Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
19-04-2014
Alien Abduction Amnesia and Tinkerbell : A True Story
Giordano Bruno- February 1600 (burned at the stake by Church Bishops for teachings against the Church) "Innumerable suns exist! Innumerable earths circle around their suns, no worse and no less inhabited than this globe of ours.
For no reasonable mind can assume that heavenly bodies that may be far more magnificent than ours would not bear upon them creatures similar or even superior to those upon our human Earth."
Dr. Gary Lincoff and his wife, Susan were boating on North Conway Lake in New Hampshire, near the North Conway mines, on May 13, 1998.
They paddled into a deep hidden canyon, entering between huge boulders which formed a narrow gateway.
They had been there before and made love in the wild flowers in a field.
They pulled the boat up onto the narrow beach shadowed by overhanging willows and had a cold lunch of chicken and white wine.
It was a pristine landscape to wander in and dream.
Soon they felt the air vibrate strongly like an explosion's aftershock.
"What in God's name was that?" Susan asked.
Her husband answered, "I'll bet it's a shockwave from a dynamite explosion at the North Conway mine."
"But there was no sound, and we're miles and miles from the mine."
He thought for a moment, "You're damned right."
He climbed the boulder behind him and he said, "I should be able to figure out what has happened if I can see out over the lake from up there."
"You'll probably fall and kill yourself," his wife warned.
After hard climbing he reached the top which was split and he could look out through a sharp cleft in the rock.
Two large, shiny, round craft floated on the water just beyond the narrow entrance to the cove. What he had seen was so unbelievable that he scrambled down to get his wife.
Both climbed to the well hidden perspective.
Both craft were fifty to sixty feet wide, about twenty feet thick at the center and fifteen feet thick at the rim.
Round, black-edged ports covered the rim at a distance of every four feet. On the top sides, hatch covers were open and moving slowly around its surface were spindly creatures who moved in unison like robots.
On both ships over their heads from a central position was a slowly rotating hoop-shaped object.
When the hoop reached a point directly opposite the husband and wife it stopped. So did the creatures.
They stared toward the couple's hiding place and remained motionless.
The husband pulled at his wife's dress, "Jesus, get down."
Both did. They were sure the creatures had spotted them. They hid until they noticed that a deer below had come to the water's edge to drink.
They hoped that the strange creatures were watching the deer and they rose for another look. The hoop was rotating once more, operated by a creature standing below it, who wore a small, scarlet head covering.
All were small and wore close-fitting dark suits and blue helmets.
One creature placed a shiny green hose in the water, drawing in water and at the same time discharging something from another hose.
Again the hoop stopped and all the figures froze.
They stared toward the couple on the rock.
Husband and wife ducked and counted to thirty before they inched up for another look.
Two hours later, dazed and confused, missing time, the couple ambled back into their boat and headed for home.
They were both grim faced and neither spoke for the whole trip back, and the further they traveled from the lake, the more their amnesia of the incident grew.
That night, as his son slept, he stole into the bedroom and removed three books by J.M.Barrie; he felt strongly protective and oddly repulsed by the idea of Peter Pan, a never-aging figure who comes down from the sky and floats children out of their bedroom, accompanied by a little ball of light: Tinkerbell.
EPILOGUE: Director of CIA, Admiral R.H. Hillenkoetter: "It is time for the truth to be brought out in open Congressional hearings. Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense. To hide the facts, the Air Force has silenced its personnel." p. 58, quoted from New York Times, February 28, 1960, p. L30
BIO:
Abductions and their remnant elusive memories have opened all this for Paul, a confirmed atheist, UNTIL he saw aliens float him out of his body, in his bed, at night. Then, he knew that they were interested in an essence he never suspected that he had; a soul. Our spiritual powers that interest and addict interdimensionals are the very powers that can be used to thwart further attacks.
They infect auras with attachments to themselves and ride the reincarnation roller coaster with people, to avoid the death that they fear and to steal the spiritual recycling that we have.
These joyriding grays can be sinister, discorporate alien souls, stuck to your energies, who bring a new meaning to the concept of a silent invasion.
New amazing video footage of a bright blue coloured UFO recorded in the night sky while hovering over Singapore in April 2014.
Witness said: Hovering over east coast beach, dad spotted it first, I took the video from my balcony with a 12 time optical zoom camera, btw i live on the 25th floor of my building. I have no idea what it is, is hovered for an hour + and then vanished.
Cube UFO over Los Angeles, California on 16th April 2014
Cube UFO over Los Angeles, California on 16th April 2014
New interesting video footage of a cube – shaped UFO recorded in the daytime sky above Los Angeles, California on 16th April 2014.
Witness said: Here are some still shots of a cube shape ufo I shot while at work on April 16, 2014 in Los Angeles CA. The UFO hovered slowly above the roof and appeared to change shape while I photographed it. The object was large and seen by various witnesses at my work. I only had my smaller Canon camera but still managed to get some good shots.
Fleet of UFOs recorded over Monterrey, Mexico on 15th February 2014
Fleet of UFOs recorded over Monterrey, Mexico on 15th February 2014
UFO sightings2014 – Interesting video footage of a fleet of UFOs recorded in the night sky above Monterrey, Mexico on 15th February 2014.
Witness said: The February 15, 2014 a group of spherical objects were observed flying over the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico apparently was a flotilla remained together as performing various formations.
Super fast UFO recorded over Cape Canaveral, Florida on 15th April 2014
Super fast UFO recorded over Cape Canaveral, Florida on 15th April 2014
New interesting video footage of a bright fast UFO falling down in the sky above Cape Canaveral, Florida on 15th April 2014.
Witness said: A young man got the catch of his life when he recorded a fast moving unidentified flying object (UFO). What is special is the location! NASA is near by! But what on earth is this craft? The young man wants to know if it is a UFO? Im here to say! YES. With military and two NASA installations we believe this to be alien craft which always scout military complexes and nuclear bases.
Just in time for Friday, a UFO apparently photobombed a party selfie in the UK. A couple of buddies in the UK warming up at the bar for a football (presumably soccer) game caught a surprise guest in their selfie while waiting for their ride to the game.
Dave Harding and Liam Heeney were outside of Grimsby’s Spider’s Web pub early Sunday morning having a beer when they took the picture. They were waiting for a minibus full of friends to take them to a game in Liverpool.
In the photo you can see they are having a good time. They didn’t notice the mysterious object in the picture until they uploaded their photo to Facebook and their friends pointed it out.
Dave Harding, left, and Liam Heeney took a picture of a UFO outside the Spider’s Web, in Carr Lane, Grimsby. (Credit: Dave Harding/Liam Heeney/Grisby Telegraph)
Harding told the Grimsby Telegraph, “I can’t say I believe in UFOs myself, but we took loads of photos that day and there was nothing on any of the others, so it’s not like it could have been a mark on the lens or anything. It’s all a bit strange!”
Heeney felt similarly. He says, “I’ve never believed in UFOs before, but now I’ve seen the picture I’m not so sure.”
