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...
15-03-2016
Space shouldn't be exclusive domain of big nations: astronauts
Space shouldn't be exclusive domain of big nations: astronauts
Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz (C) speaks next to head of shuttle Columbia mission Robert Gibson (L), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (2-L), and Democratic senator Bill Nelson (R) during a press conference in San Jose on March 4, 2016 (AFP Photo/Ezequiel Becerra)
San José (AFP) - Space shouldn't be the privileged domain of big countries but a frontier open to all, astronauts and scientists gathered in Costa Rica said Monday.
Even the smallest nations benefit from access to space technology, for example, improving farming and providing better understanding of oceans, weather and climactic changes, they told a news conference at the beginning of a weeklong forum.
"Thirty years ago, when we were in space, we all looked out the window and saw our blue planet," said Bill Nelson, a US senator and former astronaut who participated in a 1986 voyage on the space shuttle Columbia.
"We did not see political divisions, we did not see religious divisions, we did not see racial divisions. We are in this together."
Nelson and other members of that mission were invited to San Jose by another crew member, US-Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of that shuttle expedition.
Chang, who pioneers plasma research in Costa Rica, underlined that the space technology sector is worth $300 billion and growing at five percent annually.
"Space is our future and should be shared by all human beings," he said, urging "a future of collaboration and not confrontation, of inclusion and not exclusion."
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis opened the forum showcasing 110 companies linked to the aerospace industry that together employ 4,000 people.
The event also drew more than 120 astronauts and scientists.
The president noted that all the Central American countries were working together to build a mini-satellite forecast to be launched in 2018 to monitor the region's forests.
"We should look after space as much as we do our planet," he said, adding that responsible and shared work in the area should be for "the benefit of humanity."
The director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Simonetta Di Pippo, told the news conference that the forum in Costa Rica would "increase awareness about the benefits of human space technology and its multiple applications."
Pluto has proven itself to be a diverse, dynamic and fascinating world packed with strange phenomena that planetary scientists are having problems fully explaining. And now they've found an icy oddity that highlights one of the key processes that is believed to shape this dwarf planet's surprisingly young surface.
In recent high-resolution images sent back to Earth from NASA's New Horizons mission, which buzzed Pluto on July 14, 2015, a rather obvious chunk of ice appears to have been ripped away from Pluto’s surface. The upper layers of methane ice are missing from a western plain called Piri Planitia, a feature that is enriched with water ice.
Below Piri Planitia is a very old cratered terrain called Vega Terra, which is separated from the young plain by a series of cliffs (or "scarps"). Some of these scarps appear to have broken off, creating isolated hills (or "mesas"). But what has caused this discontinuity? Why has the methane ice-rich surface layers been cut off by the cliffs, giving way to a lowland plain rich in water ice?
According to mission scientists, the answer probably lies in how various ices in extreme environments react to being heated.
Compositional data from the New Horizons spacecraft's Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument, shown in the right inset, indicate that the plateau uplands south of Piri Rupes are rich in methane ice (shown in false color as purple). Scientists speculate that sublimation of methane may be causing the plateau material to erode along the face of the cliffs, causing them to retreat south and leave the plains of Piri Planitia in their wake.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
As we can probably guess, Pluto is a cold place. Though it's frozen, it is far from static. Chemicals that would normally be in a gas or liquid state here on Earth become solid layers of ice on Pluto. When the world receives even the tiniest amount of heating, volatiles — such as methane or ammonia ice — sublimate.
Sublimation occurs when the atmospheric pressure or temperature (or both) are very low. Water ice, for example, at sea level pressures on Earth will melt into a liquid and then boil into a vapor (or gas) when heated. On Pluto, because it's so cold and the pressures are a near vacuum, liquid water is not possible and heated water ice will sublimate directly from a solid into a gas. And it appears that's what's happening with the methane ice in Piri Planitia; it's sublimating into Pluto's thin atmosphere, likely contributing to the dwarf planet's atmospheric cycles of surface ices and exposing water ice-rich layers below.
It's almost as if Pluto is getting a rejuvenating facial scrub; over millions of years, as its surface is gently heated by our distant sun, the surface layers of ice are sublimated away, creating young-looking regions curiously free of ancient impact craters.
Vinca culture figurines have been researched numerous times and among one sphere of scientists and scholars some have come to the conclusion these mysterious ancient objects found in Serbia could depict extraterrestrial visitors! Possibly of Gods, or any similar superior life form that pushed our civilization to advance to the point where we are today. These ideas have been ridiculed by general media coverings, however still there are many idividuals that believe these old archaeological objects could give us some answers that we as human civilization seek from our existence. Just as pyramids and other ancient megalithic objects that inspire thinkers even till this day, in same manner Vinča figurines too inspire open minds around the globe! Mostly due to specific looks of figurines many think this is how aliens looked like in their encounters with our civilization.
Most ancient illustrations or figurines depict strange humanoid beings with oval-shaped heads, giant eyes and specific dark eyes. We all have seen those images in sci-fi movies and Vinča figurines might be the reason why we depict aliens as such today. Heads of figurines have a specific head shape, usually larger then their bodies while they are mostly pale in their overall looks. You will notice Vinča culture figurines depicts beings that look too much alike to what we usually enjoy in movies. Due to these facts it is safe to conclude that our speculations how Alien life forms look like might actually come from these traces that our ancestors left us. These ancient items are old over 7000 years BC and they are still regularly found by archaeologists in South-Eastern Europe, Ex-Yugoslavia area and Norther Greece.
The Vinča culture is a specific set of well examined and documented archaeological items found in “Vinca region” just 14km from Serbian capital Belgrade. These excavations brought us over 2000 alien like figurines and this is one of the largest collection of such items in Europe. These items are either a creation of some very imaginative individuals from human history, sort of a sci-fi pioneer or even more likely they are evidence of their own happenings that happened 7000 years ago on these areas. In other words their contact with beings that looked different than themselves, so they had a need to recreate them in this way.
It is interesting that the era when Vinča figurines and Vinča culture bloomed happened several thousand years earlier then ancient civilizations around Nile emerged such as old Egypt. This is one of the major proof for open mind thinkers how this in fact is an anomaly in human development. This is why these figurines are intriguing evidence of something irregular that happened thousands years before.
Many still today do not have any realistic explanation for Vinča culture, mostly due to the fact that these items left behind by Vinča civilization were too well developed while cultures of the Old World were still in neolithic stage. In other words, era where humans still didn’t built one of the grand megalithic monuments such as pyramid, the Vinča population had a highly developed cultural traits and art.
Most of !the objects found in diggings of Vinča culture are decorated with incredible inscriptions. Ceramic and stone figurines that represent humans, animals and irregular humanoid beings which today we would see only as aliens are the evidence of extraterrestrial life that happened long ago to advance our civilization before first pyramid happened! It is possible that this was our ancestors way to write history and leave us a clue how we came to the point where we are today. These items are original, intact and you can examine them yourself at Vinča museum
Last week, SpaceX held another successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket. Unfortunately, its landing was not quite as successful as the one in December (it crashed into the ocean).
