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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!
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29-04-2015
Does The Sealand Skull Prove Aliens Visited Earth?
This strange and unexplained skull was discovered in July 2007, in Olstykke which is on the Danish Island Sealand.
The Sealand skull was discovered while digging was being performed for replacement of sewer pipes. The strange mystery was no other bones that fit to the skull have been found at the site, dispite extensive digging.
The skull was however found with other artifacts pertaining to the Neolithic age. Carbon dating of the skull put it’s age between 1200 and 1280 A.D.
The skull was found above the pipes being replaced, which suggests that the skull hasn’t been buried for long, maybe only 100 years ago.
The skull is 1 1/2 times larger than the size of a regular human cranium. The eye sockets are extremely larger than a normal human.
The skull has a very smooth surface which seems to point to it being adapted to a cold climate and the relative eye size is hypothesized to point to a nocturnal creature, something that lived underground, or lived with a very dim sun orbiting its planet.
Suggestions to why it was recently buried include that someone was keeping the skull as a secret, and finally decided to bury the skull to keep its existence unknown.
Really? human, no way!
The secret order!
There is an old tale in Olstykke and nearby villages, that tell of a member of the “Order of Pegasus’ Light” protected various items, which included an old mysterious cranium and several devices of extraordinary light. These extraordinary light devices were said to be unbreakable metal or ceramic.
Little is known about this “Secret Order” and what other artifacts it may be protecting, but locals claim alien artifacts are among the items hidden. The Order was established in 1350.
Some known members of the Order are William Shakespeare, H.G. Wells, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Heller, Rene Descartes, Ambrose Bierce, Giovanni Boccaccio, and others – all writers.
Secrets, Aliens, Time Travel!
Why an order of writers would keep alien artifacts and devices is a little strange. But since the Order’s name suggests that possibly someone (time traveler or alien visitor?) from either the Pegasus galaxy or Pegasus constellation, came to Earth and gave us knowledge that was kept secret by this order. It does seem to suggest that these writers may have been influenced somehow by this “visitor” and they revealed some of the knowledge they learned through their writings. But no one knows for sure, and never will. But intriguing anyway right?
Case Unsolved
The skull has still to be proven to be fake.
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UFO Policy Cancelled By Royal Australian Air Force
UFO Policy Cancelled By Royal Australian Air Force
By Paul Dean ufos-documenting-the-evidence.blogspot.com 4-23-15
In the 1994, and further in 1996, the Australian Defence Department increasingly and officially washed their hands of the UFO/UAP matter. This came after some 44 years of official Defence handling of the issue, with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the old Department of Air (DOA) begrudgingly doing the lion’s share of the investigative work - if you can call it “investigative work” that is. See, judging by the thousands of declassified and released pages held now at the National Archives of Australia (NAA), its crystal clear that those in RAAF and Aviation officialdom did a sub-standard job of , chronological filing, policy development, and last, but definitely not least, actual investigation. Veteran researcher Bill Chalker stated to me in my first phone conversation with him 6 years ago, that his opinion of the government’s handling of the matter, after looking through the files, was “an entirely lostopportunity” for a proper “scientific appraisal” of the UFO matter. He was right then, and he is right now.
As stated above, the Department of Defence (DOD) washed their hands of the matter in 1996, however, there was still, from 1996 until very recently, one final scant, almost useless, UFO policy for the Defence community to refer to when needed. It was titled “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”. Tonight I can report that even that policy has been cancelled, and I can even give you a date: the 25th of March, 2013. That’s it. The whole sorry state of affairs is really over. The RAAF, and DoD as a whole (with the exception of the RAAF’s 41 Wing “Contacts of Interest” Standing Instructions, of which has nothing to do with the public, or indeed, most of the DoD) truly holds no policy on the UFO matter. You can’t even expect to get a reply email or latter if you contact them. That’s it.
And here is how it ended.
Now, as mentioned above, the former 1996 to 2013 DoD policy on the subject of UFO’s (or Unusual Aerial Sightings as the RAAF referred to the issue) was titled “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”. It was dated 13 Jun 1996, and carries this statement:
“For many years the RAAF was responsible for the handling of Unusual Aerial Sightings (UAS) at the official level. This function ceased in 1996 after consideration of the scientific record suggested that there was no compelling reason for the RAAF to continue to devote resources to the recording and investigation of UAS.”
This instruction followed the 1994 policy change, which, for example, stated:
“Consideration of the scientific record suggests that, whilst not all UAS have a ready explanation, there is no compelling reason for the RAAF to continue to devote resources to recording, investigating and attempting to explain UAS. The RAAF no longer accepts reports on UAS…”
“Some UAS may relate to events that could have a defence, security or public safety implications, such as man-made debris falling from space, a burning aircraft or an aircraft making an unauthorised incursion into Australian air space. Where members of the community may have witnessed an event of this type they are encouraged to contact the police, civilian aviation authorities or coast watch.”
As one can see from these official statements, there was, by the mid-1990’s, a complete lack any interest in the UFO topic, or, any half decent faith in what people, sometimes very highly qualified, had been reporting to the RAAF for decades. It may be important to note here that the 1996 policy was slightly reviewed and amended in the year 2000 too. This becomes important, as we shall see.
On the 25th of June, 2014, I received a letter (which was actually a reply letter to earlier correspondence I sent to the Chief of Air regarding the stunning 1973 North West Cape UFO case) from the RAAF Director of Coordination, Group Captain Catherine Wallis. In her letter to me, she mentioned that the DOD’s 1996 Defence Instruction for Unusual Sightings Policy had been entirely cancelled in March 2013. She actually said, in black-and-white, that “…Defence has no current policy on this issue.”. Effectively, she was stating that the 1996 policy (which was barely a policy at all) had died. This was news to me. So I told those who would listen, and that was that.
Then… I had an idea……
The DOD can’t just “cancel” a Defence Instruction without various layers of administrative action and tasking taking place. There has to be paperwork. I mean, for starters, the actual 3 page policy itself must surely have the word “Cancelled” stamped over it. Or something. So, on the 24th of January, 2015, I sent a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Defence FOI Branch, explaining to them their own pitiful UFO policy, and its total cancellation, with this brazen demand:
“I want to be furnished with a copy of the cancellation document(s); I also want to be furnished with copies of any and all material (memorandums; email letters; minutes of meetings; references to secondary material used in decision making processes; loose minutes; interagency correspondence with civil aviation bodies; etc.) that were created, used or “went in” to cancelling the above mentioned policy.”
Gotcha, Gotcha, Gotcha!
On the 27th January 2015, I received a reply from the Defence FOI Branch stating that my request for said material was valid, and would be processed. Nine weeks later, the requested material was emailed to me, on the 15th of April to be exact, and it contained a single PDF of 58 pages of Defence material: internal emails, briefs, minutes, distribution lists, procedural documents, and, of course, the actual cancellation of “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”, or, rather the policy front page, still intact, but with the word “Cancelation” at the bottom. Above (top) is an image of the policy cancellation. After 60 years of official involvement in the UFO, or “UAS”, matter, our DoD, spearheaded by the RAAF, that one word “Cancelation” formally finalises their having anything to do with the UFO/UAP phenomenon. I just hope that when a really serious incident occurs over Australia, witnessed by hundreds, plotted on synthetic aperture radar, over thousands of square kilometres, that they get their act together and take matters more seriously.
In my Part Two of this piece (hopefully published very soon) I will highlight the details from the other 57 pages of material they furnished me with, which is the process work which went into cancelling the policy, the opinions, the procedures and the bureaucracy involved. One day someone will look back and see what a piece of messy history it all is.
In the 1994, and further in 1996, the Australian Defence Department increasingly and officially washed their hands of the UFO/UAP matter. This came after some 44 years of official Defence handling of the issue, with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the old Department of Air (DOA) begrudgingly doing the lion’s share of the investigative work - if you can call it “investigative work” that is. See, judging by the thousands of declassified and released pages held now at the National Archives of Australia (NAA), its crystal clear that those in RAAF and Aviation offialdem did a sub-standard job of , chronological filing, policy development, and last, but definitely not least, actual investigation. Veteran researcher Bill Chalker stated to me in my first phone conversation with him 6 years ago, that his opinion of the government’s handling of the matter, after looking through the files, was “an entirely lost opportunity” for a proper “scientific appraisal” of the UFO matter. He was right then, and he is right now.
As stated above, the Department of Defence (DOD) washed their hands of the matter in 1996, however, there was still, from 1996 until very recently, one final scant, almost useless, UFO policy for the Defence community to refer to when needed. It was titled “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”. Tonight I can report that even that policy has been cancelled, and I can even give you a date: the 25th of March, 2013. That’s it. The whole sorry state of affairs is really over. The RAAF, and DoD as a whole (with the exception of the RAAF’s 41 Wing “Contacts of Interest” Standing Instructions, of which has nothing to do with the public, or indeed, most of the DoD) truly holds no policy on the UFO matter. You can’t even expect to get a reply email or latter if you contact them. That’s it.
And here is how it ended.
Now, as mentioned above, the former 1996 to 2013 DoD policy on the subject of UFO’s (or Unusual Aerial Sightings as the RAAF referred to the issue) was titled “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”. It was dated 13 Jun 1996, and carries this statement:
“For many years the RAAF was responsible for the handling of Unusual Aerial Sightings (UAS) at the official level. This function ceased in 1996 after consideration of the scientific record suggested that there was no compelling reason for the RAAF to continue to devote resources to the recording and investigation of UAS.”