He swears they did not Photoshop the picture. He says neither of them is very technology minded.
Often, photos in which the object is not seen while the image is being taken turn out to be mundane objects like birds or bugs. They are things we typically do not make note of. Images like this could be the result of a bug that is close to the camera, rather than a large object off in the distance.
Close-up of the object.
Heeney is quite certain that whatever it is they captured in the image, it is not normal. He says, “I’m not one of those people who says they’ve experienced close encounters, but there’s definitely something up there!”
On April 16, YouTuber Andrzej Duraj posted a video of clouds he had captured on his phone. After reviewing the video he noticed the UFOs. He says they appear to be “5 bright lights in shape of hexagon accidentally caught on video while filming the clouds.”
Some people have commented that it looks like reflections on the window, but he says he was outside. Others have said it looks like all he caught were some interesting looking clouds.
These bright spots in the clouds are what the witness believes to be UFOs. (Credit: Andrzej Duraj/YouTube)
When the Lincolnshire Echo posted a story on the video, they received a message from a couple who says they may have seen the object. Adrian and Karen Everest, also from Lincoln, say they saw a UFO in the clouds at the same time the video was taken.
Adrian says at around 7:30 he was in his front room watching the clouds when he spotted something.
He told the Lincolnshire Echo, “I saw something metallic in the sky and I watched it not move for about 15 or 20 minutes. When the cloud began to disappear I thought I’d see it more clearly but it disappeared.”
He says the object made no sounds and never moved. He thought it was mysterious because he says, “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Objects in the video with adjusted contrast.
“I don’t know if it was the same thing that’s on the video but it was at the same time.”
His wife also saw the object. She was watching TV and came over to see what her husband was looking at.
She says, “I looked where he pointed out and I saw it too a silver dot. It stayed still and didn’t move and there was no vapour trail like you’d see from a plane.”
She says once the clouds moved they never saw it again. She does not feel it was a plane.
Karen described the object as “metallic silver with the sun’s rays shining on it.”
My wife and I (we are business marketing writers) were doing some yard work this afternoon around 2:30 PM, when I noticed an odd object that appeared to be drifting, like a balloon, from east to west in the southern sky. The sky was partly cloudy with good sunshine. At first I thought it was a balloon because it was moving so slowly; but then I realized that it was drifting AGAINST the prevailing west wind. I pointed it out to my wife, who agreed it looked like a dark-colored balloon. She went into the house and brought my binoculars for a better look. Through the binoculars, I saw a distinctly black, triangular object — it looked rather like a bat-kite, which seemed reasonable to me on a gusty day like today, and it would explain the thing moving AGAINST the west wind. Once I tentatively identified the object as a high-flying kite, I estimated the “kite” was maybe 6 feet wide and 400 feet in altitude, which would not be out of the question for some kite enthusiasts. However, I then noticed a dark tether hanging straight down from the black triangle attached to something like an angular, light brown box that didn’t look aerodynamic at all. The box-like object was about one-quarter the size of the black triangle. This made me question my kite theory. Then, as I was watching it, the whole assembly disappeared into the clouds — I actually watched it go into one of the cumulous clouds that were moving west to east. That blew me away, because it meant the craft could NOT be a mere 6 feet wide and 400 feet high… it must have been more like 5000 FEET altitude, or more, in order for it to disappear into a cloud. This means it had to be a LOT bigger than a kite. If the thing was actually 5,000 feet in altitude, that’s about 13 times HIGHER than I had estimated, which would mean my estimation of its physical dimensions was way off, also. It had to be much larger than I estimated. The craft did not reappear from the clouds. The entire sighting lasted about 2 minutes and only crossed, perhaps, 25 degrees of the sky, very slowly, from east to west. We were looking due south, probably 45 or 50 degrees above the horizon. NOTE: The above image is a rendering.
Last month the photograph of a triangular craft in Texas that could not be identified made the news. Now another spectacular photo of a triangular craft has surfaced, this time in Kansas.
This latest pictures was actually taken in February in Wichita, Kansas, but was just featured on KSNin Kansas this week.
Amateur photographer Jeff Templin says he was out taking pictures of wildlife when he spotted a strange contrail. He snapped a few images.
Photograph of triangular UFO taken by Jeff Templin over Wichita, Kansas. (Credit: Jeff Templin/KSN)
Templin told KSN that the object was “Right over the city, clear as a bell. Anyone that was looking up would have seen it. You don’t usually see military or even civilian aircraft’s jets that leave contrails making those kinds of severe departures off of the given route.”
He also said the aircraft was making 180 degree turns in the shape of an “S.” He says the craft was completely silent.
When Templin got home he zoomed in on the object and was surprised to see the triangular shape. He says it is “not like anything you typically see.”
According to the aviation experts KSN talked to, they agree. None of them were able to identify the craft.
KSN also spoke with nearby McConnell Air Force Base. They also were unable to identify the craft. They suggested it may be a B-2 bomber, however, they could not confirm it and they added that if it is a B-2, it is not one of theirs.
A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base recedes from the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing McConnell Air Force Base. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class John Linzmeier)
Although the object is still unidentified, thus warrants the UFO status, most agree that it is a man-made object of some sort.
Templin says, “It was one of ours or at least man-made for sure, so unidentified yes, but alien, no.”
This is the second sighting of a triangular craft leaving a contrail in the last few months. Last month Aviation Week featured the story of a UFO photo taken in Texas. This object was seen accompanied by two other similar aircraft.
Triangular UFO photo taken in Texas. (Credit: Dean Muskett)
Photos of that object were taken by Steve Douglass and Dean Muskett. The two men monitor radio transmissions hoping for a glimpse at top secret military aircraft. In this case, the transmissions they intercepted indicated that the aircraft was manned, possibly ruling out the possibility of being an unmanned drone.
Still, some have suggested that the aircraft in these images could be experimental unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), such as the X-47B or the X-48C.
A U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. (Credit: Department of Defense/Capt. Jane E. Campbell)
The case I am going to discuss below has had to wait over twenty years before coming to light. Its protagonist, F.A. (we can only provide his initials at his own request) is a professor of Beaux Arts in the city of Mérida and at no time agreed to have anything published until the day he died.
By Pedro María Fernández
F.A., who was 46 years old at the time, was in the company of two young students – 16 and 17 respectively – at ten o’clock in the morning of Saturday, 25 December 1976 only a few kilometers away from the city of Mérida near the Madrid-Cáceres railroad tracks. It was then that they became aware of a “strange patch of fog.”
The area consisted of a rectangle measuring some one hundred meters long by two meters tall at its center, although less high along its edges. It was located between some olive trees. The witnesses were engaged in illegal bird hunting using compressed air rifles. Upon seeing it, they were startled to see the “fog bank” moving toward them. Before they knew it, they were enveloped in it. It was so dense that they grew frightened, because they were almost unable to see each other despite their close proximity. They tried to move out of it, and moments later the “fog” abandoned them, the day becoming sunny once more. They continued hunting, remarking on the strangeness of the unusual phenomenon until noon, when the main witness asked the two young men to return home, as he was going to stay behind a little more.
