Post by uforn on May 29, 2010 16:55:12 GMT 1
Could Livingston UFO Sighting Be Connected To An Experiment In Wales?
A UFO sighting in Livingston - spotted during last month's volcanic ash shutdown of the country's airspace - is causing a stir amongst enthusiasts who believe it could be connected to a unique experiment carried out on in Wales.
• Paul Rowlands set up his equipment
On April 17 a test was carried out on a Welsh hillside by a group of like-minded individuals to try out equipment built to communicate with alien life forms through the medium of light.
The complex contraption, according to Paul Rowlands – the man who built it, converts voice and audio into light which are then transmitted into space using lasers.
The equipment, says Paul, is also capable of receiving any responses.
"I've been using light-based technology to try to contact the spirit world in paranormal experiments and found it to be a very effective method of communication, he said.
"Traditionally when people have been looking for signs of life in space they have attempted to use radio signals and they have been getting little or no response.
"I decided to try light as a carrier wave in place of radio waves as a new concept.
"It has the potential to travel consciously but in a new communication medium"
• The device's laser
The group that night, according to Paul, was made up of members of a
Wrexham paranormal group – the Keltic Ghost Club - and close associates of his.
He had also arranged for South Lanarkshire-based Sarah Weardon of Wearde Paranormal to take part in the experiment.
Sarah called Paul on her mobile and her message was fed into the machine, converted into a light stream and fired into space .
The group then transmitted their own personal messages alongside a mathematically-coded audio track.
The equipment was also used to send the music tracks Angels by Robbie Williams, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft by The Carpenters and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
"The transmitting of this music has a serious aspect, said Paul.
"By transmitting the continually changing frequencies of audio tracks would help we hoped that any intelligent species would be able to determine that the optical signal was not only new and unique but was coherent - a planned signal not random. "
After a few hours observing the night sky, no definitive sighting were recorded.
The group disbanded and agreed to keep an eye out online and in the media for reported sightings.
A few days passed and nothing was reported either online or on UFO message boards.
• The equipment used
Then the sightings started to appear online.
Small balls of bright red light were spotted over Manchester, Mersyside, Anglesey, Cardiff and, curiously, in Knightsbridge in Livingston near where Sara had called the group on her mobile.
A total of 14 sightings were also recorded within 20 miles of where the group transmitted the signal.
Out of all the sightings, Paul says it is the one in Livingston which he is most excited about.
"It is important to remember that these sightings were recorded on a night when there were no aircraft in the sky due to the ash cloud.
"The sighting in Knightsbridge is very close to where Sara lives and very close to the Falkirk Triangle – which is notorious for UFO sightings.
"It was the most unexpected result of the experiment
"It is important to remember that no one reporting a sighting that night knew of the test or locations involved. No one from Keltic Ghost club knew I had planned to call Sara and conduct that experiment."
Paul says he hopes to carry out tests in the Falkirk Triangle to determine if last month's was a one-off or whether or not there really is something out there.
• A light beam is sent from the equipment
Source:
news.scotsman.com/odd/Could-Livingston-UFO-sighting-be.6324485.jp