Thoughts on the Passing of a Friend

Someone I knew and grew to like very much died earlier this week. I first met her at a fitness center here in town. I saw her first while she was walking on the treadmill. She told me that her doctor advised her to use a treadmill every day.

We also worked for the same employer, but in different divisions.

She had experienced a problem with her heart, and she was walking for her life's sake.

Each passing day brought new opportunities to talk with this incredible woman.

She often came with a friend, and the three of us would talk about our families.

I learned that two of her children attended the same school as my daughter, and eventually at sporting events I met her children, and even watched them graduate from high school last Spring.

She loved her children very much, and was very proud of them.

I spoke with her last week, and asked about her children. She gushed forth with such love and pride. She was so proud that her daughter was in college, and her son would soon be.

That was the last time I spoke with her. She was just as kind, and bubbling with joy as she always was. Just an incredibly nice person.

Thursday her friend - the one she'd walk with every day told me that she had died of a heart attack early this week. It was then I recalled she had had trouble with her heart.

I was shocked. This woman was so alive, so very much alive that one would never consider that she could ever die.

She was an African American woman about my age, but race and gender never factored into the way she and I got along. She was one of the nicest people I ever met.

May God Bless you, forgive you for your sins, and accept your soul into heaven dear woman. And if I'm so fortunate as to follow you may we meet again.

To her children I can only say what an incredible woman your mother was. You have the joy of being able to carry her memory within you, and I'm sure she'll always be there watching over you.

Despite this comforting thought I am sad, for the world seems just a little less bright with her departure. I'll never forget her.

Shut Down St. John's Waste Incinerator?

Carbon and Iron Oxide (from incinerated blood) Mar Saint John's Incinerator?

Most hospitals have opted out of the medical waste incineration business, but not Springfield, Illinois' Saint John's Hospital.

As of 2004 there were just twelve hospitals in Illinois that incinerated their own medical waste. Some including Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have called for the closure of the remaining dirty dozen.

This from NoHarm.Org

Prompted by neighborhood activists pushing to close Evanston Hospital's medical-waste incinerator, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday urged the state's last remaining hospital-trash burners to shut down.

Most hospitals got out of the business of burning waste years ago after concerns about cancer-causing dioxins from incinerators led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require a dramatic reduction in air pollution from trash burners.

But Illinois still has 12 such incinerators, five of which are in densely populated neighborhoods of suburban Chicago. Nearly 28,000 people live within a half-mile of one of the state's medical-waste burners, according to a Tribune analysis.

"Hospitals are supposed to provide health care, and hospitals are supposed to promote health care," Blagojevich said at a news conference a few hours before the Evanston City Council passed an ordinance that bans medical-waste incineration within city limits. "Hospitals are supposed to not undermine public health."

State records obtained by the Tribune show that most of the state's remaining waste burners have been in trouble at some point in recent years for putting too much pollution into the air.

Saint John's Hospital continues to rely upon its medical waste incinerator even though studies show that such incinerators release toxic chemicals like dioxins, and toxic heavy metals such as cadmium into nearby neighborhoods. Easterly winds usually carry Saint John's airborne waste stream over, and onto Springfield's, Illinois poorest neighborhoods.

While regular maintenance may remove condensed carbon, and iron oxide deposits from the smoke stack itself there is no way to remove elevated levels of toxic chemicals from east side, and downtown resident's lungs.

Time To Shut Down St. John's Hospital Waste Incinerator?

The 1986 JAL Flight 1628 UFO Encounter!

In 1986 JAL 1628 Encountered Two DC-8 Sized UFOs & Huge Mother Ship
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With the Chicago, Illinois O'Hare International Airport UFO cover up in full force it's easy to forget that other UFO encounters involving commercial aviation has successfully been squelched by the FAA on behest of the powers that be.

Many sightings of UFOs by commercial airline pilots are most likely top secret military aircraft, and possibly even covert U.S. suborbital and orbital surveillance spacecraft. It's also probable that readily explainable natural phenomena reported by commercial airline pilots has been suppressed too by over zealous federal officials. Yet there remains a large number of reports made by airline pilots of encounters with unidentified flying objects which appear to have no explanation based upon current human technology, or natural phenomena. Furthermore it is probable that the vast number of such encounters are either not reported at all, or are reported in ways that would not be recognized as an official reporting of a UFO encounter.

Pilots who fear for their own safety during a UFO encounter often find it easier to simply remain silent rather than risk the consequences of reporting such an encounter. Certainly this can not be good for the flying public.

For many reading this now, you might be asking why you shouldn't just click to another website instead of taking the time to read of the encounter presented below. The answer is that as long as we do nothing we will never be able to do anything about stories like this. It is a trap in which we all find ourselves placed.
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Society Needs to Begin an Open Discussion On UFOs
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The Internet like no other tool before it has allowed the presentation of previously classified materials which in previous decades would never have made its way to the general public. We are living in a new era of rapid information exchange. This increased access, and the ability to network directly without going through the gatekeepers of the main stream media will allow us all to bring down the wall of silence which has been erected around the UFO phenomena for over sixty years.

The CIA, Air Force, and their operatives within the FAA have always taken it for granted that they could easily and completely withhold the truth about UFOs. While their task has been made much more difficult in this Internet age it is up to you the reader to remain curious, and to put forth the effort to learn about this subject, and then make up your own mind about this important subject.
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The Need to Know
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We need to ask if these aircraft encounters with UFO events are happening, or not. If these stories are simply hallucinations, or misinterpretations on behalf of pilots, and crew then the flying public, and those on the ground below are all in danger.

If these stories are simply the result of pilot insanity, or stupidity then none of us are safe from the kind of incident which took place on September 11th, 2001. Insane pilots could begin smashing into cities at any time, and stupid pilots could begin crashing their aircraft by accident.

The very fact that commercial airliners are not being flow into mountains, or skyscrapers on a regular basis seems to suggest that these pilots are neither insane, or easily confused observers.

Which leads to the question if these events are actually taking place then who or what has possession of technology this advanced? Who or what is capable of flying so closely to a 747 without crashing? Who or what can loft, and maintain in flight structures larger than aircraft carriers? Is this human based technology?
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Encounter with Advanced Technology
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The following story is a fantastic illustration of the type of story the general public is not being told. Our government officials fear that if stories like the one that follows reach the public that mass panic would ensue.

