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The photograph was first published by Sir Victor Goddard, a retired RAF (Royal Air Force) officer and taken at Cranwell at the time of armistice after the First World War. It shows the members of Goddard’s squadron who served in WWI at the HMS Daedalus training facility, now known as the Royal Navy and Air Service (RNAS) Lee-on-Solent. Freddy Jackson was an air mechanic who was accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days before the photo. His funeral was conducted on the very day the photograph was taken.

6. Taken in 1919, this is the photograph of Goddard’s squadron which served in WWI and allegedly contains the ghost of a deceased member named Freddy Jackson who died in an accident two days before the photograph was taken.

In 1963, an unidentified woman wearing a headscarf similar to that worn by Russian women, giving her the nickname “Babushka Lady,” was seen in various films and photographs taken at that time. She is seen to be holding a camera and standing on the grass between Elm and Main streets. After the assassination, she was seen crossing Elm Street. None of any photographs or films taken clearly captured her face because she was either facing away from the camera or had her face obscured by her own camera. So, neither she nor the photographs she had taken that day were ever found.

5. During the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a woman was observed who might have photographed the events that occurred when the President was shot. However, she has never been identified and none of the pictures she took ever surfaced.

The anonymous woman mailed the two photographs to the Sheriff’s Department of Sarasota County, Florida, along with a letter in which she complained that the animal entered her backyard on three different nights and stole apples. The “skunk ape,” also known as the “swamp cabbage man,” “stink ape,” “Florida Bigfoot,” or “Myakka skunk ape” is said to be a Hominid cryptid believed to be found in Florida, North Carolina, and Arkansas. It is claimed that its appearance is accompanied by a very unpleasant odor. Before 2000, reports of sightings were quite common in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1974, a sighting of large, foul-smelling, hairy creature walking on two legs was reported in the suburbs of Dade County, Florida. The United States National Park Service considers “skunk ape” to be a hoax.

4. In 2000, an anonymous woman mailed two photographs to the police of what she believed to be an escaped orangutan in her backyard. The animal was never caught or identified through such pictures became popular among Bigfoot enthusiasts as “skunk ape” photos.

In the village of Hessdalen Valley, unusual lights have been reported since at least the 1930s. They are of unknown origin, appear at day and night, above or below the horizon, in either bright yellow, white, or red colors, and seem to float through and above the valley. They last anywhere from a few seconds to over an hour. They sometimes move at great speeds and at other times just sway back and forth slowly. According to a hypothesis, it could be a result of ionized iron dust from nearby mines, or the ionization of air and dust by alpha particles during radon decay.

3. Since the 1930s, Norwegians have witnessed nocturnal lights known as “Hessdalen lights” that appear out of nowhere and seemingly for no particular reason.

The first instance of this rumor happened when, in 1954, UFO researcher Donald Keyhoe told the newspapers that the US Air Force reported that two satellites orbiting Earth were detected. This was, however, considered tongue-in-cheek as Keyhoe was promoting a UFO book he wrote at that time. In 1960,
TIME reported that the US Navy detected a dark object which later turned out to be just “…the remains of an Air Force Discoverer VIII satellite that had gone astray.”


In 1963, astronaut Gordon Cooper supposedly reported a UFO sighting while in orbit on Mercury 9 which was also confirmed by a tracking station, though there is no evidence of it. Scottish author Duncan Lunan in 1973, suggested that the long-delayed radio echoes heard by amateur radio operator Jorgen Hals of Norway and others in the 1920s could possibly originate from a 13,000-year-old alien space probe. Regarding the 1998 photo, NASA stated that it was most likely space debris, maybe a thermal blanket lost in previous missions.

2. This 1998 NASA photo shows an unidentified object that many conspiracy theorists believe to be a “Black Knight satellite,” a spacecraft in polar orbit around the Earth since the 1960s having technology neither Russians nor Americans were capable of at that time.

On July 15, 1989, a woman found the photo in a parking space where a white Toyota cargo van was parked when she arrived at the store in Port St. Joe, Florida, driven by a man with a mustache in his late 30s. After the photo was shown on television, one woman came forward saying she was “convinced” the young woman is Tara Calico, her daughter, who disappeared on September 20, 1988. Another woman also came forward saying that she was “almost certain” it was her son Michael Henley. The Polaroid officials who examined the photograph said that it was taken after May 1989 since the film used was not available until then.


