Cube-shaped UFO filmed over Chiapas in Mexico 15-Jan-2016

Check out this interesting footage of a cube-shaped object hovering in the sky above Chiapas in Mexico. This was seen and recorded on 15th January 2016.

What do you think about this video? Real or fake? Please leave your comment below!

24-01-2016 om 00:40 geschreven door peter  

CIA Murdered JFK After Demanding The Release Of Top Secret UFO Files

It has been claimed that CIA killed former US President John F Kennedy after requiring the agency to release top-secret UFO files.

Kennedy was shot dead while in an open-topped car travelling on November 22, 1963, through the centre of Dallas, Texas.

The incident brought shockwaves not just in the US but also around the world and has created dozens of conspiracy theories.

However, UFO experts recently shared perhaps the most astonishing claim to date. They said that the president made a letter and sent it to the CIA head ten days before he was assassinated.

They further revealed that the president also made a visit to NASA’s base at Cape Canaveral in Florida just four days after he sent the memo.

In the letter, JFK seemingly asks the CIA to give details about everything it knows about UFO sightings.

The letter specifically asks a review of the high threat cases. It stresses the important to have a clear distinction between the knowns and unknowns. It also proposes an arrangement of the program of data sharing with NASA where unknowns are a factor. The president also apparently sent a letter to NASA requesting the agency to cooperate with the Soviets on UFO issues.

UFO conspiracy theorists believe that JFK was worried that the Soviets could mistakenly identify UFOs over Russia as spy planes. They also think that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who makes a promise to release all UFO files to the public if she wins, does not know it yet, but she doesn’t have the power to release such information. They add that CIA would kill Hillary before she could do it, just like JFK. They believe that Hillary will be too scared to release the truth.

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24-01-2016 om 00:37 geschreven door peter  

A Second Snowden Has Leaked a Mother Lode of Drone Docs

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23-01-2016 om 23:06 geschreven door peter  

Aliens & Animal Mutilations

We have the unique opportunity to speak with Richard Bonenfant, Ph.D. a retired research scientist and lecturer who is now dedicated to the investigation of phenomena that lie on the fringes of scientific understanding. Prior to his interest in cattle and animal mutilations, Dr. Bonenfant's research career at Albany Medical Center Hospital and the New York State Department of Health was centered on the study of birth defects in newborn children. With advanced degrees in anthropology and psychology, Dr. Bonenfant served as an adjunct professor at Siena College in Loudonville, NY and City College in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Bonenfant most recently retired from the Veterans' Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, and Richard is likewise credited with publishing several professional articles on near-death experiences. 

Agent D - Richard, I just finished listening to a podcast with Randy Maugan's Off Planet Radio on Animal mutilations and was impressed with the depth of the discussion on the topic in that interview. We will assume the readers here on The Object Report blog have a basic awareness of animal or cattle mutilations and likewise are aware that an ET angle might be involved here. 

Richard - Thank you for your gracious introduction Agent D. Hearing it makes me seem larger-than-life. Actually I come to the subject at hand with only limited knowledge of the phenomenon of animal mutilations. Therefore, my interpretations may appear naive to those more experienced with this ongoing mystery. I plead for patience as research leads me into deeper levels of entanglement with various aspects of this complex phenomenon. My hope is that previous experience as a medical research scientist can add some understanding as to the purpose and method behind these mutilations. Okay, I guess we can now proceed to chip away at the problem.

Agent D - Cattle mutilations and half cat mutilations have been going on for quite some time, and there is an incredible consistency spanning decades where cattle tissue around the mouth and anus is removed very precisely and at times without any traces of blood. Do we have a theory why these two areas of the cow are consistently the focus of tissue removal? 

Richard -That's an interesting observation Agent D. Like most organisms, human beings are consumption machines. We take in food, digest it to sustain ourselves, and remove waste matter that serves no purpose in this process. Of course this is but one functional aspect of existence but a very fundamental one. Without absorbing the nutrition of food, we would soon become extinct. The mouth initiates this ingestion process, the digestive tract sorts out what can and can't be used, and the final segment of this tract discharges waste that is toxic to our bodies. This leads back to your initial question. The organs you mentioned, the mouth and the anus, are the alpha and omega points of the process. Therefore, as an environmental epidemiologist, I would say that whatever agency is responsible for animal mutilations has an interest in what is eaten, absorbed, and discarded by cattle and other animals from the environment in which they live. In other words, it suggests to me a kind of environmental monitoring less the moral implications of the methodology being used.

The techniques and instrumentation used in these mutilations imply a technological sophistication far in advance of current technology. This is immediately evident in what is medically termed exsanguination or the removal of blood from the body. In most cases, the carcass contains little or no trace of blood. It's almost as if some pump-like device had been inserted into the circulatory system in a way that would completely drain the animal of its blood with little or no wastage. This is no mean feat in a clinical setting, let alone in some remote natural environment without the advantage of surgical devices. Then, there is the evidence of laser-like incisions creating portals through which internal tissue and organs are removed. To do this would require some kind of device be inserted into the body cavity which could break down collagen, the main component of connective tissue, such as tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bones, blood vessels and guts in order to remove them from the body cavity through the small portals previously mentioned. This process would basically turn organs to mush from which it would be suctioned out from the body cavity. One example, is the creation of a small aperture in the skull through which an animal's brain are suctioned out from its skull. While I have no knowledge of what is currently being done in highly advanced medical research facilities, I seriously doubt that such capabilities were available over the past duration of animal mutilation events. Therefore, to answer your question more concisely, the only logical conclusion that can be drawn is that the technology necessary to carry out these mutilations lies far in advance of our own.

Agent D - Linda Moulton Howe has been researching cattle and half cat mutilations for over three decades, having been the first reporter to cover cattle mutilations in fact, and she continues to cover these ongoing mutilations from a journalist's perspective. Your approach to cattle mutilations is from that of biological interest - do you feel your findings and theories on cattle mutilations parallel Linda’s perceptions or is there some deviation?

Richard - Let me just say at the outset that this interview probably would not be taking place were it not for the investigative journalism of Linda Moulton Howe. She almost single handedly alerted the general public to the mysterious mutilations that were taking place in the western prairies. Through her archival website, she continues to accumulate a wealth of data not only on various forms of animal mutilations but also on other strange and unexplained phenomenon that we should all pay attention to, especially those in the scientific community. For just as Stanley Prusiner, the 1997 Nobel prize laureate, once remarked, “While it is quite reasonable for scientists to be skeptical of new ideas that do not fit within the accepted realm of scientific knowledge, the best science often emerges from situations where results carefully obtained do not fit within the accepted paradigms.” With regards to your question, I would say that our views concerning animal mutilations are in very close alignment. In fact, while preparing a follow up article to“Significant Observations Relating to Animal Mutilations,” Ms. Howe graciously provided me with a reference to an abductee’s observation from her 1989 book Strange Harvest. This abductee reported witnessing the mutilation of a young calf by aliens aboard their craft. While doing this I soon realized that Ms. Howe’s archive of abductee accounts may contain a treasure trove of data to other professional investigators who take the time to review these accounts from their various perspectives. The only variations readily evident in our views stems from differences of focus. Ms. Howe presents compelling evidence that these mutilations are the result of alien intervention while my limited research attempts to determine why these mutilations may be carried out. We concur in the sense that mutilations are being purposefully carried out with a high degree of technological precision. I suggest that a possible motive for these mutilations may be to monitor a quiet epidemic of neurological pathologies related to prion diseases. I believe Ms. Howe holds a slightly different view. It doesn't matter who’s correct, what matters is that we diligently work towards finding the reason behind these atrocities regardless of what it might be.

