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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
Wil jij de laatste nieuwtjes over UFO's, ruimtevaart, archeologie, en meer? Volg ons dan en duik samen met ons in de fascinerende wereld van het onbekende! Sluit je aan bij de gemeenschap van nieuwsgierige geesten die net als jij verlangen naar antwoorden en avonturen in de sterren!
Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
09-03-2026
Dyson Sphere: four signs of an artificial object around a star
Dyson Sphere: four signs of an artificial object around a star
The energy crisis is not just a global problem. If there are civilizations in the Universe that are thousands or millions of years ahead of us, their appetite for energy should be enormous. Instead of building thousands of thermonuclear reactors in an attempt to reproduce the processes inside stars, they could have taken a simpler and more logical approach: take a ready-made star and “wrap” it in a giant solar battery. New research by astronomers suggests that such objects should be sought not near bright giants, but near the modest “babies” of our Universe.
The Legacy of Freeman Dyson
Dyson sphere through the eyes of Copilot AI
The very idea of megastructures surrounding stars belongs to the outstanding theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. Back in the 1960s, he suggested that any sufficiently developed civilization would sooner or later face a shortage of resources on its planet. One solution could be a “Dyson sphere” — a colossal structure made of mirrors or solar panels rotating around the sun, intercepting almost 100% of its radiation.
Interestingly, Dyson himself initially referred to his idea as a “little joke” in conversations with journalists. However, over the years, he changed his mind, recognizing the concept as entirely viable and logical from a thermodynamic point of view. Today, the search for such structures is one of the priorities of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project), since a Dyson sphere is the most striking “technosignature” that can be detected from a distance of many light years.
Why are white and red dwarfs ideal candidates?
In a new study published in Nature, astronomer Amirnezam Amiri from the University of Arkansas has revisited traditional views on where exactly to look for these megastructures. Most previous theories have focused on solar-type stars, but Amiri suggests turning our attention to low-mass stars: white dwarfs and red dwarfs.
Red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy. They burn extremely slowly, providing energy to the surrounding space for trillions of years. White dwarfs are the remains of stars that have already “retired,” but they continue to steadily emit heat over enormous periods of time.
According to Amiri’s calculations, these stars are the best sources for long-term energy supply to megastructures. They are stable, not prone to frequent catastrophic outbursts (like some massive stars), and allow for the creation of an energy system that will operate almost indefinitely.
Compactness – the key to saving resources
One of the main problems with building the Dyson sphere is the incredible amount of materials required. To encircle the Sun at the distance of Earth’s orbit, it would be necessary to literally break down several planets the size of Jupiter into atoms. However, the rules of the game change for red and white dwarfs.
The habitable zone (where temperatures allow water to remain liquid) around a red dwarf is located very close to the star, typically between 0.05 and 0.3 astronomical units. For a highly developed civilization, this is the ideal place:
Material savings.The sphere will have a much smaller radius, which means it will require significantly fewer resources to build.
Efficiency. The closer the panels are to the light source, the more compact and manageable the entire energy farm is.
Stability. A compact sphere is more easily held in place by the star’s gravity, reducing the risk of structural failure.
James Webb in search of alien engineers
The most practical part of Amiri’s research is devoted to how we can detect such objects from Earth. According to the laws of physics, the Dyson sphere cannot simply absorb energy — it has to release it somewhere (discharge excess heat), otherwise it will simply melt. This heat is emitted in the form of infrared light.
To an outside observer, a star in a “wrapper” will look very strange:
Abnormal dimness. The star will appear significantly fainter than it should be based on its mass.
Spectrum change.Instead of visible light, the observer will see a uniform “black” spectrum of infrared radiation.
Artificial signals. If the sphere consists of separate panels (a so-called “Dyson swarm”), they can create unusual flickering or radiation bursts that cannot be explained by natural processes.
No dust. Building the sphere requires a huge amount of matter, so the aliens will most likely “clean” the system of dust and asteroids, using them as raw materials.
Amiri claims that modern observatories, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), already have sufficient sensitivity to detect such infrared anomalies. We already have the tools to detect aliens — we just need to know what to look for.
Are we alone in the Universe?
Of course, Dyson spheres remain pure theory for now. Any such prediction is based on a number of assumptions: that aliens exist, that they develop according to similar physical laws, and that they want to build such large-scale objects in the first place. Perhaps they have found even more sophisticated ways of obtaining energy that we cannot even imagine.
However, such studies make us think about the future of humanity. If we want to survive as a species in the long term, we will have to become a “Type II civilization” on the Kardashev scale — one that completely controls the energy of its star. Studying possible Dyson spheres around white dwarfs is not only a search for “little green men,” but also an attempt to glimpse our own future millions of years from now.
Freeman Dyson once said that “The Universe is far more interesting than we can imagine.” And if somewhere in the depths of the Milky Way a red dwarf suddenly began to shine unusually dimly, it is possible that someone’s giant energy farm has been operating there for millions of years.
All you need to know about missing former Air Force General with 'UFO secrets'
All you need to know about missing former Air Force General with 'UFO secrets'
Retired US Air Force General William Neil McCasland vanished from his New Mexico home, with FBI joining search as journalist warns disappearance poses grave national security concerns
William Neil McCasland's disappearance has sparked major concerns
(Image: United States Air Force)
NEED TO KNOW: UFO Expert and Ex-US Air Force General Vanishes
Former US Air Force General William Neil McCasland has mysteriously vanished from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sparking fears over national security.
The 68-year-old, who has unprecedented knowledge of UFO sightings, disappeared without a trace after leaving his house on foot. He left his mobile phone behind and is believed to have medical issues.
Local police have issued a Silver Alert and the FBI has joined the desperate search for the missing general.
McCasland's disappearance has raised serious concerns due to his potential knowledge of highly classified extraterrestrial information. During his Air Force career, he oversaw research at the secretive Wright Patterson Air Force Base, long linked to UFO conspiracies and the infamous Roswell incident.
Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart warned the situation amounts to a "grave national security crisis". "This is a man with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head," he said on his Reality Check podcast.
Coulthart believes the timing is suspicious, coming after President Trump's recent comments about possible government knowledge of extraterrestrial contact. "The fact that Gen. Neil McCasland has disappeared off the face of the earth is a grave national security crisis for the United States of America," he added.
However, neither law enforcement nor the FBI have publicly acknowledged the disappearance as suspicious or linked it to McCasland's former military position.
Disappearance of US Airforce General with 'top-secret UFO knowledge' is ‘national crisis'
A former US Airforce General has vanished after leaving his New Mexico home this week, sparking concerns about his well-being as well as the release of secrets he might know
The disappearance of a former US Airforce General who is believed to have unprecedented knowledge on reported UFO sightings has gone missing from his home in Alberquerque, New Mexico, sparking serious concerns for his safety.
Law enforcement in the area report that William Neil McCasland vanished without a trace after leaving his home on foot.A 'Silver Alert'has been made by the local County Sheriff’s Office, who have also asked the public to come forward with any information that may help find the retiree, who is believed to have "“medical issues", according to reports
Since the initial alert made,the FBIare believed to have joined the search efforts for the 68-year-old.
It is unknown why McCasland decided to leave his house or where he was heading, although he is believed to have his mobile phone behind before hisunexplained departure.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office issued a Silver Alert for the missing retiree, seeking help from the public in locating him
(Image: Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office)
McCasland's disappearance has sparked national security concerns, with some stressing that the former Airforce general may have secret and highly sensitive knowledge relating to UFO sightings.
Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart told listeners to his “Reality Check” podcast that the incident ammounted to a "grave national security crisis", especially if McCasland has knowledge of supposed "extraterrestrials".
“This is a man with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head", warned Coulthart.
At one point during his illustrious Airforce career McCasland is believed to have overseen research at the secretive Wright Patterson Air Force Base, a site long associated by conspiracists with classified space weapons programmes as well as possible extraterrestrial sightings such as the infamous Roswell incident.
Coulthart also postured that the disappearance may be connected to recent comments by PresidentDonald Trumpon the possibility of the US Government having knowledge of extraterrestrial contact.
Trump has told the US Pentagon to "release" files related to aliens and UFOs
(Image: Getty)
“The timing is screechingly relevant,” Coulthart said. “The fact that Gen. Neil McCasland has disappeared off the face of the earth is a grave national security crisis for the United States of America."
"This is a man with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head."
While Coulthart is not alone in believing McCasland's disappearance to be suspicious, neither law enforcement nor the FBI have publicly acknowledged it as being so.
There has also been no official links made to McCasland's former position in the Airforce.
If governments confirm nonhuman intelligence, research suggests reactions will vary widely.
People with high intolerance of uncertainty may struggle more when familiar assumptions about reality change.
Preparing mental health systems to support vulnerable individuals will be important if disclosure occurs.
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On February 19, 2026, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing government files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—the official term now used for what were once called UFOs. The order calls for agencies to locate and release records tied to UAP investigations, including materials addressing evidence of potential nonhuman intelligence, fueling worldwide curiosity about what the U.S. government may reveal after decades of unexplained aerial events.[6]
If those records confirm the presence of nonhuman intelligence, the implications would be profound. But perhaps the most fascinating question would be:
How would humans respond to learning we are not alone?
When reality changes
Human beings rely on mental models to navigate the world. These models include assumptions about the structure of reality and our place in the universe. When new information challenges those assumptions, people must update their understanding of how the world works.
Research on individuals who have experienced events that dramatically changed their worldview suggests that such moments can trigger existential questioning, confusion, and a strong drive to make sense of the new information.[1] This type of schematic reevaluation can, for some, cause emotional distress that has been referred to by psychologists as ontological shock.
But responses to worldview-challenging experiences are not uniform. Studies of anomalous experiences show that individuals vary widely in how they interpret and integrate such events, with reactions ranging from awe, curiosity, and reflection to distress or uncertainty.[2]
Psychologist Tim Lomas has suggested that these moments may sometimes be better understood as “ontological fracturing.” Rather than implying the collapse of a worldview, the concept describes situations in which previously stable assumptions develop cracks that require reinterpretation and gradual integration over time.[7]
His 2024 study published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology provides some evidence of how people respond to disclosure-like information. Using grounded-theory analysis of posts on X (formerly Twitter), the study identified four broad response categories: concern, positive reactions, skepticism or indifference, and critical engagement.[7]
Rather than producing a single collective reaction, the findings revealed a wide range of responses. Even events interpreted by some observers as partial “disclosure” did not produce universal shock. Instead, reactions reflected diverse interpretations shaped by prior beliefs, expectations, and attitudes toward the topic.
This research underscores the idea that new information never lands in a neutral environment. It is processed through existing beliefs and characteristics of unique individuals. And it is important to anticipate a spectrum of responses.
What we do know is that reality changes produce periods of uncertainty, which can be harder for some to process than others.
Uncertainty and psychological reactions
While most people adapt during periods of uncertainty, some people have what is called intolerance of uncertainty, which is a dispositional trait where individuals perceive unknown or ambiguous situations as highly stressful, threatening, or unacceptable.
