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Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in Playing House (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made guest appearances on the US version of Whose Line is it Anyway? He appeared alongside Peele in the first season of Fargo in 2014 and had a recurring role in Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. He hosted the US version of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet (2005–2008), and hosted Game On! He has had supporting roles in several films, including Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019). He has provided voice work for The Lego Movie (2014), the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2015–2022), Storks, The Angry Birds Movie (both 2016), The Star (2017), The Lion King remake and Toy Story 4 (both 2019), and Pinocchio remake (2022). Also in 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in Keanu. In 2017, he made his Broadway debut in Meteor Shower. He appeared in The Prom (2020) and Schmigadoon! (2021). He was born in Southfield, Michigan, the son of Leroy McDuffie and Carrie Herr. He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key, and Patricia Walsh. His brother was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie. He attended the University of Detroit Mercy, earning a BFA in Theater, followed by an MFA in Theater at Pennsylvania State University. While at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta. He was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise (1998-2017). He married producer and director Elisa Pugliese (2018). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFtmZSrkq8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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BOOK REVIEW - Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-Era Detroit by Tom Stanton
I finished reading this book the night of the Lions' playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers. I'm writing this review the night after, knowing they've lost.
There was a time Detroit was not the dark horse in sporting achievement; when people looked to the Motor City as a pillar of strength. Coming out of prohibition with record unemployment, Detroit boasted industrial power as America's automobile capital, and it would boast physical prowess as it cornered four of America's greatest exports: Baseball; Football; Boxing; and Hockey.
But beneath the shining veneer of the "City of Champion" lay a dark heart: a gun-toting, hood-wearing mob known variously as the Bullet Club, the Wolverine Club, or the Black Legion.
This is a book in two parts, really. In 1934 and 1935, as Mickey Cochrane takes on the role of the Tigers' player-manager, we chart the rise of Detroit in the sporting world. In baseball their team finally takes shape and they begin a meteoric rise; in boxing Joe Louis wins Detroit's Golden Gloves championship and starts his world champion climb; a small football team moves from Portsmouth to become the Detroit Lions, and is immediately a powerhouse. The first half of this book centres on the achievements of the Tigers and Joe Louis, as they upset the world of baseball and boxing respectively. The whole time there is an undercurrent of malice as we learn about the Black Legion coming together, growing in numbers - swelling their ranks with terrified prospects swearing an oath at gunpoint - but there is little activity to truly shock. Whilst they are, at this point, a club of racists, they do little in the way of heinous acts.
It's in the second half that the Legion comes to the fore. Started in Ohio following the collapse of the Klan, the group expanded to Michigan and in the 1930s it began its reign of terror. We principally follow Dayton Dean, a middle-ranking member of the Legion who is caught up in many plots - the attempted murder of Detroit attorney Maurice Sugar; the bombing of Ecorse mayor Bill Voisine's house; and any number of racially- or religiously-motivated attacks and murders. In the final third of the book we are witness to the murders he partakes in, ordered by higher-up Legion members, and the following investigations which drag the cult into the light and tear away its hood.
Both stories are equally gripping. The tremendous highs of Detroit baseball and boxing mix well with the seedy underbelly of segregationist, isolationist fascism growing in America's heartland. But it's fair to say that they are not exactly intertwined - the closest we get to a scandal in Tigers baseball involving the Black Legion is Mickey Cochrane's friendship with Harry Bennett, the Ford factory's union-busting second-in-command, who may or may not have been a Legion member. There is much speculation on Stanton's part as to whether Legionnaire's crowded the stands at Navin field to watch the Tigers win their games, but for the most part it can only be left at that: speculation.
But that's not to say it's bad. As I say, it's really a book in two parts. And if you take the baseball story and you take the crime story, and you look at them as two separate wholes, they both draw you in and keep you reading. I think both sides are important: the story of Detroit as a sporting powerhouse, something we can look to for hope for the future; and the story of the Black Legion, a far-right menace that met in community centres and basements and plotted to kill black people and Catholics and Jews.
In the wake of the Detroit Lions making the playoffs - and in the current political climate, with the right-wing threat ever-present and growing as another US election draws near - Terror in the City of Champions is a book worth keeping in mind.
#Book Review#Year of Learning#History#Sporting History#Baseball#Football#Boxing#Joe Louis#Detroit Tigers#Detroit Lions
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Le George Delights: Mediterranean Morsels & Mirth with Sal & Bob
In this laugh-out-loud episode of the Sal and Bob Show, comedians Sal DeMilio and Bob Phillips take you on a flavorful journey to the renowned Le George Mediterranean Bar & Bistro in Northville, Michigan. As you’re soaking in the Mediterranean vibes, groove along with them to the Song of the Week, "Hourglass" by the legendary band, Squeeze. Not familiar with Squeeze? No worries! Dive deep into the roots of this iconic British band known for their new wave and post-punk vibes since the late '70s.
And speaking of music, get to know the gifted Paul Carrack – the voice behind some of the most memorable hits and a genius collaborator with Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and more. With his soulful melodies and a career that's spanned decades, Carrack's talent is truly awe-inspiring.
Shifting tunes, Sal and Bob can't help but gush about Taylor Swift's meteoric success on her current tour. It's not just about the billion-dollar grossing records she’s shattering – it’s the heartwarming generosity of giving $50 million in bonuses to her hardworking crew and truck drivers. Now, that's a class act!
And if you thought the episode couldn't get any juicier, the duo dives into the buzz about Donald Trump's mugshot – oh, the commentary they have on that! But it's not all politics and pop. With the football season on the horizon, get Sal's unique take on the latest gridiron news, especially as they cheer on their beloved Detroit Lions gearing up for one of the most anticipated seasons in years.
Buckle up for this rollercoaster of an episode that blends comedy, music, pop culture, and sports in true Sal and Bob style! Don't miss out!
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CANTLON: FREE AGENT FRENZY
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings
HARTFORD, CT - The free-agent frenzy has led to completing the 2022-23 Hartford Wolf Pack roster as the usual free agency carnival has come and gone. Incredibly, over 150 players changed addresses, and close to a billion dollars in compensation was doled out.
