On June 24, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine objects flying in a "V" formation over Mount Rainier, Washington,. he told a reporter, that the UFOs flew like "a saucer if you skip it across water" -- and a worldwide subculture was born. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A student has identified a new species of flying grasshopper which lived 115m years ago. Sam Heads, a PhD research student, was examining fossils from a German museum labelled as 'stick insects'. But he knew immediately he was in fact looking at an ancient ancestor of the modern grasshopper. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Testimony from dozens of persons and police officers depict seeing what appear to be witches flying through the skies of remote Mexican towns. Several people videotaped the strange phenomenon. The creatures appear to infest the skies over an old cemetery. picked by DaftGretel 1 year ago

In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO. Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Well, you all wanted to know why they weren't here yet... Just a few more years! picked by sfeldner 2 years ago

A "flying saucer" that glides three metres above the ground and carries two people has gone into commerical production. They run on alcohol and can go 100 MPH. Brochure picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Craigslist screenshot: this World of Warcraft player is so desperate for an epic flying mount, she offers to let someone with the right amount of in-game money "mount" her for one. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying. picked by punthe 7 months ago

A collection of photos comparing a place about 100 years ago to the same place today picked by muppet 8 months ago

Flying Platform, UFO, cancelled US military tinkering from the mid-1960s, engine manufacturer Williams Research developed a light turbofan engine. picked by Turtle 9 months ago

Men in flying suits soar along jagged cliffs.

Okay, so the wimps use parachutes for the final landing, but still... picked by jhordie 4 months ago

A woman who boarded the wrong bus on an attempted shopping trip from Thailand to Malaysia has returned home after 25 years. There were some language barriers and mistaken identity issues but hey... she should have been back home in 12 years tops! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

It uses an aerodynamic principle known as the Coanda effect to take off vertically from any solid surface, can travel at 30 or 40 miles per hour over an open area and can move in any direction over a large area, and is difficult to knock out of the air. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

A Japanese film crew has shot a 45-second-long video of a flying fish in the air, in what may be the longest recorded flight of the acrobatic species. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Flying beds are a reality now. Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars spent last 6 years trying to develop this wonder of science and he finally did it. picked by moebel 1 year ago

Russian press confrence is interupted by a flying penis. Got to say the speaker takes it pretty well.

(Not really NSFW, just use your own discretion if at work) picked by tigertony 3 months ago

China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

With a name like T. rex, you'd expect to be safe from even the fiercest paleo-bullies. Turns out, ancient, flying reptiles could have snacked on Tyrannosaurus Rex babies and other landlubbing runts of the dinosaur world. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

"I've seen people hit fire hydrants but never anyone killed by a flying fire hydrant." (The Lottery ticket of death) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Researchers have dated the earliest step in the formation of the solar system - when microscopic interstellar dust coalesced into mountain-sized chunks of rock - to 4,568 million years ago, within a range of about 2,080,000 years. The dates established by analyzing a particular type of meteorite, called a carbonaceous chondrite, which represents the oldest material left over from the formation of ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago