Nostradamus, rarely for him, is very specific about the date July 1999, where he warns of the Great
King of Terror coming from the skies. One reading of this quatrain is that this Terror is the King of the
Mongols - but another interpretation is that in his vision, Nostradamus, is seeing a “Grey”, the
oriental looking Alien, which he mistakes for a Mongolian....
The Fatima Prophecies, however, predict a huge meteor striking the earth sometime between June
30 and the first week of July 1999. So which is it - a massive UFO invasion or meteor? Did
Nostradamus see a meteor but misinterpret it? Or did the Fatima prophecy mistake a giant alien
space-craft for a meteor? Anyone seeing the Hollywood movie “Independence Day” (which
incidentally is set in July) could understand how the two awesome sky-borne images, UFO and
meteor, could be confused to the uninitiated.
I first became interested in the month of July when I read this particular Nostradamus prediction.
Then I learned that the ancient Egyptians venerated July because of it being the month when the star
Sirius rose with the sun, heralding the flooding of the Nile. Sirius was also worshipped because of its
association with Isis, and with the idea of healing, resurrection, renewel and transformation. Sirius
was the symbol of change through knowledge and enlightenment. Amonst many ancient peoples
around the world, Sirius was said to be the home of Teachers and Pathfinders. Man is said to have
been instructed in the arts, science and maths by aliens from Sirius. The symbol of Sirius is the 5
pointed star, a pentacle - the sign of Occult knowledge and divinatory arts. Sirius is known as the
Morning Star, which as a 5 pointed has become the symbol of Revolution.
So, do the Prophecies tell us that July 1999 will be a time of cataclysmic change - either brought on
by world-wide Extraterrestrial contact or a meteor catastrophe?
Since July seems to be the month of Sirius, and Sirius is where UFO folklore places the origins of our
visiting/interventionist aliens, I wondered whether July had more than its fair share of UFO sightings.
It may be significant that the alleged “Roswell Crash” occurred in July. Consequently, I looked at
some statistics. As expected, I found that data from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC),
from the CIA “flying saucer” statistics and my own survey of air pilots’ stories of UFOs, showed that
the month of July had consistently above average number of UFO reports.
CIA Statistics
(I’ve only obtained 1947 and 1964 so far)
1947 1964
Jan 02 17
Feb 02 23
Mar 02 19
April 03 42
May 03 81
June 20 23
July 40 109
Aug 10 83
Sept 08 35
Oct 09 23
Nov 06 44
Dec 10 12
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115 511
In the CIA data, July has the most number of reports e.g. in 1947 (the year it all began) with 40
reports - a hundred percent more than that year’s second leading month - and 1964 with 109 reports
- 25 percent ahead of the 2nd leading month.
Number of times a Month has highest
number of NUFORC Reportings in a year
Jan 00
Feb 00
Mar 01
April 01
May 01
June 17
July 15
Aug 05
Sept 01
Oct 03
Nov 00
Dec 02
The NUFORC data covering the years from 1965 to 1998 shows July in the 2nd lead with November
with the most.
NUFORC (1965 to 1998)
Total
Jan 118
Feb 130
March 235
April 188
May 197
June 283
July 343
Aug 241
Sept 302
Oct 323
Nov 344
Dec 277
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2678
The CIA specialist examining the UFO monthly pattern for 1949 wondered whether any midsummer
madness was involved? Or whether asteroids were prominent in that season. Also, it occurs to me
that what July and November have in common, in Britain and USA, they are times of a greater
number of firework displays e.g. Britain’s November 5th - Guy Fawkes’ Night, and Yanks’ July 4th -
Independence Day, and November’s Thanksgiving Day. Could the excess in UFO reports for those
two outstanding months be mis-identified firework rockets?
However, in my own data base, July does not feature so prominently, it only comes 5th in the league
table, behind August, September, October with November again in front. In fact, in my survey of
pilots’ “encounters”, there is more of an even spread, which could be a factor of pilots being better
trained observers and therefore less likely to be confused by seasonal meteor showers or fireworks.
Pilots’ UFO Project Monthly Numbers (113 entries)
Rank
Jan 06 7
Feb 08 5
Mar 06 7
April 00 9
May 07 6
June 09 4
July 08 5
Aug 10 3
Sept 10 3
Oct 13 2
Nov 16 1
Dec 04 8
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97
I must add, though, that my sample is much smaller, of course, than the CIA’s or NUFORC’s, so any
seasonal or monthly variation may not become significantly apparent until my data base contains
over a thousand reports.
Anyway, why on earth should July be a better month for the passage of Flying Saucers? Can Sirius
Rising be seriously considered a reason? Certainly, in astrological terms, celestial objects on the
horizon are said to have the greater influence, and there is an increased cosmic interference with
radio waves when the Sun is just rising and setting. Are there rhythms in electro-magnetic or
geo-aura forces which have a seasonal periodicity that render some months to be more conducive for
UFO appearances/flights than others? Lets face it, boats and planes try to avoid adverse weather
conditions - may be there are more subtle conditions we are not aware of but which UFOs are
sensitive to. Of course, this is all pure speculation based on half-baked ideas, incomplete data and
New Age Folklore. However, the question of whether July 1999 will be a globally significant time of
Doom and/or Bloom, we’ve barely three months to know the answer. If July passes without
Nostradamus-type incident, then I will forever turn my back on his so-called prognostications.
Nabil Shaban Copyright May 1999
jinghiz@msn.com
United Kingdom
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