Agent D - I've always had the inclination that the tissue from cattle is used in an ongoing study of man made pollution and the effects of this global pollution on animals, particularly mammals. During the last decade or so the idea of an ongoing Human ET Hybrid project has gained traction - do you have any evidence or leads that would suggest the study of non-human animal tissue could in some way be connected to this ongoing ET-Human genetic program?

Richard - Up to very recently I would have responded that, from my limited perspective, I couldn't see any direct connection between the animal mutilations and the accepted ET-Human hybridization program. But while working on a follow up article to my Prion proposal, I came across something that has changed my mind. This article intended to demonstrate the link between UFO activity and cattle mutilations in a convincing way. When I began to investigate one particular account, that of abductee Judy Doraty, I discovered a direct connection between gray aliens, cattle mutilations and human abductions. This connection will be reviewed in great detail in my forthcoming article. So my answer to your question is yes, I believe there is indeed a connection between these two types of activities.

Agent D - The insensitive way the animal mutilations are being carried out seems to be in keeping with the M.O. of the Grays from what we have heard from other eyewitnesses, and perhaps this is in itself a small clue the Grays are involved to some degree. It has been noted before on the Off Planet Radio show - and this is quite subtle - whomever is carrying out these dissections and studies is leaving the carcass behind in an almost deliberate manner versus simply disposing of the evidence which logically might have prevented humans from being aware of animal mutilations from day one. Is there possibly a read between the lines message to us here through their choice to put the carcass back? 

Richard - The question of why aliens dump mutilated carcasses in the vicinity of where they were abducted comes up quite frequently. Certainly, the carcasses could be disposed of in a way that would not bring attention to what is being done to them. It seems to me that there could be at least two reasons why they do so. The first one is that they simply don’t care and are contemptuous of any consequences. But, that does not explain why the carcasses are discarded so near the location where the animals were captured. Assuming cattle and other animals are dissected within some surgical area within UFOs, it is highly unlikely that simply dumping their carcasses after a mutilation would result in their being deposited so close to the point of capture. Therefore, a logical argument could be made that the way carcasses are disposed is indeed intentional. In consequence, it would be just a matter of time before we humans would come to associate the presence of UFOs with the mutilation phenomenon. The question now arises; why have they chosen to do so? Our curiosity would certainly be evoked and lead us to focus greater attention on the matter. Of the two possibilities, I would lean towards the view that their actions are indeed intentional and directed towards awakening our awareness. Once again I remain cautious about attributing human motives to alien behavior. However, if it is intentional, they certainly have gotten our attention.

Agent D - Richard, do you remember the moment or circumstance when you decided to take a step forward from the silent majority and become directly involved with the study of cattle and animal mutilations?

Richard - You caught me unprepared on this one! I guess it would be fair to say that I've been interested in UFOs since first reading about them in comic books and various other magazines as a teenager. However, at the time more pressing matters prevented me from taking an active role. Even then my interest in UFOs and particularly in human abductions led me to feel that there was little I could do or contribute beyond what was already being done by such prominent investigators as John Mack, Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs and a number of others who where active at the time. After retiring I made a deliberate effort to read the accounts of various individuals who had actually undergone an abduction experience. During this process I came across the account of one particular abductee that greatly impressed me. I was touched by the genuineness, intelligence, and I dare say even virtue of her testimony. Out of respect for the privacy of this person, I choose not to mention her name. Anyway, after reading even more about her experiences as well as those of other abductees, I decided to do something to get the attention and respect of the abduction community. To do so I focused on what I knew best, namely the study of environmental epidemiology to make sense of animal mutilations. What followed were several months of intensive research in which I attempted to make the case that mammals were being subjected to an silent epidemic of prion related diseases. And furthermore, that these mutilations were the result of some alien agency monitoring of the spread of these diseases. I guess that was the point were I jumped in. So here we are.

Agent D - Most people think of cats and or cows when we say animal mutilations, but these activities are not just happening to cats and cattle, they appear to be happening to other animals as well, is this correct?

Richard - Absolutely! During my initial analysis I broke the species into two categories; domestic and wild animals. For example, Domestic included family pets such as cats and dogs, farm animals such as sheep, goats, cattle and horses. Everything else fell into the wild category; some examples include elk, deer, bison, badgers and foxes. But more and more, wild mutilated animals are being found all the time. Recently, I was even alerted that mutilated seals, and dolphins have been found in the coastal regions of the northern United Kingdom, especially in Scotland and Ireland. The only common denominator was that they were all mammals. But, this may be about to change. The Director of the the U.K.’s Animal Pathology Field Unit (APFU) has recently told me that birds have now joined the mutilated community after a large flock of seabirds were found decapitated in this same region of the U.K. I would venture to say that as time goes on the list of mutilated species will become even larger.
 
Agent D - The new buzzword associated with animal mutilations on the web is Prions. Rik, can you give a "Prions 101" introduction to our readers who have never heard of this term before?

 

Richard - Now that’s a real challenge; in how many words or less? Let's begin by stating that prions are protein chains found in our cells. We don’t know their purpose but they are likely to serve some function. Recently, scientists discovered that these prions proteins have a rogue double. While rogue prions are similar in form to their functional counterparts, they contain a mutation in their protein chain which converts normal prions into dysfunctional ones simply by contact. So over time there is a geometric increase in the dysfunctional prions which lead to a plaque build up in the brain. This plaque destroys neurons creating dark lifeless islands giving the brain’s overall architecture a sponge-like appearance. Thus, neurologists refer to prion related diseases as Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). TSEs are generally recognized by which areas of the brain they affect; the cerebral cortex in cases of classic Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, the brain stem in cases of Scrapie and Chronic Wasting Disease, the thalamus in cases of Fatal Familial Insomnia and the Cerebellum in cases of Kuru Disease. Mutated prions have been found in both humans and other mammals. Mammals also suffer from prion related diseases. The most common are known as Chronic Wasting Disease in deer and elk, Scrapie in sheep, Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy in cats, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy in minks, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle...etc. The problem is that these diverse brain diseases were always believed to be confined to the species in which they were found. However, in the late 1980s and early 90s British scientists discovered that Mad Cow Disease had somehow managed to cross this species barrier. A version of Mad Cow Disease had mutated to humans through the ingestion of infected meat. 

This new infection now became internationally recognized as an entirely new TSE in humans. Its defining characteristic was an early onset, (28 instead of 68 Years) accompanied by a wide range of behavioral problems and the distortion of the senses, particularly that of touch. From that initial awakening, scientists soon came to realize that similar trans-species infections were also taking place in a wide range of other mammals such as mink, deer, elk and many more. The question then became; What’s causing this violation of the species boundaries in TSEs? There presently is no answer to that question. Epidemiologist only know that something very “scary” is taking place. What makes this silent epidemic of prion diseases so dangerous is that prions are nearly indestructible. Since they have no genetic material like RNA or DNA, they are immune to radiation and most traditional means of eradicating infectious diseases. They can even survive traditional incineration and autoclave sterilization. So we have no means of either treating or eradicating TSEs. Cattle and other mutilations could be a rather harsh means of monitoring the spread of TSEs throughout the world's mammal populations. There are a number or reasons for taking this view, the primary one being that many mutilated animals are decapitated and even when they are not, a number of cases have small holes in their skulls from which their entire brains have been removed. It’s also very likely that other organ systems and tissues are involved of which we have no knowledge. Therefore, I feel the Prion Hypothesis offers a starting point in the search for determining why the entire phenomenon of animal mutilations is taking place.

