Alien Assault in Dechmont Woods, Scotland? : Revisiting the Bob Taylor UFO Encounter

a reply to: ctj83

Maize and "corn" are not necessarily the same species.

Maize is an ancient grain, but "corn" is a modern term/grain...

Except perhaps in the UK.

Could one of our UK superstars elucidate?

Kev

a reply to: KellyPrettyBear

Corn was the term for a nation's most popular crop, and in the UK that would be wheat. Nowadays, we tend to use corn to mean Maize.

a reply to: ctj83

So we need to know if that 'maize' was really wheat, corn, or the Mexican original (actual) maize variety from 10,000 years ago.

a reply to: KellyPrettyBear

...or whether or not corn is simply referred to as "maize" in Scotland and the British Isles (it is).

Pretty sure it's done to differentiate from the barley (and also wheat) "corn/s", which has a much stronger foothold in Scotland agriculturally than maize "corn/s".

a reply to: Bybyots

Well there went that lead...I doubt we will ever know which grain was involved, as the term is so generic.

It's sad what straws we grasp at for the tiniest possible puzzle piece.

Kev

a reply to: KellyPrettyBear

I doubt we will ever know which grain was involved, as the term is so generic.

Of course we do. It was what we Americans would call "corn", and not barley or whet. Simple as that. The word "maize is pretty specific. It's an important element in the story if we are to take it as a "UFO trace case" because in terms of lab studied evidence that's something we know: Bob had cornstarch-of-mysterious-origins on his trousers.

Nuff said.

a reply to: Bybyots

It would be corn I think, back then, as now. Hard to be 100% certain though.

Now time for some Corn Flakes.

a reply to: ctj83

Don't get any on your pants, then fall into a barbed fence uphill.

a reply to: KellyPrettyBear

Too late Kev. I'm a real mess now. I'm more worried about removing this sea mine I fell on.

a reply to: ctj83

Could the maize starch have been used in some sort of weapon? I'm finding things about a maize flamethrower or applied in explosives. Not supporting Googling this

Also found on Wikipedia that this stuff is used to create non newtonian fluids. This rings a bell to anyone?

Maybe it was used in the 'seamines' and when the gas was released some residue was released as well?

originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Bybyots

Well there went that lead...I doubt we will ever know which grain was involved, as the term is so generic.

It's sad what straws we grasp at for the tiniest possible puzzle piece.

Kev

I am pretty sure 'straw' has something to do with the various grain and cereal products as well Kev.

Maybe Bob just spilled his Weetabix on his kecks.

a reply to: ctj83

Corn starch is used as a donning agent for surgical gloves. It's not as common now, but would have been back when this all went down. Aliens probably wouldn't need em, but pickle smoochers who perform illegal medical experiments might.

originally posted by: jockstar

originally posted by: zeetroyman
hey shauny and jockstar, good to have some locals

What are the chances we all drink in the same pub and don't know it?

Fairly low, I don't drink

a reply to: mirageman

There are various spiritual and occult leaning people I know, who theorize that the "purpose" of UFOs is to keep us off balance, divided, confused, and for certain people like us to be so obsessed with "solving the mystery",

That we don't "notice what is really going on and is important"

Or various other theories about the magicians trick being played on us.

I don't disagree with this concept...it seems likely...

But for those of us who like solving things rationally...that's a disheartening theory.

I'd like to catch those corn starch abusing mofos in the act...of setting up their stage props...


Thats MY reason for researching UFOs".

Kev

a reply to: zeroPointOneQ

Bruh, that's some good thinking right thur. I'd like to know if the corn starch was present in a localized or dispersed pattern, and what the trace amount load was. It would go a looong way toward narrowing it down between experimental weapon vs human experimentation.

Either way, human agents confirmed, unless it all loops back to crop circles. (jk)

a reply to: totesmcgrotes

Has anyone considered it was a euphamisim?

a reply to: ctj83

Would a police forensic lab use euphemisms?

Kev

a reply to: KellyPrettyBear

Without putting too fine a point on it, I have known police to be sensitive with what they reveal to family members in particularly horrific incidents.

Is that the case here? Almost certainly not but something feels wrong about it, as well.

here a little update, the plaque at the landing site was replaced yesterday: www.dailyrecord.co.uk...

a reply to: zeetroyman

Thanks for that addition my friend. What a nice little story to focus away from all the politics flying around at the moment.



And here is the plaque.

Still a fascinating story to this day.