He continued to walk until he sat on the ground beside a tree, feeling tired, rifle in hand. Moments later, he fell into a deep slumber.
At a given moment he half-opened his eyes, finding himself surrounded by a great darkness. He felt so tired, however, that he kept sleeping. This situation was abruptly interrupted when he felt a sharp pain on his left shoulder. He opened his eyes suddenly, seeing that it was nearly nighttime. He didn’t even have a chance to find out what the time was, since as a consequence of the pain he glanced to his left arm and was horrified to find a sort of “tentacle” holding him down. He tried to react, wondering if it was all a nightmare, making sure that he was resting against the same tree and unable to understand how night had fallen so quickly. He was then able to ascertain that something was in fact fastened around his arm. In self-defense, he tried to reach a nearby wire fence to hold on to and free himself from the “tentacle”. He let go of the rifle and touched the “thing” with his right hand, noting that it had a spongy feel to it. He had barely moved a few meters when he noticed a source of light to his right. When he looked, he saw it emanated from a dark, egg-shaped form resting on its side. The light revealed the outline of a slender “person”. Thoughts raced through his head; fear caused him to feel the hammering of blood at his temples and a sharp pain in his chest which caused him to black out.
When he came to, everything was confusion. He was in a broad room or apartment, lying on a stretcher or something similar. The first thing he saw was a lamp or something similar measuring two meters in diameter that issued a powerful white light. He rose slightly to have a better look, thinking it was a hospital room. He found himself surrounded by devices and lights with an ideal temperature and in absolute silence. A sort of compass attracted his attention, but it wasn’t a compass exactly, with numbers and signs unknown to him. The sound of voices with intervals of noise issued from the device, speaking in an unknown language. It seemed to give and receive orders at the same time. When it grew silent, a series of colored lights began turning on and off, some of the colors so unusual that they were hard to define, despite his command of artistic drawing.
He remained on the stretcher until he decided to get someone’s attention, which he repeated on several occasions. Moments later he heard a rather confused voice in Spanish saying: “…very easy now, we’ll look in on you shortly, don’t be frightened, easy now…” Silence reigned in the room for another eight to ten minutes, when a sliding door opened, allowing the entry of three individuals the witness took to be physicians. When they approached, he was stunned. Their appearance was so strange that he immediately realized the situation was abnormal and he was not in a hospital. Although he had never believed in it, laughing at those who told such stories, he was only able to think that he was aboard some sort of craft, and grew nervous thinking about what the ultimate outcome would be. The three beings were identical and approached him kindly. Only one of them, in fact, the nearest one, did the talking. They touched his forehead, face and part of his chest, took his pulse, applied a device connected to one of the walls on his chest. It was a very heavy object with a tiny screen looking toward him.
Following the examination, there was a mutual exchange of questions between the witness and the three beings. The questions ranged from the cause of their behavior toward Mr. F.A. to his behavior toward this captors, their possible origin, etc.
Some of these questions were not answered due to the intervention of the compass-like machine. At no time did the other two beings play a part in the conversation, acting as mere witnesses. They told him that from this moment onward, they would be able to contact him at any time, as they had placed “something” in his body to facilitate this task. Then something strange happened.
All of the lights went out, leaving the scene in darkness. Everything returned to normal shortly after. He was told that something had flown over them and it was necessary to “silence” their presence. He was then told that since he had recovered from the cause of his blackout (a heart attack), he could return outside once more. They accompanied him outside, and he was once again startled by the darkness of the surrounding countryside. As he moved away from the object, it began rising slightly from its horizontal position, like an egg resting on its side, to immediately become diagonal within four meters, taking off until it could only be seen as a dark spot that suddenly became bright, vanishing from view.
During this process, he only heard a sound similar to the buzzing of honeybees.
When he started to become aware of where he was, he found it was not far from where he’d fallen asleep. He tried to check the time, but the wristwatch had stopped, so he stumbled his way toward Mérida. Daylight was dawning by the time he reached his home. Relatives, alarmed by his disappearance, chided him for not advising them of his intention to return so late. When told the time, he deduced that he must have left the object around seven in the morning. Stunned and not listening to his relatives, and without eating breakfast, he said he was very tired and decided to lie down. He slept deeply and was awakened for lunch around two o’clock. Upon standing up, he screamed and fell to the ground. Seeing his condition, his family took him to the hospital, where it was believed he’d had an attack of gout. Subsequent examinations revealed a cardiac weakness and he was rushed to the city of Badajoz. After this stay, it was necessary to send him to the Puerta de Hierro Clinic in Madrid, where he was admitted with an abnormal clinical picture, falling into a coma and regaining sudden normality three days later. During the five subsequent years, and after having been placed on total disability, the source of his frequent and strange ailments was never determined.
IMPLANTS
During one of F.A.’s various stays in the Puerta de Hierro Clinic, it occurred that an x-ray of his right shoulder revealed the presence of a spherical shape that was classified as a “foreign body”.
“Dr. Y told me that they were going to extirpate it. The next morning, upon repeating the x-ray before the operation, the object had gone. The doctor ordered another x-ray, which he did himself, confirming the negative result of the preceding one. The object had mysteriously vanished. They had better luck with the big toe on my right foot, from which they extracted a small object like a pellet. They ask me if I knew where it came from. I said I didn’t. Then two gentlemen showed up and took it away, very surprised.”
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
F.A. also showed signs of radioactive contamination. Despite its low level, the witness was never able to explain its origin. During repeated examinations performed at the clinic, he was asked on several occasions about the possible cause of his maladies. F.A. never mentioned a thing about his incident.
“Today I’ve received three whistling sounds,” F.A. went on, “and that’s why I phoned you. During the first appointment, whenever I tried to tell you something I got a whistle. I know you left feeling disappointed, and probably thought ill of me. Now you know why. They told me that their craft was only to come here. They hailed from a bigger one, whose size and volume would blank out the sun. It was endowed with great speed. They are run by what we call computers and operate by thought. These machines make corrections and give advice. According to those beings, it would take us 50 years to reach their world. It would only take them a few hours. Inside the object they showed me a series of plants they had obtained through mixtures with other to promote their vitamin potential.”
“What looked like a compass – they said – had full control over the ship, to the point that it could self-destruct the vessel if a warlike decision was made. Before taking off, when the blackout occurred, they explained to me that there were objects in their path. When they took off, they turned on their lights and got in motion. What they knew of our language had been gleaned from radio stations.”
Logically, I asked them: “Why don’t you teach Earth people what you know?”
This article continues tomorrow Saturday April 19, 2014!
Who knew a simple shopping trip would involve a flying saucer?
It was the later months of 1973, the Christmas shopping season is in full swing. A very pregnant Carol and her sister Louise decided to drive from Amsterdam to Schenectady to do some Christmas shopping. So with Carol’s toddler son in tow, the three of them were off to go holiday shopping at the Mohawk Mall.
