By Tim Binnall
Shared death experiences, a mysterious rock structure in Texas, and possibly powers attributed to the Washington Monument were among the fascinating topics explored this past week. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about Prince Harry's meeting with a psychic, the debunking of a Nazi diary said to lead to hidden treasure, and the latest developments in the Pentagon's investigation into UFOs. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Could the Washington Monument possess certain powers that inspire creativity in the human mind? This fascinating scenario was put forward on Tuesday night's program by researcher David Sereda, who argued that the obelisk-shaped building was purposely designed to emit a frequency that creates an energy bubble of approximately 200 nautical miles. Remarkably, he noted that upon its completion in 1884, there was an inexplicable explosion in world-changing inventions which, he believes, were brought about by the monument itself. During his appearance, Sereda also discussed how the innovations of Nikola Tesla could be connected to this mind-altering frequency technology.
Tales of hidden Nazi loot wound up making headlines by way of two separate stories this past week, beginning with the disappointing news that a much-heralded diary said to lead to several caches of riches buried by German soldiers during World War II is almost certainly a hoax. Historians examining the journal, which inspired a year-long search in the Polish village of Minkowskie, determined that the 'contemporaneous' accounts featured in the text were actually taken word-for-word from a book published around four decades ago. Meanwhile, the National Archives of the Netherlands release of a decades-old Nazi treasure map led to a Dutch village being swarmed by starry-eyed dreamers armed with metal detectors and shovels.
The curious case of what appears to be a mysterious rock wall buried in Texas was explored on Sunday night's program as documentarian Josh Reeves detailed his work trying to get to the bottom of the perplexing structure. Although discovered in the 1800s, he explained that the puzzling formation appears to be thousands of years old and that it seems to have been constructed using an advanced knowledge of structural engineering. Reeves revealed that the area around the rock wall has been the site of significant high strangeness over the years and he argued that the peculiar structure could have once served as a launch site for alien craft long ago.
Government interest in UFOs was back in the news this week as the Pentagon released a long-awaited update on their investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The 12-page report indicated that the DoD's UAP office had collected an additional 366 cases of anomalous objects spotted by military pilots. Of those accounts, they were able to determine that "more than half" of the UFOs were likely drones, balloons, or other assorted clutter. That said, they also conceded that there remain 171 reports that have yet to be explained and, within those cases, are some incidents wherein the anomalies "demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities."
Shared death experiences (SDEs) took center stage on Thursday nights program as researcher William Peters discussed the phenomenon wherein a person feels as if they are included in another individual's journey to the 'other side.' He suggested that these incidents may actually be initiated by someone who is dying as a way of assuring their loved one or caregiver that they have passed smoothly into the next realm. To that end, Peters observed that those who report having an SDE say that the awe-inspiring experience provided them with a certain comfort in knowing that their friend or family member continued to exist after their passing.
This past week featured a pair of odd stories centered around psychics, beginning with a surprising account from Prince Harry's controversial memoir Spare, wherein he recalls meeting with a woman who claimed to be able to speak to Princess Diana. In his remarkably revelatory retelling, he admits to being skeptical of the medium's assertion, but says that he sat down with her at the urging of trusted friends who assured him of her gift. Harry went on to write that he felt a palpable energy surrounding the psychic and that she conveyed to him that his late mother was watching over him. Later in the week, Bolivia's state-run airline came under fire when it was learned that they had enlisted an 'animal communicator' to help psychically locate a cat that they had lost.
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