Branli Caidryn

Category: Conspiracy

  • … it’s not Superman

    … it’s not Superman

    So where do some of these crazy ideas come from? Like the prior blog, I usually find them hidden in some headline. Take this post’s featured image.

    It’s a bird… it’s plane… it’s… it’s not Superman.

    Back in July of 2010 there was a UFO sighting over China’s Xiaoshan Airport. It caused enough noise to actually end up on ABC News. Yeah, I was surprised. It didn’t just stay buried in the underground sites.

    I think what struck me most about this sighting is that so many people saw it, in fact the airport shut down. That’s right, this goes beyond just possibly doctored photos. Air traffic control detected the object and grounded all flights.

    The object does look a bit odd, similar to some of the cigar-shaped UFO’s that have been reported in the past. Certainly an odd shape to take for something man-made. I say “man-made” because it was later reported that the Chinese Military accepted responsibility for this aircraft. Unusual, no?

    The initial report had no indication of a military link. Then again, isn’t this always how it is? At least they didn’t say it was a weather balloon.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QqzIvPYGa8

    Another sighting, similar craft, presented itself in Mongolia. It is in this report that it mentions Chinese Military taking responsibility for the Xiaoshan incident.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8AvHDYe9bI

    I can understand why a government entity would take responsibility for an event like this; appear in control, ease fears. Dare I even suggest it makes other countries nervous as China rises as a military power. Mind games? What do you think?

  • Blurring the lines

    I can’t really say what was the defining moment when I decided to become a writer. Looking back, however, I do recall the many stories jumbling in my head. I also remember my first attempts at finishing a story. Back when I was twelve all I could muster were ten pages before I gave up–it was too long, the story sucks, no one will ever read this, I’m just wasting time!
    I never actually thought I’d finish something…

    I’ve always been fascinated by science fiction. There is a certain allure to “what if’s” based on science–even the ones that stretch that science a bit too far. The post apocalyptic settings of science gone wrong, the philosophical twists that turn the mirror on humanity. It’s all deliciously mind-bending.

    Equally mind-bending are the government conspiracy theory sites; UFO’s, Reptilians, Underground Bases, Area Fifty-one…
    Area Fifty-one for some reason struck a cord early on. A place that doesn’t legally exist, at least not under this name. The location is in the desolate Nevada desert north of Las Vegas. The fact its existence is such a mystery begs to be thought of. I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to be trapped there. That is, what if I stumbled upon the place and saw things I shouldn’t? Would they let me go? What things go on there? Why so secret? If so secret that it’s existence is denied by Government authorities, what things can they get away with?

    These questions lingered and fermented, eventually giving birth to a novel… then three. It’s always the little things that trigger thoughts, ideas, and questions until it cascades.

    Past it all, the ideas, and the stuff found on these conspiracy theory sites, it makes you wonder. At some point it has to. What if just one of these was real?

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee3bld4lTG0