It was believed to be unlikely that the boy in the photo was Henley as his remains were discovered in the Zuni Mountains seven miles off his family’s campsite in June 1990. The identity of the woman was also inconclusive. While Tara Calico’s mother and Scotland Yard were convinced it was Tara Calico, analyses by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the FBI were inconclusive. A six-person task force was assigned to re-investigate Calico’s disappearance in October 2013, but no arrests have been made to date.

A photograph captures a single moment by freezing whatever is happening at that instant. Sometimes a photograph captures things that we cannot explain. They could be anomalies or things that didn’t necessarily exist at the time the photograph was taken. They could be pictures of people whom no one could identify and their presence in those photographs is inexplicable. They could also be strange occurrences that no rational person could find an explanation for. So, here are some of those unexplained photographs and the stories, or rather mysteries, behind them...

https://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2017/11/unexplained-photographs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+unbfacts+%28Unbelievable+facts%29

1. In 1989, a Polaroid photo of an unidentified young woman and a boy, both gagged and bound, was shown on television after it was found in the parking lot of a convenience store. To this day, no one knows who these children are or where the picture was taken.

Hozier:
So because Explorer copies and pastes information from other sites to this forum, any information posted by any other nairalander should be discarded or must be reviewed by him before it can be considered noteworthy?

don't mind them. They are just displaying their ignorance and naivety.....

Gudfrie:
Beta country

I tell you.

Operator ‘deeply’ sorry for inconvenience to passengers after the 9.44.40am Tsukuba Express pulled away at 9.44.20am.

It was an admission that would no doubt raise a sardonic smile among many commuters, and perhaps have them dreaming of relocating to Japan .


The operator of a private railway firm that serves the Tokyo suburbs has issued an apology after one of its trains departed 20 seconds ahead of schedule.

Passengers boarding Tuesday’s 9.44.40am Tsukuba Express from Minami Nagareyama station, just north of Tokyo, were unaware anything was amiss when the train, which had arrived on time, pulled away from the platform at 9.44.20am.


The train’s operator, though, believed the foul-up was serious enough to warrant an apology. “We deeply apologise for the severe inconvenience imposed upon our customers,” the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company said in a statement.
The train’s conductor had not properly checked the train’s timetable, the firm said, adding that the crew had been instructed to strictly follow procedure to prevent a recurrence.


Passengers who might have made the train had it left on time in fact suffered little inconvenience: the next one arrived just four minutes later.


While delays – even of just a minute – prompt profuse apologies by Japanese train operators, Metropolitan Intercity’s mea culpa drew inevitable, and unfavourable , comparisons with rail services in other countries.


The Tsukuba Express carries 130 million passengers a year between Akihabara in Tokyo and Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture, a journey of about 45 minutes.
Some on social media said early departures were not uncommon in Japan. While others lauded Japan’s super-efficient rail service as one of the country’s greatest attributes, the quest for punctuality can go tragically wrong.


In 2005, more than 100 people died and hundreds more were injured when a packed commuter train left the tracks and crashed into an apartment complex in western Japan.

The derailment occurred after the driver used excessive speed in an attempt to make up for a 90-second delay.
Rail unions blamed the crash on a culture of fear in which employees were subjected to humiliating punishments for committing minor errors such as arriving seconds late or slightly overrunning platforms.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/17/japanese-rail-company-apologises-train-20-seconds-early

Bism:
That man don play full time draw for him ticket.

nor be small thing. Full time draw /both teams to score.....

huntila:
That Penalty was day robbery. What if we needed that point ? They should step up .

story for another day...... African referees sha...

CAF knocks Gabonese Referee over Soft Penalty against Nigeria


The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has criticized Gabonese Referee Eric Arnaud Castane for his handling of the Algeria vs Nigeria 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.


In its match report after Friday’s 1-1 draw, CAF described some of the decisions by the 41-year-old particularly the penalty against Nigeria and Yacine Brahimi headbutting Super Eagles defender, Shehu Abdullahi.


Part of the report Reads:


Yacine Brahimi won and converted a harshly-awarded late penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw for Algeria against already-qualified Nigeria Friday in a World Cup Africa zone Group B dead-rubber.

The Gabonese referee ruled that Abdullahi Shehu fouled Brahimi as he moved into the box in Constantine, but big-screen replays suggested otherwise.


Porto midfielder Brahimi was lucky to still be on the field after escaping with a yellow card for head-butting Shehu 12 minutes from time.

http://www.brila.net/caf-knocks-gabonese-referee-soft-penalty-nigeria/

Colombian police have seized the largest amount of cocaine ever confiscated in a single operation in the South American country. President Santos said the 12 tons of cocaine would have fetched $360 million in the US.