What follows is based upon a well documented encounter with UFOs over Alaska in November of 1986. A Japanese Airlines 747 Cargo plane loaded with French wines made its way high above North America heading toward Japan when it encountered several UFOs which followed it for nearly an hour. Only as the encounter came to an end did the crew of flight 1628 notice a nearby "mothership" the size of two aircraft carriers floating in the sky!

Despite efforts by the CIA, and FAA to squash the story, documentation and testimony from the pilots, and air traffic controllers began to leak.

What follows is a translation of a statement which is part of the FAA file on the event obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. I recreate it, with some editing, in full without permission from UFOEVIDENCE.ORG which also reproduced it via Free Use Rules.
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Statement Of Captain Terauchi - Pilot of JAL Flight 1628

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Summary: This is taken from the FAA official document "Concerning JAL Flight 1628's Sightings of Unidentified Air Traffic on November 17, 1986." It is a Translation of a Written Statement By Captain Kenju Terauchi.
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We took a flight course southeast of Greenland direct to Chule, where a U.S. military base is, by crossing the great icy highland midwest of Greenland.The flight above Greenland, under a nearly full moon, which was raising on the right front side of our aircraft, helped visibility for the night flight. The flight was smooth despite the unstable air current that shook the plane for about two hours, but was still a rather stress less flight as compared to a passenger flight.We aimed towards Single Point, on the north coast of Canada, by passing through the Canadian north polar regions and down southwest along an Arctic flight course. It was 4:25 p.m., Alaska time, when we reported our location to Edmonton Center from above Single Point, Canada (68 degrees 55 minutes the North Latitude, 137 degrees 15 minutes West Longitude). It had become pitch dark, perhaps because the moon was directly behind us near the horizon.

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We received an order from Edmonton Center that we should contact the Anchorage Center when we reach above Pottat where Alaska Territorial Air begins. Pottat locates approximately 480 miles, approximately 890 kilometers, North-northeast of Anchorage, 67 degrees 56 minutes North Latitude, 141 degrees West Longitude.We began the communication with the Anchorage Center about 5:05 p.m. The flight course we had acknowledged was Jet 529, direct to Ft. Yukon and Jet 125 via Nenana, Talkeetna, Chaiger and to Anchorage. The Anchorage Center ordered us to fly direct to Talkeetna, provided us transponder codes and placed us on a radar scope at the same time.
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JAL 1628 Cockpit View - UFOs Flew In Vertical Assemblage Formation For Two Minutes
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Ordinary Flight Becomes Other Worldly

The strange phenomenon happened immediately after we began left rotation, following the order of taking the direct flight course.There was an unidentifiable light ahead of the rotation. We set the course toward Talkeetna and began level flight. Then we saw lights that looked like aircraft lights, 30 degrees left front, 2000 feet (600 meters) below us, moving exactly in the same direction and with the same speed as we were. We were at the altitude of 35,000 feet (10,600 meters), flying speed was 900 kilometer per hour to 910 kilometer per hour.We ignored the lights, thinking probably they were special missioned aircraft or two fighters because we did not notice the lights while communication with the Anchorage Center or on prior visual inspection. However, the position of the lights had not changed ever after a few minutes and that called our attention.
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Pilot Suspected Laser Experiment

The First Officer, Tameto(?), called the Anchorage Center and asked to report to us if there were any aircraft other than ours in the area. The Anchorage Center told us that there were no other aircraft in the North area. We immediately reported back that we were seeing aircraft lights. They again reported that there was no military aircraft and the ground radar did not show any aircraft but us. They also asked us several times if there were clouds near our altitudes. We saw thin and spotty clouds near the mountain below us, no clouds in mid-to-upper air, and the air current was steady and conditions were quite pleasant. Perhaps the controllers were concerned that an increased use of improved laser beams using clouds was creating moving images.

We kept observing the lights below us in left front, thinking it was ridiculous to have laser beam testing at the end of a tundra area. Then the two lights began to move in a manner different from ordinary aircraft maneuvers, like two bear cubs playing with each other. We continued the flight South along a straight course since the distance from the lights was far enough from us and their movement was not extreme and we felt no immediate danger.
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One Of Those Things Called UFO

I thought perhaps it is one of those things called UFO and taking a photo might help to identify the object later. I asked to bring forward my camera bag that was placed in the rear of the cockpit and began to take a picture. The area in which the plane was flying was unchanged, but the lights were still moving strangely. I had ASA 100 film in my camera, mainly to take scenery and had auto-focus on, aimed at the object but the lens kept adjusting and never could set a focus. I changed auto-focus to manual-focus and pressed the shutter but this time the shutter would not close.
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UFOs Hovered Side by Side In Front of 747 At 560 Miles Per Hour For Ten Minutes
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Then our aircraft started to vibrate and I gave up taking a photo. I placed my camera back in the camera bag and concentrated on observing the lights.It was about seven or so minutes since we began paying attention to the lights. Most unexpectedly two spaceships stopped in front of our face, shooting off lights. The inside cockpit shined brightly and I felt warm in the face. Perhaps the firing of jets was the result to kill inertia of their quick high speed maneuver, but the ships appeared as if they were stopped in one place in front of us.
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Close Up Of JAL 1628 UFO - Multiple Exhaust Vents Allowed Directed And Stabilized Flight
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Detailed Description of UFOs
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Then three to seven seconds later a fire like from jet engines stopped and became a small circle of lights as they began to fly in level flight at the same speed as we were, showing numerous numbers of exhaust pipes. However, the center area of the ship where below an engine might be was invisible. The middle of the body of the ship sparked an occasionally stream of lights, like a charcoal fire, from right to left and from left to right. Its shape was a square, flying 500 feet to 1000 feet in front of us, very slightly higher in altitude than us, its size was about the same size as the body of a DC-8 jet, and with numerous exhaust pipes. The firing of the exhaust jets varied, perhaps to maintain balance, some became stronger than others and some became weaker than others, but seemed controlled automatically.
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Two UFOs Play With 747?
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We did not feel threatened or in danger because the spaceship moved so suddenly. We probably would have felt more in danger and would have been prepared to escape if the spaceships were shaking unsteadily or were unable to stop themselves. It is impossible for any man made machine to make a sudden appearance in front of a jumbo jet that is flying 910 kilometers per hour and to move along in a formation paralleling our aircraft. The ships moved in formation for about three to five minutes, then two ships moved forward in a line, again slightly higher in altitude as we were, 40 degrees to our left. We did not report this action to the Anchorage Center. Honestly, we were simply breath taken. The VHF communication, both in transmitting and receiving were extremely difficult for ten or fifteen minutes while the little ships came close to us and often interfered with communication from the Anchorage Center; however, communication conditions became just as good as soon as the ships left us. There were no abnormalities in the equipment or the aircraft. I have no idea why they came so close to us.
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UFOs Used Stealth Technology
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Then again, there was a pale white flat light on the direction where the ships flew away, moving in a line along with us, in the same direction and same speed and in the same altitude as we were. Again, we began communicating with the Anchorage Center. We said that we could see a light in the 10 o'clock position at the same altitude and wondered if they could see anything in their radar. The Anchorage Center replied that they saw nothing in their radar. I thought it would be impossible to find anything on an aircraft radar if a large ground radar did not show anything, but I judged the distance of the object visually, and it was not very far. I set the digital weather radar distance in 20 miles, radar angle to horizon. There it was, on the screen: a large, green and a round object had appeared in seven or eight miles (13 kilometers to 15 kilometers) away, where the direction of the object was. We reported to the Anchorage Center that our aircraft radar caught the object within seven or eight miles in 10 o'clock position. We asked if they could catch it on the ground radar but did not seem they could at all. Normally, it appears in red when an aircraft radar catches another aircraft. I wonder if the metal used in the spaceship is different from ours. While we were communicating with the Anchorage Center, the two pale white lights gradually moved to the left side and to left diagonally back 30 degrees as if they understood our conversation and then when they were beside our aircraft they totally disappeared from our radar.