Agent D - The resistance of prions to eradication through traditional means does sound rather disturbing to say the least. Speculating here, do you have the impression we've been alerted to something that could have detrimental effects on homo sapiens down the road and we have benefited in a round about way from the cattle mutilations and the subsequent investigations? 

Richard - Yes, I do think that and you’re absolutely right in your estimate of the situation. A number of problems are nested within it. First and foremost, the medical community must become better informed about the seriousness of the matter in order to focus their attention on the nature mutated prions. It’s critical that we learn how abnormal prions are able to convert normal prions to their own mutated form. We must also investigate how prion diseases have managed to cross the species barrier in so many different types of mammals. In addition, we must do a better job of detecting TSE infected animals and containing them in a way that will prevent their spread. For example, at present we incinerate infected domestic livestock without addressing the issue of how recycled animal byproducts continue to promote the spread of TSEs. Prions have managed to survive this process. The recycled protein supplement added to cattle feed not only reinfects cattle, it also infects wild animals that scrounge left over feed from fields and feed bins. What will society do if TSEs spread to other livestock we consume like chickens, pigs, and other animals products? I suggest that our medical authorities immediately ban this practice. This is a problem of our own doing not something introduced by some alien agency. The only involvement by aliens that I see, is that they are acutely aware of the nature and extent of TSEs and may be waiting to see how we respond to the crisis. Their unwanted intervention appears to represent a kind of global environmental monitoring of something of great significance. I myself only came to understand the full extent of this potential epidemic through the investigation of animal mutilations. Early on I could only see that UFOs and aliens were the most probable cause of these mutilations. However, my research clearly suggests that such a wide range of domestic and wild animal mutilations must represent something of significance. Furthermore, the fact that aliens discard mutilated cattle so near the point where they were captured may be an indirect way of alerting us of the problem. However, what they are doing must also serve their own interests in ways we cannot currently understand. I cannot help but wonder if this potential epidemic is not part of the warning many abductees are often subjected to regarding some eminent environmental catastrophe. Let’s hope not, but there is no question that humans are indirectly responsible for the spread of prion diseases and we must find the courage to address it without further procrastination.  

Agent D - Rik, this has been a very intense, revealing discussion on animal mutilations and you've delivered a lot of new information to us. My final question to you - do you see the animal mutilations continuing into the future and more mutilations occurring as human pollution intensifies?

Richard - Like so many things in life, the spread of prion related diseases is a complicated problem that will not be quickly or easily solved. It may be but one aspect of a far more complex problem relating to how human activity has altered a long standing equilibrium in the natural world. I feel that global warming, commercial exploitation of natural resources, and our species attitude that all things on this planet are subject to the fulfillment of human needs are all involved. Advance entities must surely be aware of how we have disrupted this fragile architecture. Yet, I really don’t know if they will intervene on our behalf. I tend to doubt it. We humans have a tendency to attribute benevolence, malevolence or indifference to non-humans based on our perceptions of how “we” should be treated. But we must accept the premise that their behavior and activities may have purposes beyond our understanding. Based on logical speculation, I believe that we will witness greater numbers of animals being mutilated in the future. So far, these events have largely been limited to mammals, but I suspect that the mutilations will soon spread to birds, and sea life of all kinds. So yes, I see the mutilations continuing in a more diverse range of animals. Lets hope I’m wrong. Regardless of how things turn out, we should try to empathize with the animals being mutilated. There is extensive evidence that they too experience fear, pain and suffering.µ

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23-01-2016 om 22:48 geschreven door peter  

Disclosure may be Imminent. But can We Take It?

Hillary Clinton has told a questioner that she will "get to the bottom" of the UFO controversy. Her friend and adviser John Podesta said in a tweet last February that it was not only time for disclosure, but that "it's the law." In September, George H.W. Bush said that "Americans can't handle the truth." In 1988, when questioned about the matter, he commented that he was "very careful in public when dealing with classified information."

The question is always asked, "why can't we handle the truth?" If we were told that there were aliens here studying us, we could handle that. But that cannot be the whole truth, not from all that I have experienced and observed, and it might not be part of the truth in any way. Colonel Philip Corso, the author of "The Day After Roswell" told me that he'd had a direct encounter during which he had asked the question "what's in this for us?" The answer was "a new world, if you can take it."

How Colonel Corso came by that answer I cannot say, but it certainly resonated with me. My experience of the beings I call "visitors" is that their responses are multi-layered. To me, this response would mean both if we can bear it and if we can wrest it from them. Should we ever decide to face them, then, we will need to work hard to understand what is actually on offer. We should not expect anybody to be handed blueprints for a starship, in other words, or for them to open up interstellar trade routes or whatever.

But what would be so difficult that we couldn't handle it? Comments such as Podesta's and Bush's have left the coverup in tatters. The only places where it is still supported with denial is in old media venues with long-standing connections to the intelligence community. For the most part, the media has accepted that something strange is going on, but not drawn any conclusions about what it is. Nor should they. It is not at all clear what the visitors are or what they are doing here, or if they are even "visitors" at all, or something separate from us.

One reason--I think the primary reason--that disclosure has been so long in coming is the abduction phenomenon. Ask most conventional UFO researchers about it, and they'll say as little as possible. Many won't deal with it at all, and those who do seem to come very quickly to conclusions that cannot be supported without ignoring one type of evidence or another. I've had it explained to me by conventional researchers that the abduction phenomenon mustn't be mentioned because it's "too controversial." I've even heard it said that disclosure should come in "stages," first with an acknowledgement by NASA that there may be objects in the sky being flown by unknown parties, then that they might be intelligently guided by non-humans, etc.

They must be dreaming. If any sort of unknown presence is acknowledged in any way at any official level, it will be no more than a few days before the media is demanding answers about the abduction phenomenon. Millions of people who have had the experience will be intensely energized to find out what has happened to them and their families. For, after all, it isn't only adults who are involved, it's children, too.

I think that the hidden truth is that the abduction phenomenon is just as commonplace as it seems, that at official levels it is not well understood, and that nothing whatsoever can be done about it. I also think that the thesis of Super Natural is correct, that we are embedded in a much larger reality that we are just beginning to awaken to. It isn't that the visitors have just come here, but rather that we have just begun to notice what is actually a very ancient presence in our world and our lives. How that presence relates to reality I cannot certainly say, but I do know that it is not as we now believe, and not has we have been taught in the past.

Many things have blocked our progress in the past. Among them is official fear of admitting that the situation is going to be very disturbing to the public and that it cannot be controlled. Another is the intellectual arrogance of scientists and educated people, who cannot face the fact that an intelligence greater than theirs might be present here in some way, but hiding itself from them. A third block is that there is abundant evidence that, when the truth becomes known, it is going to overturn so much of our understanding of the world that it will literally overwhelm us with a flood tide of the new.

