New Agers and UFOlogists alike were waiting with bated breath on 10/14/08. A prophecy had been made, channeled by Blossom Goodchild.

This Australian actress, psychic and channeler, reported that on 10/14/08, a light ship "of great size", from the Galactic Federation of Light, led by Commander Ashtar Sheran, would appear in our skies.

They come in peace, she said.  They are just coming to teach us that we are not alone in the galaxy. Many other channelers stepped forward with YouTube videos and blog postings to let people know that they confirmed the date positively.

Unfortunately, she stopped posting to her blog 3 days before the heralded event.  And the day of the event, she changed it to "invited readers only". 

The rest of the channelers immediately distanced themselves, and either maintained radio silence, threatened to shut down their blogs, or posted YouTube videos saying it was all the fault of the negative non-lightworkers among us that the aliens failed to show.

Because of the chaos, and since I was the only one covering the story in my blog at the time, I received a message from Ashtar Sheran, explaining the delay.