This instruction followed the 1994 policy change, which, for example, stated:
“Consideration of the scientific record suggests that, whilst not all UAS have a ready explanation, there is no compelling reason for the RAAF to continue to devote resources to recording, investigating and attempting to explain UAS. The RAAF no longer accepts reports on UAS…”
“Some UAS may relate to events that could have a defence, security or public safety implications, such as man-made debris falling from space, a burning aircraft or an aircraft making an unauthorised incursion into Australian air space. Where members of the community may have witnessed an event of this type they are encouraged to contact the police, civilian aviation authorities or coast watch.”
As one can see from these official statements, there was, by the mid-1990’s, a complete lack any interest in the UFO topic, or, any half decent faith in what people, sometimes very highly qualified, had been reporting to the RAAF for decades. It may be important to note here that the 1996 policy was slightly reviewed and amended in the year 2000 too. This becomes important, as we shall see.
On the 25th of June, 2014, I received a letter (which was actually a reply letter to earlier correspondence I sent to the Chief of Air regarding the stunning 1973 North West Cape UFO case) from the RAAF Director of Coordination, Group Captain Catherine Wallis. In her letter to me, she mentioned that the DOD’s 1996 Defence Instruction for Unusual Sightings Policy had been entirely cancelled in March 2013. She actually said, in black-and-white, that “…Defence has no current policy on this issue.”. Effectively, she was stating that the 1996 policy (which was barely a policy at all) had died. This was news to me. So I told those who would listen, and that was that.
Then… I had an idea……
The DOD can’t just “cancel” a Defence Instruction without various layers of administrative action and tasking taking place. There has to be paperwork. I mean, for starters, the actual 3 page policy itself must surely have the word “Cancelled” stamped over it. Or something. So, on the 24th of January, 2015, I sent a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Defence FOI Branch, explaining to them their own pitiful UFO policy, and its total cancellation, with this brazen demand:
“I want to be furnished with a copy of the cancellation document(s); I also want to be furnished with copies of any and all material (memorandums; email letters; minutes of meetings; references to secondary material used in decision making processes; loose minutes; interagency correspondence with civil aviation bodies; etc.) that were created, used or “went in” to cancelling the above mentioned policy.”
Gotcha, Gotcha, Gotcha!On the 27th January 2015, I received a reply from the Defence FOI Branch stating that my request for said material was valid, and would be processed. Nine weeks later, the requested material was emailed to me, on the 15th of April to be exact, and it contained a single PDF of 58 pages of Defence material: internal emails, briefs, minutes, distribution lists, procedural documents, and, of course, the actual cancellation of “Defence Instructions (General) ADMIN 55-1, Unusual Aerial Sightings Policy”, or, rather the policy front page, still intact, but with the word “Cancelation” at the bottom. Below is an image of the policy cancellation. After 60 years of official involvement in the UFO, or “UAS”, matter, our DoD, spearheaded by the RAAF, that one word “Cancelation” formally finalises their having anything to do with the UFO/UAP phenomenon. I just hope that when a really serious incident occurs over Australia, witnessed by hundreds, plotted on synthetic aperture radar, over thousands of square kilometres, that they get their act together and take matters more seriously.
In my Part Two of this piece (hopefully published very soon) I will highlight the details from the other 57 pages of material they furnished me with, which is the process work which went into cancelling the policy, the opinions, the procedures and the bureaucracy involved. One day someone will look back and see what a piece of messy history it all is.
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Australian Monthly UAP / UFO Reports
Australian Monthly UAP / UFO Reports
By Keith Basterfield ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com 4-4-15
March 2015 Australian national level sightings listing
Compiled by Keith Basterfield and Paul Dean. This is the sixth in a series of Australian national level sightings listings, gathered from input by Australian civilian UAP groups, and other sources. Many of the reports in the listing have not been investigated and documented.
One of the reasons for the listing, is to draw people's attention to cases of which they might not be aware, and to stimulate them to then investigate and report back to us all. Paul and I would prefer to be publishing only cases which have been investigated, but the lack of investigated and published cases within Australia, would mean we would miss out on so many others. We have therefore chosen to compile as many as possible, with the hope, that over time, most cases we list here will have been investigated.
A man visited a property in Tasmania which has been the scene of previous unusual light phenomena. At 2040hrs on 20 March 2015, in the company of the two property owners, they brought his attention to a slight glow around the honey box which he thought was just normal light. Then, moving to a rear fence, the owners saw a light and the man tried to approach it. He "...could clearly see a golf ball sized light at 70??metres away sitting at the base of a tree." The man approached the light but lost sight of it. The owners told him "...the light had shrunk to a very small point source as I approached it."
At about 2100hrs, the man "...walked about 40 metres from the owners...and the 6 week old torch I had (with new batteries) started to act weird and the light would go on and off." After walking back, the torch resumed its usual functioning.
At about 2140hrs "...a second light appeared in the air about 2 metres (?) off the ground and about 5 metres to the left of the 'pilot light' which was still sitting at the base of the tree." The three went inside after watching for a while longer.
On the 21 March 2015 at 0610hrs, "I witnessed a light about the size (?) of a basketball (?) appear at approximately 70-100 metres away. It stayed in the air for about 4 seconds. I initially flashed my torch at it with no response from the light, which then moved to the right and I could not see it anymore."
"I also placed three game cameras (which work off localised heat sources) and set them to video function as normal. When I picked up the cameras, which had nothing of note on them, I found that two of them were now on still mode."
The man returned to the location on the 26 March. At 2015hrs the "pilot light" was again visible from the front gate. He approached this light but it faded so he returned to the gate. He could then see it again, approached but lost sight of it. The walkie talkie he had with him was working until he was about 100 metres away from the property owners, it started cutting in an out. He moved forward about another 100 metres, and a white light appeared at about 50/70 metres to his left and started flashing on and off. One second on and two seconds off. After about ten seconds another white light appeared about 10-15 metres to the right of the first light and this also turned on and off. After five minutes he returned to the farm. More lights were seen at 2245hrs and also on the following night.
(The above was summarised from a first hand account by the visiting male witness, supplied courtesy of Bill Chalker and TUFOIC. Keith Roberts of TUFOIC has kindly supplied us with a full account on the recurrent light phenomena.) . . .
March reports: 2 March 2015 1556hrs Mount Druitt, New South Wales ?minsRaw Raj Saini took a photograph during a thunderstorm. ACERN.
2 March 2015 2030hrs Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania Facebook & telephone. Bright light to north of Mt Wellington. The star like light brightens and fades, plus moves about a bit before descending behind hills. Astronomical. TUFOIC. 5 March 2015 0545hrs Near Wollongong, New South Wales ?mins Raw "Driving north along Sheepwash Rd heading towards East Bowral and west of Kangaloon...saw a flash lighting of deep blue colour light up the whole east side (left side of car) of the sky for a couple of seconds. At the same time the radio went off and then returned sounds after the blue flash had finished. There was a full moon on the right hand side of the car in the sky. I reported it to the ABC Illawarra radio station to see if anyone else saw it and confirmed what it was...ABC Illawarra confirmed they had an outage for 10 seconds around the same time." http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
5 March 2015 2130hrs Tweed Heads, New South Wales 20mins Raw Looking north at an elevation of about 45 degrees, Terri saw four medium sized white lights "circling almost dancing" which seemed to be contained in one cloud" on a cloudy night. One was slower than the others. "These lights did not stay in the same spot they moved close in a south direction." They then disappeared. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
8 March 2015 Evening East of Nerang River, Queensland (40-50) secs Raw/IFO? Witness saw a "..big ball of light" before it faded out. "They then saw something black drop from the object." Seemed only 200 meters up in the air. No sound. No flashing lights. Suspected garbage bag balloon. UFO Research Queensland.
9 March 2015 0930hrs South-West Western Australia secs IFO Hundreds of people watched a silver object with a tail travel over south-west Western Australia. It was extremely bright. It exploded and there was a two second long ball of light. Identified as a fireball. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/possible-meteor-flashes-across-perth-sky/6291094
9 March 2015 ?hrs Safety Bay, Perth, Western Australia 20+mins Personal observation Amanda Lucks "Just recorded an orange orb over Safety Bay, Wambro Beach from my house in Waikiki. Very bright. Watched for 20+ minutes and it never moved left or right, only faded out. On video. It was flashing with red flashing lights." Perth UFO Casebook Facebook page.
12 March 2015 2129hrs Newcastle, new South Wales ?mins raw Adam saw "3 bright orange objects" travelling north. All at different times, but within a couple of minutes of each other. Faster than an aircraft. Burning. On a slight descent. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
13 March 2015 (1830-1900)hrs Greenwood, Perth, Western Australia. ?mins Raw Greg Ramsden reported seeing "a fire cracker" travel across the sky. He had time to call two other people to watch it. It was lost in the distance. "Slower burning light" than a fireball. "I don't think it was a UFO." Travelled south to north in the eastern sky. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
13 March 2015 2355hrs Apollo Bay, Victoria (2-3)secs Raw A bright lime-green coloured , object with a tail, was seen at azimuth 200 degrees, elevation 10-15 degrees. It was descending towards the sea. Orange sparks were trailing off it. It blinked out. A similar object was seen at 0036hrs 14 March 2015 by the same observer. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
15 March 2015 1030hrs Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ?mins Raw A glint of light in the western sky caught the attention of the witness. "A disc shaped object not a long tube with wings" therefore not an aircraft. "Appeared to be spinning or pulsing." Moved slowly. "I often see objects like this in the area from time to time." Sunny day with intermittent cloud cover. MUFON case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
17 March 2015 1930hrs Dural, Sydney, New South Wales 10mins Raw Ron reported seeing lights in the sky, "green in the centre red surrounding them quite bright." Seen at 45 degrees north-west. The object was under dark rain clouds. "Moved about in a small area about half a kilometre away in erratic circles and then very slowly move away from this position going north-west till it disappeared 10 minutes later." No sound. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
17March 2015 (1800-1830)hrs Northern Gold Coast, Queensland (3-4) secs Raw Witness noticed a bright red, pulsating light over the hinterland. It was close to a bright star in the sky. It then made a quick U-turn under the star and stopped close to the star. It then disappeared. UFO Research Queensland Facebook page.
