BELOW is a revisit of a discussion I initiated on another site, almost 10 years ago (SOL & KDOG may remember, as they participated):

After my father passed away in 2011, among his things, I found this photo he had been sent from a friend. Dad was a pack rat. I think it must've been in a box for many years at Dad's house...(He really didn't seem to place much importance to it).

The photo was of a UFO an acquaintance had witnessed in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania sometime around 1970.


HIGH REZ SCAN


ORIGINAL LOW REZ-SCAN



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I don't know who took it. but my dad was raised in this area, so I assume this was sent from someone he knew well.

Dad wasn't really into UFOs, or anything like that, so I just assume it was a photo someone he knew (possibly from his childhood--Dad grew up in the Uniontown/Brownsville area of Pennsylvania) who took the photo in 1970 and later sent it to him because he thought it was cool.

I have seen a photo of similar craft with similar backgrounds from this area in UFO books, but never from this position relative to the mountains and tree-line in the background. To the best of my knowledge, this is an original never- before-published UFO photo printed on Konica 100 paper (It is stamped diagonally KONICA and 100 but the two words a in a very faded grey tone, non-contiguous and are randomly placed at the same angles upside down).

The word 'Long' is also stamped diagonally (same angle as the others) and upside-down. I assume the photo was originally developed in a 'Longs' drugstore...as, back then, drugstores were where people sent their film to be developed.

There is part of a scribbled partial phone number and a woman or man's name (Sandy W.) in my dad's handwriting (Dad often scribbled on the back of old photos, envelopes, etc.) I covered that phone # up to protect whoever's number it is/was. even if complete, I assume it would be out of service by now anyway.

Notes:

- Much great analysis was done in the thread back in 2011 (with limited tools)...with nothing conclusively showing the photo was fake. 
- On the contrary, in fact, most (if not all) analysis lent credible evidence that the photo was not faked.

- I received, at the time, a private message from another member, who told me that they had personally witnessed this EXACT same craft (3 together, in fact) very recently and in another country. They contacted me saying that, until then, they had never seen a UFO reporting, film, or photo that had matched the same craft(s) they had witnessed.

- I was encouraged to send the original photo to MUFON...but also was told they may not return it. I emailed them back in 2011...sending them ONLY the high resolution scans (along with a link to the thread)...but I never followed up.

At any rate, I am including all accrued relevant information here for preservation, discussion and continued research.

Quote:FORMER Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has quit Britain and returned to his native Canada after seven years

Quote:Mr Carney, who holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship

Quote:Since stepping down Mr Carney has taken a role as UN special envoy for climate action and finance

So a drunk guy comes up to you and 3 friends and asked for a cigarette.. "Sorry no one smokes" is your answer. Then the cigarette guy pulls a gun . You disarm the guy and call 911 about what just happened. The cops arrive and you are handcuffed and charged with felony possession of a handgun that did not belong to you. 

The guy wanting the cigarette was a convicted felon ... What a big bunch of BS IMO ! The story does have an almost happy ending as the D.A. dismissed the case but if our hero has his licenses tag ran by the cops it will show he has been arrested for a gun related crime. I would be pissed to say the least ! 

Army veteran arrested after disarming gunman, saving friends

https://www.france24.com/en/20200718-maj...-of-nantes

"fire advancing out of control"

First Notre Dame.   Now this.

As the Aussies say, wakey, wakey, let go of snakey

(Disgusted)

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https://sputniknews.com/science/20200717...ar-region/

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The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden emerged as the result of a deep geological process that has been going on for the last 30 million years with Arabia moving away from Africa. But even these waters could soon merge into a new, yet-to-be-named ocean, as the world’s hottest continent splits apart.
Something is going on underneath the African continent.  It has been known for some time that the three tectonic plates, Nubian, Somali and Arabian, that lie beneath the continent’s Afar region, have been very slowly peeling apart from each other. Now researchers are able to use satellite images and measurements to study the process more precisely and predict how a new ocean will soon flood the region, according to NBC News.
So far, they suggest that in 5 to 10 million years, the new ocean [url=https://sputniknews.com/science/202006151079615886-mystery-of-powerful-forces-driving-earths-mountains-to-soar-to-great-heights-probed-in-new-study/]will emerge along the East African Rift Valley, as the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea will flood in over the Afar region, separating that part of East Africa into “its own separate small continent”, as University of California Professor emeritus, Ken Macdonald, explaines.