SpaceX isn't alone in trying to develop reusable launch vehicles. Other private companies such as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are also in the race to achieve the dream of consistently landing a rocket after hurtling it into the heavens. Each success — and failure — gets us a little closer.
But how significant is the creation of reusable rockets? And where will we go from here? Are we finally close to the future once promised by the Jetson's FX-Atmos "flying car" or Han Solo's Millennium Falcon: a world of personal, space-bound transports that can leave your garage, reach orbit and beyond, and return home in time for dinner?
What else stands in the way?
The final frontier
The "democratization of space exploration," spurred by NASA encouraging private companies to develop and manage complete launch systems, is igniting a new age of space development and awakening a spirit of exploration and technology innovation that’s been absent from our culture for far too long.
This resurgence of interest is reflected in NASA's latest call for astronaut applications: 18,300 hopefuls applied for just 14 positions.
And in the private sector, venture capitalists are showing the same enthusiasm by investing US$1.8 billion in space startups in 2015, compared with an average of $193 million a year over the previous 15 years. The increased demand for space access is further spurring on private companies to develop more efficient reusable rocket launch systems.
Today's space companies aren't the first to set their sights on such a rocket. This great feat of engineering was originally achieved in 1993, when McDonald Douglass tested the Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X), a prototype single-stage launch vehicle. NASA later canceled the project.
Now, it seems, the conditions are ripe once again to pick up where the DC-X left off. The private sector has started to take up this challenge, and the race is on to enhance all our lives with cheap space travel.
This future begins with the reusable rocket.
What does a reusable launch vehicle get us?
Imagine what life would be like if, after each trip to Grandma's, we had to throw away the car. Even with the benefits of mass production, the cost to an individual would be prohibitive, especially if there exist reasonable alternatives like horses or walking. Such automobiles could be employed only by governments, extremely wealthy enthusiasts or perhaps by a few skilled specialists who lived for the challenge.
This is pretty much the situation with current spacecraft technology. Not even the Space Shuttle program achieved the lofty goal of reliable reusability, although it tried very hard. The shuttle was such a complicated system that every time it returned to Earth, intense maintenance had to be performed and systems rebuilt or overhauled, making it three times as expensive as that of an expendable rocket. For example, a shuttle launch cost $450 million to $1.5 billion, compared with $110 million for a Russian Proton rocket with about the same lift capacity.
Truly reusable launch vehicles would significantly reduce the cost of getting material and people into orbit and enable new uses of space with far-reaching socioeconomic consequences that will ultimately reduce our impact on Earth’s environment, such as space-based energy collection, mining and manufacturing.
In order to get an idea of the savings, the retail price of a Falcon 9 rocket is around $60 million to build and launch (including fuel). Given its total lift capacity of 13,150 kilograms to low-Earth orbit, this translates into a price tag of about $400,000 to ferry a 90-kilogram (198-pound) person into space. But if you had to pay only for fuel, about $300,000 a launch, the price tag drops drastically to just $2,000 for the same person. That's not far from the cost of flying from New York to Sydney, which makes a future family vacation to a Bigelow B330 Space Habitat a viable alternative to Disney World.
At the pace things are going, we project that within 10 years the space industry will achieve the goal of a fully reusable launch vehicle. Companies and municipalities, small and big, are all starting to look into ways of taking advantage of this complete disruption in, or better yet creation of, the commercial space market.
So our next question is this: what do we need to make the Millennium Falcon — that is, a single-stage-to-orbit completely reusable spacecraft — a reality?
A little physics can help us see exactly what needs to happen and exactly how far we are from this goal.
Rocket Science 101
Space travel is all about speed. The old adage, "What goes up must come down," is true only to a point. If you throw something up fast enough, it won't come back down; it will have escaped Earth's gravity. The question is, exactly how fast is fast enough?
A simple application of Newtonian gravity theory tells us that if we achieve a speed of 11 kilometers per second — the equivalent of a plane flying 25,000 mph straight up — we are not going to fall back to Earth. Scientists and engineers refer to this speed, which depends on the physical properties of the Earth, as our planet's escape velocity.
A rocket tries to achieve that speed by taking mass and throwing it out the back as fast as possible. Thanks to Newton's third law — which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction — this propels the rocket forward.
The ratio between the change in velocity needed to escape the Earth's pull (known as delta-v) and the speed at which the rocket sends stuff out the back (exhaust velocity) is the most important number in rocket science. It determines how much mass needs to be expelled and how much energy is necessary to get to space. The smaller we can make the ratio, the better.
In addition, the propellants and fuels are themselves massive, and the rocket needs to carry these things with itself, making it heaver and harder to accelerate.
So we need propellants and fuels with a high energy content and low mass.
Now we can begin to appreciate the enormous feat of engineering that private companies and governments have achieved by not only launching a rocket but learning to land it as well.
The maximum achievable exhaust velocities for the rockets we've been using since the dawn of space travel are much less than the Earth’s escape velocity (about 4 km/s or 9,000 mph), forcing us to come up with ingenious and costly multistage launch techniques to get even a modest payload into space.
In summary, in order to leave the surface of the Earth with the grace and apparent effortlessness of the Millennium Falcon, we need to achieve speeds in excess of the escape velocity, 11 km/s. In order to do that without carrying a fuel tank that far exceeds the size of our ship, we need to achieve exhaust speeds significantly higher than the escape velocity, something not possible with the chemical fuels we use.
So where do we go from here?
So in order to make the Millennium Falcon a reality, we need a new type of fuel, as chemical-based engines are severely limiting.
Thanks to Albert Einstein, we know that there is energy stored in mass itself. Using his famous E = mc² equation, we know that exhaust speeds up to the speed of light are achievable, and way more than necessary to escape Earth’s gravity.
A sustainable exhaust speed of 1,000 km/s, less than 1 percent of the speed of light, would pretty much enable our dream ship. Its fuel-to-mass ratio would be about the same as that of your typical car.
The next question is: how do we get access to the energy stored in the mass (fuel and propellant) sufficient to achieve those speeds? The answer lies in nuclear reactions or, better yet, matter-antimatter reactions. In short, we need to put a mass reactor, nuclear or matter-antimatter, on board our ship. Think of the Enterprise's "warp core," for all those Star Trek fans out there.
Nuclear rockets may seem farfetched, but various versions have already been proposed and prototypes have even been built. The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) project, a joint NASA-Atomic Energy Commission program, developed a flight-certified nuclear-based rocket engine that meets all the requirements for a manned mission to Mars.
What is interesting, and perhaps a little sad, is that this was done in 1968, over four decades ago! The NERVA engine achieved exhaust velocities pretty close to Earth’s escape velocity, around 10 km/s. The program was tied to NASA's manned Mars exploration program and, since it was unable to justify the expense of going to Mars, was scrapped in 1972.
