Showing posts with label Phenomena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phenomena. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

What Is Havana Syndrome? What We Know

What Is Havana Syndrome? What We Know

U.S. is expressing concerns over mysterious ailments afflicting some of its diplomatic, intelligence and military personnel
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     Havana Syndrome is a series of unexplained medical symptoms first experienced by U.S. State Department personnel stationed in Cuba beginning in late 2016. At the time, those diplomats had been dispatched to Cuba as part of the
By Byron Tau
WSJ
7-21-21
rapprochement between the two countries begun under President Barack Obama, after decades of severed diplomatic relations between the two countries. The emergence of the ailments on Cuban soil strained those developing ties.

Since the initial cases, diplomats and intelligence officers stationed around the world have experienced similar symptoms.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Social Stigma About Unexplained Phenomena

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Social Stigma About Unexplained Phenomena

     Like most other biological systems on this planet, humans are largely motivated by self-preservation and conflict avoidance.

As a species, we tend to avoid associating ourselves with anything that will isolate us from the larger group or make us sound strange, or that might draw negative attention from our peers.
Luis Elizondo
By Luis Elizondo
medium.com
9-13-18
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There has been similar social stigma in recent decades around the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), or UFOs — a topic that has been relegated to conspiracy theorists, B-Movie villains, and the weird uncle no one wants to talk to anymore. As was the case with other topics that hold stigma, many people would rather look the other way than be associated with what’s been labeled “crazy,” or “fringe.”

When I was assigned Director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), my colleagues and I experienced enough to know with absolute certainty that UAPs exist. Furthermore, they don’t seem to care if whether or not we believe in them and they are here with or without our permission.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Recent Finding of 'Star Jelly' By Hikers, Reveals Reports Going Back for Centuries


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star jelly

Lake District is hit by The Blob
Mysterious puddles of jelly baffle fell walkers


By ROBIN PERRIE
The Sun
10-21-11
HIKERS in the Lake District have been left baffled after the famous fells were invaded by THE BLOB.

     Strange piles of translucent jelly measuring a foot wide have been spotted near Patterdale, just south of Ullswater.

It is thought the mysterious substance is "Star Jelly", which has left scientists bewildered for centuries.

Reports of it date back to the 14th century and there was a reported sighting in 2009 in Scotland and last year in Norfolk.

Old folklore tales reckon it is left over from meteor showers. Other theories say it is the remains of frogs, toads or worms, but there has never been a conclusive explanation.

An incident in 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when four cops found a huge disk of quivering jelly measuring 6ft in diameter inspired the horror film The Blob. . . .