What is most likely to come to the forefront, and very quickly, is the issue of the soul. The idea of the soul has been more-or-less completely rejected by western science and the western intellectual community. We are assumed to be automata with no relevance outside of physical reality.

That is, quite simply, not my experience. Not at all. On the contrary, judging from the thirty years I have now spent living with and thinking about the visitors, I can say with conviction that the soul is of absolutely central importance--that, in fact, the physical world is embedded in a much larger, more ancient nonphysical reality that is far more alive--indeed, more conscious--than we physical beings are or can be. And it is this reality and the issues, requirements and needs associated with it, that are the primary driving force behind the actions of the presence that we have discovered among us.

I have tried to address this presence as honestly and directly as I could, indeed, to surrender myself to it. I didn't do this because it was pleasant. It was not pleasant. But I had been offered access to a "new world," and no matter the cost, I determined that I would take up that offer. The cost has been high, both in terms of my life in this world and my new life that extends beyond it. Just yesterday an old friend who is entirely innocent of any of this, spent some time casually mocking me. If I wasn't indifferent to that sort of thing by now, I wouldn't be much good at fulfilling the mission I have set myself, but his innocent teasing yet again reminded me of the gulf between our vision of reality and the extraordinary truth of the world in which we actually live.

As I write this, a dog lies at my feet. I reflect on the fact that he has absolutely no idea where he is or what he is. He cannot know what a table is, a carpet, an automobile, any of that. He doesn't know the meaning of the world in which we live. Nor do we, but there is a great difference. We can know. We can know far more than we do. We can achieve, if not a complete understanding of the presence that embraces us, a much more accurate understanding of the reason for that embrace.

We run from the soul. The reason we do this is deep instinct. We don't want to face the fact that our transitory lives have permanent consequences in our own personal connection to the greater consciousness. We want to live by instinct and desire, but we must find our way to the much harder path of love and compassion if we are to do what we are capable of, which is to become craftsmen of our souls. Our lives make us light and beautiful or they do not, and it is very hard to fact the fact that small choices may have such very large consequences, especially as we have so little real self knowledge.

This may seem a digression from the issue of disclosure, but it isn't. On the first day, there will be an admission of some sort of "alien presence." The next day will bring the questions about the abductions. Then will come the third day, which will last for the rest of the time human being is expressed into the physical world. On that day we will ask who are we, why are we here, and where are we?

We will wrestle for many generations with these questions, but in a new and more useful way. The question of whether or not the soul exists will be in the past, and with it the childhood of man. We will be facing both in ourselves and in the cosmos in which we live, a truly new world--if we can take it.

This is what contact is really about, and why it has been so long in coming. Over the next weeks and months, I will be discussing this in the context of my own experiences in the "special interviews" section of this website, which runs in conjunction with Dreamland. As best I can, I have accepted the challenge of this new world. I have experienced both wonders and terrors in the first few steps I've managed to take, and I am sure that more of both will be forthcoming.

Fine. I say bring it on. I can take it--and so can you.

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23-01-2016 om 22:38 geschreven door peter  

Declassified: U.S. Military's Secret Cold War Space Project Revealed

Newly released documents describe the U.S. Air Force's secret cold war project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory

• By Leonard David, SPACE.com 

A newly released treasure trove of historical data reveals intriguing details about a secret Cold War project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL).

The U.S. Air Force's MOL program ran from December 1963 until its cancellation in June 1969. The program spent $1.56 billion during that time, according to some estimates.

While the program never actually lofted a crewed space station, those nearly six years were quite eventful, featuring the selection of 17 MOL astronauts, the remodeling of NASA's two-seat Gemini spacecraft, the development of the Titan-3C launch vehicle and the building of an MOL launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. [Photos: Declassified US Spy Satellite Photos & Designs] 

Early in the MOL program, its architects weren't quite sure what MOL was all about. "Is the MOL a laboratory?" reads one of the newly released documents, which were put out by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). "Or is it an operational reconnaissance spacecraft? (Or a bomber?)"

Even today, aspects of the MOL initiative remain secret. 

Superpowerful eye spy
The anticipated duties of MOL crews included reconnaissance activities under the code name Project Dorian. Dorian was a superpowerful camera system that could acquire photographic coverage of the Soviet Union and other locations with a resolution better than the best unmanned system at the time, the NRO's first-generationGambit spacecraft.

But the historical documents suggest numerous other jobs were on the MOL docket for deliberation, including the use of side-looking radar, the evaluation of electronic intelligence-gathering gear and the assembly and servicing of large structures in space. 

Also discussed were the use of MOL-carrying "negation missiles" that would use non-nuclear warheads, the inspection of satellites, and the encapsulation and recovery of enemy spacecraft, which may have been accomplished using rocket-propelled net devices.

For a spacewalking MOL crewmember, a remote maneuvering unit was considered key for approaching and circumnavigating a target while the astronaut remained at a safe distance "to prevent harm from an active defense or booby-trapped target."

Notably, there was much reflection regarding the biological and psychological responses of MOL crewmembers in orbit for 30 days or more. [The Human Body in Space: 6 Weird Facts ]

Rediscover and recover facts
The NRO's release of MOL information was timed for an event held Oct. 22 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, which is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.

Would-be MOL crewmembers and other program officials took part in the event, which was called "The Dorian Files Revealed: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory Crew Members' Secret Mission in Space."

"Time often allows for facts to be distorted or forgotten," said James Outzen, chief of historical documentation and research at the Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance in Chantilly, Virginia. "But history allows the opportunity to rediscover and recover facts."

MOL was born in a Cold War environment in which it was difficult to learn what the United States' adversaries were up to, Outzen said. 

Patricia Cameresi, chief of the NRO's Information Review and Release Group, said the declassification of more than 20,000 pages of MOL documents was no easy task. 

"It took over a year to get all the stakeholders involved … to get them to agree to [the] declassification of additional material and then to do the actual line-by-line review," Cameresi said.

Behind the Iron Curtain
Former MOL astronauts taking part in the Oct. 22 event included James Abrahamson, Karol Bobko, Albert Crews, Bob Crippen and Richard Truly. Michael Yarymovych, who served as technical director of the U.S. Air Force MOL effort, also participated.

"We were doing something that was exciting and important," Yarymovych said. "We're going to also do something very important for national security. We are going to go look behind the Iron Curtain … defend the nation while doing the exciting things of manned spaceflight."

After the termination of MOL, Truly, Crippen and Bobko became NASA astronauts, with Truly eventually ascending to NASA administrator status. Abrahamson led NASA's space shuttle program in the early 1980s, then later headed President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, dubbed the "Star Wars" program.

Memory lane
For the MOL astronauts, the Wright-Patterson museum event was a trip down memory lane.

"It got canceled on June 10, 1969, a date that will live in my memory for a long time, which was one of the low points in my life," Crippen said. 

Truly said MOL "was not a trivial thing that we were working on." He thought the program had solved some complex problems before "black Tuesday," when delays, cost overruns and other factors brought the program to an end.

MOL, which would have zipped around Earth in a polar orbit, pioneered complex human interaction with an automated film camera system, Truly said. "It would have made it far better than it could be done strictly as an automated system," he said. 

Humans in the loop
In the view of Abrahamson, who was also assigned the job of building a training simulator for utilizing the MOL camera system, putting humans in the loop was an added benefit. 