More recently, NASA has been developing electric propulsion systems that can generate large effective exhaust velocities that are limited only through the strength of the electric field. Effective exhaust velocities of 90 km/s are already achievable. But this is just the propulsion part. The solar panels, batteries or fuel cells that are currently used as power sources for these engines limit their usefulness. Electricity generated from nuclear power could solve this problem.
The International Space Station is primarily a science laboratory in space. NASA would like to invest in ventures beyond Earth orbit, but industry leaders fear what will happen if the agency pulls out its investment in the station before a commercial options is available.
Credit: NASA
Back to the future
With the renewed interest in space exploration and innovation, we challenge inventors and entrepreneurs to consider looking at advanced nuclear/antimatter-powered rocket systems. This could enable us to achieve the dream of a space car in our garages in half a century.
The key to all the recent advances in space exploration technology has been combining older proven technologies with modern computing capabilities, materials and fabrication processes. NASA's push to get technologies into private hands will accelerate this process.
Back in 1972, we were at 1 percent of the needed exhaust speed. It's not too much of a stretch to propose that, after 40 years of advances, we need only revisit the designs with fresh and entrepreneurial eyes to make it possible for a Han Solo — or, to be more contemporary, Rey Skywalker — to jump into the Falcon and speed off to somewhere far, far away.
Virgin Galactic rolled out its new SpaceShipTwo on February 19, 2016, at the Mojave Air and Space Port.
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Are you alone? To answer this question we have to take a look what "you" are first. What are you made of and where you stand in this universe. Are you your body? Your atoms? And how are your parts connected to the big picture?
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While photographing the total solar eclipse of March 8, 2016, astrophotographer Vincent Tan caught a plane also transiting the sun's face. Tan's Instagram account gives the location of the photo as the Marina Barrage dam in Singapore.
Credit: Vincent Tan (AKA DarthCryder)
A gorgeous total solar eclipse, a Mars lander's second chance and the secrets of Mercury's crust — here are the most amazing things that happened in the universe this week!
Lucky skywatchers capture total solar eclipse
The moon completely blotted out the sun for viewers in Indonesia and the North Pacific Ocean March 8/9 during a total solar eclipse, and Space.com readers sent in epic photos of the celestial event. [Full Story: Amazing Total Solar Eclipse Photos Show 'Black Hole in the Sky']
A newly-captured image of a dying star system reveals a dusty shroud that could be fertile for new planet formation — suggesting stars could form new planets not just early in their lives but sometimes later, too. Such a star could potentially form planets multiple times over its life. [Full Story: Could New Planets Form Around Old Stars, Too? (Video, Images)]
Second chance for InSight
NASA's InSight Mars Lander missed its March launch date after a leak in a vacuum chamber surrounding a key instrument couldn't be fixed quickly enough, but the agency will give it another chance: instead of scrapping the mission, officials rescheduled it to May 2018. The lander is built to probe Mars' interior structure. [Full Story: NASA Aims to Launch Troubled Mars Lander in May 2018]
Asteroid wildcard slips safely by
An asteroid predicted to pass by Earth March 8 did so a day early, surprising scientists. The near-Earth asteroid flew by 2.54 million miles (4.09 kilometers) distant from the Earth, Minor Planet Center researchers said. [Full Story: Slippery Asteroid Surprises Scientists With Early Earth Flyby]
Primordial Mercury crust unmasked
Data from the final orbits of NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that the carbon coating Mercury's surface is nothing new: Rather than being deposited by comets, as previously thought, the carbon actually came from remnants of the planet's primordial crust, formed by a cooling global ocean of super-heated magma. [Full Story: Mercury's Carbon-Rich Crust is Surprisingly Ancient]
Opportunity rover might spy ExoMars newcomer
The European Space Agency's ExoMars 2016 mission, launching Monday, March 14, will put an orbiter around the Red Planet and drop a prototype lander down to the surface. That lander will touch down in Meridiani Planum, where NASA's Opportunity rover landed in 2004 — and Opportunity may be positioned to document the new lander's descent. [Full Story: NASA Rover on Mars May Have Ringside Seat to Europe's ExoMars Mission]
Destructive star keeps destroying
A white dwarf star, spotted shredding a planetesimal in October, is at it again (still): The core of the dead star now seems to be orbited by 10-15 huge clouds of gas and dust from disintegrating rocks. [Full Story: Real-Life 'Death Star' Continues to Destroy Alien Worlds]
One-Year Ceresversary
A year after NASA's Dawn probe made it to the dwarf planet Ceres, giving us our first close-up views, it has returned detailed maps and some answers about Ceres' mysterious bright spots. On the other hand, it's raised even more questions about the unusual mountain called Ahuna Mons. [Full Story: One Year at Ceres: NASA Probe Hits Milestone at a Dwarf Planet]
Astronaut honored with space station delivery craft
NASA's Rick Husband, an astronaut who died in the space shuttle Columbia disaster, will be honored with a namesake supply spacecraft launching to the International Space Station March 22. The Cygnus craft will deliver supplies and experiments to astronauts aboard the station. [Full Story: Orbital ATK Names Space Station Freighter for Fallen Columbia Astronaut]
A group of techies have turned to crowdsourcing in order to fund their idea of a UFO-hunting mini-satellite. After an unsuccessful run on the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo, their second campaign, via Kickstarter, has proven successful, and they have received the funding needed to build and launch their mini-UFO hunting device.
The campaign -- "CubeSat for Disclosure - Low-Earth Orbit Satellite" -- utilizes off-the-shelf technology to develop a relatively cheap observation platform in space.
Through Kickstarter, the group sought to raise $10,000, and says they already had $16,000 in previous funding. As of the writing of this story, their Kickstarter campaign has raised $10,770.
Even though they have the funding needed to get their enterprise off the ground, project organizer Dave Shock says they can use all the funding they can get.
The First satellite for UFO research. We intend to search low-Earth Orbit for any sign of a real UFO, or any space anomaly.
"We made our goal, but we still need donations to help pay for all the other stuff that we will incur as the project proceeds," said Shock via Facebook. "We still have a few more days left on our campaign, so stop by our page and donate a few dollars if you can."
Several companies offer equipment for what are called CubeSats, also referred to as nanosatellites. These are small devices that offer an affordable way for students, researchers and private companies to have their own little satellite. The cubes measure 10x10x10 centimeters.
CubeSat for Disclosure plans to add cameras, a way to communicate and download information from the satellite from the ground, and a scintillation counter. The group's Kickstarter page says the scintillation counter "enables us to measure the various radiation in our satellite's environment. This is significant as it enables us to detect high energy particles, radiation, and other phenomena."
Two cameras with parabolic lenses will be used to get a 360-degree view around the satellite. The group also wants to add radar if the technology and budget permit.
Their main goal is to hopefully captureverifiable data and images of UFOs. They feel the topic has been ridiculed, but that it is worthy of "rigorous scientific study."
"If you're watching a live feed from the International Space Station, it can suddenly cut out and they'll say, 'Oh, we lost the signal.' But we will have total control of everything. Nobody will alter or corrupt our data so that the government can't cover up what we may find. This is all ours," Shock told The Huffington Post.
