Good morning! Happy Saturday. It's great to see everyone. I'm Betsy and I do not have Max and Greg with me, as you can see. I have the delightful pleasure of co-hosting with Azure and Sandy this morning. So, you might think that, oh, Max and Greg are Canadian and it is Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend. Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadians, but that's not what they're doing. They're at a DNA conference. So, and giving a presentation, I believe. So, hopefully, thanks for joining us on the replay. I don't think there'll be a lot of math here, right? Which one of us is going to do the math? The what? The math from Greg. Oh my gosh. Not me. I did do some math in college, but I am no Greg. And we should probably say blueberries in honor of Max. There you go. Biscuits. Yeah. Well, let's see who's with us this morning. Brian Nash, how we got here at Genealogy, was first to arrive. So, you get the imaginary prize for that. We've got Lynette Jester. Hey, Lynette. Who else? Susie Carter. Christine Miller. Audrey Martin from Central Kentucky. And then Melissa Clifford. Hey, Melissa. Hilary from Wales. She says it's rather warm here today. I don't know. It's getting cold in Chicago. Yesterday was the first day when I felt I'm comfortable outside and wished I had a heavier coat. Lisa Gervais. Hey, Lisa. Happy Thanksgiving. John Tyner from Ireland. Victor. Happy time zone, everyone. Sharon Haynes. D. Spencer. Hey, D. Spencer Carr. Florian Flo. Hey, Flo from Germany. We're very international this morning. Chris Ferriolo. And Vicki from Chile. Hey, Vicki. And Murray Maloney. Hey, Murray Maloney. Happy Thanksgiving. Willardine Adams. Janet Isles. People are popping in now. Yeah. Looks like we have about 26. Give us a thumbs up, everybody. Yeah, thank you. Azure, I cannot wait to get that update. And I don't want to miss June Butka and Jonathan Boyer and Amy Gilpin. Biscuits, biscuits. People are saying June Butka said biscuits. Okay. I didn't even have biscuits this morning. This is the same. Great. I think I caught everybody. And if I didn't, I'm sorry. But I'm so glad you're here. We are, we're going to not only mix up who's hosting, but the order of things. So Sandy is going to do the profiles of the week. And thank you, Azure, for driving the profiles. I missed my two screens. I'm not here. I missed my two screens. So do the profiles relate to Charleston Heston and the co-stars? They are most closely connected to, which is kind of cool because he would have been 100 years old this week. And does he just love his chiseled face and his voice? You can recognize him anywhere when any movie that you see him. But let's go ahead and talk about the profile. So for Charleston, Heston himself, his profile on WikiTree. And he won an Oscar for the movie Ben Hill. It was Ben Hurst. Excuse me. I'm in the Hill. So I think I've got my neck messed up. But for the movie, he learned to drive a chariot and performed 80% of the chariot driving scenes. And if you've ever seen that movie, that's a pretty big accomplishment that he did. I love this profile. I love the background and everything they did for this profile. Yes. I love this picture of him. So nice.  Oh, that's cool, Jim. Yeah. And he was especially nice to you, right? She was briefly, he was nice, right? The profiles. But definitely if you have a favorite Charleston Heston movie, because he is the connection that we're basing everything off of this week, drop it in the chat and let us know what your favorite movie of his was. You know, I never really got into Planet of the Age. Did you guys? No, I remember it, but. Yeah, I turned off the TV. That was like Saturday morning for me. And that was like time to go outside and play as a kid, because I just never got into it. Really? I didn't know he had a cameo friends. That's cool, Chris. That was more Chris. That's pretty cool. Oh, so in case we're wondering if he was nice to June. You smiled. How old was he, June, when I was curious? And I can't, I can't really tell. I don't know what my favorite movie of his is, but I always tend to pick, for these type of stars, the old black and white ones. I just tend to lean towards, towards that. Ben Hurr, I think I probably have watched it five times and I'm not sure if I made it to the end every time. It's a long movie. It's a pretty long one. Okay, then let's move on to how about James Cober? And he co-starred in The Soil and Green. He was kind of interesting as well. Let me pull up my interesting fact on him. Give me one second. There's two things that were really kind of interesting. So he was a black belt in Karate, but he was also best friends with Bruce Lee and he was a pallbearer at Bruce Lee's funeral. Oh, that's usually means a very close relationship. Yeah, and it's interesting because he is like one of those characters you see on TV movies, things like that. And you know who he is instantly because he also has an extremely recognizable face as well. So he's kind of an interesting guys because I think he's also one that needs more connections. Is he the one that was really light on cc7? Yeah. So if anybody has a love for his movies or really likes him or if your best friends were Bruce Lee's family or Bruce Lee's love Bruce Lee, come in and add to his treat. That would be really, really cool to add to his treat because he has he has pretty low cc7. The next one this one's kind of interesting to me is Yvonne Decarlo. And I think everybody will probably remember her for a different role than what she co-starred with. She co-starred in the Ten Commandments with Charleston and Heston. She's very, very interesting. So most of us probably know her more because she played Lily, the wife of Herman Munster on the Munsters. Oh, I can see the result. Yeah. And it's really funny. She, I don't know, she was extremely active, actress at the time that she was offered that role, but she did not want the role at all. She did not want to have anything to do with it because she thought it was silly and it was damaged for serious acting roles and things like that. That's how I know her. And I think most people know her and it's one of these things where you know the person, you see their face, but you're not really sure who they are or what they played in. So to play with Charleston, to be in the movie, the Ten Commandments with Charleston has been anything. Go to play Lily, the wife from the Munsters is pretty amazing. And the reason why she did the Munster is why she was convinced into it. Her husband was very ill and had a lot of hospital bills. Health insurance wasn't the same that it is now. And she needed to pay the bills. So she went and played Lily Munster. The next one, I love this one, Faye Dunaway. And Faye Dunaway, a co-star in The Three Musketeers with Charleston. And she just, at the time, she was considered one of the most best dressed and fashion model type. She was always on all the magazines, but she is extremely private, extremely secretive. You will find very little detail about her out on the web. Any interesting finds trying to come up with Faye Dunaway were a little tricky there. But you know, as I think we all know, she pretty much came to fame with Warren Beatty and Bonnie and Clyde. You know, I think that's how a lot of us know her, but there's another really, really super famous movie that kind of scares me a little bit to think of. Is anybody know what other really super famous movie she is known for? And I'll give you a hint. She played this movie so well that she got ignored by a lot of Hollywood actor and actresses because it freaked him out, but she played it so accurately. Wow. I have no idea. Me either. Mommy dearest. Oh, yeah. And if you think back and watch that movie, you forget she's acting. I love the movies where the actors are so good that you're immersed into it and you forget that they're actually acting in that. So she got a little bit of pushback.  But I love Bay down the way. She's one of my favorites. And then one of the guys in the military's favorites is next, Betty Hutton. And Betty Hutton could have started with Charleston and has been in the greatest show. And her interesting fact is she had her own sitcom. I never knew. It was called the Betty Hutton Show. And it is another one where her name was not Betty Hutton. It sounds perfect. Her name was not when she was born, but you get to Hollywood and Hollywood says, you know what? We're going to change the name. And we're going to make it something different that people can know and relate to and understand. She just, she did a tremendous amount of charity for the military as well. That's called ESA. But she's your closest. And she was always going over to do the charity shows for World War II mostly, to entertain the trips. The USO? Yeah. And it's interesting that Lisa is 19. I think it's John. I was 21. It's kind of interesting to say so. And then Sharon, who is, I know is from West Virginia, drops down to 15 degrees. So it's kind of cool to see the different degrees from people that are in the States and also outside the States. So she's definitely a cherished one as well.  I did not know this person at all. So I'm probably going to say the name wrong. It's Katie Yorado and played in our with Charleston, Heston in Arrowhead. Okay. And that this is just one that I knew really nothing about. And I think it's really interesting. I love the profile, whoever's with the profile in the background. I really love what they did. What is it? I can't see it. Are flowers or? It looks like roses. And this one, she was kind of hard to find information about. But I love that this profile is here. Just look at her face. She's just a beautiful person. And again, her name kind of changed a little bit. But she kind of was part of this separate little club with Gary Cooper, Charleston, Heston, Anthony Quinn as well. Douglas Grace Kelly. So she was right up there with the leading stars of the time. And I love it because she represents more of our global, our international actresses that are paired up with Charleston, Heston. Where was she born? I believe she was born in Mexico. It would be interesting to know how she was able to jumpstart. Yeah, in Hollywood. Yeah. Yes, whoever has done Scott, Scott at Ennobles, it's a really great job on this profile. It's beautiful. Yeah, it is really. Okay, the moving along, we've got Burt Lancaster. I hope everybody probably knows him. Burt Lancaster co-starred on the greatest show on earth with Charleston, Heston. And another one that's really recognizable. I didn't know this actually a lot of, when I was looking at these individuals and the actors and actresses last night, I won't lie. I had, I just been, might kind of help look up two of them. And this one he looked up and I was shocked at the interesting fact for Burt Lancaster. Does anybody know what his last role was? What movie? It was a movie and I'll give you a couple hints, a little bit of trivia this morning. So Burt Lancaster's last role was a movie that Kevin Posner starred in. And it's one of Kevin Posner's most beloved movies that people love. Field of Dreams. Yep, yep, that's it. That's it. Wow, I mean, that's it. You know, off of most beloved Kevin Costner movie and I was like, it has to be Field of Dreams. Yep, that's what it is. He played Dr. Moonlight. He chose to be a town doctor over a baseball player in Field of Dreams. And that was his very, very last role. So Kevin Costner convinced him to come on. He wasn't, you know, completely feeling up to, he didn't mind the role but he wasn't really feeling up to acting. But Kevin Costner convinced him to come on just for that. So that was pretty cool. That is neat. It's just, it's funny. A low connection count too. Oh, wow. And there's another little thing as well. He was a circus trapeze performer. Oh, wow. So really, really interesting how they get into Hollywood and by what occupation. So I guess if you look up maybe on a census way back when you'll see circus performer or something like that on excited. If he's got a low CC7, definitely somebody out there, pick them up, add to it. Oh, one of my favorites, Vincent Price. I hear he doesn't love Vincent Price and this is October and it's Halloween. He shouldn't. It's perfect. And I have to say, Sandy, he is your closest at 18 degrees. He is. And he is my closest at 19 degrees. I love this.  