Exclusive: Former Police Officer Recalls Reptilian Encounters, Sightings

A 'reptilian' image capture (behind the being) from video by David Eckhart. This is one of two frames where the reptilian emerged.

A few days ago, David Eckhart referred me to 'Matt', an 'experiencer' who wanted to reveal his encounter experiences. The following is Matt's unedited account:

"I am a former NOPD officer, who had several reptilian abductions in 2005. These involved paramilitary type training scenarios. As a consequence of these abductions, I experienced strange physiological symptoms. I developed new allergies, my senses became overly sensitive, and my body temperature dropped around 3-4 degrees. I've been blood tested, and it's not a thyroid condition.

Common conception of a reptilian being from various witness recollections

As you may have heard, there have been a series of reptilian sightings on the west coast of Florida. The 2 locations are Punta Gorda and North Port, Florida. I traveled to one of these hotspots a few months ago and had a close encounter with a large winged reptilian.

Around midnight, columns of light descended into the neighbor's yard , like silent lightning. A few hours later, I could hear large creatures rustling in the bushes. at around 2:30 am, one of the creatures struck a large tree in half in a single blow. Its important to note that a tree smashing event happened in north port, a few weeks before my experience. One reptilian witness in that area claimed that a reptilian cracked a fallen tree trunk in half, as the witness jogged by (in order to intimidate the witness).

I deliberately went into the woods with no flashlight, no camera, and no weapon. I knew they were far too smart to approach if I had any of these devices on my person. I didn't manage to get any sort of telepathic communication, but, I am the only visitor to the site to get such a violent reaction. The owner of the property, Tom, is able to testify to the fact that I was 50 yards away from that large tree when it was smashed, and there wasn't anyone else in the woods. At around 4:30 am that night, I loudly announced that I was going back inside the nearby house, and i was done for the evening. I had spent all night pacing along the treeline, in the dark, and was quite upset by that time at the reptilian's hesitancy to approach. They had no reason not to approach me--i was clearly armed with no weapons , cameras , or lights. Shortly after I entered the back porch, one of the reptilians let out a LOUD sigh, that trailed off into an alligator type growl. Clearly, it thought I was done for the night, and had gone all the way back inside the house. I ran back outside, and proceeded to criticize further about its inability to approach me. The sounds it made were IDENTICAL to the growls heard on the Eckhart tapes (especially the deeper guttural tones). Its important to note that the local witness has seen a pair of white albino winged draco type aliens in the area for many months (as have several neighbors, and his sons). These same reptilians have recently taken to vandalizing his truck. In one incident, the larger winged draco punched the side mirror off his truck with such force that it woke all of the dogs in the neighborhood, and sent the mirror flying a great distance. It could not have been a car, because it was parked in a locked, gated driveway. This happened around 3 am, just like the tree smashing I witnessed." ...Matt

David Eckhart forwarded the follow notes made by Matt in reference to the David's videotaped encounter that I have posted on YouTube:

Video 9 - (careful with roars from vid 9. Very loud, Much Bass) 4:39 to 4:50 (huge growl, accompanied by striking wall or floor) - 5:50 to 6:20 (faint distant growling, then, sudden load roar nearby) - 6:30 to 6:55 (rasps as it inhales, then house shaking roar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpqs2Vloclo

Video 8 - :06 to :44 (smaller entities arguing,rasping noises) - 1:04 to 1:30 (loud gurgle, answered by another creature's hiss) - 1:47 to 2:00 (more bellowing) -
2:18-2:30(extensive roar, heard from far end of property)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YJoVSW1IA

Video 7 - 4:16 to 4:45 (wow) - 5:15 to 5:20 (distant, but very severe. Shook house) - 5:47 to 6:11 (good) - 6:40 to end (excellent) Warning extremely loud, and high bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6i-hyYOZA

Video 6 - :02 to :19 (growl) - :33 to 1:16 (2-3 reptilians arguing LOUDLY. Very vivid) -1:25-2:10 ( loud argument, hissing,growling, back and forth. VERY CLEAR.) - 2:23 to 2:30 (Hiss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIDrMZfPPY

Video 5 - 0:01 to 0:10 (faint growl/bellow) - 2:10 to 2:15 (growling) - 2:32 to 3:09 (growling,arguing,hissing VIVID) - 3:28 to 3:46 (growling,hissing, argument between 2 distinct entities. 1 small, 1 large.) - 4:13 to 4:22 (raspy hiss) - 5:36 to 5:46 (loud hissing/growling argument) - 6:07 to 6:20 (more arguing) - 6:25 to 7:07 (3 reptilians arguing loudly. growling/hissing,deep bellow . EXTREMELY VIVID. BEST OF SERIES TOWARDS END)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNYdPqC2cJQ

Video 4 - 6:47 to 6:55 (deep growl) - 7:10 to 7:24 (growler arguing with hisser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WXpTlRsC0

Video 3 - 0:01 to 0:25 (growling/hissing/growling)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPMxkM0pF4

Video 2 - 3:12 to 3:45 (growling,LOUD hiss, growling) - 4:08 to 4:40 (growling/hissing. Argument ends in loud hiss) - 4:57 to 5:13 (Vivid hiss, then growling) - 5:23 to 5:44 (violent argument, loud hisses, deep growl, intermittent) - 6:18 to 6:36 (as many as 4 reptilians arguing, hissing, banging objects) - 6:51 to 7:28 (more arguing, ended by larger reptilian bellowing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEO9Hzav5G8
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The following links are in reference to David Eckhart's experiences which, in fact, continue to this day:

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NOTE: I want to thank Matt for contacting me...as well, I want to again thank David Eckhart for helping other alien experiencers. This saga will continue...Lon
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The following are a few videos/reports of witness sightings in the North Port and Punta Gorda, Florida area. These cases were referenced by 'Matt':


The star icon marks North Port, FL...just north of Punta Gorda


Click for video - NOTE: the power lines arc after the anomaly flies by.


Click for video


Click for video


Click for video - There are 3 other MUFON videos from the initial on-site investigation...go to NorthPortDevil


Click for video

Mike Rowley's videos can be seen at NorthPortDevil

Punta Gorda UFO / Alien Entity Sighting - MUFON Report - Unedited


This report is being transposed by Morgan Beall (MUFON Investigator) direct from witness at his residence. 9-9-2009 Witnessed two pairs of lights near my back yard in empty lots that are wooded. The lights seemed to dance and moved between trees and brush. Once I stepped out they both pointed directly at me as if the lights were mounted on a helmet or head. The lights were amber in color and round. 10-25-2009 9:30pm Witnessed strange lights moving through wooded areas near my residence moving in and out of the tree coverage. Sighting lasted about a minute.