If you want to support the project, there are still a couple of days left to invest and get a Kickstarter reward, such as a CubeSat for Disclosure T-shirt or your very own UFO hunting CubeSat.
In March 1966, hundreds of Michigan residents saw colorful, strange lights across the sky.
Others reported seeing floating discs. Some even reported the sight of an object touching down.
Fifty years later, “UFOlogists” are taking a look back at the strange sightings, as part of a Saturday conference in Ann Arbor. The event, called the “Swamp Gas UFO Conference,” invites anyone to learn about what might be the strangest UFO sightings in the state’s history.
“This wasn’t just one or two people seeing something in the middle of nowhere,” said William Konkolesky, the state director for the Michigan chapter of the Mutual UFO Network. He also noted: “When you look at the amount of info from this particular event, I can’t think of anybody who would reasonably be able to shrug it off and say that nothing’s going on.”
The forum consists of a series of talks by experts well-versed in “UFOlogy.” The talks have titles like “Michigan UFO Archives” and “Little Green Men and the New York Times: The Origins of the UFO Ridicule Factor.”
But rather than discuss aliens or conspiracy theories, or promise answers, the conference is mainly just to commemorate and revisit the bizarre historical facts behind the sightings. Konkolesky notes that when he gives talks at senior centers, a remarkable number of elderly residents recall the events and look back on them with awe and bafflement.
“There are a lot of people who really don’t have a sense of the importance of this event,” Konkolesky said. “Before the event fades away into history, we want to say, ‘This was a big deal.’ ”
Just how many people claimed to have seen something strange? For example, starting on March 14, 1966, there was a cascade of sightings from Ann Arbor to Hillsdale and the surrounding areas. There was a couple who thought they saw a UFO land in a marsh area at the edge of their backyard. Dozens of students in a dormitory reported seeing a UFO landing next to a softball field at Hillsdale College.
There was even one sighting that appeared so real that at least five police cars raced after a UFO in an attempt to stop it, Konkolesky said.
Still, an Air Force investigation later concluded that the sightings were just “marsh gas,” which was later dubbed “swamp gas.”
Future U.S. President Gerald Ford, then a U.S. Congressman from Michigan, even wrote a letter to a Congressional committee expressing his concern about all the recent local reports.
“We’re no closer to understanding it now than we were 50 years ago,” Konkolesky noted.
And while the sightings from that era were remarkable, the number of sightings has not exactly ceased, Konkolesky says. Last year, his chapter and its half-dozen investigators received 331 reports of UFO sightings, most of which turned out to be explainable as an aircraft, sky lanterns or more recently, drones. But some defy explanation.
“We either figure it out or we stop at the water’s edge and say, this is unexplainable,” he said.
The conference takes place March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden in Ann Arbor, located at 2900 Jackson Ave. The cost is $30. More information is available online at: swampgasufo.com.
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Ancient Egyptian Glyphs Found in Australia Could Rewrite History
Ancient Egyptian Glyphs Found in Australia Could Rewrite History
Until receiving a phone call from Nina Angelo (OAM), I knew nothing of neither the struggles involved in protecting the land around Kariong (near Gosford) nor that part of this land was now on the market. When on-site I had seen a lot of tagged trees, and a for sale sign somewhere along a main road, but being unfamiliar with the whole region, nothing registered.
The land for sale contains the Gosford Glyphs, located near Kariong, about 60 km north of Sydney. This site features little known carved ‘ancient Egyptian’ hieroglyphs that were brought to light by various researchers in past decades.
We are convinced that close to this site, and never before seen by non-Aboriginals until discovered very recently, is a rock platform covered with a set of sacred engravings of considerable significance. On this large platform we saw a fish, serpent, massive dolphin or whale, circles and a variety of shapes and symbols.
Without doubt, it is an impressive gallery of ancient Aboriginal rock art deserving of protection. There is one life-sized engraving of Durramullan (son of Creation Spirit Biamie) that is so unique, utterly unexpected, and obviously sacred, decisions had to be made as to how it can be publicly described.
There is nothing remotely like it anywhere in Australia. And that’s it.
That is all we have agreed to reveal. The photographs taken late in the afternoon on this site, and in particular those of Durramullan, should never be reproduced or published through any form of the media but...
Owing to the real possibility this land, irrespective of the credentials for or against the Gosford Glyphs, could be sold then developed, a different approach is compulsory.
It has been our agreed stance to categorise all the sites/relics we are sharing as being ‘found within 2 hours of Sydney’, but that generalised approach doesn’t apply in this location. Those engravings, and other related platforms (one is actually located within this block) are now directly under threat.
The distance between this unique site and that of the Gosford Glyphs is far too close for coincidence or comfort. As to determining the bona fides of this supposed Egyptian site, we have one advantage. According to Dr. Hans-Dieter von Senff, who has produced a draft paper on the site:
These Hieroglyphs are real and have existed for some 4,500 years in Australia. In order to prove that these Proto-Egyptian glyphs are not graffiti, as claimed by various “Experts” and “Egyptologists,” but are the written record left by pre-historic man, written in a coherent and understandable language that makes sense even 4,500 years later. This site is no hoax, but a genuine archaeological discovery; as is proven by the newly discovered second set of glyphs.
The critics who dispute the origin of these engravings numbering over 300 are not sensitive to the bigger picture, and if proven to be engraved by Egyptians, these glyphs form a pivotal and historic epitaph to an Australian history very few suspect.
The engravings were first properly translated by Ray Johnson, claimed to be proto-Egyptian and accepted “as correct by the General Director of Cairo Museum, Dr. Dia’ Abou-Ghazi.” [1]
However, despite the endorsement of the resident expert in Cairo, Australian academics with less impressive credentials are adamant this is an elaborate hoax.
The site includes an engraved Ankh (see image above courtesy of Steve Strong), an essential accompaniment to Thoth, placed alongside an Ibis footprint (Thoth’s recent animal counterpart) and what we believe to be the ‘River of Life’. Two Ibis-men engraved into rock, both in profile with the head of an ibis and body of a human, seem to resonate to the same ancient Egyptian theme.
What really surprised us was that not only are the ibis and Thoth synonymous, but originally Thoth was depicted in ape-form. And it is this more ancient representation that is found twice in Australia, extending the horizons considerably.
A statue found at Gympie, said to act as one of five sentries guarding the controversial seven-stepped pyramid at Gympie, is a depiction of Thoth in his more primal ape-like form and has been argued over and often ridiculed.
The recent discovery of an engraving of Durramullan, again in profile, is less open to debate. The pronounced long forehead and protruding lips is reminiscent of a baboon or one of the larger apes, and so out of context when carved into a continent lacking ape or monkey.
The engraving is ancient, carved by an artist aware of an African animal and Egyptian deity supposedly unknown until the British invasion. In what only adds to the quality and quantity of this cross-cultural partnership, there are two sets of Aboriginal engravings, one containing 31 separate and distinct human characters and the other five figures, of which three have human bodies and what appears to be crocodile heads.
