>>> Continued from previous message
Next up was some footage shot in Boyle in December, of a cylindrical
light, allegedly hovering in the sky. Byrne was sceptical - he
pointed out that it could be a street light, or that in fact, it
could be *anything*. Sewell defended the footage, explaining that it
was taken in Lough Key Forest Park - away from any electric lighting.
Gay Byrne was a man unconvinced (and I have to say, it's not often
that my opinions obviously coincide with his, but in this case, I am
less than impressed the evidence). Sewell went on to point out the
15-20 lights appearing around the object, but Gaybo began steering
away from the murky waters of Rorschach testing on live TV.
At this point, several members of the audience -- normal people
began giving their own sceptical opinions, and asking some
interesting questions. In answer to a question concerning
Christianity versus What Rael Had to Say, Rael had to explain how the
Elohim were actually 'God', that Mary was abducted and impregnated by
the Elohim (like Rael's mum, or so we're told) and that Jesus was,
like Rael, half Elohim, half human. And that J.C. would be back with
a cure of cancer and AIDS, as soon as we build this embassy.
I'll keep an eye on the newspapers for Planning Permission notices.
(Thanks to both Aonghus de Barra and Monica Walsh for being so good
as to record 'The Late Late Show' for my dissection)
NO WE HAVE NO CRASHES TODAY
Isn't it interesting how people started seeing UFOs in Boyle once the
crash story hit the tabloids? -- mind you, the ICUFOS maintain the
sightings have been happening for years. Continuing the 'Boyle Crash'
thread , Blather dropped a cautious email to Saab's PR department,
requesting comments regarding rumours of an alleged Gripen crash in
Ireland. We received a very cheery answer:
        From: coms@saab.se
        Subject: Svar: Message from the Gripen Website
        Hello Dave!
        There has been no Gripen crash in Ireland.
        During the development of Gripen two test aircraft crashed
        but they both crashed in Sweden.
        Kind regards
        Elin Almer
What can you say to such candidness?
I replied to this message, explaining how a kind of rumour and/or
myth was springing up about an alleged Gripen crash.
Ms. Almer responded explaining how this was perhaps not such a
surprise - after all, the gripen is an 'old mythological animal'. I
would gather that gripen is Swedish for Griffin -- any comments,
anyone?
ANY FORTEANS IN WEST VIRGINIA?
On behalf of Loren Coleman, Blather is blatantly utilising your
readership to gather information regarding sightings and thus
possible activities of large hairy bipeds in West Virginia early in
February 1998. All reports to fortean@maine.rr.com
Dave Walsh
20th February 1998
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