More UFO files have been released on the National Archives website and can be downloaded at no cost from http://ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk/.  The files will remain free to download for a limited time, after which they will continue to be available for a small fee.

Residents of Peru have reported seeing two bright lights in the sky.  The two lights moved slowly across the sky and have been confirmed by Carlos Ciriani airport in Tacna as NOT being planes!

Two very similar UFO sightings have been reported in the UK.  The first, in Colne, was described as an “orange light” with no noise and was witnessed on Saturday 8th August.  You can watch a video and read eye witness comments here.

The second sighting was over Ipswitch and was also described as an “orange light”.  One witness claims to have seen the UFO initially six weeks ago and has seen it several times since then.  More details on the Evening Star website.

Just came across this on You Tube - it’s an amateur video of a UFO seen in Columbia:

I’d love to believe it but it looks almost TOO good!  I’m used to UFO footage being fuzzy and unconvincing 

A UFO has been sighted by a group of teachers in Argentina.  Described as an “orange half-moon”, the object was said to be either hovering slightly above ground level or sitting on the ground.

An unidentified flying object was captured on a BBC webcam during a live news broadcast.  The video, shown here, is accompied by “Is it a bird? Is it a plane? An unidentified flying object is spotted by a BBC Look North webcam.”.

Think they might have been right the first time, as it does look like a bird to me!  Any thoughts?

On 22nd July, retired school teacher John Powell photographed an RAF Hercules coming in to land.  The plane itself was not the target of his photograph though, rather it was the metallic grey object apparently following it.

The Ministry of Defence has stated that it will NOT investigate the UFO sighting, insisting that air space has “not been comprised”.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, we can now request copies of official documentation regarding any UFO sighting, so it will be interesting to see exactly why this one isn’t going to be investigated!

Came across this today - absolutely terrific example of Pareidolia:

http://forgetomori.com/2008/skepticism/best-pareidolia-ever/

(Also filed under http://www.paranormalevidencearchive.org/index.php5?title=Pareidolia)

“…Pavel Beran was returning home from a night out with his wife when he saw the UFOs on 14 February. ‘We saw two lights and then another two, one emitting a bright orange light, the objects then shot away into the distance in a westward direction. It all lasted about a minute’….”

http://www.allnewsweb.com/page6616617.php

I love watching videos of supposed ghosts, EVPs etc. on the internet but I’m MASSIVELY sceptical …. and this one is a reminder of WHY I’m so sceptical!

Supposed poltergeist activity video on Para-Tube.com.

The above video is labelled as a ‘University Research Video’.  In reality, it’ s a clip from Ghostwatch, a BBC “mockumentary” shown in 1992.   This serves as a reminder that you generally CAN’T verify the sources of any videos or audio clips you see online!  It’s also not as hard as you might think to edit a video clip, add in some bumps and shadows, etc.

By sheer coincidence, I’m actually attending a lecture on 4th April from the writer of Ghostwatch so I’ll report back afterwards!