Satellite Tracks Whales?For Science or Hunting?

January 15, 2002
A Japanese satellite to monitor the migration of minke whales will be launched in October. It will collect data from coconut-sized electronic tags that have been attached to whales using airguns. Used in combination with global positioning system technology, the... continued

Tasmanian Lake Monster

January 15, 2002
The Tasmanian Mercury newspaper says their own Loch Ness monster has mysteriously reappeared in the middle of Lake Dulverton. ?People are pointing fingers everywhere,? says Tony Cawthorn, of the Friends of Lake Dulverton. ?But it?s a mystery how she got... continued

Animal Virus May Cause Human Mental Illness

January 14, 2002
A virus that infects animals but was thought to be relatively harmless to humans might contribute to some cases of mental illness, according to virologist Norbert Nowotny, of the University of Veterinary Sciences in Vienna. The Borna disease virus, which... continued

Detecting ET Breath

January 14, 2002
If life is widespread on a planet, its atmosphere should show signs of its presence. The air we exhale has more carbon dioxide and less oxygen than the air we inhale, and in the same way, the combined ?breathing? of... continued

Crop Circles to Star in Movie

January 14, 2002
Andy Thomas writes in the Swirled News website that special manmade crop circle formations will be produced for the upcoming Hollywood film ?Signs,? starring Mel Gibson and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who made ?The Sixth Sense.? The film will... continued

Piece of UFO Produced

January 14, 2002
Florida Today reports that 67 year-old electronics engineer Jim Hughes has been taking out classified ads in their paper saying, ?Would you pay $10,000,000 for a piece of a UFO drive mechanism? (It may contain the secret of microgravity).? His... continued

Play a Strange, Strange Game

January 12, 2002
We call it ?the Dana Game? because Unknowncountry.com first received it from Dana Augustine, our staff artist.Playing this game is a little like rubbing the proverbial magic lantern. The results can be really uncanny. To play it, be sure you... continued

Game Key

January 12, 2002
GAME KEY 1. YOU MUST TELL (THE NUMBER IN SPACE 2) PEOPLE ABOUT THIS GAME. 2.THE PERSON IN SPACE 3 IS THE ONE YOU LOVE. 3.THE PERSON IN 7 IS ONE YOU LIKE BUT CAN'T WORKOUT. 4. YOU CARE MOST... continued

Bill Seeks to Prohibit Mind Control Weapons and Chemtrails

January 11, 2002
Steven Aftergood, of Secrecy News, reports that a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on October 2nd by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) that would ban chemtrails and mind control weapons in space. Among the weapons that would be... continued

New Alien Message

January 11, 2002
A message that will be broadcast into space later in 2002 has been released to scientists worldwide, so that they can test that it to make sure it be decoded easily. If the new message was based on language, it... continued