Video was taken of this event. One light was due west about 300 yards from my property. 10-29-2009 Noticed strange lights in the sky, East horizon. The first light traveled in from the sky at about a 45 degree angle and stopped suddenly. About a minute later a second light streaked in from the south and also stopped suddenly. At about this time I started taping the event. About 2 to 3 minutes later the third light came in from the north and streaked in is 3 separate busts of speed. Once all three lights were in a triangle formation they seemed to instantly inch towards the middle of the formation as if it “docked”. The Formation of lights then slowly started to drift down towards the ground. The formation of lights then seemed to quickly shift a few degrees instantly. A second witness my wife witnessed this and quickly went back into the house. At this point I could hear a helicopter approaching from the south.

The Helicopter seemed to approach the formation of lights and or between me and the lights. The helicopter also flew directly over my house and circled the house after I pointed the camcorder at it with its IR light on about three times. The Objects eventually went up slowly and started to separate and disappeared over a long period of time. The helicopter returned the next night but flew in one direction. 11-3-2009 About 1:25sm in the morning we heard noses in the back yard. Son in Law and myself went to the backyard. We could hear noises and branches breaking. My son in law pointed his light in the shrubs and we saw what looked like a pale white skin arm grasping a branch. It seemed to duck the light and hide but we should still see the hand and part of the arm. We froze and went into a sort of shock and returned to the house quickly returned to the house and did not go back outside. The hand seemed to have a total of 4 digits, 3 fingers and one thumb the center finger was longer the other two fingers. The skin was pale gray.

NOTE: I had doubts about these initial reports coming out of North Port, FL. But now, with new evidence emerging and personal correspondence with witnesses the past several months, I may need to take a closer look at this phenomenon. I'm still unclear about what is actually going on in this area. I welcome any further witness accounts or evidence. On a side note and from information I have gathered from several of the witnesses, MUFON is no longer involved in this case...Lon

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Exclusive: Former Police Officer Recalls Reptilian Encounters, Sightings

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Bigfoot Prank Stumps Small Oklahoma Community

tulsaworld - For the past month, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office has been bombarded with telephone calls about the legendary elusive apelike creature known as Bigfoot.

It seems the creature was roaming the wooded countryside near Kenwood — a small, isolated community about 20 miles southwest of Jay and surrounded by acres of trees and fresh springs of water.

"We had calls from people that were worried and others wanting to know if it was a joke," Sheriff Jay Blackfox said.

For weeks, cell phone photos and an audio recording circulated throughout the community of 200.

Trouble was, there was no Bigfoot. It was a prank instigated by a group of boys, Blackfox said.

The infamous black-and-white, cell-phone photograph is known in Bigfoot circles as "Jacobs Photos."

Reports state it was taken on Sept. 16, 2007, in northwestern Pennsylvania. In October 2007, the Pennsylvania Game Commission referred to the creature as a "skinny mangy bear."

At first Kenwood folk were concerned, then the rumor quickly turned to a prank, now a joke, Blackfox said.

"Now, there is a photo circulating of Bigfoot with Ronald McDonald going to McDonald's in Jay to get something to eat," he said.

The sheriff said he assumed the Bigfoot sighting was a prank and never sent a deputy to Kenwood to investigate.

Blackfox wanted to let the boys know that pranks are serious and that he had to spend time away from county business to take calls from nervous
residents.

"I attempted to talk to the boys, but they weren't at home," he said.

Another authoritative voice confirmed Blackfox's conclusion.

"We heard about the Kenwood rumors and sent one of our investigators, who confirmed it was a hoax," said D.W. Lee, the Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center's executive director.

Lee said his investigator identified the cell-phone photograph as one from the Patterson-Gimlin footage taken in California. The audio recording is a recorded howl out of Ohio. Both the photograph and audio clip are downloaded from the Internet.

Lee said the organization gets about 10 telephone calls a month. They are evenly divided among legitimate, misidentifications and hoaxes, he said.

The organization is currently working 25 active investigations of Bigfoot sightings in Oklahoma, he said.

"When we do expose a hoax, it shows the credibility of our organization," Lee said.

Lee is quick not to discount the Bigfoot sightings in northeastern Oklahoma.

"About four weeks ago, there was a Bigfoot sighting witnessed by 12 people," Lee said.

Lee would only say the hairy creature was spotted in southern Adair County by one of his research groups on an overnight trip. He estimated the creature to be between 7 and 8 feet tall.

"He stepped out of water and stood behind a tree," Lee said. "We turned off the spotlight, and he disappeared through the river reeds."

Thanks to Andrea!

Bigfoot Prank Stumps Small Oklahoma Community

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Continued Conversations With 'The Abductee'

Chris Holly's Paranormal World - I have had the good fortune to do multiple interviews with one of the most interesting people I have ever known. I wrote about this woman before in an article I called The Abductee. This woman has suffered many abduction and lost time events during her life. She is not like other people. I believe her differences are due to her abduction encounters with the unknown. This curious woman has given me a great deal of her time answering many of the questions I brought to her concerning her experiences and views concerning abduction and beings that may not be from this earth, time or dimension.

I was able to spend time with her this winter and must admit that it was both a fascinating and frightening experience. Many of the answers she gave to my questions made me think differently about subjects I had strong opinions about. I have decided to write about my time with this special woman in sections as to cover all the things we talked about.

I will start with her view on one of the articles I wrote a while ago concerning a feeding UFO.

I wrote an article about a group of hunters who came upon a UFO while walking in the woods. The following is the account told by one of the hunters:

“It was years ago, about 1995. I was out setting up for a big hunt we were going to have with a group of guys early that day. It was me and two buddies of mine. We went out about 2 in the morning to drop off traps and other things we were going to use during the days hunting trip. We arranged to have about four other men meet us out further on the Island (east end of Long Island) about 4 a.m. We were going to set up some stuff as we planned to end up at this point where we were leaving supplies in the woods. My one buddy was a retired phone man and knew the right of ways used by the utility companies and had a good sense of the woods in the area where we were dumping our supplies for the day.

It was a crystal clear fall night. There was a small community of houses to the left of the road we parked our pickups and a huge wooded area following the electric main towers through the woods on the right. Besides a small group of houses the area was pretty isolated. We all hunted in this area before and were familiar with it.

The three of us packed up the gear we needed to carry out to our meeting point later that day and started our trek following the right of way out into the woods. We were taking it slow as it was night but we felt secure as we had a bright moon and a star lit sky. Just before we headed out my one buddy pointed over to the group of houses and pointed to the street lights and lights in some of the houses. We all looked, as they seemed to dim out and then come back and dim out again. We hoped they would not blackout, as we would then be joined with a bunch of electric company guys out in the woods, as there was a large transformer station out there. We knew if they showed up we would have to leave.

We stood for a while watching the lights flicker on and off. They seemed to do this every few seconds. We decided to high tail it out to our planned spot and try to get there and back before the electric company came around so our plans to meet the other guys would not be ruined. We packed up the rest of our gear and took off down the right of way along the side of the high-voltage electric wire towers.

We were about half way to our destination out in the woods when we approached an intersection ahead of us of the transformer big electric company towers, a huge radio station tower and a high cell tower all in one group.

