Burning sheep

Aaron r

Jedi Master
Does anyone else find this story fishy? The herdsman said he saw his flock,"Burn and completely disappear". The completely disappear bit got me thinking about something I read in a Half Past Human(HPH) report about 2 people in the Middle East having some exotic technology they were learning to use. I know the HPH reports aren't fact but I just found this story strange.
 
Hey Aaron, it's externally considerate to include a link when ya wanna discuss an article or a news story. As it is I haven't seen the article myself.

Like I think you're talking about this story, but I could be mistaken.


http://www.sott.net/articles/show/194786-Flock-of-sheep-bursts-into-flames-after-gas-leak-in-Jordan
Flock of sheep bursts into flames after gas leak in Jordan

A flock of sheep burst into flames and was incinerated after a methane gas leak exploded in the desert in northern Jordan

The explosion of an underground methane gas leak in a remote area of northern Jordan sparked rumours of an impending volcanic eruption, causing panic across the desert kingdom.

A shepherd said he saw his flock "burn and completely disappear" after he let them wander into a rocky depression to search for grass.

The incident set off a frenzy of speculation at the weekend that Jordan now had its own volcano or that a massive earthquake was imminent.

Government experts dispatched to the burned region in Um Jaozeh on the outskirts of the city of Salt revealed that a nearby waste treatment plant had saturated the soil with methane gas and organic materials.

"The underground fire erupted when some local residents set fire to dried grass in the vicinity and the sparks spread," said Bahjat Edwan, president of the Jordanian Geologists Association.

"The phenomenon is strange, but there's no need to panic because no volcanic eruption or earthquake movement was detected."

Holes were dug in the area to release the trapped gas and the area was flooded to neutralise the problem.

Edit: Added article.
 
Hi, aaron, yes, I thought there was something strange about this also, with the animals burning and disappearing. I remembered reading this a few years ago, where there were reports of the US military developing some truly terrifying war machines and testing them as they generally do: against a helpless population in lopsided battle situations. The main eyewitness, Iraqi infantryman Mr al-Ghazali, describes a "weapon ... reminiscent of a flame thrower, only immensely more powerful."

The story was "Horrifying US Secret Weapon Unleashed In Baghdad" (_www.rense.com/general40/secret.htm) in 2003, and I'm posting this with our usual caveats regarding this source.

... he noticed that the Americans had called up an oddly configured tank. Then to his amazement the tank suddenly let loose a blinding stream of what seemed like fire and lightning, engulfing a large passenger bus and three automobiles. Within seconds the bus had become semi-molten, sagging "like a wet rag" as he put it. He said the bus rapidly melted under this withering blast, shrinking until it was a twisted blob about the dimensions of a VW bug. As if that were not bizarre enough, al-Ghazali explicitly describes seeing numerous human bodies shriveled to the size of newborn babies. ...

In a city littered everywhere with burned-out civilian and military vehicles, US forces were abnormally scrupulous about immediately detailing bulldozers and shovel crews to the job of burying the grim wreckage. ...

"I've seen a freaking smorgasbord of destruction in my life," he said, "flame-throwers, napalm, white phosphorous, thermite, you name it. I know of nothing short of an H-bomb that conceivably might cause a bus to instantly liquefy or that can flash broil a human body down to the size of an infant. God pity humanity if that thing is a preview of what's in store for the 21st century."
 
Also brings to mind the mysterious Fortean fires, such as those reported in this thread:

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=9294.msg67062#msg67062

Also thread showing pictures of the burning, melted vehicles of 911:

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12607.msg90244#msg90244




Edit: added 2nd link
 
Geeze, the "explanations" sound like damage control.
 
I found these documentary about use of microwave and laser weapons in Iraq. Here is summary:

Is The U.S. using new experimental "Tactical High Energy Laser" weapons in Iraq?
According to official Pentagon sources, military vehicles equipped with this laser device have been used in Afghanistan to explode mines. According to two reliable military information sites Defense Tech and Defense Industry Daily - at least three such vehicles are being used in Iraq as well and some people report having seen them.
Star Wars in Iraq report by Maurizio Torrealta and Sigfrido Ranucci.

A nightmarish US super weapon reportedly was employed by American ground forces during chaotic street fighting in Baghdad. The secret tank-mounted weapon was witnessed in all its frightening power by Majid al-Ghazali, a seasoned Iraqi infantryman who described the device and its gruesome effects as unlike anything he had ever encountered in his lengthy military service. The disturbing revelation is yet another piece of cinematic evidence brought back from postwar Iraq by intrepid filmmaker Patrick Dillon.