You hear it. He played along Charleston Heston in the Ten Commandments. And I got so much to share but I think everybody knows this one. I'm going to say it anyway. Vincent Price played the voice narration in Michael Jackson's song, The Thriller. So if you think back in the beginning and they start talking about it and there's a little narration took out there, that was all. Vincent Price did that. So it's kind of cool to see somebody back from the time come into the opera world into a different environment. So I love this device. In that picture, this looks old wood, doesn't it? It just looks glam. Signified. Okay. And then Oliver Reed, he co-starred in Treasure Island with Charleston Heston. And this one, I didn't know this one. This was another one that Mike helped me with. This one was very interesting. I don't even know if I knew of him, his name, but I knew his face. So if you guys remember the movie Gladiator and he died halfway through filming the movie Gladiator. And it's kind of a tragic story but it's also one of those classic stories. He had challenged a group of sailors to a drinking contest. And Oliver was a heavy drinker so he challenged him to a drinking contest. Said he didn't feel well, laid down on pub floor and died. Wow. I did halfway through the movie Gladiator. And there's a, he has a scar too that's kind of like right here on his chin. I'm trying to get with size right. He thought it would damage his career but they said keep it. They gave him character. Yeah. Yep. So you can kind of see the scar going down and they said, nah, you give something to your character and to your roles. But I didn't realize that he was the Gladiator. I recognized the face but I didn't recognize the name that went along with it. And then next we have Cornell Wilde, the great who post our great show on earth below that show. That was really a great movie. That was interesting. So he goes more by his, you see where it's Cornell and he was born in Slovakia but he goes more by just, excuse me, just well a lot of times. But he fits for Columbia University team and won the national novice foils championship in 1929. Another one I just didn't know much about until I started digging around and finding out more about him. You know, some of his movies I've seen, but the great show on earth is just, it's just an awesome movie. If everybody wants something to do today, just go pick up some of these old movies we're talking about and have a binge fest. You'll enjoy it.  I can sit there and get lost on those. And I was surprised. Stephanie Zimbalist from the awakening post starred with him and she's still living, I think. Yeah. So she's the only one that we have that is living and some of you might know, if you do know old movies, she's the granddaughter of Ephraim Zimbalist who's also a famous actor. So she comes from a really interesting family. She played in Remington Steel with Pierce Bronson. I like that. Well, I like Pierce Bronson. I like that show. I know. And her great-grandfather was a symphony conductor as well. And they, the family, the Zimbalist family is very much into music. They have sopranos, internationally recognized sopranos, as well as concert pianists via violinists, if I get it right, and the conductors. So she comes from a very musical family and she went to acting. So that's for yet. So I'm going to guess that most people will probably recognize out of this besides Charles and Heston. I'm going to guess, I don't know, what do you guys think? Who most people have either seen something from, seen a movie from one of these people or recognize the face of the name? Say Dunaway and Burt Lancaster, I would say. Yeah. Oh, we didn't check Connors. Oh, Chuck Connors. Oh, yeah. And how can I forget Burt Lancaster? This is classic movie from here to eternity. Yeah. Totally forgot that movie. Yeah. Oh, wow. Kathy, you've got all three that are close. Chuck Connors, this one, let's see my, oh, he was a professional basketball player. This is very interesting. So if you're into sports or if you're working with David Randall's Sports Notables, this would be one that you really want to get to know and maybe look at the others that I'm going to mention. He was one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. So anybody out there that's interested in sports, pick up those 13 and add them to Wiki Tree and see if you can expand and connect them as well. The name might not be familiar, but everybody probably recognizes his face. That smile on that hat because he was on the TV show, The Rifleman. Yeah. I recognize that. Thanks, Azar. I know that smile on that grin in the hat and cowboy shirt. So that's the profiles of the week. Thanks for driving, Azar. Oh, thank you. And you know what? I didn't realize I was quickly looking up who was our closest and Azar is closest to James Coburn. Oh, wow. 15th place. Oh, wow. Yeah. So awesome. Well, now we're going to go to question of the week. And the question of the week is have you found any diaries from your ancestors? I only had a chance to go through the G2G post. I didn't look at Facebook or the other social media. We had 15 responses and things I noticed just as trends, people were also bringing up having letters from ancestors, which I think are very similar, wonderful window into someone's personality, just anything that's in their voice. And so people wrote about letters and it seemed like a lot of people had diaries that were written by ancestors when they were serving in the military. That seemed to come up frequently. So we can look through since they're only 15. Let's look at what we had. Let's see. Katie, Kate Bergen was saying that she had letters her dad wrote to his his mother, because she forced him to. And actually, we always talk about this amongst ourselves with these questions of the week. Azar, Sandy, do you have diaries or letters? Yeah, I have diaries and we found it. Whose diary did you burn? Mine. My mom found it.     I don't want to go to school. You know, I went this and she read it and I was like, so we burned it together. So no more diaries and they didn't find any. But as you have some. Yeah, I had my aunt was into genealogy big time. And so I had a whole pile of letters that she had written out to family members all over the U.S. trying to get some more information. And so, yeah, that was really had the letters. Do you have the letters back? That's so cool that she did that. That was back in the day when you had to do the letters. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So like 1950s, 1960s. So it's really neat. That was very cool. Yeah. I am. Well, I started keeping a diary myself when I was six. And I was I was very faithful from like six to 13. And like in terms of writing every single day. And I have not burned them yet. They're actually an entertainer read like once every 10 years. And I do have a couple two sets of letters where I'm lucky enough to have both the both sides of the correspondence. Wow. That's cool. That's cool. Yeah. One of them was my letters that I lived in Taiwan for a summer in college. And I have all the letters that I wrote to my parents. Plus, of course, so they kept those. And then I had what they sent me. So I was able to put those all together. And that was fascinating. And yeah, I have when my dad passed in his papers, he had all the cards and stuff. And the same with my aunt that I had sent them. So I got those kind of nice to get those back. I had forgotten I sent some of them. Yeah. Yeah. It's that. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah. So so let's see what else Kathy Forbes has diaries written by her great grandfather, including his years as a soldier in the Civil War. That would be a fascinating read. A few of her grandfather's diaries, mother's diaries and mentioned feeling a little uneasy reading them. And I know I know that feeling, you know, that one set of letters I was talking about where I was one of the parties back and forth. I have no problem with that. But I have another set of letters that's between two people. And I'm not either of them. And it does sort of feel like you're e-dropping. But some questions, what will everybody do with these? Will they digitize them? I know. Yeah. So some people mentioned, definitely transcribing them because of legibility issues, making them on into a free space page so that they're available for the world. So yeah. And now a couple now this next one brings up a point that I saw a couple of times that people had the diaries or knew of the diaries and they got destroyed. Like Ruth said that her husband's grandmother wrote this daily diary from 1917 to the 90s. And unfortunately when we cleaned out her home, it was before I was interested in genealogy and they were all destroyed. And then I remember somebody else writing about loaning a diary or some letters to somebody else in the family and then never getting it back. Oh yeah. That was this next one. Another relative asked to borrow it and never brought it back. I have a copy of a small part, but not the whole thing. Oh, this one, Andy Port says he has a diary kept by his third great grandmother in 1825 when she and her parents undertook the grand tour of Europe. Going through France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and back to France. And he transcribed it because of the handwriting