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March 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/03/2010 11:52 AM Page 11 From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom 11 Man arrested after recorded the experiment as a documentary. the CIA and UFOs. Not that anything the CIA says — well claiming to be federal PETA Upset at Mike researched as it may be by a historian — will bounty hunter, police say Tyson for Racing Pigeons change many minds. As Hines says in his report, "an By ANNE JUNGEN extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans" have heard of UFOs, and "57 percent believe they are A La Crosse man with dreams of being a federal People for the Ethical Treatment of real. Former U.S. Presidents Carter and Reagan agent now faces charges that accuse him of Animals (PETA) in NYC have appealed to city claim to have seen a UFO." impersonating a bounty hunter. prosecutors to investigate boxing star Mike Kevin Shirel forfeited his leather-cased Tyson, claiming that his practice of pigeon Chinese UFO’s Turn Out fugitive recovery agent identification card, racing is cruel to animals. badge and squad car lights after his arrest for Tyson´s hobby is the subject of a new To Be Kites! claiming to work also as a federal agent and Brooklyn-based reality TV show. PETA argues undercover drug investigator, according to a La that the races could also encourage or involve Crosse police report. illegal gambling. Tyson has raised pigeons all "You know where I live. I will abide by his life, but never raced them before. what you say. I just wanted some meaning in my A spokeswoman for Animal Planet, life," he told investigators. where the show will be aired, says that the birds Shirel, 47, flashed his badge and are "cherished and respected by their owners", holstered handgun in February and March at including Tyson, and that there will be no Payday Loan Store, 4009 Mormon Coulee wagers set down at the races. Road, where employees believed he worked in law enforcement, according to the report. Prototype ´Invisibility Surveillance video showed him pointing the gun at two employees Feb. 27. Cloak´ Created In mid-January, Shirel used his white sport utility vehicle equipped with squad lights Researchers from Germany and the UK and a K-9 sticker to stop a vehicle near Losey have created a prototype ´invisibility cloak´ Boulevard and Crowley Place, according to using photonic crystals. Previous technology reports. He asked the occupants for allowed cloaking in two dimensions. This is the Two pyramid shaped UFOs reported identification after claiming to be a federal first one to work on three dimensions. over Xi'an, China on January 28, 2010 have agent. To date, the technique has been turned out to be kites! When arrested March 12 for demonstrated by hiding a bump on a surface. Another example of why no one is impersonating a peace officer, Shirel told police Years of further work will be required before taking UFO researchers seriously. he paid $400 for a recovery agent training kit anything of note can be shielded. that included a DVD, badge and book that "This is very exciting, because mankind stated he could hold fugitives for law has always thought about being invisible or enforcement. having invisibility cloaks. This is the first proof He admitted to stopping the vehicle in of principle. It shows that the technique works," January but denied claiming to be a federal said lead researcher Tolga Ergin. agent "because that would be illegal," reports stated. Shirel also said he used his badge only CIA concludes study of once to calm a dispute between a manager and customer at Pawn America. UFOs futile — who'd trust Shirel explained in a typed letter to the FBI after his arrest that he didn't remember the findings? Cult Act To Attempt To incidents because prescription drugs affected By Erik Lacitis his memory. He apologized for what he called Seattle Times staff reporter Link Up With Aliens "stupid" actions, the letter stated. Shirel, of 515 N. Losey Blvd., is free on It's a 17-page report available on the Cult band SAINT MOTEL have teamed a signature bond. A court date has not been set. CIA's Web site that acknowledges the futility of up with alien hunters at the International Flying investigating UFOs by the government agency. Saucer Bureau in a bid to track down space Torture Television: The It concludes, "Like the JFK beings at an upcoming Los Angeles concert. assassination conspiracy theories, the UFO The group will mark World Contact Day Game of Death issue probably will not go away soon, no matter on 10 April (10) by staging a show at the what the Agency does or says. Echoplex in Los Angeles - and star watchers In an experiment reminiscent of a 1960s "The belief that we are not alone in the will beam their live music into space. Yale University study, French researchers have universe is too emotionally appealing and the Band frontman AJ Jackson says, "We used a fake game show pilot to test how far distrust of our government is too pervasive to will be trying to finish what Albert Bender from people could be pushed by television. Parallels make the issue amenable to traditional scientific the International Flying Saucer Bureau with historical atrocities have been made by studies of rational explanation and evidence." attempted to do in 1953. The goal was to make some. Still, "CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, contact with extraterrestrials via telepathic Contestants were told to zap a fellow 1947-90," makes for fascinating reading. communication. contestant, really an actor, with increasing It was published in 2007 by Gerald K. "However, days before the 1953 World amounts of electricity for getting questions Hines, the historian for the National Contact Day, Albert Bender had a mysterious wrong until it apparently kills him. Only 16 of Reconnaissance Office. visit from some officials who scared him so 80 people refused to use the maximum voltage, If you haven't heard of the NRO, it says badly he disbanded the IFSB and receded into despite pleas from the ´victim´. it "designs, builds and operates the nation's the wilderness. "They are not equipped to disobey. They reconnaissance satellites" and is staffed by "Nobody knows exactly what happened don´t want to do it, they try to convince the Department of Defense and CIA employees. It but it is rumoured that he was onto something - authority figure that they should stop, but they lists its "vision" as "Vigilance from Above." something that Saint Motel plans to discover." don´t manage to," said Christophe Nick, who In the 17 pages, Hines has put together what reads as an objective, thorough history of Visit The ‘X’ Zone - www.xzoneradiotv.com