Up in New York, the Rangers lost Andrew Copp, who returned home to Michigan to join the Detroit Red Wings. He will line his pockets with $5.65M per season. Kevin Rooney, the cousin of former New Haven Nighthawk Steve Rooney, headed West to Calgary to join the Flames and will receive $1.4M per season for the next four years.
The Rangers paid dearly to upgrade Hartford.
Zach Jordan, whose contract has not yet been posted, comes to Hartford via the Cleveland Monsters. Turner Elson from Grand Rapids (GM Ryan Martin's old stomping grounds) at $750K-NHL/$225K-AHL for two years, a 6'0 195 center.
Ty Emberson comes from Tucson (contract yet posted), making it now 12 D going into training camp in the fall.
Andy Welinski comes over from Stockton (Calgary) on a one-year $400K-AHL deal.
The Rangers made their qualifying offers by Mondaefore the 5 pm deadline as per the CBA, and two were very curious.
Defenseman Hájek, who played a grand total of 17 games in New York and five in Hartford on a conditioning stint, was amazingly signed for another year at a cap helpful $800K and shockingly big 6'7 forward Austin Rueschoff (contract not yet posted), who signed as a collegiate free agent two years ago from Western Michigan (NCHC) who spent all last year in Hartford.
His season could be broken into three parts; a physical start, showed flashes of a hot stick in the middle of the season, and like the rest of his teammates, a disappearing act in the last third of the season as they had a meteoric meltdown of 8-20-2 and out of the AHL playoffs after being in first at the AHL All-Star break.
Tim Gettinger was given an offer who played well in all situations in Hartford in four years and was among the taxi squad call-ups got a one-year extension at amazingly as the lanky 6'6 forward got a one-year deal not yet posted.
Not to anyone's surprise, the following were not qualified, thus allowing them to go to free agency. They included goalie Keith Kinkaid, who signed in primary for $750K. He was a main culprit in the late-season collapse with many rough performances.
Also departing is goalie, Adam Huska (UCONN-HE). In three years in Hartford performed well but was not consistent enough.
Tyler Wall played just 15 games in his two years, despite gaudy Hockey East numbers at UMASS-Lowell where he broke long-standing freshman winning record and career wins, but he never replicated those efforts and never gained the trust of his head coach or fellow teammates. His season ended six weeks early with knee surgery from a freak pre-game injury he suffered in Jacksonville.
As of now, Zac Jones and Matt Robertson will be on defense. Robertson is a year from his RFA status. On an AHL deal comes Zach Guittari (Loomis Chaffe).
That's half the defense.
Hunter Skinner, Brandon Scanlin, and Nils Lundkvist are scheduled to return and could be the other half.
Up front, the ever polite, pleasant, and gregarious Ty Ronning never built off his surge in performances in 2020-21 or early last season and sputtered at the end.
Reports are Ronning, who lives in Vancouver in the off-season, where his father Cliff played with the Canucks and may sign there and head to nearby Abbotsford.
Nick Merkley and Maxim Letunov, acquired at the trade deadline, were not re-signed.
Merkley was injured in the next to last game in Bridgeport. Letunov was not a match and may be headed back home to Russia to play in the KHL with Torpedo Novgorod, who has his KHL rights.
Despite an 81-point year in juniors, Jake Elmer was buried in the ECHL and never got a call-up. Anthony Greco has already left for Sweden.
Mike O'Leary, who had minimal offensive output and was a late-season scratch, is gone to Iowa (AHL).
Tanner Fritz, Alex Whelan, and Cristiano Di Giacinto are defensemen who all signed AHL deals. Fritz will be in Hartford and could push the other two to Jacksonville because of the lack of lineup space.
D-man Blake Hillman did well in Providence/ Toledo (ECHL) and was last year's training camp invitee is now under contract,
Tim Theocaridis and goalie Parker Gahagan (Florida-ECHL/Milwaukee-AHL) have all been signed to AHL deals; four of the five will be in Hart City or likely the ECHL with the teams' affiliate there, the Jacksonville Icemen.
Underperforming Justin Richards was given every chance to succeed on all four lines and special teams. However, he will find a new address, likely in the ECHL, after not being qualified.
What the team does with the unhappy Lauri Pajuniemi, a year from his RFA, is yet to be determined.
Will Jarred Tinordi return to reprise the mentor role or find a new address with his young family?
Three part-time players are heading to separate teams in the Slovak Extra league. Abbott Girduckis (HC Presov), Liam Pecararo (HC Slovan Bratislava), and the second Hamden-born player in team history, Mike Lee (the Gunn School), as he heads to (HC Nove Zamsky).
A fourth, James Sanchez, is available for other teams.
Defenseman Jeff Taylor scratched more than he played in four years as an insurance policy, just 38 games in that time, signed with Adirondack (ECHL), and has new twins just born.
Greg McKegg, who played one game in Hartford and 43 games and five points in New York, was cut loose and headed to Edmonton for a lucrative two-way deal of $750K-NHL/$350K-AHL.
Billy Thompson, a one-game emergency from Adirondack, heads to play with defending champions Cardiff (Wales-EIHL) next year.
Coming in from Europe draftees are; Karl Henriksson Frölunda HC (Sweden-SHL), Adam Edström (Sweden-Rögle BK). Veteran Gustav Rydahl (Sweden-Farjestad BK) comes on a free agent $750K deal and goalie Olof Lindbom of Kristianstads IK (Sweden-Allsvenskan).
Captain Jonny Brodzinski, with his youngest sibling, Easton, is on an AHL deal and scheduled to return.
Then four junior-age players, Will Cullye (Windsor-OHL), Brennan Othmann (Flint-OHL), Matt Rempe (Seattle-WHL), and Roger Korczak (Moose Jaw-WHL), are coming to camp.
Othmann has to spend a half-season in juniors after training camp with Flint (OHL) because of the CHL and NHL agreement that prohibits 19-year-olds from being in the AHL full-time unless a team's junior season has ended.
He will be WJC eligible, which will be when he turns 20 NEXT January 5th. The last day of next year's WJC when it ends in Halifax and Moncton.
Bobby Trivigino, signed at the end of the season from UMASS (HE), will be back.
Patrick Khordorenko will be in the house in the last year of his deal.
