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May 11, 2009, 12:08:36 AM5/11/09
to The Book Of THoTH
Newsletter for the week of May 4th to May 10th
Hello to everyone! To all of our new subscribers out there, welcome
to the book of THoTH Newsletter and to our Book of THoTH Google
group. Thanks for taking the time to subscribe and thanks for joining
our group. We're glad that you've joined our mailing list and hope
that you enjoy what we have to offer in its pages.
As of this newsletter, we have had 19 new members to join us this
week at BoT. To those who've joined, we say thanks for taking the
time to be a part of the greatest paranormal site on the web! Due to
this new addition of members, we now stand at 7,913 members strong. A
huge thanks to each and everyone of you for helping to make this site
what it has become! We couldn't do it without you.
This Week at BoT:
Time has once again come to pass the Gold Star along. Last week's
winner of the GoldStar, Dawn, has decided to take the opportunity of
it being Mothers Day in the US to pass the most prestigious "Gold Star
of Awesomeness" onto her own mother, MrsBubbaEarl. Congratulations,
MrsBubbaEarl! Wear it well and keep it shining.
In the LabCoat department, Evadatam5150's curious question, "Why do
beans make you fart?", is still standing. If you can come up with a
better answer than the ones that have been posted already, feel free
to jump on the "BoT LabCoat Quiz Part VIII" thread in the Science
section of the forums and take a chance at winning the most stylish
BoT LabCoat.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-19452-180.html
This Week in the Forums:
"'Missing Link' Finally Discovered?" is mad30s thread that informs us
of an up and coming BBC documentary which details the finding of what
could be the missing link in human evolution. If this is the long
sought after missing link, how would it change current beliefs
regarding humans' past? To read more and to contribute to the topic,
see mad30's thread in the Human Condition section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20514.html
WhiteTiger has posted a thread in the UFO section that tells of an
alleged UFO crash in Japan in July of 2008. Like Roswell, some claim
that the craft, as well as ETs, were taken away from the scene. To
read more and to join in on the discussion, see "A Japanese Roswell?".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20496.html
"Alien Giants Land in Russia - Fantastic UFO/ET Evidence" is
mensa517's topic which provides us with a video telling of how
witnesses reported seeing a UFO land and giant beings taking samples.
To view the video and to comment on what you saw, visit the Aliens/
Extraterrestrial section to see mensa517's thread.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20474.html
Damkina has a thread in the Mysticism & Occult section asking about
names in regards to belief systems. Inspired by a question asked at a
dinner party, Damkina has put the question to us. What do you call
yours? Does it even matter if it has a name or not? To read more and
to join in with your two cents, see "Does It Matter, To You, What Your
Belief System is Called?".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20468.html
Juno54 has updated her thread in the Animal Kingdom & Cryptozoology
section with an article about Ratites and, more specifically, the
Southern Cassowary of Australia. To find out more about this
beautiful and interesting bird, be sure to pay a visit to "Juno's
Occasional Zoo".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20251.html
Random Site Feature of the Week:
Have you ever wanted to tour the solar system? Well here's your
chance! From the BoT Observatory, you can do everything from look at
the dark side of the moon to take a tour of the sun. All right at
your fingertips. This feature has some amazing images and is not one
to miss. So be prepared to get lost in space and venture into our
Observatory
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/observatory.html
Strange Fact of the Week:
The London home of composer George Frideric Handel is allegedly
haunted. As a result, the charitable trust that owns it took major
precautions before opening the home to the public as a museum. It was
reported that a Roman Catholic priest was employed to perform an
exorcism in the bedroom where Handel died in 1759. Supposedly, a
tall, dark shape and a strong perfume smell have been witnessed by
many who have walked into the bedroom.
Trivia Question of the Week:
In a field near Forchu, Cape Breton in May of 1888, a field worker was
knocked off his feet by an "electric meteor" as it exploded. Today,
what are these "electric meteor"s called?
Answer to Last Weeks Trivia Question:
What unconventional method was tried in the U.S. in an effort to end
the dust bowl era drought of the 1930s? What was the inspiration for
this attempt?
Rockets were fired into the sky in an attempt to make it rain. The
inspiration for this came from remembrances of the Civil War when it
would rain after large battles. It was thought that the explosions
would cause the release of rain from clouds.
This Week in History:
May 10, 1869: The United States' first transcontinental railroad was
completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first
black president.
May 11, 1949: Siam changed its name to Thailand.