The MOL film camera was going to be so precise, Abrahamson said, that it could have photographed Soviet airfields or snagged imagery of aircraft flight tests and the testing of specialized munitions. 

But the field of view through the camera would have been akin to "looking down a soda straw," making human judgment important, Abrahamson said. The astronauts "were supposed to use judgment and training … and to say, 'Look here, not here; don't waste a pass here,'" he added.

Important legacy
In the end, the death of MOL provided Abrahamson a lesson he has applied to other programs. "If you can just get an empty can up there … do it. Because then, you can build on it," he said.

The strategy with the Congress, "not the technical challenge," was the biggest risk, Abrahamson said.

According to Outzen, the reconnaissance historian, "There is often a misplaced assumption that a canceled program has no important legacy. This should not be said of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program."

The MOL program should be recognized "for its rich legacy in both civilian and national reconnaissance space histories," Outzen concluded.

To begin your own digging into the 20,681 pages of released MOL documents, pictures and other resources, go tohttp://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/MOL.html.

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Wetenschappers staan voor raadsel: onzichtbare entiteiten ontdekt op aarde met revolutionaire telescoop

Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Thunder Energies heeft onlangs met de revolutionaire Santilli-telescoop onzichtbare entiteiten ontdekt op aarde. Ze hebben de naam Invisible Terrestrial Entities (onzichtbare aardse entiteiten) gekregen.

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Quetzalquatl—White An God of the Mesoamericans

How did humanity surpass the test of time? Did we make it on our own, or were we in fact guided by intelligent extraterrestrial beings who were willing to help us grow and prosper in their own image?

According to numerous legends and beliefs, the “White Gods“ once came to Earth and helped humanity develop and thrive by offering knowledge in many ways.

Quetzalcoatl is considered to be one of the first “white gods“ to visit our planet. He was one of the most important Gods from ancient Mesoamerica and was also known as “Kukulkán” to the Mayans, “Gucumatz” to the Quichés of Guatemala, and “Ehecatl” to the Huastecs of the Gulf of Mexico.

Based on Mesoamerican folklore, Quetzalcoatl is the one who created the world and all of mankind, and was regarded as the god of wind and rain. He is also known for structuring art and culture and was looked upon as the organizer of society.

Since 1200 CE in Central Mexico, he was considered the god of learning, agriculture, science, and arts. He was the patron god of merchants, as he managed to discover corn with the help of a giant red ant who led him to a mountain packed full of grain and seeds. Legends named this entity, Quetzalcoatl, or the “God of Dawn”. This is one of the reasons why he is believed to be from a far-away planet.

Keep in mind that according to Maya paintings and sculptures, many structures arose during this period and strongly resembled spaceships from the 21st century. Many images representing the gods showed similarities to what astronauts look like nowadays.

It is believed that Quetzalcoatl burned himself and vanished into the skies towards the planet identified today as Venus. Could this be interpreted as an extraterrestrial being fulfilling its mission on Earth and quickly vanishing through the skies to reach new planets in need of guidance?

The writer Robert Marx has written broadly about the concept of “white gods,“ after he came to the conclusion that they are present in almost every indigenous culture in America.

After his journey in South America, the British writer Harold Wilkins also came to the conclusion that a vanished white race occupied all of South America in ancient times,helping the indigenous people cultivate food, and build up pyramids along with other large structures that would otherwise be impossible to build considering the lack of knowledge and tools during that period. He also claimed that Quetzalcoatl was from Atlantis.

Sharing his beliefs, some ancient astronaut and UFO writers have suited that the “white gods“ were actually extraterrestrial beings. Peter Kolosimo believed that the myths of Quetzalcoatl had support, in fact he stated that the legends actually described a full race of white men who were born in spaceships and migrated to Atlantis; after the city was destroyed by water, the remaining white men moved to the Americas where they were treated like “white gods“ by the “primitive earth – dwellers.“

other interesting theory is based on the writings of the Franciscan friar, Bernardino de Sahaguan, from the 16th century in which he describes the meeting between the Mexica emperor “Moctezuma the 2nd” and the Spanish captain “Hernan Cortes”.

 At first sight of the white Spanish men, emperor Moctezuma thought the “white gods“ have returned from the east, and Captain Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl. Because of his beliefs, the Emperor gifted him a mask representing the “Feathered Serpent”.

The mask was carved from a single piece of cedar wood and covered with turquoise mosaic work. The teeth were made of white clam shell. The design consisted of two serpents green and blue, encircling the eyes and entangled over the nose and around the mouth.

According to Sahagun’s description, it was worn with a crown of dazzling long green – blue shimmering feathers, possibly those of the quetzal, a tropical rain forest bird with iridescent green – blue plumage.

Much of the idea of Captain Cortes being seen as a deity can be followed back to the Florentine Codex written down about 50 years after the conquest. In the codex’s tale of the first meeting between Moctezuma and Cortes, the ruler of the Aztec is illustrated as giving a speech in classical oratorical Nahuatl, a dialect which as reported verbatim in the codex written by Sahagun’s informants, added such prostrate announcement of divine, or near divine adoration.

An imperfect intellectual understanding of high Nahuatl oratory style make the exact intent of these comments tricky to approve, but some argue that Moctezuma politely offering his throne to Cortes may well have been meant as the exact opposite of what it was taken to mean: kindness in Aztec culture was a way to affirm dominance and show superiority.

This speech, which has been extensively referred to, has been a factor in the widespread assumption that Moctezuma was addressing Cortes as the returning god Quetzalcoatl.

Quetzalcoatl is described as light skinned, bearded and tall, with a serpent head hiding his human appearance. The earliest surviving image of Quetzalcoatl comes from the Olmec civilization with a sculpture at La Venta, of a beaked snake with a feather crest surrounded by two quetzal birds.

The earliest representations found in Mexico, is at Teotihuacan where there are sculptures of feathered snakes dating from the 3rd century CE and that is also the place where a six – tiered pyramid was built in the honor of the Serpent God of knowledge.

The deity was often described in architectural and sculptural decorations, appearing in other sites such as Xochivalco but he was rarely represented with any human form before the Late Postclassical period.

Since 1200 CE, Quetzalcoatl was usually represented in his human form and mostly wore shell jewelry and a tapered hat. Representations of the god often have “wind jewelry“ which is a cross section of a clam whorl worn as a pectoral, and often wear red masks like a goose’s beak bearing long canine teeth.

As time passed by, we educated ourselves through history and managed to see a glimpse of what life used to be. At our current level of understanding, we realize that some things from the past might have been impossible to accomplish without any external help.

The White Gods could have given us knowledge, thus explaining how the Mesoamericans used to obtain power. But as the extraterrestrials left, the indigenous people couldn’t suffice in controlling that power, a force given perhaps too early, and without any warning of its side effects.

 It ultimately led to self-destruction of the most knowledgeable and prosperous civilizations of our past because the guidance of aliens had long disappeared.

Will they return as the prophecies foretell and help us again to build a better future?

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23-01-2016 om 17:53 geschreven door peter  

Mysterious Sounds Coming From the Sky Reported All Over the World

In the last couple of weeks, Dutch citizens have reported hearing strange sounds in the sky. Martijn Mastenbroek from Pijnacker, a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, was at home on the evening of January 10th, 2016 when he suddenly heard a peculiar sound.

