Forteana: January 2003 Archives

Is Saddam Hussein in cahoots with extraterrestrials? Pravda doubts it—This story seems to be absolutely unlikely. As we see, the source of the information is just a Russian colonel, some Petrokov, but still draws our attention to an article in Joseph Trainor's UFO Roundup from mid December.

According to Jack Sarfatti, on Friday night, December 6, 2002, a caller into the Art Bell (radio) show, who claims to have a connection to the military, said a UFO crashed in Iraq in recent years. The U.S. is searching for any public pretext to invade Iraq, but its greatest fear is that Saddam will reverse-engineer the crashed alien spacecraft.

The craft allegedly crashed during the Gulf War (1990-1991) or more recently (possibly December 1998). This will be Iraq's Roswell. The U.S. is currently reverse-engineering the Roswell craft and fears Saddam's scientists will catch up with or even go beyond the U.S. in one or more areas. These areas of research include zero point, over-ratio or gravimetric tenchology, which would allow for a tremendous advance, allowing Iraq to become a leading power.

Another caller explained that it was the work of Nazi engineers who had escaped to Iraq, connected with the Occult SS, Thule and the Templars. Trainor's contacts in the region came up with some interesting tales:

Mohammed Hajj al-Amdar wrote, There are some very strange stories coming out of that valley. They say Saddam has given the aliens sanctuary, so they won't be captured by the Americans. Nobody will go near the citadel of Qalaat-e-Julundi at night. They say the aliens have created 'watchdogs' for Saddam. The aliens take simple desert scorpions and use their bio-engineering to grow them to giant size. Scorpions as large as cows! They have implants to control them.

The scorpions are the perfect guards. They blend in with the desert, move swiftly and silently and zero right in on their warm-blooded prey. The luckless intruder hears a strange skittering noise on the stones. Then a pincer crushes his neck, and another (pincer) his legs, and he is slammed to the ground, and the barbed tail strikes six or seven times. Death comes quickly...

I hear that Saddam says the mission of these creatures is 'to discourage guests who have not been invited.' He has a strange sense of humor, that fellow.

Is Hussein Owner of Crashed UFO?—Pravda, 31st January 2003; "Saddam's Area 51"—UFO Roundup, volume 7, number 51, 17th December 2002 (Beware - broken JavaScript. Turn if off first).

A mystery smudge has appeared on a photograph taken of the the Cardrona Bra Fence in New Zealand. A number of people have since reported seeing a flying saucer at around the same time the picture was taken. Bras were first attached to the fence by persons unknown a couple of years ago, and women from all over the world have sent bras to be added to it. Many share theories over bra fence 'UFO' - Stuff, 15th January 2003.

Two men claim to have seen a painting of the Virgin Mary cry in a small Romanian church. The Romanian Orthodox church has sent a delegation to investigate. Thousands flock to church after Virgin Mary painting starts to cry - Ananova, 6th January 2003.

Cilla Black has revealed that she used a medium to contact her husband Bobby to discuss her decision to quit TV show Blind Date. She had not told the clairvoyant why she wanted to see her and was told You are frightened and excited. Bobby says that is OK - you are doing the right thing. Cilla says psychic's message from Bobby said it's OK to quit - Ananova, 6th January 2003.

A French driver has been taken into custody after crashing through a roadblock. He told police I resorted to force because I saw Martians on the motorway. He was tested for alcohol, but had not been drinking. Police plan drug tests and a psychiatric evaluation. 'Motorway Martians' drive man round the bend - IOL, 31st December 2002.