As it was late in the year and it was already dark before the two women reached Schenectady. As they approached the city they were astounded to see a large object flying at low altitude coming from the West. The large object seemed to slow, then suddenly dropped at high speed and hovered over the General Electric plant. As it did all the lights in the factory dimmed and went out. Both women noted that this power outage seemed to only be at the General Electric facility, for they could see other city lights on in the distance.
Both women recall that the traffic on the main highway in front of the General Electric building had come to a halt. Carol remembers that people were getting out of their cars and seemed to be awestruck at what they were watching. Both Carol and Louise estimate that they were perhaps 100 yards from the GE facility.
Louise described what they saw: it was a saucer shaped object, perhaps two or three football fields in diameter. As you got a little closer, you could see blue, pink and yellow lights that seem to be alternating in rotation around the bottom of the craft. The top of the object was dull grey. Then both women tell us that almost everyone noticed that the flying saucer was totally silent.
Carol made an interesting observation that while the lights in the GE facility went out with the appearance of this flying saucer, the car on the local highway did not seem to be affected.
The craft hovered over the GE facility for about five, perhaps ten minutes, at which time the rotating lights all turned to a soft yellow color, then the craft began to rise straight up then headed West at low altitude away from Schenectady. After the flying object was clear of the GE facility the power abruptly returned and again the building was full of light.
Out on the shoulders of the highway the people who had just observed this amazing phenomenon all had the same interesting remark, “Did this just happen? Was it real?”
Both women remember that there was some news coverage. Back in the car, they could hear lots of people calling the local radio stations asking what it was that they all saw.
Oddly the TV news stations seemed satisfied to report only the local military base’s explanation, which amounted to nothing special happened. They also say, that in the following days the press coverage, radio and television reports all said the event was simply some Air Force maneuvers.
Carol’s now adult son remarked, “That it seems odd that after all these years and with all of people who stopped in front of the GE building that night and witnessed this amazing event … that there hasn’t been more personal accounts reported in UFO databases and stories on the Internet.”
Let’s look at some recent New York State sightings:
25 March 2014: at about 1 a.m. two Wallkill residents were star gazing and observed one oval shaped light seemingly jumping up and down in the distance. They state that it was moving up and down so quickly there’s no way it could have been a plane.
28 March 2014: at about 5:30 a.m. a Homer motorist was driving on State Route 281 and witnessed a bright, flaming orange disk “the size of a house” floating in the sky 250-2000 feet above the hills to the east of RT. 11.
31 March 2014: at about 4 p.m. a Binghamton man and his daughter observed 20 to 30 shiny metallic objects flying together that repeatedly transitioning from a “v” formation to a “w” then they seemed to spread away from each other upon entering a cloud.
31 March 2014: at about 9:30 p.m. a New York City resident reported watching a flying object with large bright light-The object was moving rapidly and changed to at least four different colors.
2 April 2014: at about 6:30 p.m. a Saugerties resident saw a white circle in the sky, with what looked like a black dot in the side of it. The object moved slowly in a straight line until it just vanished.
4 April 2014: at about 10 p.m. a retired law enforcement officer in Auburn was looking at constellations with his family. He was using a tablet sky map to help their observations, when suddenly the “fully charged” tablet indicated 90% power drain. It was then that the family observed a triangle shaped craft that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
If you have a UFO sighting to report, you can use either one of the two national database services: www.NUFORC.ORG or www.MUFON.COM Both services respect confidentiality.
Extra information about the article:
It was a saucer shaped object, perhaps two or three football fields in diameter
Keys of Life found by NASA by Kepler in Cygnus Constellation A London tour guide points to an angel without a halo in Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks whose name is Uriel. Uriel fights for justice against an ancient evil dating back from the times of Noah.
In our historical thriller, we talk about how the archangel Uriel loses his halo and how Noah was given the Keys of Life to help save mankind from an extinction level event. Da Vinci is depicting a legend about Uriel who comes to the rescue of John the Baptist’s family and reunites them with Jesus' family in Egypt. The Massacre of the Innocents, Herod decrees that the first male children must be killed because the Magi have told him that the star in the sky brings news of a newborn who will be King of the Jews. Our book talks about this mysterious event and about Uriel. Uriel was found in the Book of Enoch which was found in Ethiopia and at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Uriel aided Noah and his family in surviving the Great Flood. It is during the time of the Nephilim where angels from heaven came to Earth and took the daughters of Eve for wives.
Today, NASA reported the Kepler has found an Earth cousin planet called Kepler -186. It is 500 light years away in the Constellation of Cygnus. The planet is in the habitable zone and has the right conditions for water. The keys of life, scientists believe is water and Kepler- 186 has all the right conditions for it.
Cygnus constellation is known as the Northern Cross and in the shape of a swan. A Celtic tale talks about the Children of Lir. Lir was a member of the Tuatha De Danann who were a race of supernatural beings. It was said they landed in dark clouds on the mountains. They were tall like giants and very powerful. Another great myth about Cygnus is great poet Orpheus was transformed into a great swan. He was placed next to his lyre in the sky. In Ovid’s Metamorphis, three people are transformed into swans.
In the book of Genesis and Book of Enoch, scrolls left to mankind over the years which talks about the Nephilim and Uriel who aided Noah in building an ark for the Great Flood. Great knowledge of the stars and the moon was given to Enoch by Uriel, who passed this knowledge to his children. Noah’s children have come a long way, today they are traveling through the heavens landing on planets. Uriel would be proud of us and who knows we may be united with Earth’s cousin planet. We are getting closer and closer to finding life on other planets.
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Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks has Uriel the angel who gave mankind the knowledge of the stars
Here are a few more selected reports that detail real-life incursions / encounters by humanoid beings:
THE BLUE MARK
Location/Date: Sizabantu South Africa – 1972 – night
A woman was lying in her bed one night when she heard a sound of a helicopter overhead and felt like a whirlwind was surrounding her. Somehow she was taken out of the house and soon found herself inside an object where several robot-like beings examined her with numerous types of instruments. She felt no pain during the procedure and the “robots” communicated with her via telepathy. Among other things they told her that she was not fully developed.
Before returning her back to the house the humanoids told her that she could wish for anything she wanted it and they would grant her the wish. She told them that she wanted to marry. They thought it was a small wish and told her she should wish for bigger things, but she declined. The instruments were removed from her body and she was brought back home.
Later one of the robots returned explaining that they had ‘forgotten’ an instrument. He soon dismantled a machine that was still on her leg and left. A large blue mark remained in that area of the leg for several weeks.
Location/Date: San Francisco, California – May 16 1988 – evening
The witness was instructed via telepathy to go back to her hotel room. Inside she felt strongly that she was being watched, and then she suddenly became extremely emotional and curled on the bed crying.
White beams of light suddenly began emanating from her mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. A female being suddenly appeared, she was described as having pleasant facial features, a very angular face with large dark eyes and whitish gray glowing skin. This being comforted the witness and told her that “they” were our “creators.” The being communicated by using telepathy. The witness was also able to see two men dressed in white “biblical” robes. These appeared to be monitoring her vital signs. All throughout the incident the female being calmed the witness by explaining to her the purpose of the contacts.