difficulties. And he said the descriptions of the galleries and churches she visited were fascinating. Yeah. More people talking about letters. This person I guess has a blog and has digitized the diaries there. Like Azure was mentioning going through people's papers. You just never know. So Ham Ross going through their grandfather's papers found documents from his World War I diary photos from when he was in the British Navy. And a letter from Winston Churchill. Wow. Yeah. We are finalizing arrangements to have all the docs scanned by a company that specializes in scanning antique documents. Surprisingly, it isn't going to cost two arms and two legs. I'm surprised. Yeah. Yeah. It's really important to get those things digitized. Yeah. Photos and papers, journals, anything like that. Get them digitized and create a free space page. Right. Yeah. And that's not to say that you trashed the original. Definitely not. But it's just preservation. Yeah. And once you digitize, then you can share widely with many people. I think that's the thing too. And because WikiTree is free, you can, like Azure said, how many space pages do we put up with old historical books. This is no different. Yeah. You don't have to be published author from way back when to create a space page with all this type of information because WikiTree is free. It's amazing how many people will love finding this research. Yeah. Yeah. Because otherwise you're about a paywall and you're frustrated. But no, you don't have that with WikiTree. This is a great idea. And it's a great cousin bait too. Yes. Yep. John Baski says, I don't have diaries, but I have a shoebox full of letters between my grandma and grandpa Baski from when grandpa was fighting in the South Pacific with the Navy in World War II. I have read quite a few of them. It's all my wish I hadn't. No. And we'll leave it at that. We won't ask why, John, or do we need to know? He loves you, says it all. I love the image there. That's cool. The what, S? The image of the, I love the, seeing the handwriting of that. Yeah. At least does not look a short narrative of the life of John Hatchet. It doesn't look hard to read as handwriting goes. Let's see. What is it? Well, I don't know which he's talking about. Steve is talking about two in his possession. And I'm not sure which, which one this is. A couple of entries are kind of funny. The day I was supposed to get married but didn't, had to go to see unexpectedly. Well, that would be a major bummer. Okay. And more one from the gold rush. That's interesting. Wow, that's really cool. Yeah, 1850. Yep. Roger says there are several family diaries that have been published. But like Jill, I have all of my grandfather's letters to my grandmother, during World War II. Interestingly, he was responsible for acting as a censor on his own letters. And he told me he wrote whatever he wanted. Somebody has Nancy Nancy's in the chat. Hey Nancy said she has a copy of Spencer Records memoir that my grandfather typed up in 1921 while he was a student at Purdue University. Wow. It was published in 1959 in the Indiana Magazine of History, now available online. Wow. Yeah, people are talking about, yep, more free space pages. I love these. Oh, Pip is talking about a diary his mother-in-law kept from junior high until after graduation. I think those diaries from when people are young are fascinating. Yeah. And we've got a lot of people talking about all the different diaries and notebooks or letters in the chat, too. We've got lots of comments there. Uh-huh, uh-huh. And then Lucas, Lucas Murphy says, I have farm account books from the 1880s. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, from his ancestor, Alexander Patrick, inside several of the children practiced writing their names. Oh, this is really nice. And that's really cool. Yeah. I want to talk about things he actually lives in an old historic house on a farm. So these books are probably related to his farm in a house called Meta Stone, which is also a one place study on WikiTrip. So cool. Oh, my goodness, he says also second paragraph. My college roommate had a trunk with about 50 journals in it that her great-grandmother talked about a mother-in-law. The great-grandmother had been the daughter of a politician and did not lead the farm life that all my ancestors did. Well, that would be true. Interesting. Well, thank you, everyone who posted. And obviously, I had to sort of scam. This G2G post is great reading. So please go and give them upvotes and so that everybody can know that their stuff's been read. So let's see. How are we doing?  That would be so nice. Yeah. Yeah. I wonder how old were they at the time of that? That would be interesting to know. Okay. I guess it's time for some photos. We've turned the page on the calendar. In October's theme for photos is family. And we've got seven answers. So is the size good, everybody? Yeah, it looks good. Good. Okay. Wow. I'm just looking at the expression on the mother's face. So intense. A John Vaskey. This is a portrait. Yeah. It's his paternal grandfather's family from about 1920. It has my great grandparents, John and Rosie. On the left is the oldest son, John. On the right is the middle son, Albert. And my grandfather, Mike, is sitting on Rosie's lap. Grandpa John died of black lung disease in 1962 from working the coal mines most of his life. And his son, John, died in the 1940s of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. So I never got to meet them. The rest of them were a hoot to grow up around. Wow. Beautiful. Oh, and look at her shoes, too. Oh, yeah. It almost looks like a heel, but I think that's the chair. Oh, I see. But still beautiful white shoes. Yeah. Who's this from? Alexis. This is a 1924 photo of my maternal grandparents, Scott and Nellie Marvin, with my mother and her younger brother. They are living in Osage County, Oklahoma. When this photo was taken, my grandfather was an oil field driller. Beautiful. Oh, her hat. Actually, both, all three of their hats. He's got this little sailor hat on. So adorable. I know, I know. Pat Miller. Oh, this is a gorgeous one. The family of her great granduncle, Robert Boyd Miller, his wife, Victoria, and their six children. There are so few. In her family, there are very few pictures of mother, father, and children. So this is, this is a treasure for that reason. The photos from June 1904. We often talk about how children feel about their parents, but how do parents feel about their children? In this case, Robert and Victoria were very proud, but perhaps missing them because the children had left home, the hometown for distant places. Robert died in the home of his daughter, Ida at the age of 86. That's really five boys. Only one girl. Yeah. Well, and I'm looking at this style of her dress. Really, really beautiful. Nice picture. Yeah. Here we have the early 1930s Peacock family reunion at the original homestead in Innisfil, Ontario. I hope I'm saying that right. Yeah. Big gathering. The land was originally settled in about 1830 by my husband's four times great grandfather, John Peacock. This is M Ross. I do have a list of names for the approximately 70 people who attended this list, this event. Wow. To have that list. Yeah. That's a watch list. And you can go through it and oh, wow. But I don't have any idea what name belongs to which face in this picture. That would be, yeah, that would be hard. Yeah. The event was organized by the six great grandsons of John Peacock. Huh. Thanks. Vicki, Vicki's in the chat. Hey, Vicki. Yeah. I've just returned from my parents house with lots of things my mom gave me old photos and old letters from my great great grandmother. So this topic is perfect for a collage of my new treasures. Wow. I'm going to blow that up a little. Oh, Vicki, is that you? That is so great. Fantastic. Oh, and these three little ones here. Beautiful. All right. And I think we have maybe two more. Oh, newborn. That's so sweet. Rondesh Schneringer. North Dakota, 1942. Dan Gaitley, wife and newborn daughter. You can't tell in this picture, but Dan is an Irish boy with red hair and brown eyes. I also love these photos like just like being transported to the place and seeing the signs and the fonts and license plates. If Max was here, I'm sure she could identify this car. Yep. Hi, Vicki. Hey, Vicki. And then our last one for today is from Roger Stong.  They're poor mother. I couldn't store in 1900. Matthias is the left, left most standing man. So I guess that's him. Wow. And oh, I was going to say they all have mustaches, but two of them do not. Two of them. Yep. But otherwise, they're sporting very fine mustaches. Excellent. So yeah, there's a couple more weeks of October. So we've only just begun. Please post your family photos. I have to, I have to think about what I would like to post. We love seeing them. Yeah, absolutely. So it's tip time. Yay, tip. So this tip comes from, and I'm getting there, I'm getting to my proper screen. Okay, so this tip is, well, actually, let me go here. Okay. So this tip is from Sally Kimball, who I don't think is sometimes with us. I don't think I see her in the chat right now. And so she wrote that I do this so often I forget it's a hack. So when using the source or browser extension in family search to make citations for all sources, she she has a way, well, she mentions that we as we've probably seen many of us, often you get multiple citations for the same event, for example, a marriage record, even as many as five, six or seven. But these are not all the same. Some have images, some don't. And of course, like, if it's a toss up between a record that has an image or not, I'm I'm I want the one with the image. And I probably don't want, you know, duplicates, you know, that don't, don't have an image. So we're going to do an example. What she said what I do is paste them in my draft profile, then use the preview preview function to give me the draft in a form that has live links, then right click each one in a new tab, look at the records in the order that they would appear in the profile, and whittle the number down to the best one or two of the most useful images.  