When they were in front of us, the ships were positioned slightly higher in altitude than we were, but now they placed themselves slightly below the horizon where it was most difficult for us to see. The distance between us was still about seven miles to eight miles visually. When we started to see Ft. Yukon diagonally below us at the right, the sun was setting down in the Southwest, painting the sky in a slightly red stripe, approximately two to three millimeters and gave a bit of light but the east side was still pitch dark. Far in front of us there were lights increasing from the U.S. Military Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. The lights were still following us at exactly the same distance; however, it was too dark to identify by only the lights whether or not they were the same two spaceships that appeared in front of us a few minutes ago. It seemed that we were flying in the lighter side and gave them the advantage of being on the dark side.

We had no fears so far but began to worry since we had no idea for their purpose. When the lights from the Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks became clear and bright, two very bright lights appeared suddenly from the North from a belt of lights, perhaps four or five mountains away. The extremely bright lights reflected on the snow on the side of the mountains and seemed even brighter. We wondered if they were searching something on the ground surface or to (attract?) lead something. The flight above Alaska territory is generally in the daytime, and it is confusing to identify the kind of lights. It cannot be a base for the spaceship. Is it a move? There was something. Oh, yes, it is the Alaska pipeline. The lights must be a pump station for the pipeline. I got it.
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Huge Mother Ship Encountered 31000 Feet Above Fairbanks, Alaska
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We arrived at the sky above the Eielson Air Force Base and Fairbanks. It was a clear night. The lights were extremely bright to eyes that were used to the dark. How bright it was! We were just above the bright city lights and we checked the pale white light behind us. There was a silhouette of a gigantic spaceship. We must run away quickly! "Anchorage Center. This is JL 1628, requesting a change of course to right 45 degrees." It felt like a long time before we received permission. When we checked our rear there was still the ship following us. "This is JL 1628. Again requesting for change the course 45 degrees to the right." We had to get away from that object. "JL 1628. This is Anchorage Center. We advise you, continue and take 360 degree turn." "JL 1628, thank you. We will continue 360 degree turn."It was too slow to circle in the auto-pilot mode; therefore, we switched to the manual mode and set to turn right on a 30 degrees bank. We looked to our right forward, but did not see any light. We were relieved, thinking the object may have left us and returned to the level flight but when we checked to our rear the object was still there in exactly the same place. "Anchorage Center, this is JL 1628. The object follows us in formation. We request a change in altitude, 31,000 feet, yes, 31,000 feet." "This is Anchorage Center, JL 1628, ascend to 31,000 feet."

The consumption of fuel during this flight was almost as expected but there was only 3,800 pounds left and as such was not enough for extra flying, for running around. We have got to arrive at Anchorage. "Anchorage Center, this is JL 1628. We request permission for the direct flight to Talkeetna." "JL 1628, this is the Anchorage Center, we authorize the direct flight to Talkeetna." We checked behind us again. The ship was in formation and ascending with us. We wondered and feared as to their purpose. "JL 1628, this is the Anchorage Center. Would you like to request scramble for confirmation?" "The Anchorage Center, this is JL 1628. We would not request scramble." We turned the offer down quickly.
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Pilots In Fear For Safety
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I knew that in the past there was a U.S. military fighter called the mustang that had flown up high for a confirmation and a tragedy had happened to it. Even the F-15 with the newest technology had no guarantee of safety against the creature with an unknown degree of scientific technology. We flew toward Talkeetna at an altitude of 31,000 feet. The spaceship was still following us, not leaving us at all.
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Other Aircraft's Pilots Saw UFOs Too?
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About the same time, a United Airline passenger aircraft which had left Anchorage to Fairbanks flew into the same air zone and began communicating with the Anchorage Center. We heard them transmitting that there was an object near JL 1628 and requesting for confirmation. We heard that the Anchorage Center was saying to the United Airline aircraft that JL 1628 was at an altitude of 31,000 feet, therefore, United Airline should maintain an altitude of 33,000 feet. It sounded as if Anchorage Center had the United Airline aircraft fly above the spaceship. We were flying the east side of Mt. McKinley. The United Airline aircraft came close to us. The United Airline aircraft requested us to flash landing lights for visual confirmation and we both confirmed our positions visually. The United Airline aircraft was coming close to us. We knew that they were watching us. When the United plane came by our side, the spaceship disappeared suddenly and there was nothing but the light of the moon.The strange encounter ended at 75 miles North of Talkeetna, 150 miles (Approximately 276 kilometers) away from Anchorage. It comprised approximately 50 minutes of flight time.
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FAA Air Traffic Controller's Reports
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Note: The following is a transcription which I personally transcribed from the imaged documents. I slightly edited the document for readability, correcting several spelling and punctuation errors. See links to the document's scans for verification.

Unidentified Traffic Sighting
by Japan Airlines Flight 1628
November 18, 1986
ANC ARCC (DFAFT)

Tab 1 - Index
Tab 2 - Chronology of Events
Tab 3 - Transcription
Tab 4 - Flight Path Chart
Tab 5 - Personnel Statements
Tab 6 - Daily Record of Facility Operations, FAA Form 7230-4
Tab 7 - Position Logs, FAA Form 7230-10
Tab 8 - ZAN EARTS Continuous Data Recordings, (radar tracking data).