Almost 400 anti-drug police took part on Wednesday in air and land raids on four estates in the Uraba region in the northeastern department of Antioquia, police chief Jorge Nieto said, adding that the operation was preceded by a year of investigations.
"Never before, since we began more than 40 years ago to fight against drug trafficking, have we made a seizure of this magnitude," Juan Manuel Santos told reporters.
Police detained four people and were searching for Dairo Usuga alias Otoniel, head of the Gulf Clan criminal ring, believed to have stored the illegal drugs, which were discovered in underground caches.

THE GULF CLAN


Police said the cocaine belonged to Colombia's most-wanted man, Dario Antonio Usuga, aka "Otoniel," head of the country's largest drug-trafficking gang, the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan, which accounts for 70 percent of Colombia's cocaine production.

The group emerged from the remnants of right-wing paramilitary groups that demobilized in 2006.

The illegal armed group that has sought to take over drug trafficking operations in zones previously occupied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

Santos has said there will be no let-up in his government's campaign against the Gulf Clan, after the capture of 28 members of the gang in an operation by security forces, code-named "Odyssey," in Antioquia in September.

The operation raised to 362 tons the amount of cocaine seized in Colombia so far this year, surpassing 317 tons in 2016.
The UN and the White House said coca and cocaine production surged last year in Colombia.

http://m.dw.com/en/colombian-police-seize-12-tons-of-cocaine-in-record-haul/a-41308060

The Faroe Islands government said around 1,700 pilot whales and white-sided dolphins have been caught this year.

It condemned Sea Shepherd saying it 'will go to any lengths to paint a negative picture of the Faroese' as 'sadistic psychopaths', with the aim of inciting anger and outrage against the island.


'They have chosen an easy target, as whale drives in the Faroe Islands take place in the open for anyone to watch and document.'
The government noted that whale meat and blubber of pilot whales have long been a valued part of the Faroes' national diet and is hunting sustainable.

'Catches are shared largely without the exchange of money among the participants in a whale drive and residents of the local district where they are landed,' it said.
'Each whale provides the communities with several hundred kilos of meat and blubber – meat that otherwise had to be imported from abroad.'

'As the pilot whales were driven to the shoreline by the small boats the intensity of the thrashing bodies grew.
'Hooks were sunk into the blowholes and the whales were dragged onto the shore in a sadistic game of "Tug of War".
'We witnessed whales seemingly bashing their heads against the stones in a frenzy.'
The pictures were taken in the summer when the hunting takes place but have only emerged now.
Another unnamed eyewitness also described a hunt at the village of Bour where 29 long-finned pilot whales were reportedly killed.
'We recorded children attempting to remove the teeth of several whales with nothing more than a pocket knife as well as removing slices of what appeared to be a tumour on one whale

Sea Shepherd U.K. director Rob Read told Fox News 18 volunteers from the U.K. and France took part to highlight 'the continued barbaric killing of dolphins and pilot whales by the Faroese'.
The group said they counted the deaths of 198 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and 436 pilot whales.
One Sea Shepherd Global volunteer, whose identity has been withheld by the organization, described hunt at the Faroese village of Hvannasund,
'Witnessing a grind first hand was truly an eye-opening experience

The mass slaughter of whales and dolphins on the Faroe Islands is laid bare by these grisly photographs.
The images were taken by volunteers from conservation group Sea Shepherd Global posing as tourists on the islands.
According to the group, its volunteers documented nine separate hunts, which date back to the late 16th century and involve residents to drive herds of pilot whales into shallow waters.
They are then killed using a 'spinal lance' that is inserted through the animal's neck to break its spinal cord.

Slaughtered in a sea of blood: Scores of whales and dolphins lie dead in gruesome images of hunts around the Faroe Islands where animals are dragged ashore - still alive - with hooks.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5063523/Gruesome-pictures-slaughter-whales-dolphins.html

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/11/08/grisly-pics-show-mass-whale-slaughter-in-faroe-islands-hunts.html

The Russian state nuclear company Rosatom and Nigeria have signed a "road map" on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technologies.


ABU DHABI (Sputnik) — Russia and Nigeria have signed an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant, as well as a multipurpose nuclear research center in Nigeria, according to Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation.

"The feasibility studies for the Nuclear Power Plant project and the Research Center construction will include site screening, as well as the determination of key parameters of implementation, including; capacity, equipment lists, time frames and stages of implementation, as well as financing schemes," Rosatom said in a press release.


The agreement, as well as a "road map" on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technologies were signed on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi.

