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OT: The truth may be released soon ...
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cheezyflier
Charter Member
i doubt if we (collectively speaking) would recognize the truth when we saw it
The first thing I thought of when I read that article, is that it reminded me of one of my favorite old B&W sci-fi flicks.
It was called "Five Millions Years To Earth", made in the 60's and based around a long buried space ship unearthed in London. I went and saw it at the movie theater when it first came out. It was one of the creepiest movies I'd ever seen at the time.
It's been a very long time since the last time I saw it on TV, but I think it would still be worth watching even today. It was very well done for the time.
It was called "Five Millions Years To Earth", made in the 60's and based around a long buried space ship unearthed in London. I went and saw it at the movie theater when it first came out. It was one of the creepiest movies I'd ever seen at the time.
It's been a very long time since the last time I saw it on TV, but I think it would still be worth watching even today. It was very well done for the time.
lifejogger
Lost in Texas
You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.
michael davies
Charter Member 2012
Funny little story around these parts about UFOs...excepting the well documented RAF Woodbridge encounter....was back in the seventies when one was spotted at high level over Bentwaters and Woodbridge, apparently it was quite a common occurrence back then. In those days the RAF had the task of aerial defence, normal scrambles achieved nothing with the bogey being too high for a good intercept. On this particular day some bright wag had the idea of going off to the West and away from the target, turning a full 180 degrees and accelerating to Mach 2 at low level back toward the target, then zoom climbing when right under the target.
Needless to say the 20 mile long by 2 mile wide swath of broken windows from the two Lightnings at Mach 2 and sub 1000' AGL was considered by the MoD to not be in the publics best interest...you don't say !, the exercise was not repeated
, and yes the little green men got away again...<SIGH> LOL.
Strange thing is, having lived around here for over thirty years I still recall the sonic booms we used to hear nearly every day as aircraft went feet wet and transited through Mach, they'd probably have been Lightnings ( Mmm Lightnings, second time this week there's been posts on them ) from Wattisham or Phantoms from Bentwaters and later Wattisham. I'd forgotten that childhood memory until this thread.
Kindest
Michael
Needless to say the 20 mile long by 2 mile wide swath of broken windows from the two Lightnings at Mach 2 and sub 1000' AGL was considered by the MoD to not be in the publics best interest...you don't say !, the exercise was not repeated
, and yes the little green men got away again...<SIGH> LOL.Strange thing is, having lived around here for over thirty years I still recall the sonic booms we used to hear nearly every day as aircraft went feet wet and transited through Mach, they'd probably have been Lightnings ( Mmm Lightnings, second time this week there's been posts on them ) from Wattisham or Phantoms from Bentwaters and later Wattisham. I'd forgotten that childhood memory until this thread
.Kindest
Michael
D
denisch
Guest
Just last week I heard on the radio that the British goverment gave the RAF permission to shoot down any UFOs penetrating British airspace.
cheezyflier
Charter Member
sure, why not? after all, the chance of them hitting one is virtually nil.
even if they do exist, they can't hit one. there's no way they could navigate all the way here through space, dodging all sorts of debris, to come here and be struck by the technological equivalent of a boy throwing a rock.
besides, if they can master the science to get here from so far away, pissing them off is a monumentally bad idea. allowing a pilot to shoot at one would only serve to make them laugh. if they even exist in the first place that is.
That one spooked me as well! Have not seen it in years. Wonder if it would hold up at all or just seem silly now?
Moses
I almost put in my original post that I bet it would still be very watchable.
I just checked over at Netflix and they have it in inventory under it's other title "'Quatermass and the Pit ". I was surprised and not surprised at the same time to see it with a 3 1/2 star rating. Not bad for such an sci-fi old movie.
When I was reading the description of the movie I had forgotten that the underlying storyline was that humans were decendents of alien manipulation. I think that might make it one of the earliest flicks I can remember that hinted at that theory.
The trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5xPvFjPhkQ&feature=related
I just checked over at Netflix and they have it in inventory under it's other title "'Quatermass and the Pit ". I was surprised and not surprised at the same time to see it with a 3 1/2 star rating. Not bad for such an sci-fi old movie.
When I was reading the description of the movie I had forgotten that the underlying storyline was that humans were decendents of alien manipulation. I think that might make it one of the earliest flicks I can remember that hinted at that theory.
The trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5xPvFjPhkQ&feature=related
LOLOL... Same here.. Mom took us kids to see it.. FREAKY!!! lol.. Couldnt sleep for ages.. Giant locusts about a meter or so long.
On that second post above I have for the YouTube movie, Russian Migs chasing a giant cylinder, that cracks me up, lol.. Giant, basic cylinder, straight sides, hard edges, out running a Mig, lolol.. Reminds me of the Borg or that ship that comes for the Whales in one of the Star Trek movies..
But.. This one is real.
Bill
