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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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...
29-05-2016
Astronomers have just found the LARGEST Structure in the Known Universe
Astronomers have just found the LARGEST Structure in the Known Universe
Astronomers have recently announced the discovery of the largest structure ever seen in the known universe, and its 1 Billion Light Years long, making it the largest structure ever discovered. The size of this structure is beyond fascinating.
Astronomers have discovered the biggest structure in the known universe, and well, the have called it BOSS.
Scientists at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands in Spain have come across the most massive object in the universe and have called it BOSS, the BOSS Great Wall, which when you think, is the perfect name for such a humongous structure in the universe. BOSS stands for the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
BOSS is a superstructure composed of superclusters which are interconnected by gasses, located billions of light years away from our plant, and its mass is ten thousand times larger than that of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Thanks to Gravity, these superclusters are able to stay interlocked while they journey across space.
The universe is a web of giant clusters of matter surrounding empty voids Volker Springel/Max Planck Institute For Astrophysics/SPL
According to Joshua Sokol at New Scientist, the megastructure discovered by a team from the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics is composed of 830 separate galaxies and has a mass 10,000 times greater than the Milky Way. To put the scale of this structure into perspective, we orbit one single star, the Sun. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has over 200 billion stars, just like our Sun, in it alone with an unknown amount of planets orbiting them.
However, even though BOSS is the largest ‘thing’ ever discovered in the known universe, not all researchers agree it should be categorized as a ‘structure.’ The arguments against BOSS being called a structure or superstructure are that these superclusters arent connected like a wall would be. Instead, they have ‘dips’ and empty spaces between them and are linked by clouds of dust and gas.
While the debate whether or not BOSS is a superstructure or not will continue, it still is the largest object ever spotted by scientists. In fact, there are numerous other ‘great wall’s or superstructures found floating in the emptiness of space, located thousands and even millions of light years away from our planet.
Other Structures similar to BOSS are the Sloan Great Wall, which was discovered by researchers in 2003, and Lanikea, the superclusters of galaxies where our galaxy, the milky way is located. Lanikea, which in Hawaiian means ‘immeasurable heaven’ contains 100,000 galaxies and has the mass of ONE HUNDRED QUADRILLION SUNS.
Our galaxy sits near the edge of one such supercluster.
Within Lanikea, galaxies are travelling towards a region in space called ‘The Great Attractor,’ which according to researchers is the equivalent of a large gravitational valley.
Located in the vicinity of Lanikea are four neighbouring superclusters called Shapley, Hercules, Coma, and Perseus-Pisces. Lanikea was the first supercluster to have its size mapped by scientists.
Discoveries like this allow researchers to understand better the universe and helps them rebuild the Big Bang, enabling them to understand how space has changed since it came into existence.
Is There a UFO Cover-up? A Government Insider Speaks Out
Is There a UFO Cover-up? A Government Insider Speaks Out
Leslie KeanAuthor, New York Times bestseller, ‘UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record’
About six months ago, our board at UFODATA was privileged to welcomeChristopher Mellon as the newest member of our team. Chris spent nearly 20 years in the federal government serving in various national security positions. For the first time, he has agreed to speak publicly about his experiences within government as they relate to UFOs.
Photo courtesy Chris Mellon
It is unusual for a man of Chris’s stature to speak openly about UFOs, which gives his statements great weight. His positions during the Clinton and Bush administrations involved high clearances; in fact, there are few people who have enjoyed such deep and wide-ranging access to compartmented programs in both the Defense Department (DoD) and the intelligence community. Chris is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Reconnaissance Office Gold Medal and the Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Medal.
At DoD, Chris served on a small committee that provided oversight of all DoD special access programs, in order to eliminate potential waste and duplication. The oversight included visits to Area 51 and other sensitive facilities. He also spent over a decade on the Senate Intelligence Committee, involved in oversight of NRO, CIA, NSA and other intelligence organizations. He became the first Congressional official to review all of the NSA’s compartmented programs.
I wanted to know what Chris had to say about Hillary Clinton’s implications that the government may be withholding classified UFO documents. Backed by John Podesta, chairman of her campaign, Clinton has been speaking about the need to “get to the bottom of the UFO mystery.” Her comments are unprecedented within a presidential campaign.
