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Are we being prepared for U.S. government disclosure on UFOs?

Something strange is happening concerning UFOs (unidentified flying object).

Niall McCarthy reports for Statista, May 20, 2021, that according to the National UFO Reporting Center in the United States, which documents sightings of UFOs all over the world, sightings have become more numerous.

While there was a dip in reported sightings in 2018, there were more than 6,000 in 2019 and over 7,000 in 2020. So far in 2021, there have been close to a thousand up to the middle of May. While such numbers might have previously been ignored, encounters with UFOs involving radar tracking and advanced sensor imagery from experienced and trustworthy pilots are lending them more credibility.

Footage captured by the U.S. Navy in 2019 of an UFO is an example.

Mindy Weisberger reports for Live Science that on May 14, 2021, Jeremy Corbell, a filmmaker who produces documentaries about UFOs, posted the footage on his website, Instagram and YouTube, of a spherical object hovering in midair, moving side to side, then diving into the ocean.

2019 US Navy footage of spherical UFO

In the clip, which appears to have been shot off a monitor and has several edits, a dark, round blob sits above the horizon. Male voices are audible in the footage; one says “took off, bookin’ it,” as the object moves horizontally in the screen’s crosshairs. When the UFO appears to dive into the water, one of the off-screen voices says, “Whoa, it splashed!” as the UFO disappears.

According to Corbell, “the US Navy photographed and filmed ‘spherical’ shaped UFOs and advanced transmedium vehicles” — craft that can travel through air and water.

The footage of the spherical UFO was filmed on July 15, 2019, at approximately 11 p.m. PDT, from within the USS Omaha’s Combat Information Center, near the coast of San Diego, CA. Radar images of the UFO show a solid ball, measuring about 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter, flying at speeds of 46 to 158 mph (74 to 254 km/h) for over an hour, culminating with the sphere vanishing beneath the waves. No wreckage was found at the location where the object went down.

Corbell wrote: “A submarine was used in the search and recovered nothing. We do not know what, if anything, the Navy or Pentagon might be willing to say about the USS Omaha incident, but we are confident the incident is a legitimate mystery and look forward to whatever information might be forthcoming.”

The Debrief reported on May 14 that Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough confirmed that U.S. Navy personnel did capture the footage that Corbell posted, but would not disclose where and when it was filmed. She said the footage was included in “ongoing examinations” by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), a U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence program that investigates reports of unexplained aerial vehicles.

Corbell wrote that the footage is not classified, and stills of the spherical UFO were previously included in a UAPTF intelligence briefing from May 1.

The release of U.S. Navy footage of the spherical UFO is just the beginning of what appears to be the long-awaited “disclosure” of UFOs by the U.S. government.

On The Black Vault website, John Greenwald Jr. has archived more than 2,700 pages of the CIA’s once-secret UFO records since the 1980s, now declassified and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

Sometime this month U.S. intelligence services are set to deliver a groundbreaking report on “unidentified aerial phenomena” to Congress, at a time when close encounters between UFOs and U.S. Navy fighter jets are sending chills through America. Compiled by the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence, the report is set to declassify Pentagon knowledge about unexplained aerial objects.

Nick Pope, a former UFO investigator for the UK’s Ministry of Defense, told The Sun Online the world may never know why the Pentagon has done a U-turn after decades of denial on unidentified phenomena.

The Sun reports:

US intelligence services officially closed the book on the controversial issue in 1969 at the conclusion Project Blue Book – which stated there was nothing to see regarding UFOs.

However, in the last three years there has been an abrupt turnaround as the Pentagon took the unprecedented steps of releasing three stunning UFO videos filmed by the US Navy.

And it also confirmed the existence of its secretive UFO investigation unit, before the Senate then commissioned a report on the issue from US intelligence which is due for release [in June]….

British defence officials continue to deny everything about any existence of investigations into the UFO issue or that they are sitting on any unreleased files.

So why are the Americans suddenly opening up this highly controversial and historically stigmatising topic?

Pope told The Sun Online he believes hidden forces are at work behind closed doors: “That is the $64,000 question – for years the US government had been like the UK is now on this issue, very defensive with a policy usually of denial, debunking and commenting as little as possible. And now in the last three and a half years, that policy has been flipped 180 degrees…. Something is playing out right now, powerful forces are at work behind the scenes, pulling the strings on this.