Location/Date: Between Kinyara & Kitanosie, Uganda -1995 – night
The anonymous witness was walking home on a road through the sugar cane fields. He abruptly stopped by the side of the road which was near an unfinished air strip and turned to his left. There stood a huge red colored winged creature with glowing blond curly hair and what seemed to be a halo effect surrounding his head.
The sugarcane at the time had been left uncut for many years and stood about 16 ft tall. The “angel” was about 12 ft tall and the most beautiful creature that he had ever seen. The being appeared to have an additional set of ribs that were below his normal ribs unlike a human being. At waist level his legs were fur like and it stood upon hooves instead of feet. They stood about 60 ft apart and just looked at each other for about 5 minutes. The being exuded a very bright light from its body and his head, which gave a halo effect.
The witness thrust his hand towards the being as a gesture of contact and at this point heard a message of a religious nature and of future warning for humanity, all in his mind. After the message the “Red Angel” turned and his wings unfurled and trailed behind his body as he returned back into the sugar cane. The witness continued to walk towards home.
About 150 yards further up the road the “Red Angel” appeared again standing amongst the cane. The witness turned and faced him again, this time standing about 30 ft away. The being’s face, although white, was glistening black as if in a shadow. Soon the bizarre humanoid disappeared into the sugarcane field again.
Source: The witness was interviewed by local officials
Location/Date: Near Ceballos, Chihuahua, Mexico – Winter 1974 – dusk
A clergyman camping in an isolated and mysterious area called “La Zona Del Silencio” was preparing his tent when he heard a buzzing and saw a bright glowing object descending from the sky. The witness wanted to run but could not move as the object drew closer and hovered briefly above the desert floor. The object’s light changed from a whitish blue to a red orange. Moments later the object dimmed and the outline of a metallic disc shaped object came into view.
The witness stood paralyzed as three tripod legs extracted out of the lower part of the object, the object then landed. Seconds later a door appeared in the side of the craft and a stairway descended to the ground. Four figures then stepped out. They were described as humanoid about five-foot tall. Their bodies were encased in a shiny metallic suit totally seamless. They were of stocky build with almond shaped eyes, a sharp nose, leathery skin, and a tanned complexion. The beings approached the witness in very quick movements and communicated with the witness in English asking him several questions mostly about his business in the area. They also mentioned a “God.”
The witness was then invited onboard the object and shown a large interior with several control panels and a device was placed on his head. Later he was released and the object retracted its tripod, started glowing, and then took off emitting a loud humming sound.
Source: Warren Smith, Ancient Mysteries of The Mexican And Mayan Pyramids /Albert Rosales
Location/Date: North Wales (no exact location) – May 1998 – after midnight
The witness remembers waking up on a black dentist-like chair with a woman standing over him. She looked very human and if he were to describe her she looked like a “perfect human”. She had jet-black hair in what the witness described as a “bun”. She was wearing an all in one black suit and she also seemed to have a black collar as well. The material was similar to PVC and shiny. He doesn’t remember if there were any markings or patterns on the suit but the witness does remember that she had black lipstick on.
The woman disappeared into a room that was behind the “dentist’s chair” to the right of the witness. The chair seemed to be situated away from the front part of the room in an open but separate part of the room. The room seemed to have carpet, brown in color. His next memory was of being sat next to 4 or 5 people, they were all men. The men were different from the women and they had blond hair and were wearing light blue suits. There were about 4 or 5 of them and four of the men looked identical, again very human like in appearance. But one of the men looked different but he like the others was wearing the same clothing and had the same hair color. Again their clothing seemed to be one-piece. However the witness seems to recall that they had a yellow V-shape on the front going from one shoulder down to the chest and back up to the other shoulder. The line seemed to be an inch thick.
These men sat in front of what appeared to be machinery with orange flashing lights. Only one of the men spoke to him, the others seemed to be busy. The one that spoke to the witness was the one that was different from the others. The controls seemed to be in front of what appeared to be windows and he remembered the room being a half circle. There were windows next to each other right across the room outside was black. One of the blond men spoke to the witness orally, but he could not reply, the man appeared to be able to read the witness thoughts. He could not recall most of the conversation but remembered thinking about Australia for some unknown reason. His next memory was of looking through the windows at a coastline, but he was viewing it from the sea.
Then the woman that he had previously met seemed to appear again from another room, and said that the men should not talk to him and that it was time for him to leave. His next memory was of sitting on his bed looking out the window for some strange . After a week after this experience he developed an infection in the roof of his mouth, it finally developed into a cyst that’s still there today.
Location: Harsby, Ostergotland, Sweden - Date: June 12 1956 – TIME: 7:00 pmreason
Mrs Brita Raninger sat beneath an oak meditating when she heard a monotonous buzzing sound and saw an object which looked like a flat plate resting on a glade about 150-200 meters away. It had a cupola and was shimmering with a blue green color. The diameter was about 4.5 m and it was 120-130 cm in height.
Then she saw a couple of Mongol-like “beautiful and slender” creatures running around the object. They were about 150 cm tall and dressed in shining green, tight fitting coveralls, uniform like and made out of a material similar to leather. They had no hoods, but their long, black, and curly hair fell on their shoulders. They moved swiftly around the object and when one of them turned around and stared at the witness, she felt as though hypnotized. She got the impression, maybe by telepathy that they had landed to repair the vehicle. The witness was not afraid but was somewhat shaken and felt stiff.
10-12 minutes later the creatures ran into the object where their faces were seen in the cupola, smiling. A strong buzzing sound was heard and the object took off circling slowly at first, then shot away like a rocket. The object left an acrid smell of phosphorus in the glade. A few weeks later a friend found a round circle in the glade where the grass was scorched and burnt.
UFO field researcher Gary Mansfield of Nashville, TN recently forwarded these images of zeriod / bioform UFOs. For several years he has been attempting to get help from organizations with the means to further his research. MUFON’s response to Gary has been less than helpful…of course, they would want the lion’s share of credit for their cursory aid. Each time I present Gary’s photo captures, I receive inquiries…but so far no one as come forward with serious intentions.
Some UFOs seem to be living organisms…possibly actual alien life-forms. I have been interested in this phenomenon since I started my investigation of the ‘flying rays’. Could alien craft be ‘alive’…beings that can convert their bodies into a flying craft? I believe further study is needed.
Amateur ghost hunters claim to have made contact with the spirit of someone called Richard during a séance at a house with connections to Richard III.
The 12 members of Haunted Heritage recorded the spooky encounter at Donington le Heath Manor House last year, but said they did not want to publicise it at the time due to the furore surrounding the discovery of the remains of the king.
Medium Gill Hibbert, 56, from Coalville, said the name Richard was especially significant because the group was standing next to the bed in which the Plantagenet monarch was reported to have spent his last night before riding out to meet his end at Bosworth in 1485.
The audio clip clearly captures a man’s voice saying “Richard” in response to the question, “what is your name?”
