June 2009

Mile-Wide UFO Sighted

Do you believe in UFOs? Though I’ve never seen one myself, I’ve always thought it to be a rather arrogant view to think that we’re the only beings in an entire universe that we have barely even begun to explore. My father and sister swear they’ve seen one, and given the hundreds of thousands of other people who have said the same, I think it’s a highly plausible claim.

A UFO about a mile wide was recently spotted by two separate aircrafts flying over the Channel Islands. Both crews and passengers report seeing the object. It’s one of the largest UFOs ever seen.

Kid Hit By Meteor Lives to Tell the Tale

Most parents tell their children that they’re one in a million—and they are, at least, to their parents. But 14-year-old Gerrit Blank of Essen, Germany is the real deal. Gerrit was hit by a falling meteorite and did not die—a chance of one in a million.

The pea-sized rock was burning hot and hurdled straight from space right onto Gerrit’s hand, where it proceeded to bounce off onto the ground—creating a foot-wide crater. Luckily, Gerrit did not suffer the same fate as the ground, but was left with a scar three inches long.