Figure this would have a better chance of surviving in the Media Center than on the main page, and I'll be adding youtube and podcast links from time to time as I come across them, so it fits.
This has been something that's interested me from a very young age, all aspects of mysterious stuff, whether we're talking forgotten or forbidden archeology or civilization (Atlantis, pre-colombian exploration of america, etc), unexplained events (like Tunguska in 1908, the lost Roanoke Island colony, etc), paranormal events like ghosts, the study of ESP and that sort of thing, conspiracy (ranging from JFK to stuff like the perpetration of the drug war and the infilitration of the media by US intelligence) and, of course, UFOs (which to me means "unexplained" not "extraterrestrial" but that's a whole other topic).
Anything could show up, and everybody should feel free to add whatever they like. Just try to keep it as civil and respectful as possible. This is not intended to be a DC thread; it's as much for entertainment purposes as it is to solve all the world's mysteries.
**Although if anybody posts anything from Third Phase of Moon they should probably expect me to kick them in the balls.**
Few things I like to watch or listen to in no particular order (most of this can be found on itunes as well...):
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
IIRC, the end of the world signifies the return of Jesus and, basically, the complete eradication of evil and the devil's influence over the world.
People aren't rooting for the death of billions of non-believers so much as they're awaiting the return of their savior and the end of pain, suffering, etc.
The obvious logic fail is that it wouldn't be the end of times, you know?
Oh well, that's another discussion for another time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
The obvious logic fail is that it wouldn't be the end of times, you know?
Oh well, that's another discussion for another time.
There are so many logistical fallacies in modern religion, it's incredible. I was just trying to explain what I've read.
We're taking about a religion based in modern times almost entirely on the idea of a white, blonde haired, blue-eyed Jesus. If that's a lie then the whole thing is a lie. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
Pretty crazy to think it could be real. But hard to distinguish what the truth is with it.
No doubt. Maybe it is real. Maybe the government has known it belongs to an extraterrestrial "entity".
It just sound a bit too good to be true, as far as alien interference is concerned. I mean, if they've been monitoring us, they'd know we have the capability to detect a foreign satellite's presence. In that case, they'd know we know about them and they'd likely contact us in other ways.
On the conspiracy side of things, maybe that's all true and our government has made contact with them and is just withholding the information from us.
Fuck, I'm drunk as hell and this shit is getting too real right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
IIRC, the end of the world signifies the return of Jesus and, basically, the complete eradication of evil and the devil's influence over the world.
People aren't rooting for the death of billions of non-believers so much as they're awaiting the return of their savior and the end of pain, suffering, etc.
People can try to characterize it that way, but what they're really saying is the world isn't the way I want it to be, so wipe the slate clean. You've certainly seen that over and over in our lifetime, this gleeful acceptance of every event as a presage to the end times, this crazy fascination with eschatology and apocalyptic prediction from the turn of the millennium until even now. It's very self-centered, I think, this 'bring on the end times!' philosophy, but that's human nature.
Personally I think this stuff is even crazier than the most woowoo of the ufo believers, but hey anything is possible. [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
People can try to characterize it that way, but what they're really saying is the world isn't the way I want it to be, so wipe the slate clean. You've certainly seen that over and over in our lifetime, this gleeful acceptance of every event as a presage to the end times, this crazy fascination with eschatology and apocalyptic prediction from the turn of the millennium until even now. It's very self-centered, I think, this 'bring on the end times!' philosophy, but that's human nature.
Personally I think this stuff is even crazier than the most woowoo of the ufo believers, but hey anything is possible.
Definitely. It's a very pretentious mindset. They think they're "right" or righteous, I should say.
I'm not religious in the least besides the indoctrination I've endured. [Reply]
So after a few years of not telling anyone this story I have decided to share it with you fine crazy people
I was in the mountains of Afghanistan 3 years ago..doing a patrol and we stopped on a mountain to watch a village..a few hours after we stopped everyone but me and our Air Force man..Moose..were asleep since it was our turn on security and overwatch
I was on the gun looking down and the village whenever he start tapping my foot really fast..as I slowly turn and ask what was going on I see 7 lights going above us..it was low enough that the lights were lighting up the ground some..it was completely quiet..and it was shaped like the top 2/3 of a triangle
It was slowly moving forward towards the direction of the village..it was there for around a minute and then it was gone..the lights the shape just gone..after it was gone I asked Moose what exactly he had seen before he got a hold of me..all he said was he was sitting there looking around..he flipped up his NVDs and went to get a protein bar and as he ate it he saw the ground glowing and he looked up and it was above us
We agreed on the approximate size and shape of it..he called base on the radio asking if any aircraft were in out area..we were told no and asked why we were calling in since radio check wasn't for another hour..we told then we were positive of aircraft in the area and we're needing confirmation of it..we were told no aircraft [Reply]
Originally Posted by mac459:
So after a few years of not telling anyone this story I have decided to share it with you fine crazy people
I was in the mountains of Afghanistan 3 years ago..doing a patrol and we stopped on a mountain to watch a village..a few hours after we stopped everyone but me and our Air Force man..Moose..were asleep since it was our turn on security and overwatch
I was on the gun looking down and the village whenever he start tapping my foot really fast..as I slowly turn and ask what was going on I see 7 lights going above us..it was low enough that the lights were lighting up the ground some..it was completely quiet..and it was shaped like the top 2/3 of a triangle
It was slowly moving forward towards the direction of the village..it was there for around a minute and then it was gone..the lights the shape just gone..after it was gone I asked Moose what exactly he had seen before he got a hold of me..all he said was he was sitting there looking around..he flipped up his NVDs and went to get a protein bar and as he ate it he saw the ground glowing and he looked up and it was above us
We agreed on the approximate size and shape of it..he called base on the radio asking if any aircraft were in out area..we were told no and asked why we were calling in since radio check wasn't for another hour..we told then we were positive of aircraft in the area and we're needing confirmation of it..we were told no aircraft
Not a sound..up in those mountains at night it's dead quiet..so if it made noise I'm sure we would of heard it especially being so low
Thinking back about it more now..there might have been a real quiet hum but it was hard to hear..my hearing isn't the greatest either..but I do remember at the time thinking it was really strange we couldn't hear it [Reply]
That sounds like dozens of other silent triangle stories I've heard going back to the 80's. My personal guess is that it's something of ours that's still unacknowledged. Although some of the reports are of incredibly huge size (likes miles to a side), which I'm less than certain we could engineer. I couldn't really get a read on the size of what you saw. [Reply]
We guessed it being about 150-200 ft from outside tip to tip and around 300 ft long..it was big..I remember thinking it was really big when I first seen and really quiet..I still can't figure out how it was so quiet and moving so slow then just disappeared
We figured it was something military which is why we called it in..we figured if it was something military they would let us know being we were SF..at least let us know to not engage or be worried [Reply]