Here is my recent conversation with Chris Mellon, mainly conducted via email, edited only for clarity.
Q: When did you first become interested in UFOs?
A: I was about seven years old when I saw an old-fashioned amateur movie taken by a friend of our school principal. It showed a huge, golden disc-shaped object serenely moving through sunny, blue skies, passing through cumulous clouds in a manner that would be very hard to fake. I have no idea what became of the movie, but it filled me with wonder and awe. I read everything I could get my hands on afterwards and eventually did a research project on UFOs in college for a physics professor. I remain deeply intrigued.
Q: Did your colleagues in government know you were interested in UFOs? Were you afraid of being ridiculed?
A: It was something I didn’t reveal to colleagues unless I got to know them well and we became personal friends. Even then of course I wasn’t a nut about it and I certainly was not obsessed; it was simply a subject of great curiosity. It did not come up often. I was focused like a laser on my duties 99.9 percent of the time.
Q: Hillary Clinton has been asked about UFOs during her campaign. As the former Secretary of State, would she be likely to know if there were any classified government programs involving UFOs?
A: No, I don’t think so. I recall instances when White House officials sought briefings on highly compartmented DoD programs and were flatly refused. Access to such programs is on a need to know basis. In general, nobody outside DoD, including the Secretary of State, is deemed to have a need to know. Officials like John Podesta and Secretary Clinton can easily serve for years in senior positions and be avid consumers of classified intelligence analysis but never obtain access to DoD’s compartmented programs, which mostly relate to new weapons systems. Information about such programs rarely leaks because it doesn’t circulate, unlike the constant stream of leaked information regarding classified intelligence activities.
Chris (right) with former Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen in 1995. Note the inscription: “The Other Man who kept all the secrets.” Chris drafted the bill for Cohen that established the US Special Operations Command.
Q: Do you think that if Clinton is elected we can expect to learn new information about UFOs?
A: I highly doubt DoD or any other government agency is concealing UFO information. I participated in a comprehensive review of DoD’s black programs and spent over a decade conducting oversight of the national foreign intelligence program, an almost totally separate world of secrets. I visited Area 51 and other military, intelligence and research facilities. During all those years, I never detected the faintest hint of government interest or involvement in UFOs.
Q: Clinton and John Podesta have been focusing on the need for de-classifying government documents. What do you think about that?
A: While a few new, previously overlooked documents might turn up (the bureaucracy is never perfect), I do not believe they would resolve the UFO issue or provide significant new insights. I can think of one lengthy UFO report that is classified only due to concerns over sources and methods. In fact, it identified a convincing conventional explanation for the pilot sightings in this particular case. There are lots of classified documents related to activities at Area 51, where high security is needed. But this is all legitimate stuff the American people would support. They have nothing to do with UFOs, to the best of my knowledge.
Q: Do you recall any incidents involving UFOs while you were in government?
A: Yes, there were a handful of incidents. Knowing of my interest in UFOs, a breathless naval aviator called me one day to report that he was present minutes earlier when a Navy jet landed after being circled by a UFO in broad daylight. The Navy did not pursue the issue as far as I could tell. I also recall the Maui Optical Tracking Facility, which tracks satellites, recording a flight of four or five fiery UFOs traversing the night sky. Nobody knew what to make of it. But no government official expressed the slightest interest even after the tape was featured on ABC’s Nightline. I found the utter lack of scientific curiosity due to political correctness highly frustrating.
Q: How do you think the press and public will react if Clinton is elected, makes the inquiries she promised, but comes up empty-handed?
A: I think the conspiracy theorists will be angry and unconvinced, while the general public may conclude UFOs are not a worthwhile topic. If Clinton really wants to get to the bottom of the UFO issue, I think she should officially task NORAD with collection and analysis responsibility. Simultaneously, she should assign the Office of Science and Technology Policy the job of reviewing available evidence, coordinating with other countries and providing scientific assessments and recommendations.
Q: The taboo against taking UFOs seriously is a huge problem. How can we get more government officials to change this ingrained attitude?
A: I think we have to ask ourselves a key question, and then bring it forward. “Are there UFO cases that are sufficiently well-documented to warrant a scientific investigation of the phenomenon?” In my view, the answer is yes.