Intolerance of uncertainty exists along a spectrum in the population. However, research suggests that roughly 10 percent of individuals show elevated levels of this trait, which is strongly associated with anxiety, worry, and difficulty tolerating ambiguous situations. Individuals high in this trait often experience a strong need for predictability and control, and may respond to uncertainty with excessive worry, avoidance behaviors, or attempts to impose clear explanations even when definitive answers are not available.[4,5]
Intolerance of uncertainty contributes to multiple forms of psychological distress, including anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and depression.[4]
For some people, uncertainty about nonhuman intelligence may lead to curiosity or philosophical reflection, while for others the same uncertainty may feel deeply disturbing. When clear explanations are not immediately available, people often try to fill the gap with narratives that restore a sense of certainty.
In uncertain environments, speculation, misinformation, and conspiracy theories can spread quickly because they offer simple explanations for complex or ambiguous events.
Another factor that will raise uncertainty and is likely to shape public reactions is whether nonhuman intelligence is perceived as a threat. Research in risk psychology shows that emotional responses to unfamiliar events are strongly influenced by perceived threat rather than objective risk, particularly when a phenomenon is both unknown and difficult to control.[8]
Reported UAP encounters over the past several decades generally describe objects that appear to be engaged in observational behavior rather than hostile actions. Military pilots and other observers frequently report objects maneuvering near aircraft or appearing to monitor training exercises, but there are no widely documented cases of direct attacks associated with these events.[9]
Context reduces uncertainty. That's why it is important that government disclosure provides adequate information in a thoughtful way that gives people the opportunity to make sense and meaning out of information being released.
Vulnerable populations and disclosure
These differences in how people tolerate uncertainty suggest that some individuals may have greater difficulty integrating a discovery of nonhuman intelligence than others.
Individuals who already struggle with psychological stress or high levels of anxiety and/or intolerance of uncertainty may find a sudden shift in humanity’s understanding of reality particularly challenging. People whose identity or worldview is strongly tied to existing beliefs about reality or religious beliefs may also need time to reconcile the discovery with their current frameworks for understanding how this new information affects them.
In these situations, mental health professionals may play an important role in helping individuals distinguish evidence from speculation and integrate new information into coherent personal narratives.
A discovery like no other
History shows that humanity has repeatedly faced discoveries that reshaped how we understand our place in the universe—from recognizing that Earth wasn't flat or that the sun does not revolve around it, to modern science’s view of our tiny planet in a vast and ever-expanding cosmos. Each of these moments required people to reconsider long-held assumptions about our reality, and societies ultimately incorporated those discoveries into new ways of understanding the world.
What is in the files that will be released remains unknown. The vast majority of our society will likely adapt to whatever is revealed. However, waiting to find out before thinking ahead about the needs of vulnerable populations could put a significant strain on our societies and mental health care systems.
If nonhuman intelligence becomes a confirmed reality, mental health professionals will not only need to adapt their own perspectives but also help lead the way in guiding individuals through the process of making sense of a larger and more complex universe than humanity has previously imagined.
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"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.
Flowers popped up in the driest place on Earth earlier this month thanks to a strong El Niño, which increases precipitation in Chile.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
For the first time in a decade, plants in theAtacama Deserthave started flowering in the middle of winter, covering a portion of the driest desert on the planet in white and violet hues.
The rare bloom is the result of rain in northern Chile during the Southern Hemisphere's fall. About 0.4 inches (11 millimeters) fell in mid-April, which combined with the morning fog known locally as "camanchaca" to activate vegetation that can remain dormant for up to 15 years.
Two of the first species to color the landscape this year were the "pata de guanaco" (Cistanthe grandiflora), with its bright fuchsia-colored flowers, and the white "sighs of the field" (Nolana baccata).
The flowering has occurred in an area covering between 115 and 155 square miles (300 to 400 square kilometers), said César Pizarro, head of the Biodiversity Conservation section and Scientific Research at the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) in Atacama. A full flowering desert, which occurs in spring (September to October) due to winter rains, can extend over about 5,800 square miles (15,000 square km), with more than 200 species in bloom.
Typically, the desert flowers bloom in spring in years when at least 0.6 inches (15 mm) of rain falls between June, July and August. This is related to the El Niño phenomenon — which increases precipitations in Chile above average.
A photo shows a rare winter bloom in the Atacama, with fuschia "pata de guanaco" (Cistanthe grandiflora) dotting the landscape.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
The bloom happened in the Southern Hemisphere's winter thanks to a strong El Niño in April.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
A lizard crawls along the desert floor during the rare winter bloom.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
In 2015, the rains fell in March, activating the vegetation in winter, just as is happening now.
That year it also rained in July and August, causing the desert to explode with flowers in spring.
If precipitation occurs in the coming weeks, atmospheric humidity would be higher than normal, potentially causing a flowering desert in September. However, this is not forecast.
A lone yellow flower rises above the brush, thanks to the increased autumn rainfall fueled by the El Niño weather pattern.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
A closeup of a yellow flower dotted with water.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
A cactus blooming in the Atacama this summer, which is the Southern Hemisphere's winter.(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
Alternatively, if La Niña occurs soon, the flower patches blooming this winter are probably the last ones that will be seen this decade (because of the El Niño, La Niña cycles), and there will not be a huge flowering next spring, Francisco Squeo, president of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB) and researcher in the Department of Biology at the University of La Serena, told Live Science.
The rare winter flowering of the Atacama Desert is not without problems. The main one, according to María Fernanda Pérez, associate professor of ecology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile , is that pollinators do not arrive as quickly as the plants react to rain. "If the seeds germinate and flower but the pollinators do not arrive, the seeds run out," she told Live Science.
Fuschia Cistanthe grandiflora flowers, shown on the left and right, were among the first flowers to pop up thanks to a rare desert bloom in the Atacama. The purple flowers (center) bloomed later. (Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
This is likely happening now, as there are currently no bees, moths, beetles or other pollinators present due to low temperatures, according to Pizarro. Only mites and a few reptiles, birds and mammals have been seen.
Herbaceous plants — like those flowering in the Atacama Desert — have a self-pollination mechanism that activates if a pollinator does not arrive in a given year. But this backup occurs late in flowering.
A major scientific unknown is what happens if this decoupling between flowering and pollinators caused by anomalous events , persists over time, as no seeds would be added to the reserve of those that remain dormant for the next reactivation.
"This very arid soil houses a treasure. [A] seed bank that has been resilient," she said.
With climate change, anomalous events like this year's winter bloom could become more frequent, potentially meaning annual plants do not reproduce. The flowering desert would only be left with bulbous plants, drastically reducing its diversity, or leaving room for invasive species, Pizarro said.
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is often described as the driest place onEarth. With almost no rainfall, intense ultravioletradiation, and extremely salty soils, parts of the region are so extreme that scientists often liken its arid environment to the surface of Mars.
And yet, remarkably, even despite the harsh surface conditions, a variety of organisms continue to survive below ground.
A recent study from the University of Cologne has revealed that microscopicworms known as nematodes form surprisingly diverse communities throughout the Atacama Desert. Published in Nature Communications, the research shows that underground biodiversity increases with increasing moisture, while elevation and temperature determine which nematode species can survive in different parts of the desert.
Life Beneath an Extreme Landscape
Nematodes are among the most common varieties of tiny lifeforms that are found in soils worldwide. These minuscule worms often play a crucial role in helping control microbes and are important for moving nutrients through the soil. They live in many places, from the deep sea to the Arctic. As a result, they are useful for studying how life adapts to harsh environments.
“Soils are important for the performance of an ecosystem, for example, for carbon storage and nutrient supply,” said Dr. Philipp Schiffer of the University of Cologne’s Institute of Zoology and a co-author of the study. “This is why understanding the organisms — not microbes, but multicellular animals — that live there is so important.”
Although the Atacama Desert has been studied for decades, the diversity of animals living in its soils remains poorly understood.
Studying Atacama’s “hidden” Lifeforms
The research team surveyed nematode populations across six different regions of the Atacama Desert to better understand how life persists in these extreme conditions. The sites spanned a range of environments, from moist, high-altitude areas with abundant vegetation to salty desert plains blasted by ultraviolet light, and even rare oases fed by fog.
The team collected soil samples from diverse habitats, including sand dunes, salt flats, riverbeds, and mountain slopes, to assess nematode biodiversity and population structure. Their analysis focused on both the variety of species present and the reproductive strategies used by nematodes in each setting.
When the conditions are right, the Atacama Desert transforms.
Image credit: Abriendomundo/Shutterstock.com
Asexual Survival Strategies
The findings revealed clear differences in nematode communities across the Atacama. In the highest and most inhospitable regions, many species reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis, generating offspring without fertilization. This pattern supports the hypothesis that asexual reproduction provides an advantage in extreme environments, where finding mates can be challenging.
The study also found that nematode diversity was highest in areas with more moisture. Regions with greater rainfall supported a wider range of species, while temperature differences shaped which communities could survive in each area.
Flowers popped up in the driest place on Earth earlier this month thanks to a strong El Niño, which increases precipitation in Chile.
(Image credit: César Esteban Pizarro Gacitúa)
Fragile Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
The results suggest that stable soil ecosystems can exist even in extreme places, but these systems may be more fragile than previously believed. In some areas, the researchers found simpler food webs, showing that these ecosystems also have less ecological complexity.
“In some of the examined regions, simplified food webs indicate that these ecosystems are already damaged and may therefore be more susceptible to disruptions,” the researchers noted.
Understanding how organisms adapt to extreme environments could become increasingly important as climate change expands arid conditions across many parts of the planet.
“In light of increasing global aridity, which is affecting more and more regions worldwide, these results are becoming increasingly relevant,” Schiffer said.
The research demonstrates that basic ecological patterns, such as precipitation and altitude, continue to influence biodiversity even in some of the planet’s most extreme environments. The Atacama Desert continues to serve as a valuable natural laboratory for understanding how life endures at the limits of environmental tolerance.
Austin Burgess is a writer and researcher with a background in sales, marketing, and data analytics. He holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Data Analytics certification. His work combines analytical training with a focus on emerging science, aerospace, and astronomical research.
UFOs Seen Leaving Ocean Near Virgin Islands Feb 24, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting Paranormal News
UFOs Seen Leaving Ocean Near Virgin Islands Feb 24, 2026,UFO UAP Sighting Paranormal News
Date of sighting: Feb 24, 2026
Location of sighting: Virgin Islands
Source: NUFORC
Guys this is rare, I mean really really rare. This is several small glowing UFOs coming out of the ocean off the coast of the Virgin Islands. You can see the water and myst rising from all around it and the lights rising up and out of our atmosphere. Since the earth is 75% covered in water, it makes sense that 75% or more of the alien bases on Earth are also underwater. Here is absolute proof of that.
Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily
Eyewitness states:
I was in my backyard and when I look up I saw it and I have a video.
The recent “Doomsday” Oarfish sightings in California, Mexico, and Vietnam are raising concern
The recent “Doomsday” Oarfish sightings in California, Mexico, and Vietnam are raising concern
Geophysicist Stefan Burns has reported a recent surge in sightings of Oarfish, often nicknamed the “doomsday fish” because of their alleged connection to major natural disasters. These unusual deep-sea creatures have reportedly been spotted or washed ashore in several places recently, including California, Mexico, and Vietnam.
