The star known as Gliese 581 is utterly unremarkable in just about every way you can imagine. It’s a red dwarf, the most common type of star in the Milky Way, weighing in at about a third the mass of the Sun. At 20 light years or so away, it’s relatively nearby, but not close enough to set any records (it’s the 117th closest star to Earth, for what that’s worth). You can’t even see it without a telescope, so while it lies in direction of Libra, it isn’t one of the shining dots you’d connect to form the constellation. It’s no wonder that the star’s name lacks even a whiff of mystery or romance.

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Sorry for the slow week everyone. Been real busy around here. I’ll be heading up to Brown Mountain this weekend though, to see the lights. Hopefully we’ll get some good stuff.

The Aurora UFO Incident is a UFO incident that reportedly occurred on April 17, 1897 in Aurora, Texas, a small town in the northwest corner of the DFW Metroplex. The incident (similar to the more famous Roswell UFO Incident 50 years later) reportedly resulted in a fatality from the crash. The alleged alien body is reportedly buried in an unmarked grave at the local cemetery.

A Texas Historical Commission marker outside the Aurora Cemetery, alleged burial site of the UFO pilot, which briefly mentions the incident.

During the 1896-1897 timeframe (some six or seven years before the Wright Brothers’ first flight), numerous sightings of a cigar-shaped flying machine were reported across the United States.

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Here we have the second of our guest articles. A kind thanks to S.M. Belekurov for sending us these articles to use on the site. Be sure to check out his site as well.

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Today and tomorrow’s posts will be guest articles submitted to the site. I recieved this message on Wednesday from S.M. Belekurov via email. It’s a pretty interesting read. Check back with us tomorrow for the second article by S.M. Belekurov. Also be sure to check out this article here for more on the black eyed kids.

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