May 11, 1997: IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov,
the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1
for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
May 12, 1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
May 12, 2008: Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a
7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces
in western China.
May 13, 1846: The United States formally declared war on Mexico after
several days of fighting.
May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali
Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
May 14, 1796: Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine
to 8-year-old James Phipps.
May 14, 1948: British rule in Palestine came to an end as The Jewish
National Council proclaimed the State of Israel. Within hours, Israel
was under attack from Arab forces.
May 15, 1918: The first air mail route in the U.S. was established
between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.
May 15, 1930: On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and
Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.
May 16, 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The
term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors
and actresses until 1931.
May 16, 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to
summit Mount Everest.
This Week's Birthdays:
Bono (May 10, 1960) - Born Paul David Hewson, Bono is an Irish singer
and musician who is best known for being the lead vocalist of the rock
band U2. Along with being a successful songwriter, he has also been
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was granted and honorary
knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, was named as Person of the Year by
Time, and is dedicated to a number of charity organizations.
Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918) - Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918) -
Feynman was an American physicist who was known for expanding the
theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of
supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. He was a joint
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his work on
quantum electrodynamics and also assisted in the development of the
atomic bomb. Aside from his work in theoretical physics, he is also
credited with the concept of quantum computing and his envisioning of
nanotechnology.
Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820) - Born in Florence, Italy, she was
an English nurse who dedicated her life to the care of the sick and
war wounded. She began visiting hospitals in 1844 and in 1850 she
spent time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in
Alexandria. A year later she studied at the institute for Protestant
deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854 she organized a group
of 38 women nurses for service in the Crimean War, by the end of which
she had become a legend. She later established the Nightingale School
and Home for training nurses in London as was called "The Lady with
the Lamp" because of her belief that a nurse's care was never ceasing,
day or night.
Maria Theresa (May 13, 1717) - Maria Theresa was the Archduchess of
Austria, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Croatia, Grand
Duchess of Tuscany, and a Holy roman empress by marriage to Francis of
Lorraine. She helped initiate financial and educational reforms,
promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganized
the army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. She is also
the mother of Marie Antoinette and the Holy Roman emperors Joseph II
and Leopold II.
Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727) - Thomas Gainsborough was one of
the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century
Britain. He is noted for painting more from his observations of
nature and human nature than from any application of formal academic
rules. Gainsbrough's most well known works are "Portrait of Mrs.
Graham", "The Blue Boy", and "Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher".
Claudio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567) - An Italian composer, gambist, and
singer, Claudio Monteverdi was often regarded as a revolutionary who's
work marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that
of the Baroque period. His is also known for developing two
individual styles of composition: the new basso continuo technique of
the Baroque and the heritage of Renaissance polyphony.
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (May 16, 1804) - Elizabeth Peabody was an
American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten
in the United States. Long before most educators, she embraced the
premise that children's play has intrinsic developmental and
educational value. With a background in history, literature, and a
reading knowledge of ten languages, she was also devoted to the causes
of antislavery, Spiritualism, and led decades of efforts for the
Paiute American Indians.
In addition to the famous and legendary people above, Bot also has
it's very own stars who are celebrating birthdays this week. Momma's
birthday is May 10th, Deglan is also celebrating on the 10th, and
Louise has a birthday coming up on May 14th. Happy Birthday to all of
you! Here's to an exciting day of celebration and a year ahead full
of happiness and granted wishes.
Tech Tip of the Week:
If you're running Windows XP and want to change what your display
message any pop-up window message says when Windows starts, this
week's Tech Tip will tell you how to do just that.
First, back-up your systems registry. After you've done this, click
on Start, click Run, and then type regedit into the Run box. Click OK
or press Enter on your keyboard.
Once at the Registry editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVerson\Winlogon
Modify the key legalnoticecaption with your name or whatever you want
to name the window.
Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want that window to say.
Exit the Registry editor, close all running programs, and restart your
computer so that any changes made will take effect.
Unsolved Question of the Week:
In the town of Aurora, Texas there is a well known cemetery. It's not
famous for it's ghosts and hauntings. Nor is it known for it's old
ornate tombstones, or for any historical figures buried there. The
Aurora Cemetery is known as the resting place of a special pilot. He
is not a brave war veteran or an explorer; at least not one from this
world. He's said to be the pilot of a spaceship that crashed there in
1897.