The patterns in the data are too strong; the reports from credible witnesses separated widely by time and place too similar; the evidence from videos and trained military and law enforcement observers too extensive; and the independent radar data in select cases correlates too highly with visual observations to safely ignore. Finally, when someone you trust and respect, like a naval aviator, looks you in the eye and tells you he saw something truly extraordinary at close range, it’s hard not to take his testimony seriously. It is arrogant, unreasonable and unwise to dismiss such reports. We should simply and impartially follow the trail wherever it leads.
Q: Which credible UFO incidents have you found particularly impressive and convincing?
A: A few stand out in my mind. In November 1989, 13 police officers and hundreds of other witnesses saw two silent triangular craft gliding over Belgium. This was the beginning of a wave of sightings there lasting well over a year. Ground and air radar data were acquired as well. The Belgian Air Force investigated the events in cooperation with a team of scientists and consulted with the U.S. and NATO countries, but could not find a conventional explanation.
An artist’s rendition of the Belgium UFO that made repeated visits in 1989-90
Colonel Wilfried De Brouwer, who later became a general, presents anomalous radar readings at a 1990 press conference during the Belgian wave
On the night of March 30, 1993, over a hundred witnesses in England, including police officers and military personnel, saw a triangular-shaped craft able to rapidly accelerate in seconds from a hovering position. The British Ministry of Defensestated that “none of the usual explanations put forward to explain UFO sightings seem applicable” and concluded that the evidence showed that “an unidentified object (or objects) of unknown origin was operating over the UK.”
Similarly, multiple police officers in Southern Illinois saw an object in January 2000 that looked and behaved very similarly to the Belgian and British UFOs. In fact, the Illinois police officers’ drawings of the craft are uncannily similar to the depictions of triangular craft produced by Belgian law enforcement officers a decade earlier, as well as many others since.
A Belgian Air Force weather forecaster drew his sighting in 1990
In 2006, pilots and airport personnel witnessed a disc-shaped object hovering overO’Hare airport for over five minutes, yet no government investigation was undertaken.
And, while most sightings have conventional explanations, I think it is stunning how many reports come in regularly to groups like MUFON, with impressive detail, including photos or videos. I often hear from skeptics, “If UFOs are out there how come nobody ever gets a video with all the smartphones around?” That is ignorant, it happens all the time!
Q: Some people believe the more recent sightings in cases such as those you mentioned may simply be US government tests of experimental aircraft. Is that possible?
A: I can understand why this may seem the most plausible explanation. But I can assure you, those objects did not belong to US Department of Defense. Just before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I was contacted by the DoD Office of Congressional Affairs. They were in a tizzy because Robert Byrd, the powerful Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, was challenging them over reports appearing in magazines such as Aviation Week and Space Technology describing an alleged super-secret US aircraft program dubbed “Aurora.”
Senator Byrd would use his budget power to punish the department severely if we lied to him or withheld information. We pursued all possible options, double-checking with the appropriate officials while reminding them of the imperative of providing an accurate response. We quickly confirmed what we already knew - that while there are always things on the drawing board, there was nothing remotely resembling such aircraft being operated by the department. We had nothing with the capacity to hover and then silently accelerate at massive speeds.
Also, it is totally uncharacteristic of the US military to conduct experimental tests of new vehicles over populated areas where security would be compromised and innocent civilians placed in harms way. That’s completely contrary to military DNA. Alien visitation is actually easier to believe than that level of stupidity being exhibited by the brilliant people developing new aircraft technologies for DoD.
Q: Are you certain there is no government cover-up?
A: It’s impossible to prove the negative, so all I can say is that I never saw any evidence of official interest in UFOs. I’d love to believe we have a crashed saucer somewhere, but I’ve never seen anything remotely supportive of such incredible claims. In my experience, on those rare occasions when UFO incidents involving the government occur, they are highly inconvenient, awkward and embarrassing for the afflicted government officials who want nothing more than to put the issue behind them as quickly as possible! The military seems generally unwilling to investigate even when UFO reports come from our own military pilots or officials in high office such as Fife Symington, the former governor of Arizona. Senior officials are so fearful of being ridiculed that they conceal any expression of interest or curiosity.