If none of them has an image, I can still leave the best one, go to another site, and add another link from there. So I went to one of my seven degree connections, Susanna loose middle. And I saw that I have a few sources for her, but but not. I'm sure there are many more. So then I went to family search. Oh, and I'm logged out. Hang on. Okay. Um, and I ran her sources. Boom. There are 11 of them, including new marriage records. So then I went to sorcerer. And what you're going to do in case you don't know this, this track, this is great, build all citation. And now this is important to notice is these are inline citations and should be listed before the sources heading. So okay, let's go back to Susanna. Go into edits. Now I'm going to go before sources. So okay, now I'm going to paste those. And let's look at the two marriage. Oh, and then go into preview. Okay. So now we're in preview. And we can see I had done three, three sources. So here's where the imports began. And you can see that for her marriage, we have five and six. So let's go down to five and six. And you can see that the family search records are distinct. They are not the same. So I'm going to go first, I'm going to right click here. And I'm going to right click on the next one. Okay, now let's look at them. Here's the first one. No image. We have a date place. Okay, so a little bare bones. Now if we go to the next image, alas, also no image. But we also have a bit more detail with this from the source. I would consider that this would, you know, this would be helpful information, especially if I were to ever get to say to the National Archives or wherever this information, this source is coming from. So then maybe I could- Interestingly enough, at the top of the source, it says it's being retired. Oh, that's interesting. So that means if I were to save this, then I wouldn't, I, it would go away. Yeah. So you might like make a note in research notes about the source detail. Yeah. Yeah. Because this is from, let's see, this is from England marriages, 38 to 1973. And then the other one is from, it's from the same, the same source. Okay. All right. So you can see this is, this is a good way to compare without, you know, in an efficient way. Yeah. Great. Thanks. So thank you, Sally. As, do you want to, while I get ready for, celebrate your ancestors, do you want to talk about what's going on this weekend? Sure. Sure. Okay. Okay. So AON does this post every month for us, providing links and information about what's happening around wiki tree each month. So here is the post for October. And just to let everybody know, all these places that we've been going to, all the G2G posts are actually down in the description of this video. So if you want to go check those out, they're there. But this post I believe is pinned in the G2G every month. So it's going to be highlighted right at the top, I think. So we have lots going on. So today is this October 7th, we have the Saturday roundup where we're at right now, October 9th through the 16th data doctor's challenge. And then of course, hack top, Hacktoberfest is happening all month long. And so October 12th is the next broadcast, same channel that you're on right now. And then the same day at 1.30 p.m. Eastern is the German stem, stem dish. October 13th is Friday date night. And then again, we have the weekend chat, which will be in G2G coming up on the 13th to the 15th. October 14th is a Saturday sourcing sprint. And then back here next Saturday, I think it will be Betsy and Sandy, will you be back next Saturday? Maybe. Okay, I'm back in Georgia. So I'll be here next Saturday. And I think Aowyn and I will probably be here. I think Greg and Maggs are still going to be, are they going to be? Well, Greg has, Greg has a math conference. That's right. And I can't remember Maggs' schedule. Okay. Yeah. So, but they'll be, they'll be somebody here. So that's what's happening around the tree. Yeah, great. And I'm, I apologize if you mentioned this, but new member Zoom tomorrow. There's a one more in October new member Zoom with me tomorrow morning, 11 in the morning Eastern time. So three in the afternoon UTC time. And yes, it is not listed. Door says it's not listed. I'm going to quickly just drop the G2G post in the chat. That'd be great. Yeah. Sorry about that. We'd love to have you, Doris. And not just new members, all members can always learn from the tips. Yes. And Hilary will be there and Murray was, came and was co-hosting with me on Thursday. So, yeah, they'll both be there.  All right. And so are we ready to celebrate an ancestor? Oh yeah. Yeah. Okay. So the ancestor that we are celebrating, let me, oh, did I, I have to reshare my screen, share screen. And great. Okay. So this is from Susan Ellen Smith. She says, this is really paints a portrait. My, her grandmother, Nana, Marie Mae Ida, Erlich Smith was born on Halloween, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. And she was generally a soft spoken woman, unless something happened that she didn't want the neighbors to hear. Then she would start yelling to us in a panicked voice about the neighbors. The worst happened in 1956 when her son, my uncle Harry, was shot by his wife. The news was, the news picked up the story in New Jersey. The story was in newspaper and on radio. Poor Nana was screaming, what about the neighbors? While her son was in the hospital. I really hope uncle Harry was okay. Susan was seven at this time. When she died in 1995 at the age of 96, she had only a few strands of gray hair. I'm going to show you the photos. Susan was also born in October, on October 30th. So the day B, and she was born the day before Nana's 50th birthday. So here is the profile. And she had German roots, was a New Yorker, like go, go, New York, like me. And we have some really gorgeous photos here. And there's one of her with Susan. Oh, how wonderful. No. That's so sweet. You guys have sort of the same smile. Yes, beautiful. So keep those coming in. I have one more to share next week, but I would love more. So we'd love to celebrate your ancestor. Just go to your anniversary's tab and look for people who have events of importance in October. All right. Should I share the social media page? Yes, go ahead. Okay. So I'm just going to scroll down here. Something I want to bring up that we're doing every day. And I'm going to drop the link in the chat for today's video broadcast out on YouTube here. Same channel. We're doing a 30-day countdown to wikitree day. And every day we'll be posing to question or asking for photos or every day at the different post and you respond and you'll be entered into the drawing for the day. So that's today's link. Go check that out. We had, of course, this week, we had this is the first week of the month. So we had the Ask a Lesh. We had hacked the first Hacktoberfest video. Then we had Thursday also. We had your first Q&A session out on Zoom. And then the connection finder, of course, we just went through. I just want to mention, too, that for the connection finder, everybody posts up on GGG the question of the week for the connection finder. We had one member, Don, who offered up five and they were all picked. Wow. So the spotlight profile week is Libba Cotton. So that short video is out on YouTube and out on the different social media. So you guys can go up, you know, click those links on your favorite social media channel and share it out wherever you can. And Ralph here is our member of the week. And then here are the links for the 12 photos family to celebrate your ancestors. And then Chris Ferriolo has 52 ancestors. He does every week. So check those out. So that's it for social media. All right, cool. And I just, John was mentioning that his paternal grandfather has an October birthday and death date. So John, reply, I just dropped for John and everybody. There's a celebrate your ancestors in October link. So tell us about them so we can feel like we got got to know them a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, that's great. We all we love here at all the stories, you know, the pictures and they're wonderful. All right. So are we do we have anything else we need to do? Did we do it? I think we did it. Yeah, you know, 10 01. What is happening? For this Saturday roundup live cast. Well, I've had a lot of fun being here. It was so great doing this with both of you. Thank you. And thanks for everybody joining and everyone watching afterward. Bye. Bye.


When UFO researcher and investigator Richard Hall first received reports of a UFO sighting from the Symes family in the United Kingdom in 2011, he perhaps didn't expect that the encounters they would reveal would stretch back to the mid-1970s. Whether the Symes family are just simply in the right place at the right time, or whether their location plays a part in these multiple sightings, remains a question. Although there is not any evidence for it, perhaps the Symes have been targeted by the alleged extraterrestrial occupants of these seemingly alien vehicles. What's interesting, though, is that there are many sightings of these shiny or glowing spherical UFOs on record, both in the United Kingdom and around the world. And what's more, many of them share remarkably similar details in terms of their description and how they act. I'm Darren Morlar and this is Weird Darkness. Welcome, Weirdos. This is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious macabre, unsolved and unexplained. Coming up with this episode, the many extraterrestrial experiences of the Symes family and numerous other UFO encounters by others too similar to ignore. If you're new here, welcome to the show. While you're listening, be sure to check out WeirdDarkness.com for merchandise, to visit sponsors you hear about during the show, sign up for my newsletter and our contests, connect with me on social media. Plus you can visit the Hope in the Darkness page if you're struggling with depression or dark thoughts. You can find all of that and more at WeirdDarkness.com.  