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Post by angra on Nov 29, 2012 11:04:45 GMT 10
The place for unusual facts and observations, QI-style.
"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, DUBAI — All of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Zayed Khalifa’s forty wives got their period at the exact same time, various Arab media are reporting. In what is being described as one of the most unfortunate events in recent UAE history, the PMS calendars of the Sheik’s wives became synchronized and created a terrible headache for everyone involved.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Zayed Khalifa, one of the richest men in the United Arab Emirates, first heard about the disaster from his eunuch, sources within the palace report."
OOPS! This one's a hoax courtesy of Jon Stewart. The funny thing is it has been reported as a legit story in PNG's Post Courier - a News Ltd paper.
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Post by angra on Dec 5, 2012 13:28:07 GMT 10
UFO's - the great debate. If you are agnostic or skeptical, its worth watching I Know What I Saw by James Fox. It's not your usual conspiracy theory stuff and has some pretty credible testimony from international pilots and US, French, Belgian Iranian and Peruvian air force officers. It was shown by the ABC yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeGeE0uDJg |
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Post by Matthew Of Canberra on Dec 5, 2012 16:17:25 GMT 10
"I Know What I Saw"
It's been on at least twice before :-)
I've got a copy on disk from a previous broadcast (I have awesome quantities of storage). From memory, I was underwhelmed. Some serious people say they saw some strange things they couldn't explain ... yep, it happens.
In today's radar-infested, wired world, I cannot see how any flying object could spend any amount of time in an urban or suburban airspace and not leave electronic evidence eventually. The theory we need to believe is that these things are coming and going - they're not spending any serious time here or there'd be whole facebook pages listing their appearances, complete with go-pro footage. It doesn't add up. Why fly to earth just to do nothing special then disappear again?
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Post by angra on Dec 5, 2012 16:36:01 GMT 10
I agree - seeing something strange and inexplicable in the sky is one thing, but jumping to the conclusion that it's extra-terrestrial is another.
I've no doubt people are honestly reporting seeing strange stuff - the Belgian sightings were witnessed by many hundreds of people. But how about some as yet unknown atmospheric phenomena?
Just a few years ago we didn't know about sprites, phosphenes, blue jets and elves, until the advent of high-res space photography.
My only 'weird' experience is one night I was lucky enough to see an extended display of the northern lights (on a ship beyond Tromso, Norway) and I distinctly heard the distant sound of tinkling, like a very quiet sound of glass breaking, or a tiny wind-chime. This was back in the '70's when no-one thought they could be any sound associated with Aurora, but now it is accepted. We don't know why though.
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Post by angra on Dec 5, 2012 16:39:37 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Dec 5, 2012 16:52:51 GMT 10
By "we don't know why though" I meant I don't know why I was able to hear them. Evidence is based on radio reception, which means you need some apparatus to convert electromagnetic signals into acoustic. But many people report hearing Auroral sound naturally without any special equipment. Here are some possible explanations - sites.google.com/site/auroralsound/ |
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