PLENTY OF MOVES
The number of AHL'ers off to Europe is 42 as ex-Sound Tiger Josh Ho-Sang departs to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia-KHL).
Despite the Ukraine war, Russia amazingly leads the Euro race with ten signings. Sweden has nine, with Finland inking seven, Germany six and Austria four.
NEWS AND NOTES
The Wolf Pack 2022-23 schedule with three new opponents expected out in two weeks.
The home opener is October 22nd.
The Rangers lost Frank Vatrano to Anaheim.
They got the backup goalie they sought in ex-Sound Tiger Jaroslav Halak from Vancouver at $1.5M. They also signed forward Vincent (Vinnie) Trochek from Carolina.
To battle for the backup spot with a two-year contract, the Rangers signed Louis Domingue of Pittsburgh. He played with four teams last year (two NHL, two AHL).
He hurt the Wolf Pack at the end of the year and nearly stole the Ranger series in an emergency relief situation in Pittsburgh. Instead, he got one-way money at $775K.
Former CT Whale Cam Talbot was moved from Minnesota to Ottawa for goalie Filip Gustavsson.
Ex-Pack Lias Andersson signs a one-year extension $750K deal with LA.
Ex-Pack Malte Strömwall has decided to give North America another try and has signed a one-year, two-way deal with Carolina/Chicago (AHL) for $750K-NHL/$150K-AHL leaving Dynamo Minsk (Belarus-KHL)
Brogan Rafferty (Quinnipiac University) leaves for Anaheim-NHL/San Diego-AHL for Seattle-NHL/ Coachella Valley-AHL at $750K/$250K. --Fellow former Bobcat Chase Priskie leaves Florida-NHL/Charlotte-AHL to Buffalo-NHL/Rochester-AHL on a one-year $800K deal.
Goalie Alex Lyon (Yale) from the Calder Cup champion Chicago Wolves/ Carolina (NHL) leaves to head off to Florida-NHL/Charlotte-AHL for one year at $750K.
Another ex-Pack goalie, Dustin Tokarski, goes from Buffalo to Pittsburgh for a $775K package.
Ex-Pack defenseman Anthony Bitetto goes from San Jose to Florida on a one-year, one-way deal at $750K.
Max Pacioretty (New Canaan/Taft) was traded from Vegas to Carolina.
Calle Järnkrok, the cousin of former Nighthawk Mikael Lindholm, signs a four-year deal with Toronto for $2.1M leaving Calgary.
Rangers signed Adam Sýkora, 17, their first pick in last week's draft to a standard three-year ELC deal at $925K-NHL/$80K-AHL and because of his age, he will more than likely be with Medicine Hat (WHL) next year. They took him first overall in the CHL Import draft two weeks ago.
SOMMER IN CALI
Ex-Pack/Sound Tiger Joël Bouchard and his staff were sacked in early May. Now San Diego has hired the AHL's winningest coach, 65-year-old Roy Sommer (808 wins), ending a 24-year relationship running San Jose's minor league teams to replace Bouchard after just one year.
Sommer also had two years as an assistant in San Jose and half a season as an interim head coach.
He started coaching in Cali with the Roller Hockey International San Jose Rhinos (formerly Connecticut (New Haven) Coasters). As a young man, he started his minor pro playing career in the old Pacific Hockey League (PHL) with the Spokane (WA) Flyers.
Sommer's hockey coaching journey started in Richmond/Roanoke in the ECHL and has taken him to Cleveland, Worcester, Kentucky, and the Bay Area for the last eight years.
Cody MacLeod retires from playing in Iowa to become a skills development coach for Minnesota.
The brand-new Coachella Valley (CA) Firebirds (Seattle) signed their first two players, Samuel Bucek from MHC Nitra of the Slovak Extra League, who has been in Slovakia. About six years ago, Bucek had three junior years with the Chicago Steel (USHL) twice and the Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL).
Then to take care of the heavy lifting, they inked the capable Ian MacKinnon, who had 145 PM between Providence and Maine (ECHL) and Jacksonville (ECHL) last year, totaling 31 games and remembered for his battles with ex-Pack Mason Geersten two years ago.
The team hired the first female assistant coach at the pro level, with Jessica Campbell going to the Firebirds.
They got from Detroit ex-Pack goalie Magnus Hellberg ticketed initially for Grand Rapids now has been re-routed to the California desert,
Jon Gillies (Salisbury Prep) goes from New Jersey to Arizona.
After six years in Cleveland, Justin Scott signs with the Colorado Eagles.
Andrew Sorenson of Rockford has the interim tag as head coach at Rockford taken off.
Daniel Brickley, the cousin of ex-Pack Connor Brickley, after splitting the year between Chicago (AHL)/Norfolk (ECHL), signs with Västerviks IK (Sweden-Allsvenskan).
-Nick Sczerbinski, a QU grad, was named as associate commissioner of the ECACHL after six years in Hamden as the associate athletic director for athletic communications since 2018.
The Bobcats had another reason to celebrate as Boston hired Danielle Marmer (2017) to work in Player Development and as a Scouting assistant and became the first female bench hire in team history.
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I thought the drug house next door to me exploded, turns out it was meteor.
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Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Key co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Network's Playing House (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made guest appearances on the U.S. version of Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW. He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the FX series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. He hosted the U.S. version of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet from 2005 until 2008.
Key has had supporting roles in several films, including Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), and Toy Story 4 (2019). Also in 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action-comedy film Keanu. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's Meteor Shower.
Early life
Key was born in Southfield, Michigan on March 22, 1971, the son of black father Leroy McDuffie and white mother Carrie Herr. He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, who were both social workers. Like his birth parents, his adoptive parents were also a black man and white woman. Through his biological father, Key had two half-brothers, one of whom was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie (1962–2011). Key only discovered the existence of his siblings after they had both died.
Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in theater at Pennsylvania State University in 1996. While at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.