Although the exact date isn't certain, during the summer of 1975, when husband and wife Martin and Julie Symes, along with Martin's friend Mark, were on a camping holiday just outside Stackpole Quay in Wales near the Pembroke Shire coastal path, this particular evening they had left their campsite and ventured to a local pub a short distance away, around half a mile for something to eat. The evening had been a pleasant one. However, as they were making their way back to where they were camped, it would take a very strange turn. There, over a nearby field, the three witnesses noticed a white orb of light that appeared to be hovering several feet above the ground. They would estimate it to be around the size of a football, and while it glowed bright enough for them to clearly see it, it wasn't so bright that it illuminated its surroundings. They watched it for several moments before deciding to head on to their tent. When they did, though, the strange orb began to move in the same direction also, as if following them. Intrigued by the light's apparent interest in them, the three witnesses stopped in their tracks for a moment, noticing that the light stopped also. They would start and stop several times, each time the light mimicking their actions. Even when they ran a little faster, the light moved at a faster pace as well. After a short while, they stopped for several minutes, intently staring in the orb's direction in an effort to figure out what exactly it was. After several more moments, the group suddenly decided they were better off in their tents and quickly ran to them the rest of the way without looking back to see what the strange orb was doing. Although the witnesses were uncertain of what exactly it was they had seen, they were all certain that it was something out of the ordinary and not something like a bright star or planet that just appeared to be moving with them. They also ruled out that it might have been a prankster with a torch due to the fact that the light cast no immediate shadow on the ground nearby. Incidentally, in the years that followed the encounter, Martin would do his own research on the sighting and discover that there had been several similar sightings in the area around the same time as their own. It would be another two decades before the Symes experienced another UFO incident. Almost exactly 20 years later, one evening in July 1995, the Symes family were on their way to their caravan after a day out at the Fun Park Alton Towers while on holiday. Martin and Julie were in the front while their children, Geraint and Julie, were in the back. It was as they were approaching the caravan park that they noticed something strange through the windows. There, in a sky above, was a metallic object that was hovering just behind the trees that were around the park. They would later estimate that the object was around 10-12 feet across and appeared to be rotating as it hovered. It is interesting to note that Julie and Geraint recalled the shape of the object a little differently. Whether this is simply down to one of them recalling it incorrectly or whether the shape of the object depended on their exact perspective is not known. Julie, for example, recalled that the object was a saucer shape and had a raised dome in the middle of it. Meanwhile, Geraint would state that it was a spherical shape and a distinct chrome color. Whatever the object was, it soon disappeared, leaving the Symes family more than perplexed as to what they had just witnessed. Around five years later, the Symes family would experience another intriguing encounter in July or August of 1999, 2000 or 2001. On the day in question, Julie was watching Geraint set off on his bike on a sunny day as he took off to see his friends. As he pedaled away, Julie called to him to watch for traffic, causing him to turn and look at her. As he did so, he saw something out of the ordinary hovering above their house. He immediately stopped and alerted Julie to the bizarre object overhead. They would estimate that object, a sphere-shaped silver ball around the size of a large football from their perspective, was approximately 100 feet above the ground. The more they watched, the more they realized that the object was in fact moving to the west, but did so very slowly. Julie would further recall how this movement appeared very controlled and that it was not wobbling or changing speed at all. What's more, despite its shape, they could see that it was clearly not a balloon due to the controlled way in which it moved against the relatively strong wind. Perhaps of most interest was the sudden feeling of annoyance that went through Julie that she and her family were being spied on by these apparent extraterrestrials. Also surprising even to Julie was that she felt no fear at all, despite the surreal nature of the incident. The pair continued to watch the object for several more minutes until it eventually disappeared from sight into the distance. Julie was certain that what she had witnessed was, once more, an alien vehicle. She would decide to contact the M.O.D. later that afternoon. However, when she rang them, she was forced to leave a message on the incident on their answering machine. Of even more interest, several days later, a military fighter jet flew directly over the home at extremely low altitude. Julie couldn't help that this one-off appearance that had never happened before or since was connected to the sighting and her report of it. Around a decade after this sighting, in December 2010, another UFO sighting involving the Simes family unfolded. By this time, Geraint was an adult, and on the day in question, at around 3 p.m., he was driving near Quaker's yard with his girlfriend. Although it was cold, the sun was shining brightly as they made their way down the road. During the course of their journey, both Geraint and his girlfriend noticed a strange, silver, spherical object in the sky overhead. So fascinated were they that Geraint would pull the car to the side of the road so they could exit the vehicle and view the aerial anomaly more clearly. They noticed that the object was clearly giving off its own light, something which the clouds overhead appeared to show with more clarity. The pair remained where they were for around 10 minutes, watching the strange object. After remaining stationary for the majority of this time, it suddenly began to move directly upwards, stopping before it broke through the clouds and then hovered once more. They watched it for several more minutes before finally returning to the warmth of the car and returning on their way. Whatever the object was remains open to debate. Considering the other sightings of members of the Simes family that we have already examined, we might assume the likeliness that it was something out of the ordinary. Once more, was it just a coincidence that a member of the Simes family happened to be in the right place in order to spot the strange object overhead? We will return our attention to the Simes family in a bit. First though, let's examine some very similar sightings of strange, spherical objects over the United Kingdom. And as we will see, there are many other sightings around the world. For example, on December 31, 2008, in Fraudjum in the United Kingdom, a local resident witnessed a yellow sphere moving across the sky just before midnight. Given that the fact it was New Year's Eve, the witness at first thought he was watching nothing more than a Chinese lantern, but quickly dismissed this due to the speed with which it traveled. The witness also recalled how the object appeared to be heading directly toward Liverpool John Lennon Airport as if being intelligently guided. It also remained completely silent throughout the duration of the sighting. Once more, the witness would state that three other people witnessed this particular sighting, with one of them claiming to have seen a similar object previously. The witness would add that he had lived near the airport for 30 years at the time of making his report, and that he was more than familiar with the aircraft that went overhead. UFO researcher Dave Hodrian, who examined the sightings of the Simes family, also highlighted a very similar incident that occurred in the town of Blackmill in Bridgend in Wales in the summer of 1991. The exact date is not known, but one evening in June 1991, at around 6.30 p.m., the witness, John, was driving to an Indian restaurant with his wife and two of their friends. However, as they made their way along the country road under the early evening sun, they noticed a bizarre, round object that shimmered, hovering over a farmer's field that ran alongside the road. The object glowed extremely brightly and was between 150-250 feet above the ground and approximately 650 feet in front of them. All four of the witnesses watched the object for several moments, noticing how it appeared to wobble back and forth. They also noted how it had an appearance similar to a ball of mercury. Although John kept the car in motion, he had slowed somewhat in order to view it more clearly. Then, without warning, the sphere suddenly sped into the distance and had disappeared within a second. All of the witnesses recalled how the way it moved off at such a rate of speed told them that it was very likely something out of this world and certainly not like anything any of them had previously seen. 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That's WeirdDarkness.com slash Built and use the promo code WeirdDarkness. On the 27th of November, 2010, at around 6.30 am on Wordsley in the West Midlands, Julian Andriano, along with his girlfriend Michelle, had spent most of the night watching DVDs at Julian's home and were preparing to go to sleep for a few hours. Due to the time of year, it was still dark outside and Julian went to the bedroom window to take a look at the still quiet street outside. However, as he peered over the backyard and the bright moon that was still visible in the sky, he noticed something unexpected. From his left, a strange light appeared in his line of sight. He watched the light as it moved calmly across the dark sky, noting how it appeared to be distinctly sphere-shaped. He would later estimate that it was around 50 feet away from the house and around 40 feet above the ground. Certain he was seeing something truly strange, Julian told Michelle to come to the window so that she could see what he was looking at. She did so, although in no particular hurry. She did see the strange sphere though, right before it suddenly increased its speed to a blistering 500 miles per hour. In less than 10 seconds, the object had disappeared out of sight. This sudden acceleration ruled out to the witnesses that the object might have been a balloon or a Chinese lantern. Several months earlier, also in wordsly, on the 22nd of June, another very similar sighting unfolded. On the nighting question, just before 6 p.m., Martin Mitchell, along with his wife and eldest son, was eating dinner in the backyard of their house when Martin noticed two strange objects appear overhead. The sky was perfectly clear, meaning the objects stood out clearly. Martin would recall that the objects were in the shape of a sphere and of a bright, silver color which reflected the evening sun brilliantly. He would also estimate that they were at an altitude of 500 feet and were approximately 3 miles away.  