As we approached this area my buddy who worked for the telephone company pointed up towards the top branches of the trees ahead and said – what the heck is that? We all looked and saw what looked like a pencil thin laser blue like light shinning along the tree line. At first we thought it was from the poles, trees, or maybe the wires or transformer. I told my buddies that must be what is going on with the flickering lights back by the houses.

We kept walking towards the center of the group of towers until we could see clear of the trees. The three of us saw it all at once. We all stopped walking at once, as if we practiced stopping like that for weeks, it was so exact and on the spot. We stopped all together lined up shoulder to shoulder and saw what we could not believe we were seeing.

Ahead of us over the group of towers, we could see the laser light was coming straight down from the sky. We followed the light up and could clearly see a huge black round saucer shaped craft hovering silently over the towers. The thin light attached to the wires and pole. There was no sound no movement just this light drinking or doing something with the towers and wires.

The thing was huge as when you looked up at it the entire sky was blocked out but for the massive shape of the craft. Around the borders of the craft you could see the night with all its stars and moonshine, however this massive black ship blocked out an enormous area while it sucked from the wires with its long thin light.

Not one of us moved. We did not speak or dare to blink. Finally one of us, I think it was me, slowly turned and motioned to my buddies to be quiet and slowly back track exactly the way we came in. We slowly and carefully moved away from this huge craft until we were far enough from it to feel we could run. We made it back to our trucks to see the lights in the adjacent neighborhood still flickering and blacking out. As we packed up our gear to leave we saw a huge glow and at once the houses and streetlights were back to full power. We knew the thing had finished its meal or whatever it was doing!”

After listening to this encounter I was confused as to what the UFO was doing as it linked into the grove of wires and towers out in the hidden woods. At first I thought it might have been drawing from the lines in a feeding fashion. I thought this rather odd as I would think our energy grid would be very primitive to a society who was able to visit us from places we do not even know exist.

I called the smartest people I knew for advice on this encounter. I spoke to a physicist as well as another scientist and an extremely brilliant International Business man. The three men were genius level extremely educated people who I knew would have insight into this sighting.

I was fascinated and stunned to be told by all three the same exact thing! Not one of them thought this craft was feeding at all. In fact they all felt that this craft was putting IN data- not taking anything out. All of them also added they felt the craft was also taking all the data that was being transmitted out through the lines as well.

I was told that it most likely a case of catching the UFO placing in data that could and would be easily transmitted into the lines cables and communication systems found at that location. The question is what type of data where they feeding into our lives? The physicist told me he thought it possible we were being downloaded messages of control or illusion via the wires into our televisions, computers, phones and radios. He also mentioned that he noticed many cases of blackouts and power failures associated with sightings as a constant all over the world. He felt that they may over work our tired infrastructures while downloading the data they want to spread among us causing these recurring outages.

This report is the one the abductee wanted to discuss. She told me that her greatest fear for the human race is in our carelessness with our use of technology. The abductee fears we have been given a world full of technology by way of a small percentage of advanced humans that is being used by masses of people not yet ready or able to use the technology for our advancement. This woman feels we have become a world of idiots who are walking into a trap marching on our way to becoming slaves by way of all our technical gadgets and toys.

She feels that the true use of what we have is being wasted and ultimately may be the way of our downfall unless we learn to protect and properly use this technological time of advancement that is being thrown on a civilization far from being ready to use it.

She pointed out the Internet. She thinks it is a powerhouse of information and will be our stepping stone into our future as a civilization however points out how so much of it is used for hate, attack and waste. She pointed out the constant fight against virus and damage done to humans by fellow humans and the hatred and disgrace of many chat rooms whose focus is attack, brutal hate and self agenda’s rather than communication , growth and solutions. She feels we have a tool of the future we are wasting by violent humans not yet ready for this level of technology.

She is very concerned about the new way of life where everyone walks around with something attached to their heads or bodies at all times. If they are at work or at home they sit in front of computer screens or TV’s. She is fearful as she feels this gives almost a 24 hour connection to us and those who may be downloading or uploading to or from the gadgets we keep connected to each and every day.

She finds people in a brain controlled trace as they drive shop, walk or do chores constantly connected to cell phones, texting or playing games with an addiction type connection to the technology of the day. She fears we are giving over our will, our days and our nights to being hooked into a huge grid of control. She also fears we are extremely naive to the advanced abilities of those who visit our planet from another place in this universe or dimension.

The abductee is convinced that unless we figure out our ignorance in this we could one day be taken over without much effort by slowly being controlled by way of this constant technology being worked in to our daily lives until it has become part of our being. She warns us all to pay attention to how those around us are slowly becoming disconnected from the reality around them as they stay closed in to their cell phone , texting or some gadget while ignoring the real life around them.

She told me to watch people in a parking lot as they shop for their families; pick up their take out or sort through items to buy without ever disconnecting from the technology grid. They no longer interact with the other humans around them. They stay self absorbed in a singular world of their technical attachment. How sad we are so willingly being trained to lose our human connection by way of these faddish gadgets. How stupid we are to allow this to happen. She asked me how many of us sit in silence staring at the TV while eating breakfast, lunch or dinner ignoring the loved ones around us?

She wondered how many children have given up playing outside or with their imaginations instead attaching to computers or computer games. She asks how many of us spend time disconnected from the information technology grid each day. She fears we will not answer that question as we do not want to admit she may be right and we may be jumping head first off a very dangerous cliff.

Understanding that unknown lights and crafts have been sighted all over the world near our energy and communication grids makes this idea seem a bit closer to home for comfort. Knowing the group of men in the report I have given in this article witnessed a craft locked in to a power, radio and cell tower complex adds to the odds the abductee may know of what she speaks and warns us about.

This woman feels we need to hold on to our humanity at all costs and walk a slower path into the future of technology and science. She feels we need to be careful that our advances are our own and not being controlled by others walking the human race into a dangerous corner controlling them by downloading their will into us by way of our addiction to tech gadgets.

We can live without this obsession with machines connected to our bodies. We seem in a trance with them ignoring the humans and real time life around us. Doesn’t that alarm you?

I admit that this warning has given me a great deal to think about. I also understand her fear that as a civilization we may be using or given technology we are not ready as an evolved group to use. It may be wise for us all to question our addiction to having gadgets attached to our heads day in and day out while losing the skill of person to person, family friends and neighbor communications. This removal of interpersonal communication and engagement may be exactly the path we are being sent to walk. I personally would rather hold on to my humanity.

The interviews I had with the woman abductee were the most interesting I have ever had in my life time with any person. I will continue to write about our conversations over the next few months.

I am grateful for the time I have had with this woman and admit I am a changed person because of it.

I hope you all think about her warnings to us and consider the fact she may understand the truth of what goes on out there a bit better than most .

Until we meet again please pay attention to your surroundings and consider turning off your phone, computer and TV a bit more each day to re connect with the real time people you love around you.