Career
Mad TV
In 2004, Key joined the cast of Mad TV midway into the ninth season. He and Jordan Peele were cast against each other, but both ended up being picked after demonstrating great comedic chemistry. Key played many characters on the show. One of his most famous characters is "Coach Hines", a high school sports coach who frequently disrupts and threatens students and faculty members. On the penultimate episode of Mad TV, Hines revealed that he is the long-lost heir to the Heinz Ketchup company and only became a Catholic school coach to help delinquent teenagers like Yamanashi (Bobby Lee). During seasons 9 and 10, Key appeared as "Dr. Funkenstein" in blaxploitation parodies, with Peele playing the monster. Key also portrayed various guests on Real **********ing Talk like the strong African Rollo Johnson and blind victim Stevie Wonder Washington. He often goes "backstage" as Eugene Struthers, an ecstatic water-or-flower delivery man who accosts celebrities. There is also "Jovan Muskatelle", a shirtless man with a jheri curl and a shower cap. He interrupts live news broadcasts by a reporter (always played by Ike Barinholtz), annoying him with rapid fire accounts of events that have happened frequently exclaiming "It was crazy as hell!" Celebrities that Key impersonated on the show include Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Roscoe Orman (as his character Gordon from Sesame Street), Matthew Lillard, Bill Cosby, Al Roker, Terrell Owens, Tyler Perry, Keith Richards, Eddie Murphy (as his character James "Thunder" Early from the movie Dreamgirls), Sherman Hemsley (as his character George Jefferson on The Jeffersons), Charles Barkley, Sendhil Ramamurthy (as Mohinder Suresh), Tyson Beckford, Seal (originally played by Peele until Peele left the show at the end of season 13), Sidney Poitier, Lionel Richie, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant and Jack Haley (as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz). He also played female celebrities, including Phylicia Rashād, Robin Antin, and Eva Longoria (as Gabrielle Solis on a Desperate Housewives parody).
Key & Peele
Key and his former Mad TV castmate Jordan Peele starred in their own Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele, which began airing on January 31, 2012 and ran for five seasons until September 9, 2015. Key and his comedy partner Jordan Peele starred in an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History, with Key playing Mahatma Gandhi and Peele playing Martin Luther King Jr. The pair returned to Epic Rap Battles of History with the "Muhammad Ali versus Michael Jordan" battle, with Key portraying Jordan.
Key was introduced by President Barack Obama at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner as Luther, Obama's Anger Translator, one of Key's characters from Key & Peele.
Friends from College
Key plays the most prominent male character, Ethan Turner, on the Netflix ensemble comedy Friends from College, about a group of Harvard University graduates and friends now in their late 30s living in New York City. He plays an award-winning fiction writer who is being encouraged to start writing for young adult fiction audiences.
Other work
Key was one of the founders of Hamtramck, Michigan's Planet Ant Theatre, and was a member of the Second City Detroit's mainstage cast before joining the Second City e.t.c. theater in Chicago. Key co-founded the Detroit Creativity Project along with Beth Hagenlocker, Marc Evan Jackson, Margaret Edwartowski, and Larry Joe Campbell. The Detroit Creativity Project teaches students in Detroit improvisation as a way to improve their communication skills. Key performed with The 313, an improv group formed with other members of Second City Hollywood that appears around the country. The 313 is made up primarily of former Detroit residents and named for Detroit's area code. Key also hosted Animal Planet's The Planet's Funniest Animals.
He made a cameo in "Weird Al" Yankovic's video "White & Nerdy" with fellow Mad TV co-star Jordan Peele. In 2009, Key hosted GSN's "Big Saturday Night", and has co-starred in Gary Unmarried on CBS. Key was a panelist on the NPR comedy quiz show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me... on March 27 and July 24, 2010. Key has been in several episodes of Reno 911! as the "Theoretical Criminal".
Key and Peele were featured on the cover and in a series of full-page comic photos illustrating The New York Times Magazine article "Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?" on March 31, 2013. A live-action video version was also featured on the Times' website. Key co-stars in the horror-comedy Hell Baby. Key is one of the rotating "fourth chair" performers in the 2013 revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
In addition to Key & Peele, he also co-starred in the USA Network comedy series Playing House, which began airing in April 2014.
Together with his comedy partner Jordan Peele, Key played an FBI agent in a recurring role in the 2014 FX crime drama Fargo.
Key was involved in audio episodes for the marketing campaign, "Hunt the Truth" on the website for the video game Halo 5: Guardians, voicing a fictional journalist and war photographer named Benjamin Giraud, who investigates the Master Chief's background.
Key has had small supporting roles in numerous films, including 2014's Horrible Bosses 2, Let's Be Cops and the animated The Lego Movie, as well as Pitch Perfect 2 and Tomorrowland in 2015. Key and Peele are currently working with Judd Apatow on a feature-length film for Universal Pictures.
Key is one of several hosts of the podcast Historically Black by American Public Media and The Washington Post.
In the summer of 2017 Key returned to the theatre after what he characterized as a "19-year detour into sketch comedy" for a production of Hamlet at New York's Public Theater, playing Horatio opposite Oscar Isaac in the title role. Key, who is a Shakespearean-trained actor, fulfilled his lifelong dream to play Horatio and received rave reviews for his performance. The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney noted that Key's comedic skills were on full display, "...but his ease with the verse and stirring sensitivity [was] a revelation."
Key voice acted in The Star, the animated film based on the Nativity of Jesus. He later went on to voice Ducky in Toy Story 4 and Kamari in The Lion King.
In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower.
Brain Games
Key currently hosts Brain Games on National Geographic
Personal life
Key was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise from 1998 until 2017. They were legally separated in November 2015, with Key filing for divorce the following month. He married producer and director Elisa Key (formerly Elisa Pugliese) in New York City on June 8, 2018.
Key is a Christian and has practiced Buddhism, Catholicism, and Evangelicalism in the past. Being biracial has been a source of comedic material for Key, who told Terry Gross in an interview for NPR, "I think the reason Jordan and I became actors is because we did a fair amount of code-switching growing up and still do."
Philanthropy
Key has worked with the Young Storytellers Foundation as an actor for their annual fundraiser alongside Max Greenfield, Jack Black and Judy Greer.
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The Mysterious Kecksburg UFO Crash Incident in 1965 - FindingUFO
The Kecksburg UFO incident occurred on December 9, 1965, at Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, USA. A large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in at least six U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.
Multiple witnesses saw the object in flight, and a number of locals made their way to the crash site before the military swooped in and took over. Officially, nothing was found, and Kecksburg is a non-story; unofficially, the Kecksburg crash is probably the second most compelling case (after Roswell) for a UFO crash in American history.