Prominent Democrat politicians like former President Barack Obama, former Nevada Senator Harry Reid, have publicly spoken on UFOs, and director of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign John Podesta is a  believer:

  • Last month, Obama told The Late Late Show with James Corden that “there is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don’t know exactly what they are”.
  • In a New York Times op/ed, Reid (Daily Caller) wrote that “there is information uncovered by the government’s covert investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena that can be disclosed to the public without harming our national security.”
  • Hacked emails of John Podesta show his avid interest in UFOs. In a June 25, 2014 email disclosed by WikiLeaks, the late NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell requested “a conversation” with Podesta and President Obama “regarding the next steps in extraterrestrial disclosure for the benefit of our country and our planet.” Podesta proposed a date for an in-person meeting, but Mitchell could not make it.

Harry Reid’s mysterious “sports” injuries

UPDATE (June 4, 2021):

The Telegraph (UK) reports that senior White House officials have been briefed on the findings of the Pentagon UFO report that is due to be released to Congress later this month. According to these officials, the report will say that:

  1. US intelligence officials have found no evidence that a series of unidentified aerial phenomena observed by navy aviators in recent years were alien spacecraft.
  2. The vast majority of 120 incidents documented over the past two decades did not originate from any U.S. military or other advanced U.S. government technology, i.e., they are not part of a secret government program.
  3. Some of the “aerial phenomena” could have been experimental technology from a rival power, such as Russia or China. Especially worrisome is experimental hypersonic technology.
  4. The report rules out some of the phenomena being explained as weather balloons.
  5. The UFO sightings remain unexplained, including the UFOs’ movement and acceleration.
  6. “The final report will also include a classified section that officials insist does not prove the phenomena are alien spaceships, but will nonetheless fuel speculation about how much the American public is being told about the sightings.”

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Remember on Memorial Day: “They Gave Up Two Lives”

DCG

I finally got around to making “frickles”

Frickles, aka fried pickles, are quite popular here in the south. I don’t eat them a lot but when I do I really, really enjoy that treat!

So I finally decided to take a stab at making some. There are a ton of recipes on the web, of course. Here’s how I tackled my first batch:

I decided to use pickle spears instead of chips. I placed them on paper towels to remove excess moisture:

I soaked the pickle spears in the wet mixture (egg, buttermilk and hot sauce) for several minutes before giving them a coating with the dry mixture (flour,  cornmeal, pepper and chili powder):

I fried them in vegetable oil (350 degrees) for about three minutes. The end result (served with ranch dressing, of course):

They turned out pretty good as we consumed the whole plate of ’em!

There are an endless amount of ways to flavor your frickles, starting with the pickle  you choose, then the flavors you add into your wet mixture (egg, milk or buttermilk, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, spices, etc.) and dry mixture (flour, cornmeal, cornstarch, salt, pepper, garlic salt, caynne, etc.) . For a few recipes to get you started, try here, here or here.

Here’s a video of an easy recipe if you want to give frickles a try:

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U.S. vs. Russian military recruitment ad

We’re screwed. 🙁

~E

Ken Potts, Pearl Harbor survivor, celebrates his 100th birthday!

Meet Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Potts from Provo, Utah.

Ken is one of two remaining USS Arizona survivors. He turned 100 on April 15 and the Utah National Guard celebrated Potts’ service by giving him a ride on an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Watch:

The other living USS Arizona survivor, Lou Conter, and Potts are expected at Pearl Harbor for the 80th anniversary of the surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Oahu. Conter turns 100 in September.

Read more about Ken including his background and military service here.

Happy Birthday sir and thank you for your service!

h/t Breitbart

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“God is good”: Fort Worth homeless man gets fresh start after generosity from a stranger

Amen!

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Do you know American Sign Language? Here’s the ABCs of it…

Do you know the American Sign Language, the language that deaf communities use?

I don’t know anyone who is deaf yet thought it would be interesting to learn the alphabet and some basic words/phrases. Never know when there might be a chance I need to use it!

The alphabet seems pretty easy to memorize; it’s just a different method of learning your ABCs. Here’s the alphabet (no audio in this video):

Here’s a video of some basic signs/phrases in ASL (don’t know why this guy is shirtless in the beginning of the video; I used it because it was the shortest video I could find):

https://youtu.be/toIztzxGY9c

I’m sure it’s much more complicated when people using ASL get to “talking fast.”

Take a look at the videos if you’re interested in ASL. I think I’ll be practicing a little bit this weekend!

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The Pie-In-The-Face Caption Contest

This is our 240th world-famous Caption Contest!