Gill, who works at a leisure centre during the day, said: “It was in the main room upstairs in the manor house – it was coming up to the witching hour.
“We had been there since 8pm. At about 11.45pm, we started the call-out session.
“We were standing in the dark, but there was a bit of light coming in through the window.”
Gill asked whether anyone was there, and for them to “come forward”.
She switched on the ghost box – a modified radio which allows spirits to “speak” through white noise – and called out again.
She said: “Then we heard the name, ‘Richard’ – it was so clear. We were blown away.
“The night was quite uneventful up until then – we had a few knocks and bangs – but when that came through it was the icing on the cake.”
The part-time paranormal investigators were at the manor house, near Coalville, in October.
Gill said it was one of the best examples of paranormal contact they had experienced. He said the recording was so clear it was graded A (the top level) in the electronic voice phenomenon chart.
The group has now contacted professional paranormal investigators to have the recording analysed further.
However, Gill said the group was not jumping to conclusions.
She said: “We’re not saying it’s Richard III.
“We’re trying to get a historian from Donington Le Heath to look into other Richards who have lived there. But no one has found anything yet. We are being careful about saying it’s Richard III because we can’t prove it.” – Leicester Mercury
So I’ve had, what I consider to be, paranormal experiences before. I see things, I’ve been growled at, and I feel presences. I’m pretty good at ignoring everything. I also like to rationalize what I experience, but sometimes there is nothing I can think of.
So here is what happened last night. I was trying to fall asleep. I was almost there when I heard a deep voice in my ear. I wish I knew that it said, but I couldnt understand it. I have heard it before, and last time it said ‘die.’ I closed my eyes and started saying my prayers (Hail Mary, Our Father, etc). Suddenly my bed began to shake. Thinking it was a dream, I opened my eyes. That was not the case. I tried to scream, but I don’t have much of a voice currently, so I could only let out a small shrill. I just closed my eyes until it was over. I then got up to walk around and tried to convince myself it was a dream. I just so happened to look at the clock and it was 2:40am. Almost 3. I didn’t like that. There’s nothing I could do so I said my prayers again and went to sleep.
During my shower this morning, I felt a burning on my left calf. The water was not hot at all, but rather lukewarm. I look down and I had 3 scratches where I felt the burn. I had not touched that area at all. To try to debunk it, I scratched myself as hard as I could, but nothing I did could even come close to replicating that. I have a picture of he scratches if anybody wants to see.
I also had a difficult time breathing in my room today, but when I go elsewhere, I’m fine. I’ve also been nauseous. I’m trying to discount this as just being scared, but no matter how scared I’ve been, for whatever reason, I’ve never been nauseous.
Please note that I don’t believe I have ever done anything to draw spirits to myself. I am a devout Catholic and always have been, if that makes any difference to you. I currently live at school, so there could be something there already, and I might be more sensitive to it than others. – reddit
This is on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, Ukraine. About 10 am in the morning. Filmed at 4-17-2014, but actual may be 4-16-2014, considering the context. Author says it’s 4-17-2014.
Ukrainian tanks. Russian activists. Gunfire. And if you look above them, there is a 300 meter long cylinder hovering above them. No cloudcover.
It’s the same object that ran through Korosten, Ukraine on 4-6-2014.
Make a backup of this video. The Korosten video’s are being pulled. I’ve included a Korosten photo in case you don’t recall.
The fact that you aren’t using SSL/Tor for submissions garners alot of trust with people, I imagine. Might want to correct that. Take care. – MUFON CMS
Hi Folks…I hope everyone enjoys the weekend. For those readers who use mobile to read the blog, have there been any changes to the format? I switched to a custom format today…is it better or worst? Thanks for your feedback. Lon
JC Johnson founded and leads Crypto Four Corners a group of enthusiastic and determined researchers investigating a variety of strange creatures in the Four Corners area of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The group’s research includes Bigfoot, giant snakes, werewolves, living dinosaurs, dragons, centaurs, giant birds, Native American ‘Skin Walkers’, ‘The Night Stalker’, and other strange cryptids reported in this remote and wild region. In addition to eyewitness accounts, they investigate mysterious livestock deaths, and other suspicious incidents. JC has been a professional river and outdoor guide for more than 20 years. His knowledge, attunement to nature, and underlying faith make him a driving force in the field of Cryptozoology and paranormal research. JC also serves as President of the North American Forean Society. His amazing experiences will make you rethink the unexplained, and leave you wondering whether you should check under your bed tonight before you dare close your eyes.
Chief Leonard Dan is an elder of the Diné (Navajo) Nation and an original member of Crypto Four Corners. He offers his knowledge of the wildlife, traditions & history of the area…including an encounter with what he believes to be a legendary ‘Skinwalker’ on his ranch, several years ago.
Bloedmaan leidt tot voorspellingen over einde van de wereld
Bloedmaan leidt tot voorspellingen over einde van de wereld
Om de zoveel tijd komt er een nieuwe voorspelling voorbij: de wereld zoals we die kennen komt ten einde. Deze week was het grootste gedeelte van Noord-Amerika in de ban van de eerste van de vier ‘bloedmanen’. Het was een groot spektakel: de volle maan trok door de schaduw van de aarde en kleurde bloedrood.
De komende twee jaar zullen er nog eens drie totale maansverduisteringen zijn. Ze vallen allemaal op joodse feestdagen: 8 oktober, 4 april 2015 en 28 september 2015. Volgens sommige pastoors is hier geen sprake van toeval. Ze wijzen erop dat God beloofde dat hij ons tekenen zou geven door middel van de zon en de maan, en ‘die zien we nu’.
Eén van die pastoors is Mark Biltz, oprichter van El Shaddai Ministries in de staat Washington. In zijn boek ‘Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs’ schrijft hij over aanwijzingen in Bijbelteksten dat er iets belangrijks staat te gebeuren. “Er is een goede kans dat er oorlog komt met Israël,” zei Blitz. “Ik acht het ook mogelijk is dat er sprake zal zijn van een economische calamiteit. Ik baseer dat op de Bijbel en op patronen.”
Pastoor John Hagee schreef een bestseller over de bloedmaan. “Er is een gevoel dat dingen veranderen en dat God op een bovennatuurlijke manier met ons probeert te communiceren,” zei hij.
Volgens wetenschappers zijn maansverduisteringen niet zeldzaam. Tijdens de 21e eeuw kwam een tetrade – een serie van vier totale verduisteringen – negen keer voor. Tussen 1600 en 1900 is er geen enkele tetrade geweest. Duidt dit op de terugkomst van Jezus? Hagee en Blitz zeggen niet expliciet dat de verduisteringen wijzen op de wederkomst, maar volgens Blitz behoort het zeker tot de mogelijkheden.
Blitz merkt op dat eerdere tetrades samenvielen met belangrijke gebeurtenissen uit de geschiedenis van Israël. In 1492 werden de Joden verbannen uit Spanje en ontdekte Christoffel Columbus Amerika. In 1948 werd de moderne staat Israël geboren en in 1967 won Israël de Zesdaagse Oorlog en veroverde het Jeruzalem.
