Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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In 2011 startte ik deze blog, omdat ik niet mocht stoppen met mijn UFO-onderzoek.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
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Indian Spacecraft Captures Its First Photos of Mars
Indian Spacecraft Captures Its First Photos of Mars
By Mike Wall, Senior Writer
India's first Mars orbiter Mangalyaan captured this photo of the Martian atmosphere just after arriving at Mars on Sept. 24, 2014 Indian Standard Time. The Indian Space Research Organisation released the image on Sept. 25. Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation
India's first Mars probe has captured its first photos, revealing an early glimpse of the surface and atmosphere of the Red Planet.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unveiled the first photos of Mars from its Mangalyaan spacecraft via Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 24-25), just a day or so after the probe made it to the Red Planet.
"The view is nice up here," ISRO officials tweeted about one of the images, which shows a heavily cratered portion of the Red Planet's surface.
Another photo depicts the curving, orange-brown limb of Mars against the blackness of space.
"A shot of Martian atmosphere. I'm getting better at it. No pressure," ISRO officials tweeted about that one.
Mangalyaan, whose name means "Mars craft" in Sanskrit, arrived at the Red Planet on Tuesday night (Sept. 23), making India's space agency just the fourth entity — after the United States, the Soviet Union and the European Space Agency — to successfully place a probe in orbit around Mars.
Mangalyaan is the centerpiece of India's $74 million Mars Orbiter Mission(MOM), which ISRO officials have described as primarily a technology demonstration. The spacecraft carries a camera and four scientific instruments that it will use to study the Martian surface and atmosphere during the course of a mission expected to last six to 10 months.
This photo is the first image of Mars from India's Mangalyaan orbiter after its arrival at the Red Planet. The Indian Space Research Organisation released the photo on Sept. 24, 2014. Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation
MOM reached Mars close on the heels of NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) probe, which was captured by the Red Planet's gravity on Sunday (Sept. 21). The $671 million MAVEN mission aims to help scientists determine what happened to Mars' atmosphere, which was once relatively thick but is now just 1 percent as dense as that of Earth.
MAVEN has also taken its first images of Mars from orbit; NASA released a few false-color views of the planet's atmosphere on Wednesday.
Mars orbit now hosts five operational spacecraft; NASA's Mars Odyssey probe and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, as well as Europe's Mars Express craft, share space with MAVEN and Mangalyaan. And two rovers (NASA's Opportunity and Curiosity) are actively exploriong the planet's surface.
UFO's in 2015: hier zag u ze vorig jaar vliegen - HLN.be
UFO's in 2015: hier zag u ze vorig jaar vliegen - HLN.be
IN KAART Het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt, dat de waarnemingen van merkwaardige verschijnselen in de lucht onderzoekt, heeft afgelopen jaar weer meer meldingen gekregen dan een jaar eerder. Dat blijkt uit het jaarverslag van de organisatie.
September was een piekmoment voor het meldpunt. Na de media-aandacht voor het object dat in augustus in De Pinte werd opgemerkt, steeg het aantal meldingen in de volgende maand enorm.
De meeste meldingen van 2015 concentreren zich in de provincie Oost-Vlaanderen (68 waarnemingen), gevolgd door Antwerpen (39).
Maan zorgt voor verwarring Vaak rapporteren getuigen verkeerdelijk de maan, insecten of vogels als een UFO aan het meldpunt. Op de Liersesteenweg in Mortsel werd zo een object gesignaleerd. Uiteindelijk beek het om een mot te gaan.
Het UFO-meldpunt zegt dat er opvallend veel waarnemingen waren die verklaard konden worden door een astronomisch verschijnsel. "Naar aloude gewoonte zorgden Venus (al dan niet in conjunctie met Jupiter) als Sirius (de helderste ster aan de hemel, nvdr) en de maan voor veel verwarring", klinkt het.
De meerderheid van de waarnemingen kan het meldpunt echt niet ophelderen omdat er te weinig gegevens beschikbaar zijn.
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Disc-Shaped Craft 'Escorted' a Police Car in Poland
Disc-Shaped Craft 'Escorted' a Police Car in Poland
By Piotr Cielebiaś The UFO Chronicles 1-3-16
In early January 2013 a pair of police officers from Opole region spotted strange, morphing aerial light that, as it turned out, emanated from luminous disc-shaped object. Exotic craft accompanied their car all the way back to the station. Frightened and disoriented officers reported close encounter to their principals but soon learned that “they must be exhausted and hallucinating”. Polish policemen rarely report their UFO encounters but when they do, their reports are astonishing ones.
On January 8th a pair of Police officers from Opole region (southwestern Poland) was returning from a night intervention. Their task was to calm down an aggressive drunkard in one of the villages lost amongst forested farmlands. When the job was done, they began to head back to their station located dozen kilometers away. It was about 4 am when their Kia Ceed was calmly running lone road. All of a sudden they noticed some bright lights in the distance that hovered over nearby forest. This prologue may sound prosaic but the rest of the story is much more extraordinary… and complicated.
Principals became concerned
Both witnesses serve in regional police station in one of the cities in Opole area. The main witness, Mr. M., requested anonymity fearing that his openness toward strange incident might influence his career. His concerns weren’t baseless. When on January 8th both witnesses arrived on their home station, they were immediately interrogated about such a long time of their intervention. It turned out that the way back took them about two hours. Stunned by the strange occurrence, without hesitation they reported the encounter with strange aerial device to the staff officer. This honest step induced some strange behavior of their principals.
Mr. M. remembers that after arriving to the station his patrol partner, Mrs. J., felt dizzy. Though he was all right he could remind that just after the appearance of the strange craft his organism also reacted in a strange way. For a moment his sight became blurry. It was about 4 am when along with Mrs. J. he noticed some light in the sky. At first they took it for mobile tower but the luminous object was apparently approaching their car. Soon it stationed over a groove of trees located about a kilometer from the road. Orange-yellowish “thing” was morphing and changing colors.
Mr. M. said that the arrival of UFO fulfilled his partner words. Just several minutes before seeing the light the woman had told him that “something is in the air”. Mrs. J. was anxious-excited: “She had repeated this sentence several times before the light appeared” - the policeman recounts. “When the object appeared in the horizon, we decided to stop and go out of the car to examine it. From the distance it looked like a ball and then changed shape into crescent-like.” He added that just a while before he could feel as if time slowed for a moment. But it was a matter of seconds. During the next stage of the encounter Mrs. M. and his partner were totally conscious.
Dropping orbs and the video
The officers stopped and watched the light maneuvering over a nearby field. The sight was strange: “It was moving soundlessly, with no noise that should be generated by engine or rotor of the flying machine. At some point the object began ejecting something resembling ‘balls of light’. Some were disappearing in their way down to the ground, other were returning to the UFO. Suddenly from the below of the craft there emanated a ‘flash’ resembling that of a stroboscope” - the witness said adding that for a second a patch of land was illuminated.
According to Mr. M. it was possible to distinguish the shape of the craft hull. But darkness, strange feelings and appearance of exotic object forced the witnesses to drove off the scene. To their amazement, after a while UFO began to move in parallel with their car, staying in the constant distance of about a kilometer. Despite strong concerns and unnatural fear, Mr. M. stopped the car in the next village trying to record the object with his cell phone camera.
“The UFO was in shape of a disc, with a kind of small ‘dome’ on the top. It was emitting blinding, yellow light (occasionally turning orange). At the bottom, three smaller white-bluish ‘balls’ could be seen. In my opinion they were ‘engines’ but there were no sounds at all” - the witness reported.
It was 4:32 am when Mr. M. took a short video showing a dim light in the distance. It’s the only one visual documentation of the incident. Strongly agitated Mrs. J. tried frantically to catch the disc with her phone camera but nothing interesting appears on her photos. Accomplished evidences seem not satisfying for such a spectacular case and Mr. M. is aware of this fact: “That situation was totally unexpected and we weren’t prepared for UFO encounter. I wish I could go closer to that object. It is clear to me now, when all the emotions ceased.”
The UFO recording of Mr. M. was made public but in muted version due to witnesses’ request. In the original material we can hear excited voiced of both officers commenting the “UFO” appearance. They also tried to open the car window to check whether the object emits any noticeable sounds but only dog barking could be hear in the distance. In the video Mr. M. stresses that the quality of the recording is weak. Registered material reveals only a bright lump of light hovering in the distance, against the dark sky background. On some still frames one can see an outline of an elongated, bright object.