Here’s the GIF:

Bill Gates gets pie in face

About the GIF: In 1998, in Brussels, Belgium — de facto capital of the European Union —  billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was ambushed by pranksters with a cream pie-in-the-face as he entered a meeting with 400 Belgian educators, business leaders and government officials. (NY Daily News)

You know the drill:

  • Enter the contest by submitting your caption as a comment on this thread (scroll down until you see the “LEAVE A REPLY” box).
  • Body and Soul‘s writers will vote for the winner.
  • Any captions proffered by our writers, no matter how brilliant (ha ha), will not be considered. :(

This contest will be closed in two weeks, at the end of Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

To get the contest going, here’s my caption:

While conspiring with the Wuhan Lab on an anti-prankster vaccine, the Gates Foundation inadvertently unleashed the COVID-19 virus.

For the winner of our last Caption Contest, go here.

~E

Kids today don’t know what they are missing…

Growing up in the 70s, we did many activities with little to no adult superision. It taught you an important lesson on balancing risks versus reward.

You also learned alot about cause & effect and natural/stupid consequences 🙂

I never wore a helmet or knee pads while riding a bike, would sled down the biggest hill in our neighborhood with no helmet, and did back spins on the playground bars with no hands! Oh those were fun times!

Do these bring back any memories for you?

And when you came home with a scratch/bruise you know what was mom’s cure? The following:

Those were the days…

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IRS extends tax-return deadline to May 17. What about states?

Earlier this week the IRS announced that the deadline for filing tax returns has been pushed to May 17.

In response, a lot of states have followed suit and extended their deadlines, but some are still April 15, or they might have different dates altogether.

Below are the dates for all 50 states, as they stand right now (source: lifehacker):

  1. Alabama: Unlike the IRS, Alabama grants all taxpayers an automatic six-month extension to file penalty-free beyond the April 15, 2021 due date.
  2. Alaska: Alaska does not have an income tax.
  3. Arizona: The deadline is still April 15 for state taxes, but the Arizona Department of Revenue says it will consider an extension.
  4. Arkansas: The deadline is still April 15 for state taxes, but the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration says it will consider an extension.
  5. California: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  6. Colorado: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  7. Connecticut: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  8. Delaware: The deadline for state taxes remains unchanged, and will be April 30.
  9. Florida: Florida does not have a state income tax.
  10. Georgia: The deadline is still April 15.
  11. Hawaii: Residents still need to file their N-11 Hawaii state form by April 20, but you can also file for a six month extension.
  12. Idaho: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  13. Illinois: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  14. Indiana: The deadline is still April 15.
  15. Iowa: The deadline for state taxes is April 30, although it looks like it will be extended soon.
  16. Kansas: The deadline for state taxes is April 15, although it looks like an extension of that deadline is imminent, presumably for May 17.
  17. Kentucky: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  18. Louisiana: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to June 15.
  19. Maine: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  20. Maryland: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to July 15.
  21. Massachusetts: The deadline for state taxes is expected to be extended to May 17.
  22. Michigan: The deadline is still April 15.
  23. Minnesota: The deadline is still April 15. However, taxpayers negatively affected by COVID can postpone federal income tax payments to May 17 without any penalties or interest. More info is here.
  24. Mississippi: The deadline is still April 15.
  25. Missouri: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to July 15.
  26. Montana: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  27. Nebraska: The deadline is still April 15.
  28. Nevada: Nevada does not have a state income tax.
  29. New Hampshire: New Hampshire does not have a state income tax.
  30. New Jersey: The deadline is still April 15, although there’s talk of matching the federal deadline of May 17.
  31. New Mexico: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  32. New York: The deadline is still April 15.
  33. North Carolina: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  34. North Dakota: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  35. Ohio: The deadline is still April 15, although it might be extended.
  36. Oklahoma: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to June 15.
  37. Oregon: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  38. Pennsylvania: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  39. Rhode Island: The deadline is still April 15, although an announcement on a possible extension is coming soon.
  40. South Carolina: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  41. South Dakota: South Dakota does not have a state income tax.
  42. Tennessee: Tennessee does not have a state income tax.
  43. Texas: Texas does not have a state income tax.
  44. Utah: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  45. Vermont: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  46. Virginia: The deadline for state taxes is May 17.
  47. Washington: Washington does not have a state income tax.
  48. West Virginia: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  49. Wisconsin: The deadline for state taxes has been extended to May 17.
  50. Wyoming: Wyoming does not have a state income tax.

~E