Oarfish, known in Chinese as a dizhenyu or, earthquake fish, can grow to more than 30 feet in length and typically inhabit the deep ocean, far below the surface. Because they rarely appear near shore, beach stranding's are considered extremely uncommon. Some theories suggest they rise toward the surface when they somehow sense seismic activity before an earthquake,
Kiyoshi Wadatsumi, a scientist who studies earthquakes at the nonprofit organization e-PISCO, said, “Deep-sea fish living near the sea bottom are more sensitive to the movements of active faults than those near the surface of the sea.”
According to Kiyoshi Wadatsumi’s explanation, the recent sightings of oarfish in California, Mexico, and Vietnam may indicate that unusual activity is occurring in the deep waters of these regions.
In a recent example, two rare oarfish, both still alive, washed ashore near Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, drawing attention from locals and researchers alike. (The second video shows an oarfish that had washed ashore in Mexico and was still alive.)
The emails organising the meeting involved redacted participants and an outside source, raising fresh questions about who was involved and why a supposedly closed programme was still being discussed at the highest levels of government.
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For years the Pentagon insisted its secret UFO study programme quietly ended in 2012. But newly released Navy recordsobtained through the Freedom of Information Act have reignited the mystery.
The documents reveal that a classified briefing about the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, or AATIP, took place in March 2022 at a secure military facility in Washington.
The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was a classified initiative within the U.S. Department of Defense focused on studying unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Established in 2007, AATIP was spearheaded by the former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who advocated for its creation based on concerns that these unexplained sightings could pose national security risks. The program was funded through a budget allocation linked to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and operated largely outside public view.
How a Secret UFO Programme First Began
AATIP first emerged publicly in 2017 when reports revealed that the United States Department of Defense had quietly funded a programme to study unidentified aerial phenomena, commonly called UFOs. The initiative began in 2007 unde
The effort was strongly supported by former Nevada senator Harry Reid, who believed unusual aerial encounters reported by military personnel deserved serious investigation. The programme focused on incidents involving aircraft and objects performing manoeuvres that appeared to defy known technology.
Many of these encounters involved Navy pilots who reported observing mysterious craft moving at extreme speeds or changing direction in ways conventional aircraft could not achieve. The best known example is the famous 'Tic Tac' incident involving the USS Nimitz carrier strike group in 2004.
The programme was reportedly run by counterintelligence officer Luis Elizondo, who later resigned from the Pentagon in 2017 and became a public figure in the push for greater transparency on UFO investigations.
Although the Department of Defense later acknowledged AATIP existed, officials maintained the programme had a limited scope and was closed years earlier.
What FOIA Emails Reveal About the 2022 Briefing
The newly released Navy records tell a more complicated story. Two separate FOIA requests submitted nearly a year apart both produced the same responsive document. It was a chain of emails arranging a 23 March 2022 briefing covering AATIP and another Pentagon office called the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronisation Group, known as AOIMSG.
The event was divided into three sessions. One was unclassified and scheduled to last about 50 to 55 minutes followed by a short question session. Two other presentations were classified at the TS SCI level, meaning Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Those classified discussions took place inside a secure facility known as a SCIF located in Roosevelt Hall at the National War College on the Fort McNair campus in Washington.
Perhaps the most striking detail in the released records is that the original invitation email was labelled as coming from a non Department of Defense source. This suggests the briefing was arranged through communication between government officials and at least one outside individual or organisation.
However the identities of the participants remain hidden. All names and contact details were removed from the documents under FOIA privacy rules.
Redacted Names Hint at Possible Key Figures
Although the released documents conceal the names involved, the structure of the FOIA requests provides clues.
One request specifically searched for emails sent to or from Brennan P McKernan, who has previously been reported as a director connected to the Pentagon's UAP task force. Another request required the keyword 'Elizondo' and sought communications involving Luis Elizondo as a private citizen.
The fact that the email chain was considered responsive to both searches strongly suggests those names appear somewhere within the redacted header fields such as the sender or recipient lines.
This does not prove either individual attended the briefing. But it indicates that their names were at least mentioned in connection with the planning or communication surrounding the event.
All identifying information was removed under FOIA exemption rules protecting personal privacy.
Why the Briefing Raises New Questions About AATIP
The March 2022 presentation is notable because it took place years after AATIP was officially said to have ended.
The briefing itself was described as an 'AATIP AOIMSG Presentation,' suggesting that the earlier programme was being discussed alongside its successor office. AOIMSG was established in 2021 to coordinate the Pentagon's approach to unidentified airborne objects.
The presentation reportedly included discussion of congressional reports and multiple 'Tic Tac' incidents. That wording is significant because public attention has largely focused on a single encounter involving the USS Nimitz. The use of the plural term suggests that other similar events may have been examined during the classified briefing.
While the released emails do not confirm who attended or what information was presented behind closed doors, they show that AATIP remained part of official discussions within secure military settings.
Chickpea plants growing in a variety of the investigated lunar soil simulant mixtures. Some of the plants are exhibiting signs of stress, including yellowing to the leaves. Credit: Jessica Atkin.
Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in twopapers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and worm-produced compost can significantly improve the likelihood of reproduction for chickpea plants growing in the soil, indicates one study. A separate paper suggests that some microbes may be able to absorb enough water from the atmosphere to grow in simulated Martian soil at atmospheric humidity levels comparable to those on the planet.
Lunar soil—known technically as lunar regolith—does not support healthy plant growth, as it contains high concentrations of certain metals such as aluminum and zinc, does not allow water to filter through easily, and lacks the microbiome found in Earth soils. Previous research has investigated several ways to improve the fertility of lunar soil, although plants grown in these treated soils typically display various signs of stress, including stunted growth and leaf yellowing.
Jessica Atkin and colleagues grew chickpea plants (Cicer arietinum) in samples of simulated lunar soil that they treated in two ways: by adding vermicompost—produced by red wiggler earthworms (Eisenia fetida) as they decompose biowaste—at different concentrations; and by inoculating half of the soil samples at each concentration with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). On Earth, AMF improve the nutrient circulation properties of soil, reduce the quantity of potentially toxic metals available for absorption by plants, and produce a protein that helps bind soil together to reduce erosion. The authors then measured the quantity and weight of chickpea seeds produced, along with the plants' heights and root mass.
The authors found that chickpeas could only flower and produce seeds in samples treated with both AMF and vermicompost. Compared with control plants grown in 100% commercial potting mix, the treated plants in simulated lunar soil produced a significantly lower number of seeds. However, the average seed weight was comparable between plants grown in 25% and 50% vermicompost and the control plants. AMF-treated plants also had a significantly greater dry shoot and root mass than untreated plants, indicating improved plant growth.
Experimental set-up of the MMS-2 incubation. (a) One side of a two compartment Petri dish was filled with 1 g of heat-treated MMS-2; the other side contained 10 mL of Milli-Q water or a saturated salt solution. (b) Plates were sealed with Parafilm and placed in a sterile bag before incubation at 30 °C in a forced convection oven at ambient pressure. For each condition and sampling day, three replicate plates were opened once and then discarded after DNA extraction. Credit: Scientific Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-35595-2
The authors therefore suggest that soil regeneration strategies from Earth may be viable on the moon. However, they caution that all plants grown in some percentage of lunar soil simulant showed signs of stress compared to the control plants.
In a separate study, Jyothi Raghavendra and colleagues investigated growing conditions for microbes in simulated Martian soil. For 60 days, they measured the mass of DNA present in 500 milligrams of simulated soil, kept in a sterile environment at 34% atmospheric humidity—comparable humidity to conditions on Mars.
The authors found that the DNA mass increased up to day 30, indicating that microbes already present in the soil grew despite the inhospitable conditions. However, the measured DNA mass had decreased back to zero by day 60. Raghavendra and co-authors argue that their results could inform experiments to determine habitability conditions for microbes on Mars.
12 Of The Fastest Fighter Jets In The World, Ranked Fighter jets are some of the most popular types of aircraft with enthusiasts. They look cool, they go fast, and their dogfighting is super entertaining to watch. Fighter jets are also featured in video games such as the "Ace Combat" series, and several fighter jets were featured in "Top Gun". Not only are they quick, but they're also agile, pulling off all kinds of crazy moves midair. In addition, fighter jets are also some of the most expensive vehicles in any given military, often costing billions of dollars to design, develop, and ship.
Agility, technology, and weapon systems are often used to measure the strength of a fighter jet. However, speed is also crucial. There are a variety of fast aircraft out there, including the SR-71, which can eclipse Mach 3 speeds at incredibly high altitudes. Prototype planes such as the Lockheed YF-12 have reportedly gone as fast as Mach 3. However, not a lot of data exists on prototype aircraft. Modern fighter jets can't go that fast, but many can do Mach 2 without issue.
Unfortunately, jet speeds are not always exacting rates you can figure out. Not only can planes fly faster at higher altitudes, but Mach values change depending on how far up you are above sea level. Mach 1 is roughly 760 mph at sea level and drops to 659 mph at 60,000 feet. The less dense air at higher altitudes allows planes to move faster while colder air causes sound to move slower. Thus, it's not unusual for most aircraft to have multiple reported speeds.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat travels at a top speed of Mach 2.8, or roughly 2,150 mph at high altitude. That makes it the second fastest jet on Earth behind only the SR-71. The fighter jet has been deployed by multiple militaries since its first flight in 1964. MiGs are primarily used in Russia. These days, only two remain in service and both of them belong to the Syrian Air Force. In addition to fighting, the MiG-25 was also commonly used for recon work. Iraq used the fighter jet often during the Gulf War, specifically for reconnaissance.
It was designed primarily to fly as fast and as high as possible. Its speed is truly impressive, but don't overlook its 67,000-foot maximum altitude. That's what really gives it an advantage over other fighters. The downside is that the jet was quite difficult to maneuver, and it required tons of maintenance to remain effective. In fact, it required a engine replacement every 150 flight hours. It was eventually phased out for the MiG-31, which was slower overall, but featured more advanced technology and better maneuverability.
The MiG-25 Foxbat set several speed and altitude records in its early days. It also had a huge effect on aerospace technology moving forward. The U.S. created the F-15 to counter the MiG-25, but ultimately, the MiG-25's high maintenance costs and focus on speed over agility caused it to age poorly.
North American XB-70 Valkyrie The North American XB-70 Valkyrie is a unique bomber-style of fighter jet. Most stat sheets put this jet as having a top speed of around 2,050 mph, which, depending on the altitude, is about Mach 3. It wasn't able to cruise at those speeds and spent most of its time in the sky at a slower, but still impressive Mach 2.5. It was experimental its entire lifetime, but there is enough speed data to know how fast it could go. The plane achieved these speeds by way of six jet engines and being made of lighter, more heat-resistant materials.