It sounded like trumpets, he recalls. It lasted about five seconds. No, it wasn’t coming from the washer. It really came from outside. My girlfriend heard it too.

A week earlier, on the evening of January 3rd, residents in Casablanca, Agadir, Tangier and other Moroccan cities also heard similar strange sounds, ‘coming from the sky.’ Several citizens were able to catch the sound on film and posted recordings on YouTube.

The following day, on January 4th, a British man – Youtube user ‘Stevie B’ – recorded the same kind of sound in Bristol, southwest England

We suspect that these sounds are some kind of transduced extra-low frequency radio waves. While we wouldn’t normally be able to hear them, due to changes in our near-space and the broader cosmic environment, they seem to interact with other electromagnetic factors in, on and around the planet, causing them to be amplified and converted into sound waves.

Although nobody knows for sure what these sounds are, they are almost certainly related to each other, and together they constitute a unique natural phenomenon that had also been described in ancient times.

The Hopi Indians speak of the trumpet sound coming from earth and sky and consider it to be a precursor of the Red Star Kachina – The Purifier. Could this bizarre “trumpet sound” be interpreted as a sign announcing the arrival of the notorious Planet X? Well, if we look at the recent discovery of a ninth planet in our solar system, the Hopi Indians prophecy doesn’t sound so absurd after all.

Other analysts have suggested that the anomalous sounds are emanating deep from within the earth’s crust. Are the ancient beings finally awakening? Or maybe Mother Earth has had enough of us humans and is now preparing to eradicate us?

Whatever the case, we cannot deny the importance of this sign. Something BIG is upon us and more and more people are feeling it. More evidence in the video below filmed in Morocco.

23-01-2016 om 17:39 geschreven door peter  

5 Alien Species That Already Walk Among Us

While it is often believed that most aliens are an unfriendly bunch, there are a few species that proved to be quite benefical for humanity. Some of the more friendly alien species are listed below.

 

THE LYRANS

 

It is widely believed that the Lyrans are our oldest ancestors. In fact, there are those who believe the Lyrans were actually the first “humans” to form a civilization in the Milky Way galaxy.

 

The world famous Billy Meier was the first to spill the beans about Lyrans. He claims that they revealed to him their origins and story. Lucky for us that he was wishful enough to share this story with mankind.

 

 They have described their ancient past, and consequently ours, as originating in a far sun-system in a star group near what we now know today as the Ring Nebula of Lyra, for which we have called them Lyrans in the same manner as we refer to human beings from what we call the Pleiades.

 

These early Lyrans during their numerous migrations in their great cosmic Arks, went to many other star systems and found suitable habitat, and put down colonies,  eventually launching their own space travelers.

 

Many millennia ago, their civilization achieved a great level of technological advancement, ranking high on Kardashev’s scale of comparison, however, conflicts between different factions turned into a total war. The situation escalated to such a point that many fled and colonized Hyades, the Pleiades and the Vega systems.

 

The offspring of these colonies eventually began to settle on Earth approximately 22 million years ago and have existed here on Earth before taking off for other star systems. Some UFO researchers believe the Lyrans could be the gods depicted in many ancient religious texts. If this theory is correct, then the Lyrans could be credited for being one of the main influences in creating and shaping mankind.

 

 

By most accounts, the Lyrans are often depicted as Nordic in appearance; they are tall people with blue eyes and long blonde hair. They have also been referred to in some circles as “The Galactic Historians” of the human species.

 

THE ARCTURIANS

 

After many eons of existence, one of the oldest alien species in our galaxy, the Arcturians managed to reach such an ascendant state that many classify them as a fifth dimension civilization, the most evolved on Kardashev scale.

  

Their home planet orbits the largest star in the Bootes Constellation and is located approximately 200 light years away from Earth.

 

Millions of years ago, the Arcturians achieved the level of technology we now have on Earth. They now possess some of the most advanced technology in the Milky Way galaxy, if not the entire universe.

 

While few people have directly interacted with the Arcturians, those who had describe them as being between 3 and 5 feet tall, with large heads and big black almond shaped eyes. Their skin is normally a greenish color and they have three fingers on each hand.

 

 

In addition, they appear to be masters of telepathic communication and can move objects or interact with their environment using only their minds. Furthermore, aging and the concept of dying have been virtually removed from their society due to their godlike development.

 

It is believed that their fleet of starships crisscrosses the galaxy and that one of their crafts – Starship Athena, remained in our solar system to prevent a deadly cataclysm that would otherwise wipe our entire human species.

 

The Arcturians take their role as protectors extremely seriously. So seriously that one of their envoys, the Black Knight Satellite, is believed to have been orbiting Earth for the last 13,000 years.

 

THE TELOSIANS

 

Described as being tall, blonde humanoids, the Telosians are considered by many to be the last survivors of a long lost human-like civilization on Earth.

 

 

There are those that say they are the survivors of the cataclysms that sunk Atlantis and Lemuria, while another group of researchers believe they are much older than that.

 

Their name derives from the ancient Greek word “telos” meaning “end’ or “purpose.” It is a fitting name for their gigantic city of Telos considered by some to be located under Mt. Shasta, California.

 

Using highly developed cerebral abilities, their advanced society has been in constant contact with a number of other extraterrestrial civilizations including the Pleiadians and Arcturians.

 

The first person to describe the Telosians was Admiral Richard Byrd in his diaries that were published after his death. He spoke of a secret North Pole mission which led him deep inside the hollow earth where he discovered the home of an advanced subterranean race.

 

Admiral Byrd wrote a detailed paper about this alien species, revealing that they had been living in a few secret underground settlements until our nuclear bombs forced them to come out to the surface. He mentioned this in his diary from Antarctica.

 

“Our interests rightly begins just after your race exploded the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. It was at that alarming time we sent our flying machines, the “Flugelrads” to your surface world to investigate what your race had done”.

 

You see, we have never interfered before in your race’s wars and barbarity, but now we must, for you have learned to tamper with a certain power that is not for man, namely that of atomic energy.

 

“Our emissaries have already delivered messages to the powers of your world, and yet they do not heed. Now you have been chosen to be witness here that our world does exist. You see, our culture and science is many thousands of years beyond our race”.

 

Thousands of years of scientific advancement offered the Telosians the ability to evade disease and aging. The Telosians are widely known for their longevity and it’s likely that some of our earthly shamans also received a glimpse of this knowledge. They are also the true protectors of Earth’s environment and keepers of knowledge about our planet’s past.

 

THE ALPHA CENTAURIANS

 

The extraterrestrials from Alpha Centauri are considered to be the most technologically advanced alien species in the Milky Way galaxy, but at the same time the species with the most destructive force.

 

They got in this position because they are reported to be highly intelligent and possess a natural curiosity which in turn led them to rapid growth in the fields of science and technology.

 

Over time they evolved into an aquatic species with gills and webbed limbs. Some researchers believe they are responsible for most of the underwater and the USO phenomena.

 

 

It’s also believed that they have a number of bases that operate on the bottom of our seas, oceans, and lakes around the planet.

 

In keeping with their nature, the Alpha Centaurians are believed to be very benevolent towards the human race and have a desire to help us overcome some of the many challenges that come with the evolution of our species.

