Awakening Part 1: Where to Begin?

In this beautiful and inspiring narrative, Whitley and Anne Strieber begin a series on awakening to the worlds of both the living and the dead. The series will continue over the course of the year. In this episode, a song by the choral group Cantus, "Wanting Memories" is discussed, as Anne Strieber brought it to Whitley's attention on Saturday evening (January 9, 2016) in an extraordinary way.

What is "awakening," and why is it different from our normal state of consciousness, and why is it so very important that we try to do it? There is an approach to those questions here that you will not find elsewhere. Don't miss this wonderful new series just for Unknowncountry subscribers!

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Resumen forteano del año 2015 por Luis Ruiz Noguez de Marcianitos Verdes

Forteanismo en general.

Criptozoología.

Cultura de lo paranormal.

Parapsicología.

Pareidolias.

Ufología.

Divulgación científica.

Escepticismo y Pseudoescepticismo.

Obituarios.

Astroarqueología.

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Welcome to a New Epoch: The Anthropocene

A international group of scientists have proposed that humankind's impact on the planet has been profound enough, with enough manmade materials deposited in the geological record, to re-define our current era as one shaped by humanity. The proposed name for this new epoch is "the Anthropocene".

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Strangeness, Danger and Wonder: Close Encounter Update

January 15, 2016

Ever heard of the mantis factor? More than one close encounter witness has come face to face with these extremely strange, enormous apparitions. But what do they mean? What is their message? What ARE they? Linda Moulton Howe and Whitley Strieber take you down a road to some very unexpected discoveries, including a haunting one about the future.

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Cómo observar un agujero negro con un telescopio de aficionado

Con un telescopio sencillo de 20 centímetros de diámetro se pueden detectar los cambios de luz que producen algunos agujeros negros cuando, de vez en cuando, emiten enormes cantidades de energía. Lo ha demostrado un equipo internacional de astrofísicos al observar V404 Cygni, un sistema binario de estrella y agujero negro que ‘despertó’ el año pasado en la constelación del Cisne.
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Greenland Ice Sheet is Forming Massive Meltwater Rivers

A new study has discovered what is behind a new phenomenon that is being seen on the Greenland ice sheet in recent years, due to it's accelerated melting: the formation of large rivers of fresh meltwater flowing on the ice sheet's surface.

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Peru: No "Ancient Aliens" Here

Source: PLANETA UFO and Diario Correo (Peru)
Date: January 5, 2016

Peru: No "Ancient Aliens" Here

The Miculla Archaeological Area in Tacna Promoted as a UFO-Influenced Area.
Tour companies promote the area's petroglyphs as part of an "extraterrestrial visitation"

A lack of awareness and general knowledge among some tour companies is Tacna has given rise to confusion in disseminating the area's tourist potential.

Archaeologist Jesús Gordillo Begazo cautioned that certain travel agencies are promoting the Miculla Archaeological Area's petroglyphs as part of an extraterrestrial visitation. "Miculla's cultural and archaeological narrative is being distorted, which reprehensible indeed."

The expert stated that an agency was responsible for the error in disseminating the information, which was swiftly spread across social media.

"I suspect that this is what appears in their brochure, or it could be a tour guide's own interpretation. The fact is that all tour guides must employ a text about Miculla that has been approved by the Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura (Decentralized Cultural Office) and Directur," he added.

David Rendon Cohaila, president of the Regional Chamber of Tourism (Caretur) believes that some parties are swindling tourist groups visiting Tacna with the unfounded notion that Miculla is a hot spot for sightings. "Some unscrupulous parties promote it as a UFO area. That's a swindle. There is no scientific evidence to suggest it," he explained.

The fact is that both Rendon and Gordillo agreed that "it is necessary for Tacna's tour operators to train their tour guides."

"What is being disseminated is truly irresponsible, since they hire youngsters who are still in school in order to pay them little. They're not even in their third year of Travel and Tourism and they're sent to the field," complains Rendon.

[Translation (c) 2016 S. Corrales, IHU with thanks to Guillermo Giménez and Diario Correo]

Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

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Nuevo LED con proteínas luminiscentes

Científicos españoles y alemanes han descubierto una manera de empaquetar proteínas luminiscentes en forma de goma para crear un BioLED. Este innovador dispositivo emite una luz blanca a la que contribuyen por igual el azul, el verde y el rojo, manteniendo la eficacia de los LED inorgánicos tradicionales pero con un coste menor.
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High Strangeness in Alameda, California

This high strangeness photo was taken by a witness in Alameda, California on December 29. The sighting was a close one, and the object was flashing rapidly and moving too erratically to be a drone. Shortly, a second, similar object appeared. The sighting was reported to MUFON and is on their database.

Rapidly flashing UFOs are fairly rare, but not unknown. A number of flashing UFOs were observed over the UK in the latter half of 2015, including this one in Warwickshire.

This is an image of one of the objects observed in Alameda on the 29th, taken by the witness:

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Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton to Seek Disclosure on UFOs

At a recent editorial board meeting with the New Hampshire newspaper The Conway Daily Sun, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reminisced with a reporter about a conversation they had in 2007, regarding the subject of UFOs. If she is elected president, she said that she would address the issue of disclosure: "Yes, I'm going to get to the bottom of it."

Clinton also said that her campaign chairman, John Podesta, made her promise to address the issue of disclosure: "He has made me personally pledge we are going to get the information out. One way or another. Maybe we could have, like, a task force to go to Area 51."

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Cuatro nuevos elementos completan la séptima fila de la tabla periódica

La Unión Internacional de Química Pura y Aplicada ha confirmado el hallazgo y la inclusión de cuatro elementos nuevos a la tabla periódica. Los elementos 113, 114, 117 y 118 son sintéticos, altamente radiactivos y con una vida de segundos o milisegundos.
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Disclosure may be Imminent. But can We Take It?

Hillary Clinton has told a questioner that she will "get to the bottom" of the UFO controversy. Her friend and adviser John Podesta said in a tweet last February that it was not only time for disclosure, but that "it's the law." In September, George H.W. Bush said that "Americans can't handle the truth." In 1988, when questioned about the matter, he commented that he was "very careful in public when dealing with classified information." The question is always asked, "why can't we handle the truth?" If we were told that there were aliens here studying us, we could handle that. But that cannot be the whole truth, not from all that I have experienced and observed, and it might not be part of the truth in any way.

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Temperature at the North Pole Rises Above Freezing

Keeping in step with the record-breaking high temperatures that were experienced over the holidays, and over 2015 for that matter, the North Pole also saw unseasonably warm weather -- with one projection showing the temperature going above freezing for six hours.

The same warming trend in Atlantic and Pacific waters that contributed to massive storm systems across eastern regions of North America and in northern Europe also pushed temperatures at the North Pole to the freezing mark, with Environment Canada reporting that an ocean buoy near the pole registered a temperature of 0ºC (32ºF) on Dec. 30. Seattle, a city with mild winter temperatures, was actually colder on the same day, at -1ºC (30ºF).

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DNA Tests on Ancient Peruvian Skulls Suggest they are Not Human

Recent DNA testing has been conducted on a set of ancient elongated Peruvian skulls that have baffled researchers for decades, due to their unusual shape and size. While the DNA testing is not complete, the results seem to indicate that the individuals they originally belonged to were not human.

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