Q: Some inside sources have proposed that retrieved hardware from a UFO may exist within a private aerospace company which has become independent from the DoD. In this way, it would be exempt from government oversight and known only to a few people. Do you think this is possible?
A: I find it hard to imagine something as explosive as recovered alien technology remaining under wraps for decades. So while I have no reason to believe there is any recovered alien technology, I will say this: If it were me, and I were trying to bury it deep, I’d take it outside government oversight entirely and place it in a compartment as a new entity within an existing defense company and manage it as what we call an “IRAD” or “Independent Research and Development Activity.”
Q: So where does this all leave us, and what is to be done?
A: In my view, calling for the end to an alleged government UFO cover-up is almost certainly a dead end, and does not help inspire anyone in government to become more open to the topic. The UFO mystery is a scientific problem. A true scientist seeks and follows the data no matter how politically incorrect the facts may be. The greatest scientific breakthroughs occur when we verify information that challenges conventional wisdom. That’s why I joined the board of UFODATA.
Q: I’m so glad you did. What kinds of new data are you hoping we will collect?
A: Our team of scientists and engineers are designing and will build a large network of automated surveillance stations with sophisticated sensors to capture a wide range of data. The stations will house cameras to record both an image and spectra, a magnetometer, instrumentation to detect radiation, a gravimeter, and more. They will be mobile so that we can readily deploy them to areas that become hotspots of UFO activity. We can then make the data available to the scientific community for analysis.
Q: Do you think UFOs could be visitors from civilizations elsewhere?
A: I’m certainly intrigued by the possibility. But I don’t think we will find out without a deeper scientific inquiry. I would like to invite the public to participate and support this lean but potentially groundbreaking effort, staffed by volunteers. UFODATA’s findings, one way or another, can help us to resolve this perennial mystery and perhaps even help us to better understand the universe and mankind’s place within it.
Want to see some unexplained lights in the sky or slow moving cigar-shaped or saucer-shaped objects? Gas up the car and head out to the southwest section of Colorado.
The San Luis Valley of the Centennial State is reportedly a paranormal-rich area of the American landscape, with UFO sightings going back to the 1600s.
When Judy Messoline first moved here in 1995 to raise cattle, she became intrigued by the many UFO stories told to her by the locals. She eventually abandoned the ranch idea and in 2000, built a special UFO Watchtower, a rectangular metal platform standing 10 feet high above the ground where up to 60 people at a time can gather and swap tales of unexplained experiences.
“We see objects that we cannot explain — lights that go real fast and stop, or they’ll go in one direction and suddenly go in the opposite direction without stopping,” Messoline told AOL.
“The closest one we saw from here between the tower and the mountains was cigar-shaped — narrow and really long — and illuminated from the inside. Over a dozen people saw it moving rapidly from the north to the south.”
So far, of the nearly 60 sightings since she opened her alien lookout, Messoline has had 26 sightings of her own.
“During the day, we see silver balls and saucer-shaped objects. We’ve also had reports of people driving down the country roads out here who’ve seen saucers flying right next to them,” she added.
Since 2000, an estimated 20,000 visitors have journeyed from around the world to Messoline’s UFO Watchtower hoping for a glimpse at an otherworldly sight in the sky. And even if they aren’t lucky enough to spot an unknown light or craft, they’re seldom disappointed.
Messoline’s tower sits on 600 acres of land she owns just outside the town of Hooper, where skywatchers experience the majesty of the Rocky Mountains (surrounded by the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo ranges) by day. At night, the incredibly clear, non-polluted skies present the wonders and astronomical vistas of the Milky Way galaxy.
And then there’s Messoline’s “vortex garden” — a large, widespread area where there are, according to various psychics, portals to another universe. It’s a place where Messoline encourages visitors to leave personal trinkets behind.
“Folks really like the idea of leaving something of theirs in that garden: sunglasses, hats and toys — some things are really so nice that I have to patrol the garden to make sure that things stay put.”
Messoline has her own theory about why her particular 600-acre plot and the surrounding environment are so UFO, vortex energy-friendly.
