Posts Tagged ‘news’
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An interview with alien hunter Jill Tarter
Science News By Nadia Drake After 35 years of eavesdropping on the stars, hoping to hear the intelligent murmurings of an extraterrestrial civilization, Jill Tarter, the SETI Institute's lead alien hunter is hanging up her receiver and retiring as director of the … |
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The truth is out there about UFO in Baltic Sea, Swedish scientists say
Fox News Many speculated that the discovery was of a long-lost unidentified flying object (UFO), that crashed into the sea — evoking Duchovny's alien-hunting character on the TV show. Lindberg is clearly aware of the connection: The logo for his “OceanX Team” … |
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St. George Island visitor reports UFO
The News Herald The sighting was reported to MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, an American nonprofit organization that investigates reported UFO sightings. MUFON maintains an online archive of reported UFO sightings and provides a portal for people to report their … |
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Prometheus: the making of a new myth
“What made Ridley Scott revisit the world of his iconic movie Alien more than 30 years later? The reasons are complicated, writes Damon Wise, and the results aren’t what you’d expect.”
Article featuring comments from Ridley Scott indicating that Prometheus might be the beginning of a whole new franchise. Read it here.
Men in Black 3 stuff
MIB 3 director Barry Sonnenfeld tells io9 what he has learned from the second movie’s mistakes and how his threequel is better as a result.
Meanwhile, Lee Spiegel of The Huffington Postreminds us of the real-life MIB encounters that inspired the movie franchise.
Finally, on the MIB front, it’s an “illegal alien” face-off between MIB 3 and Mars Attacks over at Bryce Zabel’s Movie Smackdown site. Go see who wins!
Former SETI Director: Hollywood’s aliens are too nasty!
Former SETI Director Jill Tarter tells Universe Today that Hollywood’s alien invasion movies are a big bag of bollocks… but phrases it more politely than that…
“While Sir Stephen Hawking warned that alien life might try to conquer or colonize Earth, I respectfully disagree. If aliens were able to visit Earth that would mean they would have technological capabilities sophisticated enough not to need slaves, food, or other planets. If aliens were to come here it would be simply to explore.
Considering the age of the universe, we probably wouldn’t be their first extraterrestrial encounter, either. We should look at movies like ‘Men in Black III,’ ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Battleship’ as great entertainment and metaphors for our own fears, but we should not consider them harbingers of alien visitation.”
Read the full article here.
ALF! You know, from the ‘80s?
Lovable ‘80s TV alien ALF is headed for the big screen according to his creator Paul Fusco, who tells The Hollywood Reporter:
“ALF could be more outspoken now than ever, because the world is a whole different place than the ’80s. And I think the character still stands up and certainly has more to say now than ever,” he says. “I think we would approach it in a fresh way. I don’t think we would duplicate the TV show, but I think we would maybe put it in a storyline where we would explain how ALF got here and put him with a new family and let the character speak for himself.”
Read more about the history – and possible future – of ALF, here.
Sticking with the ‘80s theme…
Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats… ho!!!
This is old news (it was first reported in February of last year), but I’ve never mentioned it on Silver Screen Saucers until now. Five years ago, Warner Bros. Pictures announced it would be producing a big screen CGI adaptation of the 1980s animated TV series, ThunderCats. However, the project got lost in development hell, and there it remains to this day. Fans of the heroic alien cat-people thingies might be interested in the following test footage for the movie that found its way online last year (don’t get excited, though. It’s naff)…
The best alien invasion movie ever?!
Last but not least, visionary filmmakers Michael Bay (Transformers) and Peter Berg (Battleship) have teamed-up to bring us their dream project
Could this be the greatest alien invasion movie ever? View the trailer here…
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GI seeks dismissal of 10 counts in WikiLeaks case
CBS News He allegedly sent to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and war logs downloaded from government computers while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in late 2009 and early 2010. |
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Alien Enthusiasts Wanted to Track Down ET
Cleveland News – Fox 8 “All you need is a computer, internet access, and the desire to help out,” said SETI astronomer Seth Shostak. SETI stands for the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. The group is looking for citizen scientists to help unscramble billions of … |
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Just say no to Pakistan's extortion
Fox News For example, during Mr. Obama's tenure, WikiLeaks has compromised globally those cooperating with US diplomats, soldiers and intelligence officers. Even after successive waves of disclosures, Mr. Obama and his aides have failed to act. |
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13 killed in floods near Nepal's Mount Annapurna
Arab News Police official Shailesh Thapa said 13 bodies have been recovered from the Seti river south of Mount Annapurna in Kaski district. Police were searching for dozens of missing people, including three Russian tourists who were trekking in the area, … |
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Lack of access to WikiLeaks condemned
The News International WASHINGTON: US rights activists late on Friday condemned lack of disclosure in the case against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, saying there was even less transparency than proceedings against the alleged September 11 attackers. |