It is for these reasons, and many others, we are in complete agreement with Robert Lawlor, author of the highly regarded Voices of the First Day, when noting the same origin and sequence.
“The Egyptian religious practices, zoomorphic pantheon of gods, concepts of death and rebirth, sorcery, magic and medicine all have their origins in the primal culture of the First Day.” [2]
We see the presence of Egyptians in Australia beginning at around 5,000 years ago, entirely in keeping with a global history that saw, for a variety of reasons too complex to discuss now, the Australian Aboriginal mariners and explorers finally return to Australia at around the same time.
We believe the glyphs and other Egyptian remains found ‘within two hours of Sydney’ bear testimony to a spiritual sabbatical to the place where Egyptian religion and culture began.
That the Gosford Glyphs are so close to the sacred Durramullan site suggests an agreement between the first Australians and people from a distant continent. The Durramullan platform is undeniably special, and the Glyphs are an integral part of this arrangement, unique not only in Australia but the world.
The Egyptian crypt and engravings, dedicated to the memory of the son of a Pharaoh, was constructed close to the Durramullan rock platform and could only be created with the consent of the local Aboriginals.
Of course, if Australian Aboriginals did sail the globe in ancient times this journey is dependent upon ocean-going boats being constructed in Australia. Up at the Top End there are many engravings and paintings of boats which are mistakenly claimed to be inspired by Maccassan boats fishing for trepan.
No such claims can be made for the engraving of an ocean-going boat found in the northern section of the Gosford site. The boat’s design, with a steep prow and stern, has one primary function: to sail through large waves.
It would be a waste of time, effort and resources to construct a boat according to the shape and proportions engraved into the rock, if the vessel sailed in stiller waters. More importantly, this engraving goes a long way towards establishing the claims made by Ramindjeri Elders.
If indeed, as they insist, their ancestors circumnavigated the globe in a figure eight then this sophisticated design would serve that purpose.
That engraving and the Ramindjeri account provide answers to a series of unresolved questions that mainstream academia are unable to appreciate. The presence of Australian Aboriginal people in America was the focus of Issue 35 of the highly respected science magazine Cosmos.
The front cover carried the following caption:
“Did Aborigines discover America? Startling new finds suggest Australia’s first people made it all the way to South America more than 11,000 years ago.” [3]
Of course, America was merely one port-of-call when the First Australians set sail.
“Dr. Raghavendra and researchers from the Indian-government backed Anthropological Survey of India project found unique genetic mutations were shared between modern-day Indians and Aborigines.” [4]
They “identified seven people from central Dravidian and Austro-Asiatic tribes who shared genetic traits only found in Aborigines.” [5]
These facts, along with newly discovered Australian genetic links to a hominid in Siberia referred to as Denosovan, necessitate the same means of transport: a boat.
However, the plan of a boat is insufficient. Also required are both the tools needed to construct such a vessel and navigational skills before sailing to India, America, Asia, Egypt or any other destination. An axe is an essential prerequisite if building a vessel capable of sailing across oceans.
In keeping with all other firsts, it should come as no surprise that the oldest axes yet found are located within Sahul (the greater Australian continent which includes PNG, Tasmania, etc).
The oldest axe was found at Huon Terrace (PNG) and is dated at 40,000 years, followed by an axe found in Jawoyn land (N.T.) claimed to be 35,500 years old. Remaining within Australia, an axe was discovered at Sandy Creek (QLD 32,000 years) and another at Malangangerr (N.T. 23,000 years).
In what confirms the antiquity of Australian axe technology, and by association boats, Angel John Gallard has in his possession a hand-held chopper (the precursor to the axe) which he believes to be no less than 60,000 years old, with the real possibility it is over 100,000 years old. The oldest axe discovered outside Australia was found at Niah Cave (Sarawak) and is thought to be 15,500 years old.
For such an epic journey to succeed, especially if circumnavigating the world in a figure eight, Aboriginal mariners must have navigated by the stars. Once again it all begins here. As announced by a team of scientists from the CSIRO, the oldest astronomical construction was found at Wurdi Youang (Victoria). “The strange stone arrangement” has “two points set in perfect alignment with the setting sun on a midsummer’s day.” [6], [7]
CSIRO experts are of the opinion the “ancient Aboriginal sundial could be upwards of 10,000 years old.” [8]
Nor do these rocks stand in isolation – there are two sets of walls recently found in the Snowy Mountains, the first is aligned east-west, marking out the conjunction of planets and contains no less than 10,000 rocks. The second is at least four times bigger and runs down an extremely steep slope.
Within ‘two hours from Sydney’ is a perfectly aligned five-rocked compass and another construction that is far more enigmatic, which for obvious reasons, we call ‘mini-Stonehenge’. It is made up of 46 stones in the inner circle and 18 rocks forming what we feel are clusters of stars.
The four directions are marked out by arches with a horizontal stone supported by stone pillars. All four constructions, although separated by hundreds of kilometres, serve the same purpose: charting the heavens.
There is one pattern exhibited by these sites that seems to openly contradict an artistic maxim we assumed held fast throughout Australia. It was our belief that traditional Aboriginal art was region specific. Within this area we have found over 25 styles/techniques, many of which are claimed to be created in one tribal estate.
We found evidence of the following Aboriginal artistic styles: Panaramitee; X-Ray; Figurative; Mimi; Lightning Brothers; Wandjina; Papunya; Hand stencils (two types); Representational; Rock engraving; Rock Pecking; Stone Arrangements; Bands across the body; Egyptian symbols; Bird prints; Engraved shield design (found throughout Australia); Profiled spirits; and others we could not identify.
Where does that leave us? Relying on textbooks and academics ‘dazed and confused’... Or there is an alternative route. We are convinced the First Australians are completely separate to the Africans and were the first homo sapien sapiens.
It was from Australia, not Africa, the first migration originated, and it is from Australia that religion, gender equality, astronomy, burials, sailing, music, art, democracy and all the nobler pursuits began.
And it is in Australia, in particular the area ‘within 2 hours from Sydney’, that proof of this global legacy can still be found.
1. “The Kariong Glyphs and the Prohibited Egyptians: Research Proves the Kariong Glyphs to Be Genuine and Exposes the Critics as Hoaxters” by Hans-Dieter von Senff, 2011, 99. 2. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime by Robert Lawlor, Inner Traditions International, Ltd., 1991, 75. 3. “Ancient Odyssey” by Jacqui Hayes, Cosmos, 2010, Front Cover. 4. “First Australians Were Indian: Research,” Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 2009, 16. 5. Ibid. 6. “Wurdi Youang Rocks Could Prove Aborigines Were First Astronomers,” 5 February 2011,www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/ancient-aboriginal-eyes-were-on-the-skies/story-fn5fsgyc-1226000523978 7. Ibid. 8. Ibid.