Time confusion
Mr. M. said that during the incident he thought about noticing the staff officer as well other patrol cars about the strange object. “After short discussion with my partner we decided to stay calm. Too many units could hear our report so everyone can imagine the consequences… People are rather skeptical and we don’t want more problems” - he added. It was another instance of tabooing UFO encounters made by staff of emergency services, Police and Polish Army. Mr. M. is a very rare case of public servant who decided to reveal his experiences, despite his concern about the consequences. Therefore we decided not to reveal his name and the exact place of the sighting in case report.
It’s also interesting that Mr. M. claims that during three stops when the witnesses decided to inspect the object closer, the UFO seemed to withdraw deeper over the fields. In his opinion the object hovered about 60 meters over the ground but exact size of the craft was hard to estimate. Mr. M. said it was at least dozen of meters in length but it was hard to find any reference points. In the whole affair there is another one mystery. The witness stated that they observed the craft for about 90 minutes but it seemed too long comparing with the time necessary for them to pass the distance to their home station.
Mr. M. added that he also was somewhat confused realizing that the incident lasted for about two hours. This shortening of time might be a result of highly stressing situation or the curious onlookers might get lost in their observation. Another possible scenario is that the driver became disoriented and chose a wrong way; causing the patrol car to wander along some deserted village roads (Mr. M. stated that this may be the point). But it’s also tempting to propound another hypothesis that links the mentioned “time confusion” with Mrs. J.’s dizziness after the encounter. Anyway, for now there are no direct clues for the policemen involvement in “missing time” episode.
“You’re dog-tired!”
The patrol lost UFO from view in vicinity of K. village. According to Mr. M.’s report, the disc withdrew over nearby fields and then disappeared over the horizon. About 6 am, when both policemen returned to their station, they decided to report their experience to principals but as Mr. M. said, the duty officer at first burst with laugh and then neglected their story: “He said that I’m dog-tired and hallucinating. The same was with other high officers. They tried to persuade us that we saw balloons or birds…”
Nevertheless, the strange report about exotic “thing” probably induced some concern amongst higher officials since Mr. M. was informed that chief officer needs to talk with him. But after some time the case was hushed up as if nothing had happened on January 8th! Moreover, the personal situation of the female witness, Mr. J., whose husband worked in the same station, prompted her to keep silence over the incident. But what’s interesting, after some gossips about UFO encounter dissipated, Mr. M. was contacted with other officers who also saw strange things on their night duties.
Mr. M. stated that on January 8th he didn’t meet on the deserted village road with any other cars. But it’s quite possible that some inhabitants of the region (as farmers waking up early to tend their animals or people on their way to work) might also catch a glimpse of the strange aerial device. But six moths after the incident we still have no confirming reports (although the case was covered by big local newspaper in Opole region). We are well aware that the case might remain unsolved but it’s good to know that officers as Mr. M. are always on alert in reporting every suspected thing, even that with no right to existence according to his principals opinion.
Addendum: Polish Policemen see UFOs
Polish national media and web portals usually don’t report UFO incidents although it is a very popular topic. UFO reports from Polish police officers are also rarity but the case from Opole region showed that many other encounters may be not disclosed due to witnesses’ fear of ridicule. But the real cause of tabooing UFO reports amongst policemen is that there is no official procedure concerning unidentified objects and phenomena. In other words, an ordinary officer who sees UFO doesn’t know how to react.
Mr. M. said that he talk with some colleagues who also got unusual experiences. One of them wrote us a report concerning his UFO sighting in vicinity of Otmuchowskie Lake in 2008. He recounts: “At about 2 am, over Sarnowice, I saw a row of about 15 red lights. Along with my partner I decided to hide our car in darker spot [for the object not to see us]. But then some of the lights went off and other ones change their positions and began to move away in various directions.”
Another one interesting story from Police officer was reported to us several years ago. It also took place in Opole region, precisely in Daniec area. The witness, Mr. Z., wrote: “Unfortunately, I don’t remember the exact date. It was June or July 1997. From the duty officer we got a call that some drunken man was sticking people with an axe in a village in Opole area. It was an emergency, so we rushed with the siren going.”
Mr. Z. reported that just before their destination place, his partner heard a call of nature so they stopped the car on the side of the road: “I also went out to straighten my neck. Suddenly I saw those objects and in the same moment my colleague screamed: ‘UFO!” I saw two bright orbs flying in the air 300 meters away from the car. They weren’t discotheque lights or lanterns. They were flying with high speed, stopping, accelerating and making sharp turns. We stood there in awe! I was glad I wasn’t there alone. During the sighting one of the orbs neared us and stayed dozen of meters away. The other one remained over the field and then - as for command - both of them departed in just a second. I know that they were intelligent.”
Earlier but equally spectacular report comes from Mr. Jerzy M. - former officer of Citizens Militia (state police institution in Poland before 1989): “It was winter 1978 but the exact date got lost in my mind. It was about 2 am. […] I was patrolling area between Ornontowice and Chudów checking if the stores were properly shut down. I was in way from Ornontowice to Chudów. The night was beautiful, with no clouds in the sky. Temperature oscillated around -5 degrees. […] I was standing on the roadside when my attention was drawn to my dog strange behavior. […] Automatically I looked up hearing also some unfamiliar sound. Then I perceived something completely out-of-place.”
The officer reported that he saw a black, oblong object with some “windows”. He also got feeling that someone is staring at him: “It wasn’t a plane. It looked like a hull of An-22 but without wings. There were no sounds at all, despite slight ‘whirring’. […] Then I saw it against the sky background, from different perspective. The object looked like a dark ring. Afraid that it could be a damaged plane that is going to crash, I rushed to local bakery to phone to the duty officer from Gierałtowice.”
As in other cases, the witness soon learned from his chief that he must be kidding: “After returning Gierałtowice police station, I even phoned the night guard at Gliwice airport asking if there were any night landings scheduled. But he also scoffed me saying that I must be drunk!”
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UFOS: THE STIFF REALITY OF A FLEXIBLE PHENOMENON
UFOS: THE STIFF REALITY OF A FLEXIBLE PHENOMENON
by: Ryan Spragu
When facing the UFO phenomenon head on, the most problematic question one may ask is actually the most simple: Are UFOs real?
The answer is yes. The answer is always yes. In fact, it’s literally right there in the letters; UFO. It is, in essence, an object in flight that is unidentified. Perhaps the most common place definition comes from the late astronomer, J. Allen Hynek. In his book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry, Hynek dryly, yet appropriately describes a UFO as being:
“… the reported perception of an object or light seen in the sky or upon the land. The appearance, trajectory, and general dynamic and luminescent behavior of which do not suggest a logical, conventional explanation and which is not only mystifying to the original percipients but remains unidentified after close scrutiny of all available evidence by persons who are technically capable of making a common sense identification, if one is possible.”
( J. Allen Hynek)
It doesn’t get much more self-explanatory than that. But where did this painfully obvious term stem from? And why, throughout the past sixty years or so, has it become not so obvious? The acronym was coined by Captain Edward Ruppelt, who in 1953, led the official investigation into aerial phenomena through the channels of the U.S. Air Force. To further the public from any notion that these objects were extraterrestrial, Ruppelt , serving as a catch-all for the mysterious objects appearing, flying, and sometimes floating through the skies. The acronym stuck, remaining the go-to letters for almost every media outlet known to man.
(Edward J. Ruppelt)
Thousands and thousands of declassified documents by intelligence agencies around the world can be found in reference to UFOs. These documents boast reports from the simply mundane misidentifications and natural phenomena, to the most intriguing and perplexing, begging more questions on just exactly what these UFOs are and are not. Here, in the United States, we left it up to the military to investigate what could potentially be a threat to our own safety on the hard ground below and the cushioned security of our skies above. Let’s take a look at how it all began.
The Official Study of the Phenomenon Begins… and Ends
The U.S. Air Force first attempted to decipher the enigmatic code behind these aerial phenomena back in 1947 with Project Sign. As the project’s personnel compiled case after case of sightings, they argued that what they seemed to be dealing with was in fact something of extraterrestrial intelligence. However, this notion was quickly swept under the rug, and replaced in 1949 by Project Grudge. Headed by aeronautical engineer, Edward J Ruppelt, Project Grudge was in essence, a continuation of looking into these phenomena with a much more objective eye, dismantling the possibility that UFO activity was caused by anything but natural and/or manmade anomalies and intervention.