 

It’s believed that they communicate telepathically and their subtle influence is also felt upon us humans. Many researchers believe that the Alpha Centaurians promote social justice and human rights as they are responsible for teaching us not to abuse destructive mass-effect weapon.

 

THE PLEIADIANS

 

Believed to be descendants of the early Lyrans, the Pleiadians, in some circles, have come to represent one of humanity’s most active allies.

 

Their home is located in the Pleiades Star Cluster, which is a group of stars located about 400 light years from Earth.  Their name is derived from the ancient Greek verb, “plein” meaning “to sail”.

 

 

The Pleiadians have always played an important role in humanity’s cultural expanse. One of their chosen representatives, Billy Meir, transmitted the messages of Semjase, a Pleidian female who was deeply concerned for our fate:

 

We are neither guardians of Earth nor beings of God. Many people believe we are watching over Earth and over its beings and that we control the fate.

 

This is not true, because we only perform a self-selected mission which has nothing to do with supervising or regulating Earth’s fate. Thus it is wrong to expose us as supra terrestrial messengers and guardians.

 

Despite the message from Semjase, the Pleiadians were the first to warn Earth about the danger that Grey aliens posed. The Pleiadians accused the Greys of having a lack of wisdom and empathy when using inferior humans to serve their evil, remorseless purposes.

 

For this reason, the two alien species have fought one another not only here, but in other star systems also.

 

Those who have been in contact with the Pleiadians claim that they have been trying to free ourselves from oppression for quite some time.

 

Extraterrestrials walk among us, we only have to open our eyes to see them. Signs and signals are everywhere, people only need to stop denying them. If they will further protect us from harm or decide to annihilate us remains only a matter of time. The hour of disclosure is coming.

 

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23-01-2016 om 17:20 geschreven door peter  

ALIENS ARE SILENT BECAUSE THEY

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A new science project launched in 2015 with a lofty goal: to record data on reported sightings of "Unidentified Flying Objects" (or UFOs) in the hopes of identifying what they are. 

The group is called "UFODATA" – short for UFO Detection And TrAcking – and is based on building a network of automated surveillance stations with high-tech sensors for gathering scientific data on sightings of alleged UFOs.

The aim is to move toward a scientific solution to the UFO reports by implementing an effort to gather systematic instrumented observations. [10 Alien Encounters Debunked]

Anomalous aerial phenomena

UFODATA stations would measure anything unusual that comes within their range. While detecting anomalous aerial phenomena is top priority, the stations are sure to record already known but rare natural events, such as ball lightning.

The main project goal is to directly record physical data – photos, videos, magnetometer readings, electromagnetic radiation, etc. – about unexplained aerial phenomena "in a more comprehensive manner than has ever been done before," the website adds.

"Whether or not our observations suggest an extra-terrestrial presence," the website explains, "collecting such data would show (a) that UFO phenomena can be studied in a rigorous and systematic fashion, and (b) thereby hopefully break down the 'taboo’ that has long stymied basic scientific research in this area." 

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Sensor-fed computer assessments are key elements of a station network to study the UFO phenomenon.
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Regarding the UFODATA stations, the expense of developing a prototype station — including not just the equipment, camera, and sensors — but also software, construction and testing is in the range of several tens of thousands of dollars. Subsequent stations should be less-costly once the design and construction details are in place.

UFODATA's initial goal is to raise enough money to design and construct one prototype station that would undergo testing for up to one year. The group then expects to fully deploy the first station and begin construction of as many additional stations as funding permits. Ideally, the stations would eventually be deployed on a global basis.

Given an assessment of the instrumentation and software necessities for the system, UFODATA intends to launch a crowdfunding campaign to secure needed funds to pursue building and installing a network of stations.

Silent partners

The intellectual sparkplugs behind UFODATA are over a dozen volunteers, a confab of scientists, engineers, and UFO researchers. “We are also joined by several 'silent partners,’ all scientists and engineers at academic institutions who are prepared to help, but because of the cultural stigma attached to UFOs have chosen to keep their involvement private,” explains the UFODATA website.

A UFODATA board member is Leslie Kean. She is an investigative reporter and author of the New York Times best-selling book, "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record" and is also co-founder of the Coalition for Freedom of Information.

"I'm a journalist and not a 'ufologist’. I remain agnostic about the nature and origin of UFOs," Kean told Inside Outer Space. "The popular debate tends to go back and forth between two extremes: conspiracy theorists convinced that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft, and debunkers equally convinced that UFOs don’t even exist. Neither position is the rational one."

Kean said because so little science has been done on UFOs "we remain ignorant about what UFOs actually are."

UFODATA aims to change that, Kean said. “We now have the opportunity to elevate UFO investigations so that they become part of the larger scientific search for extraterrestrial life and will eventually be recognized as such by the world community.”

For detailed information on UFODATA and its plans, including a call for volunteers to assist in their work, go to:
http://www.ufodata.net/

Also, go to this paper that details the project for a network of automatic stations for UFO monitoring: 
http://www.ufodata.net/resources/UFOAC_MT_Project_REVISED(6).pdf

Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and is co-author of Buzz Aldrin's 2013 book "Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration" published by National Geographic with a new updated paperback version released in May 2015. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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Independence Plaza at Space Center Houston is the only place in the world where the public can see a space shuttle (mockup) mounted atop a Boeing 747 jetliner. It is also the only exhibit where the public can enter both vehicles. Credit: collectSPACE.com View full size image

HOUSTON — A large sign outside the entrance to Space Center Houston promotes the six-story-tall centerpiece of the new Independence Plaza as "bigger on the inside."

Starting on Saturday (Jan. 23), the public will have a chance to see for themselves as general boarding begins of the largest single artifact saved from NASA's space shuttle program: the original Boeing 747 jumbo jet that ferried the shuttle orbiters across the country between missions. Making the 8-story-tall exhibit even bigger is the addition of a full-size space shuttle replica. [Photo Gallery: First Look at Houston's New 747-Shuttle Exhibit]

Space Center Houston visitors can enter the replica space shuttle Independence to peer into a detailed replica of the flight deck, where the commander and pilot were seated to fly the orbiter, and then take a turn posing for a photo in replica shuttle chairs. 
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"It is a world-class [exhibit]," said Frank Marlow, who was among the NASA pilots who flew the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. "It was such an honor to fly it."

Almost four years in the making, Independence Plaza is the only place in the world where the public can see a (mock) space shuttle atop a Boeing 747 jetliner and be able to go inside both. NASA's retired space shuttle orbiters and its second Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 911, are on display at other museums across the nation but those vehicles can only be viewed from their outside.

Inside the mock space shuttle Independence, guests can tour a detailed replica of the orbiter's two-level crew cabin. On the flight deck, they can see the controls the commander and pilot used to fly the shuttle. On the mid-deck, the public can enter where the astronauts lived, as well as walk into payload bay.

One of the new hands-on exhibits inside NASA’s original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Space Center Houston replicates a wind tunnel like the type NASA used to ensure the jumbo jet could safely fly with the space shuttle.
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A hands-on museum now fills the length of NASA 905's fuselage, providing guests with a look back at the history of the space shuttle and how a jumbo jet was able to fly the orbiters between the launch and landing sites. Visitors can try their hands at mating a shuttle atop a 747, run the aircraft and spacecraft stack through a wind tunnel and view the original flying scale model of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that convinced NASA a jetliner could carry an orbiter piggyback.

