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SIDELINES

HAUNTED AIRLINE?

Since July, American Airlines flights on the New York City to Los Angeles and Santa Ana to Dallas-Fort Worth routes have been plagued by a mysterious voice grunting, moaning and groaning over the in-flight announcement systems, sometimes for the whole flight, on both Airbus A321 and Boeing 737-800 planes. Passenger Bradley P Allen said, “It was like the moans and groans of someone in extreme pain,” and while the noises clearly sound like a human voice in recordings made by travellers, American Airlines’ official response is that “the sounds were caused by a mechanical issue with the PA amplifier.” waxy.org, 23 Sept 2022.

ALIENS?

When an eerie circular pink glow lit up the underside of clouds near the Australian town of Midura, locals were disconcerted and speculation ran rife, ranging from an alien invasion to the beginning of the Apocalypse. However, it soon

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