There is ample evidence that the military removed an acorn-shaped object matching witness descriptions of the crashed craft and transported it to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It streaked over the Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario area, reportedly dropped hot metal debris over Michigan and northern Ohio, starting some grass fires and caused sonic booms in Western Pennsylvania.
It was generally assumed and reported by the press to be a meteor after authorities discounted other proposed explanations such as a plane crash, errant missile test, or reentering satellite debris.
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Best known for his role as Willie Jones for the Friday series,[1] Witherspoon also starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), The Five Heartbeats(1991), and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995).[1] He has also made appearances on television shows such as The Wayans Bros. (1995–99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), Barnaby Jones(1973), The Boondocks (2005–2014), and Black Jesus (2014).[1][2] He wrote a film, From the Old School, in which he played an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club.
Early life
John Weatherspoon was born on January 27, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan.[3][4] He later changed his last name to "Witherspoon".[5]Witherspoon was one of 11 siblings.[6] His elder brother, William, became a songwriter for Motown, with whom he penned the lyrics of the 1966 hit single "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted".[6] Another sibling, Cato, was a director of the PBS-TV Network/CH56 in Detroit for almost four decades.[citation needed]Their sister, Gertrude Stacks, is a pastor in Shalom Fellowship International church in Detroit.[7]
Witherspoon had a passion for music and learned to play the trumpet and French horn.[citation needed]
Career
Witherspoon worked occasionally as a model. During the 1960s and 1970s, he began to take a liking towards comedy. During that time, he began his stand-up comedy career. As a result, he had many friends in the business, including Tim Reid (while he was working on WKRP in Cincinnati and The Richard Pryor Show), Robin Williams (also on The Richard Pryor Show), Jay Leno, and David Letterman.[2]
Witherspoon has performed in many feature films (usually comedies), including Friday (and its sequel Next Friday) as well as Hollywood Shuffle, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Bird, Vampire in Brooklyn, and The Meteor Man.[3][8][2]
Witherspoon was also known for his over-the-top characters in films such as House Party, in which he played an irritated neighbor who is repeatedly woken up by the party,[2] andBoomerang with Eddie Murphy, where he plays Mr. Jackson, the ill-mannered father of Murphy's best friend.[8]
Television
His first television appearance was on the 1970s CBS television show Barnaby Jones,[9]playing a camp counselor for drug addicted youth.[citation needed] Subsequent appearances were on Good Times,[10] What's Happening!![citation needed] and The Incredible Hulk.[11] In 1977, he became a regular on the series The Richard Pryor Show, an NBCAmerican comedy series.[2] This then led to his appearance in WKRP In Cincinnati in 1982 in the fourth-season episode "Circumstantial Evidence" in which Witherspoon played Detective Davies.[12]
In 1981, he appeared in Hill Street Blues, an NBC police drama, as a man who tries to buy a hotdog from undercover Detective Belker.[13]In 1981, he had an appearance on L.A. Law, an NBC legal drama, in the episode "On Your Honor" as Mark Steadman. He appeared in other television series including You Again? as Osborne, 227, which was an NBC comedy about women who lived in a majority black apartment complex, and What's Happening Now!!, the sequel to What's Happening!!.
A year later Witherspoon was in Amen (1988), an American television sitcom that ran on NBC, as the bailiff. The show was known for being one of the shows during the 1980s that featured an almost entirely black cast.
Next came spots on Townsend Television(1993), Cosmic Slop (1994), and Murder Was The Case (1994) as a drunk.
He appeared in Fox's Living Single (1997) episode "Three Men and a Buckeye" as Smoke Eye Howard. His largest role in a television series was in The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) which aired on The WB and starred Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, who played brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams.[8]Witherspoon played their father, John "Pops" Williams.
Witherspoon was on the Kids' WB animation series Waynehead, which was about a young boy growing up poor in the Harlem, New York City. The show was aired on Saturday mornings and was based on creator Damon Wayans' life.
In 2003, Witherspoon made a showing on NBC's Last Comic Standing, a reality television show that selected the comedian out of a group and gave him a contract, in the Las Vegas finals. Also in 2003, he performed in The Proud Family, an animated series that aired on Disney Channel, as Oran Jones in the episode "Adventures in Bebe Sitting." He also performed in an episode of another Disney Channel's animated series, Kim Possible.
He starred in the comedy series The Tracy Morgan Show as Spoon in all 18 episodes of the show.[2]
In 2004, he was in Pryor Offenses, a television movie where he played Willie the Wino. In 2005, he was seen in the Comedy Central talk show Weekends at the D.L. where he played the character of Michael Johnson. In the same year, he began starring in Aaron McGruder's animated series The Boondocksas Robert Jebediah "Granddad" Freeman; this Cartoon Network series ran for four seasons.[8][2] In 2006, he performed in a television movie, Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street, a story about a group of kids who find the true meaning of Christmas. In the movie he plays Real Santa, a Christmas singer on the radio. His next appearance was on The Super Rumble Mixshow in 2008. He also appeared in another Aaron McGruder series, Black Jesus, portraying Lloyd, a homeless man.[2]
In 2011, he starred in a Final Destination spoof with Shane Dawson on YouTube. In May 2013, he featured on "Saturday (skit)", from rapper Logic on his latest mixtape Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever.
Music videos
Witherspoon appeared in a number of music videos in the music industry. He was in the music video for hip-hop superstar Jay-Z's 2000 single "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)". He was also in Field Mob's music video for their song "Sick of Being Lonely". Other music movies include Goodie Mob's "They Don't Dance No Mo'" and LL Cool J's "Ain't Nobody".
Comedy tour
Witherspoon went back to his comedian roots and started a comedy tour that premiered on television on March 28, 2008 on Showtime Network. On his 2009 tour, he had 19 stops across the country. In December 2011, Witherspoon performed his stand up comedy act once again on stage at the Funny Bone comedy club at Harrah's Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.
Personal life and death
Witherspoon married Angela Robinson in 1988.[14] They have two children, John David ("J.D.") and Alexander.[5] J.D. is known for making skits and gameplay videos on YouTube, and currently hosts the mobile game show Confetti on Facebook Watch. David Letterman is the godfather to Witherspoon's two sons.
