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Found this on Duke City Fix, sounds fun!

Join the astronomers of TAAS on Saturday evening, May 7, at the Oak Flat Picnic Area in the East Mountains. A short drive out of ABQ takes you to dark skies, a variety of telescopes, a smorgasbord of celestial objects, and enthusiastic docents to answer your astronomy questions!

Come before dark and use the picnic area. Dress warmly; bring extra layers.

Observing starts after sunset. FREE. Great fun for all ages.

For directions, go to:

http://www.taas.org/taas/directionsof.pdf

Other dates in the 2011 stargazing season (all are Saturday nights):

June 25, July 23, August 20

From Norio Hayakawa

This is to inform everyone that I will be giving a special, 90-minute presentation on December 2, 2010, from 1 p.m. in Tijeras, New Mexico.

Location: Tijeras Senior Center, 10 Tijeras Ave., Tijeras, New Mexico (near the Tijeras Visitors’ Center).

Open to the public. Admission: FREE

My presentation will be based on how “beliefs in UFOs” have been manipulated (and in some cases, even created) by the U.S. intelligence community and the impact of such beliefs on American society in the near future.

I have researched the UFO phenomenon for more than 45 years.
In 1990 I organized a network called the Civilian Intelligence Network and began to conduct a thorough research on Area 51 in Nevada.

I have also investigated some widespread claims about the existence of Dulce underground base in New Mexico, and have spoken in many conferences nationwide, especially in the early 1990’s.
(My conclusions may surprise you).

I will speak on why a segment of the population keeps holding on to their “beliefs in UFOs” (as physical alien spacecraft piloted or maneuvered by physical alien entities), despite the apparent lack of physical, irrefutable “sicentific” evidence.
There is a reason for this.

I will also explain why some people seem to believe that New Mexico may play a role in a supposedly upcoming shift in human consciousness.

I had a privilege of sharing some of my thoughts this year on theCoast to Coast radio talk show (March 16, 2010).

I hope to see some of you there, especially if you live in Albuquerque area!

Case Number: 24833
Log Number: US-07292010-0015
Submitted Date: 2010-07-29 14:10 GMT
Event Date: 1969-12-31 20:00 GMT
Status: Assigned
City: Btwn Clines Corners/Tijer
Region: New Mexico
Country: US
Longitude: -105.0323635
Latitude: 34.9727305
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 00:25:00
Distance: Unknown
Entity Type: Unknown
Vallee Index: CE1
Description:

25 minute event of a Triangle shaped object seen by many on Interstate 40 in New Mexico, between Clines Corner and Tijera,New Mexico In January of 1979, my family and I were driving home to Albuquerque from a cross country trip from Massachusetts after the Christmas Season. We had stopped in Tucumcari for a family bathroom and stretching break; this had been a 2000+ mile journey and we were on day 5, the home stretch. It was still light out and the sun was preparing to set in the hour when we left Tucumcari; the only thing unusual observed in the sky was multiple “Morning Glory” cloud formations that we passed under, on route 40. This in itself was unusual because “Morning Glories” are very rare. As it grew dark on the long stretch of road called Interstate 40, which cuts through from the boarder of the Pan Handle of Texas; straight through to Albuquerque, a 217 mile 3+ hour journey, at 9 years old you wonder if this trip is ever going to end. I can only approximate the time as being about 8:00pm when somewhere between Clines Corner, New Mexico and Tijeras, New Mexico on Interstate Route 40 an event that was observed by all 4 members of my family that we will never forget. Off in the distance a tower with anti-collision lights could be observed, it was on the left hand side of the road; it must have been a large tower because, the outline obscured in the darkness was visible from quite aways away. But there was something peculiar about this tower, above it was what appeared to be 3 spinning flashing lights; which when viewed at a distance were not attached to the tower. My mother then asked my father: ” __________ is that a Helicopter?” My father answered: “Maybe, but, My Mother:� But What???� My Father:� I don�t know ____________ , ,,,,, its too windy,,,, I don�t now what it is..� As we drew closer to the tower, (possibly a weather or communication station, no cell towers back then) we observed 1 or 2 smaller structures under the tower from a distance; and an unidentified air craft maintaining distance above the tower itself. At this point we were still a ways away from the tower station, but we could notice that this object was spinning; the approximate spin was about 90� per second or one complete revolution per 4 seconds. As we drew closer to the object we could see a distinct triangular form, which was in my estimation at least 100 feet across. It was at this point that this object began to gain altitude and loose altitude like a bounce on a trampoline. This increase and decrease in elevation was effortless and smooth, and at first it was in increments of maybe 20 feet; vertical up and down on the top part of the tower, and at no time did this object stop spinning. On this particular stretch of road it was very windy, the sheer alone was blowing tractor trailer trucks all over the road; but this object displayed no lateral vectoring what so ever, every time it raised in elevation or lost elevation the object did so in a straight ballistic line. (My father�s last duty in the Navy was a chopper trainer, he said that it was impossible for a helicopter to maintain position like that in those winds and not experience some lateral vectoring) The closer we drew to the object the more distinct it became, the object then moved slightly away from the tower and stopped in the center of the tower �yard; at this point the object began to bounce gracefully in approximately 50 foot drops and 50 accessions, all the time still spinning. My mother tried to take some pictures of the object but as far as I know they never came out. My father and mother opened their windows, in order to try to here if the sound of a copter was present, but the only sound heard was road noise; and at this distance, if it was a helicopter one would have been able to hear the roar.It was now clear to my parents and I that this was no helicopter. As we were passing the tower station, the object leisurely and effortlessly moved and began to follow the highway; particularly our white suburban truck. At this point, my mother began to flip out, and begged my father to get off the highway, but we just kept driving. This is where the events of this night become weird, as we were driving the craft took up position above our truck and started to flash bright, and I mean bright flashes of directed light into our vehicle, particularly at me. They were brighter than any police or emergency vehicle or anti -collision light I have ever seen. First flashes of: yellow, than flashes of red, than blue, than green, than blue than red, than green and finally blue. After a while the object flew slowly away east bound in to the sky and out of sight straight up. This whole event from start to finish lasted from 20 to 25 minutes; I have tried using Google Earth to locate the precise location of where this event occurred, but much of the topography there has changed since I was a kid. What has bothered me over the years is that there were other witness to this event on that stretch of interstate 40 that night; none as far as I know, have ever reported this event. My current vocation is a Licensed and soon to be Ordained Pastor, there is a big risk for me to even speak out these events, but they must be told. This was not the only experience my family and I had in New Mexico; there was another one, just as weird.
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I love The Man Who Fell to Earth and just finished watching it for the about the zillionith time.

Although, basically the story is still good and doesn’t seem totally hokey after all these years — I still like all the NM filming and very vintage shots even more.  For example there is a shot of David Bowie by the Rio Grande (here in Albuquerque), it looks similar to now, but there are no houses or buildings in the shot.  You also get shots of Civic Plaza in Albuquerque, Fenton Lake in Jemez, Madrid and just about 3 minutes from my house at the cement plant in Tijeras.  During the day the cement plant doesn’t look that great, but at night when it has all those lights –  I was told as a child and partly believed that it was a castle.  OK, at least I wanted to believe.

So if you want a story filmed in NM, about an alien that came to earth and was totally screwed (so far as why he came) this is the story for you!

Also, it was during filming The Man Who Fell to Earth in NM that David Bowie saw a UFO!