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Showing posts with label matthew williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matthew williams. Show all posts

Friday, February 02, 2018

MATTHEW WILLIAMS: The Inkpen serpent circle

This never-before-seen footage of the Inkpen Serpent circle has been released and should now put pay to peoples claims that it could not be made by humans.

In collaboration with CirclemakersTV this was filmed on the night of creation using Night Vision equipment on the nearby hill.

Hope you enjoy.


6000speed version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpZKu5lu5w

26 min long version at 300x speed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkuC9Q6ecNs

Friday, June 17, 2011

MATTHEW WILLIAMS: Save the saddest dolphins


The pod was swimming peacefully in the Solomon Islands when nets closed in from behind -- trapping 25 wild dolphins for a luxury resort's latest exhibit. They are now locked in tiny pens, starved of food -- but we can free them.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/saddest_dolphins/?copy

Saturday, April 16, 2011

MATTHEW WILLIAMS SENT THIS

This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. They are a family. The man who owns them rigged a harness up for his cat so she wouldn't have to walk so much (like the dog and himself). At some juncture the rat came along, and as no one wanted to eat anyone else, the rat started riding with the cat and often, on the cat! The dog will stand all day and let you talk to him and admire him for a few chin scratches. The mayor of Santa Barbara filmed this clip and sent it out as a holiday card.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

MATTHEW WILLIAMS SENT THIS: Wikileaks and the bee conspiracy

While the WikiLeaks media frenzy may have been focused on the release of tens of thousands of classified military and U.S. State Department documents, it's a leaked Environmental Protection Agency document that has conservationists, environmentalists and beekeepers abuzz.

The November 2nd memo, leaked to a Colorado beekeeper, indicates that the EPA was well-aware that the pesticide Clothianidin posed some serious risks to honey bees. There have been concerns about this chemical from as far back as 2003, and it's already been banned in Germany, France, Italy and Slovenia because of its toxicity. But the EPA chose to sweep all that under the rug to keep the pesticide on the market.

Clothianidin, marketed as 'Poncho' by Bayer, is widely used on corn, as well as canola, soy, sugar beets, sunflowers and wheat. As if the $262 million cash crop from last year wasn't enough, Bayer wants to keep expanding the pesticide's use. And the company's original registration was based on some seriously flawed science: they evaluated the wrong crop, with the wrong controls to assess the impact on bees.

This all adds up to some serious questions about the government contributing to Colony Collapse Disorder as they knowingly allowed Bayer to poison bees. And this is about a lot more than honey production ... native habitats and as much as one third of America's food supply rely on the pollination provided by bees.

In light of the leaked memo the National Honey Bee Advisory Board, American Beekeeping Federation, American Honey Producers Association, Beyond Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network North America, and Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to the EPA requesting that the agency 'take urgent action to stop the use of this toxic chemical.'

The letter goes on to point out that this new information indicates an overuse of the Office of Pesticide Program's conditional registration programme. This bee boondoggle 'represents a failure that could and should have been avoided.' As a result the coalition is calling for an immediate moratorium on these types of registration until the programme is evaluated.

There's still a lot we don't know about Colony Collapse Disorder and the massive bee die-offs it's been causing. One thing we do know is that bees are in trouble, and that's not good news for all the animals (and humans) who rely on the plants these important insects sustain.

Join the call for the EPA to stop the sale of Poncho and conduct a thorough study into the pesticide's impact on wildlife.

See:
http://animals.change.org/blog/view/wikileaks_uncovers_government_bee_killing_conspiracy

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

MATT WILLIAMS SENT THIS...

ROBERT HASTINGS LECTURE - UFOs: THE SECRET STORY

Wednesday 24th November 2010
19:30 - 21:30
St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1DY
Entrance Price: £5.00

UFOs: The Secret Story is a lecture by Robert Hastings, the renowned UFO researcher. Hastings has appeared on Larry King Live, and has given his lecture to numerous universities in the US. This is his first appearance at Oxford University, sponsored and organised by polymath and Oxford alumnus Paul Parl. The main theme of Hastings' lecture is his meticulous research of documented UFO incidents at nuclear missile sites around the world, a topic which he has investigated for decades. He has been approached by numerous high-ranking military officials who have provided him with impeccable testimony. It promises to be a fascinating evening.

To book a ticket for this lecture, visit http://www.eventelephant.com/hastingslecture

Sunday, November 21, 2010

MATT WILLIAMS SENT THIS

The Rendlesham Forest Incident
December 1980 30th Anniversary Conference

John Burroughs & Jim Penniston

Talk for the first time in Suffolk at the Woodbridge Community Hall Tuesday
December 28 at 6pm.