At this point, Martin drew his wife and son's attention to the mysterious objects, each of them turning their attention upwards. As they all watched in amazement, Martin went to grab his camera in order to capture the bizarre aerial vehicles on camera. By the time he returned, the objects were definitely closer to their home. He immediately raised the camera and snapped a picture of approaching craft before returning to watch them with his wife and son. Suddenly, the objects began to curve in a change of direction before beginning to ascend slowly, disappearing into the distance within around five minutes, at which point they could no longer be seen. Around a month before Geraint Symes and his girlfriend's sighting, a similar object was witnessed in Corris, Wales. At around 7.30 pm on the 6th of November, the two witnesses named Helen and Chris in the report were driving to Mashinlith, a nearby town in order to shop for groceries. The evening was particularly rainy and windy and looked set to be so the rest of the evening. As Chris negotiated a bend in the road, Helen happened to peer out the passenger window. As she did so, she noticed a large circle of light in the cloud-filled sky. She kept her focus on the light, not expecting it to be anything out of the ordinary at first, and continued to chat with Chris. The more she watched it, though, the more she began to think she was seeing something truly unusual. As they continued down the road, Helen noticed the light was the result of a huge glowing orange sphere that was hovering further up in the sky. She watched the object for around a minute before she alerted Chris to its presence. They each continued to watch it for several more seconds before Chris pulled the car over to the side of the road. They now each turned their full attention to the object and began to consider just what it might be. They discussed several possibilities, ranging from a natural body such as a planet or something like a Chinese lantern. However, they both knew that it was none of their suggestions, not least as the object was approximately twice the size as the moon would be if it were visible. What they were looking at was something neither of them had seen before. Then things turned even stranger. As the pair exited the vehicle, the object suddenly began to rise into the air at a considerable pace. After a short time, it descended once more, settling back momentarily to where it had been previously. After several moments, it disappeared instantly. Helen would state in her report that she believed what they had seen was either an alien craft or a top-secret experimental military vehicle. Another sighting worth examining here occurred one day in May or June of 2010 in Murther Tidfield, Wales. On the afternoon in question, a local resident named Jim in the report was sitting in his office which overlooked a good part of the town of Dallas. By chance, he happened to glance out the window when he noticed a strange object over the top of the local church. He would later describe the object as being a dull, gray, silver color and distinctly sphere-shaped. He would further remember that it was approximately 12 feet above the steeple of the church. He knew there was a relatively strong wind outside and the fact that the strange object was completely stationary meant he could disregard any notion that it might have been a balloon. He watched the object for around 30 seconds before it began to rise suddenly at a calm, steady pace. The way it moved made Jim even more certain that it was under some kind of intelligent control. He watched it as it continued upward, eventually disappearing into the clouds after around 30 seconds. Another similar sighting occurred two years earlier on the afternoon of December 28, 2008 in Oxford. The witness, Ben Emlin Jones, was walking through the town of Heddington just outside of Oxford at a little after 1 p.m. on this particularly cold, windy but bright day. As he walked, he was speaking on the phone with his girlfriend when he suddenly noticed a bizarre, sphere-shaped object hovering at a relatively high altitude over the nearby houses. He would recall that it was white or pale gray in color and appeared to be of a considerable size. He watched for several moments longer, noting how the object merely hovered in the same place. He continued to walk, describing what he was seeing to his girlfriend on the phone. The object remained in sight for several minutes as he walked until it suddenly became enshrouded by a strange cloud. Ben continued to watch and was more than shocked when the cloud itself moved away, seemingly with the spherical object still inside. Within several more moments, the cloud had disappeared. Another intriguing sighting for us to examine occurred on the 21st of June, 2011 in the Bartley Green area of Birmingham. On the day in question, Sinead was in her room with her friend looking out the bedroom window when their attention was suddenly drawn to three planes that were flying at a particularly low altitude. She would state that she had little knowledge or interest in aviation. She had no idea what type of planes they were, but they looked like military bomber-type aircraft. It was as they were watching the planes that they noticed a small, spherical object that appeared to come out of one of the clouds. As this strange round object moved, it appeared to the witnesses that it was white. However, it was clear that it was a magnificent silver color when it stopped and hovered in one place. Sinead recalled how the sun reflected brilliantly off its metallic exterior. The two girls watched the object for around 30 seconds. Then, without warning, it suddenly disappeared. Both witnesses recalled that at the same time they noticed two very bright flashes of light. They would further recall that the first flash of light was where the sphere had been hovering only a second earlier and the second came from somewhere quite distant in the sky. Both Sinead and her friend were more than a little perplexed by the sightings and while they were uncertain of exactly what they had seen, they knew it was something out of the ordinary. While there are indeed many sightings of these strange, spherical UFOs in the United Kingdom, they occur equally as frequently across the world. For example, according to the research files of Jacques Valais, six luminous spheres were witnessed moving across the sky in Eviron in France at around 11 p.m. on 6 January 1967. Even more remarkable, according to the report, a strange, luminous beam of light came from one of the spheres and reached the ground. In this light beam, the witness claimed to have seen a humanoid figure that appeared to communicate telepathically with him. In more recent times, on the afternoon of August 1, 2004, in Luxembourg, Belgium, a local resident witnessed a metallic sphere moving over the city while changing colors from white to red to orange. They reported it moved slowly for several moments before suddenly disappearing. The witness was uncertain if the object simply vanished or whether it took off with great speed. The following year, at around 8 p.m. on March 13, 2005, in Wurruna, Australia, a local resident witnessed a strange sphere-shaped object in the sky while taking pictures of the moon. Unfortunately, there is little other information about this sighting. Only 10 days later, just after midnight on March 23 in Clifton, Virginia, several luminous spheres were witnessed by a local woman during a thunderstorm. According to the report by Mufon investigator Norman Gagnon, these strange spheres were considerable in size and were hovering over the witness's house. The witness was awoken by the sound of her answering machine attempting to turn itself back on following a power outage. As the power struggled to return, the witness had looked out the window at the unsettling objects outside. She would state that they were bigger than the house and that they had evenly spaced lights around the side. They remained hovering for several moments before moving away from the property. The power returned to the property a short time later. Perhaps one of the most intriguing sightings, though, occurred several decades earlier in Alabama. At some time around 8 p.m. one evening in the spring of 1981, in the Georgetown region of the state, Linda Richardson and her son Anthony and his friend Tony were at the Richardson's home when the evening took a rather strange turn. As Linda cleaned her kitchen, she heard sudden sounds of agitation coming from the horse and calf that they owned as if they had been severely spooked. Also hearing the sounds was Anthony and Tony who ventured outside to see what might be causing the disturbance. They left the kitchen door open as they did so. Within moments Anthony was calling to his mother to come and look. She immediately stopped what she was doing and stepped outside to where Anthony and Tony were standing. She noticed immediately that they were looking up to the sky. She looked to where they were looking and was amazed to see a large glowing white sphere hovering right over the top of them. Linda would estimate that the object was at an altitude of approximately 500 feet and appeared to be of the same bright shiny exterior all over with no markings or connection plates of any kind. She also recalled how the object remained completely silent as it hung motionless overhead. The three of them watched the object for several minutes before it suddenly went into motion. As it moved away, it increased both its speed and its altitude. Within a few moments of it beginning to move, it had disappeared over the roof of the house and so was out of sight. All three of them rushed into the kitchen to the front porch door. As they spilled outside, they could see several red lights that they presumed were on the back of the strange aerial vehicle. She cautioned the two boys to stand closer to her just in case the object should return and prove to be a threat. However, rather than return, it suddenly zipped into the distance at unbelievable speed, disappearing from their sight in a matter of a second. The three of them remained on the porch, looking at that part of the sky that the object had been in only moments earlier for several minutes before returning inside. Linda took a few moments to gather her thoughts before picking up the phone and ringing her next door neighbor Betty. Amazingly, she too had seen the strange object from her house after the light had shown through her window and alerted her to its presence. Linda would further decide to make a report of the sighting and contacted the Coast Guard in order to obtain the relevant number. She rang, although she did not recall which base she had contacted, but the person at the other end, after first stating that she had likely seen a weather balloon, declined to offer an explanation and merely listened to Linda as she recalled the details. Whether he made a record of the report is not known. There were seemingly other witnesses to this most intriguing sighting. A local postman, for example, George, also claimed to have seen the same object as Linda while speaking to her the following morning as he delivered her mail. Once more, he would claim that several other people he had spoken with that morning on his route had also witnessed it. As UFO researcher Dave Hodrian pointed out, despite the apparent multiple witnesses, there appears to be no coverage of the incident in the local newspapers. There was also some further intriguing details of the encounter. For example, according to Hodrian's report, many of the witnesses would have trouble sleeping in the days and weeks after the sighting. Many, particularly Linda, it would seem, became increasingly paranoid and fearful of the night hours. Linda would even ensure that her husband had the