On the evening of Monday the 24th of November
2014, just two days before the time of writing, the city of Manchester, England
was rocked by the noise of a huge explosion. There was a storm of social media
reports and the emergency services were put on alert, yet no cause could be
found for the noise. This is highly strange because the sound could be heard
for miles around, all over Greater Manchester and beyond. It appears to have
been loudest over the Salford area, immediately to the west of the city of
Manchester, but somebody I know who lives seven miles away has contacted me to
tell me she and her husband both heard it. Any event capable of generating a
noise that loud should be immediately apparent. The local media is
investigating. There’s no evidence except a column of smoke near the epicentre;
it’s an industrial estate at Hessel Street in Salford. The fire brigade have
attended the scene and say there’s no sign of any adverse occurrence. However
is this true? I’ve put out an appeal for anybody in the local area to take a
trip to the location and see if there is any furtive activity going on there,
like police roadblocks or military vehicles etc. Readers of the Manchester Evening News have speculated
that a meteorite, a UFO or even a homemade bomb was the cause; one commenter
said: "UFOs. The same bangs were
heard across Arizona a few years ago, believed to be spacecraft crashing. If it
was our own Roswell, expect top secrecy. Thus no reports of anything.",
see: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ufos-meteorites-david-moyes-readers-8170624.
I’m glad people are thinking along those lines. If a UFO has come down in that
area then prompt and thorough research is essential; the operation in the area
by the security services must be monitored and exposed. I’m reminded of the
Berwyn Mountains incident of January 1974; that began with a loud bang too. Other
possible causes could be an aircraft crash, an industrial accident, a crashed satellite,
the list goes on. However the real answer could lie with what the authorities
and media are not telling us, rather
than what we can imagine. If it was an aircraft or an accident then why not just
let the public know? What reason could they have for keeping it under wraps? If
it was a meteorite then why did nobody see it? The recent impact at Chelyabinsk
in Russia lit up the sky for miles around. Or if this is the “Manchester
Roswell”, then we must not lose the opportunity to obtain the evidence; this is
why we need local people to head there and check it out. Enigmatic explosions
are not uncommon; in fact they have been reported in Cornwall, Arizona and
China. We’ve also recently experienced an opposite incident in Russia in which
the sky was lit up by light, but with no sound, see: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-mystery-explosion-lit-up-4656046.
There was an article in Nexus a few
years ago that claimed there was a connection between these events and the
Large Hardon Collider, that the particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland was
creating fluctuations in spacetime that caused these blasts in other places at
other points in time. Who knows? All the more reason to find out as much as
possible, so if any HPANWO-reader is close enough to the incident to get there
could they take a trip to Hessel Street, Salford, Greater Manchester and let me
know the score. Thank you.
Great report Ben, thanks. I'm seriously worried, not so much about the noise...although it is a concern, but about the complete lack of interest by the public...but oh wait...their Facebook posts and iPhones (aka 'popularity' are way too important than this. Apparently it's not cool to entertain concern over these things, so it's hush, hush).
ReplyDeleteSomething is awry alright and that's the public's lack of interest! However, I have a feeling this could either be a major quarry explosion or even both(a test to see how much/little people care) so that they can measure response. A quarry explosion sounds louder because of the auditorium effect making it more concentrated. Just a thought. Thanks for caring.
No problem, I'm glad you do too, Hilary. It's an interesting idea I'd not thought of: this explosion is a test to see how people react to anomalous events. The authorities would then know how to react when a real anomalous incident takes place. there are old mineworks underneath that area I hear. Abandoned mines often fill up with methane hydrates and other explosive gases. If there was a blast somebody might be liable, like the company that once ran the mines. There may be vested interests in the local authorities who don't want the word to get out.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of the mines either, but of course...lots of them left over from the Industrial Revolution might be harbouring gases as do the old rubbish tips without ventilation for the methane to escape. Sometimes quarries don't give a great deal of notice(if any) to the public if they are going to detonate explosives as it is private land. Whatever the cause, it's a great concern that no-one cares either way. I blame globalisation, it is not only destroying the British heritage but creating a permanent state of apathy because foreigners don't care what happens to it anyway, as long as they get paid. As for Black Friday, well like Halloween and Guy Fawkes, sick! :-)
ReplyDeleteJust a thought Ben.....IF the Large Hadron Collider is involved.... it could be an echo from the future of when Brian (Nobber) Cox's over-inflated ego explodes which is surely long overdue! ;) Please somebody in that area have a scout round for the record.
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