In addition to its high speed, the aircraft could also go as high as 70,000 feet, which is much higher than most fighter jets. It was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, and it was meant as a replacement to the iconic B-52 bomber. It never officially went into production, but the U.S. Air Force got its hands on two of them to test the aerodynamics of large supersonic aircraft.
This is where things get really interesting. The bomber's design was eventually switched to recon work where it was rebranded as the RS-70. A few more design tweaks and a former President Lyndon B. Johnson naming flub later, and the RS-70 would finally go into production as the legendary SR-71. Of course, the SR-71 can go faster than the XB-70, but it also isn't a fighter jet.
Mikoyan MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound is the fighter jet that officially replaced the MiG-25 Foxbat. It has a top speed of roughly 1,900 mph. It can do faster bursts for short periods of time, but it risks permanent damage when doing so. The replacement had some notable improvements over the outgoing MiG-25. It was easier to fly at lower altitudes, had improved agility, could fly longer ranges, and its engines didn't need replaced as frequently. The MiG-31 was also made of stronger, lighter materials along with better overall technology. The only downside was that it couldn't go as fast as its predecessor.
The MiG-31 is still used today in several countries. Russia sent it out to Finland, Syria, Kazakhstan, and other places. There are also multiple variants, such as the MiG-31F, MiG-31B, and MiG-31M. These hosted different types of technology, improvements from the original, and other weapons to perform multiple types of missions. There is even an experimental version, dubbed the MiG-31LL, that Russia uses for aircraft testing.
Unlike its predecessor, this one is still widely used. Russia intends to fly them until at least 2030. These days, the Russian Air Force predominately uses the MiG-31BM variant, which is the most recent production model with several improvements over the original. The Russians are in the process of modernizing their fighter jets so that they can deploy as long as possible.
Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 The Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 is part of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 family of fighter jets initially designed for the Soviet Air Defense Forces. Among the family, which includes over half a dozen major variants and even more subvariants, the Ye-152 is the fastest one with a top speed of roughly 1,880 mph at an altitude of 50,525 feet. That's fast enough to put in the upper echelon of quick fighter jets. The jet was powered by a Tumansky R-15B-300 turbojet engine. That is of note because it was the same engine as the MiG-25 Foxbat, except the MiG-25 had two of them. The Ye-152 only had one.
The Ye-152-1 in particular set multiple FAI-recognized speed and altitude world records. That puts it leagues above most other fighter jets. Unfortunately, due to a variety of factors, the Ye-150 series of fighter jets never reached production. Reports state that electronic issues, engine reliability problems, and developmental delays ultimately led to the project being abandoned in the early 1960s. Those same engine reliability problems plagued the MiG-25 Foxbat as well.
Only four Ye-150 family models were ever produced. Today, only the Ye-152M remains. It lives in the Central Air Force Museum in Monino, Russia. Its legacy carries on in other ways. The R-15 series of turbojet engines would eventually get some much needed upgrades. A variant of the engine was put into a Ye-266M, which is an experimental variant of the MiG-25. That lone jet currently holds the world altitude record for ground-launched aircraft at 123,523 ft.
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the best fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force arsenal. It blends an excellent mix of maneuverability and speed, and some variants can reach speeds of up to 1,875 mph. In general, the base models aren't as fast, but can still do about 1,650 mph. The jet was produced in the 1970s in response to Russia's MiG-25 and MiG-31. Variants were produced throughout the jet's run, including some newer ones for the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. The fighter jet is still in service today in a few countries, including the U.S., Japan, and Israel.
The jet has a number of variants, including the F-15E Strike Eagle. Most of them are capable of the same 1,650 mph that the standard version has. In addition, the F-15 has some cool technology. The aforementioned F-15E, for example, can accelerate from idle to maximum power in just four seconds. It also houses a heads-up display that displays a video picture at night that makes everything look like it does during the day. The F-15 series in general was the first U.S. aircraft to have thrust that exceeded the jet's weight, allowing it to accelerate while 100% vertical.
It doesn't have the pop culture relevance of other fighter jets like the F/A-18 Super Hornet from "Independence Day" or the F-14 Tomcats from "Top Gun: Maverick", but it's every bit as awesome as its movie star brethren. Some variants of the F-15 are heading toward retirement, but they are expected to remain in use by the U.S. Air Force for at least a while longer.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is the beginning of a series of fighter jets that have very similar speeds. This one has a top speed of roughly 1,587 mph. It uses the same engine as the F-105 Thunderchief, and the two can go roughly the same speed depending on the altitude. The F-105 was a bomber whereas the F-106 was an interceptor. The aircraft went into production in 1956 and became fully operational for the U.S. Air Force in 1959, just in time for the Vietnam War. It would eventually retire from service in the late 1980s after more powerful fighter jets took its place.
Convair's F-106, a single engine jet fighter, was quite quick for its day. The F-106A variant of the aircraft broke world speed records back in 1959. It was beaten in 1971 by the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, which housed a dual-engine design. The single engine record would stand for one more year before it was beat by the Ye-152. Enthusiasts dispute that the Ye-152 eclipsed the record, but even if it did, the F-106 was still one quick fighter jet.
There are still some F-106s around today. Most of them are in museums. There is at least one fun story about the F-106. In 1970, a pilot was flying one in Montana. The pilot lost control and ejected from the jet. For some reason, this caused the jet to cease its spinning and the unpiloted F-106 landed itself in a snow-covered field. After minor repairs, that F-106 re-entered service where it would spend another 16 years before retiring to a museum.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is another iconic jet used by the United States armed forces — this time with the U.S. Navy. Its top speed is roughly 1,554 mph. It's perhaps best known as one of the fighter jets used in the original "Top Gun" movie. The jet was excellent even outside of cinema. It could guide six missiles against six different targets while keeping track of 18 additional enemy aircraft up to 195 miles away. In fact, it was such a technological marvel in the 1970s that Russia tried to fish one out of the ocean to figure out how it worked.
The dual-engine jet is certified as a Mach 2 class fighter and joins several others in the 1,500-mph club. While its speed didn't set it apart from others all that much, the fact that it could do so many things did. It was developed as the successor to the popular F-4 Phantom II. Some of its features included variable wings that adjusted based on speed and altitude along with a rotary cannon for up close dogfighting.
Grumman's F-14 got even more advanced over the years. For example, it was fitted with laser-guided bombs during NATO's 1995 intervention in Bosnia. The jet was eventually retired in the early 2000s with the U.S. destroying most of its stock to keep its design secret. The remaining stock are predominately in museums these days. It was replaced by the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which saw its own cinema action in "Top Gun: Maverick".
Sukhoi Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 is a legendary fighter jet often compared to the F-15 Eagle. The Su-27 has a top speed of about 1,550 mph, which translates to Mach 2.35 at altitude. The reason for the comparison is that the Soviet Union specifically designed this fighter jet in response to the F-15. It's not quite as quick but matches the F-15 in other areas. It can fly as high as 59,000 ft and it can fly for more than 1,800 miles before needing to refuel. Those are impressive numbers.
The Su-27 officially entered service in 1982 and were immediately implemented in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, and a few others. India joined the Su-27 party in 2002. China also ordered some in 2004 while Mexico added some in 2006. The Su-27 has seen combat as recently as 2023 after Russian forces invaded the Ukraine in 2022.
Powering the Su-27 are two AL-31F turbofan engines. Modern versions have some tweaked engines for performance boosts as well. It's only natural that a jet fighter in production as long as the Su-27 gets some mechanical modifications over the course of its life. It's likely that these will remain in service for decades if it adheres to the notion that military aircraft tend to last about 50 years. However, the Su-35 and Su-57, the successors to the Su-27 with similar top speeds, are already out, so the Su-27's days may be numbered.
Shenyang J-15 The Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark is an interesting piece of military technology. The base speed of the J-15 is Mach 2.4, or about 1,550 mph depending on altitude. It's one of the newest fighter jets on the list as it was introduced to the world in 2013. It's used exclusively by the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force in China. As such, it's a little difficult to nail down the full spec sheet of this fighter jet. It's a cousin of the Shenyang J-11 that was released in 1998. However, the J-15 is not technically based on the J-11 despite their similar names.
Instead, the J-11 and J-15 are China's versions of the Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-33, respectively. Thus, it makes sense that these fighter jets are about as fast and well equipped as their Sukhoi counterparts. Early models even used the same AL-31 powerplant as their Su counterparts before switching to the Chinese-made WS-10 in 2022. There are some differences outside of the engine, but at a distance, you'd be forgiven for mistaking one for the other.
The only question mark is how fast the WS-10 engines are. The Chinese have reported the rated speed was Mach 2.4 back in 2017. That's before the WS-10 engines came into service, so there isn't a lot of documentation about how fast the newer engine is with the J-15. Given the dates, the rated speed is most likely with the older AL-31 engine, so newer J-15s may be even faster. There are roughly 50 in operation right now and the jet is still in production today.
Chengdu J-20 The Chengdu J-20 is the newest jet fighter on this list courtesy of China. It has a rated speed of Mach 2, which is roughly 1,320 mph depending on altitude. However, Popular Mechanics lists the J-20 as achieving a top speed of Mach 2.55, which is roughly 1,650 mph at altitude. That makes the J-20 the fastest fighter jet that China has right now, but it also doesn't seem like it can sustain flight at that speed for very long. The jet was built with the Chinese-made WS-10 engine, but later variants are getting the newly made WS-15 engines in 2023. The new engines would make its top speed similar to the F-22 Raptor's 1,550 mph. That means there are three potential rated speeds for this jet.
For most fighter jets, almost the complete history is available, including variants, experimental versions, and prototypes. The Chengdu J-20 is right at the beginning of what will likely be a decades-long trek through the Chinese military industrial complex, so there are a lot of things that can still happen with it. There are already a few variants, including the J-20B which is the variant equipped with the new engines. There will be more, so it may end up being even faster by the time it retires.
For now, the Chengdu J-20 is in production and service right now. China seems to have north of 200 of them in service right now, and they make up a decent percentage of China's jet fighters.
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor was pressed into service in 2005 when it went into full production. It's rated top speed is somewhere around 1,550 mph, which is more or less the norm for Mach 2-class fighter jets. In addition to its excellent speed, the F-22 Raptor also boasts some serious hardware and technology, including the ability to cruise at Mach 1.5 without using afterburners. In addition, it can carry over 2,000 pounds of munitions and detect enemies well over 200 miles away. There isn't much this fighter can't do when compared to its peers.
While the F-22 is still in U.S. Air Force service today, there is a push to retire some of them early. They are expensive to maintain, and some of the older ones in the fleet would require costly preparation to make them combat ready again. Congress has blocked it so far, but it seems the Air Force is trying each year to get the job done. The broken-down F-22s only make up about 20% of the total number in the fleet, so the U.S. will still have F-22s flying around after some of them are retired.
Other than the older models being retired, the F-22 has caused other problems in military circles. They are quite expensive at $125 million per jet, and the Air Force already has a weighty budget. Additionally, the U.S. is already working on the next generation of fighter jets for its arsenal.
