair region referred to above. I commanded one of my sycophants to unfurl the scroll, and clutching my monocle with my highly developed eye-muscles, discovered that the document indeed carried information of not inconsiderable portent.
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Blather on Tour around Ireland
Posted by daev at 5:52 PM on September 18, 1997
Even though last week's Blather popped into everyone's mailbox without incident, this Blatherskite was not actually at the helm -- yes, of course I did write it, but at the time of mailing, I was mountainbiking around Achill Island, in Co. Mayo, visiting Sraheens Lough, which made front page news in 1968 with a photograph of the alleged 'Achill Island Monster'. Unfortunately the only copy of the photograph that I've come across is in the National Library in Kildare St., Dublin, on the June 1968 microfilm for the Evening Herald, and it's totally useless when copied. My travels also took me to Sligo, where I met up with the honourable Joe Harte with whom I journeyed to the valley of Glenade in Co. Leitrim where I photographed the 'Dobhar-Chú' gravestone of a lady by the name of Grace (a.k.a. Grainne, pronounced Grawnya) McLoghlin, apparently killed by a 'master otter' in 1722. The gravestone features an intriguing relief of an otter showing it's death due to a spear thrust through its body by a disembodied hand. (Thanks to Karl Shuker and Joe Harte for all their help on this matter)
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Posted by daev at 5:52 PM on September 18, 1997
Even though last week's Blather popped into everyone's mailbox without incident, this Blatherskite was not actually at the helm -- yes, of course I did write it, but at the time of mailing, I was mountainbiking around Achill Island, in Co. Mayo, visiting Sraheens Lough, which made front page news in 1968 with a photograph of the alleged 'Achill Island Monster'. Unfortunately the only copy of the photograph that I've come across is in the National Library in Kildare St., Dublin, on the June 1968 microfilm for the Evening Herald, and it's totally useless when copied. My travels also took me to Sligo, where I met up with the honourable Joe Harte with whom I journeyed to the valley of Glenade in Co. Leitrim where I photographed the 'Dobhar-Chú' gravestone of a lady by the name of Grace (a.k.a. Grainne, pronounced Grawnya) McLoghlin, apparently killed by a 'master otter' in 1722. The gravestone features an intriguing relief of an otter showing it's death due to a spear thrust through its body by a disembodied hand. (Thanks to Karl Shuker and Joe Harte for all their help on this matter)
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Curiouser and Curiouser: UFO Conference in Cork
Posted by daev at 5:23 PM on August 21, 1997
In Blather 1.11, 'Where's Me Kidney?', I mentioned the UFO conference to be held in Cork City on 16th August. Any decision about travelling to Cork for this event was promptly put on the long finger, but lay around in the back of my mind like an unpaid bill. Despite the fact that I had made some preparations, and told people that I was going to Cork for the weekend, by Saturday morning I still really hadn't made a decision. Was I really about to brave the intricacies of the Irish rail system to attend a conference which might be an utter waste of time? I barely made the 11:25 Intercity to Cork, and spent the journey between reading 'Irish Eccentrics' by Peter Sommerville-Large, and questioning my sanity.
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Posted by daev at 5:23 PM on August 21, 1997
In Blather 1.11, 'Where's Me Kidney?', I mentioned the UFO conference to be held in Cork City on 16th August. Any decision about travelling to Cork for this event was promptly put on the long finger, but lay around in the back of my mind like an unpaid bill. Despite the fact that I had made some preparations, and told people that I was going to Cork for the weekend, by Saturday morning I still really hadn't made a decision. Was I really about to brave the intricacies of the Irish rail system to attend a conference which might be an utter waste of time? I barely made the 11:25 Intercity to Cork, and spent the journey between reading 'Irish Eccentrics' by Peter Sommerville-Large, and questioning my sanity.
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Blessed Virgin Elvis
Posted by blather at 8:51 PM on August 17, 1997
The infamous 'moving statue' of Ballinspittle in Co. Cork is back in the news again, in The Irish Times of August 13th.
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Posted by blather at 8:51 PM on August 17, 1997
The infamous 'moving statue' of Ballinspittle in Co. Cork is back in the news again, in The Irish Times of August 13th.
