Atlantis’s crew stand for their group photo. From left: Pilot Christopher Ferguson, Mission Specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph Tanner, Commander Brent Jett, and Mission Specialists Steven MacLean and Daniel Burbank. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston. The final launch rehearsal is now competed and with the replacement of a few faulty bolts on the communication antenna, Atlantis is looking A-OK for its launch later this month. Atlantis’ six crew members will install a second set of solar [...]

The Daily Grail has an interesting interview with Chris Kenworthy, the man behind the Australian UFO Wave 2006 website. The interview is similar to the one that appeared on UFOwatchdog yesterday (see Australian UFO video hoaxer interview), but the Daily Grail goes in to more detail on where Chris got the idea from for setting up the hoax.

A five circle formation has been found in a field of soybean near Geneseo, Illinois. The farmer, Jim Stahl’s said the circles appeared as they always do – out of nowhere! The five circles in his soybean field create a geometric pattern. Three of the circles are the same size – about 50 feet in diameter — and are connected like beans in a pod. The other two circles are half the size of the [...]

ufowatchdog.com Interviews Filmmaker, Writer And UFO Hoaxer UFO Watchdog has a very interesting two part interview with Chris Kenworthy, the man behind the recent Australian UFO Wave 2006 Website and the “Faked” UFO videos [link]. It’s interesting to note that Chris is not only a Filmmaker, Writer and UFO Hoaxer – he is, or rather was, a part-time (minor) crop circle maker here in Wiltshire where I’m now living. Incidentally, Crop circles in Wiltshire have [...]

As most of you will no-doubt be aware, yesterday was definitely Maine Mutant day! Loren Coleman over at Cryptomundo has written up an impressive account of the days events, including local television comments, an email delude, international TV interviews, website overloads, speculation, gossip and t-shirts to name but a few. And all for what? A new species of beast? Or just an unfortunate looking stray dog?

This photo was allegedly taken at the end of June or the beginning of July 1995 by Mrs Korejwo, a Polish school teacher. Mrs Korejwo didn’t spot the object at the time of taking the picture, and was shocked to find it once developed. The photo has been examined by Kodak photo lab workers, and concluded the film was not defective. They suggested that whatever the object is, may not have been seen by Mrs [...]

A neolithic stone carving of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) has been discovered in a remote part of Inner Mongolia, along with other “unexplained” carvings thought to be depictions of the gods.

New sighting of a black Panther like cat warrants an official search says Biosecurity New Zealand senior adviser. This is now the sixth sighting of a large cat in mid Canterbury (NZ) since 2001.

Temple visitors and devotees are mystified as to why a Pillar in the Devi temple (Agra) suddenly became unbearably hot. Experts are not sure what caused the mystery, but it has been suggested it could be either a “leak in an electric wire” (never heard of a leaking electric wire before !?!), heating from gas storage below the structure or just a temporary phenomenon… yep, just a temporary phenomenon!

Police in France are on a hunt to catch or even kill a mysterious big black cat – described as a “panther” about 1.2 metres long.