Dassault Mirage 2000 The Dassault Mirage 2000 is last on the list, but it is by no means a slow fighter jet. It boasts a maximum speed of Mach 2.2 at high altitude, which translates to roughly 1,450 mph. It began life in 1978 with some variants distributed as recently as 1991. This one is still in use in many countries around the world, including Abu Dhabi, Egypt, France, Greece, India, and Taiwan. The most recent variants came out in the mid-2010s, so this is very much a modern jet fighter.
As such, it has a lot of modern amenities. It can attach up to nine weapons and includes two internally mounted machine guns. There is also digital weapons and navigations systems, something older fighters don't have. The original version was built for the French Air Force, which uses the upgraded models today. It's so popular that there are over 500 of them in operation, which is quite a large number for military aircraft. There are also single- and double-seater versions of the jet along with a variant specifically designed to carry nuclear weapons.
It's hard to say how long the Dassault Mirage 2000 will be in service, but it'll likely be a while. They're still being actively manufactured and air forces on multiple continents use them for a variety of purposes. This one never broke any speed or altitude records like others on this list, but it's still pretty quick overall.
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A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.
An illustration of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. Astronomers have proposed a new method that could swiftly uncover hundreds of new alien worlds.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Scientists have found a potential shortcut for identifying stars that host planets. The technique, based on specific signals in starlight, could make it easier to search for exoplanets, according to a new study.
The team has already used their new method to turn up half a dozen previously undiscovered planets — but because most of the alien worlds are very close to their stars, they are unlikely to be habitable, the study authors say.
Many of the 6,000-plus known exoplanets are located extremely close to their host stars. This proximity often doesn't turn out well for such close-in worlds, whose surfaces get whipped up by the stars' intense radiation and form comet-like tails of debris. This includes exoplanets like K2-22b, which was analyzed by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2025. The debris typically remains, for millions of years, as a cloud circling the planet's host star.
But this clutter could help astronomers pinpoint stars that host undiscovered exoplanets orbiting close to their stars. That's because the debris, which is mainly a mixture of different gases, absorbs some of its parent star's light at specific visible frequencies.
"That absorption could make the star appear artificially [magnetically] less active," Matthew Standing, a research fellow at the European Space Agency's European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid and the new study's lead author, told Live Science via email. In other words, magnetically inactive stars are potentially good targets in the search for crumbling, close-in exoplanets.
If this hypothesis is confirmed, it could make planet-searching ventures less random.
Exoplanets close to their parent stars, like Kepler-1520b in this illustration, crumble, creating clouds of debris. These clouds surround the host stars and absorb specific wavelengths of their light, making these wavelengths missing in the spectra we see from Earth. By looking for stars that have these signatures in their spectra, scientists have hit upon a method to efficiently identify exoplanets. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Signals from the stars
To test the idea, Standing and an international team of collaborators first identified a set of 24 stars with apparently low magnetic activity as part of the Dispersed Matter Planet Project (DMPP), including a handful of stars that the DMPP had analyzed in 2020. The researchers then collected visible-light spectra — the light curves that correspond to wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that humans can see — from these stars, using telescopes at the European Space Observatory in Chile.
They observed each star at least 10 times for up to two weeks. If a star hosted one or more planets, its gravitational "tugs" on its star would cause it to wobble, which would be visible in the spectra. (This method of identifying exoplanets is called the radial-velocity technique.)
Next, the team used a computational algorithm to determine if such changes in the light curves could correspond to as many as four planets for each star system. The analysis also allowed the researchers to determine how sensitive the survey was and how common close-in planets are around stars with low magnetic activity levels.
The results, published Feb. 28 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, showed that 14 stars hosted a total of 24 exoplanets, including a total of seven newly discovered worlds in five of these systems.
The team also calculated that the occurrence of exoplanets around the stars they selected was between eight and 10 times higher than in other radial-velocity surveys. This occurrence rate supports the hypothesis that stars that seem magnetically inactive are likely hosts of close-in, highly irradiated exoplanets.
Additionally, the researchers found that the survey was very comprehensive, identifying nearly 95% of exoplanets that were more than 10 times as massive as Earth and orbited their host stars in five days or less.
The team also extrapolated their results to our cosmic neighborhood, curating a list of roughly 16,000 stars lying within 1,600 light-years from the solar system. (For reference, a light-year is the distance light travels in a year — approximately 5.88 trillion miles, or 9.46 trillion kilometers.) From this list, the researchers found 241 stars with similar signatures of low magnetic activity. Given the proportion of exoplanets in the study, they estimate that these stars may host around 300 planets, just waiting to be discovered.
Standing is cautiously enthusiastic about the technique's potential. "If confirmed with larger samples, this method could help make exoplanet searches more efficient," he said.
The team plans to do just that, expanding the size of their sample and continuing to monitor radial-velocity data for signs of planets, he added.
Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.
For millennia, people have shaped the skull during infancy. Archaeologists are starting to unpack why.
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When the Spanish first reached the Andes, they found something surprising: Many of the locals had long, pointy heads. They discovered that the Collagua, an indigenous group in Peru that was conquered by the Inca, had a practice of shaping the head starting in infancy, before the skull bones fused and soft spots disappeared.
The Spanish jumped to the worst conclusions.
"They said it was this horrible thing and brains bled out of ears," Christina Torres, a bioarchaeologist at the University of California, Riverside, told Live Science. "But that doesn't seem to be the case."
A pre-Inca skull from Paracas that dates to around 1000 B.C. When the Spanish encountered people in the Andes, they found head shaping was common.
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Prehispanic Indigenous groups were not the only ones to practice head shaping. For centuries, archaeologists have found skulls on every continent except Antarctica that show evidence of "cranial vault modification" — heads shaped to be either flatter or more conical than they would be if left alone.
Given that babies cannot bind their own heads, experts think head shaping was done by caregivers. Now, archaeologists are beginning to uncover clues about why people performed this practice for millennia, particularly in places like the Andes, where the practice has been documented the best.
Through systematic analysis, what experts are uncovering is a profusion of practices and explanations, some of which are baffling or contradictory. In some places, a shaped head may be a marker of group status, while in other places, head shapes differ even among close family members. And in other places, the feature used to identify it — the unusual head shape — may not even have been the intent of the practice, researchers are finding.
"Something as ostensibly shocking as cranial modification may have been almost a routine practice for some children in some time periods," Matthew Velasco, a bioarchaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies head shaping in the Peruvian Andes, told Live Science.
What's more, it likely originated very deep in human history — and emerged in many times and places, Velasco said. "I think we have to start from the assumption that the meaning varies across time and space."
How are heads shaped?
Bone remodels easily when children are young, so a simple strip of wrapped cloth can control how the head grows, much like how a bonsai tree can be shaped and pruned, Torres said. For example, nowadays, babies with plagiocephaly — a flat spot caused by sleeping in one position — are often prescribed helmet therapy to change their head shape.
This was a slow and gradual process done with fabric and pillows.
Christina Torres, bioarchaeologist at the University of California, Riverside
Experts have identified more than two dozen apparatuses that were used to create different head shapes, but "the most typical method would be just wrapping the baby's head circumferentially and making a longer, more conical shape," Torres explained, as this technique requires the least equipment and the least training.
Based on historical records from groups that practiced it, head wrapping began by around 6 months of age in most cultures and ended within a year or two, Tyler O'Brien, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Northern Iowa, wrote in "Boards and Cords" (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024), a book about the worldwide history of cranial modification. The shaping was likely done by a mother or midwife.
There's not a lot of information, though, on whether this practice was painful, but it does not appear to have had any major consequences for brain development, Torres said.
Early, biased accounts suggested head shaping could make eyes bug out. However, this baby with a shaped skull likely has bulging eyes because of anemia, one expert suggested.
Credit: Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), part of the National Museum of World Cultures, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
"There's one instance where [bioarchaeologists] think a child died because of cranial modification, where the head was compressed too much," she said. "That is anomalous, as far as I can tell. This was a slow and gradual process done with fabric and pillows."
So, although Spanish explorers in the Andes said they were shocked by "brains coming out" and explorers in Borneo and Vanuatu said kids' eyes "bulged from their sockets," these subjective accounts are probably greatly exaggerated, O'Brien wrote. In reality, the child likely adapted quickly to any discomfort, and the brain would have conformed to the shape of the skull, resulting in no ill effects on cognition or intelligence.
If not done properly, however, head shaping that involved overly restrictive or infrequently changed bindings could cause infection. "I think the worst thing you could have is a [skin] ulcer that gets infected and then eats through the bone, which does happen," Christine Lee, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Mississippi, told Live Science. Scalp infections and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) issues also may have occurred, Torres said.
Archaeological evidence for head shaping
To identify a shaped head, archaeologists sometimes used visual inspection as well as human skull measurements, known as craniometry. Craniometry has been around since the 19th century, when American naturalist and eugenicist Samuel Morton used cranial traits to create racial hierarchies that have since been debunked.
Although there is no standardized, agreed-upon method to determine if a head has been shaped, archaeologists often use a 3D, mathematical analysis of cranial measurements to see whether the ratio of certain measurements, such as the width, length and height of the skull, are outside the range of what is expected as part of natural variation and are thus likely to have been intentionally shaped.
That analysis suggests that head shaping is widespread in the archaeological record. Cranial modification has been found in skulls from Europe, the Near East, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and it is most strongly associated with the Americas. But that doesn't necessarily mean it was more common there; rather, evidence of shaped heads may have been better preserved in the Andes, where the cool, dry conditions did not degrade mummified remains as quickly, Velasco said.
In fact, the oldest archaeological evidence of head shaping comes from Australia. Two artificially flattened skulls were discovered in the southern state of Victoria at the site of Kow Swamp, which is at least 13,000 years old.
And ancient skulls reveal the practice boomed in the Neolithic period, appearing in Europe around 12,500 years ago, in China around 11,000 years ago, and in what is now Iran around 10,000 years ago, according to O'Brien.
Three examples of types of head shaping apparatuses used by pre-Hispanic people in the Andes.
(Illustration based on: M.J. Allison et al., 1981. La práctica de la deformación craneana entre los pueblos andinos precolombinos. Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena 81(7): 250.) | Credit: Quinn Reynolds
Early accounts
Some of the earliest explanations for head shaping, which come largely from Spanish explorers in the Americas, are some of the most suspect. That's because few explorers bothered to ask practitioners why they engaged in head shaping. Instead, these wild stories were often based on rumor or hearsay.
For instance, Christopher Columbus first reported head shaping among the Indigenous people of Hispaniola, the island that encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti, in 1492. He illogically guessed that the islanders had flat heads because their mothers pressed them tightly between two wooden planks, causing the skull bones to thicken like helmets and protect them from Spanish blows, according to Pilar Zabala Aguirre, an anthropologist at the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mexico, who has compiled more than 100 Spanish historical records on the practice.
Other explorers invented different possible explanations: ethnic grouping; high military rank; attributes such as courage, bravery or obedience; the ability to carry heavier loads strapped around the forehead; health improvements; and beauty ideals, Zabala found.
These explanations are even more suspect because they were often tied to racism or beliefs in the superiority of Western culture or even used to explicitly make that argument.