guns they kept in their home fully loaded in case of a nocturnal return of the strange craft. She would also find herself staring up at the night sky, searching for the spherical object on several occasions. Even more alarming was an incident that occurred several months later in the Bay-Minette area. Linda, who voiced her belief that the officer at the Air Force Base knew very well what the object was and was under orders to stonewall her report, claimed there were signs of a cover-up in the Bay-Minette incident as well. According to Linda, there were reports of a blinding flash of light over the area with repeated rumors that an unknown craft had crashed to the ground. Many witnesses made reports to the local newspapers and radio stations, but no coverage of the incident occurred. Had the military intervened in order to silence any reports? The state of Alabama has more than its fair share of UFO sightings, one of which, again, involves a metallic sphere. We'll take a closer look up next on Weird Darkness. Are you a member of the Darkness Syndicate? The Darkness Syndicate is a private membership where you receive commercial-free episodes of the Weird Darkness podcast and radio show. Behind the scenes, video updates about future projects and events I'm working on. You can share your own opinions on ideas to help me decide upon Weird Darkness Contests and events. You can hear audiobooks I'm narrating before even the publishers or authors get to hear them. You also receive bonus audio of other projects I'm working on outside of Weird Darkness. You get all of these benefits and more, starting at only $5 per month. Join the Weird Darkness Syndicate at WeirdDarkness.com slash syndicate. That's WeirdDarkness.com slash syndicate. Here at Weird Darkness, I celebrate Halloween year-round, as I'm sure a lot of you weirdos do. So I'm not cutting off the festivities after October 31st. In fact, I'm heading to Halloween Central, Salem, Massachusetts, at Salem Pyrrocon, November 11th and 12th. They've invited me to be a special guest for the festivities, introducing some of the celebrities and guests, moderating Q&As, and, well, other things that they refuse to tell me until I arrive and then it's too late to back out. Apparently, they like to scare everybody, including me. At Salem Pyrrocon, you can meet numerous paranormal groups, see creepy art and the artists who create it, speak with cryptozoologists, meet horror and sci-fi authors and podcasters, grab spooky crafts, jewelry, clothing, costumes, and other merchandise, and meet the guest of honor, the one and only legendary, amazing Kreskin, the world's most famous mentalist. He'll showcase his mind-reading and psychic powers right before your eyes, and there are tons of other celebrities being announced as the day gets closer. Visit WeirdDarkness.com slash Salem to see other special guests, celebrities as they're announced, and to get your tickets. That's WeirdDarkness.com slash Salem, and I'll see you in Salem, Massachusetts, November 11th and 12th for Salem Pyrrocon. Three decades after the Batemanette area sighting, just after midnight, on March 1st, 2011, according to MUFON case file 31948, as reported by Roger Marsh and the UFO Examiner, a similar sighting unfolded in Watumka. And what's more, according to the report, the witness had seen the same subcar-sized spherical object several times during the months leading to the sighting he reported. What's more, this object almost always acted in the same way. It would come darting in before hovering for several moments, lighting up the spot on the ground, as it did so, before flying away in the same direction from which it came. The object had an orange pale, luminous glow to it. One particular night, after having worked late, the witness was driving home when he noticed the strange object in the distance. However, on this occasion, it appeared to be on a very steady course heading toward his car. He continued driving, and the object did indeed approach his vehicle, trailing him from above the trees that lined the highway. After several moments, the strange object disappeared behind the trees, and the witness continued on with his journey. However, around a mile later, the glowing sphere darted out from the treeline and made its way across the highway in front of him at a distance of only several hundred feet, still at an altitude similar to treetop level. It continued on its way across a nearby field. The witness recalled that the object was much too fast and small for it to be a helicopter. What's more, as it moved across the field, it would stop suddenly and move around for several moments before continuing on and eventually returning in the direction it had come. The witness had experienced an even stranger encounter several years earlier at 3 am one night in 2007. On the night in question, he witnessed an identical sphere-shaped craft, although this one was flying at a much higher altitude. He watched the object move across the sky, eventually seeing it disappear into the distance. Although he wasn't sure what it was, he knew that it was something truly out of the ordinary. He kept his focus on the night sky, and much to his surprise, the orb returned, although this time much lower to the ground. Realizing he was carrying a flashlight, he began flashing the light in the direction of the object. The object began moving once more, but when he flashed it once more, it stopped. He became suddenly nervous that it was the flashing of the torch that caused it to stop, so he ceased doing so. After a few moments, the object moved on once more and eventually disappeared. Only weeks earlier in Manitoba, Canada, a glowing sphere was witnessed overhead at around 10.30 pm on January 27th by a local resident. On the night in question, during an intense blizzard, the witness was spending the night at their cabin near the lake in the Parkland region with several friends after carrying out some work on the property. After eating, the witness was sat on the couch after his two friends had retired for the evening. It was then that he noticed a bright, glowing sphere in the night sky through the cabin window. He would recall that it was the same size as the moon appears to us from the ground, but that it was nothing like the moon. He would further describe that it gave off bright, white, intense light that was brighter than anything he had ever seen before. He would estimate that it was at a relatively low altitude of around 30 feet, approximately the same height as the treetops, and was between 40 and 60 feet away. The glow from the object lit up the forest below, allowing the witness to see all the trees in the immediate area. He would further describe the light as being penetrating and like a normal light. After several seconds, the light and indeed the object disappeared. At this point, the witness jumped up from the couch and rushed to the window. He stared out into the snowy night sky but was unable to locate the spherical object. That was until around two minutes later when it suddenly appeared again, only this time it was a little further away from where it was previously. It was again hovering just above the trees, its light illuminating the area immediately below it. It remained visible for several seconds and vanished once more. The witness remained at the window in case the object returned, however it didn't, and he eventually called it a night and went to bed. Interestingly, the witness had seen a similar object around a year previously. Another intriguing incident involving a spherical UFO unfolded at around 1.30 am on May 19, 2012 in Joliet, Illinois, where a local resident, Gavin, was smoking a cigarette with his girlfriend, Sarah, on the front porch of his house. Suddenly they noticed a yellow amber-colored light appear in the night sky, seemingly headed in their direction. They would later estimate that the object was traveling at a speed of approximately 70 miles per hour and was at an altitude of between 1500 and 2000 feet. It was completely silent and moved in a particularly straight line and they noticed how it remained a constant light with no flickering. The object continued on its course, eventually passing over the top of the house and disappearing into the distance. As with other sightings, the witnesses recalled the shape of the object slightly differently. While Gavin recalled the object was most definitely sphere-shaped, Sarah claimed that the front of the object was slightly larger than the back and appeared very similar to a solid headlight. Although he was not certain of what he had seen, he was certain it was something out of the norm. The following year, in the early hours of August 15, 2013, at around 2.30 pm, a strange incident unfolded at White Bear Lake in Minnesota. A local resident was being driven to the mall where he worked by his mother in order to pick up his paycheck. As they were driving up a slope of the road, the witness noticed a shiny metallic object in the otherwise blue afternoon sky. At first, the witness believed they were looking at nothing more out of the ordinary than an airplane. He continued to watch it as his mother drove. When she pulled up at a stop sign, he drew her attention to the strange object. They sat in the car as the light remained on red and watched the strange sphere move around the sky, occasionally making sudden circular turns. Then suddenly, the object took off in a blur and disappeared. The witness also noticed that there were several other motorists who had clearly seen the strange craft while waiting in traffic. Around a decade earlier, during the afternoon of November 20, 2004, in the town of Topozlan in Mexico, Salvador Guerrero managed to capture footage of four translucent spheres overhead. The witness, who was with two friends, Amado Marquez and Eduardo Ortega, were regular sky watchers and were experienced with both conventional aircraft and unidentified ones. It was just before 5pm when the three men noticed the strange sphere at low altitude in the late afternoon sky. They immediately went about capturing footage of it until it headed toward nearby woodland, eventually rising higher into the sky before descending slightly again. Remarkably, the sphere then approached one of the witnesses, so close that he could reach out to touch it. When he did so, however, a strange fluid emerged from the exterior and the witness felt an intense burning in his hand. When he looked at it, there was a bright red mark on his skin. The object then disappeared. It particularly intriguing sighting unfolded in Salt Lake City several years previously on September 15. According to a MUFON report from January 2003, the witness worked at Westminster College when he stepped outside to take a break. While he stood outside, he took a laser pointer from his pocket and pointed it toward the sky