The legend of Aurora's buried alien began in 1897, the year when there
was a number of "airship" sightings in the United States. According
to a newspaper article by S. E. Haydon, a local correspondent for the
Dallas Morning News, a slow moving airship crashed into Judge
Proctor's windmill, exploding and scattering debris over several acres
of land, destroying the windmill and it's accompanying water tank in
the process. The badly mangled pilot of the UFO was recovered from
the wreckage and given a proper Christian burial in the town's only
cemetery, complete with a headstone.
But did it really happen? Some say it was true. Children of
eyewitnesses say that the flash from the explosion could be seen for
three miles. Some say that it was just a made up story by a reporter
who was known for his practical jokes. Others say that it was all an
effort to bring attention to a dying town that was suffering due to
the relocation of it's railroad. Eighty-six-year-old Etta Pegues even
said in a 1979 interview in Time magazine that "the judge never even
had a windmill".
Surprisingly, the story didn't garner as much exposure at the time as
one would think it would. Nor did it draw in new business like some
suspected. That is until 1966 when someone stumbled upon the original
Haydon article and sent it to a Dallas newspaper columnist. It was
around this time that a strange metal was found, supposedly belonging
to the crashed ship. This was believed until experts pronounced it to
be an alloy that was used in making 1920's era stove lids.
However, the tide turned in 1973 when UPI ran a story about it,
telling of the International UFO Bureau's initiating of legal
proceedings to have the body exhumed. "After checking the grave with
metal detectors and gathering facts for three months," said the
bureau's director Hayden Hewes, "we are certain as we can be at this
point [that] he was the pilot of a UFO which reportedly exploded atop
a well on Judge J.S. Proctor's place, April 19, 1897."
Two days later, UPI followed up with another report from Aurora. This
time they had located a living witness to the event. A ninety-one-
year-old woman who was fifteen at the time of the crash was quoted as
saying, "I had all but forgotten the incident until it appeared in the
newspapers recently." She said that her parents had been to the crash
sight, but would not allow her to go with them for fear of what might
have been in the debris. Validating the other legends and stories,
she said that "a small man" had been recovered from the crash and
buried in the Aurora Cemetery.
When one would think that things couldn't get any more strange, the
Associated Press joined in on the excitement, reporting from nearby
Denton, Texas that "a North Texas State University professor had found
some metal fragments near the Oates gas station (former Proctor
farm). One fragment was said to be 'most intriguing' because it
consisted primarily of iron which did not seem to exhibit magnetic
properties." The professor also said he was puzzled because the
fragment was "shiny and malleable instead of dull and brittle like
iron."
Investigations came and went, carried out by both independent
researchers and large organizations. Things really got exciting when
MUFON jumped in again with an investigation in 1995. They uncovered a
piece of metal that was 95% aluminum and 5% iron. This was very
uncommon in natural metals since it contained no zinc. The scientists
who examined it said that it would have had to have been synthesized,
a process that was too advanced for the 1890s.
Using metal detectors, investigators have been able to reconstruct the
event of that day, establishing a pattern where debris from the
exploding craft landed. Although much of the debris could have been
discarded scrap from locals at the time, some of the material found
was very unique in nature. One specific piece was analyzed by a major
U.S. laboratory and found to be, like the earlier piece mentioned,
mostly aluminum with a small trace of iron. Another stove lid? If
so, this sample was retrieved about 100 feet west of the well site and
beneath four inches of soil. It was also lodged against the face of a
limestone rock and had been conformed to the precise configuration of
the stone. This meant that the metal had to have been in a molten
state when it penetrated the ground and hit the rock. Other smaller
pieces were found in similar states, embedded in the rock in which
they were found.
MUFON investigators were also able to find the crude headstone that
was said to be placed on the little pilot's grave. Using their metal
detectors, they continued to get the same readings as they did when
they found the other metals. They also wanted to open the grave, but
their efforts were blocked by the local citizens and the cemetery
association. Not long afterwards, the headstone came up missing.
Stolen by curiosity seekers, or removed to keep prying eyes from
finding a figurative gold mine?
Until the grave is found and the contents of it unearthed, the mystery
of the little alien pilot and his crashed space ship will continue to
haunt us as another one of those unanswered questions.
Quote of the Week:
"Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a
mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player."
- Albert Einstein
That concludes this week's edition of the BoT newsletter. We hope
that you've enjoyed it, found it a nice change in your inbox, and are
looking forward to receiving the next one. As always, we should have
lots more waiting in store for you.
Until next time, keep your eyes to the skies and the door to your mind
unlocked. You never know who might drop by for a visit.