For instance, English physician John Bulwer cataloged various types of body modification in his 1650 book "Anthropometamorphosis," condemning them as disfiguring and an affront to God, according to O'Brien.
It wasn't until the early 20th century that anthropologists moved away from "studying abnormal head shape in the living 'other' and describing it as hideous, frightful, and disgusting," O'Brien wrote, and toward a less-biased understanding of cranial variation.
Changing understanding of the practice
Using those robust, less biased methods, archaeologists are gradually unwrapping some of the mystery surrounding the practice, mostly in the Americas. And what they're finding is not an overarching trend, but a range of reasons and practices.
For instance, the Collagua in Peru ostensibly "told the Spanish that they shaped the heads of their children like the mountain from which they come," Velasco said.
Among the Indigenous Caddo people of Oklahoma, meanwhile, different kinds of shaping reflected membership in different clans, Lee said.
Yet head shaping differed not only within cultures but even within families. Velasco's ongoing research, which involves analyzing the DNA of extended families buried together in the Andes, has revealed that the heads of biologically linked people were often shaped in different ways — so one family member might have an elongated head, while another might have an unmodified, rounded head.
In fact, in some cultures or families, the shapes of the heads may have been the unintended result, rather than the goal, of a practice that was more important to them, such as binding.
"The shape itself might actually be collateral to the practice" in the Andes, Torres said.
In the same way that some people swaddle their children, the same way that there's religious circumcision, you bind the heads of your children because that is what we do to our children.
Christina Torres, bioarchaeologist at the University of California, Riverside
Instead, in some parts of the Americas, head shaping may have lingered simply as a tradition. For instance, in the Andes, the practice may be part of a rite of passage for either the infant or the mother, Torres said. If head shaping began around 6 months of age, that is a time when the baby's first teeth were coming in and weaning foods may have been introduced. There, head shaping may be similar to putting jewelry on a child or baptizing them to protect them, she said.
Among the pre-hispanic people of the Andes, "it's basically a child-rearing practice," Torres said. "In the same way that some people swaddle their children, the same way that there's religious circumcision, you bind the heads of your children because that is what we do to our children."
While the most common form of head shaping made the skull conical, other methods made the head flatter. In some areas of the Americas, people in the same family had different head shapes.
Credit: VW Pics via Getty Images
A natural conclusion
In fact, the idea of shaping a head into a conical form may have been presented by birth itself. The infant cranium naturally deforms when it passes through the birth canal, Velasco said.
"When my child was born, for example, he had a slightly conical head," he said. "Birthing presents this possibility to every parent, and it doesn't take much of a leap to feel the supple head of a child and to wrap it, to clothe it."
Thus, it's not surprising that many cultures might have stumbled upon head shaping, given that "anyone who has observed or assisted a human birth will recognize that the human head is malleable," Velasco added.
This recognition of the plasticity of a baby's head may have spurred a need to protect it. For example, among the Maya, modifying an infant's head was likened to putting a roof on a house and was thought to protect the child.
That protection may have then become more metaphorical than physical. In some places, it has "an almost talismanic aspect to it," Lee said, as if something bad might happen to the child if the shaping were not done. "That implies there must be almost a fear of not doing it."
Beauty and 'in-group' status
Outside the Americas, few historical records describe head shaping, but "it seems to have been independently invented in multiple places," Torres said.
Each of these places may have had different justifications for the practice. In prehistoric China and Japan, for instance, head shaping was likely a status marker tied to the elite. Lee thinks it's likely that in ancient Asia, head shaping — similar to foot binding in more recent times — represented an extreme way of achieving a beauty standard.
Similarly, during the fourth to seventh centuries in Europe, head shaping surged in popularity among the Huns, skeletons reveal. Without historical evidence from the Huns detailing the reason for this practice, experts have conjectured that it was a "fashion wave" in the Eurasian steppe that conferred higher social status.
The Mangbetu people of the Congo practiced "lipombo," which made the head long and conical, into the 1900s. The Belgian colonial government outlawed the practice.
Credit: Michel HUET via Getty Images
But head shaping often leaves subtle traces, meaning people who engaged in the practice may not have looked much different from those who didn't. That suggests the practice was not necessarily a striking visual marker of in-group status, which raises questions about whether that was its purpose.
"Hair hides a lot," Lee said. "There are people today with unusually shaped skulls, and it just doesn't show depending on their haircut." For example, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and political consultant Roger Stone both have (presumably naturally) pointier-than-average heads.
Modern cases of head shaping
Although cranial vault modification has been going on for tens of thousands of years, it persisted well into the 20th century in parts of Africa, Oceania and Europe.
The Arawe people in Papua New Guinea practiced head shaping as late as the 1930s, according to a study of several villages in 1955. The Arawe used bark-cloth bandages to create what they considered an aesthetically pleasing "long-headed" style.
Among the Mangbetu people of the Congo, the practice of "lipombo" involved tightly wrapping an infant's head with cloth bandages to encourage a long, conical shape thought to be beautiful and powerful. The Belgian colonial government outlawed the practice, which died out in the 1950s.
And in early 20th-century France, some parents chose to band their newborns' heads immediately after birth for up to four years in a practice called "bandeau," which practitioners thought protected babies from injury. The "Toulouse deformity," named after the region where it was practiced, has been captured in a series of historical photos, but bandeau declined in popularity and disappeared by World War I.
"This is not something that is simply a brute barbarian practice that people evolved out of," Velasco said. "It is fairly independent of social complexity."
Head shaping, or "bandeau," was practiced in Toulouse into the 20th century.
Credit: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The practice of shaping an infant's head to look like an "alien's" may seem foreign or bizarre to us in the 21st century. But the human body has long been a canvas for cultural, spiritual and personal expression.
The earliest known tattoos date back at least 5,000 years in Copper Age Europe, tooth filing and "grills" go back 2,000 years to the Maya, and neck elongation was practiced 1,000 years ago in Southeast Asia. Today, we tend to modify the soft tissues of our bodies through common practices like ear piercing and circumcision, but also more uncommon procedures like horn implants, eyeball tattooing and Brazilian butt lifts.
"Cranial modification is part of a practice that is universal: body modification and presentation," Velasco said. "We all invest our future in our children in different ways. That's how I think about cranial modification. It's like an investment in the future of a child. And when you put it in that way, it's hard not to relate to it."
Congress Cleared To Enter Secret UFO Craft Facilities
Congress Cleared To Enter Secret UFO Craft Facilities
Cristina Gomez
Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri has confirmed he received White House and Pentagon approval to visit the classified facilities where whistleblowers allege recovered non-human craft are being stored and studied.
According to Burlison, the request covered locations where witnesses report reverse-engineering programs, stored vehicles, and biological material connected to those programs. He named Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Mitre, and EG&G as suspected contractors involved. The sites fall under the authority of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with some reportedly housing embedded intelligence agencies alongside private contractors.
Burlison has noted a key structural limit on his access. As a member of the House Oversight Committee, he holds a top-level security clearance but is not on the intelligence or armed services committees, which means he cannot independently enter a SCIF — a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, where classified conversations take place — without permission from committee chairs he does not sit on. That limitation is precisely why the White House approval for direct facility visits carries significance beyond a routine congressional briefing.
The question of what those facilities contain is supported by credentialed testimony. Dr. James Lacatski, who managed the DIA’s AAWSAP program — the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program — published a book in 2023 that cleared the Department of Defense’s security review process, known as DOPSR, before release. In that book, Lacatski stated that the United States was in possession of a craft of unknown origin and had successfully accessed its interior. He later confirmed that he personally observed the craft, describing it as having a streamlined aerodynamic shape with no intakes, no exhaust, no wings, and no control surfaces. When asked whether he saw it fly, he said yes. Dr. Eric Davis, an astrophysicist who served as a scientific advisor to the same program, stated at a congressional briefing in May 2025 that recovered craft are not of this Earth, adding that the world’s major powers have all experienced crashes and recovered vehicles.
Burlison also referenced a detail shared with him in a secure setting — a friendly allied nation reportedly holds an object so large that a building had to be constructed around it, with workers inside unaware of what the structure conceals. He noted that if he is denied access to that specific location while being approved for all others, the denial itself will function as evidence. Steven Greer says it is in South Korea but Burlison has yet to comment on the location.
Before gaining any official access, Burlison had already made public a piece of footage that speaks to the urgency behind his requests. On October 30, 2024, a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone tracked an unidentified object off the coast of Yemen. A second drone fired a hellfire missile at the object. The missile made contact. The object kept flying. Burlison received the footage through an anonymous dead drop and released it publicly at a House Oversight Committee hearing on September 9, 2025, using the constitutional protection of the speech and debate clause to do so.
Luis Elizondo, from AATIP — the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — testified under oath before the House Oversight Committee in November 2024 that the U.S. is in possession of UAP technologies, as are some adversaries, and described a multi-decade secretive arms race funded by misallocated taxpayer dollars and hidden from elected representatives. The site visit now approved for Burlison represents what may be the first direct physical congressional oversight of the facilities these officials have described.
Disclosure Foundation. (2025, May 7). Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVdux73iJEk
New York Post. (2025, September 10). Shocking radar footage shows Hellfire missile fired by US military BOUNCE OFF UFO over ocean [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHez7OXCS8
The Cosmic Report looks at new UFO disclosures from Congressman Eric Burlison and revisits archival material from decades past. Plus we look into what Hilary Clinton said about declassification during her Epstein testimonial.
Speaking with Steven Diener on the UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast, Burlison said he now believes that “there’s something there” after seeing evidence of what he calls “intelligently controlled plasma orbs.”
Burlison also mentioned that these potential alien craft have flown close to American craft and “exhibit playful-type behavior to the point that it seems like they’re flaunting or demonstrating a power capability to us”
When Diener asks Burlison if he’s ever seen these UAP's showing off, Burlison replied, “I’ve seen videos of glowing type orbs demonstrating something that I would never have seen in any other context.”
When asked about the context of this mysterious footage, the Republican representative was understandably guarded, but he did add that “the way in which they move doesn’t seem to be under conventional propulsion.”
“They’re clearly not drones. It almost looks like a ball of plasma that is controlled,” he said.
Credible or incredible?
There is still some way to go in revealing exactly what the Pentagon kept guarded over the decades, but Trump’s executive order is still pending.
Burlison told Diener, “I don’t know what kind of technology can do that, or who is behind that, but…I can definitively say that there’s something there.”
There were contrasting views among the Reddit community. One of the threads acknowledged Burlison's transition from skeptic to believer, while the follow-up paid tribute to his Bill Murray-esque mannerisms.
When Diener asks Burlison if he’s ever seen these UAP's showing off, Burlison replied, “I’ve seen videos of glowing type orbs demonstrating something that I would never have seen in any other context.”
When asked about the context of this mysterious footage, the Republican representative was understandably guarded, but he did add that “the way in which they move doesn’t seem to be under conventional propulsion.”
“They’re clearly not drones. It almost looks like a ball of plasma that is controlled,” he said.
Credible or incredible?