UFOTV Presents - XENOLINGUISTICS – Alien Communication - MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM - Nancy du Tertre
UFOTV Presents - XENOLINGUISTICS – Alien Communication - MUFON UFO SYMPOSIUM - Nancy du Tertre
Gepubliceerd op 12 mrt. 2016
UFOTV® Accept no Imitations! (Please vote thumbs-up for UFOTV®!). Much of the field of UFOlogy has been focused on forensic reconstruction of UFO sightings and crashes. Even the study of Alien Abductions is based upon reconstructing old memories. There has been little to no discussion to date about how to communicate with other intelligent species. If Alien species have the capability to shut down nuclear missile sites and nuclear power plants, abduct people from their beds at night, violate airspace with impunity, engage military jets in fruitless dogfights, mutilate cattle and livestock, cause spontaneous healing of diseases and injuries, bring technological advances beyond our wildest dreams, and transfer information from other planets and dimensions, wouldn't it be in our best national interest to figure out how to communicate with them. The purpose of this extraordinary program is to talk about the practicalities of communication with Alien species and how we, as humans, can learn how to do this. Nancy du Tertre's unique background as an Attorney, Trained Intuitive, and Remote Viewer for Law Enforcement, give her some interesting insights into ways to approach this issue – particularly in light of the fact that many reports of Alien communication involve telepathy.
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De lancering van een sonde naar Mars, vanuit de lanceerbasis Bajkonoer in Kazachstan, is geslaagd. Twaalf uur na de start van de Europees-Russische missie ExoMars heeft het controlecentrum in Darmstadt vanavond een eerste signaal van de satelliet ontvangen.
Het signaal werd ontvangen om 22.28 uur Belgische tijd. "We zijn op weg naar Mars", jubelde de chef van het Europese ruimtevaartagentschap ESA, Jan Wörner.
Het project ExoMars, dat meerdere miljarden kost, speurt voor de ESA en zijn Russische partner Roskomos naar sporen van leven op de Rode Planeet. Hiervoor wordt ook een beroep gedaan op een Belgisch instrument: NOMAD.
Als alles volgens plan verloopt zou de lander "Schiaparelli" op 19 oktober in de atmosfeer rond Mars moeten arriveren.
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Eén van de grootste mysteries van de natuur: feeëncirkels nu ook ontdekt in Australië
Eén van de grootste mysteries van de natuur: feeëncirkels nu ook ontdekt in Australië
Feeëncirkels werden tot voor kort alleen in Afrika gevonden. Nu zijn de mysterieuze patronen ook aangetroffen in Australië.
Dr. Stephan Getzin van het Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Duitsland reisde af naar het land om feeëncirkels in de Pilbara in het noorden van West-Australië te onderzoeken. Hij zag gelijk dat de patronen in Australië en Namibië erg op elkaar lijken.
In Namibië worden de cirkels door lokale legendes verklaard als voetstappen van de goden, schroeiplekken van de adem van ondergrondse draken of zelfs landingsplaatsen voor UFO’s.
Levendig debat
Het is nog altijd niet duidelijk hoe de feeëncirkels precies ontstaan. Sommige cirkels hebben een doorsnee van enkele meters, terwijl andere een diameter hebben van wel 20 meter. Er circuleren verschillende theorieën over de cirkels, van termieten tot gas dat opborrelt uit de bodem.
“De patronen in droog grasland, zoals de feeëncirkels van Namibië, zijn één van de grootste mysteries van de natuur en het onderwerp van een levendig debat over hun ontstaan,” schrijven Getzin en zijn coauteurs in het tijdschrift PNAS.
Na het bestuderen van de Australische feeëncirkels zei Getzin dat de patronen waarschijnlijk ontstaan door zelforganisatie en dat er geen verband is met de aanwezigheid van termieten.
Andere gebieden
“Lange tijd waren ecologen er niet van overtuigd dat planten zichzelf konden organiseren in droge gebieden,” zei Getzin. “Maar het wordt steeds duidelijker hoe belangrijk dit proces is.”
In Namibië werden in de buurt van de patronen steeds twee of drie soorten termieten of mieren ontdekt, maar in Australië zijn geen nesten gevonden in de cirkels. Voor de onderzoekers is dat een teken dat de cirkels niet worden gemaakt door dieren.
Volgens Getzin kunnen in andere droge en dunbevolkte gebieden op aarde waarschijnlijk nog meer feeëncirkels worden ontdekt.
Geheim van mysterieuze Bermudadriehoek eindelijk ontsluierd?
Geheim van mysterieuze Bermudadriehoek eindelijk ontsluierd?
Weinig plaatsen ter wereld spreken zo tot de verbeelding als de Bermudadriehoek. Talloze schepen en vliegtuigen verdwenen er op mysterieuze wijze van de aardbol. Sommigen gaan uit van duistere krachten, anderen zijn ervan overtuigd dat aliens er iets mee te maken hebben.
Wetenschappers hebben in de Barentszee bij Noorwegen een aantal reusachtige kraters op de zeebodem ontdekt. Die zouden kunnen verklaren waarom in de mysterieuze Bermudadriehoek tientallen schepen zonken en vliegtuigen verdwenen.
Met behulp van de nieuwste radartechnologieën ontdekten wetenschappers van Universiteit van Tromsø 800 meter brede en 50 meter diepe kraters op de bodem van de westelijke Barentszee.
Heftige explosies
Het ontstaan van de kraters zou gepaard zijn gegaan met heftige explosies. “Een onderzeese explosie kun je vergelijken met een nucleaire reactie,” zei geoloog Igor Yeltsov tegenover The Sunday Times. “Ze produceren enorme hoeveelheden gas, waardoor de oceaan opwarmt en schepen kunnen verdwijnen.”
De ontdekking zou kunnen verklaren waarom de Bermudadriehoek zo gevreesd is bij zeelieden en piloten. Er gaan verhalen rond over plotseling veranderende weersomstandigheden en onverwachte kolken van stomend water. Kompassen zouden er plots op tilt slaan door afwijkende magnetische velden.
Toelichten
Als de onderzoekers dergelijke kraters ook vinden in de Bermudadriehoek, kan het mysterie rond deze plek worden opgelost. Volgende maand zullen experts hun bevindingen tijdens een bijeenkomst van de European Geosciences Union toelichten.
Naar verluidt zijn er in de denkbeeldige driehoek tussen Miami, de Bermuda-eilanden en Puerto Rico in de afgelopen 165 jaar tenminste 50 schepen gezonken en 20 vliegtuigen verdwenen. Van de USS Cyclops, het schip met 300 passagiers dat in 1918 spoorloos verdween, tot Flight 19, die na een trainingsoefening nooit meer werd teruggevonden.
White Fast UFO Moves Over Lake In Harstad, Norway, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White Fast UFO Moves Over Lake In Harstad, Norway, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Aug 26, 2015, reported this week. Location of sighting: Harstad, Norway Source: MUFON This speedy UFO was seen last year over a lake in Norway, but was reported recently to MUFON. The Orb moves quickly and may have come from below the water. Strange thing is...why didn't the person move so he could see the UFO more? Odd. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Eyewitness states: I looked out over the sea from my balcony. First I saw this object standing still in the sky and I thought it could be a drone, but then it suddely moved very fast up into the sky in a straight line way to north. I run as fast as I could inside and looked out my kitchen-window while I at the same time told my girlfriend to come see this strange object. We have never seen anything like this before. The object suddenly moved fast back to where it came from, and we ran back to the balcony where I recorded this object on my iPhone. Then we saw this happening: The object moved very fast from high up in the sky above the mountain. Bright lights changed from red to green while it moved fast down toward the sea. Then it suddenly dissapeared behind the building. We stood there like paralyzed, not knowing what to say or feel.
