In the annals of science fiction movies, it’s often a supporting character who becomes the most memorable scene-stealer. That character is most often a villain, a robot, a female from another world or a cute alien creature, not a seven-foot tall hairy beast who communicates through roars and sides with the good guys. That, of… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/in-memory-of-peter-mayhew-and-chewbacca/…
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More on the Matter of Supernatural Monsters & Creatures
Well, in the wake of the publication of my 2-part article on the U.K.’s “Alien Big Cats” phenomenon, a number of people have contacted me asking something along the lines of: “Does this mean you think all creatures that fall under the banner of Cryptozoology are supernatural?” The answer to that question is “No, I… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/more-on-the-matter-of-supernatural-monsters-creatures/…
Beware! Your Next Thrift Store Purchase May Come With Ghosts
A thrift store in North Carolina recently made headlines when they sold a 1950s haunted bedroom set for $1,000. Haunted items at thrift stores are actually more common than we think. And it makes sense, as we don’t know the history of the items that are brought there, who owned them, or what happened to… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/beware-your-next-thrift-store-purchase-may-come-with-ghosts/…
Spica, guide star to Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is the largest and finest star cluster visible to the eye alone from the Northern Hemisphere. Binoculars or a telescope show even more. A dark sky is best! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/spica-guide-to-omega-centauri…
Northerners’ guide to Southern Cross
The Southern Cross climbs highest – due south – in the evening around now. Latitudes like Hawaii can see it. It’s possible to see from latitudes like the far-southern contiguous U.S., but difficult. Source: https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/the-southern-cross-signpost-of-southern-skies…
A Famous UFO Case? Or, a Military Test Gone Wrong?
On October 5, 2015, here at Mysterious Universe, Micah Hanks wrote an article titled “The Cash-Landrum Incident: Was a Nuclear Aircraft Involved?” Micah’s article began as follows: “Of all the best-known and often reviewed UFO cases of the last few decades, many would contend that one of the most puzzling had been the Cash-Landrum incident,… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/a-famous-ufo-case-or-a-military-test-gone-wrong/…
This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
Source: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/5/10/15589038/top-100-solutions-climate-change-ranked…
Roswell and the Congressman: A Strange Saga
In the spring of 1993, New Mexico Congressman Steven Schiff began to make inquiries with the Defense Department in an attempt to determine the truth surrounding certain aspects of the Roswell controversy of July 1947. In an 11 March 1993 letter to the then Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin, Schiff wrote the following: “Last fall… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/roswell-and-the-congressman-a-strange-saga/…
Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump’s impeachment
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/19/18508224/elizabeth-warren-mueller-report-trump-impeachment…
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had rhinos, alligators, 12 kinds of horses
A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveal that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable “Texas Serengeti” millions of years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-texas-serengeti-fossils…