UFO photographed over Czech Republic

Saturday, February 14, 2009, just before 8pm and again at about the same time on February 17th; local residents witness something strange in the skies ober the northern city of Cheb, population of 33,000, in the Czech Republic. Calls flooded local radio stations, newspapers, and police had to deal with the numberous calls regarding the UFO appearance.

On February 17th, Stanislaw Strmen, a resident of Cheb, went outside to try and fix his TV antenna because he was experiecning TV reception problems when he noticed four objects moving over the city towards the direction of Germany. He also noted a deep humming sound. With his digital camera, he managed to take a few pictures before they left the area. Quoting him, 'I think they might have been real UFOs-they weren't aircraft or helicopters."

Of special note in the pictures that he took, the objects appeared to be the rather "old-fashion" flying saucer type instead of the more "Modern" triangles of the last two decades. Other witness to this event also reported the objects to be saucer shaped.

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Ref. article by Michael Cohen posted on March 6, 2009 on allnewsweb.com. Photo by Stanislaw Strmen. Source: Karlovarsky.denik.cz. (http://www.allnewsweb.com/page6616617.php )

Classic UFO Drawing I Did

Here is a classic UFO drawing I did recently. If you want to use it, be sure to give me the credit for it as well as a link back to my blog here as well.

United Planets Cruiser C-57D Found At Last!

A "lost" artifact from Hollywood's past for the past 38 years has finally resurfaced and it went straight to the aunction block.

On December 11, 2008, this iconic flaying saucer from the 1956 MGM classic film"Forbidden Planet" will be aunctioned off in Calabasas Hills and is expected to get anywhere from between $80,000 to $120,000 for its North Carolina owner who had the prop stored in his garage and didn't realize its true market value.

The flying saucer is 82 inches in diameter and constructed of wood, steel, and fiberglass. The central landing base extends from the bottom of the craft by internal movement mechanisms with electric motor drive, as does the ladder and two conveyor-loading ramps that serve as the stablizer legs. It was the chief prop used to create the movie 'Forbidden Planet." The saucer was the United Planets Cruiser C-57D. The movie starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, and Jack Kelly. The film made a major sci-fi impression on the mid-century pop culture and was a major inspiration for Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek), and it was paid homage by filmmaker George Lucas, who borrowed a line of its dialogue for his "Star Wars" movie.

The saucer ended up being a MGM prop for many "The Twilight Zone" episodes including the famous "To Serve Man" episode. Then in 1970, it was sold off at a studio auction, but there was no record of who bought it.

From the LA Times December 8, 2008. Article by Geoff Boucher entitled: "The lost saucer of 'Forbidden Planet' reappears". Here is the weblink( http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/12/the-lost-saucer.html ).