Stephenville, Texas

Police and local business owners are among those who insist they saw a huge silent object with bright lights flying low and fast over the town of Stephenville, 60 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Some said they saw fighter jets chasing the craft, which was mostly spotted on one evening ­ January 8. Unconvinced, local people insist the object was larger, quieter, faster and closer to the ground than an airplane.

Steve Allen, a pilot and freight company owner, said: “People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible belt, and everyone is afraid it’s the end of times.” He described the object he saw as a mile long and half a mile wide. “It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts,” he said.

Source: Filer’s Files #5, January 30, 2008. National UFO Center, directed by Ret. Major George Filer. Website: http://www.nationalufocenter.com.

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

JAPAN INTERESTED IN UFO SIGHTING

By ANGELIA JOINER

Steve Allen is haggard.

He's hardly sleeping and his mug is becoming familiar on news programs all over the world.

Still, he's not given up on his quest for video or photos of what he says was an unidentified flying object he saw with friends on the evening of Jan. 8.

The sighting was so odd it defies explanation, and he's been heard to say over and over, “It definitely wasn't from these parts. The military only wishes they had something like that.”

“Videos are starting to come out,” Allen said. “I've gotten about ten but only two are worth anything.”

Allen said the video aired by Channel 11 News Wednesday night is “just a snippet” of the 14 minute film he now has in his possession from a source not wishing to be identified, and it comes closest to being what he, Lance Jones, and Mike and Claudette Odom saw on that life changing night.

“It's not exactly what we saw, but it was changing shapes,” Allen said. “I think this is it.”

He is receiving phone calls and e-mails from all over the globe. Allen said he can hardly run his businesses because of the international interest in the sighting. He said all he wants is to get to the bottom of it - he wants to know where it came from - and exactly what the government knows about it.

“Tokyo is very interested in interviewing all of the witnesses,” Allen said after he received a call from a news source in Japan. “They are interested in purchasing the video. I expect a plane load of them over very soon. The Japanese say all of the countries are trying to get together a consortium of countries documenting UFOs and paranormal activities. Mexico recently released film of F-16s in pursuit of a UFO. Everybody is beginning to open their books and disclose to the public except for the U.S. And I have a message for Mr. Bush, ‘Please Mr. Bush, the jig is up - the cat's out of the bag - tell us what is going on.'”

Angelia Joiner is a staff writer for the Empire-Tribune (TX). She can be reached at 254-965-3124 ext. 238 or angelia.joiner@empiretribune.com

Credit: Aileen Garoutte

Music and South Therapy Going Mainstream?

More and more, music and sound therapy are becoming increasingly mainstream. “Music as therapy has been used for centuries, but only recently has it been recognized that therapeutic music interventions can be clinically implemented in order to achieve physical, emotional and psychological goals,” Jenny Plume, a music therapist at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, recently shared with us. “Using music with hospitalized children is a wonderful way to make a connection between myself and the child. It is a non-threatening, familiar, creative medium that allows me to interact with a child at a time of uncertainty and often fear. It is very rewarding to be able to find a smile on their faces and open their eyes to something new and creative, while simultaneously working to assist the team in the healing process whether it is for pain management, emotional expression, normalization, anxiety reduction or to help rehabilitate their bodies. Working with children and their families during this often frightening time, I want to provide every opportunity I can to make their experience a little bit easier, a little more joyful and a little more musical.”

Dr. Suzanne Jonas of the Inner Harmony Health Center of Walland, Tennessee, with degrees in music, counseling psychology, and creative therapies, including guided imagery, music, art, biofeedback, stress management, Hemi-Sync, and Reconnective Healing, has practiced for over 20 years in the fields of Behavioral Medicine and music/sound therapy in acute care and rehabilitation hospitals dealing with everything from infertility, pain control, pulmonary and cardiac healing. She is the author of Take Two CDs and Call Me in the Morning, and her tape Cardiac Healing II was proven effective in a study conducted by the University of Connecticut.

To learn more about Dr. Jonas and her work, go to: http://www.innerharmonyhealthcenter.com/suzanne.html

Editor: Could you describe the importance that you perceive in people learning to work with and to use sound for personal empowerment and even therapeutic purposes, and for healing?

Dr. Jonas: Since sound is audible vibration and everything, including humans is vibration, it is natural for us to use sound for therapeutic, creative, productive purposes. We are it! Every part of us and our wholeself are vibrations. This means our liver has a particular vibration that makes it a liver, as does every biochemical in the liver. Our thoughts are vibrations, our talk is vibration, our bodies are vibration. The better question is: Why aren’t we using sound for healing, learning, creating, etc.?

And we are in limited way; however, there is so much more. Once we embrace quantum mechanics and the concept that everything is energy, then I think the use of sound will increase. There is a caveat: sound can make for good and for bad. Just as there are chemicals we do not want to be around or have in us, there are sounds/vibrations that will cause harm. The Israelis, for example, are using a sound that is blasted from a mobile speaker into unruly crowds. The people become almost instantly nauseous and the crowd breaks up. And speaking of breaking up, we use sound to break up concrete and kidney stones; so that concept does have a useful application.

Sound is also so very easy to use. It is a part of us. Learning how to use our voices in a productive and therapeutic way means it is accessible to us anywhere. And for those persons who have yet to overcome their shyness about producing vocal sounds, humming has been found to have healing benefits too. Producing our own sounds means our bodies will resonate immediately. There are many ancient and current systems of using our voice for healing from toning a scale to imploding cancer cells, to making random sounds to release emotions, to group oming to raise one’s vibrations. And there will be many, many more ways to use sound as we remember that we are sound and begin to use our intuition and creativity to benefit our well being.

Editor: Are there any personal experiences that you’ve had yourself and/or with clients or friends that revealed useful insights and lessons about the effects of sound?

Dr. Jonas: I have been practicing sound therapy for decades so there have been many insights and lessons along the way. I think one of the most useful occurred early on while observing how people respond to sound. Those who are open to its powers are able to have a more immediate response than those who firmly believe it is of no value. Those who are skeptical but want to try it anyway, have had some of the most dramatic results! This clearly points to the importance of a person’s intent when employing any process or therapy. Quantum physics demonstrates that thought and intent are carried by energy waves and will affect your experiences and your life.

I also saw first hand how one sound can be of great assistance to one person and at the very same time cause pain in another. So when working with frequencies it is of utmost importance to be careful.

Editor: Are there any misconceptions about sound therapy or sound therapists that you’d like to clear up?

Dr. Jonas: Sound therapy can take many forms. All may be beneficial given the expertise of the practitioner and the intent of both client and therapist. As I think about this, I suppose there are the same caveats as in any profession. All have the potential for harm and for good. All have practitioners that are trained and dedicated and those that are not.

Since sound therapy is both an ancient art and the newest therapy, most people will not understand it and think of it as not having any value, and particularly since sound is so prevalent in our Western society. I spend a great deal of time in my training sessions with healthcare professionals educating them in the science of energy, vibrations, and sound. Once they grasp the concept that it is firmly based in solid science, they are firm supporters, users, and believers.

And like any ‘new’ therapy, people will not believe an uncertified practitioner can be effective or the real thing forgetting that most healing modalities were practiced by non-professionally trained persons before becoming mainstream.