UFO News & Sightings 2014: Scientists Determine Mysterious Orbs as Ground Lights during Earthquakes

The truth indeed is out there, and scientists have finally found it: mysterious lights that flash right before an earthquake, long been attributed to UFOs, have been determined to be ground lights, according to The Space Reporter. The ground lights are perfectly natural electrical energy that's in no way alien to this world.  

The study conducted by a team of scientists found that "during an earthquake, the stress of rocks grinding against each other generates electric charges, which travel upwards along the nearly vertical geological faults that are common in rift zones. When the charges reach Earth's surface and interact with the atmosphere, they create a glow," reports the Scientific American.

The study is published in the Seismological Research Letters, January-February issue. Geologist Robert Thériault, lead author of the study, emphasizes that, "Earthquake lights are a real phenomenon-they're not UFOs; they can be scientifically explained," according to the Scientific American.  Thériault's team studied 65 cases of earthquake events that span 400 years, with data from dozens of locations. 

One case studied by the team, for example, detailed that half-hour before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China, an amateur video caught 'sparkling rainbow auroras high in the sky over the affected areas,' says Liberty Voice. The phenomenon had been a mystery at the time it happened, as it was highly unlikely for China, which is too close to the border, to get a glimpse of auroras.  

Apart from debunking the UFO myth with this discovery, the study is useful in disaster preparedness. With ground lights as indicators, communities in earthquake prone locations may get the best cautionary advice by taking the cue and preparing an evacuation plan well ahead of time, notes Liberty Voice.

Ground lights however, appear in varied forms. They may appear as floating orbs that seem to come from alien spaceships, or they may look like glowing meteor streaks. The variety of these ground lights may make it difficult to 'read' it as an earthquake indicator, but scientists insist that the spectacle is so startling that people witnessing the flashes would certainly feel the sense of urgency to report sightings.

'Fakes' and woodcuts - Germany's top UFOs

The disruption at Bremen airport on Monday night caused by an unidentified flying object is just the latest in a series of UFO sightings in German skies dating back almost 500 years.

Germany’s most famous UFO sighting occurred back in the 16th century over Nuremberg, Bavaria, and was captured in a woodcut.

The work by printer and publisher Hans Glaser shows a supposed battle between UFOs on April 4th, 1561.

Glaser produced the woodcut and an accompanying description ten days later which is preserved at the Central Library in Zurich, Switzerland. 

It shows and describes objects in the sky at dawn and talks of a “very frightful spectacle” in which Glaser claims the objects “fight one another.”

More recently, a video uploaded to the woodcuts' modern day equivalent, YouTube, shows three UFOs in the night sky over eastern Germany on September 18th last year.

Three UFOs were filmed over Wittenberge, Brandenburg on a camera reportedly using night vision. The video has had more than 200,000 hits, but one UFO expert told the Huffington Post at the time that the video was likely a fake.

A UFO sighting over Greifswald near Rostock, eastern Germany on August 24th 1990 has become known as the Greifswald Lights. Photos were reportedly taken at around 8.30pm of seven shapes in the sky.

Radio station Hessische Rundfunk reported on April 10th last year of a UFO which puzzled German Air Traffic Control (DFS).

The object was shaped like a torso and was spotted flying over the countryside outside Frankfurt.

A spokeswoman for DFS said: "It is an unknown flying object which we can’t identify," the radio station reported.

Area 51 exists and there were strange goings on admit CIA.

The existence of Area 51, the US airbase rumoured to house UFOs, along with details of some of the strange activities that went on there have been officially acknowledged in newly released CIA documents.

Its existence has been a badly kept secret for decades and it has fuelled the imaginations of conspiracy theorists and UFO hunters around the world.

Now the existence of Area 51 has been officially acknowledged by the Central Intelligence Agency and its exact location revealed in Nevada.

Documents released by the CIA also reveal that there really have been some strange occurrences at the secret airbase – however, they are not quite as exciting as UFO hunters would like.

Among the jobs that staff at the site had to perform during the 1960s was a routine of vacuuming the runway to allow experimental aircraft to take off without damaging their engines.

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Earth Size UFO over the North Pole of the Sun Review for Jan 2014, UFO Sighting News.

This Earth size UFO was seen this week hovering over the surface of the sun yet its dark coloring would indicate that its not hot at all. The filters are specially made to show the suns energy and yet...this UFO is so close and not heating up. Makes you wonder about their technology. SCW

UFOs Over Japan On First Week Of 2014, VIDEOs, UFO Sighting News.

These UFOs were caught in the sky over Japan on the first week of 2014. Sure they have a little resemblance to meteors however if you look carefully you will notice that often the objects tail disappears completely giving us a visual of the actual craft. Sometimes alien craft do not need to cloak...they just change the appearance of the UFO to make it look like a natural phenomenon...that not so natural after all. SCW

Look! Up In The Sky! It’s 2013′s Most Bizarre UFOs And Paranormal Stories.

Whether you believe that UFOs are alien spaceships or travelers from another dimension or hoaxes or simply very easily explained objects, they were plentiful in 2013. Over the past 12 months, we had it all, from a Scientology-created message to aliens; UFOs allegedly photographed near the moon; former members of Congress listening to UFO testimony of international eyewitnesses, military experts and scientists; deliberate hoaxes; and the Ata mummified humanoid who caused an international sensation…. VIDEO and SLIDESHOW

Viewers ask CBS affiliate to explain UFO in video.

CBS 6 in Virginia says they were asked to “explain the UFO that streaked across the sky during your landfill piece on the 11:00 newscast tonight.” The news item the viewer referred to was on the East End Henrico landfill on December 9, 2013. They say others spotted the strange object in the video as well. In the video a streak of light can be seen in the background. A similar streak was found later in the video. CBS 6 say they checked on whether there were any meteorites reported that might, but it was before the Geminid meteor show began (December 12-16)

They also say they attempted to reach NORAD, but could not get a hold of anyone. In typical tongue-in-cheek fashion, they also did a lot of joking about trying to find out it Superman had been hired by any local business or was promoting his new movie, or if Santa had been test driving his sleigh.

Finally, CBS 6 says they got the answer they were looking for from their own head of photography. They say, “Turns out we can identify our flying object as a plane captured while using a show shutter speed.”

They did also note, that accord to the National UFO Reporting Center, there were two UFOs reported last week, one in Northern Virginia and another in Yorktown.