Posts Tagged ‘Shelley Munro’
What Would Happen If YOU Were The Alien? »
My husband and I watched the delightful animated cartoon Planet 51 recently. It’s about an astronaut from Earth who lands on an inhabited planet. The planet is a 1950s-type world. Families have cook-outs and movies are popular, especially monster movies about aliens attacking the planet. Panic ensues when the earth astronaut lands on the [...]
Space Flights For Ordinary People »
In March 1999, Richard Branson decided it was time to announce his interest in space travel, and he registered Virgin Galactic with the Companies Office in London. It was time for the dream of space travel for ordinary people to become a reality. In late 2009 Richard Branson introduced Space Ship Two (also known as Enterprise) to the world, [...]
They Said It About UFOs »
There are people who scoff at the idea of UFOs (unidentified flying objects). You might be one of them. Here are a few quotes from well-known astronauts and other officials about UFOs. Russia and the U. S. have announced they are definitely planning several space machines. So it's quite possible that the first space ships or satellites may [...]
UFO: Halley’s Comet »
People have known of Halley's commet since ancient times, so it's not exactly an unidentified flying object. It is a fascinating one though and is one of the best known comets. Here are a few facts about the infrequent visitor. 1. It’s named after a British scientist called Edmond Halley. 2. Edmond Halley was the first person to [...]
What Do Aliens Look Alike? »
When the subject of aliens comes up, most of us make jokes about little green men. I’m not sure how everyone decided they were green, although I do remember a green alien on the Flintstones cartoon when I was a kid. Hollywood fuels our imaginations, casting all sorts of beings and giving us many alternatives to visualize. Watch any sci-fi movie [...]
Wormholes »
A wormhole is a theoretical tunnel that might give us the ability to travel through space. Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity predicts they exist and film makers have jumped on the idea, using wormholes to get their characters from planet to planet. The best illustration I can give of the way a wormhole works is to imagine a piece of [...]
Take Me To Your Leader »
Happy New Year and welcome to my first column of 2010. So, what do you do if you’re out late at night or coming home from a party early in the morning and see an unidentified flying object? Firstly, don’t panic. Put on your scientist hat and observe. If there’s a handy piece of paper and you have a pen, jot down notes. 1. The time [...]
Crop Circles by Shelley Munro »
A crop circle is when the plants (often wheat) in a field are flattened to create a pattern. The pattern ranges from simple circles to very intricate patterns that look amazing from the air. The very first crop circles, discovered in the 1970s, were simple circles, but each passing year sees increasingly complex patterns. They only occur in [...]
What is a UFO? »
I’m Shelley Munro, writer of contemporary and paranormal tales, and a new columnist here at The Raven Happy Hour blog. My monthly topic is UFOs and sci-fi things, which is a very broad topic and one that totally fascinates me. So what is a UFO? My Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines a UFO as an unidentified flying object, especially a [...]
