UFOs Exist! The Truth is HERE!

Yesterday, I make the conjecture about the possibility of the End of the World being near and then today the following news is released. As Agent Mulder from X-files would say, “the truth is out there”

Yesterday the Vatican in Rome officially came out to say that it is O.K. to believe in UFOs and that they, and I assume they mean the aliens, are all a part of God’s creation and doesn’t interfere with Christian beliefes. Well THAT statement sure helps the credibility of Christianity and Catholicism, lol! But, hold on, not so fast, Great Britain begins to release it’s OFFICIAL UFO files, their X-files so to speak.

Here is an excerpt and a link to the AP article that includes the following statement from the Vatcan.

“The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, was quoted as saying the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.

“How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?” Funes said. “Just as we consider earthly creatures as ‘a brother,’ and ’sister,’ why should we not talk about an ‘extraterrestrial brother’? It would still be part of creation.”

In the interview by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Funes said that such a notion “doesn’t contradict our faith” because aliens would still be God’s creatures. Ruling out the existence of aliens would be like “putting limits” on God’s creative freedom, he said.”

Not to make light of this subject, but making a joke, many people have often believed that the Papal Hats, Coneheads and Aliens all went hand in hand. Pope John Paul II once described the aliens this way as having really big eyes!

I’m just kidding about this picture of JP 2 describing the aliens, but I and apparently the Vatican and the United Kingdom are serious about UFOs. I had reported to you here a few weeks before about the news about aliens “officially” coming out and it seems that is becoming a reality. Britain will be releasing all their files month by month over what is estimated to take 4 years. Some theorists say that all this information and other events going on is to desensitize the public and kind of slowly break the news to us about their existence to avoid mass hysteria before a major event happens. Whether that is true or not, it is interesting nonetheless and that all this stuff is happening fast and recently after several large mass sightings. Will the U.S. government follow suit and release the REAL X-files?

Here is the link to Britain’s Official UFO Archives and links to the files themselves.

Newly released UFO files

The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1978–2002. So if you want to find out more about lights in the sky over Waterloo Bridge, near misses by pilots, crop circles - and what the UK government thought of it all - this is the place to start. The files are in PDF format.

DEFE 31/172 - UFO incidents (14.6 Mb)
DEFE 31/173 - UFO incidents (45.7 Mb)
DEFE 31/174 - UFO incidents (22.6 Mb)
DEFE 31/175 - UFO incidents (15.3 Mb)
DEFE 24/1922 - UFO reports (13.8 Mb)
DEFE 24/1923 - UFO reports (32.7 Mb)
DEFE 24/1924 - UFO reports (43.2 Mb)
DEFE 24/1925 - UFO reports (51.7 Mb)

What to make of all this, I can’t tell you. Is this also a possible sign that the end may be near? Could we be beamed up in a UFO Rapture? (well us christians anyway ) It would certainly explain the white robes.

“What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?”

Winston Churchill - July 1952

And while we are on the subject, here is a trailer of one of my anticipated video game releases this year. Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon coming 9-15-08 to a PS3 or Xbox 360 near you.
 

The End of the World?

and NOW for something COMPLETELY different! Once upon a time long ago in a land far far away ORION was a spirit-filled Christian Preacher who believed the end of the world was nigh. A lot of things have happened in the past 11 years since then. His beliefs changed a little bit and he grew up an even an even little-r bit. Anyway, he fell away from that line of thinking, coming to the belief that every generation views “their” time is the time of the apocalypse, and in a lot of respects it has been. In those times the events were localized to a small section of the world, ie the Spanish Flu, the Holocaust etc… This time is a little different, things are happening globally with recent events he is starting to think maybe he wasn’t so far off based after all, once upon a time.

I’m not writing this to preach, but just to open one’s eyes for a moment to ponder the possibility and open up the subject for debate. You do have to at least be alarmed or wonder with all these major events escalating. The main thing that is alarming to me is the escalating price of WHEAT and major food staples due to the escalating price of oil and gas. It has been prophesied that in the end times the price of wheat would reach the equivalent of $100 a bag and ask your local Pizza joint how much the price of wheat and flour is costing them. You combine this with Earthquakes in strange places such as St Louis, mainland China killing tens of thousands, even a few earthquakes in Texas, escalating wars and nuclear stockpiling in the Holy Land, Tsunamis that killed 226,000 people, Cyclone killing 100,000+ people, a Hurricane sinking a major U.S. city, Tornado outbreaks that are increasing in number and death toll every year, global warming, glaciers receding, the main source of heating and fuel running out.

There are a few facts we need to start to realize, whether we are nearing the end of the world or not, life as we have known it for 100 years is changing. Gone will be the gas guzzling cars and jets. The U.S. govt is even tipping us off to the end of the oil supply by buying more oil reserves instead of releasing them to drive down the price. The country of Dubai will run out of oil by 2010. Storms and earthquakes are effecting more people and aren’t just localized in one part of the world, it is effecting us all. The U.S. economy is in the process of changing from a manufacturing center to a sales and information ie technology based nation.