There is still some way to go in revealing exactly what the Pentagon kept guarded over the decades, but Trump’s executive order is still pending.
Burlison told Diener, “I don’t know what kind of technology can do that, or who is behind that, but…I can definitively say that there’s something there.”
There were contrasting views among the Reddit community. One of the threads acknowledged Burlison's transition from skeptic to believer, while the follow-up paid tribute to his Bill Murray-esque mannerisms.
In July 1996, a baffling and intricate crop circle formation known as the Julia Set "materialized" near Stonehenge, reigniting debates about ancient mysteries and possible extraterrestrial communication
In the summer of 1996, the world was captivated by an extraordinary event near Stonehenge. The appearance of a complex crop circle, known as the Julia Set, opposite this ancient site, sparked widespread fascination. Named after a mathematical fractal shape, the Julia Set crop circle was characterized by its intricate design and sudden formation. Anecdotes, including reports from a local taxi driver, describe the crop circle as appearing almost instantaneously, fueling speculation about its origin. For many, these patterns in the fields are more than mere artistic expressions; they’re perceived as symbols conveying significant information.
Stonehenge and the Julia Set
The proximity of the Julia Set to Stonehenge has led to intriguing theories about a possible connection between the two. Given Stonehenge’s historical and archaeological significance, the appearance of such a complex formation nearby raises questions about potential interstellar messages. Theories speculate whether Stonehenge, a site shrouded in mystery, could be a portal to the stars as some proponents would suggest, and if the Julia Set-like crop circles, with mathematical precision, hold a key to reactivating “ancient portals.”
The creation of the Julia Set near Stonehenge has reignited discussions about the capabilities of ancient civilizations. Some theorize that our ancestors were attuned to Earth’s energies and mysterious forces, possessing knowledge now lost to modern humanity. This theory posits that ancient sites like Stonehenge could be remnants of sophisticated technologies, once part of a global network capable of generating significant energy, potentially used for extraterrestrial communication or travel.
The not-so-alien Crop Circles
As we consider the mysteries of Stonehenge and the intriguing crop circle phenomena, it’s important to acknowledge the complexity of human creativity and its role in these enigmas. A notable example of this is the story of Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, two friends who, in the late 1970s, embarked on an unusual artistic endeavor. Using simple tools like planks of wood and ropes, they crafted intricate crop circle designs in fields. Their intention was initially playful, but their creations soon captured global media attention and sparked a wave of imitators worldwide.
Their story, which remained a secret for years, eventually inspired “The Perfect Golden Circle,” a novel by British author Benjamin Myers. The book, set in 1989, follows two characters through the English summer nights as they create complex crop patterns, mirroring the real-life adventures of Bower and Chorley.
An aerial photograph of Crop Circles. Yayimages.
The truth about their crop circle artistry came to light when Bower and Chorley, then aged 67 and 62, confessed to journalist Graham Brough. To verify their claims, Brough examined an archive of over 200 crop circle designs stored at Bower’s residence. These aged designs matched the patterns they claimed to have made over the years, confirming their role in initiating what had become a global phenomenon.
This revelation by Bower and Chorley serves as a reminder of the human capacity for creativity and its power to inspire wonder and speculation. While the origins of Stonehenge remain shrouded in history, the crop circles near this ancient site, once thought to be of mysterious origins, have been partially demystified, illustrating the blend of human ingenuity and the enduring allure of the unknown.
Reimagining Megaliths: Stonehenge as a Cosmic Gateway
The enduring mystery of Stonehenge, coupled with the appearance of the Julia Set, has led some to reimagine these megaliths as more than historical relics. Could they be remnants of the most sophisticated technology ever to exist on Earth? Some have proposed the idea that these structures could have been communication or transportation hubs for alien visitors, but this is a radical reinterpretation. Theories suggest that the stones remaining today might have been left intentionally, awaiting a future where humanity could rediscover and reactivate this lost technology.
The intersection of the Julia Set crop circle and Stonehenge presents a fascinating convergence of past and future, ancient knowledge, and modern inquiry. As we delve deeper into these mysteries, the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the ancient builders of these sites presents itself as a fascinating journey. This ongoing exploration into these ancient structures and phenomena not only enriches our knowledge ofhistorybut also holds the potential to inspire future technological innovations. The study of such complex sites like Stonehenge continues to challenge and expand our understanding of human ingenuity and thecapabilities of ancient civilizations.
The Julia Set crop circle and Stonehenge stand as beacons of the unknown, challenging our understanding of history, science, and as some push, the potential for extraterrestrial life. As we strive to decode the messages left by our ancestors, these ancient sites and formations continue to inspire wonder, debate, and the pursuit of knowledge across the ages.
Stonehenge is arguably one of the most famous megalithic monuments in the world. It's also one of the most mysterious, with its prehistoric concentric rings garnering plenty of speculation as to why and how they were constructed.
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer’s day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again and drawing a delicious contrast between the world’s duration and the feeble span of individual experience. There is something in Stonehenge, almost reassuring. If you are disposed to feel that life is instead a superficial matter and that we soon get to the bottom of things, the immemorial gray pillars may serve to remind you of the enormous background of time.
Since 1977, visitors have been forbidden to touch or come close to the stones. There were cases of tourists damaging the monument. Since people are people and don’t really think at times, there have been occasions when tourists would chip the ancient stones to take home a souvenir from the site. The ruins are in a delicate condition, and touching the stones could be detrimental to preserving this ancient monument.
Did Aliens build Stonehenge?
Several theories have been proposed throughout the years, and some are truly bizarre. Legends say mighty wizards positioned the stones, and some believe aliens had something to do with Stonehenge. It probably wasn’t aliens, and neither did wizards have something to do with Stonehenge, but we still have absolutely no clue how–and why–the stones were transported from such great distances. Famous Swiss author Erich von Däniken believed that he cracked the code in 1968 when he published his book Chariots of the Gods. In his book, he claims that Aliens built Stonehenge. Many people still believe in Von Däniken’s theory, but most of it is dismissed as pseudoscience.
Survival of Biblical Flood
Many theories are roaming around regarding Stonehenge, but one is very interesting. Henry Browne wrote it in the first guidebook in 1823. Henry Browne claims that Stonehenge is one of the monuments that has survived the Biblical Flood. He believes that Stonehenge was finished with construction around the same time as Flood has occurred. There is no real evidence to support this claim, but it is an interesting subject for further discussion.
Stonehenge; a work of Merlin
There is a theory by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who made chronicles of King Arthur legends. He states that the great Wizard Merlin airlifted the stones from Country Kildare in Ireland and placed them on Salisbury Plain as a memorial to the Britons’ massacre. To a modern audience, Geoffrey’s story sounds crazy, but they had no way of explaining or understanding how the stones stood upright in the Middle Ages. In the past, magic was the only real explanation for the creation of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge and Druids.
Legend says that Druids built Stonehenge as a place of worship, and it does seem like whoever built it, and he had help from some magic. Religion was brought to the British Isles by Ancient Celtics priests, who came here 3000 years after Stonehenge was built. Although the Druids in ancient times did not see Stonehenge as a place of worship, modern Druids and neo-pagans considered the site sacred. The exact age of Stonehenge is a mystery, and its age is something we should ponder about.
Stonehenge as Astronomical Tool
Ancient people used Stonehenge for Astronomical purposes as the alignment of Stonehenge stones with astronomical events is extraordinary. Stonehenge faces the northeast, and each stone is diligently placed to track the sun’s movement. Great attention was given to the solstices and equinoxes, which would have been crucial times on the prehistoric calendar. These days would mark the growing and harvest seasons and would have meant life or death for the people. Astroarchaeologists even suspect that the winter solstice would have been more important to people, as it marked the coldest and darkest day, meaning warmth and the growing season were coming.
Stonehenge as Ancient Concert Venue
Archeologists, explorers, and tourists have speculated about the purpose of Stonehenge for centuries. Aside from the usual burial ground and religious temple theories, it is believed it may have had a musical connection. Tourists have reported sounds emanating from Stonehenge, so there might be some truth in it. Dr. Rupert Till believes if Stonehenge weren’t ruined now, the sounds would be amplified by stones. Stonehenge’s bluestones carry a distinctive echo, suggesting that people knew this and specifically sought out the stones.
Stonehenge Was Built In Phases
The old saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” can also be applied to Stonehenge, as the British monument was built in various stages. From the Neolithic Period to Bronze Age, the construction of Stonehenge came in phases. Stonehenge’s circular enclosure (believed to contain bluestones in the past) is the oldest part, dug around 3000 BCE. The massive sarsen stones were brought to the site 500 years later and stood upright to form the trilithons, including the structure we know today. But there were still four more stages of construction after the central monument was complete.
Old As The Pyramids
People think of the Pyramids as the oldest prehistoric monument, but history has proved that Stonehenge is just as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2500 BCE. The time needed to build one pyramid was around 20 years. Meanwhile, in old Britain, ancient tribes were busy building and erecting the stone circle at Stonehenge. The ancient circle surrounding the henge was built some 500 years earlier, and there are many indications that there was a previous structure at the site of the current henge.
More than a Henge
Stonehenge is just one part of a broader sacred landscape that contains many other stones and wooden structures and burials. Part of the site is the henge at Avebury, a much larger stone monument, though somewhat less impressive due to its lack of massive trilithons.
Archaeologists have also found evidence of widespread prehistoric hunting and a road that may have led to Stonehenge. From what scientists can tell, Salisbury Plain was considered a sacred area long before Stonehenge was constructed. It was known 10,500 years ago three large pine posts, which were totem poles of sorts, were erected at the site. (Rephrase this too) What was known 10,500 years ago?
The Archives of the Unexplained is a 16-room building packed with witness reports, photographs, audio recordings, radar data, and original documents that exist nowhere else. From military encounters to reported crashes, Svahn's archive is a window into the unknown that governments have never fully disclosed.
Rare Documents And Unseen UFO Encounters
Svahn's archive contains files from Japan, Russia, and numerous European countries, many detailing objects retrieved after crashes. Some reports describe radar-tracked crafts executing impossible right-angle turns, while others record near-collisions between helicopters and wingless objects.
Also, the archive preserves stories of the Swedish Ghost Rocket wave of the 1940s, where over 1,400 rocket- and cigar-shaped UFOs plunged into the sea. These events prompted the Swedish government to form specialised military units to investigate the phenomenon. Svahn himself has interviewed eyewitnesses and experiencers, including Betty Hill, famed for the 1961 Barney and Betty Hill abduction case. Outside the abduction, Hill reportedly witnessed a UFO crash near her home, recovering debris she buried in her backyard.
Physical Evidence That Defies Explanation
Among the most intriguing items in the archive are actual pieces of UFO debris. Svahn shows a piece of tungsten from Sweden, recovered after a 1957 encounter in which two carpenters saw a craft hover in front of their car, heating the metal so intensely they could not touch it. Laboratory analysis confirmed its unusual properties.
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Other artefacts include fragments from an asteroid that crashed in Arizona 50,000 years ago, nearly a kilometre wide and composed mostly of iron with traces of nickel. Such objects offer tangible proof that some UFO encounters involve physical craft and materials, not merely lights in the sky.