Thanks to Chris Holly at Chris Holly's Paranormal World
Copyright © 2008-2010 Chris Holly all Rights Reserved
chrishollyufo@yahoo.com

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The Buff Ledge, Vermont Encounter - August 7, 1968

On August 7, 1969, an abduction event took place at Buff Ledge summer camp for girls on the shores of Lake Champlain north of Burlington in Vermont. The case was investigated by Walter N. Webb, who spent 32 years at the Charles Hayden Planetarium in Boston as senior lecturer, assistant director, and manager of operations. Mr. Webb, who has had a lifelong interest in UFOs and who worked with J. Allen Hynek, wrote a book about his investigation called "Encounter at Buff Ledge: A UFO Case History."

Two teenage camp employees, a sixteen year old boy named Michael Lapp, and a nineteen year old girl named Janet Cornell, were sitting on a boat dock late in the afternoon. The camp was mostly deserted because most everyone was gone into Burlington for a swim meet. As the sun dropped and the sky darkened, a bright light suddenly appeared. Michael said that he at first thought it was Venus. (Note: It couldn't have been Venus. Venus was a morning star on that date, rising at about 2:00 am on the Eastern horizon, not visible in the late afternoon over Lake Champlain)

As the object drew closer, the shape became more clear-it was a saucer shape. Suddenly, Michael remarked, "Wow! Venus is falling." But he knew better. The lone light now dropped three smaller lights from it and they immediately soared over the lake. The larger object soon disappeared from sight. It was obvious the objects were being intelligently controlled. The UFOs seemed to perform for the two mesmerized teenagers, doing zigzags, loops, and then would suddenly drop like a falling leaf.


Now, the three UFOs moved ever closer to the two friends. The UFOs formed a triangle formation, and then two of them pulled away, leaving just one out front. Later, Michael would recall hearing something that sounded like "a thousand tuning forks" as the two objects pulled back. The last UFO then passed right over them, shot upward and briefly disappeared. Soon, it would reappear, tilted to one side, then drop straight into the lake.

After a time, it would emerge from the lake, and then begin moving directly toward Michael and Janet. The UFO was so close now that two beings could be seen through the transparent cupola of the object. The beings appeared child-like. According to Michael, their necks were elongated, they had big heads for their body size. They had no hair, but large eyes which wrapped around the side of their heads. He thought that he was in mental contact with the beings.

For some odd reason, as Michael watched the aliens, he slapped his knee. One alien did likewise. The UFO was now directly over their heads, as it shot a beam at the two. Michael grabbed Janet's shoulder and pulled back, landing both of them on the deck on their backs. He then was terrified of being taken, and screamed, "We don't want to go!" The next thing Michael recalled was sitting on the dock and gazing at the object, which was now farther away from them. Janet seemed to just sit in a trance. It was now totally dark.

Soon, they heard members of the swim team talking as they made their way back into the camp. The UFO moved higher up into the sky. It flashed its lights a number of times, and then disappeared. Michael wondered, "How long have we been here?" Nothing would be said about what happened that late afternoon. When summer camp ended, the two went their separate ways. Michael rarely thought about his experience for the next five years, but as time went by, he began to have disturbing dreams.

Ten years after Michael's experience, he decided to contact the Center for UFO Studies. He was referred to investigator Walter Webb. After becoming familiar with the details of the case, Webb suggested regressive hypnosis to relieve Michael's nightmares, and hopefully regain his lost memories. The sessions brought back the events of the late afternoon experience at Buff Ledge. But now, he recalled being lifted by a beam into the waiting UFO, and going into a larger UFO. He also remembered Janet lying on an examination table.

The beings shone a light into her eyes, took skin samples, and fluids from her body. "The aliens all looked alike, Michael recalled, and had those large eyes, a mouth without lips, no ears, and two small openings for a nose." Michael also described the beings as having three pointed, web-like digits for fingers, and their bodies felt "damp and clammy." Michael recalls the aliens wanted life on our planet to be like theirs, without violence.

Janet, now 29, would also be regressed. Her recalled memories would only strengthen the case of alien abduction. She recalled the "coldness" of the table. Something had pulled her hair, and pinched her neck. There was no disharmony in Michael and Janet's statements.

Webb also conducted an investigation outside the boundaries of regressive hypnosis. He was able to find other members of Buff Ledge that had witnessed strange lights over Lake Champlain on the same night as Michael and Janet's abduction. Two other members of the camp also claimed to have been abducted after seeing strange lights, but earlier in the summer. Their names were not released. The events at Buff Ledge camp are certainly proof of an alien abduction.
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Evaluation - Walter N. Webb

Michael and Janet were given a thorough evaluation which
included MMP| (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
tests, PSE (Psychological Stress Evaluator) exams, and
background character checks.

Each MMPI score was analyzed by a local psychologist and R.
Leo Sprinkle (University of Wyoming). Basically, Janet's profile
appeared normal and free of sociopathy. Michael's score
indicated normalcy except for a possible intellectual rebellion
toward traditional ideas and parental/societal rules, echoing
his creative life style.

The PSE tests were evaluated by a certified stress analyst,
Ernest Reid (the PSE expert in the Andreasson case). While both
subjects were shown to have observed a UFO, the c|ose encounter/
abduction scenario proved inconclusive. In Michael's case, the
analyst concluded that the subject's test was administered
incorrectly by another party. Although Reid later administered
Janet's test himself, he left unexplored the abduction segment
due to its having been uncovered through hypnosis.

The two personalities comprised a study in contrasts. When I
last saw Michael six years ago, I characterized him then as
bright, idealistic, having psychic and mystical interests,
leading a creative and artistic lifestyle, and lacking in strong
motivation. His life and interests appeared to have changed
drastically following the UFO experience (Some of these changes,
however, were undoubtedly due to an unhappy home life and to
normal teen-to-adult maturation.) Unable to apply himself at
college, he dropped out of schools three times, worked at odd
jobs across the country, and finally returned to college where
in 1978 he succeeded in graduating with a B.A. in religion. When
I last contacted him some years ago, he was pursuing a modeling
and acting career.

Janet, on the other hand, followed a straight and narrow path
to her present station in life as a wife and mother. She
appeared equally bright, well-adjusted, confident, outgoing,
highly motivated, and leading a conventional lifestyle. An
excellent student, she graduated from college with honors in
1971 with a B.A. in psychology. After holding several
responsible administrative positions at an ivy league college,
Janet married a physician in 1978 and now cares for her four
children, ages 11, 8, and 5 (twins). Unlike the male witness's
continued obsession with the UFO experience, Janet has become
preoccupied with family life and prefers to forget the
encounter.

It was established to my satisfaction that both witnesses were
honest, credible individuals who did not perpetrate a hoax
(indeed, they had no opportunity for collusion) nor suffer some
sort of shared hallucination or delusion.

The probability is high, in my judgment, that Michael and
Janet experienced a real external event of unknown origin.

Sources:
www.ufoevidence.org
ufos.about.com
'Encounter at Buff Ledge: A UFO Case History' - Walter N. Webb
www.hyper.net
www.cufos.org

The Buff Ledge, Vermont Encounter - August 7, 1968

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Garage Phantom Throws Old Coins and Stacks Tires

dailymail - Gothic castles, deserted mansions, ivy-covered old houses - all of them perfect haunts for a ghost.