The study of UFOs continued in its final iteration, Project Blue Book, in 1952. This was the longest, and most well publicized Air Force study, compiling over 12,000 reports of sightings in the western world alone. Project Blue Book continued until 1968, when the Air Force-funded Condon Committee was created to draft a final report on their findings. Physicist, Edward U. Condon, and an investigative group out of the University of Colorado, used files from Project Blue Book and several independent UFO research organizations to determine that, first and foremost, UFOs caused no threat to national security. They also concluded that there was absolutely no scientific evidence proving that UFOs were extraterrestrial in origin. And with that, the official American study of the phenomenon came to a whimpering end. But that didn’t stop certain members of these projects from looking further into the phenomenon and case reports.
Civilian Research Organizations
Many individuals within the government sphere were involved in the study of UFOs. Most notably of these individuals was none other than the aforementioned J. Allen Hynek. Hynek, having been a lead investigator all throughout Project Grudge and Project Blue Book, was first hired to explain away each and every UFO report as natural or manmade phenomena. But after seeing Blue Book out until the very end, he simply couldn’t accept that that was a conventional explanation for every sighting or incident. His skeptical view slowly tilted to a more open-minded approach, favoring the idea that some of the UFOs being seen could in fact be of an extraterrestrial or non-human intelligence. And in 1973, he would found the Chicago-based Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). This organization consisted of many credible scientists and researchers who evaluated UFO reports in a careful and thorough way. To this day, a large archive of the work done by Hynek and CUFOS can be found through various online outlets and through the publication of Hynek’s definitive book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry.
While many other organizations came and went, perhaps the most visible and well known would have to be the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Originally founded by Walt Andrus, a technology manager and educator, and John Schuessler, a retired aerospace engineer, the two would invite many of their colleagues to join the organization, such as notable nuclear physicist, Stanton Friedman and optical physicist, Dr. Bruce Maccabee. Using their technical and analytical skills in many different arenas throughout the years, MUFON now boasts chapters in every single state, investigating cases of aerial phenomena, close encounters, and in its most modern iteration, even supposed alien abduction cases. Investigators bring their reports and data to the state directors who then follow up on many of the cases with an objective and critical approach. MUFON remains active today, hosting several large conferences throughout the year and an annual journal of case reports.
Unlike the investigative organizations above, there is another ambitious undertaking that consists of compilation of UFO reports by the public. The National UFO Reporting Center, (NUFORC) founded in 1974 by Robert J. Gribble, the center has catalogued a staggering 90,000 reports in its history. Aside from its cataloguing endeavors, the center also provides regional statistics to assist specific geographical needs of those who seek information about local sightings and reports. The center remains active as this book is being published, having been taken over in 1994 by Peter Davenport, a former MUFON member, and professor of genetics and biochemistry. Davenport sing-handily runs the center from his home, and updates case reports on a weekly basis.
(Peter Davenport)
While many other civilian organizations have come and gone, the challenge for each seemed to be that of funding. Each organization held highly esteemed scientists and every facet, yet very little money had ever been set into place to provide any substantial sustainability. This is something the scientific community, UFOs aside, have always wrestled with. How does one fund their research when theory is their only means in which to progress? Perhaps this may be why scientific study into the UFO phenomenon lay deep on the fringe, splintering off into the above organizations in all their ambitious efforts. Perhaps by looking closer at the relationship between mainstream science and the UFO phenomenon, we can begin to narrow in on the phenomenon’s deeply embedded, and often ridiculed reputation.
Mainstream Science and UFOs
After the sobering determination made by the Condon Committee’s report, all hope of a possible intelligent extraterrestrial presence seemed to dissipate. But a small shred of debate by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) cracked open the possibility that the scientific community wasn’t completely against the notion of a possible alien phenomenon. In response to the Condon Report, the AIAA noted that at least thirty percent of cases studied remained unexplained by conventional and natural science, and that scientific benefit could still be gained by further study of the phenomenon.
Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine and contributor to Scientific American, once stated that:
“In all fields of science there is a residue of anomalies unexplained by the dominant theory. That does not mean the prevailing theory is wrong or that alternative theories are right. It just means that more work needs to be done to bring those anomalies into the accepted paradigm. In the meantime, it is okay to live with the uncertainty that not everything has an explanation.”
While Shermer accepts living in this uncertainty, many scientists keep the current paradigm in a stagnant purgatory, not only by ignoring the UFO phenomenon entirely, but refusing to even acknowledge the potential of such technologies and how they could ultimately benefit both science and on a greater scale, humanity. But the dark cloud looking above has always been that of pure ridicule, a festering specter whispering in the collective scientific ear that UFOs are simply bunk, and not worth the time, talents, or intelligence of some of the greatest thinkers in history. In a field where thought reigns supreme, and reputations hang on the threads of governmental influence, far-out theories on exotic aircraft of potentially non-human intelligence could completely overshadow even the most influential of scientists and the contributions they have made to their respective fields. But there are those who are willing to put their thoughts in the face of ridicule and speak publicly about such fringe topics, and are willing to call others out for their woeful ignorance to the topic in general.
Of those who reject it right out, “They’re wrong, naive, stubborn, narrow-minded, afraid and fearful,” says Eric Davis, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award winning- propulsion physicist at the Institute of Advanced Studies. In an interview with Lee Spiegel of the Huffington Post, Davis would elaborate:
“It’s a dirty word (UFOs) and a forbidden topic. Science is about open-minded inquiry. You shouldn’t be laughing off people. You should show more deference and respect to them. Scientists need to get back to using the scientific method to study things that are unknown and unusual, and the UFO subject is one of them.”
While such accusations can seem generalized, Davis also admits that there are many scientists who do study the phenomenon, if even from the peripheral.
“There are those who are aware of evidence and observational data that is irrefutable. It is absolutely corroborated, using forensic techniques and methodology. But they won’t come out and publicize that because they fear it. Not the subject, but the backlash from their professional colleagues.”
Davis goes on to admit that this topic isn’t just meant to be studied by the scientific community.
“It’s the domain of military intelligence,” he suggests. “The fact that [unknown] craft are flying around Earth is not a subject for science, it’s a subject for intelligence-gathering, collection and analysis. That’s because UFOs are not a natural phenomenon, and that’s what science studies.”
(Eric Davis)
Whatever these UFOs may or may not be, they seem to defy most conventional propulsion theories that we readily know of here on our planet. But therein lay the limitations scientific methodology. For instance, why do UFOs, making the most dramatic and unconventional maneuvers, need to be piloted by some sort of biological entity? Why is this the reason that some scientists dismiss the objects being piloted craft whose said pilots could not conceivably survive such speeds, velocity, or maneuvers? We send hundreds of unmanned spacecraft out into the heavens constantly for this very reason. What if the objects we witness, racing, floating, and suddenly appearing and disappearing in our skies are nothing more than highly advance drones from somewhere off-planet? Perhaps it could be best summarized by theoretical physicist, Michio Kaku. He once remarked:
“Some scientists have scoffed at UFOs because they don’t fit any of the gigantic propulsion designs being considered by engineers today, such as ramjet fusion engines, huge laser-powered sails and nuclear pulsed engines, which might be miles across. But UFOs can be as small as a jet airplane, and can refuel from a nearby moon base. So sightings may correspond to unmanned reconnaissance ships.”
(Michio Kaku)
So if we are dealing with potential craft (some being unmanned perhaps, some not) entering our atmosphere from space, who better to carry the proverbial weight of UFO observation and possible investigation than those who study celestial bodies and space itself? With the most powerful telescopes observing objects of great distance, and individuals with vast knowledge of what could potentially lay within and beyond earth’s atmosphere, it would be more than appropriate for astronomers to play a large role in the search for truth behind these elusive anomalies.
In 2010, a barrage of UFO sightings saturated the headlines of Chinese newspapers, reports coming in almost on a daily basis. As strange lights and solid objects plagued the skies of China, local airports were temporarily shut down until the objects could no longer be observed as a potential threat for landings and takeoff. Clearly, this was turning into more than just a simple misidentification by civilians.