“There have been documented UFO sightings here since the 1600s, so it’s nothing new and it’s considered the nation’s hot spot for UFO experiences,” she said. “Some say it’s the spirituality of the valley — native Americans consider the valley floor as sacred.”
If UFOs aren’t your cup of tea, there are other activities near this out-of-the-way tourist spot that might suit your fancy. Don’t miss the local alligator farm, the Great Sand Dunes National Park, a mountain train and geothermal hot spring pools.
And you can’t beat the price to check out the UFO Watchtower. “We charge $2 a person, or $5 a car — whichever’s cheapest,” said Messoline.
Her original dream was to have a log house on 100 acres with a 6-foot-high privacy fence around it, to keep out the neighbors. Messoline ended up with the log house but with no privacy fence.
And after so many years of sightings of strange lights and objects in the sky above and around her Colorado home, Messoline’s belief system has been deeply affected.
“I used to always believe that there had to be life someplace else because the universe is just too massive for there not to be. But I know it now.”
Want to see some unexplained lights in the sky or slow moving cigar-shaped or saucer-shaped objects? Gas up the car and head out to the southwest section of Colorado.
The San Luis Valley of the Centennial State is reportedly a paranormal-rich area of the American landscape, with UFO sightings going back to the 1600s.
When Judy Messoline first moved here in 1995 to raise cattle, she became intrigued by the many UFO stories told to her by the locals. She eventually abandoned the ranch idea and in 2000, built a special UFO Watchtower, a rectangular metal platform standing 10 feet high above the ground where up to 60 people at a time can gather and swap tales of unexplained experiences.
“We see objects that we cannot explain — lights that go real fast and stop, or they’ll go in one direction and suddenly go in the opposite direction without stopping,” Messoline told AOL.
“The closest one we saw from here between the tower and the mountains was cigar-shaped — narrow and really long — and illuminated from the inside. Over a dozen people saw it moving rapidly from the north to the south.”
So far, of the nearly 60 sightings since she opened her alien lookout, Messoline has had 26 sightings of her own.
“During the day, we see silver balls and saucer-shaped objects. We’ve also had reports of people driving down the country roads out here who’ve seen saucers flying right next to them,” she added.
Since 2000, an estimated 20,000 visitors have journeyed from around the world to Messoline’s UFO Watchtower hoping for a glimpse at an otherworldly sight in the sky. And even if they aren’t lucky enough to spot an unknown light or craft, they’re seldom disappointed.
Messoline’s tower sits on 600 acres of land she owns just outside the town of Hooper, where skywatchers experience the majesty of the Rocky Mountains (surrounded by the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo ranges) by day. At night, the incredibly clear, non-polluted skies present the wonders and astronomical vistas of the Milky Way galaxy.
And then there’s Messoline’s “vortex garden” — a large, widespread area where there are, according to various psychics, portals to another universe. It’s a place where Messoline encourages visitors to leave personal trinkets behind.
“Folks really like the idea of leaving something of theirs in that garden: sunglasses, hats and toys — some things are really so nice that I have to patrol the garden to make sure that things stay put.”
Messoline has her own theory about why her particular 600-acre plot and the surrounding environment are so UFO, vortex energy-friendly.
“There have been documented UFO sightings here since the 1600s, so it’s nothing new and it’s considered the nation’s hot spot for UFO experiences,” she said. “Some say it’s the spirituality of the valley — native Americans consider the valley floor as sacred.”
If UFOs aren’t your cup of tea, there are other activities near this out-of-the-way tourist spot that might suit your fancy. Don’t miss the local alligator farm, the Great Sand Dunes National Park, a mountain train and geothermal hot spring pools.
And you can’t beat the price to check out the UFO Watchtower. “We charge $2 a person, or $5 a car — whichever’s cheapest,” said Messoline.
Her original dream was to have a log house on 100 acres with a 6-foot-high privacy fence around it, to keep out the neighbors. Messoline ended up with the log house but with no privacy fence.
And after so many years of sightings of strange lights and objects in the sky above and around her Colorado home, Messoline’s belief system has been deeply affected.
“I used to always believe that there had to be life someplace else because the universe is just too massive for there not to be. But I know it now.”