17 March 2015 2255hrs McDowall, Queensland (3-4)secs Raw A glowing blue ball was noticed in the eastern sky. It was moving very quickly to the west. Emitted a high intensity light. It was apparently lower than the clouds. UFO Research Queensland Facebook page.
19 March 2015 2017hrs Ellenbrook, Perth, Western Australia 20mins Raw John Brown reported looking 45 degrees south, and seeing a "bright red and white flashing light which moved across the sky and then back again before moving out of sight. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
19 March 2015 1930hrs Gorokan, Central Coast, New South Wales ?secs Josh Elton, 15, and other family members were in their lounge room, when they saw what they thought was a low flying aircraft. "It was swerving all around as we looked out to San Remo..." The 12 second video shows a very bright ball of light crossing a small portion of sky near the horizon. The video is available to view at the link below. The Express Advocate newspaper sent the video to UFOPRSA in Sydney. Dominic McNamara is cited as saying "Flashing lights are normally at a slower frequency, but can sometimes appear to be a revolving object instead...Interestingly, vector diagrams and measurement shows that it appears to change course ever so slightly towards the left of camera as it is about to be lost to sight...In the end it is impossible to say what this is...To date there is no other report of this." http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/ufo-close-encounter-of-an-errie-kind-as-gorokan-family-sees-hovering-sphere-of-light/story-fngr8h0p-1227274218623
19 March 2015 2130hrs Rose Bay, Tasmania 10secs Facebook Star like light at high elevation, travelling south but after ten seconds seems to fade out. Satellite. TUFOIC. 20 March 2015 0030hrs Wagga, New South Wales A photograph, showing a light trail in the sky, was submitted. MUFON Case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
20 March 2015 0200hrs St Leonards, New South Wales ?mins Raw Two people reported a boat sized rectangular object, hovering just above the water at a distance of 15 metres. MUFON Case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
21 March 2015 0000hrs Rockhampton, Queensland ?mins Raw A witness reported being attacked by a UFO, and that something took control of his mouth. MUFON Case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
22 March 2015 (2130-2200)hrs Patterson Lakes, Melbourne, Victoria ?mins Raw Ron and two other people were sitting on a balcony, when Ron saw a "red ball of light shoot up from somewhere, guessing in the Dingley, Westal or Springvale area...It started to head in our direction...it nearly flew directly over us...towards the Portsea area...lost sight of it." No flickering, and no sound. After 30 seconds to a minute, another one appeared. http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/ufo-sightings-Melbourne
23March 2015 1952hrs Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales ?mins Raw A man saw a single, white light travelling north, faster than an aircraft. It was white, round, soundless. It was 10 degree elevation above the ocean. It then reduced in size and appeared to change course from north to east, as it got smaller and slowed, until it disappeared. It appeared to have a smaller light to the rear. UFO Research New South Wales.
26 March 2015 ?hrs Darwin, Northern Territory 10secs Raw A bright, lime green light in the sky was seen by 21 year old Yoanna Williams."It slowed right down and disappeared." Northern Territory News. 30 March 2015.
26 March 2015 2000hrs Eastern freeway, Melbourne, Victoria 30secs Raw Kylie and her partner saw a "...white object fly horizontally across the sky...It flew behind a cloud for a couple of seconds...it reappeared...continued to fly north/west bound." White colour. Left no trail. http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/ufo-sightings-Melbourne
27 March 2015 Between 2000-2300hrs Long Reef, Sydney, New South Wales Personal observations. UFORNSW conducted a sky watch and CE5 session. On a clear, starry night a number of observers reported the following: Mariana - "Two objects briefly moving before fading out and also an extremely bright shooting star travelling east to west." Damien " I noticed 3 bright lights in a triangular formation at a 35 degree angle from my position...The centre light appeared to have a much smaller spherical light under it..." The lights moved and at one point two merged into one. Rozainah - Saw three very quick flashes from the corner of her eye towards the south-east. Also something like a smoke trail, very short and lasting a couple of seconds. John - Saw some flashes of light in the sky. One flashed brighter than other stars and then faded. Monita - An orange object at 70 degrees seen for 2 seconds. UFO Research New South Wales.
27 March 2015 1840hrs Gold Coast, Queensland ?mins Raw Sitting in a backyard, three people observed, overhead, a pulsating "bright ball of light" moving north. "...it was below the cloud line." It then changed direction to move north-east. It was soundless and moved at a constant speed. It finally "...disappeared out of the sky" at an angle of 30 degrees. MUFON Case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
28 March 2015 0600hrs Perth, Western Australia ?mins Personal observation Samuel Johnson reported "...a bright orange line shooting down slowly on the horizon east of Perth...it was slow and then started to curve before going behind the hills." Perth UFO Casebook Facebook page. 28 March 2015 2015hrs Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales 9mins Raw Damien Nott advises: "This object was seen heading east to west over the city and then did a slow controlled half circle U-turn and then head back east towards Sydney at an upwards angle...seen by two witnesses and caught on two different cameras. On video it can be seen spitting out semi-transparent blobs of what appears to resemble white puffs of plasma like smoke." Via UFO Research New South Wales.
28 March 2015 2030hrs Ansons Bay Road, Tasmania 60mins Facebook & telephone contact Two witnesses were returning at about 8.30pm from a shooting trip, when they noticed a large light, low over paddocks. Estimated to be half kilometre or more from the road. They stop to view the light through binoculars and a rifle scope. It appears to be a triangle shape with a dome area above. The colour is a blend of green, red and yellow. Beneath, there seems to be ribbons of coloured light reaching down towards the ground. At this point a loud beep sound was heard and a white light was observed approaching from the south-east. It is only visible for 15 seconds as it performs a quick turn and disappears in the sky.
The witnesses now decide to see if they can approach closer to the light from nearby farm and bush tracks. Due to locked gates they fail to get any closer and after 30 minutes return to the road. The light is still there. They now shine their spotlight (range 350 metres) towards the light and it appears to reflect the light. Almost at once the object looks to move away from the road in a zig zag or circling movement and is soon lost to view. The two witnesses return home to St Helens and say they can still see a fading light, high up ion the sky.
The report was lodged on Facebook (29th March) with follow up by TUFOIC's Northern rep. Phil Polden. Investigation in progress. TUFOIC.
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28 February 2015 2203hrs Hardwicke Bay/Warroka, South Australia ?mins Raw An individual noted that the wind increased, looked up and saw an object hovering over trees. The object had yellow and orange lights "around it shaped in a disc form." A beam of blue and white light came down from it. MUFON Case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
28 February 2015 1715hrs Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales 15mins Raw A "tiny silver dot" was seen in the sky. The witness was facing north, looking up at a 60-70 degrees elevation. It was lost, then found again, at 45 degrees east of the original position, and at 80 degrees elevation. It was slowly moving west, then made a slow right turn to head north. It was lost to sight behind trees/buildings. The sky was clear and blue. http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
9 February 2015 1930hrs Toowoomba/Clifton, Queensland 40mins "A man was driving from Toowoomba to Clifton when he saw two lights in the sky he thought could be planes. He continued driving but then saw three lights in the sky dipping up and down, so he pulled over to look at them through binoculars.
It was then he could see a shadow with lights around it that had a diffused shape. He continued to drive to Clifton and was outbound on his way to Leyburn when he saw an object with 8 golden yellow lights spinning around it about 25 to 50 meters in front of him, and at tree top level about 10-15 metres above him. The object was silent and the lights gave off no emanations on the surrounding environment. witness described thee lights as "looking like they were suspended in the sky." The witness observed the entire event over a 40 minute period while he travelled about 20 kms at very slow speed. There were two other drivers who he thought would have seen the light too." UFO Research Queensland.
6 February 2015 2035hrs Sydney, New South Wales ?mins Raw (Reported 12 March 2015.) Was filming the Moon rise as it was a new full moon, with Aiptek handheld camcorder - no filter on lens - in nigth vision setting. Did not notice the object until playback and in full screen mode. "In playback I noticed an orange globe - but find it hard to get a single frame. managed to capture an image - it was coming and going between frames which made it difficult. I was on the balcony in front of my apartment. In playback the object seemed to be heading straight up and disappear. In the clip it appears at 0.01 at 12 position." MUFON case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
February 2015 1630hrs Williamtown, New South Wales ?mins Raw Brett reported seeing five silver, diamond looking objects, "appearing tiny due to cruise height, flying south to north in formation." http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2007/report-a-sighting/
8 January 2015 Ca. 2100hrs Bray Park, Brisbane, Queensland 3mins Raw Two people sitting outside a house saw an object in the sky. It dimmed and brightened a few times. It was moving slowly with small, erratic, movements. It moved off to the south-west at high speed. It was white in colour, and spherical in shape. http://www.ufointernationalproject.com/sighting-reports/bray-park-brisbane-australia-uf-sighting
20 December 2014 2240hrs Logan, Queensland ?secs Raw An individual was sitting outside, looked up and saw a big white light. It went behind trees and was lost to view. Then, looking straight ahead "something streaked across the sky leaving a mustard yellowish orange streak. It faded in seconds. There was no associated sound. UFOPRSA "Phenomenon Times." February 2015.
