By Tim Binnall
Subterranean beings living beneath our feet here on Earth, the government and UFOs, and artificial intelligence were among the fascinating realms explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about a maddening hum plaguing a town in Northern Ireland, a Russian wedding proposal that led to a couple being arrested, and a possible ghost photographed by a traffic camera in India. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The relationship between the government and UFOs was explored on Wednesday night's program as journalist Garrett M. Graff detailed his extensive research into 'official' interest in the phenomenon. Noting how the Pentagon has seemingly taken a fresh look at unidentified aerial phenomena in recent years, he posited that the proverbial 'powers that be' seem to be genuinely puzzled by the issue, despite largely dismissing it to the public as prosaic in nature. Graff also observed that there has been an enormous leap forward in our understanding of how rich the cosmos truly is and, as such, the possibility that intelligent life exists somewhere in space is far more plausible now that it had been in even the recent past.
A pair of peculiar mysteries made the news this past week, beginning with a maddening hum that has been plaguing residents of a Northern Ireland town for weeks. The baffling buzz began back in mid-October in the small town of Omagh and people are understandably fed up with the strange sound that seemingly has no source. Desperate to bring silence to the community, local officials may soon enlist specialists to pinpoint the origin of the hum and, hopefully, put a stop to it. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, authorities are at a loss to explain a mysterious flash and subsequent boom that occurred earlier this week after experts indicated that it was not a meteor.
Artificial intelligence was a hot topic of conversation on Coast to Coast AM this week with a pair of programs devoted to the emerging technology which has taken hold of the zeitgeist. First, on Saturday night's show, author Derek Rydall discussed how AI could ultimately facilitate a leap forward in human evolution. He posited that the technology will allow people to unlock greater potential within themselves, though stressed the need for one to have dominion over their own mind and thoughts rather than be fully influenced by algorithms. On Tuesday night's program, Dr. Bart Kosko reflected on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and speculated on what the future might hold for AI.
This past week saw a potential ghost photo from a rather unusual source pop up in the news after a traffic camera in India snapped a picture that appears to show an apparition peering out from behind a driver. The spooky snapshot was captured by an AI-powered 'smart' device designed to spot motorists who are not wearing their seat belts and, in turn, issue them a citation for the moving violation. When a couple busted for the infraction received their notice in the mail, they were astounded to see an eerie face lingering just over the shoulder of the man driving the car and they had no explanation for who the chilling interloper might have been, leading some to speculate that the 'smart' camera inadvertently captured a ghost.
Could there be entities secretly residing beneath the surface of our planet? This tantalizing question was explored on Sunday night's program as Thom Powell made the case for just such a scenario. He asserted that these intelligent beings have actually been on Earth for thousands of years and may have been responsible for the construction of the pyramids. He also pointed to effigy mounds found around the United States as possibly being the result of ancient subterranean dwellers depositing dirt as they constructed their underground shelters. Suggesting that the idea of people living beneath the surface of the planet is not all that fantastical, Powell noted that NASA has put forward such a concept for our astronauts living on other worlds.
The weirdest story of the week came by way of Russia where a marriage proposal at a Moscow subway station wound up with the happy couple being arrested. The wild case began when a man named Evgeny opted to pop the question to his girlfriend with a clever 'dinner' served among commuters waiting for their trains. While the romantic gesture was appreciated by surprised onlookers, Moscow police were not so enamored and, a few days later, arrested the couple for hooliganism because they had caused a disturbance for commuters. While his future wife received only a small fine, Evgeny actually spent five days in jail for the offense.
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