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Tag Archives: aliens
February 15, 2013
On February 15, 2013 a meteor exploded over Russia, bringing back memories of the Tunguska Event, when a meteor exploded over the Siberian Forest on June 30, 1908. Although the Chelyabinsk falling space rock did not cause the super-enormous damage that the Siberian very small dinosaur killer did where it flattened almost 800 square miles … Continue reading
February 10, 1567
On February 10, 1567, Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was found dead, following an explosion at the Kirk o’Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. Surprisingly, he didn’t die from the explosion, but instead was found to have been strangled. For years, it was whispered that he hadn’t committed suicide, but was … Continue reading
January 18, 1644
On January 18, 1644, the first documented case of a USO/UFO (Unidentified Submerged Object/Unindentified Flying Object) was made. John Winthrop’s, the Governor of Massachusetts, diary had an entry detailing the event. In it, he stated that three men in a boat in the Boston Harbor observed at midnight two lights rise up and out from … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, aliens, Boston, ghosts, ufo sightings, Unidentified Submerged Object, USO
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January 9, 1793
On January 9, 1793, Frenchman, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. Aeronaut Blanchard lifted off from the Walnut Street Prison in Philadephia, setting the stage for future prison breaks in books and movies, and floated over the Pennsylvania countryside. Coincidentally, this is also the first semi-documented UFO sightings made over … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, balloons, frenchmen, giorgio tsoukalos, jean pierre blanchard, Philadephia, prisons, the french, ufo sightings
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March 18, 1995
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1995, Michael Jordan announced he was ending his 17 month NBA retirement. There were rumors that Jordan had ‘retired’ rather than being suspended due to his suspected gambling. But in 1996, the documentary ‘Space Jam’ came out showed the true story of Michael Jordan’s retirement and his subsequent return … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, Baseball, Bugs Bunny, Michael Jordan, NBA, sports
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June 24, 1997
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, the US Air Force released a report titled “The Roswell Report, Case Closed” that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Lt. Colonel Scott Hayden, the author of the report, stated that the debris was from a high altitude weather … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, Arizona, New Mexico, Roswell, US Air Force, Wisconsin
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October 30, 1938
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1938 – Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among many of the listeners. The next day, Orson Welles went back on the air and explained how … Continue reading
September 29, 1963
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1963 “My Favorite Martian” premiered on CBS-TV. It starred Ray Walston as the Martian and Bill Bixby as his hapless human caretaker. It ran from 1963 until 1966, which were also the years when UFOs were seen the most often and people abduction stories slowly began to surface. Unknown … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged actors, aliens, Old TV Shows, television, ufo sightings
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September 8, 1966
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1966, Star Trek premiered on TV, and the term Trekkie was born. Finally, adolescent teenage boys could put their train sets away and watch space travel with scantily dressed women in mini-skirts and go-go boots come alive on their TV screens in full living color. Green-skinned hot-eyed alien women … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, explorers, geeks, nerds, space, television, women
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July 8, 1947
On this date in 1947, Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer and captain of the balsa-wood raft the “Kon-Tiki” was floating on the Pacific ocean when news of a “space-ship crash” at Roswell, New Mexico was broadcasted. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Heyerdahl was a space alien from a near-earth planet located in a star-system located … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, Area 51, conspiracies, crashes, explorers, religion
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