Witherspoon died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on October 29, 2019.
Witherspoon's funeral was held on November 5, 2019 and he was laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Meteor Meteor Michigan Meteor Detroit Michigan meteor is Trending on Tuesday January 16 2018 http://www.aioinstagram.com/meteor-meteor-michigan-meteor-detroit-michigan-meteor-is-trending-on-tuesday-january-16-2018/
Chicago Tribune says: Meteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents CBS News says: quot;Likelyquot; meteor lights up sky over Michigan, National Weather Service says
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National Weather Service says it has received dozens of reports of a bright light in the sky across the Detroit metropolitan area. Associated Press. The National Weather Service says the bright light and what sounded like thunder in the sky across the
Michael Narlock, head of astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science, said Tuesdays incident appears to be whats considered a bolide meteor, which tends to be large and explodes in the atmosphere. Narlock adds that this incident is similar to the
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Description: What an amazing sight from the International Space Station: a meteor, also known as a shooting star, burns up and produces a bright light as it enters Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA / @astrokomrade #space #star #shootingstars #meteor #atmosphere #earth #sky #nasa #spacestation #internationalspacestation #light #videooftheday #astronomy
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Description: One more photo from my night session. Incredibly lucky to find a fog that would be low enough to highlight my headlight, while still allowing stars to be visible. Scary place at first, but after 2 hours you realize the darkest nights produce the brightest stars…
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Description: My photo of the beautiful earth shine phenomenon, taken during twilight at the evening that was completely cold and clear in the weather . عکسم از پدیده ی بسیار زیبا زمین تاب که در زمان آسمان گرگ و میش شامگاهی در هوا کاملا سرد و شفاف گرفته شده. پدیده زمین تاب را میتوان وقتی که ماه نازک است مشاهده کرد . هنگامی که بخشی از ماه تاریک است عوارضی از سطح ماه در سمت تاریک دیده میشود،علت این موضوع بازتاب نور زمین بر روی قسمت تاریک ماه است. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #earthshine #earth_shine #meteor #NIGHTSKY #THENIGHTSKY #SKY #moon #constellation #Moonlight #Twilight #WINTER #IRAN #Persian #sirjan #NIGHT #Astrophoto #NATGEOSPACE #NIGHTSHOT #NIGHTPHOTOGRAPHY #Universetoday #pornsky #NATGEO #NATGEOSPACE #NATURE #Landscape #کرمان #ایران #عکاسی_نجومی
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Description: “Didn’t Catch it but i heard It”.. #Meteor ? #Michigan #2018 CraZzzzy
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Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Key & Peele (2012–15) and co-starred in Playing House (2014–17). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–09) and has made guest appearances on the US version of Whose Line is it Anyway? He appeared alongside Peele in the first season of Fargo in 2014 and had a recurring role in Parks and Recreation (2013-15). He hosted the US version of The Planet’s Funniest Animals on Animal Planet (2005–08) and hosted Game On!
He has had supporting roles in several films, including Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Don’t Think Twice (2016) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019). He has provided voice work for The Lego Movie (2014), the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2015–22), Storks, The Angry Birds Movie (both 2016), The Star (2017), The Lion King remake and Toy Story 4 (both 2019), and Pinocchio remake (2022). In 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama’s anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in Keanu. In 2017, he made his Broadway debut in Meteor Shower. He appeared in The Prom (2020) and Schmigadoon! (2021).
He was born in Southfield, Michigan, the son of Leroy McDuffie and Carrie Herr. He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key, and Patricia Walsh. His brother was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie.
He attended the University of Detroit Mercy, earning a BFA in Theater, followed by an MFA in Theater at Pennsylvania State University. While at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.
He was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise (1998-2017). He married producer and director Elisa Pugliese (2018). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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Age of Heroes - Part 4
May 1976
More metahumans emerge (including Telekinetics).
May 3, 1976
Henrietta Rock, getting used to her new situation transforms once more back into Henry. Henry regains his previous height. Once again, Henry reports comfort in both genders.
May 6, 1976
In Norwich, England, Samuel Barton, a student at the University of East Anglia discovers that he can use telekinesis.
May 18, 1976:
Having purchased a house in a Philadelphia suburb, the Langleys leave Winchester.
June 1, 1976
Henry becomes Henrietta once more. Henry/Henrietta also begins noticing an increase in strength and physical capability beyond what should be humanely reasonable. S/he also begins noticing a general rise in their intelligence and that they heal at an increased rate - with one broken bone resetting within an hour.
June 2, 1976
Jennifer Smith, a young girl from London, begins expressing the same symptoms of pain as Henry/Henrietta and like him/her, transforms into the opposite gender. Like Henry/Henrietta, "Jenson" expresses comfort with his new body and when s/he returns to their original gender. Like Henry/Henrietta, Jennifer/Jenson begins noticing their own superhuman abilities.
July 17, 1976:
Metahumans are blamed for the sudden collapse of Indonesian invasion of East Timor, sparking international and concern,...
June 18, 1976:
The Winchester meteor splits in two...
June 23, 1976
Fifteen more cases of the Switching "Disease" are reported across the United States and Europe. Media attention begins to be paid to these people.
June 29, 1976:
"Exodus America" is formed by Frank Worthen of Orlando, Florida, as a means to "pray away metahuman demons",...
July 12, 1976:
Anthony J. Imperiale leads an armed "citizen's militia" to maintain order in Newark, New Jersey, amidst reports of racism,...
July 19, 1976
The smaller of the two fragments of the Winchester Meteor disintegrates...
July 28, 1976:
Battle of Detroit; "Funkadelic" makes their debut, battling "Skrewdriver" in a battle over Detroit, Michigan,...
August 7, 1976
In Coffs Harbour, Peter Lawson, a teenager, finds that he can shoot some kind of heat beam from his eyes...
September 11, 1976:
New York Police Department (NYPD) goes on strike, citing the city's bankruptcy, riots and looting are reported throughout New York,...
October 8, 1976
The doctors at the Winchester Hospital, yet again state that there is no hope of Marina coming out the Coma. Her mother, Danielle refuses to give up hope.