Waarom is deze tetrade belangrijker dan alle andere die deze eeuw zullen plaatsvinden? Dat heeft volgens Blitz te maken met joodse feestdagen. “We trekken rode grenzen – politieke rode grenzen,” zei hij. “Ik denk dat deze vier bloedmanen Gods rode grenzen zijn. Zijn tekenen.”
Wat er ook gebeurt, we weten dat er op 28 september 2015 – op de joodse feestdag Soekot – een totale maansverduistering en een supermaan zal zijn. De maan lijkt dan 14 procent groter dan normaal en kleurt mogelijk weer bloedrood.
First potentially habitable Earth-sized planet confirmed by Gemini and Keck observatories
First potentially habitable Earth-sized planet confirmed by Gemini and Keck observatories
The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-186, a five-planet system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The five planets of Kepler-186 orbit a star classified as a M1 dwarf, measuring half the size and mass of the sun. The Kepler-186 system is home to Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet orbiting a distant star in the habitable zone—a range of distances from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that Earth-size planets exist in the habitable zone of other stars and signals a significant step closer to finding a world similar to Earth. Kepler-186f is less than ten percent larger than Earth in size, but its mass and composition are not known. Kepler-186f orbits its star once every 130-days and receives one-third the heat energy that Earth does from the sun, placing it near the outer edge of the habitable zone. The inner four companion planets all measure less than fifty percent the size of Earth. Kepler-186b, Kepler-186c, Kepler-186d, and Kepler-186e, orbit every three, seven, 13, and 22 days, respectively, making them very hot and inhospitable for life as we know it. The Kepler space telescope, which simultaneously and continuously measured the brightness of more than 150,000 stars, is NASA's first mission capable of detecting Earth-size planets around stars like our sun. Kepler does not directly image the planets it detects. The space telescope infers their existence by the amount of starlight blocked when the orbiting planet passes in front of a distant star from the vantage point of the observer. The artistic concept of Kepler-186f is the result of scientists and artists collaborating to help imagine the appearance of these distant
The first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of another star has been confirmed by observations with both the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini Observatory. The initial discovery, made by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, is one of a handful of smaller planets found by Kepler and verified using large ground-based telescopes. It also confirms that Earth-sized planets do exist in the habitable zone of other stars.
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the Sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” says Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center who led the paper published in the current issue of the journal Science. The region in which this planet orbits its star is called the habitable zone, as it is thought that life would most likely form on planets with liquid water.
Steve Howell, Kepler’s Project Scientist and a co-author on the paper, adds that neither Kepler (nor any telescope) is currently able to directly spot an exoplanet of this size and proximity to its host star. “However, what we can do is eliminate essentially all other possibilities so that the validity of these planets is really the only viable option.”
With such a small host star, the team employed a technique that eliminated the possibility that either a background star or a stellar companion could be mimicking what Kepler detected. To do this, the team obtained extremely high spatial resolution observations from the eight-meter Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai`i using a technique called speckle imaging, as well as adaptive optics (AO) observations from the ten-meter Keck II telescope, Gemini’s neighbor on Mauna Kea. Together, these data allowed the team to rule out sources close enough to the star’s line-of-sight to confound the Kepler evidence, and conclude that Kepler’s detected signal has to be from a small planet transiting its host star.
“The Keck and Gemini data are two key pieces of this puzzle,” says Quintana. “Without these complementary observations we wouldn’t have been able to confirm this Earth-sized planet.”
The Gemini “speckle” data directly imaged the system to within about 400 million miles (about 4 AU, approximately equal to the orbit of Jupiter in our solar system) of the host star and confirmed that there were no other stellar size objects orbiting within this radius from the star. Augmenting this, the Keck AO observations probed a larger region around the star but to fainter limits. According to Quintana,
“These Earth-sized planets are extremely hard to detect and confirm, and now that we’ve found one, we want to search for more. Gemini and Keck will no doubt play a large role in these endeavors.”
The host star, Kepler-186, is an M1-type dwarf star relatively close to our solar system, at about 500 light years and is in the constellation of Cygnus. The star is very dim, being over half a million times fainter than the faintest stars we can see with the naked eye. Five small planets have been found orbiting this star, four of which are in very short-period orbits and are very hot. The planet designated Kepler-186f, however, is earth-sized and orbits within the star’s habitable zone. The Kepler evidence for this planetary system comes from the detection of planetary transits. These transits can be thought of as tiny eclipses of the host star by a planet (or planets) as seen from Earth. When such planets block part of the star’s light, its total brightness diminishes. Kepler detects that as a variation in the star’s total light output and evidence for planets. So far more than 3,800 possible planets have been detected by this technique with Kepler.
The Gemini data utilized the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI) on the Gemini North telescope. DSSI is a visiting instrument developed by a team led by Howell who adds, “DSSI on Gemini Rocks! With this combination, we can probe down into this star system to a distance of about 4 times that between Earth and the Sun. It’s simply remarkable that we can look inside other solar systems.” DSSI works on a principle that utilizes multiple short exposures of an object to capture and remove the noise introduced by atmospheric turbulence producing images with extreme detail.
Observations with the W.M. Keck Observatory used the Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system with the NIRC2 camera on the Keck II telescope. NIRC2 (the Near-Infrared Camera, second generation) works in combination with the Keck II adaptive optics system to obtain very sharp images at near-infrared wavelengths, achieving spatial resolutions comparable to or better than those achieved by the Hubble Space
Telescope at optical wavelengths. NIRC2 is probably best known for helping to provide definitive proof of a central massive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Astronomers also use NIRC2 to map surface features of solar system bodies, detect planets orbiting other stars, and study detailed morphology of distant galaxies.
“The observations from Keck and Gemini, combined with other data and numerical calculations, allowed us to be 99.98% confident that Kepler-186f is real,” says Thomas Barclay, a Kepler scientist and also a co-author on the paper. “Kepler started this story, and Gemini and Keck helped close it,” adds Barclay.
Story Source:
The above story is based on materials provided by Gemini Observatory. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
Journal Reference:
Elisa V. Quintana, Thomas Barclay, Sean N. Raymond, Jason F. Rowe, Emeline Bolmont, Douglas A. Caldwell, Steve B. Howell, Stephen R. Kane, Daniel Huber, Justin R. Crepp, Jack J. Lissauer, David R. Ciardi, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Mark E. Everett, Christopher E. Henze, Elliott Horch, Howard Isaacson, Eric B. Ford, Fred C. Adams, Martin Still, Roger C. Hunter, Billy Quarles, Franck Selsis. An Earth-Sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Cool Star. Science, 2014 DOI: 10.1126/science.1249403
Legend has it that the alien grave in Aurora lies underneath the bent arm of an old tree, far left, in the Aurora Cemetery. Requests to exhume the body in the past have been denied by the cemetery board.
By John Boyd
Aurora, Texas was Roswell before Roswell: a middle-of-nowhere town that suddenly became surrounded by legend when an alleged alien visitor crash-landed from outer space.