Hello to everyone! To all of our new subscribers out there, welcome
to the book of THoTH Newsletter and to our Book of THoTH Google
group. Thanks for taking the time to subscribe and thanks for joining
our group. We're glad that you've joined our mailing list and hope
that you enjoy what we have to offer in its pages.
As of this newsletter, we have had 19 new members to join us this
week at BoT. To those who've joined, we say thanks for taking the
time to be a part of the greatest paranormal site on the web! Due to
this new addition of members, we now stand at 7,913 members strong. A
huge thanks to each and everyone of you for helping to make this site
what it has become! We couldn't do it without you.
This Week at BoT:
Time has once again come to pass the Gold Star along. Last week's
winner of the GoldStar, Dawn, has decided to take the opportunity of
it being Mothers Day in the US to pass the most prestigious "Gold Star
of Awesomeness" onto her own mother, MrsBubbaEarl. Congratulations,
MrsBubbaEarl! Wear it well and keep it shining.
In the LabCoat department, Evadatam5150's curious question, "Why do
beans make you fart?", is still standing. If you can come up with a
better answer than the ones that have been posted already, feel free
to jump on the "BoT LabCoat Quiz Part VIII" thread in the Science
section of the forums and take a chance at winning the most stylish
BoT LabCoat.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-19452-180.html
This Week in the Forums:
"'Missing Link' Finally Discovered?" is mad30s thread that informs us
of an up and coming BBC documentary which details the finding of what
could be the missing link in human evolution. If this is the long
sought after missing link, how would it change current beliefs
regarding humans' past? To read more and to contribute to the topic,
see mad30's thread in the Human Condition section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20514.html
WhiteTiger has posted a thread in the UFO section that tells of an
alleged UFO crash in Japan in July of 2008. Like Roswell, some claim
that the craft, as well as ETs, were taken away from the scene. To
read more and to join in on the discussion, see "A Japanese Roswell?".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20496.html
"Alien Giants Land in Russia - Fantastic UFO/ET Evidence" is
mensa517's topic which provides us with a video telling of how
witnesses reported seeing a UFO land and giant beings taking samples.
To view the video and to comment on what you saw, visit the Aliens/
Extraterrestrial section to see mensa517's thread.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20474.html
Damkina has a thread in the Mysticism & Occult section asking about
names in regards to belief systems. Inspired by a question asked at a
dinner party, Damkina has put the question to us. What do you call
yours? Does it even matter if it has a name or not? To read more and
to join in with your two cents, see "Does It Matter, To You, What Your
Belief System is Called?".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20468.html
Juno54 has updated her thread in the Animal Kingdom & Cryptozoology
section with an article about Ratites and, more specifically, the
Southern Cassowary of Australia. To find out more about this
beautiful and interesting bird, be sure to pay a visit to "Juno's
Occasional Zoo".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20251.html
Random Site Feature of the Week:
Have you ever wanted to tour the solar system? Well here's your
chance! From the BoT Observatory, you can do everything from look at
the dark side of the moon to take a tour of the sun. All right at
your fingertips. This feature has some amazing images and is not one
to miss. So be prepared to get lost in space and venture into our
Observatory
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/observatory.html
Strange Fact of the Week:
The London home of composer George Frideric Handel is allegedly
haunted. As a result, the charitable trust that owns it took major
precautions before opening the home to the public as a museum. It was
reported that a Roman Catholic priest was employed to perform an
exorcism in the bedroom where Handel died in 1759. Supposedly, a
tall, dark shape and a strong perfume smell have been witnessed by
many who have walked into the bedroom.
Trivia Question of the Week:
In a field near Forchu, Cape Breton in May of 1888, a field worker was
knocked off his feet by an "electric meteor" as it exploded. Today,
what are these "electric meteor"s called?
Answer to Last Weeks Trivia Question:
What unconventional method was tried in the U.S. in an effort to end
the dust bowl era drought of the 1930s? What was the inspiration for
this attempt?
Rockets were fired into the sky in an attempt to make it rain. The
inspiration for this came from remembrances of the Civil War when it
would rain after large battles. It was thought that the explosions
would cause the release of rain from clouds.
This Week in History:
May 10, 1869: The United States' first transcontinental railroad was
completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first
black president.
May 11, 1949: Siam changed its name to Thailand.
May 11, 1997: IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov,
the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1
for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
May 12, 1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
May 12, 2008: Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a
7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces
in western China.