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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Memorandum
Anchorage ARTCC
5400 Davis Hwy.
Anchorage, Alaska

Date: January 9, 1987
Subject Information: Transcription concerning the incident involving Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18th, 1986 at approximately 0218 UTC.

From: Quentin J. Gates - Air Traffic Manager, ANC ARTCC
To: This transcription covers the time period from November 18, 1986, 0214 UTC to November 18, 1986, 0259 UTC.
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Abrv.................Agencies Making Transmissions
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JL1628"............."Japan Airlines Flight 1628
R/D15".............."Anchorage ARTCC Combinded Sector R/D15
D15"...... ..........."Anchorage ARTCC Sector D15
R15"...... .... ......"Anchorage ARTCC Sector R15
ROCC"............."Regional Operations Command Center
UA69"..... ........."United Airlines Flight 69
TOTEM".........."TOTEM71
APCH".............."Fairbanks Approach Control

I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations pertaining to the subject incindent. Signed, Anthony M. Wylie - Quality Assurance Specialist - Anchorage ARTCC

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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Memorandum
Date: December 18, 1986
Subject Information: Unidentified Traffic Sighting by Japan Airlines
From: Air Traffic Manager, Anchorage ARTCC, ZAN-1
To: Manager, Air Traffic Division, AAL-500
ATTN: Evaluation Specialist, AAL-514

The attached chronology summarizes the communications and actions of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 on November 18, 1986.

Radar data recorded by Anchorage Center does not confirm the presence of the traffic reported by Flight 1628. No further information has been received from civil or military sources since the date of the sightings.

Major Johnson of the Elmendorf Regional Operations Command Center (ROCC) is checking their records and the operations personnel for further details. He will forward any additional information to Anchorage Center as soon as possible.

Should you have any questions or need additional information, contact Tony Wylie, Quality Assurance Specialist, 269-1162.

Signed - Quentin J. Gates

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The following is a chronological summary of the alleged aircraft sightings by Japan Airlines Flight 1628, on November 18, 1986:
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All times listed are approximate UTC unless otherwise specified.

0219 - The pilot of the JL1628 requested traffic information from the ZAN Sector 15 controller. When the controller advised there was no traffic in the vicinity, JL1628 responded that they had same direction traffic, approximately 1 mile in front, and it appeared to be at their altitude. When queried about any identifiable markings, the pilot responded that they could only see white and yellow strobes.

0226 - ZAN contacted the Military Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC), and asked if they were receiving any radar returns near the position of JL1628. The ROCC advised that they were receiving a primary radar return in JL1628's 10 o'clock position at 8 miles.

0227 - The ROCC contacted ZAN to advise they were no longer receiving any radar returns in the vicinity of JL1628.

0231 - JL1628 advised that the "plane" was "quite big", at which time the ZAN controller approved any course deviations needed to avoid the traffic.

0232 - JL1628 requested and received a descent from FL350 to FL310. When asked if the traffic was descending also, the pilot stated it was descending "in formation".

0235 - JL1628 requested and received a heading change to two one zero. The aircraft was now in the vicinity of Fairbanks and ZAN contacted Fairbanks Approach Control asking if they had any radar returns near JL1628's position. The Fairbanks Controller advised they did not.

0236 - JL1628 was issued a 360 degree turn and asked to inform ZAN if the traffic stayed with them.

0238 - The ROCC called ZAN advising they had confirmed a "flight of two" in JL1628's position. They advised they had some "other equipment watching this", and one was a primary target only.

0239 - JL1628 told ZAN they no longer had the traffic in sight.

0242 - The ROCC advised it looked as though the traffic had dropped back and to the right of JL1628, however, they were no longer tracking it.

0244 - JL1628 advised the traffic was now at 9 o'clock

0245 - ZAN issued a 10 degree turn to a northbound United Airlines Flight, after pilot concurrence, in an attempt to confirm the traffic.

0248 - JL1628 told ZAN the traffic was now at 7 o'clock, 8 miles.

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Continued Chronology
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0250 - The Northbound United Flight advised they had the Japan Airlines flight in sight, against a light background, and could not see any other traffic.
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0253 - JL1628 advised they no longer had contact with the traffic.
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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
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The following is a report concerning the incindent to aircraft JL1628 on November 18, 1986 at 0230 UTC.

My name is Carl E. Henley (HC) I am employed as an Air Traffic COntrol Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska.

During the period of 2030 UTC, November 17, 1986, to 0430 UTC, November 18, 1986 I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working the D15 position from 0156 UTC, November 18 1986 to 0230 UTC, November 18, 1986.

At approximately 02257Z while monitoring JL168 on Sector 15 radar, the aircraft requested traffic information. I advised no traffic in his vicinity. The aircraft advised he had traffic 12 o'clock same altitude. I asked JL1628 f he would like higher/lower altitude and the pilot replied, negative. I checked with ROCC to see if they had military traffic in the area and to see if they had primary targets in the area. ROCC did have primary target in the same position JL1628 reported. Several times I had single primary returns where JL1628 reported traffic. JL1628 later requested a turn to heading 210 degrees, I approved JL1628 to make deviations necessary for traffic.
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The traffic stayed with JL1628 through turns and decent in the vicinity of FAI. I requested JL1628 to make a right 360 degree turn to see if he could identify the aircraft, he lost contact momentarily, at which time I observed a primary target in the 6 o'clock position 5 miles. I then vectored UA69 northbound to FAI from ANC with his approval to see if he could identify traffic, by this time JL1628 had lost contact with the traffic. Also a military C-130 southbound to EDF from EIL advised he had plenty of fuel and would take a look. I vectored him toward the flight and climbed him to FL240. He also had no contact.

Note: I requested JL1628 to identify the type of markings of the aircraft. He could not identify but reported white and yellow strobes. I requested the JL1628 to say flight conditions, he reported clear and no clouds.

