#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity

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#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity

In 1976 the British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.

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Probably not here. Though if you head on over to the forum, you'll find people willing to discuss stuff.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 10:36 PM

Did you guys know they recently found Pharos’s chariot wheels and other proof strung for a mile and a half in the red sea? I have proof if you want it. They also found the alter that the children of Israel made with hieroglyphic drawings of the calf god from Egypt and also found Mt. Sinai itself. The whole top of the mountain has been burned with a heat that scientists estimate to be burned at incredibly high temperatures. They found the split rock as well where Moses struck with his rod and water came out of. All this is on video and documented by non-Christian scientists from Sweden. If you are really curious and not just ignorantly biased, I will give you the proof. P.S. Something big could be happening soon related to end-times prophecy.
Posted by TonyG in USA on Sun Sep 02, 2007 at 01:09 PM

do you have a website for that Tony? sounds interesting.
Posted by Hillary in USA on Sat Sep 08, 2007 at 06:56 PM

hey TBS, on average the brits have a higher I.Q. by 20 points than americans do, according to research done by Tony Buzan. P.S. we spell the word "definately" on our side of the big pond :oP
Posted by Roxphox in UK on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:47 PM

If I had 11 friends in a room I would be floating also!
Posted by Jon Corlett in Lakeland, Florida, US on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 09:34 AM

that woman was probably trying to pull an april fools joke by calling in and saying they were floating. sure backfired lol
Posted by Thomass on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 06:46 PM

Judging from the comments and the language on this forum, some here who think they could not be fooled, are showing themselves not to be the brightest bulbs on the block.

And as far as what Christians believe about how old the earth is and how they don't believe in evolution, what do you care if they believe it? Is it hurting you in any way. I doubt it.

Here's something to think about.... Christianity is not a "religion" or a concocted belief. It is a relationship with Jesus, who is our God and our Savior. If you were in a fire and someone rescued you from that fire but lost his own life in the process, would you love and respect that person? If someone gave his life for you, would you love him/her?
Wouldn't it be great if you could communicate with him? That's what we as Christians do. We get to talk with Jesus every day any time we want to talk. But don't be envious because you can have that relationship, too. It isn't about how good or bad you are; it's about you inviting Jesus to come and live in you permanently. He will wipe out the bad and make you "gooder" every day

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Posted by Zeti on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 11:57 PM

Hey Chris...gullible means EASILY FOOLED!!!!! But I saw you were from York England, and maybe in England, gullible isn't a word, but here in the U.S, IT IS!

Posted by Krissy in THE GREAT U.S OF A!!! on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:18 AM

I would've fallen for dat kinda thing!!!
Posted by Vanessa in Dubai on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:56 AM

Its not beyond all possibilities that something like this COULD happen in a different way.
Posted by michael in Ireland on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 08:19 AM

this is how cults get started. LOL
Posted by brenda in Santa Monica on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 08:28 AM

While that was obviously a hoax, it does have tiny
basis in scientific fact. Noone will dispute that the tides are influenced by the proximity of the noon, and likewise, a person's body weight can vary as much as eight lbs. between high and low tides.
Posted by Marc in New York CIty !! on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:37 AM

THATS the reason why my friend was jumping up and down this morning!!!
She never came down again after the third jump!!! lol
Posted by Christine in dickplace on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 10:36 AM

Really though, people are making fun of people for believing it... If a famous scientist stated that nowadays on the news, Most of you making fun would have believed it! Instead of a household of people, whole towns would have called saying they felt it!
This I can promise you all.
Posted by Brian in USA on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:15 PM

....Of course they are women! (and im sure its 12 inches)
Posted by Leo in Washington on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:39 PM

Experienced...
I think these people felt that sensation because they wanted to.
Posted by Greg on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 03:16 PM

Just wanted to know if the "NOON" was going to be in the sky tonight! How about it Marc in NYC?

Posted by Reece in Charleston, SC on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 04:32 PM

i probably would have fallen 4 dat too. im sooooooo gullible. my friend, who is moving next month told me that there was a "change in plan," and she was moving the next week. i was totally thinking about setting up a party and everything, but when she had supposidly "moved away" she turned up at school. i was sooo cunfuzzled!!!! finally, she told me that it was all a joke, and that she was still moving the next month, and i was soooo embarrased!!! MY FRIENDS R SOOOOO MEAN!!!!!!!!!! P.s this wasn't even on april fools day. imagine wht they r going to do to me today...
Posted by maxicab12396 in Pluto on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 04:34 PM

Anyone stupid enough to be taken in by something of this nature, should be locked up for the safety of the masses. LOL
Posted by Jeremiah Sherrill in Springfield on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 06:49 PM

it did take place in the 70's after all, when people are starting to get high on things
Posted by cryora on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 12:03 AM

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