The One about The Mystery Sphere Recovered In Alabama In 2008

By: Bill Knell

It first appeared on Google Maps in a satellite photo and looked like a white sphere that appeared to be vibrating as it passed over Magnolia Park, Florida in 2005. The pearl-like object hovered at around 20,000 feet. Fast forward to April 25, 2008. Just around the time when strange lights were being seen in the skies over Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Arizona, they appeared over Decatur, Alabama.

TV Stations in nearby Huntsville, Alabama, reported that people were seeing lights in the sky over Decatur on April 25th around 11pm. A number of calls were received by emergency services and one witness, 17 year old Codey Terry (a student at Bob Jones High School in Madison) reported a frightening encounter. She described two bluish-white lights that suddenly appeared in front of her windshield while she was driving past the courthouse and on to Central Parkway in Decatur just after 11pm.

French men ready to kick Britain out of EU, women not so sure

French men ready to kick Britain out of EU, women not so sure (via AFP)

French support for Britain staying in the European Union has slumped, two polls to be published in rival newspapers on Sunday indicate, albeit with some major differences and unexpected caveats. One of the surveys, carried out for tabloid Le Parisien's Sunday edition, suggests a narrow majority of…

To The British Film Institute (BFI): Stop Using Unpaid Interns!

Apparently, it's not just the private companies out there who try to make profits by exploiting youngsters who want to work... 

Read the following email sent to us today by our friends at Change.org and sign the petition asking the BFI to stop excluding talented young people who cannot afford to work for free and exploiting those who do undertake the internships by providing it as "the only option"

Thanks in advance

Loup Dargent

British sub cleared of sinking French fishing trawler

British sub cleared of sinking French fishing trawler (via AFP)

Nine years after five Breton fishermen died when their trawler sank off the English coast, French authorities have finally ruled out the possibility of a British submarine being responsible. Two expert reports published on Friday dismiss a theory that the Royal Navy's HMS Turbulent, or any other submarine…

British Film director Michael Winner dies at 77

Film director Michael Winner dies at 77 (via AFP)

British film director Michael Winner, who made the violent thriller "Death Wish" and become a restaurant critic in later life, has died at the age of 77, his wife said on Monday. Winner had been ill for some time and after a spell in hospital last year died at his home in the upscale west London district…

French special forces a lifeline for Mali soldiers

French special forces a lifeline for Mali soldiers (via AFP)

Fighting on the front in Mali to halt a swoop by Islamists descending from the north, French Special Forces have been a lifeline for the country's ill-equipped and demoralised soldiers. The French military intervention, sparked by the fall of the central town of Konna to Al-Qaeda linked militants over…

Attack of the Frankenfish!

Dear friends, 

The US is about to treat the world to the first genetically modified meat: a mutant salmon that could wipe out wild salmon populations and threaten human health -- but we can stop it now before our plates are filled with suspicious Frankenfish.

The new fake salmon grows twice as fast as the real one, and not even scientists know its long-term health effects. Yet it’s about to be declared safe for us to eat, based on studies paid for by the company that created the GMO creature! Luckily, the US is legally required to consider public opinion before deciding. A growing coalition of consumers, environmentalists, and fishermen is calling on the government to trash this fishy deal. Let's urgently build an avalanche of global support to help them win.

The consultation is happening right now and we have a real chance to keep mutant fish off the menu. 

The Bizarre History Of The Hollywood Sign

The most famous sign in the history of mankind is the one that graces the side of the hill above Hollywood, California. As famous a landmark as the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro, the Eiffel Tower in Paris France, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, The Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint Petersburg Russia, and the Statue Of Liberty in New York City, the Hollywood sign is known around the world as the symbol of the American movie industry.

Dutch uneasy at role as Cameron's EU reform podium

Dutch uneasy at role as Cameron's EU reform podium (via AFP)

The Dutch are increasingly uneasy about Prime Minister David Cameron going to the Netherlands to make his speech on Britain's future in Europe, with some critics saying he'd be better off staying at home. Friday's speech, billed as one of the most important by a British leader since World War II, is…

Petition: Stop UK universities from expelling Syrian students!

Hundreds of Syrian students in the UK could be sent home to face detention, torture, and possibly execution. Let’s raise our voices to demand the government supports them to continue their education here.  

 Click here now to sign and tell everyone about it!

Star Wars to Mean Girls: Top 10 Movies for a Night In

Time alone at in your property is hard to come across. It’s not often that we get the chance to crash on the lounge with a pot of tea and a good film or two, so don’t waste time watching bad ones!

For a perfect night in, add a few of these movies to your watch-list and have an amazing night – all in the comfort of your own home!

Gene study settles debate over origin of European Jews

Gene study settles debate over origin of European Jews (via AFP)

Jews of European origin are a mix of ancestries, with many hailing from tribes in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created an empire that lasted half a millennium, according to a gene study. The investigation, its author says, should settle a debate that has been roiling for more than two…