Signed - Carl E. Henley
November 19, 1986
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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1987
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The following is a report concerning the incident involving aircraft JL1628 north of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC.
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My name is Samuel J. Rich (SR). I am employed as an Air Traffic Control Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
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During the period of 0035 UTC, November 18, 1986, to 0835 uTC, November 18, 1986, I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working the U15 position from 0230 UTC, November 18, 1986, to 0530 UTC, November 18, 1986.
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I returned from my break at approximately 0218 UTC to relieve Mr. Henley on the sector R/D15 position. In the process of relieving Mr. Henley I heard the pilot of JL1628 ask if we had any traffic near his position. I continued to monitor the position as Mr. Henley was too busy to give me a relief briefing.
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I monitored the situation for approximately twelve minutes at which time I assumed the D15 position and Mr. Henley moved to the R15 position. During the twelve minute period I heard the JL1628 pilot report the color of the lights were white and yellow. After the radar scale was reduced to approximately twenty miles I observed a radar return in the position the pilot had reported traffic.
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After assuming the D15 position I called the ROCC at approximately 0230 UTC to ask if they had any military traffic operation nearl JL1628. The ROCC said they had no military traffic in the area. I then asked them if they could see any traffic near JL1628. ROCC advised that they had traffic near JL1628 in the same position we did.
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I asked ROCC if they had any aircraft to scramble on JL1628. They said they would call back. I received no further communication regarding the request for a scramble.
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Air Traffic Control Specialist
Anchorage ARTCC
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PERSONNEL STATEMENT
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center
January 9, 1986
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The following is a report concerning the incident involving the incident to Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (JL1628) North of Fairbanks, Alaska on November 18, 1986 at 0218 UTC.
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My name is John L. Aarnink (AA). I am employed as an Air Traffic Control Specialist by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), Anchorage Alaska. During the period of 2230 UTC, November 17, 1986 to 0630 November 18, 1986 I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working the C15 position from approximately 0218 UTC, November 18, 1986.
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I was on my way to take a break when I noticed the unusual activity at the Sector 15 positions. I plugged into the C15 position and assisted them by answering telephone lines, making and taking handoffs and coordinating as necessary. As to the specific incident, I monitored the aircraft's transmissions and observed data on the radar that coincided with information that the pilot of JL1628 reported. I coordinated with the ROCC on the BRAVO and CHARLIE lines. They confirmed they also saw data in the same location.
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At approximately abeam CAWIN intersection, I no longer saw the data and the pilot advised he no longer saw the traffic. I called the ROCC and they advised they had lost the target. I then unplugged from the position and went on break.
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Signed - John L. Aarnink
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NOTES FROM JEROME PROPHET

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Obama Eaten By Cannibals!

Presidential Candidate Barack Obama

Shortly after Barack Obama announced his bid for the Presidency at Springfield, Illinois' historic Old State Capitol Building hundreds of those in attendance rushed the platform and proceeded to eat Mr. Obama. Several dignitaries, and security officers were eaten as well.

"It was an opportunity for Springfield, Illinois to rid itself of its ugly past, but what do the people of this blasted town go and do?", asked Springfield Mayor Tim Lamblin, adding "This will take years to live down".

After waiting in freezing cold temperatures for several hours before the speech grumbling could be heard within the crowd. Police at one point recommended canceling the ceremony after a small fire was set.

"We thought they set the fire to keep warm", said Sangamon County Sheriff Chick Williamson. As it turned out a large boiling cauldron was being filled with various spices, meat tenderizers, and vegetables in preparation for Mr. Obama.

"I don't know how we'll ever live down our cannibal past?", asked local artist Bart BeQue, referring to the Donner Party which originated from Springfield Illinois.

"Why can't we just talk about Abe Lincoln?" was the response from several in the crowd of witnesses to the horrific event.

Time Magazine exposed the dark side of Springfield, Illinois shortly before Mr. Obama made his final speech, but Obama staffers were lured to Springfield in the hopes that the people of Springfield had changed.

"We thought the whole Lincoln motif would work well in middle America. We simply couldn't believe that this type of thing could take place in this day and age. This town hasn't changed at all", Said Obama campaign coordinator George Fish.

"It's probably going to be a long time before we'll be able to get any more federal funding for our new Abe Lincoln Presidential Library" said Avis Wings of nearby Rochester.

Anna Nicole Smith - Who Were You?

Anna Nicole Smith More Icon Than Real

I first became aware of Anna Nicole Smith like many men through the image oriented men's magazine - Playboy. Anna was just another face, another body, another men's fantasy.

She once again topped the radar screen when the story broke that she had married "some ole rich guy for his money". The thought disgusted me, and still does but people do all kinds of things for money - and she gave the old man a thrill of a lifetime before he kicked the bucket. I never considered that to be a dishonest trade.

Next her show on VH1, or was it MTV I forget. It was totally senseless, and I only watched because it was so totally stupid. I felt sorry for her because she had gained so much weight, and had surrounded herself with so many people who really didn't care about her.

The one bright spot seemed to be her relationship with her son Daniel.

Then came TrimSpa. I was on Atkins at the time, and I had lost a lot of weight, and I noticed her promoting TrimSpa. Several times I wondered if I should try the stuff, and fortunately I decided not to.

Then came the Larry King interview, and I knew there was something wrong. She seemed stoned. Yes she looked good, but she was stoned - slurred.

She kept getting thinner, and thinner. In a way she looked hotter, and hotter, but she also looked closer, and closer to death. Something was not right.

And of course we all quickly discovered she had had a baby. We could only hope it would give her a new sense of reason, a new responsibility and would force her to grow.

And then out of nowhere David dies of an overdose.

The circumstances of David's death was incredibly tragic. Celebrating life, and destroyed by death all at the same time. How could someone so ill fit to handle life deal with this?

She was destroyed, but she tied the knot, and we hoped that she'd put herself together, and live for the sake of the baby. Perhaps she'd raise the baby better than she did David, and everyone would live happily ever after?

Except today Anna Nicole Smith died.

Probably drugs, and stress.

She caused much of her own demise, and she was a wacky woman, most would say not to be taken seriously - yet I mourn her.

Her life was tragic, and that's sad.

Even the most cynical among us will never be able to forget her. Just try, it can't be done.

Knock Knock Knockin On Heaven's Door

Heaven's Gate Home Page Announced The Coming of a New Age - After Earth's Destruction
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1997-2007
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In 1997 a UFO cult, now referred to as Heaven's Gate, came to the desperate conclusion that only by committing mass suicide could it take a giant step toward a new and higher level of existence. The cult came to believe in a link between extra terrestrials, and the attainment of a higher form of existence, and spirituality.

They believed that the coming of the comet Hale Bopp was not only a signal for when they should commit suicide, but that the comet was being followed by a UFO. They also believed that the world would come to an end in the year 2000.
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Member of Kingdom of Heaven?
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The Ride Home

They had faith that extra terrestrial super beings would in some manner collect their just released souls, and that they would be carried back by the aliens to some higher physical form of existence.