Planetary astronomer, Wang Sichao, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, investigated many of these sightings throughout the years, taking a keen interest in the phenomenon as it hit closer and closer to home at the Purple Mountain Observatory where he worked. In at interview with the Beijing Review, Sichao would comment on the UFO reports as “events of credible facts backed by observation. But these facts cannot yet be explained by existing scientific knowledge or natural phenomena.” And while Sichao took on the bulk of UFO sightings in China for self interest and curiosity, he would go on to explain why astronomers are not primarily in the business of searching for or investigating UFO reports: “The reason is that a UFO only appears randomly and often disappears rapidly in a few minutes,” he would continue. “By the time large professional telescopes are started up, it has already disappeared. So, we can only rely on information from occasional sightings or encounters by observers.”
(Purple Mountain Observatory)
In his book, The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe?, author and scientist, Dr. Robert Davis points out that:
“Evidence within Ufology is largely based on such anecdotal claims, it is very difficult to build testable hypotheses to either reject or confirm through a validation process, such as, testing predictions against observations to confirm a hypothesis…. ufology would greatly benefit from collaborative research efforts with the scientific community, but instead, have often alienated (no pun intended) them.”
It would seem that with the amount of dedicated scientists connected to the study of UFOs in its sordid independent organizational past, that rigorous scientific method and mainstream acceptance would gradually become inevitable. But with such a complex and frustrating phenomenon taunting us from the corner, it just doesn’t seem to be moving as swiftly as we may have hoped it would. To further the point that science and UFO studies are not exactly in synch, Richard Hall, assistant director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) once stated:
“Although the ranks of Ufology contain the seeds of science, it should not now pretend to be a science, but a popular movement advocating scientific investigation. It should (and could) clarify and present the factual evidence in a manner designed to encourage a true scientific investigation, which would make use of all the techniques and facilities available to science today.”
The Journey Begins
So while we seem to have varying opinions on a governmental, scientific, and civilian level, one factor remains constant: UFOs are on the mind of individuals in every walk of life, from the simple observer on the side of the road, to the most forward-thinking (and sometimes skeptical) scientists of yesterday and today. So again, we are faced with many dilemmas of how to move forward. These phenomena are far more complex than a singular non-human intelligence pulling the proverbial strings of mystery. A fellow colleague of mine, author and researcher, Micah Hanks, suggested the following in his book, The UFO Singularity:
“The mere proof of official interest in he UFO presence throughout the years cannot by itself make concrete the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, nor can it prove that any single phenomenon can be attributed solely to the identity of the kinds of unidentifiable aircraft in our skies…probing even deeper into the mystery, there could yet be stranger solutions to the enigma that exists somewhere in our midst.”
(Micah Hanks)
Conclusions
While we continue to search for these strange answers in our midst, we also continue to question the approaches we take in that search. Whether it be from the anecdotal evidence of eyewitnesses or the analytical eye of scientists throughout the world, the phenomenon remains as elusive as ever. So in all its enigmatic glory, all we can truly do is continue to search somewhere in the skies for the answers we seek, and the questions we crave. Will we be satisfied with the answers science eventually gives us? Or will we deny it, leading us back down the path of the illogical and immeasurable? Only time will truly tell. And in that telling, we can be certain of one thing: the UFO phenomenon isn’t going to ever leave us. In fact, it seems that it has only begun its invasion on our curious, and ever-expanding minds.
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UFOs, Kennedy, Nixon, and the Alien Presence
UFOs, Kennedy, Nixon, and the Alien Presence
This is the latest film from celebrated UFO artist and filmmaker Jim Nichols. What does the President of the United States truly know about an extraterrestrial presence engaging the planet Earth? This program details the secret history of UFOs and Aliens at the highest level of government secrecy, the office of the President of the United States of America. Discover the connection between President Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy and Nixon, and their unique place in the history of UFO and Alien secrecy. For the first time, the involvement of all of the presidents up to and including President Nixon, and the rise and then fall of their influence on UFO issues, are told in one story that is an integral part of the fascinating UFO canon. These facts will shock and amaze you for generations to come.
WETENSCHAPAlle chemiehandboeken zijn vanaf vandaag in een klap gedateerd, nu er vier nieuwe elementen zijn toegevoegd aan de tabel van Mendelejev. De vier vervolledigen de zevende rij van het periodieke systeem. "Dit is veel belangrijker dan Olympisch Goud", luidt het in de chemiewereld.
Omdat de elementen al na enkele seconden afbreken, bleek het bijzonder moeilijk om hun bestaan te bevestigen
De vier nieuwe elementen komen niet voor in de natuur; het zijn synthetische elementen die enkel in een laboratorium geproduceerd kunnen worden. Omdat ze bovendien al na enkele seconden afbreken, bleek het bijzonder moeilijk om hun bestaan te bevestigen.
Omdat wetenschappers de grootste moeite hadden om de elementen 113, 115, 117 en 118 meer dan eens te creëren, hadden ze voorlopige namen en posities in de tabel van Mendelejev. Maar op 30 december oordeelde de International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, die de chemische nomenclatuur en systemen beheert, dat Japanse, Russische en Amerikaanse wetenschappers voldoende bewijs geleverd hebben voor hun bestaan.
Hun ontdekkers zullen de vier elementen de komende maanden een officiële naam geven. Het eerste element dat benoemd wordt, is element 113, dat voorlopig nog ununtrium (Uut) heet. Het werd ontdekt door een team onder leiding van Kosuke Morita aan het Japanse instituut Riken.
Details van de ontdekking van element 113 werden gepubliceerd in het vakblad Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. De queeste van de onderzoekers begon in 2003, toen ze zinkionen lieten botsen op een laagje bismut. Als reactie ontstond er occasioneel een atoom van het element 113. Het duurde tot 2012 voor het team voldoende bewijs kon leveren van het bestaan van het element, in gelijkaardige experimenten met natrium en curium.
'De chemiegemeenschap is verrukt dat ze haar meest gekoesterde tabel eindelijk vervolledigd ziet tot de zevende rij'
Jan Reedijk, voorzitter Inorganic Chemistry Division
Verslagen over de ontdekking van elementen 115 (Uup, ununpentium), 117 (Uus, ununseptium) en 118 (Uuo, ununoctium) zijn nog niet gepubliceerd. Deze ontdekkingen staan op naam van een Russisch-Amerikaans team van het Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna en het Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Californië.
Ook deze elementen krijgen de komende maanden een definitieve naam, en ook zij werden ontdekt door atomen van verschillende elementen met elkaar te doen botsen. Net als de andere superzware elementen onderaan in de tabel bestaan de nieuwe elementen slechts enkele seconden voor ze afgebroken worden tot andere elementen.
"Verrukt"
In de chemiewereld worden de ontdekkingen op veel lof onthaald. "De chemiegemeenschap is verrukt dat ze haar meest gekoesterde tabel eindelijk vervolledigd ziet tot de zevende rij", reageerde professor Jan Reedijk, voorzitter van de Inorganic Chemistry Division van het IUPAC. Ryoji Noyori, voormalig directeur van het Riken-instituut, liet in een mededeling weten dat dit "voor wetenschappers veel meer waarde heeft dan Olympisch goud".
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Belg zag vorig jaar meer ufo’s vliegen
Belg zag vorig jaar meer ufo’s vliegen - STANDAARD.be
“Ufo’s” in 2013 in Ronse Foto:
Het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt, dat de waarnemingen van merkwaardige verschijnselen in de lucht onderzoekt, heeft afgelopen jaar weer meer meldingen gekregen dan een jaar eerder. Dat blijkt uit het jaarverslag van de organisatie.
Belgen dienden in 2015 224 formulieren in om merkwaardige verschijnselen in de lucht te melden, in 2014 waren het er 180. Volgens het UFO-meldpunt is de stijging deels te wijten aan de media-aandacht voor twee opvallende meldingen.
Het UFO-meldpunt zegt dat er opvallend veel waarnemingen waren die verklaard konden worden door een astronomisch verschijnsel. 'Naar aloude gewoonte zorgden Venus (al dan niet in conjunctie met Jupiter) als Sirius (de helderste ster aan de hemel, nvdr.) en de maan voor veel verwarring', klinkt het.
Geen recordjaar
In totaal werden 45 waarnemingen verklaard door een ster, planeet of de maan. Andere regelmatig terugkerende verklaringen zijn een ballon (14), een vliegtuig of helikopter (14), of een meteoor of ruimteschroot (13).
Een recordjaar was 2015 niet. In 2011 waren er 342 meldingen. De meeste meldingen kwamen uit Oost-Vlaanderen. Vermoedelijk is de oorzaak dat een van de twee opmerkelijke meldingen die veel media-aandacht kregen uit De Pinte kwam.
