Hehe, look what makes it to the front page of the Sun tomorrow...http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article1336870.ece

It's a pity it's in The Sun of all papers, but I wonder if there's any truth in it? My rational scientific mind says 'no'. :-(

Oops, probably the wrong thread for such frivolity

on the contrary, such frivolity is much needed on this forum- gives us some breathing space lol

They were most likely Chinese laterns. There was I thinking someone/something had heard my celestial cry for help with my work...with a shared interest in what I'm doin'. Bugger, because they could have helped me with my research - rather lack of.

Oooh, whilst wasting time today I happened upon this article in, erm hmm, the great media bastion of wholesome family values and social decorum, The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claims-aliens-HAVE-contact--covered-60-years.html

Hmm alien's travel thousands of lightyears to be here, and they aren't even polite enough to say hello properly...

Well, it's one of my distraction obsessions at the moment - I'm trying to keep the Off-Topics section topical. I'm sure that, as I trawl through the online papers, when I should be working , I'll come across a story where there have been friendly aliens that have travelled here and had a brew with some earthlings. I'll bet it's first work travelling thousands of light years through time and space.

I read where even one of the NASA astronauts is very certain that there are aliens! I too am a fan of the Daily Mail, its a great read whilst you do your PhD work!

The wobble cushion I sit on resembles an alien spaceship!

You can see it here:
http://www.allsportmedical.co.uk/images/catalogue/product/Q2468-L.jpg

That wobble cushion looks like a Chinese torture instrument. Unless it's upside down in the picture that is.

I'm getting more and more obsessed with the Daily Mail: I read the Femail section approximately every other day. It's the same urge that sees me masochistically reading the BBC's Have Your Say pages and weeping for the fate of humanity.

As it's in the Sun and it's on aliens it must be real!