Sounds a little strange, yet very familiar. While it may be sad that they went ahead and killed themselves we who survive this cult's self destruction only know for certain that the world did not end in the year 2000. Maybe, just maybe they were right, and they're on their journey to some distant alien utopia. We'll never know for sure.

In the end the Heaven's Gate UFO cult stands as an example for all those who would follow. Let it stand as a warning on how not to let your own personal fears be used against you. The biggest danger of feeling bad about yourself as a human being is that your perceived deficit only feeds into your desire to worship someone, or something.

The Heaven's Gate cult sounds new to us, because it employed ideas like advanced technology which would allow for interstellar, and possibly interdimensional transportation, but in fact the Heaven's Gate story is an old and familiar story.
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Comet Hale Bopp in 1997
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Cult Rule Number One - Don't Commit Suicide

The first rule that any budding UFO cult, or any cult for that matter should adopt is not to commit suicide. If you kill yourselves then that is the end of the cult.

Heaven's Gate claimed it had such a rule

"The true meaning of "suicide" is to turn against the Next Level when it is being offered. In these last days, we are focused on two primary tasks: one - of making a last attempt at telling the truth about how the Next Level may be entered (our last effort at offering to individuals of this civilization the way to avoid "suicide"); and two - taking advantage of the rare opportunity we have each day - to work individually on our personal overcoming and change, in preparation for entering the Kingdom of Heaven".

And This

"We fully desire, expect, and look forward to boarding a spacecraft from the Next Level very soon (in our physical bodies). There is no doubt in our mind that our being "picked up" is inevitable in the very near future".

Yet it was the cult's fear of being attacked, and persecuted which allowed it to rationalize, and prepare for a mass suicide which it eventually carried out.
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Alternative To Suicide - Baby Making

It is far better for a cult to use the Judeo-Christian-Muslim approach and preach that every sperm is sacred. Follow that up by preaching that contraception is bad, and that making children is somehow creating souls for God.

This method has worked quite well for followers of Jesus, Yahweh, and Allah. Also preach that suicide is bad. The more the merrier. These rules were adopted long ago by successful religions, which is why they've been so successful.
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Comet McNaught (2007) Is It Connected to the Wave of UFO Sightings?
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If you're a fledgling UFO cultist you don't want to forget to take advantage of the occurrence of yet another comet. People tend to get somewhat nervous when there's something glowing in the sky which isn't ordinarily there. When any significantly visible comet like Hale-Bopp, or McNaught comes hither it's time to start with end times preparations, speeches, brochures, pamphlets, booklets, books, web sites, audio recordings, and videos, and lectures - you get the drift.

There has been an intense international UFO sightings wave recently, and I'm not really sure why it's taking place just now, but maybe the comet McNaught can be tied into all of this.
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Start The Big Rumor

Perhaps comet McNaught brought with it a package of UFOs which are now invading (gently visiting) Earth? Picking up souls perhaps? Maybe that's how it works? The UFOs will return to the comet after making observations, picking up some souls, and generally making all kinds of fools of themselves by getting spotted - unless of course they mean to be spotted.
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Conclusion - Real Believers Choose Life
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We all feel alienated, sort of like aliens do I guess, in this modern world. We all wish there was some greater good, or big brother aliens to lean a shoulder on. It would be great to find out that everything we do as ape like animals is seen for what it is, and that one day just in the nick of time we'll be saved from this utopia we call the human race. People have been praying for that for millennium.

In the mean time however as we modify our beliefs to suit this modern technology based society it's important to remember that no one actually has the answers to any of this. So if you ever get the urge to follow someone, or join some group - hold off on joining if suicide, and or homicide are ever a prerequisite to stardom. Don't strap on any bombs, and don't drink any Kool Aid for Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, or even Lord Zeebert the Alien Overlord.
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Is NSA Raining Spy Satellites Upon Illinois?

Meteors Shower Central Illinois and Missouri?

The skies of the Midwest were filled last Sunday evening with flashing lights, and the sounds of thunder - but this was no Winter thunderstorm. The State Journal Register reports..,

"People across Illinois and Missouri reported seeing the strange lights, which were attributed to meteors. Many reported bright lights with flaming tails behind them.

Some callers said they looked like a meteor shower, others compared them to a large fireball, and at least one person said it looked like a white ring in the sky, the dispatcher said. Deputies were dispatched to take a look, but finding nothing, they soon returned to regular duties, said the dispatcher, who declined to give his name.

The dispatcher sounded sincere when he was asked what he would do if someone said, "Take me to your leader."

"I'd have to take you to the sheriff, I guess," he said".

Comments Revealing

More interesting that the State Journal-Register's article written by Ruston & Reynolds are the comments being posted by readers to SJ-R's website.
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Let's Look At Just One Comment Written By K9

"There have been sighting like this all over the world recently, it makes you wonder if this is a joke that people are running with? Or maybe Chinese space junk burning up on re-entry".

Jerome Prophet's View
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Let's ask ourselves this question. Which nations would benefit the most from the continued, and heightened belief in Unidentified Flying Objects as constructs of alien manufacture? Which nations would benefit most from a sense of uncertainty about aerial phenomena? Which nations possess the means and the motivation to create the international wave of UFO sightings which is currently taking place?
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Nations Which Control Spy Satellites

• United States
• Russia
• France
• Japan
• China
• India
• Israel

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Nations Motivated by Secrecy

• United States
• Russia
• France
• Japan
• China
• India
• Israel

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Out of the list above the United States wins hands down when it comes to military expenditure. The United States spends more money on its military than the rest of the world combined. Expenditures for the NSA, CIA, and Military Intelligence are enormous. Quite obviously out of all the nations listed above the United States has the greatest means, and motivation to create a UFO sightings wave.
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Means - Spy Satellite Deorbit

Short use spy satellites are not a new form of technology. In the past the United States used film based satellites which would eject canisters of film that would then fall from orbit, and be retrieved. The satellites themselves would also decay in orbit eventually burning up as they reentered Earth's atmosphere. Telling these satellites how, when, and where to burn up was simply a part of each satellites lifecycle.

As the United States moved toward long use CCD based imaging satellites few deorbits were necessary. However the United States still needs to deorbit aging spy satellites, and it also possesses short life spy satellites.

