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John Desouza Real Life X-Files n Astrobiology Issue 7. February 2018. The Secrets of Life in the Universe Crop Circles: Fact or Fake The Men In Black John DeSouza Real Life X-Files Reptilian Shape Shifters Spectre Ghost Seekers Meet Our Ghost Hunting Friends Dover Castle: The Key to England Merrick Alora: Medium…Probably? When Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Technology Horror Fiction - Art - Poetry & More! It’s our birthday! We are officially a year old and what a year it has been! We’d like to thank every single one of you for your support, your kind words and to all those that have contributed to our magazine. We hope to make this year even bigger! We will continue to do our up most to bring you a diverse range of articles about ghosts, UFOs, aliens, cryptids, the occult, crime, horror, conspiracy theories and more! We will also continue our pledge to para-unity. We believe there is too much bitching and back stabbing in our industry and that it’s about time this stopped. Yes we can’t agree with everybody’s points of view when It comes to investigating but that does not mean we cannot lend our advice and our support when people need it. LPM has never been about making money and we will continue to live by this rule. Our magazine is for sale on Amazon, in a hard copy, but did you know we do not actually make any substantial sums of money from this? We do not even make 5% of the money that they sell for! We’re not afraid to admit this because we are open and honest. Any funds that we do make get set aside for LPM’s future and for charitable organisations. The magazine will always be free on-line in PDF format for everyone. This year we hope to build on the success of our first by bringing you great stories and great interviews with some of the best people from our industry. We will also continue our “traditions” which we started a year ago. We hope you enjoy our seventh issue, thank you for reading. In This Issue When Science Fiction Becomes Reality The Men in Black Reptilian Shape Shifters John DeSouza: Real Life X-Files Astrobiology: The Secrets of Life in the Universe Spectre Ghost Seekers: Meet Our Ghost Hunting Friends Dover Castle: The Key to England Merrick Alora: Medium…Probably? Crop Circles Horror Fiction The End WOMAN MARRIES DEAD PIRATE! So yeah, I don’t know if any of you understand why a middle aged woman would marry a ghost but one has, and she has in fact married the spirit of a pirate; a pirate ghost (hence the Pac Man ghost to the left). Amanda Teague married Jack Teague (yes she took his last name) and says they have a regular relationship like anyone else. They go on dates, argue, watch TV together and even have sex! However apparently it is not totally unknown for some people to have spiritual relationships. So ladies and gents, having trouble finding your soul mate? Go on a speed date using a Ouija board…. Maybe or not, there is also Tinder, what’s worse? The ceremony was a bit different when you compare it to the living marrying each other. It would be impressive if Jack was to appear as an apparition in front of Amanda and her guests but he didn’t. First of all she had to hire a boat and go out to international waters so she could marry Him. Second of all she needed a medium to speak on behalf of Jack, who was represented by a skull and crossbones flag and a candle. Third of all the ceremony was performed by a shaman. SPIRITUALIST MEDIUM CLEANSES 30 EAST DRIVE! Now, not that I am bad mouthing, I personally think 30 East Drive is not haunted, so what the medium has cleansed spiritually I do not know. Nick Sage however claims he has done this. Some people claim he had no right and think that the owner of one of the “most haunted” houses in the UK should sue Nick. Personally I see no legal stand point. The owner of the house owns the house, not the ghosts that apparently haunt it. Besides I believe the area is haunted, not the house itself, so the house is not haunted. Did I mention this already? I came to this conclusion after investigating the location and after speaking to plenty of other investigators (at least 10) who agree with me. So the spirits that Nick has apparently helped cross over are not necessarily haunting the Black Monk House. Now I do not know what you, our readers, think about this but personally I think it may be just one big PR stunt. 30 East Drive is one of the most famous haunted places in the UK and it is known around the world, yet as I stated before almost everyone I know (myself included) experiences no activity. You could therefore say this is an ideal location to say you have cleansed because from now on when people go there and get nothing, it will be thanks to Nick. I however know better, as a lot of you do I am sure. Personally I would not recommend investigating this location, regardless of whether Nick has truly cleansed the property or not. US FIGHTER JET FOOTAGE OF UFO RELEASED Declassified footage shows two US fighter jets chasing an unidentified flying object (UFO) off the coast of San Diego in 2004. The footage was released at the end of last year, just as the US government acknowledged the existence of its Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which aimed investigate reports of extraterrestrial life. The footage was captured by a pilot of a F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS carrier Nimitz. The footage shows an orb like subject about the size of a commercial passenger jet. The US pilots intercepted the UFO as it flew threw the clouds. The footage also appears to show that the object is glowing. You have to ask yourselves that if this was something of Earth origin then the US Navy and intelligence services would know what it was. Also if they believed it to be some sort of Earth bound threat then I do not believe they would release the footage. So are governments of the world starting to admit the fact that aliens exist? Written by Alex King So the other day I started to think about all the different types of technology we have and how quickly technology is advancing, and it occurred to me there is so much we owe to Science Fiction, to an extent obviously. Sci-Fi writers were either good at predictions or they got lucky. That and they may have inspired the minds of people who were able to turn these fictional inventions into fact. “What has this got to do with the paranormal?!” I hear you shout, well nothing really but this being an alien/UFO heavy issue and the fact that there are aliens in most Sci-Fi stories or films I thought “meh sod it I want to write about this.” And anyway technology is a big part of our industry. In the past ten years the technology in our industry has advanced so much and maybe science fiction can inspire us in some way. Who knows? With that said lets get to it… In case you had not realised, I am a massive geek, I love the Trek and it is possibly my favourite science fiction franchise. So what technology do we have today thanks to Star Trek? The Communicator Device – I think you can’t look at this device without thinking it is very similar to a mobile phone, or cell phone if you are an American. Especially a flip phone. Yes we have moved on from flip phones but between 2004-2008 roughly I think at least 40% of all mobile phone owners had a flip phone at some point. I did, I had two, and loved flipping it open like I was about to take a communication from the USS Enterprise….what? Don’t read this and think that of me, I’m not that sad…. Am I? OK I am. Touch Screen Devices – another thing that appeared in Star Trek, before the real world, was touch screen devices. Luckily in the 24th century in the Star Trek universe money does not exist, so they don’t have to spend hundreds of their hard earned money on the latest Apple device, like the rest of us. Replicators – a replicator is basically a magic box that makes anything you ask for appear in front of you. I’m sure there is more to it then that but that is as simple as I can make it to describe. Jean Luc Picard was famous for ordering his replicator to make him a hot earl grey tea for example or in Janeway’s case a hot black coffee. But they can make anything you ask it to. These replicators have been compared to 3D printers. They may be nowhere near as flashy as items appearing out of thin air, but 3D printers can make jewellery, food or even body parts, like replacement bones! Scientists are even examining its use in space to print spare parts! Something else that has appeared in Star Trek and numerous other Sci-Fi films, TV shows and stories is video calling. … Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Futurama, The Jetsons, Spaceballs are just five science fictional TV shows/films that feature video calling.
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