Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Has anybody investigated the alleged UFO hoax in Al-Jafr Jordan?

In 2010, a Jordanian newspaper apologised for having claimed on 1st April (which is not a well-known date for pranks in Jordan, as it is in some countries) that three saucer-shaped craft had flown overhead, lit up, landed nearby, and terrified many residents of a small town called Al-Jafr. Ten foot tall, squawking beings were seen outside of these craft, the paper had said, and people were running and screaming. Electronics failed, and round scorch marks were left when they departed. This town has 13,000 residents, is extremely isolated, and...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Oversized UFO in South Korea

For those that missed it, a prominent UFO journalist/researcher suggested that there is a craft too large to be moved located in a non-US country. Somebody suggested South Korea. Assuming this is true, there are some interesting implications, but I'm not sure I believe this. ​Late 1940s: Craft start coming into US custody. 1950: Sec State famously gives a list of places in the Pacific the US will defend that omits South Korea. North Korea promptly invades. US goes to War. Speculation: US goes to war because there is a large downe...[More]

Why you should stop paying attention to Alien Society51

I really wanted to believe this story when I first heard about it and I kinda did at first, but it's now very apparent it's a hoax. There's no shame in being excited about something, but at some point you gotta get realistic. Please, no more vids circling shadows or video artifacts. I think there's a lot of posts spread out in various places that not everyone has seen, so I just wanted to summarize the biggest issues with this “incident”. The kid says his whole family saw/heard a large object crash and sa...[More]

Why you should stop paying attention to Alien Society51

I really wanted to believe this story when I first heard about it and I kinda did at first, but it's now very apparent it's a hoax. There's no shame in being excited about something, but at some point you gotta get realistic. Please, no more vids circling shadows or video artifacts. I think there's a lot of posts spread out in various places that not everyone has seen, so I just wanted to summarize the biggest issues with this “incident”. The kid says his whole family saw/heard a large object crash and sa...[More]

Why you should stop paying attention to Alien Society51

I really wanted to believe this story when I first heard about it and I kinda did at first, but it's now very apparent it's a hoax. There's no shame in being excited about something, but at some point you gotta get realistic. Please, no more vids circling shadows or video artifacts. I think there's a lot of posts spread out in various places that not everyone has seen, so I just wanted to summarize the biggest issues with this “incident”. The kid says his whole family saw/heard a large object crash and sa...[More]

Why you should stop paying attention to Alien Society51

I really wanted to believe this story when I first heard about it and I kinda did at first, but it's now very apparent it's a hoax. There's no shame in being excited about something, but at some point you gotta get realistic. Please, no more vids circling shadows or video artifacts. I think there's a lot of posts spread out in various places that not everyone has seen, so I just wanted to summarize the biggest issues with this “incident”. The kid says his whole family saw/heard a large object crash and sa...[More]

Visual and auditory patterns that higher beings would be on the lookout for

Something that's been discussed is whether extraterrestrial beings would have some form of universal language, one within our usual senses (eg: not accounting for telepathy) namely audio and imagery. One designed with the knowledge that beings from different parts of the universe have no idea what words or symbols beings elsewhere use hence they'd need to deduce it. I don't mean a whole spoken or written language, one would be too complex to meet that goal effectively: I'm thinking simple symbols or codes or intervals expe...[More]

Visual and auditory patterns that higher beings would be on the lookout for

Something that's been discussed is whether extraterrestrial beings would have some form of universal language, one within our usual senses (eg: not accounting for telepathy) namely audio and imagery. One designed with the knowledge that beings from different parts of the universe have no idea what words or symbols beings elsewhere use hence they'd need to deduce it. I don't mean a whole spoken or written language, one would be too complex to meet that goal effectively: I'm thinking simple symbols or codes or intervals expe...[More]

Visual and auditory patterns that higher beings would be on the lookout for

Something that's been discussed is whether extraterrestrial beings would have some form of universal language, one within our usual senses (eg: not accounting for telepathy) namely audio and imagery. One designed with the knowledge that beings from different parts of the universe have no idea what words or symbols beings elsewhere use hence they'd need to deduce it. I don't mean a whole spoken or written language, one would be too complex to meet that goal effectively: I'm thinking simple symbols or codes or intervals expe...[More]

Visual and auditory patterns that higher beings would be on the lookout for

Something that's been discussed is whether extraterrestrial beings would have some form of universal language, one within our usual senses (eg: not accounting for telepathy) namely audio and imagery. One designed with the knowledge that beings from different parts of the universe have no idea what words or symbols beings elsewhere use hence they'd need to deduce it. I don't mean a whole spoken or written language, one would be too complex to meet that goal effectively: I'm thinking simple symbols or codes or intervals expe...[More]