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Cat Amongst the Pigeons
Posted by blather at 8:36 PM on August 7, 1997
It would seem that Blather 1.12, 'I Don't Want to Believe' has managed to raise many a hackle in the ranks of its recipients. I wrote the article to explain my stance regarding the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH)...
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Posted by blather at 8:36 PM on August 7, 1997
It would seem that Blather 1.12, 'I Don't Want to Believe' has managed to raise many a hackle in the ranks of its recipients. I wrote the article to explain my stance regarding the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH)...
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I Don't Want to Believe
Posted by damien at 4:55 PM on July 31, 1997
It has come to the attention of the captain of the good ship Blather that several subscribers to the mailing list are unsure as to my stance on various issues, in particular the ETH (ExtraTerrestial Hypothesis).
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Posted by damien at 4:55 PM on July 31, 1997
It has come to the attention of the captain of the good ship Blather that several subscribers to the mailing list are unsure as to my stance on various issues, in particular the ETH (ExtraTerrestial Hypothesis).
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Clones, Ashes, Exorcism and Drunk Cows
Posted by damien at 2:48 PM on July 12, 1997
Greetings and welcome to another thrilling indoctrination of Blather, brought to you by Dublin's premier cloning facility.
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Posted by damien at 2:48 PM on July 12, 1997
Greetings and welcome to another thrilling indoctrination of Blather, brought to you by Dublin's premier cloning facility.
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Anatomy of a UFO Flap
Posted by blather at 3:28 PM on July 3, 1997
Blather this week is a tasty brew of the latest on the never ending stream of madness currently pouring out of south west Ireland...
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Posted by blather at 3:28 PM on July 3, 1997
Blather this week is a tasty brew of the latest on the never ending stream of madness currently pouring out of south west Ireland...
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Planet Earth - Wired to the Moon?
Posted by blather at 3:14 PM on June 26, 1997
The entire planet, it would appear, has lost the plot. In this morning's newspapers, on the Web and in my email, the quota of bizarre news surpassed what I usually see in a week.
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Posted by blather at 3:14 PM on June 26, 1997
The entire planet, it would appear, has lost the plot. In this morning's newspapers, on the Web and in my email, the quota of bizarre news surpassed what I usually see in a week.
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Sligo UFO hoax, Wexford antelopes, exploding Kerrymen and belated poltergeists
Posted by blather at 5:11 PM on June 4, 1997
This week's Blather is going to be a mish mash of Irish topics which have been meandering about in my head, waiting patiently to be spooned out to the masses.
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Posted by blather at 5:11 PM on June 4, 1997
This week's Blather is going to be a mish mash of Irish topics which have been meandering about in my head, waiting patiently to be spooned out to the masses.
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Intergalactic Tourists Hit Cork?
Posted by blather at 5:04 PM on May 28, 1997
In 'The Examiner' (Cork) of Saturday 10th May 1997, Áilín Quinlin reported a 'UFO' had been filmed by a British film crew who were in Bantry, Co. Cork, researching sightings of alien spacecraft.
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Posted by blather at 5:04 PM on May 28, 1997
In 'The Examiner' (Cork) of Saturday 10th May 1997, Áilín Quinlin reported a 'UFO' had been filmed by a British film crew who were in Bantry, Co. Cork, researching sightings of alien spacecraft.
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One of our bombers is missing!
Posted by blather at 3:22 PM on May 12, 1997
You know, it's rare that I fail to be amused over people's tendency to draw the craziest conclusions from flimsy evidence. Colorado I refer, of course, to the recent fun and games which took place in Colorado, where the US Air Force are striving to recover debris of the A-10 aircraft which disappeared on April 2nd while flying on a routine training mission in Arizona.
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Posted by blather at 3:22 PM on May 12, 1997
You know, it's rare that I fail to be amused over people's tendency to draw the craziest conclusions from flimsy evidence. Colorado I refer, of course, to the recent fun and games which took place in Colorado, where the US Air Force are striving to recover debris of the A-10 aircraft which disappeared on April 2nd while flying on a routine training mission in Arizona.
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