UFO, Paranormal, Space and Archaeological News

 By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1092: Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated. It was the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1548). The central spire collapsed in 1548 and was not rebuilt. The cathedral is still the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres. (From Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957) 1502: Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his fourth and final trip to the New World. 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels. 1689: William III declares war on France. 1712: The Carolina Colony was officially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina. 1753: Louis XV disbands the French parliament. 1788: British parliament accepts the abolition of the slave trade. 1816: Lady Caroline Lamb publishes “Genarvon”, a thinly disguised account of her affair with Lord Byron. 1860: J.M. Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. He was the creator of

1915: Lusitania By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 558: The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul collapses. 1429: The seige of Orleans is broken by Joan of Arc and the French Army. 1663: The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens. 1718: New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. 1763: Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa Indians, attempted to lead a sneak attack on British-held Fort Detroit, but was foiled because the British had been tipped off in advance. 1765: HMS Victory launched. 1789: America’s first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington, who had taken the oath of office a week earlier. 1812: Birth of poet Robert Browning. 1824: Beethoven’s 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna. 1833: Birth of composer Johannes Brahms in Hamburg. 1840: Birth of composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Russia. 1866: German Premier Otto von Bismarck is seriously wounded in

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It's one of the most compelling questions you could possibly ask, one that humanity has been asking since basically the beginning of time: What's beyond the known limits? What's past the edge of our maps?  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.space.com/whats-beyond-universe-edge

More than one hundred handprints made by children 1,200 years ago on the walls of a cave in Mexico may have been part of a mysterious coming-of-age ritual of the ancient Maya. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/maya-handprings-0015274

Residents of the city of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) talked about their encounter with a mysterious cryptid, which, according to them, walked the streets of the city, reports “Radio Miter”. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://anomalien.com/ufo-released-a-chupacabra-like-creature-in-a-bolivian-village/

Recently, a video was posted on the network ( see below ), filmed by a remotely controlled underwater vehicle somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://anomalien.com/a-mysterious-30-meter-skeleton-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea/

Luis Elizondo, the former head of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), told The Sun he had seen 'very very compelling' data that confirmed the existence of technologically advanced UFOs.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9536053/Pentagon-whistleblower-warns-UFO-intelligence-failure-level-9-11.html

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Tricking the giant squid's basketball-size eyes may have been the key. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.livescience.com/first-footage-giant-squid-jellyfish-lure.html

The remains of the mysterious Somerton Man will be exhumed by police in the hope that DNA samples could solve the case that has baffled detectives, researchers and amateur sleuths for more than seven decades. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/mysterious-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-by-sa-police/100092750

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously  

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid reset most of life on Earth. But without this catastrophic event, the composition of neotropical rain forests wouldn’t be the same. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://eos.org/articles/chicxulub-impact-changed-tropical-rain-forest-biodiversity-forever

They've been used to store beer, isolate plague victims' bodies and study tadpoles. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/story-nottinghams-caves-how-many-5344836

Ruins are ruins: old bricks, aged stonework, dry moss, cracks. Archeological sites – all of them – are boring. You cannot change a fact. Old walls are dull! *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.argophilia.com/news/visit-knossos-when-you-come-to-crete/228889/

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Being the relatively small country it is, Japan doesn’t come across dinosaur fossils as easily as other places like neighboring China, so it’s always a special treat when one is unearthed.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://soranews24.com/2021/05/02/new-dinosaur-fossil-discovered-on-awaji-island-named-after-japanese-god/

Several sites within the Flinders Ranges, including Nilpena Station, have been placed on Australia's Tentative List for World Heritage.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/flinders-moves-closer-to-world-heritage-status/100111022

Cancer isn't just a modern-day affliction. A new archaeological analysis suggests malignant growths in medieval Britain were not as rare as we once thought.  *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.sciencealert.com/analysis-of-medieval-skeletons-reveals-a-cancer-rate-far-higher-than-expected

The team were searching the River Colne looking for artifacts from The Colchester Siege during the Second English Civil War. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/river-hunters-river-detectorists-find-5360521

The Italian government has approved a plan to furnish Rome's ancient Colosseum with a new floor, giving visitors the chance to stand where gladiators once fought. *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56966365

In recent years, the internet has been alight with speculation that a chart-like carving in Anuradhapura is a stargate: an ancient gateway through which humans can enter the Universe. *** Read the rest of this article:  http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210502-the-unsolved-mystery-of-sri-lankas-stargate

1966: Twister By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1469: Political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy. 1621: Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon is accused of bribery. 1758: Death of Pope Benedict XIV aged 83. 1802: Washington D.C. is incorporated as a city. 1851: A major fire in San Francisco destroys 1500-2000 buildings. 1863: The Second Battle of Fredericksburg occurs in Virginia during the American Civil War. 1903: Born on this day: American singer and actor Bing Crosby who recorded an estimated 2,600 songs in his lifetime including ‘White Christmas’, which was written by Irving Berlin. Crosby had 317 other hits in the USA. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. He died of a heart attack on a golf course in Madrid, Spain, on October 14, 1977. 1913: Clorox had its beginnings as five entrepreneurs agreed to set up a liqui