Meteors and Aliens

Last night we were awakened from a dead sleep by a fantastic booming. We thought many things--many sleepy things, but Christine mentioned that the building or windows weren't shaking. The implication being that it was no earthquake or terrestrial event from nearby. Our building does shimmy and shake at the smallest encouragement. This news greeted us today. Christine thinks the flash woke her up, while I am sure it was the sound for me. It reminded me that I was planning to write an entry here as a prediction (always the game of smart men, right?) that as tension over the Bush administration, terrorism and other plaques on the teeth of our new century arise, so will sightings and interest in UFOs. I base this utterly baseless prediction on the idea that in times of great tension and paranoia, sightings and "paranormal" events increase. Will I be right? Hopefully so, because maybe then the Robert Anton Wilson of my gen-x-eration will arise to mock it all with the 21st century version of the Illuminatus Trilogy. UPDATE: See Christine's illustration of the event over at her squeezebox.