Chocolate Rain In Switzerland
A factory malfunction has caused chocolate rain to fall in Switzerland. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/08/18/Factory-malfunction-causes-chocolate-rain-in-Switzerland/3181597770079/ (Photo courtesy of UPI)
Chrystia Freeland Becomes Canada’s First Female Finance Minister
Former journalist Chrystia Freeland becomes Canada’s first female finance minister. https://hosted.ap.org/summitdaily/article/32abf3669f17f731b253c800755142ca/ex-journalist-freeland-canada%E2%80%99s-1st-female-finance-minister (Photo courtesy of AP)
Asteroid Makes Closest Fly-By Of Earth On Record
An asteroid the size of a Tesla just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/08/18/an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-tesla-just-made-the-closest-fly-by-of-earth-on-record/ (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)
National Zoo Awaits Birth Of Pandemic Panda Cub
The National Zoo awaits birth of pandemic panda cub. https://hosted.ap.org/summitdaily/article/da33621dda015449b44a4762e743cb6b/national-zoo-awaits-birth-pandemic-panda-cub (Photo courtesy of AP)
Coquitlam Little League Missing About $230,000 From Bank Account
Coquitlam Little League is missing about $230K. After families expecting refunds from Coquitlam Little League for the cancelled 2020 season began raising concerns they weren’t getting their cheques, the board discovered nearly $230,000 had vanished from the organization’s bank account. https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/08/16/coquitlam-little-league-missing-money/ (Photo courtesy of iStock)
North Koreans Have Been Ordered To Hand Over Pet Dogs For Meat Consumption
North Koreans have been ordered to hand over their pet dogs, to be used for meat consumption. Dictator Kim announced in July that owning a pet is now against the law, denouncing having a dog at home as ‘a tainted trend of bourgeois ideology’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8634831/North-Koreans-ordered-hand-pet-dogs-killed-meat-country-hit-food-shortages.html (Photo courtesy of mailonline.com)
Space Force Capstone Doctrine
The new Space Force and its spacepower doctrine is basically summed up as: “The totality of a nation’s ability to exploit the space domain in pursuit of prosperity and security,” enabling that country “to protect and defend space-based sources of economic power.” https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a33607650/space-force-space-power-doctrine/ (Photo courtesy of CSMNG.com)
Woman Claims She Found Jesus’ Face On Potato
Woman claims she found Jesus’ face on a potato. https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/woman-jesus-potato-face (Photo courtesy of Daily Star)
Drive-In Haunted House Launched In Japan
Japanese horror production company launches drive-in haunted house. Vehicles pull into a garage and are treated to a simulation of being trapped inside a vehicle and attacked by zombies and ghosts. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/08/17/Horror-production-company-launches-drive-in-haunted-house/7911597695552/ (Photo courtesy of CNN.com)
Silence
From Beyond Not Of This Earth By William Pullin, UFO Historian Silence Greetings! Silence. The UFO community has always suffered from issues that have had a direct influence on how the UFO field and it’s members, researchers and laypersons alike, moves forward, or not as is often the case. This situation is not exclusive to […]