The documentary District 9 is a long overdue film about the serious issue of alien refugees.  The resources of the universe cannot support the rapid growth of the universal population, and this is not the first, nor the last, case of alien civilizations being cast off of their home worlds due to overcrowding, pollution, and planetary apocalypses.

Theorists say Earth could be next in this disturbing trend of planetary exile.  So far we’ve been lucky in that most of the alien refugees hoping to make our world their new home are not hostile, but analysts say we must be careful to not appear to weak as we accept more and more alien exiles.

“You can liken it to the position the Obama administration is finding themselves in with international relations,” says political correspondent Dan McGruffy.  “President Obama is being simultaneously praised and criticized with his open arms approach to foreign policy, the fear being that we will appear weak.  At the same time, there is no doubt that America needs to heal damaged relationships with foreign nations.  The same problems arise with interstellar exiles.  We do not want to appear harsh and insensitive while making it clear we will defend our resources.  The question arises, who does Earth belong to?  Earthlings?  Or the universe?  Do we have a fundamental duty to provide life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all beings?  The bottom line is, as our population grows and we continue to accept more alien exiles, we risk accelerating the depletion of Earth’s resources, and we might find ourselves exiled as well.”

What do you think?  Is it our duty to provide for interstellar exiles?  What is the appropriate response to their needs?

They could be lost forever if NASA has its way.  According to a report from OhMyGov.com, the International UFO Congress is planning on suing NASA for allegedly destroying photographic evidence of unidentified flying objects and evidence they have of life on other planets.  According to the UFO Activists who’d back the suit, part of NASA’s mission is to “look for signs of life in other planetary systems”, and since NASA is funded by tax payers, any effort to destroy evidence of alien life would amount to fraud and waste of tax payer money.

The secretive organization, UFOR.a.YOU (UFO’s Right Above You) responded to our inquiries with the usual cryptic response: “UFOR.a.YOU is not answering any questions regarding the alleged NASA cover up at this time.” – Sincerely, UFOR.a.YOU Public Information Officer #98465″

NASA denies any cover up, even in the face of recent whistle blowing by former astronaut and American hero Dr. Edgar Mitchell.  Listen to Dr. Mitchell’s claims:

Let’s face it.  We’ve slowly been invaded by aliens for the past 1000 odd years or so, and they’re using our interstates for transportation.  And, the bottom line is, even they have to go to the bathroom every once in awhile, so it makes sense there is a high chance that a rest stop that sees over 800 vehicles a day could also have an alien stop by.
The Alabama Department of Transportation isn’t taking any chances, and has closed down the rest stop until further testing is complete on the substance.  According to the gov’t, people present at the time of the discovery have seen doctors and are ok.

Some CB transmissions we intercepted from truckers passing by (often our best sources of information) described a eerie scene.  The reports described men in black with teams dressed in haz-mat suits scouring the immediate area.  We’re waiting for more information.

Read about the story here.

Placozoa are small, living, blobs of cells. They feed through their ‘skin’, can regenerate from only a small amount of cells, and reproduce asexually by splitting off parts of themselves. However, they have only rarely been observed in nature and scientists have yet to find any fossils of Placozoans.

Image of a Placozoa.

A new theory by our resident space biologist Allen Gringholm states that Placozoa are actually descendants of a massive blob of an alien which crashed into Earth millions of years ago.  The force of the impact broke it into pieces which shot into the atmosphere and spread all over the planet. Due to the resilient nature of this creature, the disparate parts of its body were able to survive as a new form of life. Dr. Gringholm has some concerns about the presence of the unassuming creatures on our planet.

“These small creatures might seem simple, but I’d argue that their attributes are extraordinarily dangerous if these Placozoa ever came together and attempted to reform into a being similar to their blob of an ancestor, which I believe was a massive and intelligent space traveling organism. Consider the fact that Placozoa are virtually indestructible, invisible from different angles, and can absorb food through their ‘skin’. Sounds like a fearsome opponent. People might dismiss The Blob as hokey sci-fi horror. However, the fiction might be closer to fact than we’d like to acknowledge.”