The archive is not limited to documents and debris. Eyewitness testimonies capture encounters that blur the line between reality and the bizarre. One woman in Mexico photographed what appeared to be a humanoid with equipment on its back, unseen at the time she took the photo.
Similar accounts in Sweden report beings in suits with protrusions, moving across scrap metal as though defying gravity. Svahn notes that a significant proportion of Swedish witnesses, particularly in hotspots such as Hesselden, Dalarna, and Gotland, report experiences involving lights, crafts, or entities. These accounts suggest that UFO phenomena are more complex than mere space visitors, intertwining with human consciousness and perception.
The Unseen Influence Of Human Consciousness
Svahn emphasises that UFO research is complicated by the interaction between observer and phenomenon. Studies in parapsychology suggest that consciousness itself may play a role in what people witness, making some events appear high in strangeness or even absurd. Historical reports, photographs, and interviews indicate that what humans perceive may be only a fragment of a larger, more intricate reality.
Svahn believes that UFOs may not be extraterrestrial alone but could involve phenomena that interact with our minds in unexpected ways. By preserving every detail, the Archives of the Unexplained provides a foundation for researchers seeking to understand these mysteries, combining the physical, anecdotal, and psychological in one unparalleled collection.
It's a place where governments' secrets, human curiosity, and the unknown converge, offering researchers and the public alike a rare glimpse into the mysteries that have captivated humanity for decades.
UFOs in Liverpool, England...of course, they exist everywhere and this person Gideon says he summoned it to the area. I believe him because I have done it myself in the past. This UFO is a disk shape classic design. It's not a drone, but a manned ship. It has a visible hump on its upper center and it was mostly transparent...similar to the orb I summoned years ago. UFOs can make themselves disappear, or appear little by little, with a mere thought the ships systems can change its shields in a blink of an eye. Yes they have their own ai, like living ships systems that don't just have advanced radar, but also have human radar of thoughts...telepathic radar and can hear it from up to five miles away, depending on the humans experience at focusing. Yes it's real, and yes, he is telling the truth.
The real question is...how much of your lifetime will pass before you yourself try summoning a UFO, orb or entity? You are missing out.
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A "classic flying saucer" was spotted hovering over Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock before disappearing with a "pop". Photos shared with the Liverpool ECHO appear to show a disk-shaped object with what a witness described as a "light" at the front.Gideon Allen, 27, who lives in the city centre, claims he spotted the UFO over the River Mersey around 6am on Sunday, March 1. He told the ECHO: "I heard a humming sound and looked up; it was quite low down, hovering and darting over the water by the Albert Dock, towards the car park at Kings Dock."It hovered for a few seconds before flying off into the air toward the left and then, pop, it was gone."Gideon described the object as a "classic flying saucer", but "translucent".
Gideon Allen claims he spotted this 'classic flying saucer' hovering over the Albert Dock
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Gideon spotted said the 'flying saucer' disappeared with a 'pop'
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Everything you need to know as UFO seen above Albert Dock:
Gideon Allen, 27, claims to have spotted a UFO hovering over the River Mersey and Royal Albert Dock at approximately 6am on Sunday (March 1).
Images taken by Gideon show a grey disk with what Gideon described as "a light" towards the front of the supposed craft.
Gideon, an actor who lives in the city centre, described the craft as a "classic flying saucer" that was translucent in appearance. He noted that it featured a light on what he assumed was the front and made a distinct humming sound.
Gideon said the object hovered and darted over the water toward the Kings Dock car park before flying off and disappearing with a "pop" sound.
Gideon, who is to feature in BBC drama 'The Cage' this year, claims to be a magnet for extra-terrestrial activity and previously predicted that sightings in Liverpool would increase after he moved to the city in 2024.
Reports of UFOs and aliens made to Merseyside Police reportedly doubled from 17 in 2024 to 34 in 2025.
Gideon, who practices witchcraft, believes his "magical, spiritual abilities" might be drawing the objects to the city, or that the visitors are interested in the city's cultural heritage, such as The Beatles.
Hollywood Embraces Serious UFO Films as Disclosure Looms
Hollywood Embraces Serious UFO Films as Disclosure Looms
Filmmakers from Steven Spielberg to Joseph Kosinski are tackling the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in a wave of upcoming projec
Hollywood is increasingly exploring the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and potential alien life, with a wave of new projects in the works from high-profile filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Joseph Kosinski. The trend is driven by growing public interest and government acknowledgment of UAP sightings, including congressional hearings and the release of Navy footage. Projects include a historically grounded look at the 1947 Roswell incident, Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" about global panic over proof of aliens, and a UFO-themed thriller from Kosinski. The filmmakers see the current cultural moment as ripe for these stories, with even former presidents Obama and Trump weighing in on the possibility of alien life.
Why it matters
The sudden interest in serious UFO films reflects a broader cultural shift, as the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena has moved from the fringes to the mainstream. With government officials, lawmakers, and even former presidents acknowledging the reality of UAPs, Hollywood sees an opportunity to explore these themes in a more grounded and fact-based way, rather than relying on campy sci-fi tropes. The films could help further destigmatize discussions about the possibility of alien life and shed light on the historical and ongoing investigations into unexplained phenomena.
The details
The upcoming projects span a range of genres and approaches. Producer Bryce Zabel is developing "Unidentified," a fact-based drama that explores the 1947 Roswell incident across three timelines. Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" is billed as a thriller about the global panic that ensues when humanity receives proof of alien existence. Kosinski, director of "Top Gun: Maverick," is helming a "UFO-themed All the President's Men" for Apple Original Films, with input from government whistleblower David Grusch. There's even a reboot of "The X-Files" in the works for Hulu. The filmmakers see the current cultural moment, with increased public and official interest in UAPs, as ripe for these types of stories.
In 2026, Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" is set to be released on June 12.
In recent weeks, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump have both publicly commented on the possibility of alien life, further fueling public interest in the topic.
An acclaimed filmmaker known for movies like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," which helped shape popular culture's fascination with UFOs and aliens. Spielberg is now directing the upcoming film "Disclosure Day" about the global impact of proof of alien existence.
Joseph Kosinski
The director of "Top Gun: Maverick" is helming a UFO-themed thriller for Apple Original Films, described as a "UFO-themed All the President's Men." The project has input from government whistleblower David Grusch.
Bryce Zabel
A producer and podcaster who has packaged a film called "Unidentified" that takes a historically grounded look at the 1947 Roswell incident, with director Sylvain White attached.
David Grusch
A government whistleblower who is serving as a consultant on the UFO-themed thriller being directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Dan Farah
The filmmaker behind the documentary "The Age of Disclosure," which featured interviews with 34 current and former government officials discussing unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).
“This topic is fascinating and it's been fun to find people who are really into it, because it's a hole you can disappear into when you're talking to the people who are in the middle of it. There's so much information that is not public yet about various things. This movie is going to blow people's minds.”
— Joseph Kosinski, Director (The Hollywood Reporter)
“Roswell no longer feels like folklore — it feels like unfinished business. Instead of seeing Roswell as pop culture, our whole package — script, director, IP — treats it like a crime scene. This isn't a movie about little green men. This is about what happens to ordinary people when the impossible crashes into their lives. These two researchers are American heroes who never gave up and found hundreds of witnesses to this event.”
— Bryce Zabel, Producer (The Hollywood Reporter)
“Film has always helped usher in cultural transformation and accelerate change. We wouldn't be living through this extraordinary time without the cultural impact Steven Spielberg made with Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. We're now seeing multiple films about the existence of non-human intelligent life being covered up by the U.S. Government because we are living in the age of disclosure—the moment in history in which we learn we are not alone in the universe and that the truth has been kept from us for 80 years.”
— Dan Farah, Filmmaker (The Hollywood Reporter)
What’s next
Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" is set to be released on June 12, 2026, which could further fuel public interest and speculation around the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena and potential alien life.
The takeaway
The sudden wave of serious UFO films in Hollywood reflects a broader cultural shift, as the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena has moved from the fringes to the mainstream. With increased public and official acknowledgment of the reality of UAPs, filmmakers see an opportunity to explore these themes in a more grounded and fact-based way, potentially helping to destigmatize discussions about the possibility of alien life and shed light on ongoing investigations into unexplained phenomena.
UFOs 'nearly started WW3' by triggering soviet missiles as world was 'minutes from wipe out'
UFOs 'nearly started WW3' by triggering soviet missiles as world was 'minutes from wipe out'
The bizarre incident in 1982 almost set off the Soviet Unions's nuclear weapons which were trained on New York City, which would have triggered almost certain nuclear Armageddon
UFOs are said to have triggered the USSR's nuclear missiles
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UFOs almost sparked World War 3 by triggering the Soviet Union's arsenal of nuclear missiles, newly uncovered documents claim. A Red Army propaganda chief said intercontinental ballistic missiles somehow started their launching procedure without authorisation.
The missiles, which were trained on New York City, would have sparked a nuclear Armageddon had they gone off. Soviet files show the chilling incident happened just outside Usovo inUkraine, at the same timeswarms of UFOs were spotted by Red Army soldiers.
Witnesses toldSoviet Ministry of Defense investigatorsthe crafts performed unbelievable aerial feats, changed shapes and color, vanished and reappeared, flew at high speeds, and stopped in mid-air, triggering the activation of the missile launch mechanism.
Armageddon would almost certainly have followed if the missiles had launched
With just minutes to spare before the missiles launched toward the US, they deactivated when the UFOs flew off, Radar reports.
Details of the incident, which happened in 1982 at the height of Cold War tensions between the communist empire and the US, have been uncovered in a dossier smuggled out of the US by tv reporter George Knapp more than 30 years ago.
The legendary journo, 73, snuck swathes of documents out ofRussiain 1993 in a suitcase filled with caviar under the nose of the KGB after the fall of the USSR in 1991. He quietly released them in January, revealing the extent the USSR probed the phenomenon.
The Soviet's nuclear missiles were triggered
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The communist government officially deemed UFOs a concoction of war-mongering “American imperialists” in 1953 as tensions between the super powers intensified.
national security advisor named Dr Nikolai Kapranov, revealed the USSR commissioned several studies of UFOs beginning with the “Network-AN” program in 1979.
And it carried on with “Galaxy-MD” from 1981-1985, “Pluton 7” in 1989 and 1990, and the continuing “Thread 3” program.
George Knapp testified before US lawmakers last year
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The files, which also describe other amazing accounts of UFO activity in the USSR, include at least three incidents in which Russian fighter pilots were blown out of the sky by unknown craft.
The reports finally became public three months after Knapp testified before Congress about his UFO investigations.
Nuclear missiles capable of reaching New York were reportedly placed on full alert
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The Usovo incident echoes a UFO swarm on Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in the US in 1967, where the appearance of a saucer-shaped craft emitting a red glow coincided with the inexplicable failure of nearly a dozen nuclear-armed Minuteman ICBMs.
Robert Salas, the base's deputy missile combat crew commander on that night, testified on Capitol Hill about the incident in 2023.
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