The eight-story-tall access tower that enables guests to enter both the aircraft and shuttle also offers panoramic views of NASA's nearby Johnson Space Center and the surrounding Clear Lake area in Houston.

"Visitors will be a part of history entering this one-of-a kind exhibit," Richard Allen, the president and CEO of Space Center Houston, said.

See full coverage of Space Center Houston's Independence Plaza atcollectSPACE.com.

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23-01-2016 om 16:21 geschreven door peter  

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The footage shows a mysterious grey disc hurtling through the sky, which on closer inspection has flashing blue lights

A mysterious flying object is filmed speeding through the sky - leading some to speculate it is an alien aircraft.

The 'footage' was apparently captured in Salta, Paraguay, by Roberto Aguirre.

It shows a grey 

disk shooting across the city at superhuman speed, before the clip is paused.

Zooming in on the UFO, strange blue lights can be seen beneath the vessel, which looks to be from another planet.

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Viewers were clearly sceptical about the aircraft, which looks suspiciously like the work of CGI .

Read more: Watch diamond-shaped UFO fading in and out of blue sky in eerie footage shot from kitchen window

"Obviously this is an animation," wrote Lopez Suarn, while Xhindara sarcastically said: "I just wanted to be famous, so I made a video of UFOs."

But Roberto has defended the footage, simply replying: "It's real."

Read more: There's one very sad reason why humans have never discovered aliens, scientists claim

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23-01-2016 om 15:55 geschreven door peter  

Bizarre UFO with 'trail' which 'blocked out the sun' leaves UFO investigators stumped

A PICTURE of a mysterious UFO that appeared to leave a trail across the sky has left alien investigators baffled.

23-01-2016 om 15:42 geschreven door peter  

The return of ‘The X-Files’ brings real-life UFO sleuths out of the shadows

BY ALAN BOYLE

UFOs are back in style, thanks in part to the return of “The X-Files” to television this weekend, almost 14 years after the last episode had its original airing. And while Mulder and Scully are delving into new anomalies in prime time, the folks who deal with UFO reports in real life are gearing up for renewed attention as well.

“X-Files, Y-Files, No-Files, I get calls from people who say they have evidence of alien visitation,” said Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute. “Either they’ve seen something, they’ve photographed something or they’re in touch with something.”

The calls generally come in at a regular rate, but Shostak does recall that there was a noticeable uptick while the original “X-Files” show was on TV.

Don Lincoln, a physicist at Fermilab who’s the author of “Alien Universe,” notes that attitudes toward UFOs tend to reflect depictions in popular culture, ranging from flying saucers and little green men to mysterious “Men in Black” and alien conspiracies. The original “X-Files” told tales of gray extraterrestrials and government coverups, and he’s curious to see whether the new series will follow the same path.

“It could well be that what the new X-Files will ultimately accomplish is to introduce a new generation to the mysteries of Area 51 and the unsettling idea of the Men in Black,” Lincoln wrote in an email. “I have said enough. They’re watching…”

One expert who won’t be watching is Peter Davenport, who’s the director of the National UFO Reporting Center, or NUFORC. He doesn’t even own a television.

“I try to avoid addressing works of fiction, because I am a scientist,” he told GeekWire from his home base in Harrington, Wash. “I collect data that is appropriate and accurate. … I find [fictional UFO tales] to be unsatisfying, seeing that I deal with the real thing, all day, every day.”

Since he took over NUFORC in 1994, Davenport has compiled more than 100,000 reports of UFO sightings. Some of the records are stored in a decommissioned missile silo that he bought years ago. Almost all of them are available online. (The exceptions tend to be obvious hoaxes or pranks.)

“From my vantage point, after 22 years of doing this work, it appears to me that this planet has been visited routinely by these objects that we call UFOs,” Davenport said. “This is very good evidence that we are being visited, apparently by creatures from other parts of our galaxy. We are just beginning to awaken to phenomena beyond what our five senses seem to tell us is the case.”

What Davenport can’t figure out is why it takes something like “The X-Files” to get the broader public interested in UFOs. Here are five of the cases that he puts at the top of his list for Washington state:

• April 22, 1998: Ten reports come in from observers as far north as Whistler and as far south as Portland, about a bright flash, oval, fireball or disk that was seen in the skies. (It’s worth noting these reports came during the annual Lyrid meteor shower, and that meteor-watchers were interested in this fireball.)
• April 8, 2000: A formation of glowing objects is sighted over downtown Seattle.
• March 13, 2001: A fast-moving orange object is seen over locales ranging fromSkyway to Bellevue to Ladysmith, B.C.
• Jan. 15, 2015: Orange lights sighted in the skies over Friday Harbor.
• June 6, 2015: More orange lights, this time over Arlington.

Some folks regard Mount Rainier as a mecca for flying saucers, in part because it was where one of the seminal sightings took place in 1947. But Davenport says he sees no evidence of UFO hot spots — with the possible exception of Myrtle Beach and its environs in South Carolina, for unknown reasons.

“Many people contact me and ask where they can take the spouse and the kiddies to see UFOs,” Davenport said. “My response traditionally is, just go out on your back porch and look up at the sky, and be alert.”

So what happens when someone sees something, and then gives Shostak a call or sends him an email at the SETI Institute? He tries to keep an open mind about the sighting and reply with possible explanations if he can. “I’ve never seen something where I say, ‘This is absolutely it,'” he said.

Shostak notes that it’s a lot harder to investigate the circumstances of a UFO report than it is to report it. Because he has a day job that focuses on scientific studies using radio astronomy, he doesn’t have the time to go into X-Files mode: “You’re seldom in a situation where you can say, ‘Yeah, I know what that was. That was Flight So-and-So.'”

Investigators generally acknowledge that 95 percent of the reports that come in are easily dismissed. Even the remaining 5 percent are hard to follow up on, because the physical evidence is typically scant or non-existent.

Last fall, a project called UFODATA started trying to close that evidence gap. The UFODATA team brings together well-known names from the UFO field — such as Mark Rodeghier of the Center for UFO Studies and investigative journalist Leslie Kean — plus astronomers, engineers and even a former Pentagon official.

The project’s main objective is to develop automated stations that can record data from anomalous events — a Mulder-Bot, if you will. The instruments on the Mulder-Bot could include an all-sky camera, high-resolution imagers with spectrographic capability, a magnetometer, a weather station, a gravimeter or accelerometer, radiation sensors and perhaps a gamma-ray sensor.

“Technically, the big challenge is going to be the software, not the hardware,” Rodeghier told GeekWire.

The monitoring stations would be placed in areas remote enough to be off the beaten track, accessible enough to be serviced, and interesting enough to provide a likelihood of something happening. Someday, they could show up in Washington state, or Montana, or northern New England.

“We will be lucky to get a couple of honest-to-goodness UFOs,” Rodeghier said.

The way Rodeghier sees it, the first step is to build a community of supporters for the project. The second step is to raise the money, perhaps through a crowdfunding effort.

“If things go well, it’s possible we might do the crowdfunding by the end of 2016,” he said. “Around $40,000 should be enough.”

So stay tuned, UFO fans: The truth — along with the Kickstarter campaign — is out there.

Saturday: Meet the woman who specializes in “X-Files” science. And coming up later today: TV columnist Melanie McFarland’s review of the “X-Files” reboot.

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