27 October 2014 1637hrs Moonta, South Australia ?mins Raw (Reported 16 March 2015.) "Taking photos of a storm approaching from NW." Captured something in one of the pictures, it is small. Not in photos before or after. "A few other people around town I mentioned the object to have said they saw something flying in the clouds glowing a red or orange colour that same day." "I didn't notice the object at the time." MUFON case management system. http://mufoncms.com/cgi-bin/report_handler.pl
7 April 2012 2000hrs Warner, Queensland ?mins (Reported 12 February 2015.) "A young man was at a friend's house when they decided to walk to the local shop. They reached a high point on a hill and saw a deep orange dot in the sky. They didn't think anything of it but as they walked a few hundred metres and turned a corner they saw a bus-sized sphere about 50 metres above the road. It had a diameter of 4 metres and was moving silently at about 5km/hr. It appeared to be made of a fire or plasma and an orange/red colour. They heard a man yell "What the ...is that" a girl scream and another girl crying. They watched it move at about 40 to 50 metres then it accelerated to 4/5 times its speed, then disappeared at a 45 degree angle. The object was extremely bright but didn't scatter any ambient light nor did the witness recall seeing it cast any shadows. Even though the light was bright it seemed to cause no harm to their eyes." UFO Research Queensland.
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Signs of Alien Life by 2025, Says NASA Chief Scientist
Signs of Alien Life by 2025, Says NASA Chief Scientist
Recent observations by planetary probes and telescopes on the ground and in space have shown that water is common throughout our solar system and the broader Milky Way galaxy.
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Humanity is on the verge of discovering alien life, high-ranking NASA scientists say.
"I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we're going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years," NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan said Tuesday (April 7) during a panel discussion that focused on the space agency's efforts to search for habitable worlds and alien life.
"We know where to look. We know how to look," Stofan added during the event, which was webcast live. "In most cases we have the technology, and we're on a path to implementing it. And so I think we're definitely on the road." [5 Bold Claims of Alien Life]
Former astronaut John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, shared Stofan's optimism, predicting that signs of life will be found relatively soon both in our own solar system and beyond.
"I think we're one generation away in our solar system, whether it's on an icy moon or on Mars, and one generation on a planet around a nearby star," Grunsfeld said during Tuesday's event.
Recent discoveries suggest that the solar system and broader Milky Way galaxy teem with environments that could support life as we know it, Grunsfeld said.
For example, oceans of liquid water slosh beneath the icy shells of the Jupiter moons Europa and Ganymede, as well as that of the Saturn satellite Enceladus. Oceans covered much of Mars in the ancient past, and seasonal dark streaks observed on the Red Planet's surface today may be caused by salty flowing water.
Further, NASA's Curiosity rover has found carbon-containing organic molecules and "fixed" nitrogen, basic ingredients necessary for Earth-like life, on the Martian surface.
Farther afield, observations by NASA's Kepler space telescope suggest that nearly every star in the sky hosts planets — and many of these worlds may be habitable. Indeed, Kepler's work has shown that rocky worlds like Earth and Mars are probably more common throughout the galaxy than gas giants such as Saturn and Jupiter.
And just as the solar system is awash in water, so is the greater galaxy, said Paul Hertz, director of NASA's Astrophysics Division.
New research suggests we might want to widen our search for Earth-like exoplanets.
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The Milky Way is "a soggy place," Hertz said during Tuesday's event. "We can see water in the interstellar clouds from which planetary systems and stellar systems form. We can see water in the disks of debris that are going to become planetary systems around other stars, and we can even see comets being dissipated in other solar systems as star evaporates them." [6 Most Likely Places for Alien Life in the Solar System]
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifying potentially habitable environments. But researchers are working steadily toward that more involved and ambitious goal, Stofan and others said.
For example, the agency's next Mars rover, scheduled to launch in 2020, will search for signs of past life and cache samples for a possible return to Earth for analysis. NASA also aims to land astronauts on Mars in the 2030s — a step Stofan regards as key to the search for Mars life.
"I'm a field geologist; I go out and break open rocks and look for fossils," Stofan said. "Those are hard to find. So I have a bias that it's eventually going to take humans on the surface of Mars — field geologists, astrobiologists, chemists — actually out there looking for that good evidence of life that we can bring back to Earth for all the scientists to argue about."
NASA is also planning out a mission to Europa, which may launch as early as 2022. The main goal of this $2.1 billion mission will be to shed light on the icy moon's potential habitability, but it could also search for signs of alien life: Agency officials are considering ways to sample and study the plumes of water vapor that apparently erupt from Europa's south polar region.
In the exoplanet realm, the agency's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an $8.8 billion instrument scheduled to launch in 2018, will scope out the atmospheres of nearby "super-Earth" alien planets, looking for gases that may have been produced by life.
JWST will scan the starlight that passes through the air of super-Earths, which are more massive than our own planet but significantly less so than gaseous worlds such as Uranus and Neptune. This method, called transit spectroscopy, will likely not work for potentially habitable Earth-size worlds, Hertz said.
earching for biosignature gases on small, rocky exoplanets will instead probably require direct imaging of these worlds, using a "coronagraph" to block out the overwhelming glare of their parent stars, Hertz added.
NASA's potential Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, which may launch in the mid-2020s if given the official go-ahead, would include a coronagraph for exoplanet observations.
Blue UFO At Space Station On Live Cam, April 24, 2015, UFO Sighting News.
Blue UFO At Space Station On Live Cam, April 24, 2015, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: April 24, 2015 Location of sighting: space station The International Space Station has been a UFO hotspot for several years now. The live cam has giving us a lot of valuable images and video of suspected UFOs near the ISS. Streetcap1 of Youtube is the researcher who has caught the most amazing, closest and docked UFOs at the space station. This is another instance of that. This blue UFO was near the space station, and may have been there days later on April 28 when a launched rocket of the Russian cargo ship lost control and could not dock with the ISS. Perhaps they caused the cargo ship to spin out of control, as an experiment...what will NASA do about it? SCW
Local police have a report. Came home from work about 10 pm and sat on deck with a glass of wine (usual), glancing at a very bright light that came towards me after a while; the colors appeared as it got closer. Got a neighbor to observe, he took out binoculars to look; husband came out onto deck with his own binoculars observed what appeared to be a UFO lights.
I called 911 and 2 police officers arrived and also observed thru binoculars and I pulled out my cell phone which enhanced the image to film it. The police call the military and airport to see if anything flying planes, balloons, etc were in the area and they said “no.” The police reported the UFO to his Chief and the military said they were going to investigate asap; within 20 minutes, the object started to leave. I went inside because I was scared, but my husband and neighbor remained outside observing until it faded away. The entire event, for me, lasted about one hour, with others remaining to watch about another 1/2 hour. The UFO had beautiful bright colors in an oval shape with a dome on the top; seemed like it had individual windows with objects shooting out from it.
At one point it had a very bright red light, but other colors were blue, green, yellow, red. I was excited and scared at the same time. My phone was the only phone that picked it up. I had a HTC 1, an Android. I also filmed this event on my cell for 23 minutes which my brother-in-law will upload. I appeared on ABC news and “Good Morning America” to talk about this event.
The Lost Cosmonauts of the USSR are still Out There
Conquering space came at a great cost. While those that have died trying to claim the heavens are tooted as heroes—and for good reason—there are some whose names are never sung despite the fact that their frozen remains are probably hurtling through space in derelict capsules. They are the phantom cosmonauts of the USSR.
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a competition to become the first to overcome the final frontier.
But while the American public had more or less access to the details of the Space Race, the Soviets kept a tight lid on most of their missions. But despite their secrecy, information has managed to leak out and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture.
There are sources who suggest that the early missions of the Soviet space program experienced catastrophic failures that resulted in loss of life. According to this theory, some of the cosmonauts made it to outer space but never made it back.
The story begins with two Italian brothers, Giovanni and Achille Judica-Cordiglia. The two amateur radio operators had a passion for picking up radio transmissions between cosmonauts and the Soviet ground control. Using a basic setup, the Cordiglia brothers had managed to intercept signals sent by the Sputnik satellite and even eavesdrop on Laika, the canine explorer aboard Sputnik II.
On November 28, 1960, the Cordiglia Bros. tuned into a Soviet frequency and picked up what sounded like an SOS signal coming from beyond Earth. They listened as the signal weakened and eventually stopped altogether. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the SOS signal was that it registered almost no speed relative to the Earth; combined with the gradual weakening of the signal, this suggests that the source was moving away from Earth.
Giovanni and his brother believed they had just picked up on the distress signal of a desperate cosmonaut whose capsule had overshot the Earth’s orbit and was slowly drifting away into space.
The following year, they detected another Soviet transmission which sounded like the strained breathing and irregular heartbeat of an unconscious man. They showed the recording to their father, a cardiologist, who believed that they had heard a man suffocating and suffering cardiac arrest.
