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Commenting on the way that researchers in the modern Internet era use the web to outsource tools for monitoring even the most esoteric studies, Jon Thompson at TechRadar.com discussed how Ufology is also going through “great changes” thanks to newly available technology.
“The Internet,” he says, “has certainly brought it chaos, but it has also been a catalyst for new life and opportunities. It’s now easier to be taken seriously if you have what you believe is an extra-terrestrial experience—and the very organisations you might try to contact in this case have also had to adapt to change brought about by the internet.”
True, the new methodology applied to the study of UFOs encompasses everything from using programs and utilities like Google Earth to “map” UFO hotspots, to capturing occasional airborne anomalies using outdoor webcams. More simply, however, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are making waves in the field, with online fan groups, networking forums, and even syndicated feeds that bring relevant news to our news collectors and cell phones without anyone having to look for them. Thanks to the web, mankind has all but created a filter that catches the summation of our ideas and interests, categorizing and capitalizing on them in new, exciting, and accessible ways.
But it’s not just the Internet that’s hooking up UFO hunters in ways that previously were unavailable. More and more photographs of strange things in the skies are now captured with camera phones, and images can not only be circulated from phone to phone via SMS text messages and email, but they can also be uploaded directly to the web via mobile applications, putting the stranger, seldom seen aspects of existence more in touch with the masses than ever before.
Although Google Earth is becoming a common tool used in the dissemination of information about odd locations and, occasionally, aerial phenomenon photographed via satellite, another feature Google provides is at the forefront of providing information to researchers once it has made its way to the web. Google News allows people to search for the most relevant news stories that include key terms they enter, and even sorts them into categories spanning frequencies as little as stories posted within the last hour! Additionally, Google Alerts will automate the same function in reverse: enter a term you want Google to send you notifications about, and you can get email messages with links every time they appear anywhere on the web. Instant news, and for users of BlackBerrys and other phones that carry email services, instantly at your fingertips!
With the growing availability of social networking and web-based resources, the field of Ufology will indeed continue to change… as well as virtually every kind of news gathering and reporting. Terms like “citizen journalism” come to mind, and a future of rich, constantly renewable source material is growing closer with every nanosecond. But what lies around the next bend? Where will it go from here, and more importantly, will technology be smart enough to crack any new leads on the mystery of strange objects seen in the skies?
Video: Tourist considers ghost may have been 'captured' in Paris Catacombs
A tourist shooting video in Les Catacombes of Paris is wondering if he caught a ghost on camera, according to the photographer's YouTube explanation.
The very brief "ghost" capture comes very near the end of the video. The photographer states that nothing was seen while making the video, but the ghostly image was only noticed later.
Is this a play on light, or is this the image of a ghost?
Video: Tourist considers ghost may have been 'captured' in Paris Catacombs
A tourist shooting video in Les Catacombes of Paris is wondering if he caught a ghost on camera, according to the photographer's YouTube explanation.
The very brief "ghost" capture comes very near the end of the video. The photographer states that nothing was seen while making the video, but the ghostly image was only noticed later.
Is this a play on light, or is this the image of a ghost?
Does this spooky image show ghost boy watching builders demolish his old school? By Daily Mail Reporter
The ghostly image of a young boy was captured on camera as builders demolished an old school building.
John Fores, 47, insists the spectral figure was not present when he took the picture of the part-demolished brick building.
But when he looked back at the images he spotted the boy, aged around eight with short hair and wearing a dark top, standing on the right of the picture looking into the camera.
Spooky: The ghostly image of a young boy appears in this photograph of demolition work at Anlaby Primary School, near Hull, which is said to be haunted
Mr Fores was carrying out demolition work on the site at Anlaby Primary School, near Hull, East Yorkshire. He took several pictures on his mobile phone to record the demolition work. He said: 'I took the pictures just after noon. I took a few and at the time didn't notice anything. 'When I put the pictures on the computer and I saw the figure, the hairs on the back of my neck stuck up. 'I couldn't believe what I had seen. I didn't believe in ghosts, but since I got this picture I am not so sure.' The image of the young boy is exceptionally clear, but the builder insists he has not altered the picture in any way.
The school, which is still in use, was built in 1936. Caretaker Gordon Bradshaw, 54, said it has a reputation for being haunted. He said: 'I've been here 29 years and the kids have always said there is a ghost at the school. I've never seen anything though.' Rob Taylor, of the Hull Paranormal Ghost Society, said: 'I have never seen anything as clear and as distinctive as the boy in the picture. 'I am aware of people using mobile phones and getting orbs and misty images. It needs further investigating.'
Ex pupil? The boy in the image appears to be around eight and is wearing a dark top and cap
London, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A tourist took a picture of a Brit building, and later when he enlarged the picture, then he saw a pale outline of a ghost in it. The apparition of whitish young women is seen in the picture. It is said that the Brit building – a ruined castle is in bad shape. The figure is seen from the first floor window, and the astonishing thing is that, the floor there has crumbled many years ago, and there is nothing to stand on. Whereas in the photograph taken by the tourist, the figure is standing near the window.
Kevin Horkin took the photograph at the Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales, and he saw the ghost when he downloaded it later. He was pleasantly shocked to see the figure of the young woman in the castle window. “I did feel a presence there. It was a cold day when I visited, but it seemed warm near the building. There seems to be a sense of tragedy there,” the Sun quoted him as saying. He is of the opinion that there was some unfortunate tragedy at the castle, and the ghost of someone is still trapped there. The castle is said to be made in 1819, but has been non-functional since 1985.
Kevin Horkin wants to explore the whole thing very systematically. He is not taking things lying down. He plans to investigate the whole matter with a ghost-hunting team. The North Wales Paranormal Research Group confirmed Kevin’s findings and said that many sightings have already been recorded at Gwrych.
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