By Selwyn Duke
Writing at American Thinker, Rick Moran reports on a strange celestial object that has stumped scientists. In a nutshell, it appeared out of nowhere, its brightness varied, its distance from Earth couldn't be ascertained with any precision, it disappeared inexplicably after only 100 days, scientists have never encountered anything like it before, and they haven't the foggiest idea what it was. Writes Moran:
Having been an enthusiastic amateur space nut since I was a kid, the question "What's out there" has fascinated me for many years. In a serious, scientific paper published in Astrophysical Journal, one of the most respected scientific journals in the world, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope saw an object far away suddenly appear and then, just as mysteriously, disappear right before their eyes:
This is exactly why we send astronauts to risk their life to service Hubble: in a paper published last week in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists detail the discovery of a new unidentified object in the middle of nowhere. I don't know about you, but when a research paper conclusion says "We suggest that the transient may be one of a new class" I get a chill of oooh-aaahness down my spine. Especially when after a hundred days of observation, it disappeared from the sky with no explanation. Get your tinfoil hats out, because it gets even weirder.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm not a big Area 51 type. Nevertheless, this story is fascinating and is a reminder of how little we know. As Shakespeare once said, "There is more in heaven and Earth than is dreamt of in our philosophies." Yet, while scientists are stumped, they still have theories. Some say it's Louis Farrakhan's "mother ship," that it had finally come to pick him up but, after a cursory analysis, decided he wasn't worth taking. Others say it was a regular delivery of future Hollywood stars, college professors, New York Times reporters (they take up fewer seats every trip) and ACLU lawyers. Yet others theorize that it was Dennis Kucinich's main constituency returning home after his failed presidential bid. Whatever the case, where is Fox Mulder when you need him? Read the rest here. Protected by Copyright 
And for those of you who watched "Independence Day" and fear that our conquest is nigh, let not your heart be troubled. I suspect that the only alien invasion we have to worry about is a bit more terrestrial in nature.
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