May 13, 1846: The United States formally declared war on Mexico after
several days of fighting.
May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali
Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
May 14, 1796: Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine
to 8-year-old James Phipps.
May 14, 1948: British rule in Palestine came to an end as The Jewish
National Council proclaimed the State of Israel. Within hours, Israel
was under attack from Arab forces.
May 15, 1918: The first air mail route in the U.S. was established
between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.
May 15, 1930: On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and
Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.
May 16, 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The
term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors
and actresses until 1931.
May 16, 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to
summit Mount Everest.
This Week's Birthdays:
Bono (May 10, 1960) - Born Paul David Hewson, Bono is an Irish singer
and musician who is best known for being the lead vocalist of the rock
band U2. Along with being a successful songwriter, he has also been
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was granted and honorary
knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, was named as Person of the Year by
Time, and is dedicated to a number of charity organizations.
Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918) - Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918) -
Feynman was an American physicist who was known for expanding the
theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of
supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. He was a joint
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his work on
quantum electrodynamics and also assisted in the development of the
atomic bomb. Aside from his work in theoretical physics, he is also
credited with the concept of quantum computing and his envisioning of
nanotechnology.
Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820) - Born in Florence, Italy, she was
an English nurse who dedicated her life to the care of the sick and
war wounded. She began visiting hospitals in 1844 and in 1850 she
spent time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in
Alexandria. A year later she studied at the institute for Protestant
deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854 she organized a group
of 38 women nurses for service in the Crimean War, by the end of which
she had become a legend. She later established the Nightingale School
and Home for training nurses in London as was called "The Lady with
the Lamp" because of her belief that a nurse's care was never ceasing,
day or night.
Maria Theresa (May 13, 1717) - Maria Theresa was the Archduchess of
Austria, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Croatia, Grand
Duchess of Tuscany, and a Holy roman empress by marriage to Francis of
Lorraine. She helped initiate financial and educational reforms,
promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganized
the army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. She is also
the mother of Marie Antoinette and the Holy Roman emperors Joseph II
and Leopold II.
Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727) - Thomas Gainsborough was one of
the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century
Britain. He is noted for painting more from his observations of
nature and human nature than from any application of formal academic
rules. Gainsbrough's most well known works are "Portrait of Mrs.
Graham", "The Blue Boy", and "Cottage Girl with Dog and Pitcher".
Claudio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567) - An Italian composer, gambist, and
singer, Claudio Monteverdi was often regarded as a revolutionary who's
work marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that
of the Baroque period. His is also known for developing two
individual styles of composition: the new basso continuo technique of
the Baroque and the heritage of Renaissance polyphony.
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (May 16, 1804) - Elizabeth Peabody was an
American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten
in the United States. Long before most educators, she embraced the
premise that children's play has intrinsic developmental and
educational value. With a background in history, literature, and a
reading knowledge of ten languages, she was also devoted to the causes
of antislavery, Spiritualism, and led decades of efforts for the
Paiute American Indians.
In addition to the famous and legendary people above, Bot also has
it's very own stars who are celebrating birthdays this week. Momma's
birthday is May 10th, Deglan is also celebrating on the 10th, and
Louise has a birthday coming up on May 14th. Happy Birthday to all of
you! Here's to an exciting day of celebration and a year ahead full
of happiness and granted wishes.
Tech Tip of the Week:
If you're running Windows XP and want to change what your display
message any pop-up window message says when Windows starts, this
week's Tech Tip will tell you how to do just that.
First, back-up your systems registry. After you've done this, click
on Start, click Run, and then type regedit into the Run box. Click OK
or press Enter on your keyboard.
Once at the Registry editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVerson\Winlogon
Modify the key legalnoticecaption with your name or whatever you want
to name the window.
Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want that window to say.
Exit the Registry editor, close all running programs, and restart your
computer so that any changes made will take effect.
Unsolved Question of the Week:
In the town of Aurora, Texas there is a well known cemetery. It's not
famous for it's ghosts and hauntings. Nor is it known for it's old
ornate tombstones, or for any historical figures buried there. The
Aurora Cemetery is known as the resting place of a special pilot. He
is not a brave war veteran or an explorer; at least not one from this
world. He's said to be the pilot of a spaceship that crashed there in
1897.