In the film, al-Ghazali, whose english is less than fluent, describes the weapon as reminiscent of a flame thrower, only immensely more powerful. It is unclear what principle the weapon is based on. Searching for a description, al-Ghazali said it appeared to be shooting concentrated lightning bolts rather than just ordinary flames. Drawing on his many years as a professional engineer, al-Ghazali speculates that radiation of some kind probably figures into the weapon's hideous capabilities. Like all men in Saddam's Iraq, al-Ghazali was compelled to serve in the Iraqi equivalent of the Army National Guard and fought in three wars over the past thirty-odd years. Via email, he told me he has seen virtually every type of conventional weapon employed in battle, and is well acquainted with their effects on people and machines, but nothing in his extensive combat experience prepared him for the shock of what he saw in Baghdad on April 12th.

On that date, al-Ghazali and his family sheltered in their house as a fierce street battle erupted in his neighborhood. In the midst of the fighting, he noticed that the Americans had called up an oddly configured tank. Then to his amazement the tank suddenly let loose a blinding stream of what seemed like fire and lightning, engulfing a large passenger bus and three automobiles. Within seconds the bus had become semi-molten, sagging "like a wet rag" as he put it. He said the bus rapidly melted under this withering blast, shrinking until it was a twisted blob about the dimensions of a VW bug. As if that were not bizarre enough, al-Ghazali explicitly describes seeing numerous human bodies shriveled to the size of newborn babies. By the time local street fighting ended that day, he estimates between 500 and 600 soldiers and civilians had been cooked alive as a result of the mysterious tank-mounted device.

In a city littered everywhere with burned-out civilian and military vehicles, US forces were abnormally scrupulous about immediately detailing bulldozers and shovel crews to the job of burying the grim wreckage. Nevertheless, telltale remnants remained as Dillon found when al-Ghazali later took him to the site. Dillon said they easily uncovered large puddles of resolidified metal and mounds of weird fibrous material that, al-Ghazali explained, were all that remained of the vehicles' tires. Dillon, who accumulated plenty of battlefield experience as a medic in Viet-Nam, and has since covered a number of wars from Somalia to Kosovo, told me that he has witnessed every kind of conventional ordnance that can be used on humans and vehicles. " I've seen a freaking smorgasbord of destruction in my life," he said, "flame-throwers, napalm, white phosphorous, thermite, you name it. I know of nothing short of an H-bomb that conceivably might cause a bus to instantly liquefy or that can flash broil a human body down to the size of an infant. God pity humanity if that thing is a preview of what's in store for the 21st century."

For Majid al-Ghazali, images of the terrifying weapon and its victims haunt his every day. In addition to his work as an engineer, he is also a highly accomplished classical violinist, occupying the first chair in the Baghdad Symphony. He is widely acknowledged as one of the preeminent violinists in the Middle East. Besides his family, one of his greatest joys is teaching at Baghdad's premier music conservatory. Unfortunately, the conservatory was utterly destroyed. Yet somehow, despite the war's horrors and its seemingly endless privations, he manages to maintain a remarkably hopeful outlook. He recently informed me that the Baghdad Symphony continues to exist and has been invited to perform in the United States in December.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIoDv5mtR6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tcSmthdTqY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOWcnhlNXM&feature=related
 
A shepherd said he saw his flock "burn and completely disappear" after he let them wander into a rocky depression to search for grass.

The incident set off a frenzy of speculation at the weekend that Jordan now had its own volcano or that a massive earthquake was imminent.

Government experts dispatched to the burned region in Um Jaozeh on the outskirts of the city of Salt revealed that a nearby waste treatment plant had saturated the soil with methane gas and organic materials.

"The underground fire erupted when some local residents set fire to dried grass in the vicinity and the sparks spread," said Bahjat Edwan, president of the Jordanian Geologists Association.

"The phenomenon is strange, but there's no need to panic because no volcanic eruption or earthquake movement was detected."

Holes were dug in the area to release the trapped gas and the area was flooded to neutralise the problem.

If there is a waste treatment plant that had saturated the soil with methane gas, it is possible that an explosion could occur.

If there is a faulty gas pipe, an explosion could occur.

But if the explosion already occurred, why did they need to dig holes in the ground to release the trapped gas ?

And why would a waste treatment plant saturate the soil with methane gas which is highly combustible?

And who would flood the the area with water?

Methane gas can make water burn as seen in the video in the article below:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/191937-Water-For-Oil-The-Devil-s-Bargain-For-Natural-Gas

It doesn't make any sense. Where did the original source of methane gas gas originate from?

Are they drilling for natural gas in the area? It seems unlikely, because of the large quantities of water needed in the process.






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