as if he was highlighting Jupiter. Only moments after doing so, though, a grey sphere appeared in the sky and hovered in the sky at an altitude of approximately 40 feet. He would further estimate that the object was around 250 feet from where he stood. Unsure of whether his laser pointer had attracted the object or not, the witness quickly switched the laser beam off. He continued to watch the object as it hovered completely motionless, with the witness elaborating that it was as if it was locked in place. Then, without warning, the object moved in an instant and was over the top of a nearby building. A moment later, it moved again, this time to a position directly over the top of the witness. It stopped again for a short time before going from motionless to moving at an approximate pace of 60 miles per hour. It eventually disappeared at a sight behind some nearby trees. He went to locate the object on foot, but before he could come to a nearby clearing, he heard a loud bang. When he reached the clearing, the object had vanished completely. He would claim that he wasn't sure if the bang sound was related to the object or not. The witness would recall some intriguing details of the craft, though. He would claim that the underside of the object was crater-like and a reddish-pinkish color. Furthermore, he had the distinct feeling that it was aware of him, particularly as it passed directly overhead. Without a doubt, one of the most intriguing sightings of spherical UFOs unfolded decades earlier over a pory airport in Finland. Early in the morning of April 12, 1969, at just before 8 am, around 20 pilots witnessed seven separate yellow spheres that were hovering over the airport. Even more remarkable, several hours later at noon, FAF pilot Joko Koronen was piloting his aircraft with his co-pilot on a routine navigational flight at an altitude of around 10,000 feet. As they were in flight, they witnessed what would appear to be the same seven yellow spheres witnessed earlier that morning. He would report that it appeared the objects were observing the airfield, which served both civilian and military purposes. He received orders to investigate the objects closer and turned his plane toward them. He would describe them as being a pale yellow and generally round in shape and appearing somewhat blurry and indistinct in outline. As he approached them, however, the spheres arranged themselves into a tight formation and instantly sped off, the speed increasing as it moved. Realizing there was no way he would be able to catch them, Koronen received orders to return to base. The sighting remains unexplained today and is one of the most well-known and credible cases of such sighting. Were the Simes family merely in the right place at the right time on multiple occasions across the decades in terms of their UFO encounters? Or might there be a much deeper layered reason for their repeated sightings? In truth, without further information or revelations regarding their particular sightings and any others that may or may not come to light, we will never know. And what about the notion of alien abduction? Researcher Dave Hodrie in which state of evaluating the information that he did not feel the evidence currently points toward direct interaction from these objects. Regardless of the reasons for the sightings, that the Simes family witnessed something out of the ordinary is surely without a doubt. Were they alien vehicles or drones? Many appear much too small to accommodate occupants and so perhaps suggesting the latter. If that is the case, what is the purpose of their mission? Are they spying on citizens of the planet or merely observing in a more general capacity? Of course, there is always the possibility, at least in some cases, that these objects might not be extraterrestrial in nature at all, but futuristic reconnaissance vehicles of the military. Only further investigations and research of these strange encounters will begin to shine a light on these questions. Thanks for listening. 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Welcome back to my channel guys. It's your girl Coco styles and on this channel. We talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling So today I'm gonna this is gonna be like a tool I don't want to say a two-part video, but you guys may see me dressed like this in half of the video and Dressed in another way in the other half and the reason why it's because I wanted to show you guys I always talk about it on this channel But I wanted to show you guys what I'm going to do to these pair of pants Now these are from Zara They are not long they're low They hit like my ankle and I want them longer So I bought two and I bought two different sizes and these are their full leather pants that they just came out with They're actually really nice and to be quite honest guys listen those daggone ALC pants are nice They're high-waisted, but those were a lot of money and these were only like $60 and they're really they're really nice like I like them. I don't know how long they're gonna last But the inside I do like How the inside is made? I Like them a lot. So I'm gonna take them to my tailor I'm gonna take them to my tailor and I got a size large and an extra large and what I'm going to do is Now she always extended them for me But this time I'm gonna have her take some from one pants like a chunk from the bottom and add them on to the other And then I'm going to have her Make this other one into a skirt Listen in my head it can work Because I've seen like multiple people, you know Make skirts into to make skirts out of jeans I'm gonna try out if it doesn't work because most of the time the pants they do have like The extras I don't know like you know like in your jeans. You have like that seam there. These don't have that so I Don't know. Maybe I'll buy some other material and have her at it just to get creative I don't know. We shall see if she can't do it. Maybe I'll make them into like Caprice or something, you know, I don't know I'm gonna get creative But you guys are gonna see like the outcome when I do get them both back I'm gonna take them to her today. So hopefully she'll be done in a few days But this is the first half of the video and I'll try to get a short video of me with them on So you can see exactly where they fall out on my frame So I'll catch you guys in the other half of the video Welcome back to my channel guys. It's your girl Coco styles and on this channel. We talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling So this is gonna be the second part of the video That I did with the red faux leather pants from Zara that I was getting tailored At my tailor to make one into a skirt and the other I was adding five inches So I'm just gonna jump right into it Now I Don't know if this is the first time doing it or if she was just trying something out But I'll get into the pants first and I'm gonna pop in a picture with me with them on So I'm just gonna come up really close really quick to show you guys Let me come up a little close So here's where she added The other the five inches to it Um There is some stitching here that you can see but that came from her letting out the hem the initial Initial hem, but you can't really tell that it's there, but she added this She added lining here. So she added my five inches In the photo or in the video What happened? Okay In the photo or in the video that I'm popping in here You're gonna see how long they are on me I'm gonna put on a pair of I have on a pair of pumps that are about four inches So I'm gonna do a close-up you're gonna see a close-up of the bottom of the pants and my height you guys know I am six feet tall. So this was a blessing for her to do this This is something that I'm gonna do quite often if I find a pair of pants that I really really love And they don't come long enough Um for my tall ladies, you guys know they don't really make Trendy jeans for us. I guess I could say I have been been having like some luck with Zara Um, but that's a hit or miss for us. So we don't always want to wear skinny jeans, right? So let's jump into the skirt.  I got the other pants in a size 12 So the waist is just a tad bit bigger, which is it still doesn't matter She wanted to take it in but I told her it's fine just to leave it Because I'm sure I know what I'm gonna wear with it. It's not gonna be tucked in so here is the skirt Okay, I'll pop in a picture right before before I do that. Let me show you this so When it comes to jeans guys, okay, let me see if I can show you guys When you buy a pair of jeans you guys know in the middle of your jeans you do have That um that thick stitching, right? These didn't have that so what she did was she just brought the skirt down in the middle Now I'm not gonna say I'm not satisfied with it Because I wanted her to do something else But because these didn't have that piece in the middle that I'm speaking of She just brought it down the center Okay, and she put a slit on the side So, I don't know if you guys can see she put a small little slit there She did a really good job with like the lining at the bottom Um in the back Just she did a really really really good job. So I'll pop in the video for you guys to see meet with it on But I wanted to show you guys some of the things that you can do if you are struggling with pants Definitely buy two take your heels to the tailor When you do bring your pants and then have them measure how long you want your pants to fall. So That is it guys This is the video and I've been wanting to show you guys something that I got done But I always forget to show the before so you guys already have seen the before Which are regular leather pants and now I have a skirt and I have a pair of pants that are Extremely long and I love it guys. So That is a quick tip for my tall ladies Um, I know some of you guys do buy men's jeans and stuff like that But I don't know how that fits because the front area Maybe you have to get it taken in but maybe I'll try that too the next time see what else I can do Like a men's pair of like nice sweatpants or like trousers or something like that get the waist taken in But for me since I'm not super hippie it I may have to get it taken in a lot in the front But maybe I'll try it out. So that's all that I wanted to show you guys, which was the skirt And the new pants guys with the extra length on the bottom guys So let me know if you want to see more hacks that I do when I go to the tailor and I'll definitely show you guys But if you like videos like this Please comment below and if you stay to the end of this video Please comment Coco we see you and don't forget to follow me on Instagram my Coco styles NY and Coco styles NYC and my Blogs Coco styles NYC and my personal styling services Coco styles NY calm and I'll catch you guys in the next one. Bye guys