The two countries started their partnership in 2009 by executing an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies. Further on, intergovernmental agreements on cooperation in design, construction, operation and decommissioning of the Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Research Center housing a multi-purpose nuclear research reactor were signed.


https://sputniknews.com/business/201710301058669524-russia-nigeria-nuclear-project/

In addition to host country Russia; Brazil, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia have so far secured their spots at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. As of 14 September 2017 at 12:00 (Moscow time), fans all over the world will also be able to book their place as ticket sales for the tournament start exclusively on
FIFA.com/tickets .


“We have put in place a ticketing system that will enable all fans a fair chance to secure tickets. Throughout history, fans have made a key contribution to the fascination of the FIFA World Cup. Russia promises to be a unique continuation of this history, with outstanding organisation and a great atmosphere in the stadiums,” said FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura.
Tickets will be available during the following sales phases:


Sales phase 1 (divided into two stages)


During the first period of sales phase 1, which starts on 14 September and finishes on 12 October 2017, fans will be able to submit their ticket applications. During this sales period, it will make no difference whether they submit their applications on day 1, the last day or any time in between, as all applications will have the same chance of being successful. In cases where the number of tickets applied for exceeds the available inventory, tickets will be allocated by a random selection draw process. All successful, partially successful and unsuccessful applicants will be duly notified of the outcome of their applications by 16 November 2017.

Sales phase 1 concludes with the period from 16 November to 28 November, during which tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.


Sales phase 2 (divided into two stages)


Following the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ on 1 December 2017, sales phase 2 will comprise a random selection draw period from 5 December 2017 to 31 January 2018 and a further first-come, first-served period from 13 March to 3 April 2018.

Tickets purchased during sales phases 1 and 2 will be delivered free of charge to fans in the weeks leading up to the tournament, with deliveries planned to start in April/May 2018 (subject to change).


Last-minute sales

Fans will also have a final chance to secure tickets during the last-minute sales phase, which will be implemented on a first-come, first-served basis from 18 April to 15 July 2018, the day of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ final.

What types of ticket will be available in sales phase 1?


Individual match tickets: tickets for a specific match, which are available for all matches from the opening game through to the final.


Venue-specific ticket series : ticket strips for a specific stadium. These strips include the group matches (except the opening match), the round-of-16 match and the play-off for third place played at the specific venue of choice. (Example: the venue-specific ticket series for Luzhniki Stadium includes three group matches and one round-of-16 match. It does not include the opening match, semi-final or final.)


Team-specific ticket series : ticket strips for fans to follow the national team of their choice. Team-specific ticket series are available as packages that include three to seven matches and can only be requested during sales phase 1.


Category 4:


In line with the ticketing policy implemented at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups™, residents of the host country will exclusively benefit from this special price category, category 4, with prices starting from RUB 1,280.

Special-access tickets: FIFA will also ensure a dedicated allocation of tickets for disabled people, people with limited mobility and fans classified as obese.


What will be the accepted payment methods?

In sales phases 1 and 2, it will be possible to pay for tickets by means of the following payment methods:

Visa, Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, payment cards.

Other payment methods


FAN ID


At the request of the Russian authorities, all fans attending matches at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ need to apply for a FAN ID – the official identity document issued to fans. Fans are encouraged to apply for this free document as soon as possible after they received their ticket confirmation email following the conclusion of the random selection draw period.


The FAN ID and a valid ticket are required for fans to be able to enter the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ stadiums. Having a FAN ID gives fans additional benefits and services provided by the host country, such as visa-free entry to the Russian Federation, certain free inter-host city travel and free use of public transport on matchdays. For further details, please visit www.fan-id.ru .


FIFA does not assume any liability or responsibility concerning the application, issue and/or use of the FAN ID.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2017/m=9/news=ticket-sales-for-2018-fifa-world-cuptm-to-start-on-14-september-2017-2907645.html

******* Pepsi******

You may not have guessed, but the Pepsi founders were evidently a bit nerdy as the name of their world famous product is derived from the digestive enzyme pepsin

15. Nintendo

This famous company name comes from the Japanese name “Nintendou”. Roughly translated “Nin” means “entrusted” and “ten-dou” means “heaven”.

14. Sega

Short for Service Games of Japan, this company originally imported pinball machines onto US military bases around the Pacific Rim.

13. Nokia

This international company started out as wood pulp mill just outside the Finnish town of Nokia.

12. Adidas

It came from the nickname of founder Adolf Adi Dassler. RudolfRudi Dassler, his brother, also started a shoe company calledRuda , which later turned into Puma.