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FAA Radar Showed Carteret Lights
September 6, 2001The Wednesday, September 5 edition of Filers Files reports that on July 25 the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the FAA asking for the radar tapes for July 14-15, the period... continued
Universe Could Turn To Jelly
September 6, 2001A particle physicist has announced that the universe could turn to jelly. If this happens, the gel-effect will spread at the speed of light from its point of origin until the entire universe has gelled. Dr. Benjamin Allanach has stated... continued
Computer Worm: FBI Had Advance Warning
September 5, 2001The Code Red computer worm is finally slowing down, after infecting thousands of computers. The security company that first discovered the computer virus says the swift-moving worm might have been stopped much sooner if not for the FBI?s caution about... continued
Bigfoot Stored in Freezer?Or Not
September 5, 2001A few weeks ago, we received news claiming that the mystery of Sasquatch was finally solved. Bank security guard Simon Garth of South Carolina said he had a Bigfoot corpse stored in his freezer. 30-year-old Garth claimed he shot and... continued
The Good Guys Win One: Senate Committee Puts Off Secrecy Bill
September 5, 2001The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today decided to postpone action on a controversial bill that would have given the executive branch unprecedented power to crack down on alleged security leakers. President Clinton vetoed the measure last year, and Senator... continued
Do Mysterious Fish Deaths Explain Shark Attacks?
September 4, 2001Mysterious Fish Deaths Around the World We recently reported that hundreds of dead fish are washing up on the shores of Lake Erie in the U.S. Now we?ve learned that an official investigation in Kuwait has been unable to determine... continued
Thirsty LA Sinking Fast
September 4, 2001Scientists trying to isolate which faults under Southern California present the greatest earthquake hazard have found that people have a bigger impact on local ground motion than tectonic activity does. Groundwater pumping is apparently causing the Earth?s surface to rise... continued
Western Wildfires Causing Mercury Pollution
September 1, 2001Mercury Pollution from Wildfires As thousands of acres continue to burn across the western United States, scientists from The National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Washington are flying over the wildfires to measure mercury emissions in their... continued
Dangerous New Secrecy Legislation Threatened
September 1, 2001One of the most awful pieces of legislation in recent history is now under consideration by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, with hearings scheduled on September 5, 2001. It is designed to criminalize government whistleblowing and 'leaks.' (It is... continued
Maine Lights Mystery Grows
September 1, 2001Accounts of strange, loud noises and mysterious lights in the sky have been coming from witnesses in Maine. No explanations have been found, but the number of theories is growing. An astronomer in Greene suggests meteor fragments burning up in... continued