Het Franstalige COBEPS (Comité Belge pour l’Etude des Phénomènes Spatiaux) noteerde 93 meldingen in 2015.
Hillary Clinton: “Ik zal de waarheid over UFO’s en Area 51 onthullen als ik de volgende president van Amerika word”
Hillary Clinton: “Ik zal de waarheid over UFO’s en Area 51 onthullen als ik de volgende president van Amerika word”
De Amerikaanse presidentskandidaat Hillary Clinton heeft gezegd dat ze tot op de bodem zal uitzoeken wat de overheid weet over UFO’s en aliens als ze de nieuwe president van Amerika wordt.
Ze deed deze belofte tijdens een gesprek met Daymond Steer van The Conway Daily Sun in New Hampshire. In 2007 zei ze dat de meeste Wob-verzoeken die haar man Bill Clinton kreeg, betrekking hadden op UFO’s. “Ik ga het tot op de bodem uitzoeken,” zei Hillary tegenover The Sun.
In 2014 vertelde Bill Clinton aan tv-presentator Jimmy Kimmel dat hij niet verbaasd zou zijn als blijkt dat aliens de aarde bezoeken.
‘Mogelijk al bezocht’
Tijdens het gesprek zei Hillary verder: “Mogelijk zijn we al zijn bezocht. We weten het niet zeker.” Ze voegde toe dat ze ook Area 51 onder de loep wil nemen. Op de vliegbasis in Nevada worden volgens geruchten aliens bewaard.
De manager van Hillary’s presidentscampagne is niemand minder dan John Podesta, die na zijn laatste werkdag als beleidsadviseur van Obama twitterde: “Mijn grootste mislukking van 2014, wederom niet gelukt om de UFO-onderzoeken te openbaren.”
Rockefeller Initiative
“Hij heeft me doen beloven dat we deze informatie samen naar buiten brengen,” zei Clinton. “Misschien kunnen we een speciale eenheid naar Area 51 sturen.”
In 1993 vroeg miljardair Laurance Rockefeller toenmalig president Bill Clinton om alle UFO-files vrij te geven. De president had in 1996 een ontmoeting met Rockefeller over het zogeheten ‘Rockefeller Initiative’. Dit initiatief moest ervoor zorgen dat geheime UFO-stukken openbaar gemaakt zouden worden.
Three and a half decades ago, fighter pilot Oscar Santa Maria Huerta had an Independence Day-like experience when he tried to shoot down a bizarre light-bulb craft. Until today, the incident is the only documented case of a military plane firing on an unidentified flying object (UFO).
On the early morning of April 11, 1980, the 23-year-old Lieutenant of the Peruvian Air Force was about to join around 1,800 military personnel and civilians for daily exercises at the La Joya Air Force Base, 1,000 km south of the Peruvian capital.
A pilot who had been flying combat missions since he was 19, Lt Huerta was ordered to take off in his Sukhoi-22 fighter to intercept the unknown silver object that had been observed hovering near the end of the runway.
The strange object was 5 km away, hovering around 600 metres off the ground, and was not responding to any communications. It was in restricted airspace without authorisation, posing a significantthreatto national sovereignty, according to the now-retired Colonel.
Colonel Huerta was among of several former military officers, researchers and others who provided evidence at a big event at the National Press Club in Washington in 2013, in hopes to give pressure to the U.S. government about opening its files on UFO encounters.
Colonel Huerta flew to 2,500 metres and shot a burst of 64 30mm shells when he reached the right distance. Even one of those shells would wipe out a car, but all of them had no effect on the object. It then shot rapidly skywards away from the base and Colonel Huerta activated the aircraft’s afterburner to chase it. As they reached 84 km from the base, in the city of Camana, the UFO came to a sudden stop, prompting him to veer to the side.
After turning up and to the right, Huerta tried to position for another shot. He locked on the target and ready to shoot, but the object made another fast climb that appeared to evade an attack. He tried the same thing two more times, but the object kept shooting upwards seconds before he could shoot.
When the object reached 14,000 metres above the ground, Colonel Huerta attempted to attack from above, but the UFO shadowed him all the way up to 19,200 metres, way beyond the specifications of his aircraft.
He realised he was running low on fuel, losing his capability to attack, so he decided just to flynear the object to get a better look. When he reached 100 metres away, he started to see an object that measured around 10 metres in diameter with ashinycream-colored dome on top, similar to a light bulb cut in half.
The bottom was a wide silver circular base that looked like a metal. It had no antennae, windows, exhausts, propulsion jets, wings, and other components of a typical aircraft. At that moment, the pilot realised it wasn’t a spying device but a UFO, something entirely unknown.
Having not enough fuel, he could not attack, manoeuvre his plane, or make a quick escape. He was afraid as he made his return, gliding part way and zigzagging to make his plane harder to hit. After he had landed, the object stayed in the place he left it for another two hours, visible to people on the base while it reflected in the sun.
In a June 1980 document from the United States Department of Defence titled “UFO Sighted in Peru,” it was revealed that the object remained of unknown origin.
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Project Blue Book
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Project Blue Book
For ufologists and skeptics alike, Project Blue Book had the potential to be a gold mine. Learn how the US Air Force launched an official UFO investigation that spanned decades -- and why some people suspect a conspiracy -- in this episode.
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Une importante cité oubliée découverte en Égypte
Une importante cité oubliée découverte en Égypte
La cité de Naukratis découverte dans le delta du Nil. Twitter @towersight
Une incroyable découverte a été faite par des archéologues britanniques dans le delta du Nil, en Égypte. La cité marchande grecque de Naukratis a été mise au jour après être tombée dans l’oubli durant des siècles. La ville avait été redécouverte par un égyptologue anglais en 1884 mais les scientifiques pensaient que le site n’était pas très important. En réalité, les archéologues viennent de prouver que la superficie des ruines est deux fois plus grande que ce que l’on pensait et que des milliers de vestiges sont à portée de main.
Un patrimoine historique précieux
Près de 10 000 objets anciens viennent d’être sortis des flots, dont des débris d’épaves, des ruines de temples sacrés, mais aussi des figurines dédiées au « festival de l’ivresse ». De plus, la découverte de cette cité implique beaucoup de choses pour les scientifiques : « jusqu'à maintenant, nous pensions que les vaisseaux s'arrêtaient sur la côte méditerranéenne et qu'ils étaient déchargés par des barges », a témoigné le conservateur du British Museum et directeur des fouilles Ross Thomas au Guardian. « Maintenant, on peut assurer que des bateaux de haute mer pouvaient s'aventurer aussi profondément en Égypte ».
It's Almost 2016, Dammit, And We're Still Waiting For ET To Land
It's Almost 2016, Dammit, And We're Still Waiting For ET To Land
The year 2015 in UFOs
LEE SPEIGEL COMPOSITE
As 2015 ends, the bizarre parade of UFO videos only grows, with more posted to the Internet each day.
Are we getting closer to what would certainly be the most important event in human history -- first contact with extraterrestrials? Or are we just getting better at manipulating photos and video?
As the year progressed, we saw a purple UFO over Peru; a disc-shaped objectflying behind an Argentina TV news broadcast; colorful aerial lights captured on video by a TV news station near the U.S.-Mexico border; and night vision images of Christmas-colored lights over Tucson.
Of course, no 2015 roundup is complete without mention of Donald Trump, and there was a report in August of a UFO following the Donald's helicopter at the Iowa State Fair.
Read on for our look back at the year's most compelling UFO stories.
Once-Classified UFO Files Temporarily Available To Everyone
RareTV/YouTube
In January, something both amazing and frustrating at the same time happened in the field of UFO studies. Approximately 130,000 pages of files from the 22-year Air Force UFO study -- Project Blue Book -- were finally made available to the public for free online. Ever since Project Blue Book ended in 1969, anyone wanting to research those files prior to 2015, had to pour through microfilm files at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Writer and producer John Greenewald, creator of The Black Vault -- a huge online compilation of government documents -- converted Blue Book files from jpeg images into searchable PDF files. It was every UFO researcher's dream come true. But it didn't last long. Shortly after the files became available, they were removed from The Black Vault by a company called Fold3, which posts military files, claiming to have a copyright on the old Air Force files. Easy come, easy go with the UFO files, it seems. But there's still hope that those files will once again see the light of day. This image is a re-enactment of one of the most credible Project Blue Book cases, from 1964, in which Police Officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed an egg-shaped craft along with two beings in Socorro, New Mexico.
