Plane Crash Linked to Defective Parts

January 29, 2002
Italian police have arrested six people for trafficking in defective Airbus spare parts that are suspected of causing the November 12 American Airlines crash in Queens, New York, in which 265 people died. Officers of the Italian Finance Police, working... continued

Radio Station Explosion–A Correction

January 29, 2002
On January 28, we published a story to that an investigation by WJKM Radio in Tennessee had revealed, among other things, the following: Military personnel in black uniforms had been seen near a supposedly abandoned nuclear power plant in the... continued

Last Few Days for Space Survey

January 28, 2002
The Solar System Exploration Survey (SSE) Survey will tell NASA how to spend their budget through the year 2013, and let them know what you most want them to explore. NASA wants both groups of scientists and ordinary citizens to... continued

Weird Lights May Predict Earthquakes

January 28, 2002
Alberto Enriquez, in the Anchorage Daily News, writes that earthquakes don?t just cause the earth to move. They are accompanied by loud noises that broadcast at radio frequencies, and they can even produce a visible glow. Radio interference was reported... continued

Dalai Lama is Ill

January 28, 2002
The 66- year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is in a hospital in Bombay, India after complaining of stomach pains. The hospital says he is in good spirits, talking and able to move around. A spokesman for the... continued

Radio Station Explosion?Was U.S. Military to Blame?

January 28, 2002
This story has been corrected, effective January 29, 2002. For details about the nature of the corrections, click here. Beginning July 6, 2001, Hartsville, Tennessee experienced three big booms, several days apart, that knocked radio station WJKM off the air.... continued

Feeling Blue? Try This Game

January 25, 2002
A reader passed along this strange little color game. Anne Strieber tried it and says, ?It?s like it read my mind?it told me exactly what I?ve been thinking lately!? To try it yourself, click here. NOTE: This news story, previously... continued

Crop Circle Debunking Discussed on Jan. 26 Dreamland

January 25, 2002
On the January 26 Dreamland show, Andy Thomas, Swirled News webmaster, and Gary Val Tenuta talk about the latest media debunking of crop circles. On the website Swirled News, Carol Pedersen describes how a National Geographic television special shown in... continued

Music Changes the Brain

January 25, 2002
In Lee Dye?s column on abcnews.com, he tells about how Christo Pantev, a neuroscientist at Toronto?s Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, noticed the vitality of the elderly patients who played a musical instrument. ?I saw much more activity in these... continued

Great UFO Film for Kids

January 25, 2002
Here is a great animation for kids, giving information about SETI, the recent Stephen Greer UFO hearings, Bluebook and more To see the film,click here. NOTE: This news story, previously published on our old site, will have any links removed. continued