But how about something as modern and mundane as a tire depot in sensible South Yorkshire?

According to owner Nick White, a supernatural visitor has been running riot at his garage, which was originally a chapel and also served as a makeshift mortuary during the Second World War.

The uninvited guest has thrown stones and coins at staff, and stacked up piles of tires and moved them around the building while it was locked up overnight.

The ghostly figure, which materialized from time to time dressed in the style of the 1940s, is said to have first made its presence felt in 2003 but vanished (so to speak) after Mr White took over the business three years ago.

Now, however, the odd goings on have started again, with pre-war coins turning up mysteriously on the garage floor in two strange incidents a month apart.

Mr White found the first of the old penny pieces, dated 1936 and bearing the image of George VI, when he arrived for work one day in February.

The second copper coin, dated 1938, was lying in almost the same spot when Mr White, 35, and one of his mechanics turned up at the depot in Doncaster last week.

Mr White said: 'I took all the strange stories with a big pinch of salt when I bought the place. But I wouldn't like to say it's not true any more. There's no logical explanation for the two old pennies turning up like they did. I wish there was.

'It's a little bit scary knowing that there's something happening while the place is locked up at night.'

Previous owner Nigel Lee once called in a clergyman to perform an exorcism.

Mr White added: 'Nigel told me all about the tires being moved around when the place was locked up at night and customers witnessing small change and stones coming out of nowhere and flying here and there.

'It's all right being skeptical about these things, but I'm the owner of two very old pennies now, and I'd love to know where they came from.'

Garage Phantom Throws Old Coins and Stacks Tires

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British Government Declares 'No Big Cats' Roaming Countryside

thesun - Big cats like the Beast of Bodmin are NOT prowling Britain's countryside, it was officially declared yesterday.

A ten-year probe funded by taxpayers into sightings up and down the land astonishingly concluded the creatures simply do not exist.

Experts at Natural England - the Government's environmental watchdog - were unable to explain why people in EVERY county from Cornwall to Caithnesss claim to have seen them in the wild.

But after following up hundreds of reports - including "paw prints" - not a whisker of concrete evidence was found.

Investigators decreed: "None of the sightings of the big cats has ever been confirmed."

The furtive felines had been thought by some experts to be descended from cougars and pumas that fled captivity.

Natural England said: "From time to time big cats do escape from zoos and other collections and are usually recaptured very quickly. We are confident there are no breeding populations of big cats in this country.

"It is very unlikely that there are any big cats at large."

That includes the mysterious beast feared to stalk Cornwall's Bodmin Moor preying on sheep.

A wallaroo - a kind of kangaroo - was among sightings of other exotic species scoffed at by the investigators.

Last night expert Trevor Beer, of Barnstaple, Devon, insisted: "The big cats ARE out there. Natural England are just making fools of themselves."

NOTE: So...there are NO big cats roaming the British countryside? Was this report released to calm fears? I have seen no evidence to suggest or prove otherwise...these creatures are there. Maybe some of my British readers could chime in on this...Lon

British Government Declares 'No Big Cats' Roaming Countryside

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Mangy Civet Dubbed the 'Oriental Yeti'

dailymail - A mysterious hairless creature dubbed the 'Oriental Yeti' has baffled scientists after emerging from the ancient woodlands in remote central China.

The bizarre looking beast was trapped by hunters in Sichuan province after locals reported spotting the creature, which they originally thought was a bear.

Stumped local animal experts have shipped the mystery animal to scientists in Beijing who will perform DNA tests on the beast.

Bizarre: Hunters discovered this small, hairless creature in remote woodlands in China's Sichuan province

Hunter Lu Chin explained: 'It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn't have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo.'

It also does not sound like a bear - it has a voice more like a cat and it is calling all the time - perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it's the last one?

'There are local legends of a bear that used to be a man and some people think that's what we caught,' he added.

Despite its nickname, the albino-looking creature doesn't appear to resemble the traditional image of a yeti.

Also known as the Abominable Snowman, a yeti is a mythological creature said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet.

Investigators believe that at least two types of yeti exist: the dzu-teh ('big thing'), which is 7ft-8ft tall, and the nich-teh, which is 5ft-6ft.

NOTE: Unbelievable! Most likely this is an Asian Palm Civet with mange or another skin disease. This is the mammal known for giving us Kopi Luwak coffee. It is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten by the animal, partially digested, and harvested from its feces. As well, this animal is suspected to be the carrier of the SARS virus which is transferred to humans by eating the undercooked flesh of the civet...Lon
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Count 'em, Nine
Nine-Legged Octopus Found in Florida Legged?...would 9 tentacles make it an 'nonopus'?

Alien Scare in Jordan
Mayor Sends in Troops After Alien April Fool Panic. Someone may lose their head over this one!

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Japanese Unveil Android Surrogate 'Geminoid F'

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blacklistednews - The inventors of a robot capable of mimicking human movements and facial expressions believe it is so realistic that it can be used to provide counseling to human patients.

The robot, called "Geminoid F," is modeled after a woman in her late 20s and operated by remote control. It can copy a wide range of expressions, including blinking, frowning and smiling. A speaker in the body can project a human voice.

Hiroshi Ishiguro, the professor at Osaka University who led the development team, told a press conference on Saturday that he saw the robot as more than an expensive toy. "It could be used for remote medical care, such as counseling," he said.

Geminoid F, a joint creation of Osaka University and Kyoto-based Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, will be sold by robot maker Kokoro Co. from May. It hopes to sell about 50 robots at about 10 million yen ($106,000) each.

The android is slightly smaller than the model on whom Ishiguro's team based its design. She is 158 centimeters tall, while the robot is only 140 cm and weighs 30 kilograms.

"I felt as if I had a sister sitting next to me," said the model. "But when I was using the remote control, she seemed to be me."

Japanese Unveil Android Surrogate 'Geminoid F'

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The Large Hadron Collider Basics

Dennis Overbye offers an interesting primer for those who have trouble wrapping their brain around the Large Hadron Collider.

nytimes - Yes, the collider finally crashed subatomic particles into one another last week, but why, exactly, is that important? Here is a primer on the collider - with just enough information, hopefully, to impress guests at your next cocktail party.

Let’s be basic. What does a particle physicist do?

Particle physicists have one trick that they do over and over again, which is to smash things together and watch what comes tumbling out.

What does it mean to say that the collider will allow physicists to go back to the Big Bang? Is the collider a time machine?

Physicists suspect that the laws of physics evolved as the universe cooled from billions or trillions of degrees in the first moments of the Big Bang to superfrigid temperatures today (3 degrees Kelvin) — the way water changes from steam to liquid to ice as temperatures decline. As the universe cooled, physicists suspect, everything became more complicated. Particles and forces once indistinguishable developed their own identities, the way Spanish, French and Italian diverged from the original Latin.