October 31, 1976:
Stuntman Evel Knievel is suspected of superhuman powers after jumping over the Seattle Kingdome on national television,...
November 9, 1976
Xanthe Griffith, a college student at Tufts University in Boston, discovers that she has the ability to project illusions...
December 10, 1976
From the Diary of Anna Ronaldson AKA Hyper-girl
… I have gained control. Whatever this strange energy is, I am no longer putting it out at random times. With all these strange reports this year, I was so scared. Now I'm confident that I won't cause trouble like others have. Also, I will be home for Christmas...
January 11, 1977
The New York State Government bails out New York City's government.
February 13, 1977
In Pittsburgh, a Christopher White, a high school Junior, discovers that he can produce heat beams from his fingertips...
March 13, 1977
In Chelsea, Wales, Gwen Davis, a university student, finds that she has super-acute hearing.
April 14, 1977
In Glasgow, Angus McDonald, a young barman, finds that he is invulnerable after a bar fight breaks out.
May 1, 1977:
Curtis Silwa establishes the "Magnificent 13" in New York City, New York, as a collection of vigilantes to fight crime,...
June 15, 1977
In Annapolis, Maryland, Teenager Oliver Daniels finds that he can cause water vapour to condense within 3 meters of himself.
July 6, 1977
In Richmond, Virginia, Teenager Helena Browne suddenly discovers that she glows in the dark..
July 8, 1977
In Winchester, the remnant of the meteor disintegrates...
July 9, 1977
In Norwich, Barton makes his debut as a crimefighter; using his TK at a distance to inconvenience would-be thieves.
July 18, 1977
Another two meteors land in Winchester...
July 19, 1977:
"Maitreya" proclaims himself messiah as "World Teacher" after landing in Heathrow Airport in London, England,...
July 22, 1977:
Despite the best efforts of the Labour government, the British government collapses, fueling tensions across Great Britain,...
July 28, 1977
Xanthe Griffith, as “Illusia” manages to stop a bank robbery in progress.
July 31, 1977
Five mysterious scorched corpses were found in Cyprus, later found that they were Turkish authorities
August 10, 1977:
Brazilian military authorities launch Operation PRATO in Çolares, Brazil, aimed at monitoring metahuman activity,...
August 11, 1977
First appearance in Coffs Harbour of LaserEyes...
August 15, 1977:
Scientists at Ohio State University's (OSU) Big Ear University detect extraterrestrial radio signals, prefixed with pi- to 125 digits,...
August 17, 1977:
Mexican military officials report 2 alien bodies and the wreckage of a UFO in Tabasco, Mexico, fueling tensions in the region,..
August 25, 1977
In Chelsea, Wales, Gwen Davis decides to find at least two other metas whose powers would complement hers in detective work.
August 29, 1977
Hyper-girl takes in another meta who is struggling with 'Power Dysphoria'.
September 9, 1977
Illusia foils a scheme to steal a historical treasure from the Natural History Museum whilst in New York on vacation.
September 14, 1977
In Gilgandra, New South Wales, Matilda Toomey, a teenager of Indigenous descent begins fighting crime as “Cooee Tilly”.
In Annapolis, Daniels begins using his powers to cause thieves to slip in puddles...
September 22, 1977
Davis finds another meta, but he isn't interested in helping in a way she finds acceptable.
September 27, 1977:
French authorities led by President Valery Giscard d'Estaing establish GEPAN in Paris, warning of the link between the metahumans and extraterrestrial events,...
October 8, 1977
It is theorized that there are now around two hundred to three hundred people with Switching "Disease" worldwide. All of them seem to be stronger, faster and smarter than average and 98% report comfort with their body in either form (one case, Maximilan LeOiseau will report that every time he switches into a female form, it is "pure agony and hell")
October 26, 1977
Illusia prevents another bank robbery.
November 16, 1977
In Forbes, New South Wales, Terrance Auld, a recently graduated high schooler, finds that he has super strength.
December 17, 1977
In West Wylong, New South Wales, Debbie Hall, a disaffected secretary, discovers she has minor magnetism powers.
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hello everyone! my name is rose, and this is my first ever studyblr. after being on tumblr for about a year and a half, and with me going back to school, i’ve decided to make one of these! i’ve been lurking on here for the past two weeks to get an idea, and today is the day.
about me
i’m twenty years old, and will be twenty-one this coming august :^)
i’m from detroit, michigan, but currently live with my boyfriend’s family in the middle of the state, before i officially head to the westside of my mitten state.
as of october of this year, i was accepted into western michigan university, and will be attending in the fall of 2019!
in the fall of 2016, i was attending baker college (an academic private college), but dropped out due to non-interest of my major.
rose beton is a pen name that a friend came up with, but i use it for literally everything except my personal social media, and personal documents of course
virgo, ravenclaw, history major (!!!)
i have two instagrams, roseoftherings & alisonbudzyn (personal)
interests
old hollywood (literally any and all of it)
wes anderson movies
indie movies in general
reading & book hoarding it’s becoming a problem
some favorite books are:
the caster chronicles
red queen series
helen of troy
to kill a mockingbird & go set a watchman
writing even though i lag a lot
self promo !! if you have a wattpad account, follow me @ toIkiens
going on hikes, when it’s not negative zero outside
tv shows, such as:
the good place
gilmore girls
how i met your mother
jessica jones
meteor garden (2018)
a love so beautiful
history & random facts
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Michigan meteor could help researchers understand near-Earth object threats
San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2018
The bright flashes that lit up the evening skies near Detroit, Michigan earlier this year were not the only signs of the meteor that disintegrated in the atmosphere on 17 January 2018. The meteor explosion was also captured by infrasonic microphones and seismometers, offering a rare chance to compare these data with satellite and ground camera images. In a report in Seismological Research
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Michigan meets Eta Aquarid
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is happening today so naturaully there's heavy cloud cover over Detroit and the rest of southeastern Michigan.
And naturally, the weather forecast calls for clear skies right around the time that this meteor shower is supposed to end.
Naturally.
sigh
I love you, Michigan. Most of the time.