On this date in 1897 the alien UFO allegedly smashed into a windmill belonging to Judge J.S. Proctor. It’s pilot, who an officer from a local Army outpost described as a “Martian” and “not of this world” died and was buried in the cemetery nearby.
The reported crash was one of several American alien mysteries of the mid-1890s, but the most notable one (if not only) recorded in Texas.
Today, the only reminder of the visit, which occurred on this date in 1897, is a small historical marker near the Aurora Cemetery.
Buried deep in its stories of town founders and war heroes is a single line about the visitor supposedly buried in an unmarked grave there:
“The oldest known graves, here, dating from as early as the 1860s, are those of the Randall and Rowlett families. Finis Dudley Beauchamp (1825-1893), a Confederate veteran from Mississippi, donated the 3-acre site to the newly- formed Aurora Lodge No. 479, A.F. & A.M., in 1877. For many years, this community burial ground was known as Masonic Cemetery. Beauchamp, his wife Caroline (1829-1915), and others in their family. An epidemic which struck the village in 1891 added hundreds of graves to the plot. Called “Spotted Fever” by the settlers, the disease is now thought to be a form of meingitis. Located in Aurora Cemetery is the gravestone of the infant Nellie Burris (1891-1893) with its often-quoted epitaph: “As I was so soon done, I don’t know why I was begun.” This site is also well-known because of the legend that a spaceship crashed nearby in 1897 and the pilot, killed in the crash, was buried here. Struck by epidemic and crop failure and bypassed by the railroad, the original town of Aurora almost disappeared, but the cemetery remains in use with over 800 graves. Veterans of the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts are interred here.”
The single line seems about as interested as Aurora is in becoming famous from the supposed crash.
On the 110th anniversary of the crash, former Houston Chronicle writer Eyder Peralta (now with NPR) visited Aurora, 30 miles north of Fort Worth and found the townsfolk mostly apathetic about the alien visitor then, or the scores of new human visitors who have come to visit the infamous crash site.
The visitors had been fun at first, but when they began trampling the cemetery and stealing headstones and other artifacts from the city museum, the town’s notoriety became a nuisance.
In the 1970s, a group from the International UFO Bureau showed up to exhume the body – media in tow – but were turned away by angry residents.
“There was quite a mess,” one resident, Karen Tedrow, told Peralta. “The residents had guns and everything, because they didn’t want them to do it. And I understand, because my parents are buried there, and I don’t want them digging around. Earthly body or not, they ought to let it rest in peace.”
John Boyd
Web Producer, Houston Chronicle
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2014 MUFON Symposium: UFOs and the Media
2014 MUFON Symposium: UFOs and the Media
WHAT IS THE MUFON SYMPOSIUM?
The MUFON Symposium is an annual event that brings together UFO experts and enthusiasts alike including MUFON’s field investigators from around the world to a common meeting place open to the public and media to learn about the latest UFO developments and MUFON’s vision for the future.
The first MUFON Symposium took place in Peoria, Illinois, on June 13, 1970, some 45 years ago, with the theme of “UFOs – An Unexplored Scientific Horizon.” Since those early days the MUFON Symposium has blossomed into the world-class meeting-of-the-minds that it is today.
This year experts from within MUFON and from the scientific and media community will present their personal views and research on the UFO phenomenon. In addition to our speakers, it is also an opportunity for those interested in UFO sighting investigations to attend our MUFON field investigators training class on Thursday, June 17th just prior to the Symposium speaker events.
This three-day event, four if you attend the field investigator training, is full of important information that will leave your mind brimming with new possibilities. It is a great way to meet like-minded people, make new friends, and personally meet many of the leaders in the UFO Field. Register TODAY!
CROWNE PLAZA CHERRY HILL NEW JERSEY
This year they are hosting the Symposium at the Crowne Plaza Cherry Hill hotel in New Jersey. This luxurious and amenity-filled hotel offers a relaxing and world-class way to spend your time at the Symposium. MUFON has negotiated a special rate for Symposium attendees of $95 per night.
2014 SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
This year we have assembled a speaker roster of people with more than 150 years of combined media experience! Comprised of scientists, film experts, TV personalities and more, our lecturers will provide you with first-hand information about personal experiences, and the state of UFOlogy in the mainstream media.Look below and click on the television screen for the speakers you wish to learn more about.
BEN HANSEN
BILL BIRNES, PhD
GEORGE KNAPP
JAMES FOX
JOHN GREENEWALD
JOHN VENTRE
LEE SPEIGEL
LINDA MOULTON HOWE
DR. LYNNE KITEI
ROGER MARSH
STANTON FRIEDMAN
STEPHEN BASSETT
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
The 2014 MUFON Symposium is chock full of education, eye-opening, and cutting-edge information by the worlds’ foremost experts on the UFO phenomenon. This year we have an awesome schedule and speaker lineup that will fill your Symposium weekend with insights, education, and knowledge.
Take a look at the schedule below.
THURSDAY, JULY 17th
This is special event day that is dedicated to experienced FI’s as well as new Field Investigators.
The 2014 MUFON Symposium kicks off with a gala banquet and keynote lecture by esteemed reporter George Knapp.
5pm – 6pmBenefactor Reception
6pm – 7pmGeneral Reception (Cash Bar)
7pm – 10pmDinner Banquet and Keynote
Keynote Speaker: George Knapp: “Area 51 Whistleblower – 25 years later”
SATURDAY, JULY 19th
Saturday will be a day filled with exciting and informative speakers. Top off the day with a special event hosted by Stephen Bassett.
9am – 10:15am Roger Marsh on “Covering UFOs”10:30am – 11:45am John Ventre on “Anderson Cooper and the Case for UFOs”12pm – 1:30pmOpen lunch1:30pm – 2:45pm Lee Spiegel on “UFOs- From Cave Walls to Modern Reports to theUnited Nations and the Internet”
3pm – 4:15pm Dr Lynne Kitei on “Beyond the Phoenix Lights”
7:15pm – 8:30pm Stephen Bassett “Congressional UFO Disclosure”
8:30pm – 10:30pm Stephen Bassett: “Disclosure DVD of the Citizens Hearings” (Special Event!) Included in the FULL SYMPOSIUM price
SUNDAY, JULY 20th
Wrap up your Symposium experience with plenty more UFOlogy experts talking about their unique insight into the UFO phenomenon.
9am – 10:15am Ben Hansen on “Media, Technology and Belief”10:30am – 11:45am Bill Birnes on “UFO Hunters: Season One”12pm – 1:30pmOpen lunch1:30pm – 2:45pm Linda Moulton Howe on “10,000 B.C. Gobekli Tepe& other Ancient Stone Structures -E. T. Terraforming?”
3pm – 4:15pm Stanton Friedman on “Press Coverage of Flying Saucers a Study in Laziness and Misrepresentation”
Amazing footage of a flying saucer hovering above Medellin, Colombia. Is it the real deal?
With reports of genuine UFO activity making the news around the world, its only a matter of time before a landing of an Alien craft is filmed, and then perhaps, disclosure can finally begin.
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