By crashing together subatomic particles — protons — physicists create little fireballs that revisit the conditions of these earlier times and see what might have gone on back then, sort of like the scientists in Jurassic Park reincarnating dinosaurs.

The collider, which is outside Geneva, is 17 miles around. Why is it so big?

Einstein taught us that energy and mass are equivalent. So, the more energy packed into a fireball, the more massive it becomes. The collider has to be big and powerful enough to pack tremendous amounts of energy into a proton.

Moreover, the faster the particles travel, the harder it is to bend their paths in a circle, so that they come back around and bang into each other. The collider is designed so that protons travel down the centers of powerful electromagnets that are the size of redwood trunks, which bend the particles’ paths into circles, creating a collision. Although the electromagnets are among the strongest ever built, they still can’t achieve a turning radius for the protons of less than 2.7 miles.

All in all, the bigger the accelerator, the bigger the crash, and the better chance of seeing what is on nature’s menu.

What are physicists hoping to see?

According to some theories, a whole list of items that haven’t been seen yet — with names like gluinos, photinos, squarks and winos — because we haven’t had enough energy to create a big enough collision.

Any one of these particles, if they exist, could constitute the clouds of dark matter, which, astronomers tell us, produce the gravity that holds galaxies and other cosmic structures together.

Another missing link of physics is a particle known as the Higgs boson, after Peter Higgs of the University of Edinburgh, which imbues other particles with mass by creating a cosmic molasses that sticks to them and bulks them up as they travel along, not unlike the way an entourage forms around a rock star when they walk into a club.

Have scientists ever seen dark matter?

It’s invisible, but astronomers have deduced from their measurements of galactic motions that the visible elements of the cosmos, like galaxies, are embedded in huge clouds of it.

Will physicists see these gluinos, photinos, squarks and winos?

There is no guarantee that any will be discovered, which is what makes science fun, as well as nerve-racking.

So how much energy do you need to create these fireballs?

At the Large Hadron Collider, that energy is now 3.5 trillion electron volts per proton — about as much energy as a flea requires to do a pushup. That may not sound like much, but for a tiny proton, it is a lot of energy. It is the equivalent of a 200-pound man bulking up by 700,000 pounds.

What’s an electron volt?

An electron volt is the amount of energy an electron would gain passing from the negative to the positive side of a one-volt battery. It is the basic unit of energy and of mass preferred by physicists.

When protons collide, is there a big bang?

There is no sound. It’s not like a bomb exploding.

In previous trials, there was an actual explosion.

All that current is dangerous. During the testing of the collider in September 2008, the electrical connection between a pair of the giant magnets vaporized. There are thousands of such connections in the collider, many of which are now believed to be defective. As a result the collider can only run at half-power for the next two years.

Could the collider make a black hole and destroy the Earth?

The collider is not going to do anything that high-energy cosmic rays have not done repeatedly on Earth and elsewhere in the universe. There is no evidence that such collisions have created black holes or that, if they have, the black holes have caused any damage. According to even the most speculative string theory variations on black holes, the Large Hadron Collider is not strong enough to produce a black hole.

Too bad, because many physicists would dearly like to see one.

The Large Hadron Collider Basics

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Photo: Huge Blimp Size UFO - Mesa, Arizona - 4/3/10

MUFON witness report (unedited) - On April 3, 2010 in Mesa, Arizona, I was outside watching for UFOs and I saw: 2 ball size objects (no lights)[object-1 and object-2], 1 possible satellite (dim light), 1 huge (blimp size) UFO (low altitude, no lights). During the late afternoon of the same day before the night event, I think I captured on camera an UFO at close range which is the reason why I decided to watch for them possibly occurring at night too.

While watching at night, I spotted object-1 at an altitude height area typical of spotting either high altitude commercial jets or satellites. I had my camera set up on a tripod; however, this object came towards me from a high angle in the sky which thereby caused me to dismount the camera and take hand held pictures. While taking pictures of it, I saw with my eyes through the camera viewer it appearing to be perfectly spherical in shape, dullish gray color with a hint of black color. It did not appear to emit light; however, it did appear to reflect city ambient light. From my best estimates in size via experience with camera shots at that distance, I would estimate the size of object-1 similar in size to a large weather balloon size but not the shape of it. Viewing it with no camera but with eyes only: the object-1 appeared to be at a high altitude, traversed slowly typical of a satellite or drifting balloon heading East, barely noticeable in the sky until spotted, no audible sound were heard. Duration of object-1: 46 seconds starting at 20:41:31. Object-1 never changed in shape or in light intensity throughout the entire observation of it. Pictures were taken (no tripod); faint light can be seen upon adjustments of lighting in photo program.

Object-2 similar to object-1. Heading: South East. Duration: 65 seconds starting at 20:55:58. Object-2 never changed in shape or in light intensity throughout the entire observation of it. Pictures were taken (no tripod); faint light can be seen upon adjustments of lighting in photo program.

Object-3 (possible satellite) 5 pictures were taken with a camera on a tripod until object observation was lost upon readjustment of camera view. No enhancements required except via D-Lighting low. Light characteristic of 1 second exposure is not typical to any known jet or plane light pattern. Object-3 had a level flight coarse, but interpretation of light characteristic is unknown at this time. However from past observation of satellites with eyes only, object-3 appeared to be a satellite with minor fluctuation in light intensity. Duration: 16 seconds starting at 21:00:46

Object-4 (blimp size) was unquestionably an UFO of some sort in my opinion. I first noticed the unknown object within a 1 mile range with my eyes only. This object had no lights on it nor did the object emit any lights. The size of the object is comparable for that distant of being an extremely large commercial jet, or comparable in size to a large C-31 military transport jet, or comparable in size of a Goodyear blimp. It was almost unnoticeable while traveling except it almost stand out from the background scenery as a large and dark, elongated object traversing very slowly in speed which the speed is very comparable to a blimp speed. The altitude is estimated to be at the altitude of a blimp flying, or at the altitude of a landing-approach of commercial jet. I had a difficult time trying to locate object-4 with my eyes while trying to locate object-4 through the camera's viewfinder since the viewfinder on the camera has a darken filter. Once I was able to locate it on the camera, what I saw quite literally sent chills down my body as being startled but not frighten,; yet, I continue to take pictures of it with the remote. The object appeared to be a huge eye looking thing. It is possible that it might be a blimp because of it elongated shape, but I doubtful of that. At the ends points of the object, it appeared to come to a point similar to how our eyes come to a point at both ends. A blimp is more rounded at those ends. In the center of this object structure appeared to be a wavering, huge darken, circular-like mass area as in some similarities to the iris of a dark, color eye on a person. Outside the darken circular area but in the area that comes to a point, the color was of darken, yellowish color with maybe a hint of orange in it. While looking at it through the camera, it appeared to me to have a mean-like look which that part is what sent chills down me. I managed to take 4 pictures on the tripod before I completely lost sight of the UFO including searching with my eyes only. Only one pictures shows up with no enhancements required; plausibly, one of the search light from the light show that was taking place near my location possibly lit the object up which was pure luck for me. Duration: 19 seconds starting at 21:15:34. Pic-1 resembles (to some extent) the object which I saw through the camera's viewfinder. Further cropping and resizing (pic-2) shows something completely unknown and bizarre yet enlightening in features as to being unique.