The Judica-Cordiglia brothers released a total of nine recordings over a period of four years. One of them stands out in particular.
Recorded in May 1961, the dramatic transmission features the panicked voice of a woman who was documenting her last minutes alive as her capsule burned up during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. At first she seems levelheaded but as the transmission continues, she begins to panic and her voice becomes more distraught. Here is the transcript and below you will find the transmission itself:
five…four…three…two…one…one…two…three…four…five
come in…come in…come in…
Listen!…Listen…COME IN!…COME IN!…COME IN!…Talk to me!
TALK TO ME!…I am hot!…I AM HOT!
What?…Forty-five?…WHAT?…
FORTY-FIVE?…FIFTY?…
YES…YES…YES…BREATHING…
BREATHING…OXYGEN…OXYGEN…
I AM HOT…(THIS)…
ISN’T THIS DANGEROUS?…IT’S ALL…
ISN’T THIS DANGEROUS?…IT’S ALL…
YES…YES…YES…HOW IS THIS?…
WHAT?…TALK TO ME!…HOW SHOULD I TRANSMIT?…
YES…YES…WHAT?…
OUR TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…
FORTY-ONE…THIS WAY…OUR TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…
FORTY-ONE…THIS WAY…OUR TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…
FORTY-ONE…YES…I FEEL HOT…I FEEL HOT…
IT’S ALL…IT’S HOT…I FEEL HOT…I FEEL HOT…
I CAN SEE A FLAME!…WHAT?…
I CAN SEE A FLAME!…I CAN SEE A FLAME!…
I FEEL HOT…I FEEL HOT…THIRTY-TWO…
THIRTY-TWO…FORTY-ONE…FORTY-ONE…
AM I GOING TO CRASH?…YES…YES…I FEEL HOT!…
I FEEL HOT!…I WILL REENTER!…I WILL REENTER…
I AM LISTENING!…I FEEL HOT…
end transmission”
While some question the veridity of the Cordiglia brothers’ recordings, there are many who believe the two radio enthusiasts provided irrefutable proof concerning the secret Soviet casualties of the Space Race. According to proponents of the phantom cosmonaut theory, as many as eleven men and women died in outer space or during reentry.
The Soviet Union dismissed the theory but with all the secrecy surrounding their space program, we have to conclude that there might be some truth behind these allegations. Unfortunately, the evidence—if there is any indeed—now rests in cold metal caskets drifting aimlessly through space. Will they ever be found and given proper recognition?
A Mississippi witness driving south on Natchez Trace about a half-mile past I-20 at Ridgeland reported watching a low flying object with a row of orange lights that rolled into a vertical position about 8:45 p.m. on April 25, 2015, according to testimony in Case 64965 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
“A car was ahead of me about eight car lengths,” the witness stated. “I followed along and noticed in my rearview mirror what appeared to the reflection of a row of orange lights. I thought it might be the top f a large truck. The row moved across my windshield and I thought it was a reflection but there was something about it that caused me to take my eyes off the road and look up.”
The witness first thought the lights could be identified.
“I then saw what I thought was a private jet or small plane due to the winged light shape moving west to east. A bright white light blinked from the center. As I watched I thought to myself that the plane was awfully low to be coming in for landing at Jackson Evers Airport, some distance away.”
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The object then began to roll.
“As I followed it with my eyes, it began a roll. It appeared to roll as if banking to the right. But it remained in a straight line flight. When I saw it disappear behind trees, the lights had rolled into a completely vertical position. My impression was that it was still l rolling over, but I could not see it anymore to confirm this.”
The witness is looking for answers to what the object could have been.
“I believe someone will come forward and say it was a drone or some other explanation. I know there is a radio jet air show at the nearby John Bell Williams Airport. Also, Hinds Community College has a drone program. I feel sure there is an explanation…but I feel compelled to report this incase it is not something that can be explained away.”
The witness attempted to draw the object and provided one illustration with the MUFON report, which was filed on April 25, 2015.
“The drawing attached shows three images of only one object as it moves right to left. Three views of a single object. It is not perfect but best I can do for now.”
Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, population 24,047.
The witness was driving south on Natchez Trace about a half-mile past I-20 at Ridgeland and reported watching a low flying object with a row of orange lights that rolled into a vertical position about 8:45 p.m. on April 25, 2015. (Credit: Google)
Mississippi is currently a UFO Alert Level 5 – with 0.67 sightings per million population based on MUFON February 2015 statistics. Mississippi received a total of two UFO reports in March.
The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 4.01 or higher reports per million residents are rated an Alert 1; 3.01 – 4.0 reports are an Alert 2; 2.51 – 3.0 are an Alert 3; 2.01 – 2.5 are an Alert 4; and those states with 2.0 or lower are rated an Alert 5.
Please remember that most UFO sighting can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Several residents of the Hunts Point area in the Bronx reported spotting UFOs on Saturday night. Many of them called 911 to report their sighting, but when a reporter called for more information, the NYPD threatened to hang up.
According to the New York Post, residents in Hunts Point began reporting bright objects shooting across the sky at around 6:30 pm on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
Map of the Hunts Point area in Bronx, NY. The red marker is at East 149th Street and the Bruckner Expressway, where the UFO was initially reported. (Credit: Google Maps)
Although many say they called 911, a story in the Inquisitr reports that the authorities were not very keen to talk about it. According to a tweet by a New York Times reporter, when he called the NYPD he was told that if he asked about the UFO he would “hear a dial tone.”
The reporter, Liam Stack, tweeted later, “Pro tip: the NYPD public affairs office really does not like it when you call on a Saturday night to ask about UFOs in the Bronx.”
The New York Post says that according to a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) source, one resident had called in terrified when she saw a “flying spaceship” fly over the Hunts Point area.
The New York Post also talked to Juan Marrero, another witness. He explained, “I look up and see this fireball, ‘Whoosh!’ and then another, ‘Whoosh!’”
Marrero, described as a “pigeon fancier” by the New York Post, was on his rooftop when he spotted the UFOs. He says it was about 11:30 pm when he saw the two bright streaks shoot across the sky. He said they moved “From one side of the sky to the other, too fast for an airplane.”
Another witness, Andres Morales, also saw a UFO and was able to snap a picture.
“I stuck my hand out the car window and snapped like crazy,” he told the New York Post. “I don’t know what it was but it was moving crazy fast.”
UFO picture taken in the Bronx. (Credit: Andres Morales/New York Post)
There was no information provided as to when Morales took his picture. The sun looks high in the sky in Morales’ picture. At 11:30 pm it would have been dark. If he saw the object in the 6:30 pm time frame, that would have been about an hour before sunset. It is hard to tell if he even really caught the object on camera at all. The picture could be showing a lens flare, which is common when shooting into the sun.
Close-up of the UFO in the picture taken in the Bronx. (Credit: Andres Morales/New York Post)
The New York Post asked New York City based UFO journalist Ryan Sprague what he thought of the sightings. Sprague told them that there were similar sightings in this area last year. He says, “I definitely think we’re dealing with anomalies that could potentially be nonhuman.”
Ryan Sprague
Although, Sprague also noted that Hunts Point is near La Guardia Airport, so sightings in the area could be due to “misidentifications.”
Even so, Sprague does not think UFO sightings in the area should automatically be discounted. He says the sightings last year had similar descriptions. He says witnesses reported that the UFO “just sort of hovered, stationary, and then shot off in the blink of an eye.”
“The maneuvers these objects seem to be making don’t fit with any current technology that we’re aware of,” Sprague said. “They’re not moving, then darting off at unbelievable speeds.”
One resident took a light hearted perspective on the sightings. He posited that perhaps aliens were coming to the Bronx to learn how to break dance.
In a follow up story by the New York Post, other Bronx residents had a similar sentiment. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. says he would welcome extraterrestrial visitors. He added, “And we would expect that if you traveled all that distance to Earth, you would want to see The Bronx first.”
Local bodega worker Hector Flores told the New York Post, “If that thing really was a UFO and they were just checking us out of curiosity, I say, ‘Welcome to our planet, dudes.’”
Flores joked, “As long as you’re coming in peace, we can chill. I’ll introduce you to some ladies. Just don’t eat me!”
Referring to the movie Men in Black, a spokesman for Bronx-based Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told the New York Post, “Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are on the case.”
However, Ted Roe, executive director of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP), says sightings like this need to be taken seriously by authorities.
“When you have an issue like this, in an area with high-level public interest, science needs to engage, not ignore it,” says Roe. “These things are in controlled airspace over cities, so that’s a concern.”
Roe added, “If we have things moving about in the sky that pilots aren’t trained to react to, it’s important to figure out what it is. It’s a safety factor. We need to pay attention to what’s going on out there.”
Local experts at the New York State chapter of the Mutual UFO Network have attributed Saturday’s sightings to the Lyrid’s meteor shower, which lasted from April 22 to 26. A NASA spokesperson told the New York Post that they had received at least one report of a meteor at around 4:20 am on Sunday.
A large fireball set social media ablaze in Northern Ireland on Sunday. It was seen at about 10 pm Sunday night and was caught on video. A representative from a local observatory told theBelfast Telegraph that a space rock the size of a grapefruit was most likely responsible for the fireball.
He explained, “Upon entering the atmosphere, friction – air molecules bouncing off it – caused it to heat up and glow. This light that we see from the ground is what we call a meteor. Eventually, the intense heat caused it to vaporise completely before reaching the ground.”
