Here is an interesting video out of Yokohama, Japan that was supposedly shot earlier this month that shows a rotating object hovering in the sky. While some have posited that the object may be a balloon, I am not sure that is the answer. While a balloon would possibly tumble like the object in the clip after it was initially launched, a ballon it would eventually find equilibrium and steady itself – especially by the time it reached the apparent altitude that the UFO appears to be floating at. I thought it may be a kite, but there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that the object is tethered to anything. What do you think, is there a simple explanation for this mysterious object’s appearance over Yokohama or is it destined to remain a UFO?

UFO daytime footage over Yokohama – Japan [via Phantoms & Monsters]

I am not really sure what to make of this video that was reportedly shot in Columbia last month. It shows two objects, that appear to possibly be spherical, passing overhead. As I started watching the video, my first gut reaction was that this footage is of balloons floating in the sky but as the clip played on I became less sure. I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but there is something about this video that makes the balloon explanation not seem to fit. What do you think? Is my first reaction that this is just footage of balloons in the sky correct, or does this video show something else entirely?

UFO Sighting In South America (Colombia) May 2010

photo courtesy SpeakDolphin  

With some estimating Apple has sold over 2 million iPads, there is no disputing that the device is currently the hottest gadget on the planet. If researchers with SpeakDolphin are successful in their quest to build a language interface allowing cross species communication, Apple may have an entirely new user base. Currently the project is in its infancy, but the researchers hope that by using touch screen technology they will be able to build a system that will allow dolphins to communicate fully with humans. While they are still evaluating other touchscreen devices to use in their program, researchers have begun to introduce the iPad to the dolphins at their Puerto Aventuras facility. To acclimate the creatures to the touch pad, the SpeakDolphin team show a real object to the dolphin and then ask it to touch photos of the same object on the screen. According to dolphin researcher Jack Kassewitz, “This is an easy task for a dolphin, but it is a necessary building block towards our goal of a complete language interface between humans and dolphins.”

Dolphin Uses iPad To Communicate (PDF Link) [via BoingBoing]