About 10 minutes later, a jet making the sounds similar to a fighter jet headed NW in direction towards the commercial airports but in opposite direction of the UFO's heading. I took 3 pictures of that jet. Now I know how all this sounds with "light show" and "eye looking" terms used; however, this event did take place, and this is not a concocted or exaggerated event. This is a true chronicle of the event and how it unfolded that night.

NOTE: very concise report...lots of good information. The first thing that came to mind was a weather balloon reflecting ground lights off a reflective surface though, I have been told current balloons are a flat light color that resist reflection as well as being shaped differently. I really can't attest to that as fact but I'll take the person's word for now. I doubt a balloon would purposely be placed in a low altitude, especially at night, risking the chance of a plane hitting it...Lon

Photo: Huge Blimp Size UFO - Mesa, Arizona - 4/3/10

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Shropshire Sheep Farmers Witness UFOs 'Laser' Their Livestock

A series of bizarre incidents involving sheep in Shropshire have led to farmers’ claims that aliens are attacking their livestock.

telegraph - Farmers near Shrewsbury claim to have witnessed sheep being “lasered” by unidentified light from UFOs.

They have linked the unexplained incidents, where sheep’s brains and eyes were removed, to the mysterious orange lights in the sky.

They have found sheep with “neat holes” while their brains and other internal organs were removed. Other animals have lost eyes or had their flesh “carefully stripped away”, usually on the left side.

Phil Hoyle, 53, who has spent almost a decade investigating how the livestock have died, said the UFOs were found to have roamed a 50-mile "corridor" between Shrewsbury and Powys.

Mr Hoyle and 15 members of the Animal Pathology Field Unit, claimed they witnessed UFOs at work last month while working during the night at a Welsh hill farm near Radnor Forest.

“The technology involved in these attacks is frightening,” he told The Sun.

“These lights and spheres are clearly not ours.

“They are built by technology and intelligence that's not from here.”

He added: “For a short while it looked more like a Star Wars battle.”

Next day he interviewed farmers and "all but one had some type of unusual disappearance of animals or deaths with strange injuries", he told the paper.

Shropshire Sheep Farmers Witness UFOs 'Laser' Their Livestock
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Oops!
Doctors Perform C-Section, Only to Find No Baby. At least they didn't cut off a leg or give her a hysterectomy (rolling eyes).

Witchcraft Phenomenon
Witch-Hunts Then – and Now. 'Muti', killing for body parts to be used in witchcraft concoctions, is increasing in Southern Africa.

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Announcement: 'Phantoms and Monsters' On The Air

Starting on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ET - a new 1/2 hour live segment has been added to Beyond the Edge Radio titled 'Strickly Paranormal: For Those Seeking the Truth' hosted by yours truly, Lon Strickler. I plan to highlight some of the more important and unusual events / encounters posted on 'Phantoms and Monsters'. Join Eric, Sean and the segment hosts for alternative talk radio with an edge!

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Is the Revelation Coming to Pass?

7.2 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS BAJA; MORE QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA

Last month, I posted the following Oarfish Omen, Extraterrestrial Warning Suggest Calamity For Japan. In the post, I describe a conversation I had with a friend:

"Friday afternoon, I received a telephone call from a friend who had a dire warning. First off, this friend has had repeated alien contact for several years which I have documented. He has proven to me that he is not a charlatan through his verbal accounts and the physical evidence he has presented. The warning was that in the month of April 2010 to expect a sizable earthquake in the Pacific, notably in the area of Japan, as well as a tsunami that will effect the west coast of the United States and/or the Baja Peninsula.

This is not the only time I have heard a similar warning. A few months ago, an 'experiencer', who I had interviewed in 2007, contacted me that she had received a message from 'the guide' (according to her, 'the guide' was present during her abduction) to "take steps and prepare for major disturbances...to heed the 'messenger'." It upset her enough to call me several times and insist that we talk. By the way, this woman is married to a USMC officer and lives on Okinawa."

It's not exactly the same prediction but the month of April isn't over either. Something to think about...again, don't shoot the messenger. Lon

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The Death of Pope John Paul I: Conspiracy Against Reform

Private property is not, for no one, neither some inalienable right, nor some absolute one. No one has the prerogative to have the exclusive possession of goods beyond his needs, since there are those starving to death. These are severe words. In the light of them, not just financier but everyone, especially us, within the Church should ask to ourselves: "did we fulfil the task that Jesus Christ assigned to us when he said: Love Your Neighbour as Yourself?...Pope John Paul I

He was born Albino Luciani in Forno di Canale in Belluno, a province of the Veneto region in northern Italy. He reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history.

On the evening of September 28, 1978, Pope John Paul I is talking to Cardinal Villot (the then Secretary of Vatican State). There was an angry dispute. The reason is that Pope John Paul I was planning to revolutionize many facets of Vatican, especially Vatican's hierarchy, but he also planned to start investigations on Vatican's involvement in unusual stories of money laundering through its bank, Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), the Vatican's connections with "bad associates" like Mafia, Masonic lodges, etc....and to replace Villot himself with Benelli. Many parties in the Vatican were very concerned about these proposed changes and obviously interested in keeping the then status quo.

The Pope has started reforming customs and habits within the Church:

- refusal to use the majestic plural
- refusal to be crowned during the first official ceremony
- refusal to wear the Papal Tiara
- stated to be "open minded" about contraception for some conditions
- he had reservations towards the Opus Dei

The morning after the aforementioned dispute, at 4:30 am local time, as she has done every day for the past 33 days, sister Vincenza Taffarel carries a coffee to the Pope, leaves it on the desk of the office connecting with the room where John Paul I is asleep. She knocks on the door and says: "good morning Holy Father"

Fifteen minutes later, sister Vincenza comes back, and immediately notices that the coffee is still there: since this is very unusual, she decides to knock repeatedly on the door and finally, after having got no response, she enters the room.

John Paul I is sitting on his bed, leaning on a couple of pillows, his head slightly inclined towards his right. The lamp on the night table is turned on and he's still wearing glasses and holds some papers in his hands. Sister Vincenza takes his pulse and realizes that the Pope is dead.

The first press release states:

This morning, September 29, 1978, around half past five, the Pope's private secretary, having not found, unusually, of the Holy Father in the chapel of his private apartment, has searched his room and found him dead in bed with the light on, as if he was reading. The death was confirmed by Dr. Renato Buzzonetti:
After attesting his death, he stated that the death allegedly occurred about eleven o'clock last night, and argued it was sudden death that might have been caused by acute myocardial infarction.

In the official press release, it had been stated that the body was found by the Pope's private secretary, but actually, he was found by Sister Vincenza. Why the lie? The presence of a woman in the room of the Pope could have been considered somehow improper.