A pyramid is defined by a shape that is roughly that of a pyramidal structure in the geometric sense; that is, its outer surfaces are triangular and converge upwards.
Everyone has heard of the Pyramids of Giza, but pyramid building has come in many forms across the civilisations. The following is a list of ten pyramids you’ve probably never heard of…
1 Monte d’Accoddi
Monte d’Accoddi is an archaeological site in northern Sardinia, Italy, located in the territory of Sassari near Porto Torres. It is the site of a megalithic structure, the oldest part are dated to around c. 4,000-3,650 BC and discovered in 1954, in a field owned by Segni family.
The structure has a base of 27 m by 27 m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. It culminated in a platform of about 12.5 m by 7.2 m, accessible via a ramp. It has been variously described as an altar, a temple or a step pyramid.
Monte d’Accoddi : WikiPedia
2 Great Pyramid of Cholula
The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for “artificial mountain”), is a huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the New World. The pyramid stands 55 metres (180 ft) above the surrounding plain, and in its final form it measured 400 by 400 metres (1,310 by 1,310 ft).
The pyramid is a temple that has traditionally been viewed as having been dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl. The architectural style of the building was closely linked to that of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico, although influence from the Gulf Coast is also evident, especially from El Tajín.
Great Pyramid of Cholula : WikiPedia
3 Greek pyramids
Greek pyramids, also known as the Pyramids of Argolis, refers to several structures located in the plain of Argolid, Greece. The best known of these is known as the Pyramid of Hellinikon. In the time of the geographer Pausanias it was considered to be a tomb. Twentieth century researchers have suggested other possible uses.
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4 Pyramid of Cestius
The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city’s fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.
The pyramid was built about 18 BC–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.
Pyramid of Cestius : WikiPedia
5 Nubian pyramids
Nubian pyramids are pyramids that were built by the rulers of the Kushite ( centered on Napata and Meroe) and Egyptian kingdoms. Prior to the Kushites building these pyramids (which are located in modern day Sudan), there had been no pyramid construction in Egypt and the Nile Valley for more than 500 years.
The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within present day Sudan, was home to three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity. The first had its capital at Kerma from (2600–1520 BC). The second was centered on Napata from (1000–300 BC). Finally, the last kingdom was centered on Meroë (300 BC–AD 300).
Nubian pyramids : WikiPedia
6 Madghacen
Madghacen is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia – Algeria. Madghis was a king of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, between 300 to 200 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts.
Madghacen : WikiPedia
7 La Quemada Votive Pyramid
La Quemada is a Mesoamerican archeological site, also known (according to different versions) as Chicomóztoc. La Quemada is made up of numerous different size masonry platforms built onto the hill, these were foundations for structures built over them. On the south and southeastern sides is a high concentration of ceremonial constructions, some of which are complexes made up of sunken patio platforms and altar-pyramid, a typical Mesoamerican architectonic attribute.
Votive Pyramid. This structure, more than 10 metres high, is highlighted by the angle of its slopes. During Corona Nuñez works, in 1995, slope vestiges with remains of a stairway were found, that ascended the south side of the pyramid. With time the middle and top parts crumbled to the ground, where they can be seen at the present time. Originally, the stairway reached the top of the pyramid where a room or temple constructed with perishable materials apparently existed.
La Quemada Votive Pyramid : WikiPedia
8 Koh Ker
Koh Ker is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 kilometres (75 mi) away from Siem Reap and the ancient site of Angkor. It is a very jungle filled region that is sparsely populated.
Under the reign of the kings Jayavarman IV and Harshavarman II Koh Ker was briefly the capital of the whole empire (928–944 AD). Jayavarman IV forced an ambitious building program. An enormous water-tank and about forty temples were constructed under his rule. The most significant temple complex, a double sanctuary (Prasat Thom/Prang), follows a linear plan and not a concentric one like most of the temples of the Khmer kings. Unparalleled is the seven tiered and 36-metre (118 ft) high pyramid, which most probably served as state temple of Jayavarman IV. Really impressive too are the shrines with the two meter 6 ft 7 in high lingas.
Koh Ker : WikiPedia
9 Pyramids of Güímar
The Pyramids of Güímar refer to six rectangular pyramid-shaped, terraced structures, built from lava stone without the use of mortar. They are located in the district of Chacona, part of the town of Güímar on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The structures have been dated to the 19th century and their original function may well be explained as a byproduct of contemporary agricultural techniques.
Other pyramids employing the same methods and materials of construction can be found in various sites on Tenerife. In Güímar itself there were nine pyramids, only six of which survive.
Pyramids of Güímar : WikiPedia
10 Sukuh
Sukuh (Indonesian: Candi Sukuh is a 15th-centuryJavanese-Hindu step pyramid temple (candi) that is located on the western slope of Mount Lawu (elev. 910 m (3000 ft)) on the border between Central and East Java provinces.
Sukuh temple has a distinctive thematic reliefs from other candi where life before birth and sexual education are its main theme. Its main monument is a simple pyramid structure with reliefs and statues in front of it, including three tortoises with flattened shells and a male figure grasping his penis. A giant 1.82 m (6 ft) high of lingga (phallus) with four balls, representing penile incisions, was one of the statues that has been relocated to the National Museum of Indonesia.
Nasa Super Pressure Balloon Mistaken for UFO in Australia
Nasa Super Pressure Balloon Mistaken for UFO in Australia
Many people in Victoria took a Nasa balloon for an unidentified flying object (UFO) and one of them even called police, the Southland Times reported.
People soon took to social media after spotting Nasa balloon in the sky above Victoria and thought it was a UFO.
Victorian Storm Chasers updated their Facebook page with a post saying "We have had a few images coming into the page about the mysterious slow high flying light over parts of Victoria tonight".
"We are able to confirm that it is a Nasa Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) which was launched last month in New Zealand," it read.
Many people had commented on the post saying they thought it was a UFO and the post had laid an unanswered question about what the mystery object was to rest.
Others said they thought it was the planet Venus, a jellyfish in the sky or the Goodyear blimp. The post was shared over 700 times and received almost 1,000 comments.
One witness was driving when she saw the light in the sky.
"I looked up and there was this weird thing in the sky, and there was a lot of other cars stopping to look at it too. It looked like a white circle with lines across it. It just didn't look right," she was quoted as saying.
She called police who took a report of the incident. The $1.6 million helium balloon was launched from Wanaka Airport in New Zealand on March 27.
It was expected to circle the world two or three times before landing in South America.
What are the Vimana? Are they ancient flying machines? We have been told that the Wright brothers were the first to fly in 1903. Was it the Wright brothers who managed to turn dream into reality? Or is it possible that the dream of flight, was something present in ancient India, thousands of years ago? Today, Vimana is the name attributed to a flying machine used by the gods of ancient India. The earliest accounts of this amazing civilization are written in Sanskrit thousands of years ago, where different types of Vimanas are referred to. These strange flying machines were used in incredible battles, battles resembling modern-day jet panes engaging into action, but only hundreds of years before Christ. In the Mahabharata, these incredible battles are described. The Vimanas are mentioned forty-one times with sophisticated combat weapons that shoot beams of light.
The ancient texts refer to King Salva attacks against the city of Dwaraka, where the God Krishna lived. Salva leads a flying Vimana called Saubha that has the power to become invisible. Krishna returns the attack with lightning that locates and destroys his enemies through sound.
The Ramayana also makes reference to incredible flying machines, telling the adventures of Princess Sita, kidnapped by the evil Ravana, where a Vimana called Puspaka is mentioned.
According to researchers, these ancient texts also refer to incredible technologies like anti gravity. Dr. Ruth Reyna of the University of Chandrigarh managed to translate some of the texts written in Sanskrit that make reference to "anti-gravitational" forces. Technology that the Yogis developed to "levitate". According to research, the same anti-gravitational force is what allowed the Vimana to move freely through space.
The Viana are mentioned in several other texts, apart from Hindu mythology, indicating that these flying machines of the gods were a possibility thousands of years ago. Doctor Raghavan says that the technology was brought by beings from other planets thousands of years ago at a time when the Anunnaki lived among people and the Sumeria culture flushed in ancient Mesopotamia.
Many Ufologists believe that the Vimana are what we today refer to as "flying saucers". These mysterious vehicles are piloted by otherworldly beings and we can find proof of them in ancient texts across the globe, like the Sanskrit where the flying machines are mentioned in detail. Researchers believe that there are many other texts that have not been translated yet, and hold important details regarding otherworldly visitations and their technology thousands of years ago.
"Those who came from above" is, in Sumerian language, Anunnaki. Ancient Astronaut theorists believe that the Anunnaki showed the Sumerians, then the Babylonians, how to build and manage these sophisticated machines. Some believe that his knowledge extended all the way to ancient India pointing towards the iconography of some Hindu gods and some mythological accounts as being evidence of a possible connection to the ancient Anunnaki.
And if ancient texts don't convince you about ancient flying machines, then check out the incredible similarities between NASA's new Orion capsule and the ancient Indian Vimanas.
Stephen Hawking said there is only one way for humanity to survive another millennium.
“We must continue to go into space for the future of humanity,” Hawking said. “I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet.”
The famed physicist spoke via hologram – created using two cameras in his office – before sold-out audiences Saturday and Sunday at the Sydney Opera House, reported the Australian Broadcasting Company.