The way a satellite burns up upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere can be altered in several ways. When, and where a satellite reenters the atmosphere can be determined from ground control stations which direct the satellite's path. The angle at which a satellite reenters the atmosphere also will help determine how long the satellite will take to disintegrate as it deorbits. In effect the NSA could deorbit a satellite over the Pacific Ocean where few people would see it burn up, or it could deorbit the same satellite over a populated area. The NSA could instruct the satellite to burn up quickly by having the satellite reenter Earth's atmosphere at sharp angle, or have the satellite burn up slowly by instructing the satellite to reenter Earth's atmosphere at a shallow angle. This all goes to say that NSA can create wide spread visual displays over large geographic areas including brilliant light flashes, and thunderous sonic booms if it chooses to.
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Why Now

We must ask why at this point in history is it necessary to create an International UFO sightings wave? Which new weapons systems are being rushed through development which would necessitate this?
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Possible Systems Include

• Heavy Lift Stealth Transport Systems (huge flying triangular aircraft)
• Long Duration High Altitude Stealth Spy Blimps
• Unpiloted and Remote Controlled Vehicles (disk)
• Rapid launch and recovery spy and communications satellites
• Covert Military Space Plane
• Covert Next Generation Sub Orbital Spycraft
• Covert Next Generation experimental fighters and bombers
• Laser and particle beam weapons
• Kinetic energy weapons
• Anti Ballistic Missile Weapons Systems
• Weather Modification Systems
• Exotic Next Generation Weapons Systems (EMF weapons, sound weapons)
• Next generation propulsion systems

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Conclusion

The covert plate is full. Many of the systems above have been in development for decades. I suspect the United States has aircraft, and weapons which would be more akin to the stuff of Star Wars than anyone would ever admit. When will the public get a peak? It could be another generation, or perhaps it will only take an all out war before these weapons are brought out of the closet. In the meantime keep looking up.

When Meteors Hit Chicago Suburb

NBC: Meteors Turned Night Into Day Over South Chicago Suburb In 2003

Back in March of 2003 flashes of light, and the sound of thunder rocked a Chicago suburb as a rain of meteors struck homes in the south Chicago suburb of Park Forest. Several homes were damaged. Scientist requested that all meteorites be located, and turned in for study.

As Reported By NBC

Callers flooded police departments, fire departments and various television stations overnight. NBC5's Kim Vatis, reporting from Park Forest, said it turned out to be a meteor shower "that forced a shower of panic calls" to authorities all over the Midwest.

In Park Forest, some people who were in their living rooms watching war coverage, thought the United States was under attack with the amazing light show produced by the meteors. It started with a blast of light and a thunderous sound, witnesses told Vatis. Then, chunks of meteorites dropped from the sky. One of the larger segments fell through the roof of a family home and into the bedroom where a young boy was sleeping.

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As Shared by UFO News - A February 2007 Deorbit
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BBC: Space Junk Leaves White Trail During Deorbit

Needless to say we live on a planet which possesses gravity, and objects rain down upon Earth every day. The Earth is orbited by thousands of pieces of space junk consisting mostly of old satellites. Slowly these object's orbits decay and most of these objects burn up harmlessly before ever reaching the ground. Many of these aerial displays are mistaken for alien space craft. NORAD tracks hundreds of thousands of objects left in orbit. Recently the Chinese tested an Anti Satellite Weapon which added tens of thousands of small very fast moving objects into Earth orbit. Objects of this type endanger crew aboard the space shuttle, the International Space Station, the United States top secret space plane, and future missions to space by all nations including the Chinese themselves.
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Meteor Light Flash Story and Photo by NBC

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Colts Win Superbowl - 1000 Die in Iraq!

Bread and Circuses - It Worked For Awhile
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Colts Win the Super Bowl!
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While listening to the Star Spangled Banner at the opening of Super Bowl XLI tonight I couldn't help but reflect upon how insulated the people of the United States seem to be. We are after all the nation which invade Iraq, a nation which was no real threat to us. Our invasion and occupation of Iraq has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.

We claim to have brought a type of freedom to the Iraqi people, but instead the people of that nation seem poised to begin genocide upon itself.

In previous ages our invasion of a weak nation like Iraq would have been perceived as barbaric, and imperialistic, but Americans don't seem to fully appreciate how others view us, nor do they seem to care. Today billions of people around the world view the United States with great suspicion, but this wasn't always the case. America was once considered a shining beacon of freedom, and justice.

Americans of previous generations would have had problems with the type of society this nation has become. Our addiction to imported oil, and our desire for the easy life has changed us into a society willing to redefine what is moral in pursuit of what generates a quick profit. Our nation's military, and economic might has ultimately begun to infect us, corrupting our national soul.

We are after all a nation that finds a way to sleep at night, enjoys children's games like football while others suffer due to our lack of concern, and lack of action against the Iraq war.

The luxury of isolation from the effects of war is nothing new in the history of the United States. In previous wars the United States has been afforded, due to geography, the luxury of celebrating its pastimes even during war. Yet it seems that there has never been an American war in which so many victims have suffered as a result of our national will while so few Americans seem either to care, or even to be aware. Americans of this generation, except for those in the military services and their families, do not appear to be inconvenienced by the ongoing civil war in Iraq.

There seems to be a national disconnect from the reality of what we have enable through our complicity, ignorance, and continued silence.
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This Week One Thousand Die In Iraq

This week was a particularly bloody week for the Iraqi people with an estimated one thousand Iraqis being killed. Most were innocent victims of the madness which has befell Iraq since the U.S. invasion.

This week the Bush Administration announced that the cost of the ongoing occupation of Iraq over the next two years will total two hundred and fifty billion dollars!

While hundreds of thousands of Americans huddle within cardboard boxes for warmth tonight, and forty nine million working Americans have no health coverage the taxpayers of this nation are told they must continue to finance George Bush's Iraqi quagmire using an enormous treasure!
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Where's The Outrage?

Any empire which bases its primacy solely upon military might is doomed to fail, and the United States will not be an exception. In this we can at least take some solace, for if there is a God watching down upon the actions of this nation we surely will be punished.

Perhaps that punishment has already been visited upon America for it appears that it has already lost its historic claim of representing the world's clamoring masses. At the very least America has lost its claim to innocence.
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The Ruins of the Roman Forum - Is This America's Fate?
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We The People Desire Better Representation

Despite our guilt over enabling the invasion of Iraq we have come to see that our occupation of Iraq must end. The American people spoke clearly through their votes last November. They clearly stated that they wanted Congress to end the occupation of Iraq. One would have thought that the fall of the Republican Party from power in the Senate, and the House of Representatives would have sent a clear message to the Democrats, but it seems that lesson has been lost.