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Octopus DNA is NOT From This World, Scientists Reveal
Octopus DNA is NOT From This World, Scientists Reveal
The aquatic wildlife holds many secrets and the marine biologists are at the onset of making small but significant discoveries that may some day, elighten other paths to a higher intelligence and a deeper understanding of the surrounding nature.
Even though oceanographical researchers are overwhelmed with the abundance of flora and fauna, a group of scientists had the inspiration to choose the cephalopods and try to break down their DNA code.
The octopus, the squid and the cuttlefish are encompassed in the coleoid sub-class of the molluscs, characterized by a wide behavioural range and astonishing morphological wrinkles: camera-like eyes, extremely flexible body and the most impressive chameleonic response. All these features are packed with the largest nervous system found so far among the invertebrates, making the octopuses the champions of the obscure aquatic universe.
One of the main reasons that determined the team of scientists to investigate the molecular base of the cephalopod brain was its ability to immediately adapt the neural network properties which greatly impact the memory and learning capacity. These capabilities can offer an explanation within the genome that incorporates biological mechanisms that allow tissues to rapidly alter proteins in order to change their function.
Along with the development of marine biology and modern day genetics, there have been identified hundreds of cephalopod-specific genes, some of which displayed advanced expression level in complex organic structures as the skin, the suckers and the nervous system.
For those unfamiliar with the notion of genome, you can think of it as an organism’s complete set of genetic instructions that envelops all the genetic information needed to build, grow and evolve that specific organism.
However, the Octopus Genome Project is at an early stage, the most important achievement is the finding of evidence for large-scale genomic rearrangements, which translated for the non-scientist, means that the octopuses are able to remodel their own DNA, resulting in a flawless versatility in any environment, which was a decisive and crucial ability for the cephalopods in the race for survival of the fittest.
The octopus has an impressive genome structure, almost as large as a human but with many more protein-coding genes, about 33000, compared to our’s 25000 (some sources say that we might have even less than calculated initially, only 14000). Add 168 neuron development regulating genes (almost twice as many as any mammal) and you get an embodiment of intelligence that swims gracefuly among the lesser creatures that roam the oceans. The neural network consists of half a billion neurons, from which two-thirds spread out from the head to the prehensile arms, without the need of spinal cords, like we see in the vertebrates.
One of the most fascinating aspects regarding the nervous system is that if an arm is dismembered, it can still execute cognitive tasks, as if it would develop a self-dependent nervous system in each arm. This unique feature has given us an example of ultimate biological engineering.
To clear out the mystery behind its rapid chamelonic behavior, the scientists have identified six protein genes called “reflectins” which influence the way light reflects from the octopus’s skin, displaying various textures, pattern or brightness.
The discoveries belong to researchers of the University of Chicago who carried out the Octopus Genome Project with a member of the California two-spot octopus for initial analysis. In the same period, a similar project took place in Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, both research groups aiming for breaking down the genome. Luckily, the two teams joined their knowledge pool for a mutual support in the research that focused on the DNA structure of the cephalopods that revolved around the sequence of the first genome, revealing astonishing results.
The scientific report that concluded the octopuses share alien genes have been somewhat groundshaking in the scientific world which caused an upheaval among the marine biologists who were shocked and intrigued at the same time, at the fact that apparently we’ve had under our very own nose the whole time, a link to humanity’s greatest mysteries in the field of science.
Octopuses are aliens, or at least their genetic baggage is. This headline is not something you see everyday in the world of science. After the release to publicity of such statements, the media created a hype around the subject that required a thorough clarification, on a deeper level, in order to eliminate any confusion.
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Het mysterie rond Göbekli Tepe: technologische hoogstandjes uit de oudheid en tijdreizen
Het mysterie rond Göbekli Tepe: technologische hoogstandjes uit de oudheid en tijdreizen
Technologische hoogstandjes uit de oudheid, tijdreizen, zelfactiverende machines, terravorming en gelekte topgeheime documenten. Een 12.000 jaar oud archeologisch object stelt onderzoekers nog altijd voor een raadsel.
Linda Moulton Howe reisde af naar de Turks-Syrische grens om een bezoek te brengen aan Göbekli Tepe. Rond 1962 ontdekte men er een aantal metershoge versierde pilaren die cirkelvormige of ovale bouwwerken vormen.
