Who kills our birds?

It began last month in Arkansas, with dead birds and fish. Over 3000 dead or dying birds were dropping from the skies all over celebrating people in the town of Beebe (echoing Babel) at new year´s eve. The experience must have resembled that of "The Birds" (1963), except the birds are not angry anymore. Not over the chemicals and toxins being dumped to the nature in masses, not for the fireworks being shot to the air for our brief entertainment. Maybe they are just plain giving up. This is no game of "Angry birds". And other animals are following in line. How about a map?

The deaths were ruled as natural, as were the following mass animal deaths around the world. The latest is from Italy, yesterday 700 turtle doves were found dead. And thousands of fish washed up on Chicago´s harbor.
Theories are abundant, everything from alien conspiracy, secret government tests and North Korean new toxic weapons to plain pollution. The simplest explanation is usually the correct one, all things being equal.

And this time science is blaming the abnormally cold weather. Oh, and some of the birds just plain ate too much. Holiday snacking gone crazy. (How dare they. Show some restraint.) No apocalypse this time, nothing to see here, go home folks (and shop, as the former president Bush would say. And did say).

Let´s see another map. Interactive! See it here. It needs some updating, feel free to add.

The whole thing eerily reminds me of pheasant hunting. Dead birds are raining down all around you, and your company is only concerned over the next tea break (with a little whiskey on the side). It is natural. Therefore we do not see anything absurd. This time we are not literally pulling the trigger on the shotgun. Or are we?

Who kills our birds?

UFO:s have arrived (a long time ago) and Nobody cares

A group of US air force officers held a press conference on Monday 27.9.2010 at Washington, claiming that they routinely witnessed encounters with the UFO:s (unidentified flying objects) while serving the military in the 1960s to 1980s. The press conference was taken seriously enough at least by the CNN. The other major news outlets have been surprisingly-or not- quiet. 

The real purpose of those encounters is pure guessing game, although the officers seemed certain they involved the nuclear missiles storaged or tested on the areas of the claimed sightings. After the UFO visits the missiles on the area became strangely unoperable and shut down. The soldiers were ordered to stay quiet about the happenings. 

 UFO researcher and author Robert Hastings, who organized the conference, claims that more than 120 military personnel have told him about these various alleged encounters. Hastings himself believes that the aliens are keeping a close eye on the nuclear missile  race, which began after World War II. The US Air Force did in fact study the UFO sightings from 1952-1969, however the the project (named Blue Book link)was ended due to insufficient data to back up the claims.

One of the witnesses stated that the US government had, in fact, been in close contact with the aliens. The attempts on communication had been futile -they, whoever they are, did not desire to explain themselves further for us mere earthlings. The retired officers did conclude that they do not know of the happenings of late, as they have been retired for quite some time.

The press conference was organized magically close to the appointment of UN ambassador to the aliens, which occurred last week. 

The question of "have they arrived here or not" has been around since the 1950s, and most of us would clearly dismiss these ideas as pure fantasy, at its best. When imagining the size and scope of the known and unknown space, it is theoretically impossible to grasp on how other living, breathing humanoids could surpass the laws of physics and arrive here -light years away from home planet. Theories on warp drive aside, maybe the answers are beyond our comprehension at this point. The same way as the idea of a round earth circling the sun was once deemed heresy and a rocket to moon was fairytales. 

These men, former military high-ups, clearly distinguished officers, put all their credibility and reputation on the line with these claims. Why would they do that on a whim?

UFO:s have arrived (a long time ago) and Nobody cares