The sense of indecision which festers within the hearts and minds of those sent to Washington is obvious. Congressmen, the people will not retaliate against you simply for acting in a manner requested of you. That's a promise. Act now, or loose the moment.

Fully one in three Americans are ignorant and self absorbed enough to continue supporting Bush's debacle in Iraq, but most Americans are fed up. They feel cheated out of their tax dollars and hold dear their soldiers lives. They know that they were lied to about the justification for going to war in Iraq, and no longer believe that staying will help.

We are not oblivious to the fact that conditions in Iraq will get much worse before they get even a little better, but we also know that there is no military solution to the problems which face that land. We know that by walking away from Iraq we walk away from controlling the vast reserves of petroleum which was never ours in the first place. We also know that America can not morally force its version of peace upon that region without becoming evil itself.

We can not accept that continued dependence upon foreign oil is good for the United States. We can no longer accept the lies which have been peddled to the people from a corrupt, and dishonest regime which has contemptuously ruled by decree since September of 2001.

America is a nation waiting for leadership. We await a leadership based upon a quiet moral authority, a steadfast determination, and a real courage not based solely upon war, but a courage willing to challenge the status quo. We await a challenger to the petty tyrant who now appears more jester than king.
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Dan Aykroyd Purchases O'Hare UFO Photos?

Did Dan Aykroyd Just Purchase The Real O'Hare UFO Photographs?

The Folk at UFO News have an interesting update on the O'Hare UFO story. Chuck at UFO News states that he recently had an opportunity to speak with Dan Aykroyd of Saturday Night Live fame. Dan Aykroyd's production company may be in possession of real photos, and even video of the O'Hare UFO!

I'm not sure what to make of this story, but it sounds like something Dan Aykroyd would be interested in. Dan Aykroyd has been interested in the "paranormal" for decades - even financing parapsychology research on ghost.

Dan Aykroyd's interest in UFOs may have driven him to layout some big bucks to get the rights to photos, and videos of the O'Hare UFO. Let's hope he didn't get ripped off by someone taking advantage of his curiosity.

Dan Aykroyd intends to include these videos, and photos in an upcoming DVD on the subject.

I'll once again state that it does not matter whether photographs, or videos exist of the UFO which is alleged to have hovered over the O'Hare International Airport. What matters is that as the Chicago Tribune reported that a dozen United Airlines employees sighted a disk shaped object hovering over one the busiest airports in the world.

In this post 9-11 age for any airborne unregistered, or unrecognized object to hover over a major international airport is of uttermost concern. And for United Air Lines, and the Federal Aviation Administration to be actively involved in a cover up of such an incident is deplorable, and illegal.

This nation was led to invade a sovereign nation which was no threat to it on the pretext that it threatened the security of the United States, and for the very same government to cover up a violation of air space over the busiest airport in the world is a total breech of trust between the people of the United States and it's representative government.

Whether every photograph we see is a fake isn't nearly as important as the fact that there are over a dozen United Air Lines employees who remain silent about their observation of a UFO simply because they fear the consequences for telling the truth. In the post 9-11 era this is wholly unacceptable!

I urge all of my readers to write their Congressman, and request an investigation into the FAA cover up, and any allegations of illegal coercion at UAL.

Booze - The Elixer of Life

We've all heard this by now?

"Alcohol in all forms makes blood less likely to clot readily and it increases the amount of heart-protecting good cholesterol and reduces the amount of the artery-damaging pernicious form of cholesterol. It improves the health of the lining of the arteries. The antioxidants in alcohol have many other advantages, but once the intake rises, the benefits conferred on the arteries are obscured by the damage to a person's general health by obesity, liver disease, pancreatitis and even dementia". - Dr Thomas Stuttaford -

At which point does the good effects of drinking begin to diminish, and the bad effects begin?

• Approximately two drinks per day for a woman
• Approximately four drinks per day for a man

Which Type of Beverage is Best for Health?

• Any type (clear alcohol, pale beers) - Least Best
  
• Dark Beers and White Wines - Better
  
• Red Wines - The Very Best Choice

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Benefits of Drinking Red Wine - A Dozen Links Below

• Reduces bad cholesterol
• Increases good cholesterol
• Reduces blood clotting
  
• Protects the lining of your arteries
• Heart attack rate cut in half!
• Stroke damage reduced!
• Lung Diseases reduced!
• Neuro Degenerative Diseases Reduced!
• Protection From Effects of Obesity!
• Protection from effects of Diabetes!
• Increased muscle endurance!
  
• Prostrate cancer rate cut in half!
• Reduction in Colorectal Cancer Rate!
  

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Why Red Wine Is Superior

Alcohol plays a significant role in thinning the blood, but red wines contain very powerful antioxidants, estrogens, and several other beneficial compounds including one which acts at the cellular level to instruct cells to slow their metabolism. The substance known as resveratrol invokes a "starvation reaction" response within cells. Resveratrol has been tested on yeast, worms, fish, and rats, and has been shown in each case to extend lifespans by approximately fifty percent. Not only does the organism live longer, but ages slowly, and is healthier!
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Some Reds Are Better Than Others
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White wines appear to reduce lung diseases best, but red wines which have the highest levels of polyphenols, and appear to confer the highest health benefits. Polyphenols are a type of antioxidant which play a protective role against cell damaged caused by "free radical" ionized molecules. Dark red wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon may in fact be the most beneficial wine to drink of all. Polyhenols in Cabernet Sauvignon has been shown to decrease production of a protein called endothelin-1. The protein is believed to play a significant role in the formation of arterial disease.
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My Suggestion - Move From Pale Drinks to Hearty Drinks!

I have slowly moved from beers to wines in light of all the research involving the health benefits of wine. While I don't suggest that anyone start drinking if they don't already, I would suggest to those who already drink (non-alcoholics) to continue to doing so. If you drink the hard stuff, or pale brews you might want to consider shifting over to heart healthier dark beers, and red wines!

So drink up, and without the guilt we've all been led to believe we're supposed to feel about drinking. Drinking has been given a bum rap which it doesn't deserve. When it comes to moderate drinking you're not only allowing yourself the pleasures of a fine tasting beer, or glass of wine, but you're also doing it for your health.

Note: To all those tea totalers stick with green, red, and white teas, and if you're not going to join us drinking wine, and beers please at least stop with the moral superiority baloney.