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From: Dave Walsh <dave@nua.ie>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:19:25 +0100
Fwd Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 09:13:57 -0400
Subject: Nua Blather: Rocks From Irish Skies

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ROCKS FROM IRISH SKIES

Not one, but *two* alleged Irish meteorite sites have come to the
attention of Blather this week. Firstly, UFO Roundup, via the UK UFO
Network (who are now presumably claiming responsibility over rocks
that fall from the sky), reported on a 'mysterious crater' discovered
on farmland near Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, in January 1998. Armagh
Planetarium (http://armagh-planetarium.co.uk/) apparently
investigated, where they are said to have found a 'circular
crater six feet in diameter filled with water', along with a
'badly-damaged milk churn'. The report went on to state how
'investigators found a 1.5 millimetre bead of glass' which was
possibly from the meteorite.

Blather was a little suspicious about such news -- but did a
little back-tracking, and discovered an Irish Times report on the
incident. It was from the 'In the North' section of the
Thursday, January 29th, 1998 issue, and stated how, based on
investigations by Planetarium director Tom Mason and his team, the
"mysterious and violent bang heard in the Fermanagh village of
Belleek on December 13th last" was "almost certainly a meteorite".

However, whereas the UK UFO Network report stated that the crater was
6ft in diameter (1.83m), the Irish Times said that it was merely 3ft
(0.92m). Anyway, the crater was found 10 (3m) feet from the
Enniskillen-Ballyshannon road, half a mile from Belleek.
Based on extensive interviews with "earwitnesses", known meteorite
activity in the atmosphere, aerial hissing sounds, the sound of the
'bang' -- a dull thud, and the fact that a meteorite had landed in
Greenland two days previously (See Blather: Baaaaah-Humbug!
http://www.nua.ie/blather/archives/issue1no33.html), pointed towards
an, dare I say it, extraterrestrial explanation. The Irish Times said
that the area had been sealed off by security forces in early
January, on discovery of the crater, but doesn't mention any forensic
details. One can only assume that while they did link it to a
"massive bang on December 13th at 5 am", they seemed content that it
was not a bomb.
The Irish Times January 29th 1998
(http://www.irish-times.com/irish-times/paper/1998/0129/hom38.html)


The Irish Times struck again on May 21th, 1998, to tell us that about
'Mystery sea object found to be a rock'.

On Tuesday 19th May, the Naval service were put on a alert when a
large object became snagged in the nets of the trawler *Silvie Liddy*
from Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. It was forced to proceed to shore
at only three knots, with the object below at a depth of 35 metres
(115ft).

The trawler rendezvoused with the patrol vessel LE Emer off Hook
Head, Wexford (http://ipl.lub.lu.se/exhibit/light/IRE/HookHead.html),
and a half mile exclusion zone was placed around the vessels,
although the skipper (Denis Harding) and crew of the trawler felt
that at 5 tonnes the object was far too heavy to be a mine.

Naval divers used lifting bags raised it to 15 metres, freed it
from the trawl, and dropped it to a nearby rock shelf. It has been
speculated that the 5-tonne 1.5 cubic metre rock is a meteorite,
although no source has been quoted in that regard -- Blather would
be delighted to hear the comments of Dunsink Observatory
(http://www.dunsink.dias.ie) or Astronomy Ireland
(http://ireland.iol.ie/~ai/).

The Irish Times May 21th 1998
(http://www.irish-times.com/irish-times/paper/1998/0521/hom7.html)


JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD, VIRGIN MARY IN MY FRIDGE
It would seem to be the weather for religious 'movements'. The
forever touring Virgin Mary has made an appearance on a glass freezer
door (behind which lurk sausages, burritos and plantains) in a Jersey
City (New Jersey) *La Conga* supermarket, according to Reuters.

The 'Virg' showed up sometime on Thursday May 14th, stayed all
weekend, but faded away by Monday 18th. This didn't stop people from
the predominately Hispanic and Catholic community from arriving to
leave candles, handwritten messages and flowers.


To, I hope, no-ones's surprise, representatives of the local Roman
Catholic Archdiocese in Newark were rather philosophical, even
non-committal:
"It is not impossible that some condensation got inside those two
thermal panes and caused the image. I am led to believe that it is
certainly not an apparition," said a spokesman, Michael Hurley.

"But could I swear that it wasn"t? No."

Infobeat May 18th 1998
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2554214615-99e

The Boston Daily Globe May 19th
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/139/Virgin_Mary_image_reported_in
_marke.htm



AYE SHIRLEY
Even more surreal were reports from Los Angeles on May 8th, via
PRNewswire, regarding a weeping photograph of actress Shirley
MacLaine
(http://www.celebsite.com/people/shirleymaclaine/index.html).

She gave the autographed photo to Jamaican Futurist Dr. Ernesto
Montgomery, and it's now been seen shedding tears, along with a
painting of the Angel of Peace at the Los Angeles HQ of the Beta
Israel Temple/Black Jewish Synagogue. Spiritual Leader of the Temple,
Montgomery, was apparently hit upon by some weird vibes whilst with
Ms. MacLaine, in her private jet at an altitude of 30,000 ft, and
told her that she's to be a 'catalyst in bringing peace to mankind
throughout the world' etc.

Archbishop Roger Mahoney of the local Archdiocese, was quoted as
saying that "The phenomenon is unexplainable."

Anyway, it's free admission to see the picture at 1101 Crenshaw
Blvd., if you happen to live in Los Angeles, and are halfway
bothered. . .


NO MORE MASS
In Blather: Baaaaah-Humbug!
(http://www.nua.ie/blather/archives/issue1no33.html), we discussed
the goings-on in The House of Prayer on Achill Island, Co. Mayo,
Ireland, where alleged stigmatic Mrs. Christina Gallagher and friends
have been claiming minor miracles, such as healings. Back before
Christmas, an inquiry set up by the Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Michael
Neary, concluded there was no evidence of "supernatural phenomena of
whatever kind" taking place at The House of Prayer.
(http://www.irish-times.com/irish-times/paper/1997/1217/hom30.html)

The Connaught Telegraph tells that there is now a 'Sunday
Mass "ban" at House of Prayer', enforced by the local diocese, or to
be precise, Archbishop Neary. No confessions are sermons are being
allowed, although the diocese paradoxically says that 'There was no
question of all Masses being forbidden at the Centre'.

Mrs. Gallagher and Co. have expressed "deep hurt and disappointment"
and feel that their work is being "forced underground".

One tends to wonder why they want to continue under -- or even
respond to -- the influence of the Catholic Church.

The Connaught Telegraph
May 6th 1998
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/ConnTel/CT9805/CT980513/Mass.htm


Dave (daev) Walsh
May 22th 1998



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<http://local.ie/history/1798>

Local Ireland has launched a major new site commemorating the 1798 rising
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