Purple UFO Interrupts Peru TV Show
Eduardo Chavez Guerra/YouTube
In February, a television production crew in Lima, Peru, videotaped a purple-colored disc-shaped UFO hovering in the sky near a construction site. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the object for up to two hours. Initial possible explanations included a drone or a kite.
San Diego Mystery Aerial Lights
NBC 7 San Diego
At the end of April, San Diego's NBC News affiliate captured an unusual colorful grouping of lights over San Ysidro, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The red, blue and green lights were flashing and changing colors. When HuffPost contacted the TV station, a reporter said she was instructed by station management not to give out any information about the incident.
Disc-Shaped Object Hovers Over Chile For 1 Hour
CEFAA
In April, a new update was released about a couple of photos from 2013 showing adisc-shaped object over a copper mine in northern Chile. Witnesses said they watched the object for over an hour as it moved around and hovered. Investigators for CEFAA -- Chile's official government UFO study group -- examined the photos, and ruled out experimental aircraft, planes, weather balloons or drones. The study concluded "It is an object or phenomenon of great interest, and it can be qualified as a UFO."
Loch Ness UFO Causes Monster Controversy
Caters News
It took several updates to this story to try and figure out what exactly it was that a family, vacationing at Scotland's Loch Ness captured in a photograph above the 22-mile-long lake in April. Their camera seemed to catch a pair of objects (see image with close-up insert) moving in the sky over the lake. The controversy heated up when Metabunk.org stepped in, claiming that the family had merely photographed a dual reflection of a room lamp. To this day, both parties believe they are correct: The family insists it was no lamp reflection and Metabunk maintains it was.
Christmas Tree-Type Lights Over Tucson
Tom Sanger
On July 4, Tom Sanger videotaped a colorful display of changing lights over the Sabino Canyon, northeast of Tucson, Arizona. In late August, an updated report byOpenMinds.TV suggested these lights were caused by "human activity" at a mountain lookout point, i.e. the headlights of oncoming vehicles.
Similar UFOs Appear Over U.S., Japan Cities
Left: TVE24HD Right: IPRA Strong / YouTube
Two separate cases of unusual-looking lights over different continents within a few days of each other prompted speculation that ranged from alien life to Chinese lanterns. The image shows objects over Osaka, Japan (at left around the end of July) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (on July 25). The Milwaukee objects were later identified as an Army parachute team, performing during the city's annual German Fest. Still no official word on those Osaka lights.
London Police Investigate Reported UFO Crash
Kingston Police, UK
It wasn't exactly of the same legendary caliber as the 1947 Roswell, New Mexico, incident, but it was unique in its own way. On Oct. 17, police in Kingston, London, sent an emergency response team to a location to check on an unknown object that was on fire. When officials arrived on the scene, they thought, at first, they were looking at a crashed UFO! The orange-blue hemispherical object was partially smashed with pieces of it strewn all around. Turns out, online detectives helped determine the UFO was, in fact, a pizza oven that may have fallen off a truck. That's some pizza delivery service.
Mystery Revealed In Space Station Astronaut UFO Photo
NASA / Scott Kelly
When International Space Station astronaut Scott Kelly snapped a photo of south India on Nov. 15, Internet UFO hunters speculated about the bright, tube-like objectat the upper right of the image. It was just the latest in a long series of objects photographed by space station astronauts that fuel Internet chatter about UFOs. In this case, however, a simple adjustment of brightness and contrast of the original image clearly reveals that the UFO in question is a UHF antenna attached to the space station.
Scary Explanation For Blazing Siberia UFO Sighting
PE Omsk/YouTube
Many people saw and videotaped a spectacular bright object over several cities in Siberia on the night of Nov. 17. Initial speculation included things like UFO, alien wormhole, and a secret Russian military rocket launch. Former NBC News space consultant James Oberg -- an expert on all American and Russian space activity -- confirmed that the bizarre spectacle was part of a Russian missile test program. While not an ET invasion, it doesn't lessen worries over increased tensions between Russia and members of NATO.
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There is something on the Moon that is watching "over" Earth
There is something on the Moon that is watching "over" Earth
Earths moon should be without a doubt, the number one priority for Earth's Space Agencies, yet, for some reason, no one seems to be talking about going back to the moon. The question is why? What is up there that is keeping us from coming back? Is there anything at all on the moon, other than the equipment left behind by astronauts and a couple of strange rocks?
The Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United States' Apollo program, and was the last time humans walked on the moon. Numerous mysteries have surrounded the Apollo missions and specially the Apollo 17 mission, whose crew consisted of commander and veteran of the mission Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 Eugene A. Cernan, the lunar module pilot and geologist Harrison H. Schmitt called "Jack" and command module pilot Ronald E. Evans. The names of the ships, privilege of the commander, was Challenger and America for the lunar module to the command module.
Commander Gene Cernan was the last man to walk on the surface of the Moon in the Taurus Mountains, near the crater Littrow, on the border between the Mare Mare Tranquillitatis and Serenitatis.
The "Challenger" module landed on the moon at the following coordinates: 21,2ºN 30,6ºE which is the Taurus Littrow area. Commander Gene Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt were aboard the descent module.
Harrison had a very interesting idea before the mission began, he actually proposed landing on the "Far side" of the moon, specifically at the Tsiolkovsky crater but his proposition was rejected as NASA considered it to be "too dangerous." But Harrison did not only propose the far side of the moon because he thought it was a good idea, it is believed that there was something important on the far side that the astronauts wanted to investigate.
The exact reasons why NASA did not allow the landing to take place at the Tsiolkovsky crater were never made public. Curiously, Harrison H. Schmitt designed the insignia of the mission which had, for some mysterious reason a drawing of Stonehenge. This insignia was later replaced by the one we all saw, that of Greek god Apollo.
Schmitt never really answered why he had chosen Stonehenge for the flight insignia and has kept the design and the "why" behind it in the shadows. But lets face it, NASA's Apollo program is anything but normal, the abrupt suspension of the Apollo program is something that many people today do not understand completely. Even though Apollo was planned all the way up to the Apollo XX mission, when the crew from Apollo XVII returned to Earth, NASA reported that the Apollo program had "expired" since the mission objectives had been reached."
Many believe this wasn't the reason why NASA opted out of the Apollo program, and many historians and researchers believe that it wasn't because of funding either. So what was the real reason? Why have we not returned to the moon?
There are some believe that the reason why NASA opted out of the Apollo program has a sinister extraterrestrial background, one that has kept mankind from going back to the moon.
The reason why many people believe that there is "something" on the moon that is keeping a close watch on our planet are the countless images of the Apollo missions, and the curiosities behind the missions itself.
Reviewing some of the more interesting images from the Apollo program has given us quite a lot to talk about.
Obviously the first image of interest would be the mysterious pyramid on the moon which has caused great debate between ufologists and skeptics.
One of my favorite images is the one below. There appears to be some sort of "rock," that eerily resembles a skull. This "lunar rock" seems to give us the impression it has eyes, a mouth and a nose, it's very creepy
The next image is incredible. Many people believe that what we are seeing in this image is some sort of "tube" sticking out of the lunar surface (look at the center of the image). Mysteriously, this tube shaped object doesn't look anything like the other rocks seen in the surrounding landscape, and its shape clearly resembles some sort of tubery.
What are your thoughts? Is there really something on the moon that has kept us from returning? And what about the images provided above, do they seem like "ordinary" objects on the moon?
It seems that in the end, however you put it, there is something mysterious surrounding NASA and its Apollo program, and the images and videos filmed on the moon, are the perfect evidence to support all of those who agree that the Apollo astronauts must have found something mysterious, previously unknown and dangerous on Earths natural satellite. The question that remains is, what was it?
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AREA 51: THE MOST SURPRISING THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
AREA 51: THE MOST SURPRISING THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
1- IT’S NOTHING LIKE IN THE MOVIES
We’ve all seen inside Area 51—in the movies. Independence Day (1996), Paul (2011), and that awful Area 51 (2014), and on The X-Files, it’s shown as super-high-tech and otherworldly. Of course it would look like that! They have UFO technology. The base is guarded by huge fences and helicopter patrol, right?
