January 24, 2002
Antique Airships


> To: "UFO Roundup Subscribers 2":;
> From: John Hayes
> Subject: UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 7 Number 4

>
> > From the UFO Files...
>
> 1913: MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP SPOTTED OVER WALES
>
> During the first two decades of the
> Twentieth Century, there were a number of strange
> "airship" or UFO flaps. They took place in the USA, UK, Italy,
> Germany and New Zealand. In 1913, UK, in particular, was
> visited by a number of "dark airships." Here's a case from Wales.
> "On 17 January (1913) at 4:45 p.m., Capt.
> L. Lindsay, Chief Constable of Glamorganshire (Wales) saw
> an airship flying over Cardiff, creating 'a dense volume
> of smoke.'" Lindsay "noted it was much bigger and
> faster than the locally-built Willows airship."
> "Half an hour later," at 5:15 p.m.,
> "Steven Morgan saw a similar ship, trailing smoke, over
> Merthyr, 30 miles (48 kilometers) away--a very high speed for
> airships of the era." (See UFO: The Complete Sightings by
> Peter Brookesmith, Barnes & Noble Inc., New York,
> N.Y., 1995, page 28.)
>


As well as following the links within this entry, you can find more about these sorts of things at UFO Resources, for "UFO-related news, books and web resources."

They read us there.

Posted by grant at 01:51 PM
January 22, 2002
Philosophy and Jeet Kune Do

Alan Watts said: "…If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or nonhuman, we must first come to terms with the minority and the enemy in ourselves and in our own hearts, for the rascal is there as much as anywhere in the “external” world – especially when you realize the world outside your skin is as much yourself as the world inside."

Bruce Lee knew that.

He used it in teaching his own kung fu, Jeet Kune Do:
"The art of Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplifiy the student to be active and dynamic in every way. But in actual combat, his mind must be calm and not at all be disturbed. He must feel as if nothing critical is happening, not to hurt anyone, but to overcome his own greed, anger, and folly. Jeet Kune Do is directed toward oneself.

"Learning Jeet Kune Do is not a matter of seeking knowledge or accumulating stylized pattern, but it is discovering the cause of ignorance.

"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus, a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage. Everything seems possible when we are absolutely helpless or absolutely powerful - and both stimulate our gullibility."


(Find more Jeet Kune Do here - just scroll down past links for text - and here.)

Posted by grant at 10:34 AM
January 21, 2002

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