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Originally posted by Thiaoouba Prophecy
Do you need more proof? Although it may be nice to have some more I personally don't need it. What purpose does this serve me? I know that extraterrestrial sentient beings that visit and study our planet exist.
However, people seek proof and more proof, and still more proof, for doubt still exists in their minds. Buddha, an Earthling, who acquired his understanding through his own study, did not say, as your fellow men do: I believe, but rather, I know. Faith is never perfect but knowledge is.
Originally posted by Majorion
reply to post by IsaacKoi
Thanks IsaacKoi !
I wasn't expecting them to release any new files for a while.
Originally posted by Thiaoouba Prophecy
Do you need more proof? Although it may be nice to have some more I personally don't need it. What purpose does this serve me? I know that extraterrestrial sentient beings that visit and study our planet exist.
However, people seek proof and more proof, and still more proof, for doubt still exists in their minds. Buddha, an Earthling, who acquired his understanding through his own study, did not say, as your fellow men do: I believe, but rather, I know. Faith is never perfect but knowledge is.
Faith is nothing in comparison with knowledge. Lord Buddha knew, you too, will be able to say I know.
There is a well-known story of doubting Thomas who wanted to touch Christs wounds, for, seeing them with his own eyes did not convince him enough; and yet, when he touched them, he was still doubtful.
Originally posted by uknumpty
Today's London Telegraph reporting a picture of strange lights over London in the day
UFOs photographed over London
Strange shapes have been photographed hovering over London leading to speculation they could be UFOs.
Officials were so alarmed by the object, which was captured on camera, that they broke with established procedures and referred the sighting to ministers.
They also overrode rules prohibiting investigations into UFO sightings not considered an immediate threat to national security, and spent more than a year trying to crack the still unexplained mystery.
[...]
Most of the UFO "sightings" contained in the national archives were ultimately explained away. But the Scottish event still remains a mystery.
According to the files, the Ministry of Defence first became aware of the existence of the craft when the Daily Record newspaper presented it with six colour photographs of the object. The UFO seen by two men, one of whom captured it on camera, as it hovered in daylight near the A9, at Calvine, north of Pitlochry, on August 4, 1990.
The witnesses said it hovered for about 10 minutes – during which time military aircraft were also seen making a series of low-level passes – before moving upwards, out of sight, at great speed.
The files show that officials established from the photographs that the military craft were Harrier jets even though, intriguingly, none were operational in the area at the time.
An MoD minute prepared for the then Armed Forces Minister, Sir Archie Hamilton, and dated September 14, 1990 states: "Under Secretary of State (Armed Forces) may wish to be aware that the Scottish Daily Record may run a story regarding an alleged sighting of a UFO near Pitlochrie [sic] in early August. Such stories are not normally drawn to the attention of Ministers and the MoD press office invariably responds to questions along well-established lines emphasising our limited interest in the UFO phenomenon and explaining that we therefore do not have the resources to undertake any in-depth investigations into particular sightings.
"They [the photographs] show a large stationary, diamond-shaped object past which, it appears, a small jet aircraft is flying. The negatives have been considered by the relevant staff who have established that the jet aircraft is a Harrier (and also identified a barely visible second aircraft, again probably a Harrier) but have reached no definite conclusion regarding the large object."
The MoD even prepared a defensive media strategy in the event that journalists should bombard its press office with questions about the craft.
Journalists who quizzed the department were to be told that "no definite conclusions have been reached regarding the large diamond shaped object".
However, the Daily Record did not run the pictures.
Dr David Clarke, a university journalism lecturer and UFO expert, said: "This is the most tantalising of all the UFO reports. This shows how the MoD was worried about what the hell they were going to say. They had no idea what it was. They couldn't even identify where the Harriers had come from. It is a real mystery. It is one that can't be explained. They took it very, very seriously."
The files show that a year after the original photographs were taken, the MoD tasked experts to produce line drawings of the UFO which would give officials an idea of scale.
Even the creation of the drawings was shrouded in strict secrecy. One undated document suggests "very special handling" because of "sensitivity of the material". It also orders "minimum handling by listed personnel".
The Government want us to believe the truth is now out there — but these cases prove there are plenty of UFO mysteries that remain unanswered.
The sighting was certainly taken seriously by the authorities at the time, but as we have seen so many times before, the information was withheld, until now!
But why release this information now, after keeping it secret for almost 19 years?
It seems hard to believe that the increase in sightings recently, together with a more relaxed stance by the UK and US on revealing previously secret UFO information, not to mention the Vatican's changed views on alien life, is all a coincidence. What is going on?
Are we (the public) being prepared for alien contact in the very near future, or is this, as some people believe, the first step in a "fake" alien visit, designed to trick the public into accepting new conditions and control?
Originally posted by chinabean
hahahaha...only two pages of responses.
back in the day people of ats would be having a field day with this news.