The statement by Renato Buzzonetti: “Death caused likely by acute myocardial infarction” This was accepted by the College of Cardinals. Autopsy? Not needed....the doctor was right. No autopsy has ever been made on the body of Pope John Paul I. Besides, it's likely any 'difficult' autopsy results would be covered up anyway.

What happened to Sister Vincenza? She was shipped off to a convent and she can’t speak. The Vatican encouraged her to agree with a Vow of Silence though, she did manage to tell John Paul I biographer, Camillo Bassotto... "I leaned my hand close to his forehead and he was still warm." It's interesting to note that the embalmers, who had arrived at around 10:00 am that morning, stated that “the hypostasis was not complete: we can esteem that the death occurred four-five hours before our arrival”

David Yallop, author of In God's Name, suggests that the possible cause of death could be a type of poison that didn't leave trace evidence of use. Giovanni Gennari, journalist and Theologist, stated that “someone” highly placed in Vatican entrusted him that the Pope had been prescribed a vasodilator drug for high blood pressure and that the Pope 'received' an overdose by mistake. It was later revealed that John Paul I talked to his personal doctor (Antonio Da Ros) by phone that same evening. He didn’t mention anything about any problem or distress. The physician assessed the Pope as healthy and feeling fine.

Over the years, the Vatican has hired 'investigators' to research the available evidence of the Pope's death, including John Corwell, who wrote A Thief in the Night. He stated that the Pope was not murdered but died of a pulmonary embolism, possibly brought on by overwork and neglect. For the record, the Vatican never hired a licensed physician to investigate this case. BTW, Corwell was also author of Hitler's Pope, in which he accused Pope Pius XII of assisting in the legitimization of the Nazi regime through the pursuit of a Reichskonkordat in 1933 and of remaining silent during the Holocaust.

So, if Pope John Paul I was murdered, who would be the most likely suspects? The Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR) AKA "Banca Vaticana", between the years 1946 and 1971, was a shareholder of Banco Ambrosiano. On 1978, the chief inspector of Bank of Italy, Giulio Padalino, discovered a money laundering operation between the Banco Ambrosiano and several foreign entities. Later, it was be confirmed that Paul Casimir Marcinkus, Archbishop from Illinois, President of IOR, was the behind the illegal activities. Some letters of patronage signed by Marcinkus himself to Roberto Calvi (manager of Banco Ambrosiano) were found, proving that Vatican, directly and indirectly was controlling Manic. S.A. (Luxembourg), Astolfine S.A. (Panama), Nordeurop Establishment (Liechtenstein), U.T.C. United Trading Corporation (Panama), Erin S.A (Panama), Bellatrix S.A (Panama), Belrosa S.A (Panama) and Starfield S.A (Panama).

These enterprises were established to “clean” money coming into Banco Ambrosiano which was later proved and confirmed by an Italian magistrate. The Minister of the Interior, Beniamino Andreatta, decided to close the bank since 2 billion dollars was "missing". Later, Arcibishop Marcinkus was investigated for links to the Mafia, association with the Italian Masonic order, money laundering and the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano.

Arcibishop Marcinkus: The Vatican's Banker

**Marcinkus was the President of the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, also known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989. As early as April 24, 1973, Marcinkus was questioned in his Vatican office by federal prosecutor William Aronwald and Bill Lynch, head of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States Department of Justice, about his involvement in the delivery of 14.5 million US$ worth of counterfeit bonds to the Vatican in July 1971, part of a total request of 950 million US$ worth stated in a letter on Vatican notepaper.

His name and the official letter had arisen during the investigation of an international gang which included Vincent Rizzo, who eventually served twelve years in prison. Marcinkus "said he considered the charges against him serious but not based enough on fact that he would violate the Vatican Bank's confidentiality to defend himself. Back in the United States it was agreed on the highest levels that the case against Marcinkus could not be pursued any further."

In July 1982, Marcinkus was implicated in financial scandals being reported on the front pages of newspapers and magazines throughout Europe, particularly the collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano, in which Propaganda Due (aka "P2"), a masonic lodge, was involved (Marcinkus had been a director of Ambrosiano Overseas, based in Nassau, Bahamas, and had been involved with Ambrosiano's chairman, financier Roberto Calvi, for a number of years). He was also involved with Michele Sindona, who had links with the Mafia.

In 1984, Marcinkus was named as a possible accomplice in the murder of Pope John Paul I by investigative journalist David Yallop in his book In God's Name. Yallop made allegations regarding a number of suspects associated with Marcinkus' business dealings, claiming involvement of members of the Mafia on behalf of the Vatican Bank, further stating that Marcinkus might face criminal exposure, should he be removed from his position at the bank.

Upon the election of Pope John Paul II, Marcinkus was promoted within the Vatican bank and remained in office for several years before the scandal widened, after the body of Calvi, whose Banco Ambrosiano had dealt with Marcinkus, was found hanging under London's Blackfriars Bridge in June 1982. The death of Calvi was seen by some as symbolic, since Propaganda Due referred to themselves as the "Black Friars." Adding to the troubles, journalist Mino Pecorelli, who had been investigating Marcinkus, the Vatican Bank and ties to organized crime, was found dead in 1979. Marcinkus, however, escaped indictment.

He stepped aside as head of the Vatican Bank soon after, with a board of laymen assuming control of the bank. The Vatican eventually paid £145 million in a settlement with creditors, with Marcinkus observing in 1986 that: "You can't run the Church on Hail Marys." **en.wikipedia.org/wiki.

There have been other suspects mentioned over the years but all had some association with those groups involved in the Vatican Bank scandals.

All in all, IMO, the death of John Paul I was a result of him pushing at tradition, then tradition pushing back much harder. Old ties are hard to break and scandal in the Roman Catholic Church will continue, as evident today. The Vatican is a huge conglomerate with so many confederates on it's side. Because of that caveat, it's nearly impossible for the truth to be disclosed....let alone, for the truth to be acknowledged.

Sources:
www.vatican.va
en.wikipedia.org
www.abovetopsecret.com
www.tldm.org
www.dreamscape.com
insidecatholic.com
'In God's Name' by David Yallop - www.yallop.com
'Murder in the Vatican: The Revolutionary Life of John Paul and The CIA, Opus Dei and the 1978 Murders' by George Gregoire

The Death of Pope John Paul I: Conspiracy Against Reform

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Statement with video - April 2, 2010: Hello, I heard about UFOs being seen on the Iceland Volcano cam, so I thought I would take a look. I got my cam ready and started watching at around 9.45pm when this UFO object came in to view. Regards.

NOTE; A UFO is one again captured on video near an active volcano, this time in the area of Eyjafjoll Volcano in southern Iceland. I had heard of one previous sighting at this location that closely resembles the disc-like craft seen in the video. As you know, volcano eruptions seem to attract UFO phenomena as evident in previous posts UFO / OVNI Sightings - Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico / Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica and a pre-eruption sighting at Video Capture: Triangle Shaped UFO Before Aquila Earthquake - Italy...Lon
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