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Michigan meteor could help researchers understand near-Earth object threats The bright flashes that lit up the evening skies near Detroit, Michigan earlier this year were not the only signs of the meteor that disintegrated in the atmosphere on 17 January 2018. The meteor explosion was also captured by infrasonic microphones and seismometers, offering a rare chance to compare these data with satellite and ground camera images. In a report in Seismological Research Letters, a team of scientists led by Michael Hedlin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography use these data to pinpoint the time, location and height of the bolide disintegration, and to calculate an approximate yield for the explosion. Bolides, sometimes called "fireballs," are extremely bright meteors that explode in the atmosphere. They estimate a likely yield within the range of .8 to 8.1 tons of TNT, and probably equivalent to 2.2 tons of TNT. About 2000 bolides this size or larger pass through the Earth's atmosphere each year, which makes the Michigan bolide a particularly interesting event to study, said Hedlin and colleagues. Scientists would like to know more about how frequently we can expect to see near-Earth objects of this yield, to assess the potential threat they pose on the ground. Researchers also use data from bolide bursts as "test cases" to determine how well infrasound and seismic instruments can locate and characterize secret nuclear test explosions. Other bolides such as the February 2013 Chelyabinsk, Russia fireball also have been studied intensively through infrasound, seismic and optical observations--and made famous through "dashcam" videos taken by Russian drivers. But "it's pretty unusual for such immense events to occur over a heavily instrumented area; they could be expected to occur once every several decades," said Hedlin. When the Michigan bolide traveled through and exploded in Earth's lower atmosphere, it produced large shock waves and a variety of soundwaves, including waves in the low-frequency or infrasound range below 20 hertz. These waves were detected by infrasound microphones at seismic stations in the Central and Eastern US Network (CEUSN), deployed through the eastern half of the continental United States. The researchers were also able to detect the burst in seismic wave data collected by seven stations in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario. Hedlin and colleagues made calculations from these data to determine the location, height, timing and yield of the bolide's disintegration. They were able to compare these values with the "ground truth" for these characteristics as calculated by optical observations of the bolide taken from numerous cameras on the ground and from recordings by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper instrument on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite. The infrasound and seismic calculations were consistent with the optical observations, the researchers concluded, although some of the calculations--such as the location and yield provided by infrasound data--contained a large amount of statistical uncertainty. The seismic data, however, were able to pinpoint the location and height of the burst within kilometers, in agreement with the optical data. If the Michigan bolide is the smallest detectable event that can be measured using CEUSN data, researchers should be able to detect about 15 events of this size or larger each year in eastern North America, Hedlin and his colleagues write. The Michigan analysis could also help researchers who study clandestine nuclear tests "make some inferences about how detectable similar-sized anthropogenic events would be--how far away from the explosion source we'd be able to detect signals, for example," said Hedlin.
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The Night the Sky Fell in Kecksburg
Roswell, New Mexico, may have staked its claim as America’s mecca for UFO buffs, but the small town of Kecksburg in rural western Pennsylvania has its own claim to the title. Kecksburg may have experienced the crash of an extraterrestrial craft forty years ago and subsequently been part of a long-term government cover-up.
On the night of December 9, 1965, residents of Canada, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania witnessed what they described as a “fireball” that seemed to be under “intelligent control,” streaking through the dark sky. This fiery object, about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, crashed into a wooded area outside Kecksburg, in Westmoreland County, forty miles form Pittsburgh. Some eye-witness accounts described this object-whatever it was-changing course to avoid mountain ridges and slowing down as if it were gliding. But its impact was still powerful enough to register on a seismograph 320 miles away from Detroit, Michigan.
Nearby residents contacted the state police, who arrived and searched the woods for the crashed object, but not before some locals decided to have a look for themselves. Accounts of the size vary, but these intrepid witnesses agree that they had seen a bronze or gold-colored object that looked like a large metallic acorn. Some said it appeared seamless, as if it were cast as one solid piece of metal, without rivets or welds. The object had a slightly raised up lip on its blunt end encircled by a band that contained writing that looked like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. After the state police searched the woods, the U.S. military was contacted. Members of the U.S. Army and Air Force descended upon the scene a few hours later. Some residents said that NASA personnel were also present, but this could not be confirmed.
Crowds of curiosity seekers came to the crash site, determined to have a look at the fallen object after hearing reports on local radio and television stations. Witnesses said they saw a state police fire marshal and a man toting a Geiger counter heading into the woods toward the crash site. Military personnel also arrived at the scene. Armed with heavy equipment, including a flatbed tractor-trailer and a crane, they declared the woods “off limits” and “under quarantine.” The site was sealed, and citizens were banned from the area.
Once the military was in place and the crash site secured, they apparently went to work recovering the object. Later that night, some locals saw a military flatbed truck, carrying a large object covered with a tarpaulin, leaving the scene at a high rate of speed.
What was concealed under that tarp? Why did it require a military escort? The first force’s official statement concluded that the fireball that had crashed into the woods was a meteorite, but some witnesses reported that other theories seemed a better fit for the metallic object. Many were convinced it was really a man-made space probe with stable reentry capabilities, or a misfired Nike missile, or perhaps an extraterrestrial craft. Serious consideration was given to the theory that it was a Soviet-made Venus space probe. The Kosmos-96 had failed and reentered the earth’s atmosphere that same day, though the Russians stated that their probe has crashed down in northern Canada.
Later on, more outlandish stories came out. One claimed that the object had been transported to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where bizarre bodies were seen soon after. But just because a few unsubstantiated rumors surrounded this event, let’s not discount it altogether. If this truly was a meteor, why hasn’t the public seen any photographic evidence or any published studies of such a find? There’s nothing to gain from secrecy over a fallen chuck of space rock, and scientific study of such a find could add to our knowledge of the universe. And if it was a man-made object, surely its classified status would have lapsed by now. So the question remains to this day: What kind of object could have crashed into a wooded area in rural Pennsylvania and force those who investigated it into four decades of silence?
Today, almost forty years later, a monument to the acorn-shaped object sits upon a lighted display behind the Kecksburg Fire Station. It was made as a prop for an episode of Unsolved Mysteries in 1990, and years of exposure to the elements have taken their toll on it. But it can still turn heads and raise questions as people drive by on Route 982 through the small town of Kecksburg. -Patrick Wetherby
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