If the comeback of the X-FILES 2016 has caught your interest, then like me, Any video taken in broad daylight of some unexplained craft drifting across the sky will seem worth a look.
This time, the UFO2GO channel has come up with a stunner. I can’t even tell if this object changes shape, separates at points and rejoins or defies gravity and air pressure flow by deliberatly showing off how well it can cruise like an eagle with effortless turns and climbs.
It reflects light like a new chrome motorbike, has a section in the middle which is cut out or allows air to pass through it. The detail I could see was spot on in some parts of the video. Others, well maybe zoomed in a little too much. All in all, I myself reckon its authentic and very odd to watch. It is not like anything I have seen from other sources and wonder what Australia does to attract these kinds of “objects”.
As for a big silver balloon ?, Well not likely, anything full of helium just climbs and climbs. This bird puts on a show and does it in a way to show proudly its something far more graaceful.
TRIANGLE CLOSE ENCOUNTER NEAR CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE
JULY 7, 1965 ……… WHITE SETTLEMENT TEXAS
While lying on a blanket under the stars in a location less than two miles west of the centerline of what was then Carswell AFB, I noticed an object approaching from the south just above the treetops. The object was triangular in shape and that shape was defined by the three lights, one located at each angle of the triangle. What caught my attention were three things, the lights were in no configuration of any of the conventional aircraft I was accustomed to seeing fly into and out of the AFB. The object made no noise at all. Its size was enormous.
Additionally, the flight path was going to take it directly over me. It was moving slowly, much more slowly than any conventional aircraft could fly if on final approach for a landing at the AFB. I estimate it could have been traveling no more than 30 MPH. As it approached, I was trying to see details. I could discern nothing beyond the general shape confirmed by the stars that were masked behind the object’s triangular shape and the unusual pattern the lights were flashing. Each light was round and each of the three flashed one of three color, red, blue or white. The lights weren’t brilliant, but somewhat diffuse as if they were contained in some kind of domed housing with a frosted lens similar to an incandescent light bulb one would use in their house. The lights flashed randomly with the only actual pattern being that no two lights were ever the same color and there was no discernible sequence to the colors the lights flashed. When I use the word flash it was not an instantaneous change, but a short term fade from one color to another. I had never seen lighting change color or flash on conventional aircraft in a similar manner. I has seen strange lights and “green flashes” in and around the AFB all my life, but this phenomenon was completely different from anything I had seen before. I was excited while I waited for the object to pass directly overhead. It passed slowly over my head with the complete passage of the craft from the forward “point” (the object never wavered or rotated but kept the same angle of its shape pointed due north as near as I could tell without consulting a compass) to the base taking about 2 seconds. I tried to get a feeling for its altitude, but there was no helpful frame of reference except the treetops. I mentally established 500 feet, but that was arbitrary. There was absolutely no noise.
Even the night insects and creatures that I’d heard prior to the passage of the object made no sounds. There was no feeling of static electricity or electromagnetic interference present when the object flew over me or at any other time. Even though I was with others during the encounter, I did not alert anyone else on the off chance they might interfere with my complete attention while observing the object. I also didn’t mention the observation to anyone else that night. Having read the reports of previous years’ sightings I thought I would wait until I saw the papers the next day to see if anyone else reported any unusual sightings. The next day sightings were reported throughout the southwest. I never wrote anything down until now and only wanted to insure MUFON had this information to use in its work. Thank you for permitting me to finally report my observations.
A huge fireball crashed into the Atlantic earlier this month - and went almost unseen.
The event took place on February 6 at 14:00 UTC when a meteor exploded in the air 620 miles (1,000km) off the coast of Brazil.
It released energy equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT, which is the same as the energy used in the first atomic weapon that leveled Hiroshima in 1945.
This was the largest event of its type since the February 2013 fireball that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving more than 1,600 people injured.
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A huge fireball crashed into the Atlantic earlier this month - and went almost unseen. The event took place on February 6 at 14:00 UTC when a meteor exploded off the coast of Brazil. It released the equivalent of 13,000 tons of TNT, which is the same amount of energy used in the first atomic weapon that leveled Hiroshima
That fireball measured 18 meters across and screamed into Earth's atmosphere at 41,600 mph. Much of the debris landed in a local lake called Chebarkul.
The Chelyabinsk fireball had 500,000 tons of TNT energy - 40 times more than the latest impact, according to Phil Plait.
‘As impacts go, this was pretty small,’ Plait writes in an in-depth report in his Slate blog. ‘After all, you didn’t even hear about until weeks after it occurred.
‘Had it happened over a populated area it, would’ve rattled some windows and probably terrified a lot of people, but I don’t think it would’ve done any real damage.’
Ron Baalke, who works for Nasa, first tweeted the event after it appeared on the space agency’s Near-Earth Object Fireball page.
Plait estimates that, given the explosive energy of the most recent fireball, it was likely to be around five to seven meters wide.
The space rock exploded in the air 620 miles (1,000km) off the coast of Brazil. It was the largest event of its type since the February 2013 fireball that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia
The Chelyabinsk fireball had 500,000 tons of TNT energy - 40 times more than the latest impact. More than 1.600 people were injured by flying fragments of glass and rubble
It is believed to have exploded about 18 miles (30km) above the Atlantic Ocean, 6 miles above the troposphere, the atmospheric layer where the Earth's weather occurs.
It is unlikely that anyone saw it, but it was probably picked up by the military, who record atmospheric explosions.
‘Impacts like this happen several times per year on average, with most going unseen,’ Plait said.
It’s the much larger impacts that we should be worried about.
Nasa tracks around 12,992 near-Earth objects which have been discovered orbiting within our solar system close to our own orbit.
It estimates around 1,607 are classified as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.
In September, Paul Chodas, manager of Nasa's Near-Earth Object office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, said: 'There is no existing evidence that an asteroid or any other celestial object is on a trajectory that will impact Earth.
'In fact, not a single one of the known objects has any credible chance of hitting our planet over the next century.
One such asteroid is 2013 TX68, which poses no threat to Earth, but could get very close to the surface, according to the space agency – although it adds there is a very slim chance of this happening.
THERE'S AN ASTEROID WITH OUR NAME ON IT, SAYS BRIAN COX
Science presenter, Brian Cox, told DailyMail.com we are at risk of being wiped out by asteroids – and we're not taking the threat seriously
While the March 5th asteroid poses no threat, scientists have long said that these space rocks could threaten life on Earth.
Last year, Brian Cox said we are at risk of being wiped out by asteroids – and we're not taking the threat seriously.