There is no fence around it! We at Area51.org have personally been to the border of the base, and can tell you that there’s no fence to hop—just signs with warnings like “lethal force authorized”. We saw and heard no helicopters, although we did spot the legendary “cammo dudes”, the private security guards hired to protect the base. They drive around in ordinary jeeps.
Area 51 may well have alien tech hidden underground, but according to insiders who have spilled the beans, the inside of the real Area 51 looks old and run down.
Area 51 from the air
Bob Lazar, the guy who says he worked there in the ’80s reverse-engineering UFO technology, describes the interior of the underground base as plain and ordinary, much like an old office building with cubicles and meeting rooms. There’s a lot of dust and rust, and not much in the way of neon-cyber whiz-bang technology. That is why it’s so striking, according to witnesses, when you see the alien spacecraft housed there underground—it’s all being held in such a drab, unremarkable place.
No word on what the alien visitors think of these digs, but insiders do claim to have sighted them there, lurking underground.
2- IT DOESN’T EXIST
At least it didn’t until 2013, when the US government finally declassified a CIA document that admitted that a secret base exists out in the Nevada desert. Up until that point, the government absolutely denied that any such base existed, even though it’s surrounded by warning signs authorizing “the use of deadly force” if you enter, and despite the fact that unfortunate pilots who wandered into the base’s airspace were either forced down by Air Force jets or, in some cases, shot down. Later in 2013, Barack Obama became the first president to mention Area 51 by name in public.
Neither the CIA report nor the president mentioned aliens, but, well, that’s not surprising. This is the government we’re talking about.
All that official silence didn’t stop Nevada governor Bob Miller, though. In 1996, he officially declared nearby Highway 375 to be Nevada’s “Extraterrestrial Highway”—a publicity stunt tied in with the movie Independence Day.
3- IT GOT BIGGER—FOR A SURPRISING REASON
Things were great for Glenn Campbell—an Area 51 researcher, not the singer—until 1995. Glenn, who was living in nearby Rachel, Nevada, had discovered a peak not far from Area 51, and it was high enough that he could see the whole base. The peak didn’t appear to have a name, so Glenn dubbed it “Freedom Ridge”. The name stuck.
Vantage points for Area 51 (some forbidden)
He brought others out to Freedom Ridge, too—including professional journalists, who’d become fascinated with Glenn’s adventures as a self-styled investigator of Area 51. A film crew from ABC News were out at Freedom Ridge with Glenn when they were arrested, and their cameras confiscated by Area 51 guards. That may have been the last straw.
In 1995, the US government seized the land around Freedom Ridge and another vantage point, Whitesides Mountain. It increased the size of Area 51 only somewhat, but it made it darn near impossible to get a view of the base from the ground without telescopes or binoculars.
The base is 60 square miles now—and growing. How long until the government seizes additional land? It’s only a matter of time.
4- AREA 51 IS NOT ITS REAL NAME
The government and the military have a lot of nicknames for the base, and they usually don’t call it “Area 51”. Instead, they’ve referred to it as Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Homey Airport, or as just Groom Lake (after the dry lake bed the base is built on). Its first official name was Watertown when it opened in 1956. We get the name “Area 51” from old military maps of the area from the 1950s.
Today the official name is said to be Air Force Flight Test Center Detachment 3—catchy, isn’t it?
5- THERE’S NIGHTCLUB ON BASE
A baseball field at Area 51
No kidding; former employees have said that Area 51 has its own extravagant disco right in the heart of the facility, where employees blow off steam at night after working on ultra-secret projects all day. (Obviously, reverse-engineering UFO technology can take a lot out of you.) We wonder: is the club called Dreamland?
That’s not all: it also has a baseball field (above-ground, see the photo), tennis courts, and a large personal gym. When it first opened, the only amenities were a single tennis court and a bowling alley, but obviously they’ve been expanding. Maybe they even have Wi-Fi.
6- YOU CAN SEE THE BASE FOR YOURSELF—IF YOU’RE WILLING TO TAKE A DIFFICULT HIKE
As we mentioned before, until 1995, you could make an easy hike to mountain peaks near the base called Freedom Ridge and White Sides. From those vantage points, you could get a pretty good look at the distant base, even without binoculars. So, of course, word got out. When the government realized that people were spying on the base, it seized the land.
Today, we’re left with one vantage point: a place called Tikaboo Peak.
It’s not an easy hike, but it’s only a little over a mile. Being remote desert land, this is dangerous, so we’re not recommending it. But it is possible. If you did go, you’d want to bring high-powered binoculars, or maybe a telescope.
Bird and Hike, a hiking website, has the exact info—look for the keyword “Tikaboo” to find the hike. And do not, under any circumstances, venture past the border into Area 51!
7- YOU CAN TAKE A TOUR—SORT OF
Take a tour near Area 51
If you dream of a guided tour of the actual Area 51 base, well, no, they don’t do that. Surprisingly, though, the US Department of Energy does give weekday tours of areas in the Nevada Test Site—think nuclear testing. The tours take all day and require government background checks. They don’t venture into Area 51, but reports say they get pretty darned close, ending up just a bit to the west of the secret base. The tour is free but there are restrictions:
There are strict rules in order to take this tour including proper dress code (no shorts/sandals), age-limit of 14+ years old; no cell phones, cameras or computers, firearms, and a background check is required. You MUST arrange tours months in advance and be cleared by background investigators before taking this tour.
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I WILL INVESTIGATE UFOS — CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON
I WILL INVESTIGATE UFOS — CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON
WILL “GET TO THE BOTTOM” OF UFOS
You may love her or hate her, but if you’re interested in UFOs, you probably want Hillary Clinton to be elected president in 2016.
While on a campaign stop in Conway, New Hampshire, Clinton told a reporter that she definitely intends to investigate UFOs and alien visitation as president. “I’m going to get to the bottom of it,” said Clinton, according to the Conway Sun. The newspaper reported that she answered “with enthusiasm”.
Hillary whisked away by a UFO (photo by Mother Jones)
“I think we may have been [visited by aliens],” she told the reporter. “We don’t know for sure.” Evidently, she intends to find out.
Hillary told the Conway Sun that she was also interested in further investigation into Area 51.
BILL HAS INVESTIGATED
Husband and former president Bill Clinton has previously weighed in on the subject of UFOs and aliens. “First I had people go looking for records on Area 51,” he said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “[I also] had all the Roswell papers reviewed.”
If Bill discovered anything significant in his records search, he isn’t admitting it publicly—but he did drop a hint. “If we were visited someday,” he told Kimmel, “I wouldn’t be surprised … think about how all the differences among people on Earth would seem small if we felt threatened by a space invader.”
CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA: UFOS ARE REAL
Clinton noted that her campaign manager, John Podesta, is outspoken about his conviction about extraterrestrial visits to Earth. One of Podesta’s last messages as an outgoing senior advisor to president Barack Obama was this tweet: “Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the disclosure of the UFO files.” Podesta, a UFO enthusiast, insisted that the tweet was serious.
It seems quite likely that Hillary has been influenced by Podesta’s stance on the subject. “He (Podesta) has made me personally pledge we are going to get the information out,” Clinton told the Conway Sun. “One way or another. Maybe we could have, like, a task force to go to Area 51.”
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DID HILLARY CLINTON JUST PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE UFOS?
DID HILLARY CLINTON JUST PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE UFOS?
Former First Lady and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reportedly plans to follow in her husband’s footsteps and probe the UFO issue if she becomes president.
On Tuesday, December 29, the former New York senator and former secretary of state visited the office of The Conway Daily Sun, a free daily newspaper in New Hampshire. GOP candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush also paid visits to the paper’s office recently. Clinton discussed foreign policy and the economy with Conway Daily Sunreporters during her visit. But she also reportedly discussed UFOs.
According to reporter Daymond Steer, when he asked her about UFOs, Clinton responded, “Yes, I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”
Her husband, Bill, made attempts to uncover UFO secrets while he was president. He specifically did some digging related to the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident, as well as the mysterious military installation Area 51. In 2014, Bill Clinton appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and, when asked about his research, he said he didn’t find any evidence of extraterrestrials. But when Kimmel asked Clinton if he would inform the public if he had, Clinton said he would, then added:
What do we know now? We know we live in an ever expanding universe. We know that there are billions of stars and planets, literally, out there, and the universe is getting bigger. We know from our fancy telescopes that just in the last two years more than 20 planets have been identified outside of our solar system that seem to be far away enough from their suns and dense enough that they might be able to support some form of life. So, it makes it increasingly less likely that we are alone.