The legend of Aurora's buried alien began in 1897, the year when there
was a number of "airship" sightings in the United States. According
to a newspaper article by S. E. Haydon, a local correspondent for the
Dallas Morning News, a slow moving airship crashed into Judge
Proctor's windmill, exploding and scattering debris over several acres
of land, destroying the windmill and it's accompanying water tank in
the process. The badly mangled pilot of the UFO was recovered from
the wreckage and given a proper Christian burial in the town's only
cemetery, complete with a headstone.
But did it really happen? Some say it was true. Children of
eyewitnesses say that the flash from the explosion could be seen for
three miles. Some say that it was just a made up story by a reporter
who was known for his practical jokes. Others say that it was all an
effort to bring attention to a dying town that was suffering due to
the relocation of it's railroad. Eighty-six-year-old Etta Pegues even
said in a 1979 interview in Time magazine that "the judge never even
had a windmill".
Surprisingly, the story didn't garner as much exposure at the time as
one would think it would. Nor did it draw in new business like some
suspected. That is until 1966 when someone stumbled upon the original
Haydon article and sent it to a Dallas newspaper columnist. It was
around this time that a strange metal was found, supposedly belonging
to the crashed ship. This was believed until experts pronounced it to
be an alloy that was used in making 1920's era stove lids.
However, the tide turned in 1973 when UPI ran a story about it,
telling of the International UFO Bureau's initiating of legal
proceedings to have the body exhumed. "After checking the grave with
metal detectors and gathering facts for three months," said the
bureau's director Hayden Hewes, "we are certain as we can be at this
point [that] he was the pilot of a UFO which reportedly exploded atop
a well on Judge J.S. Proctor's place, April 19, 1897."
Two days later, UPI followed up with another report from Aurora. This
time they had located a living witness to the event. A ninety-one-
year-old woman who was fifteen at the time of the crash was quoted as
saying, "I had all but forgotten the incident until it appeared in the
newspapers recently." She said that her parents had been to the crash
sight, but would not allow her to go with them for fear of what might
have been in the debris. Validating the other legends and stories,
she said that "a small man" had been recovered from the crash and
buried in the Aurora Cemetery.
When one would think that things couldn't get any more strange, the
Associated Press joined in on the excitement, reporting from nearby
Denton, Texas that "a North Texas State University professor had found
some metal fragments near the Oates gas station (former Proctor
farm). One fragment was said to be 'most intriguing' because it
consisted primarily of iron which did not seem to exhibit magnetic
properties." The professor also said he was puzzled because the
fragment was "shiny and malleable instead of dull and brittle like
iron."
Investigations came and went, carried out by both independent
researchers and large organizations. Things really got exciting when
MUFON jumped in again with an investigation in 1995. They uncovered a
piece of metal that was 95% aluminum and 5% iron. This was very
uncommon in natural metals since it contained no zinc. The scientists
who examined it said that it would have had to have been synthesized,
a process that was too advanced for the 1890s.
Using metal detectors, investigators have been able to reconstruct the
event of that day, establishing a pattern where debris from the
exploding craft landed. Although much of the debris could have been
discarded scrap from locals at the time, some of the material found
was very unique in nature. One specific piece was analyzed by a major
U.S. laboratory and found to be, like the earlier piece mentioned,
mostly aluminum with a small trace of iron. Another stove lid? If
so, this sample was retrieved about 100 feet west of the well site and
beneath four inches of soil. It was also lodged against the face of a
limestone rock and had been conformed to the precise configuration of
the stone. This meant that the metal had to have been in a molten
state when it penetrated the ground and hit the rock. Other smaller
pieces were found in similar states, embedded in the rock in which
they were found.
MUFON investigators were also able to find the crude headstone that
was said to be placed on the little pilot's grave. Using their metal
detectors, they continued to get the same readings as they did when
they found the other metals. They also wanted to open the grave, but
their efforts were blocked by the local citizens and the cemetery
association. Not long afterwards, the headstone came up missing.
Stolen by curiosity seekers, or removed to keep prying eyes from
finding a figurative gold mine?
Until the grave is found and the contents of it unearthed, the mystery
of the little alien pilot and his crashed space ship will continue to
haunt us as another one of those unanswered questions.
Quote of the Week:
"Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a
mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player."
- Albert Einstein
That concludes this week's edition of the BoT newsletter. We hope
that you've enjoyed it, found it a nice change in your inbox, and are
looking forward to receiving the next one. As always, we should have
lots more waiting in store for you.
Until next time, keep your eyes to the skies and the door to your mind
unlocked. You never know who might drop by for a visit.
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