I am pleased to invite all of you readers of UFO Digest to the Ancient of Days 2009 Christian Symposium on Aliens to be held July 3-5 in Roswell, New Mexico. We are all in this together after all and have a great deal in common. We all believe that UFOs are a real phenomenon and every single one of us thus receive scorn and ridicule from not only the mainstream scientific community but also from the so called mainstream religious community as well.

French investigators believe the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic broke up on contact with water, not in mid-air.

More often than not, when I post news stories about a mining company on this blog, it's nearly always in reference to someone who wants to destroy the earth with no regard or reverence whatsoever for the landscape. So when I saw this story out of Northumberland, I have to admit it made me smile.



The Shotton open-cast coal mine opened earlier this year, and rather than just dumping all the excavated dirt in a heap, they've decided to do something good with it. An artist has been commissioned to design a giant goddess statue to be created in the nearby hillside, forming the centerpiece of a new public park.



Local opinion is mixed - some folks say the goddess is a great idea, others pooh-pooh it as a publicity stunt and unecessary waste of money. The park development will cost about 2.5m pounds, and work should begin next year.



What do you think? If you lived nearby, would you want a 400-foot naked goddess peeking at you when you drove down the A1? It's certainly got to be better than some of the things I see when I'm cruising along my local freeway. Seriously, though, I think it's a nice idea. It's aesthetically pleasing, and it serves a purpose that will benefit the local community, so everyone wins.



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So there's a murder trial going on in England right now, which a woman named Arizona Devine Watterson is accused of killing a man named Billy Rogers. The defendant claims it's an accident, the prosecution says she's lying and that it was premeditated. At any rate, it's interesting to read the coverage of the story, because what's being focused on is not her defense or the testimony of witnesses. No, what makes the story newsworthy is ZOMG SHE USED A PAGAN DAGGER!

Yes, the mere face that Watterson allegedly stabbed Rogers with a foot-long ceremonial athame is fodder for all kinds of excitement amongst reporters covering the story. Not only was it a Pagan Blade (oooooh!), but it was purchased at a store that sells WICCAN STUFF. I can practically imagine the reporters wetting their pants when this was revealed in the trial.



You actually have to read halfway through the article before you get to anything remotely connected to witnesses other than the lady who sold Watterson the athame. I'm curious, if she had whacked him with a baseball bat instead, would the lead paragraphs be ZOMG ITS A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER instead? Clearly, it's a really slow news week over in the Isle of Man.



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Building a for a wet but secure future in Bangladesh

The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found.

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A 14-year-old boy has been banned from school because he has a moustache, Akaash Iqbal was told to go home and shave before coming back to Manchester ...

Welcome to this week's session of UFO sighting reports. This time, we have three reports from the US, and one from Brazil. First, we go to Arizona, where three people...

The so called spectral stocktake reveals a series of mysterious occurrences, many of which have prompted investigations by staff.

The Southwest Alabama Regional Tourism and Film Office is working to establish a ghost trail stretching through the 18 counties that make a swath through the middle of the state starting this summer.

Visitors to the basement at the Asotin County Museum are greeted by a coffin, complete with mannequin.

It is with great sadness we announce that on June 28, 2009, Paranormal Investigator and Syndicated Radio Show Host Lou Gentile lost his battle to cancer. Lou Gentile is survived by his wife and three children.

There is a general public perception that psychic mediums and others who claim ESP abilities are unlikely able to live up to their claims.