Bill Clinton’s Chief of Staff, John Podesta, is currently Hillary’s campaign chairman. This former Counselor to President Obama is a strong advocate for government transparency when it comes to knowledge of UFOs and files related to UFO phenomena. When Podesta left the White House to begin working on Clinton’s campaign, he publicly voiced regret over not being able to get government UFO files released to the public.
In late 2015, following the publication of an interview with Hillary Clinton, conducted by actor Lena Dunham, Podesta posted to Twitter:
When asked about Podesta during her recent visit to TheConway Daily Sun, Clinton stated, “He has made me personally pledge we are going to get the information out.” She continued, “One way or another. Maybe we could have, like, a task force to go to Area 51.”
Clinton also reportedly told Steer, “I think we may have been (visited already). We don’t know for sure.”
If the conversation between Clinton and Steer went down as reported, it’s pretty interesting to see her speaking publicly about the topic. Then again, she may have assumed she was having an “off the record” conversation.
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Universe Had No Beginning And No Big Bang, Scientists Say
Universe Had No Beginning And No Big Bang, Scientists Say
Physicists have announced that the universe may have existed forever, and that the Big Bang may never have occurred, according to a new quantum model of the Universe.
The new model applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and accounts for dark matter and dark energy.
The widely accepted age of the universe, as estimated by general relativity, is 13.8 billion years. In the beginning, everything in existence is thought to have occupied a single infinitely dense point, or singularity. Only after this point began to expand in a “Big Bang” did the universe officially begin.
Although the Big Bang singularity arises directly and unavoidably from the mathematics of general relativity, some scientists see it as problematic because the math can explain only what happened immediately after—not at or before—the singularity.
“The Big Bang singularity is the most serious problem of general relativity because the laws of physics appear to break down there,” Ahmed Farag Ali at Benha University and the Zewail City of Science and Technology, both in Egypt, told Phys.org.
Ali and coauthor Saurya Das at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, have shown in a paper published in Physics Letters B that the Big Bang singularity can be resolved by their new model in which the universe has no beginning and no end.
Old ideas revisited
The physicists emphasize that their quantum correction terms are not applied ad hoc in an attempt to specifically eliminate the Big Bang singularity. Their work is based on ideas by the theoretical physicist David Bohm, who is also known for his contributions to the philosophy of physics. Starting in the 1950s, Bohm explored replacing classical geodesics (the shortest path between two points on a curved surface) with quantum trajectories.
In their paper, Ali and Das applied these Bohmian trajectories to an equation developed in the 1950s by physicist Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri at Presidency University in Kolkata, India. Raychaudhuri was also Das’s teacher when he was an undergraduate student of that institution in the ’90s.
Using the quantum-corrected Raychaudhuri equation, Ali and Das derived quantum-corrected Friedmann equations, which describe the expansion and evolution of universe (including the Big Bang) within the context of general relativity. Although it’s not a true theory of quantum gravity, the model does contain elements from both quantum theory and general relativity. Ali and Das also expect their results to hold even if and when a full theory of quantum gravity is formulated.
No singularities nor dark stuff
In addition to not predicting a Big Bang singularity, the new model does not predict a “big crunch” singularity, either. In general relativity, one possible fate of the universe is that it starts to shrink until it collapses in on itself in a big crunch and becomes an infinitely dense point once again.
Ali and Das explain in their paper that their model avoids singularities because of a key difference between classical geodesics and Bohmian trajectories. Classical geodesics eventually cross each other, and the points at which they converge are singularities. In contrast, Bohmian trajectories never cross each other, so singularities do not appear in the equations.
In cosmological terms, the scientists explain that the quantum corrections can be thought of as a cosmological constant term (without the need for dark energy) and a radiation term. These terms keep the universe at a finite size, and therefore give it an infinite age. The terms also make predictions that agree closely with current observations of the cosmological constant and density of the universe.
New gravity particle
In physical terms, the model describes the universe as being filled with a quantum fluid. The scientists propose that this fluid might be composed of gravitons—hypothetical massless particles that mediate the force of gravity. If they exist, gravitons are thought to play a key role in a theory of quantum gravity.
In a related paper, Das and another collaborator, Rajat Bhaduri of McMaster University, Canada, have lent further credence to this model. They show that gravitons can form a Bose-Einstein condensate (named after Einstein and another Indian physicist, Satyendranath Bose) at temperatures that were present in the universe at all epochs.
Motivated by the model’s potential to resolve the Big Bang singularity and account for dark matter and dark energy, the physicists plan to analyze their model more rigorously in the future. Their future work includes redoing their study while taking into account small inhomogeneous and anisotropic perturbations, but they do not expect small perturbations to significantly affect the results.
“It is satisfying to note that such straightforward corrections can potentially resolve so many issues at once,” Das said.
Weather radar pictures have emerged of what appears to be a huge spiral vortex covering the entire country of Mexico on December 26th. Could it be a ghost of some hurricane past or worse – a ghostly prediction of a hurricane future? Is it related to other strange spirals seen on radar displays around the world?
The video posted on the Internet shows a series of radar images of the spiral. It reportedly began on December 26th and was still there as of this writing on December 31st. It strangely appears only on National Weather Service radar centered in Mexico City (named Catedral for the Metropolitan Cathedral – Catedral Metropolitana). If it’s a malfunction, there’s no mention of it on the display nor anywhere else. Could it be something else?
This isn’t the first time a mysterious spiral has appeared on Mexican weather radar. This spiral was seen on October 28th, 2012, and a similar one was reported in 2014, both appearing to have no official or unofficial explanations.
Another strange circle reportedly appeared on Australian weather radar on January 15th, 2010. This nearly-perfect circle covered hundreds of square miles yet there was no mention of any unusual weather that could have caused it.
Strange circle on weather radar over Australia
In 2009, a famous spiral anomaly was seen and photographed over many parts of Norway and Sweden on December 8th. The spiral was blue and grey, lasted nearly 3 minutes and was similar to a previous (but not as bright) spiral a month before.
Mysterious spiral over Norway in 2009
Thousands reported the spiral to various agencies with no explanations … until the following day when the Russian Defense Ministry admitted it was a failed test of a SLBM RSM-56 Bulava missile, one that had already failed in 6 out of 13 prior launches.
Since there appear to no eyewitness accounts of the mysterious spiral on Mexican radar, it has some other cause. But what? Malfunction? Secret government test? HAARP? UFO interference? Something else?
This glowing UFO was caught on the volcano live cam on Christmas day. The UFO is very similar to other past videos of a glowing object actually entering the mouth of the volcano. I've been looking at this live cam over the last 3 years and have caught dozens of UFOs around this volcano. The UFO activity and the Aztec stories about the gods of Popocatepetl, both indicate that there is an alien base 5km below the volcano. This one came very close to the local population this time. It curious about them. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
Curiosity Rover Finds A Mineral On Mars That Usually Deposited By Water On Earth
Curiosity Rover Finds A Mineral On Mars That Usually Deposited By Water On Earth
NASA’s Curiosity has recently come across some interesting discoveries that could solve the mystery of the presence of water on Mars.
Christian Science Monitor noted that the robot had found an abundance of the rock-forming chemical silica for the first time. Silica is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen, which on Earth often deposited by water.
According to NASA, Curiosity has discovered much higher concentrations of silica at several sites it has investigated in the past seven months than it has first visited since landing on the Red Planet 40 months ago.
In a video that featured astrogeologist Jens Frydenvang of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he said that they don’t have a full understanding yet of its meaning. He added that this kind of silica require some water activity here on Earth, and often, it’s also a very nice environment to discover microbial life.
NASA further shared the Curiosity drilled some silica at one rock called Buckskin is in tridymite, a mineral rare on Earth and never seen before on Mars.
On Earth, tridymite can be found in volcanic deposits with rich silica content. So, scientists suspect volcanic evolutions on Mars. But, it is also possible that mineral tridymite has formed by other processes.
A planetary geologist at Johnson Space Center of NASA in Houston, Elizabeth Rampe, said they could solve this by knowing whether the mineral in the sediment comes from a volcanic source or another origin. Rampe added that they were in their labs to see if there was a way to make this mineral without such a high temperature.
Geophysicist Ashwin Vasavada shared at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union that scientists have observed signs of the building blocks of life on the Red Planet. So, it is interesting to find out how the mystery unfolds.
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