So in summary, just consider the possibilities. Was Nostradamus right in the newly found book of his? Will we have only one more Pope? Are the Mayans right? What will happen when their clock runs out 12-23-2012 when the earth aligns with the dark center of the galaxy? Will gas go higher and higher? No one has a solution and no one sees the ceiling. The earth is getting warmer, the ice is melting, the seas are rising, earthquakes are rampant and the ONLY thing missing from the scenario is a worldwide plague.

So to, pardon the pun, END, on a lighter note SOME people would say that seeing a woman or a black man in the White House would be PROOF that the end of the world is at hand, or that LordJerith is the anti-christ. :-p So seriously folks, what are your feelings and thoughts on this subject? These are the “Things that make you go hmm” ~C+C Music Factory

Darkie’s Quickee: Alone in the Dark (Cinematic Trailer)

Alone in the Dark has another trailer out. They say it’s a cinematic trailer, but I guess I was expecting more out of it and it to be more cinematic than it was. There’s some new footage in there as well as footage we’ve seen in a lot of the previous trailers. I have mixed feelings about this one. It doesn’t particularly show any of the strengths of the game nor that much of the storyline. However, enjoy! And stay scared!

Gears of War 2 Video Mania!

This is for all of your Gears of War fanatics out there! Granted, I don’t play the multi-player, but I did love playing the campaign mode. Gears of War 2 looks to be a lot of highly intense action as you fight for humanity. Here is the first video peak of the game, it looks awesome!

Now if you want the same thing, but want to know what makes it different from the first game, this video has little pop-up describing the little things.

And then we can’t forget the side by side comparison on how much better, graphically wise, and enemy wise that this sequel looks.

Lost Zombies: A Community Generated Zombie Documentary

Not too long ago Orion brought a comment on his blog about House of the Dead to my attention. In it was a brief announcement about a new zombie site accompanied with a link. Zombies. My favorite. How could I resist? I had to check it out.

My opinion has changed since I first viewed the site at the arrival of the e-mail detailing the comment. A lot of what bothered me about the site has been changed; except they’ve temporarily removed the chat option, which bummed me out.

Here’s the concept: Zombie’s are real. It is up to us, the public users, to generate proof, through videos, pictures and written accounts, to publicize recent zombie outbreaks. Originally it was all centered on a single outbreak that lasted three minutes and was worldwide, but kept undercover by the government. The culprit was some pharmaceutical company who caused certain users to go through the life, death, and undead cycle in three minutes until the creatures relapsed and died on their own on the third minute.

At first, everything was to be centered around that single three minute event and peoples accounts on it. Although, I may be wrong since the site has undergone some major changes in such a short period of time. That outbreak, however, is still there; it’s only a single encounter. Now, the users of the site are to report any zombie outbreak and to provide proof for it. This is a community developed zombie documentary that is tackled through different mediums.

I love this concept! If you go to the site (Lost Zombies) you will find me posting under Dark Chaos (bet you didn’t see that one coming). I’m not fond of the concept of the original zombie breakout. Three minutes is too quick and would be over before anything too tragic can happen. With three minutes you have the “what the fuck moments” and then it’s over before anything really happens before a person can really be effected by the event, I mean it will have an effect on the person, but it probably won’t change much for that person and be a distant memory where they’ll be sitting on the porch one day going, “you remember that time, when that dude was attacked by a zombie, but didn’t turn, and then the z died. That was fucked up.” Oh yeah, the bitten don’t turn into zombies. I’m fine with this concept as long as it occurs only in the pre-stages of zombification.

Now that it has been opened for new encounters and not focused on only one encounter; I feel that this has a lot of potential to go places and generate some great media. Granted, since it’s open submission more or less, there will be a lot of crap, but hopefully if quality control is in effect, then some great things can really shine through here. What I love about it is that it takes it all very seriously. There are zombies, there’s no disputing it. Now let’s prove it. I love it because it brings me back to World War Z by Max Brooks as well as his Zombie Survival Guide. They were humorous, but they had political and social points, and they were written in complete seriousness as if the war against the zombie really happened.

As the site stands right now, my only problem with it is the lack of the chat function, which I’m assuming will be up again soon, and the clutter. The homepage feels very cluttered, too much info coming from every which way. At first they had the explanation of the site on the homepage and then it was moved to the “about us” section. With a site like this, I feel it’s important to have that on the main page so it’s the first thing visitors sees and don’t have to sort around asking “what the hell is this?” Then below the paragraph about what the site is about, have one of the sample blogs or videos up; or even better yet, make an intro recruitment video explaining and outlining the details of the site and the zombie outbreak. The Latest Activity section should also be moved someplace else as it adds to a lot of the clutter on the homepage. It needs to be slick and engaging, make the viewers see the important stuff first and make them search for some of the extra stuff instead of crowding it all on the home page.

If Lost Zombies is in the right hands and they have the right people contributing to it; there will be great content flowing from it. So take a few minutes check out the site. If you like it, sign up as a member and contribute to the zombie propaganda. I look forward to seeing where it goes and also contributing pieces of my own to the site.

On a final note, I forgot to add that the profile creation is pretty cool, it’s a lot like Myspace/Facebook to name a few examples. You can add, pics, vid, music, your bio and a few misc. zombie things that are very nice, as well as send messages and have comments plastered all over your wall, not to mention it’s relatively easy to use.

The site isn’t perfect, but there’s potential.