John Webb, who helped organize the lecture and oversees the Big Questions Institute at the University of New South Wales, said governments tend to overlook long-term solutions to important topics because they cost too much and offer little immediate return.
He said Hawking fears that humanity will ultimately be undone by its innate aggression – which has possibly outlived its usefulness.
“That may have been useful at some point in the early history of humanity, enabling us to find food and get a partner and things like that, but he thinks that aggression that remains with us today is now the thing that could well end up destroying us,” Webb said. “I think he’s put a time on it to make us realize we’ve got to take better control of what we’re doing.”
The 73-year-old Hawking, who suffers from a motor neuron disease, encouraged his audience to appreciate the wonder of the universe and to make sense of what they see.
“Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at,” he said.
Hawking took questions from the audience – and he used a lighthearted one about the recent departure of Zayn Malik from the pop group One Direction to make a larger point about theoretical physics.
“My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay attention to the study of theoretical physics because, one day, there may well be proof of multiple universes,” Hawking said.
“It would not be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside of our own universe lies another, different universe and, in that universe, Zayn is still in One Direction,” he added.
Hieroglyphics Experts Declare Ancient Egyptian Carvings in Australia to be AUTHENTIC
Hieroglyphics Experts Declare Ancient Egyptian Carvings in Australia to be AUTHENTIC
April 28, 2015 - Based in Egypt, the continuing research of the Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism is focused on the implications of the evidence left behind for us to discover by the indigenous and the ancients of Egypt.
Drawing on the expertise of hieroglyphics expert Mohamed Ibrahim and Khemit School Co-Director Yousef Abd’el Hakim Awyan (who has studied ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs his entire life), the Khemit School Team worked tirelessly over recent months, deciphering the mysterious (and hotly disputed) set of around 300 early-Egyptian hieroglyphs carved into remote rock walls in bushland near Gosford NSW, on the east coast of Australia.
And the result? Not only are the Gosford ‘Glyphs legitimate, the scribes accurately used several ancient hieroglyphs and ‘grammatical’ variations which, crucially, were not even documented in Egyptian hieroglyphic texts until 2012, immediately disproving all long-standing ‘hoax’ theories. The specific style of hieroglyphs used also provides a linguistic time-frame that places an Egyptian presence in Australia at least 2,500 years ago, while the translated text is even so detailed as to identify the ancient scribes, by name and occupation.
In this history-writing presentation, Patricia Awyan (Co-Director of the Khemit School) and the Khemit team provide details of the team’s research methodology, a translation of the wall’s narrative, and an extensive 3-part interview and expert analysis of the Gosford ‘glyphs featuring Mohamed Ibrahim and Yousef Abd’el Hakim Awyan.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs Written During Ancient Times
The Khemit School Team has visited, documented and completed an in depth study of the now famous “Gosford Glyphs” located near Kariong, about 60 km north of Sydney, Australia
Last February, Beatrice Awyan and I embarked on a journey of discovery to both New Zealand and Australia as I was invited to present a series of lectures in Auckland, NZ and Melbourne, AU. After we announced our journey, we were delighted to receive invitations from Sonya van Gelder and Steve & Evan Strong, to visit the Gosford ‘Glyph site with them to view what many believe to be very ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs carved on 2 very large sandstone rocks in a remote area in the forest.
Reports of these enigmatic glyphs date back to the early 1900’s, and there has been much controversy about whether they were placed there as a hoax – or that they were in fact, carved by one or more Egyptians in ancient times.
My husband, Yousef and Mohamed Ibrahim were so excited by the prospect of our visit, that they began to study the pictures of the Glyphs (that had been sent to us by Sonya at an earlier date) in order to create a video of their findings — so that Beatrice and I would have something to offer as a gift, in return for this generous invitation.
It was not long before they were both bustling with enthusiasm over what they were discovering! Not only did they believe that they were authentic… but they could begin to understand the story that the glyphs were telling us. We all knew that a much more thorough and in-depth examination would be necessary- but, we went ahead and filmed a short video of their findings to present to our hosts.
After spending many wonderful moments with both old and new friends in New Zealand and Melbourne, as well as being introduced to much evidence that points toward the possibility of a very ancient connection of Egypt with both New Zealand and Australia — we were ready to explore the site at Gosford.
Beatrice and I were honored to learn that we would be meeting respected Original Elder and custodian of the women’s’ lore of the area, Auntie Beve, also known by her tribal name, Goolabeen. (I am sad to report that Auntie Beve passed shortly after we left, in April. Her vibrant spirit touched me deeply, and I know that memories of her inspiring legacy of service and achievements will live on in the hearts of many.)
We were also honored to be accompanied by Aboriginal Star Lore author and lecturer, Stella Wheildon, who has been entrusted with the gift of the wisdom of the Ngarakwal traditional lore, given to her by Mrs. Marlene Boyd, a direct ‘bloodline to country’ descendant of the Seven Sisters Star Lore – the ancient matrilineal culture of traditions, lore and customs of the Bird Tribes of Australia.
The Grandmother Tree
Although Steve Strong was unable to join us, we were happy to meet Evan and have him share some of the work that he and his father had been doing for many years. In fact, we were grateful to be introduced to many fascinating people that day, all coming together in the interest of protecting this site — and honoring its historical and multi-level significance.
As we were led down the path through the forested area, we soon discovered that there was much more to this site than a few rocks with Egyptian hieroglyphs on them. They are encased in a natural paradise, known to be a sacred area, as a meeting place (in separate locations) for both men and women. I was especially enchanted by the Grandmother Tree, a huge leaning angophora tree which has stood tall for hundreds of years, just a few steps from the sandstone rocks blanketed with ancient inscriptions.
As I came around the corner to view the carved script for the first time, I was surprised at my own reaction. They seemed to be alive, and to speak to me from the distant past. I could almost feel the energy of the writers – and based on what I already knew of story they were telling, began to understand their plight.
The sandstone rocks were huge, creating a tall corridor that we were told, once had a roof that covering it. We were guided around the surrounding area and saw many more items of interest, including a shaft that seemed to go deeply inside an area underneath one of the sandstone boulders, as well as more hieroglyphic inscriptions!
The Gosford ‘Glyphs
Beatrice and I were blessed to have experienced many powerful moments that afternoon, as we explored the sacred area before gathering again that evening where we were able to present our film of Yousef and Mohamed’s quick interpretation of the Glyphs.
We were elated to witness Auntie Beve’s reaction, who told us that the interpretation Mohamed and Yousef shared, matched the information handed down to her by the ancestors. She spoke to us of how hard she was working to save this and other sacred areas of Australia’s Original people — from destruction, vandalism or sale by the government.
We made a promise to her that we would return to Egypt, with all the photographs and video taken by Beatrice at the site, to give to Yousef and Mohamed so they could begin a thorough examination, in order to present a much more convincing presentation that we would give to her to help her and others in their efforts to maintain the integrity of the site and its significance to the Original people of Australia.
And so…
The Khemit School dedicates this video presentation, produced by Sadat and Beatrice Awyan, to Auntie Beve and all of the Original people of Australia.
Translating the Gosford ‘GlyphsPart I:
We introduce you to The Gosford Glyphs found in Kariong, New South Wales and we address the question of whether ancient Egyptians had the capability of traveling to Australia.
Part II:
We speak about the authenticity of the Glyphs and how we deciphered them utilizing well known Hieroglyphics texts and other resources.
Part III:
We discuss who wrote these ancient symbols and the message they were delivering on the sandstone blocks, pointing to a possible long term connection between these two ancient civilizations.
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The 25 million year old Lake Baikal and its mysterious UFO encounters
The 25 million year old Lake Baikal and its mysterious UFO encounters
April 28, 2015 - Have you heard about the great Siberian Lake Baikal? It has always been a mysterious place where numbers UFO sightings have been reported. It is one of those places where you wouldn’t want to end up alone at night. Its reputation as one of the deepest lakes is reinforced with numerous stories of UFOs and alien beings living inside bases under its deep waters. According to many, Lake Baikal is in fact an underwater metropolis that houses many highly secret facilities. Just like Dulce Base in the United States, it is believed that Lake Baikal has its very own secret research facility. The UFO sightings that have been reported in the vicinity of the Lake, are believed to be directly connected to mysterious bases located hundreds of meters below the surface.
Lake Baikal is one of the deepest and most ancient lakes on the planet. Lake Baikal is categorized as a rift lake, this means it was formed within a deep rift created by tectonic movement along fault lines. The lake has a surface area of 31,722 square kilometers and a depth of 1,642 meters. According to researchers, this lake is at least 25 million years old. Some scholars refer to this lake as The Galapagos of Russia.
The truth is that Lake Baikal is the most important center of sightings in Russia and one of the most prolific in the world. It has become so famous that Steven Spielberg is planning a documentary based on these strange stories surrounding the lake. Military divers have reported numerous encounters with alien beings while working in the depths of the lake, and military officials and civilians have seen a large number of cigar-shaped objects and other strange-looking spheres emerging from the depths of Lake Baikal.
People living in the area have reported seeing many flying saucers in the skies, and some have even reported that tall humankind beings descend from the flying saucers that roam the skies near Lake Baikal.
One of the most famous encounters with mysterious beings was reported in 1982, when seven military divers encountered three mysterious humanoid beings at a depth of 50 meters. According to the reports, these strange beings were dressed in tight silver suits. The beings did not have any diving devices like divers do, only strange helmets. Some experts have compared the descriptions of these beings seen in the lake with ancient petroglyphs where similar strange-looking beings are depicted with very similar helmets as those reported by the divers. The mysterious beings that have been seen by military divers, wear mysterious equipment resembling modern-day astronaut suits.