Quote:“With GPS measurements, you can measure rates of movement down to a few millimeters per year”, the scholar added. “As we get more and more measurements from GPS, we can get a much greater sense of what’s going on”.

The process is a result of a slow stir of Somali plate, which lies underneath eastern Africa, away from its neighboring Nubian plate. The Arabian plate has already been moving away from the continent – the process which actually created the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden between previously connected lands. Now, the breakup along the East African Rift Valley, which runs through Ethiopia and Kenya, is also set to reshape the world’s map in several millions of years.

© CC BY 3.0 / Razashah1 / Afar Triple junction plate map
Afar Triple junction plate map
And according to a 56-km-long crack which emerged in Ethiopia back in 2005 and occasional volcanic activity in the region, these deep-down developments seem to be quite visible, even to us.


© AP Photo / Iwan Setiyawan
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This may sound like sad news for some, but scientists are really excited.

“This is the only place on Earth where you can study how continental rift becomes an oceanic rift”, Ph.D. doctoral student at the UK’s University of Leeds Christopher Moore said.
The eastern African region is thus turning into a unique, live-laboratory-like spot where researchers will be able to study tectonic processes for millions of years to come.

Yesterday, I did something I never thought I would do. I found a website where I signed up to volunteer to get a COVID-19 vaccine. I was inspired by news articles that stated that people were volunteering to try out various vaccines to combat COVID-19. I am at an age where I feel it could benefit to see how it affects those over 50. I am 56 years old, and live on my own now that my husband is permanently in a nursing home due to a stroke he had in February. I just feel I want to make a mark and help others. Yeah, I know it’s risky. Perhaps my mindset has changed a little since this pandemic started. Instead of becoming more fearful, I decided to be a little more daring. I think I have a purpose here, and I believe God is gently nudging me along this path.  

I haven’t told anyone in my family I have done this. I feel my Mom and Dad would be freaked out, and telling my husband is not an option at this point. The last thing I want to do is make him anxious. So I guess this is my little secret, hence my stating it on here. None of you know who I am, so I feel comfortable talking about this on this site.  

Am I batshit crazy? Maybe. I do feel strongly committed to doing this though. Whenever I feel that way, I go with my gut. I have faith I’ll be okay in the end. I cannot sit around and do nothing. I served my country for 20 years in the Navy. Now I want to serve my country in a different way. Let’s hope this works out. 

@"Tarzan the apeman." 

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Unexpected podcast drop, and should be a good one, with George Knapp this time. 

The original story is pretty well known here in the UK...


...Begum and two pals – Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase – ran away to Syria in February 2015.Begum used her elder sister’s passport to flee with her Bethnal Green Academy friends.The trio flew to Turkey and then crossed the border into Syria with the aid of smugglers.Within weeks of arriving, Shamima was married to Isis jihadi Yago Riedijk, 27, from Holland.They had two children who died from malnutrition and disease.The couple were separated as they fled Baghouz, the village where a few hundred Isis fighters were holed up in a desperate last stand.Shamima ended up in a Kurdish refugee camp where she gave birth to her third child.Eldest sister Renu revealed that her family had lost contact with her for the “longest time” until she was found by a Times journalist.
Her citizenship was revoked by the Home Office on security grounds after she was found in a refugee camp in 2019.
She has recently won a civil rights battle with the aid of Liberty https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...camp.html?

I find this unbelievable yet again that a bunch of do gooders at the expense of tax payers money can have a government decision overturned. How many terrorists have committed atrocities who have been KNOWN by MI5. I know there's the argument that she is young and naive. But let's face it she will say anything to get back to the UK . Maybe she will be put on trial if she does arrive back .On a lighter note a friend sent me this yesterday

Gotta say the Australians have some interesting creatures.  The Bilby:



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