Dr. Gringholm says his research is ongoing.  Read more about Placozoa here.

But the question remains: “What is Dark Matter?”

Image from ancient occult text depicting an alien space god.

Loki Times contributor and space biologist Allen Gringholm is currently working on a study to answer this question alongside occultist Richard Lovecraft (no relation to the author H.P. Lovecraft).  They theorize that Dark Matter could represent the presence of ancient alien gods alluded to in obscure occult texts, and more popularly in the fictional works of H.P. Lovecraft and others.

“It’s no question the abundance of ‘Dark Matter’ in the universe exerts a powerful influence on all matter.  But, so far, efforts to explain this phenomena have been unsatisfactory.  Dr. Lovecraft and myself have decided to take a new approach to the study of Dark Matter by viewing it through the lens of the occult,” says Dr. Gringholm.

Dr. Richard Lovecraft elaborated that “where science fails sometimes the occult prevails.  There are thousands of ancient texts, artifacts, and other evidence that powerful alien space gods exist.  These beings cannot be understood by normal scientific analysis or biology.  Dr. Gringholm and I are working hard to produce a new methodology to understand this ‘Dark Matter’, and we have data that strongly supports the possiblity that it is the substance of certain alien space gods.”  Dr. Lovecraft would not elaborate at this time on what exactly that evidence is.

Could Dark Matter be evidence of Alien Space Gods?

A microscopic animal species known as Water Bears (Tardidgrades) can survive the extreme conditions of outer space, states a recent report at Scientific American.

Ecologist Ingemar Jonsson launched the tough little bastards into space on the Foton M3 mission.  During the experiments, the Water Bears lived in the vacuum of space for 10 days.  This groundbreaking study proves that there are animals who can survive space flight unprotected.  This isn’t news to the staff at The Loki Times. 

But the little Water Bears weren’t only exposed to the vacuum of space – they were also bombarded with cosmic radiation.  The possible effects ofthis radiation have not been discussed at any length, but our science advisors, like space biologist Allen Gringholm, say this should not be overlooked.

“Tardidgrades are microscopic creatures…but for how long?  Exposing these things to cosmic radiation ranks high in my book of bad ideas.  If you are familiar with the story of Bruce Banner and The Incredible Hulk, well, need I say more?  I mean look at the things.  You want to see one of them grown a million times their regular size falling out of the sky?” asks Gringholm.

Get more information on Water Bears.

Read article at Scientific American.

In a report at Science Daily on the origins of cosmic dust, Dr. Mathew Genge from the Imperial College London says that “There are hundreds of billions of extraterrestrial dust particles falling though our skies. This abundant resource is important since these tiny pieces of rock allow us to study distant objects in our solar system without the multi-billion dollar price tag of expensive missions.”

The origins of this dust has been unknown for sometime, but scientists think they now know where it comes from, think being the operative word. Dr. Genge believes, after careful analysis of hundreds of pieces of alien dust, that the origin of the extraterrestial debris is a collection of ancient space rocks known as the Koronis asteroids.

This explanation is unsatisfactory and a little too convenient for some. It’s been long thought by our own resident space biologist, Arthur Gringholm, that the origin of this dust is the sheddings of alien skin. According to Gringholm, there are large alien life forms that live in outer space. These aliens, like humans, shed skin cells regularly, creating the cosmic dust that bombards our planet.

“Naysayers from the scientific community have long dismissed this theory, going so far as to ignore the evidence right in front of their eyes,” reports Gringholm. “One need look no further than hundreds of pictures of these alien lifeforms captured by earth telescopes but mislabeled by so-called experts as ‘celestial bodies’ or ‘asteroids’.”

While Gringholm believes these alien beings pose no immediate threat, he states that they could be very dangerous. “There are many ancient cults still in existence today who worship these beings, because they are aware of their awesome power and intelligence. If they wanted to, I have no doubt they could cause human civilization a great deal of harm.”

Read the article at Science Daily.com.