Together with the mysterious UFO encounters, there have been numerous reports of vessels disappearing in the waters of Lake Baikal. Locals have reported mysterious objects appearing on the lake, objects materializing and dematerializing, pointing to a list of unexplained phenomena in its waters.
Lake Baikal in Russia is truly one of the most mysterious places on this planet. The mysteries surrounding the lake and otherworldly encounters have inspired Steven Spielberg to film a documentary called Depth 211.
That bright mysterious spot on Ceres is still a mystery. And, although the source of this illuminated area has already been the subject of much speculation, NASA is now requesting public supposition.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is in orbit around Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, which happens to be the largest body in that asteroid belt. Before entering orbit, Dawn photographed the planet, and those captured images reveal the strange illuminated area, which is actually composed of two bright spots within the same basin on the surface.
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Speculation about the source of these unusual lights began immediately after Dawn’s photos were published by NASA. Puzzled scientists suggested a volcano, or light reflections off ice or water vapor as possible explanations. And others offered up the possibility that this illuminated region could be an extraterrestrial civilization.
The predictions continue to swirl. And, until Dawn can gather more data, NASA wants to know what you think is responsible for Ceres’ bright spot.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched a website on which visitors can share their suppositions regarding the bright spot on Ceres. The site states:
Can you guess what’s creating those unusual bright spots on Ceres? On March 6, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began orbiting Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Even before the spacecraft arrived at the dwarf planet, images revealed mysterious bright spots that captivated scientists and observers alike. Until Dawn gets a closer look over the next few months, it’s anyone’s guess what those spots could be. So, go ahead! Cast your vote
Visitors can select between a volcano, a geyser, a rock, ice, salt deposits, or “other.” An alien civilization best fits in the “other” category, obviously. And, at the time of this story’s publication, the “other” option has 29% of the votes, bested only by “ice,” which has 33% of the votes.
Agents routinely destroyed reports containing ‘nothing of FBI interest’ due to lack of filing space.
The FBI was so overwhelmed with sightings of flying saucers in the 1940s that agents routinely destroyed reports because of lack of filing space, according to documents released by the organisation.
The policy is outlined in a memo sent on 16 August 1949 to J Edgar Hoover, the director of the bureau, along with documents on UFOs compiled by agents after statements from witnesses.
The note, sent by an unnamed FBI agent in San Antonio, Texas, states that the office destroyed UFO reports on the grounds that they arrived “in great numbers” and contained “nothing of FBI interest”.
“It is pointed out that the filing of these would result in the rapid accumulation of very bulky files,” the memo continues.
The documents are among a batch of papers related to UFO sightings that has been made available through The Vault, the FBI’s online records database. Details
In one intriguing note, sent on 22 March 1950, special agent Guy Hottel, head of the FBI’s Washington field office, wrote to Hoover with information on three “so-called flying saucers” that a witness claimed had crash-landed in New Mexico.
According to the memo, an air force investigator stated that three flying saucers had been recovered in the area, along with the bodies of the alien crews. The memo goes on to add: “Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only three feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and test pilots.”According to the witness, the saucers were brought down by a “high-powered government radar” in the area that interfered with the spaceships’ controls. “No further evaluation was attempted,” the memo concludes.
In 1947, an object that may have been a weather balloon crash-landed near Roswell, New Mexico, sparking an ongoing conspiracy that US officials captured an alien spacecraft.
In a separate incident, Hoover received an urgent teletype message from FBI agents in Salt Lake City, Utah, describing what appeared to be an explosion in the sky that was followed by “the falling of a silver-coloured object.”
The sighting, recorded on 5 April 1949 by a guard at the army general supply depot in Ogden, Utah, was reported independently by a military officer and also a highway patrolman, who claimed to see a silver object explodeas it approached mountains at Sardine Canyon.
Later in the message, an assessment by the US air force office of special investigations linked the sightings to two B-29s that were practising extremely high-altitude bombing runs in the Utah desert.
De Amerikaanse luchtmacht zal volgende maand voor de vierde keer zijn mysterieuze ruimtevliegtuig X-37B lanceren. Wat doet dat vliegtuig precies in de ruimte?
Op 20 mei zal een Atlas-V draagraket vanaf Cape Canaveral in Florida het onbemande en door Boeing gebouwde vaartuig in de ruimte brengen. De vorige vluchten waren in april 2010, maart 2011 en december 2012. De laatste missie duurde 675 dagen.
De activiteiten van de nieuwe missie zijn geheim. Welke van de twee X-37B toestellen van de luchtmacht zal vliegen, is ook niet meegedeeld. Space.com wist echter te melden dat er onder meer wordt geëxperimenteerd met een nieuw voortstuwingssysteem en dat materialen in de ruimte worden bestudeerd.
Satellieten uitschakelen
Het mysterieuze karakter van de missie is voer voor complottheoretici. Volgens sommigen heeft X-37B geavanceerde apparatuur aan boord om bepaalde regio’s in de gaten te houden, zoals het Midden-Oosten en andere gevoelige geopolitieke regio’s. Een vliegtuig kan zich sneller verplaatsen dan een satelliet, zo is de gedachte.
Anderen beweren dat X-37B bepaalde satellieten kan uitschakelen. Dat zou niet onopgemerkt voorbij gaan aangezien andere landen gemakkelijk het ruimtevliegtuig kunnen volgen. Of vertelt de Amerikaanse overheid de waarheid en wordt er alleen ruimtetechnologie getest?
Recently, Giorgia Tsoukalos, the guy better known for his wild hair and the alien memes, such as “I’m not saying it was aliens…but it was aliens,” participated in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit. He discussed subjects the public seems just as curious about as aliens, like his hair and how he feels about the funny alien memes. Tsoukalos also discussed his recent UFO sighting.
Tsoukalos is the host of the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. The show explores the Ancient Aliens (aka Ancient Astronauts) theory, which suggests that there is evidence that advanced alien civilizations have visited earth in the past and have aided in human advancement.
The website What Culture, sifted through all of Tsoukalos’ responses to the Reddit questions, and put together a few they found most interesting. This, of course, included his hair, which Tsoukalos says has “been slowly abducted.”
He was kidding, I think, but he did say that it takes a lot of hair spray to get his signature hairstyle to stick up like that. As for what prompted him to choose what one Reddit user called his “sweet” hairstyle, Tsoukalos says, “Uh… nothing. It just happened.”
Not a very exciting answer, especially because it doesn’t have anything to do with aliens. However, there was a more exciting question.
One Reddit user asked Tsoukalos if he had ever seen a UFO. Surprisingly, to me at least, he has only seen one and it was recent.
Tsoukalos wrote: “On August 8, 2014, along with 26 other people, with night-vision goggles, in Joshua Tree at the Contact in the Desert Conference around midnight, where we saw stars inside the Big Dipper, which obviously didn’t belong there, and after 10 minutes of observing those two stars, they began to move equidistant from each other up into space, or into darkness of the night sky. So essentially removing themselves, or moving away from the Big Dipper.”
Tsoukalos will be speaking at Contact in the Desert again this year, and so will this author, so maybe I can see a UFO with him this summer.
According to the website Know Your Meme, Ancient Aliens has come under fire from critics who claim that the show is “far fetched” and “hugely speculative.”
They traced back Tsoukalos’ alien meme to just a few months after the show first aired in April 2010. Online forums were full of people who mocked the ease at which Tsoukalos was willing to suggest that ancient mysteries had an alien origin. Eventually, in mid-2011, the Tsoukalos alien memes began popping up all over the internet.
Reddit users asked Tsoukalos what he thought about the meme, and perhaps surprising to some – except those who knew him before “the hair”, ehem – he loves it.
He wrote: “I love it. I think it’s a great honor to have been embraced by the interwebz, worldwide. I really think that it just shows that – it doesn’t show anything, but it shows that people embrace the show. I think it’s wonderful, the fan-base, I have the best fans in the world. This is something I really have to say. Everybody has been tremendous in their outreach, and in embracing not only the ideas, but also the meme, and I think it’s a fantastic combination.”
He doesn’t mind being seen as crazy. He says, “That’s perfectly fine. Because I am the first one to admit that what I am talking about is crazy, or can be regarded as crazy, so I am perfectly aware that these thoughts sound out there. BUT this does not prevent me from continuing to ask questions. Because if – in this day and age – asking questions means that you’re crazy? Then I admit, I am the craziest of them all.”
And, of course, he defended the Ancient Astronaut theory. He says, “It’s not necessarily one piece of the puzzle per se. It is the overall picture. Because what we are talking about, in the Ancient Astronaut theory, we are talking about circumstantial evidence.”
Tsoukalos continued, “It’s the combination of a whole bunch of pieces that can be regarded as circumstantial evidence, and in a court of law, circumstantial evidence allows you to win court cases. There are no crashed UFOs that are on display anywhere, or no extraterrestrial tools have been found, those are all items that so far have not been discovered, there is no one concise piece of evidence that we can say “Look, here is the smoking gun.” So it is a combination of everything. All the different pieces.”
Whether or not you agree with Tsoukalos’ ideas, you got to admire his enthusiasm…right? After all, his enthusiasm has gained his image and the Ancient Aliens theory worldwide attention.
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