'There is an asteroid with our name on it and it will hit us,' Professor Cox told DailyMail.com. In fact, the Earth had a 'near-miss' only a few months ago.
'We didn't see it,' says the 46-year-old. 'We saw it on the way out, but if it had just been a bit further over it would have probably wiped us out. These things happen.'
The bus-sized asteroid, named 2014 EC, came within 38,300 (61,637km) miles of Earth in March - around a sixth of the distance between the moon and our planet.
And it wasn't the only one threatening Earth. Nasa is currently tracking 1,400 'potentially hazardous asteroids' and predicting their future approaches and impact probabilities.
The threat is so serious that former astronaut Ed Lu has described it as 'cosmic roulette' and said that only 'blind luck' has so far saved humanity from a serious impact.
The 100ft-wide asteroid, first spotted when it flew by Earth two years ago, will make its return On March 5 – and this time it could get incredibly close.
The whale-sized space rock may skim past Earth at just 11,000 miles (17,000 km), which is around 21 times closer to Earth than the moon.
But Nasa admits this estimate may be widely inaccurate, and the asteroid may also pass Earth as far out as 9 million miles (14 million km).
'The variation in possible closest approach distances is due to the wide range of possible trajectories for this object, since it was tracked for only a short time after discovery,' Nasa explained.
Scientists have identified an extremely remote chance that this small asteroid could impact on September 28, 2017, with odds of no more than 1-in-250-million.
Flybys in 2046 and 2097 have an even lower probability of impact.
'The possibilities of collision on any of the three future flyby dates are far too small to be of any real concern,' said Paul Chodas, manager of CNEOS.
'I fully expect any future observations to reduce the probability even more.'
Asteroid 2013 TX68 is estimated to be about 100ft (30 meters) in diameter.
If an asteroid the size of 2013 TX68 were to enter Earth's atmosphere, it would likely produce an air burst with about twice the energy of the Chelyabinsk event.
A small asteroid, first spotted when it flew by Earth two years ago, is set to make its return – and this time it will get even closer. This graphic indicates the possible locations asteroid 2013 TX68 will be in at the time of its closest approach to Earth during its safe fly-by of our planet on March 5
The laser weapon that could save Earth from asteroids
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Wild Ride to Mars: Inside ExoMars' Schiaparelli Lander Prototype
Wild Ride to Mars: Inside ExoMars' Schiaparelli Lander Prototype
By Sarah Lewin, Staff Writer
A model of ExoMars' Schiaparelli lander prepares for thermal tests in Cannes, France. The European Space Agency's Mars lander will hurtle to the planet's surface Oct. 19, and its heat shields will have to withstand about 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celsius).
Credit: B. Bethge/ESA
The ExoMars mission launching Monday (March 14) will pack an orbiter as well as an ambitious Mars lander prototype that will make the challenging descent to a controlled landing on Mars.
The little lander, called Schiaparelli, will demonstrate the technology necessary to land a life-hunting rover on ExoMars' next mission. It's about 1,320 pounds (600 kilograms) packed into a 7.9-foot (2.4 meter) diameter package, counting the outstretched heat shield.
Schiaparelli and the orbiter will travel for seven months after the launch to get to Mars, but they'll part ways about three days before reaching the Martian atmosphere, on Oct. 16, European Space Agency researchers said in a statement. At that point, Schiaparelli will separate and then coast toward Mars, still in hibernation to conserve power. [How Europe's ExoMars Missions to Mars Work (Infographic)]
A few hours away from the Martian atmosphere, at an altitude of 76 miles (122.5 km), the module will come to life while traveling approximately 13,050 mph (21,000 kph). Its heat shields will slow it down as it enters the atmosphere, braking to about 1,025 mph (1,650 kph), and then it will deploy the 39-foot (12 m) parachute.
This infographic explains the planned landing of ExoMars 2016.
Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab
As it hurtles downward, Schiaparelli's heat shields will reach temperatures of about 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celsius).
After slowing even further, the experimental lander will release its front and back heat shields and switch on radar sensors to figure out how far it is from the Martian surface. The parachute will be left behind on the back heat shield, so to slow down even more, the lander will switch on its thrusters until it gets down to about 6.6 feet (2m) off the ground, slowed to just 4.3 mph (7 kph).
Then it'll switch off its thrusters and drop to the ground, and the bottom of the module, like the crumple zone on the front of a car, will break its fall as it plunks down on the surface of Mars' Meridiani Planum, possibly within view of NASA's Opportunity rover.
A lot for the lander to get through in just 6 minutes since entering the atmosphere.
The ExoMars 2016 entry, descent, and landing demonstrator module, also known as Schiaparelli, will touch down on Meridiani Planum, a relatively smooth, flat region on Mars, on October 19, 2016. The lowest areas on this map are shown in green, while the highest areas are dark brown. The large crater on the right (East) of the image is Endeavour, which is about 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter. Opportunity has been studying its western rim since 2011.
Credit: ESA/IRSPS/TAS-I
For as long as its leftover battery life lasts — just a few days, likely — the lander will study Mars' wind speed anddirection, humidity, pressure, air temperature, atmosphere transparency, electric fields and more, sending its measurements up to the orbiter through two antennas. (It will send measurements during the 6-minute landing process, too.)
Any science measurements the lander sends from the surface is a bonus: The lander's main purpose is to pave the way for the rover launching in 2018, officials said in the statement. Using knowledge gained from Schiaparelli, that future rover will be able to land safely and begin its hunt for signs of life.
An orbiter and lander will launch from Kazakhstan on March 14, arriving at Mars in October.
IN BRIEF
Today, a European space mission set off to figure out if there is indeed life on Mars.
EXOMARS MISSION
Europe’s ExoMars orbiter launched today. It blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Its mission is focused on searching Mars for signs of life and, to this end, studying the methane that’s present in the Red Planet.
This is the first phase of a 1.2 billion Euro project between the European Space Agency and Russia that is aimed at finding the biochemical fingerprints of life on Mars.
The running theory is that, while the surface of Mars shows a harsh environment where living things couldn’t possibly thrive, it might be possible that life can thrive below its surface. The existence of methane could be the key to this theory—and that’s what the ExoMars orbiter is set to find out.
SCHIAPARELLI
Arrival on Mars timeline. Image Credit. European Space Agency
Once it arrives in Mars (it’s expected to land by October of this year), it will hopefully find where the traces of methane are coming from and map out an ideal landing site for a rover that’s being targeted for a 2018 launch.
The ExoMars is also going to release a lander called Schiaparelli, which is designed to study the Red Planet’s dust storms and test the new landing system, which will help to pave the way for a more functional Mars rover exploring the planet by 2021. Notably, this rover will be equipped with a drill and a laboratory for testing.
Ultimately, the team asserts that there are two possible sources of the Martian methane: It may be geological (such as volcanic activity) or could be proof of life on the Red Planet. Hopefully, this project will determine which it is.
The ExoMars rover
Blasting off from Earth in 2018, it will reach Mars in 2021.
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