Life (without God's input) is inevitable -- even on other planets...

http://www.salon.com/2015/01/03/god_is_on_the_ropes_the
_brilliant_new_science_that_has_creationists_and_the_christian_right_terrified/

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A clear photo of Bigfoot?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/03/fisherman-saw-bigfoot-bathing_n_6407272.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

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Vedic UFO really flew?

http://www.cnet.com/news/ancient-indian-aircraftspaceship-on-agenda-of-major-science-conference/#ftag=YHF65cbda0

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Again: Where are the comments?

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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh -- unedited

This was an early Wikipedia article on noted astronomer Clyde Tom-baugh and his observations of UFOs:

Tombaugh and UFOs: Clyde Tombaugh was probably the preeminent astronomer to have reported seeing a flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extra- terrestrial origins. On August 20, 1949, Tombaugh saw several UFOs near Las Cruces, New Mexico. He described them as six to eight rectangular lights, stating "I doubt that the phenomenon was any terrestrial reflection, because... nothing of the kind has ever appeared before or since... I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was really petrified with astonishment."

Tombaugh was also later to report having seen three of the mysterious Green Fireballs, which suddenly appeared over New Mexico in late 1948 and continued at least through the early 1950s. In 1956 Tombaugh had the following to say about his various sightings:

"I have seen three objects in the last seven years which defied any explanation of known phenomenon, such as Venus, atmospheric optic, meteors or planes. I am a professional, highly skilled, professional astronomer. In addition I have seen three green fireballs which were unusual in behavior from normal green fireballs...I think that several reputable scientists are being unscientific in refusing to entertain the possibility of extraterrestrial origin and nature."

In 1949, Tombaugh had also told the Naval missile director at White Sands Missile Range, Commander Robert McLaughlin, that he had seen a bright flash on Mars in August 1941, which he now attributed to an atomic blast (mentioned May 12, 1949, in a letter from McLaughlin to Dr. James van Allen). Tombaugh also noted that the first atomic bomb tested in New Mexico would have lit up the dark side of the Earth like a neon sign and that Mars was coincidentally quite close at the time, the implication apparently being that the atomic test would have been visible from Mars.

This is the present, less invigorated, Wikipedia profile of Clyde Tombaugh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh

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Paul Kimball on Frank Scully and his book Behind the Flying Saucers [2005]

An eye-opener for me was Paul Kimball's insightful take on Frank Scully and his notorious book, Behind the Flying Saucers, at Paul's blog, The Other Side of Truth in 2005:

http://redstarfilms.blogspot.com/2005/03/being-frank-about-frank-scully-that-is.html

(I found Scully's rebound book in my high school library, and it was a thrill to read, and became my first oral book report in the ninth grade. Paul's observations clarify the man and book.)

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The Fantastic Albert Robida and Pierre Giffard and their prescient UFO creations

Pierre Giffard published La Guerre Infernale, a serialized magazine in France at the turn of the 20th Century.

It was a sensation, enhanced by Albert Robida's drawings.

You will find more Albert Robida at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Robida

And more about the magazine and both men at:

http://www.merveilleuxscientifique.fr/auteurs/robida-alfred-la-guerre-infernale/

Copies of the magazine are signified at http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:292001

Here are Monseur Robida's flying saucer drawings from 1908:

Some UFO devotees see the drawings and accounts in La Guerre Infernale as the inspiration for Nazi Germany's foray into flying saucer design.

(The Infernal War was a war between France (Europe) and Germany in the fictional stories.)

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