Also attending is Linda Moulton Howe, Nick Pope (MoD ret), and Peter Robbins (US based Investigative Writer - co-author of Left At East Gate)

In December 1980 strange lights were seen by US Air Force personnel posted to the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & Woodbridge. To this day they have never been explained. On the 30th anniversary, December 28 2010 two key eye-witnesses are back in Suffolk to re-count their stories. Airman 1st Class John Burroughs and SSgt Jim Penniston were 81st Security Police Officers patrolling the East Gate at RAF Woodbridge when they observed what they initially thought was an aircraft coming down in the forest. The rest is history.

All five are in Suffolk on Tuesday December 28 2010 at:

Woodbridge Community Hall
Station Road
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 4AU

The guest speakers are looking for any civilian witnesses to the incident
to show up that night. The talk starts at 6pm. Tickets are £6.00 each. After the talk there will be a visit to the Rendlesham Forest site attended by the guest speakers. All are invited to come along. To order a ticket please send a stamped, self addressed envelope w/payment to:

Mr G Goodger,
108 Spring Road,
Ipswich.
IP4 2RR.

We accept cheques and postal orders only (Cheques should be made payable to Mr. G Goodger). We will not be able to dispatch tickets if we do not receive a stamped SAE.

Questions about the event please call 07811 021230 or 01473 210726 and we
will do our best to help you.

At the request of the guest speakers, all profits will go to the Ipswich
Treehouse Children's Hospice Appeal. No-one is making any money out of this.

Phone: 01473 423143
Cell: 07811 021230

(Note: Dave Hodrien, BUFOG Chairman/Investigator will be attending this event)

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

SIMULACRA: Enter the Dragon

Yesterday we posted a slice of YouTube video that shows a gorgeous cloud formation in the shape of a bird. Today our old friend Matt Williams writes:



My Dragon cloud taken whilst flying...

can you see its head wings and legs... you may have to stare a bit but its there...

Matthew

Saturday, May 22, 2010

MATTHEW WILLIAMS ASKED US TO PASS THIS ALONG

DIVINING THE WHITE HORSE & THE UFFINGTON COMPLEX

SAT JUNE 12th 10.30 - 3.30

Meet at the White Horse car park, Uffington. Only £25 per person. Dowse the ceremonial landscape and discover its secrets with authors and expert dowsers Maria Wheatley.

Wayland Smithy long barrow

Uffington Castle

The White Horse and The Older White Horse

The long lost fertility mare

St Mary’s Church

Dragon Hill

Interacting with spiral energy, vortex energy on the summit of Dragon Hill, the Belinus and Elen earth energy currents. The large Dragon Ley of Dragon Hill that courses through the countryside as if charging the entire complex with unseen energy. Track lines, power points and auric dowsing at St Marys.

Come along and meet likeminded people for a fascinating day out. Do something different this weekend!

mariawheatley@aol.com 01672 511427

www.theaveburyexperience.co.uk

Friday, May 21, 2010

ELEPHANT PAINTING FROM MATT W



The picture on the left was sent by Matt Williams, and it reminded me irrisitibly of the 1967 debut LP by Elephant's Memory, which was by far the best thing that they did, and hardly anyone has ever heard of.

Friday, May 14, 2010

MATT WILLIAMS SENT US THESE...

Interesting formation to get to as its smack bang on the edge of Salisbury Danger Area and it lies inside a Military Air Traffic Zone for Boscombe Down airfield.

I notice what appears to a basket type lay in the middle of the formation and this is quite a new thing as it is in rapeseed, which has never had basket lay as far as I am aware.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

CFZ PEOPLE: MATT WILLIAMS WRITES

It is very sad that the Crop Circle Connector chose to close their forum recently after it is claimed that a few individuals had been abusing the site and there were not enough moderators to handle the looking after of such a site.

It is with this in mind that I have decided to let everyone know there is a new forum created now where you can chat and leave messages. It also has an unlimited ability to handle uploading of photos of the crop circles.

Hopefully this will create a good new community for people to chat openly about the subject.

Please pass on this to all you know to come and visit the forum.

http://www.cropcirclechat.com/


Matthew

Friday, May 22, 2009

CFZ PEOPLE: Matthew Williams's Mum has died

Matthew Williams is a dear friend of ours and has been star of quite a few Weird Weekends. I also lampooned him humorously in several of my books; something which he took with good humour. He also owns the grooviest shirt in all Forteana (something which my dear spouse ardently admires).

It is with sadness, therefore that I have to announce that his mother has just died. He writes:

"My long suffering mum passed away today and seeing as she is probably the reason you have to deal with the arrogant circlemaker you see before you today I thought I would let my friends know this. Im wondering what she will make of my odd existence now she can see it all in glorious detail from the etheric realm. I think I will hgave to come out of retirement and dedicate a crop circle to her. Enjoy the journey mum, you are free now."

Our thoughts and prayers are with you mate. God bless...