India, Jan. 21 -- Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian mystic who was often referred to as the "Nostradamus of the Balkans," is said to have predicted that the year 2026 would be marked by apocalyptic events, among them earthquakes of such magnitude that they would be accompanied by the outbreak of World War 3 and the start of humanity's first contact with aliens from February or even earlier. Her prophecies, which were orally transmitted and interpreted by adherents, have given rise to global interest that has gone hand in hand with the increasing geopolitical tensions and the recent discoveries in the cosmos.

Among the predictions, Vanga proclaimed that earthquakes and other geological activities, along with climate situations of every kind...