Het bergheiligdom is met een ouderdom van 12.000 jaar het oudst bekende tempelcomplex ter wereld. Sinds 1994 doet het Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in samenwerking met het museum van Sanliurfa onder leiding van dr. Klaus Schmidt opgravingen en onderzoek.
Het complex is twee keer zo oud als bouwwerken die in Egypte, Soemerië en Engeland zijn gevonden. Onderzoekers speculeren dat Göbekli Tepe, Stonehenge en andere steencirkels en piramides zelfactiverende machines kunnen zijn die zijn achtergelaten door een buitenaardse intelligentie die lang geleden de aarde heeft geterravormd.
In deze video presenteert Emmy-winnares en onderzoeksjournalist Linda Moulton Howe het nieuwste onderzoek over Göbekli Tepe en topgeheime stukken over de commerciële toepassing van buitenaardse technologie die zijn gelekt door een anonieme wetenschapper.
Green UFO Caught During Sunset Over Water Dam, Pennsylvania, May 16, 2016, UFO Sightings News.
Green UFO Caught During Sunset Over Water Dam, Pennsylvania, May 16, 2016, UFO Sightings News.
Date of sighting: May 16, 2016 Location of sighting: Quemahoning Dam, Pennsylvania, USA This photo was sent yesterday by a reader here at UFO Sightings Daily. The person was at a famous camping area at Quemahoning Dam, PA. The person took a photo during sunset and caught a UFO by accident hovering over the water. UFOs as I have said before are most often seen during sunset, due to the sun sitting at a 90 degree angle to the person so cloaked craft become visible for a few minutes. This one probably was caught exiting or entering the water. An awesome UFO photo. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Eyewitness states: Quemahoning Dam. I took a pic of the sun going down and two days later I noticed a green dot in the pic. When I zoomed in on it, this is what was there. I never saw it while taking the pic.
After countless fictional scenarios of humans making contact with alien civilisations, you'd think we'd be prepared for actually discovering one. But finding intelligent life beyond the Earth is clearly likely to be one of the most shattering moments in the history of our species.
So if you've just discovered an alien civilisation, how should you go about breaking the news? This is a momentous task, and I have been involved in developing some guidelines for the scientists who are involved in searching for extraterrestrial life. The research is due to be published in the journal Acta Astronautica.
With the millions of dollars currently being invested in initiatives such the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), some would argue it is only a matter of time before we do come across intelligent life. I'm personally not convinced, but pessimism isn't enough to abandon a search. The scientific method requires us to test our hypotheses with observation and experiment – regardless of our initial prejudices.
If we ever do find signs of intelligent life, I don't expect it to be a message from an alien civilisation or a landing party. It will probably be something a little more prosaic, such as signs of artificial pollution in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It may even take the form of enormous structures built in space to collect energy and provide habitats.
Artist impression of an alien megstructureDanielle Futselaar/SETI International
I showed in some work a few years ago that we would be able to see such megastructures in exoplanet transit data, such as that gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope. True enough, Kepler did see weird objects such as Tabby's Star, KIC 8426582, with features similar to those predicted would come from artificial structures. But like most astronomers, I'm still a sceptic – a swarm of comets around Tabby's Star producing incredible changes in brightness is still the more sensible interpretation.
What's really encouraging about this, though, is that it shows SETI can be done "on the cheap", taking advantage of publicly available astronomical data to search for aliens. For a pessimist like me, this seems like a much more appropriate strategy.
The flurry of internet activity surrounding Tabby's star – blogs, tweets, news stories and theKickstarter campaign to encourage the public to support further observations – demonstrate how different the world has become since SETI began around 60 years ago.
Super-connected world
If evidence of extraterrestrial life ever came to us from the stars, what should the discoverers do next? This is something astrobiologists have pondered for decades. In 1989, a committee of SETI scientists even drew up a set of post-detection protocols to guide scientists through the steps after discovery. These steps include getting your colleagues to verify the discovery, and notifying "relevant national authorities" (precisely who this means is unclear to me), followed by the scientific community and then the public via a press release.
However, this set of guidelines was written before the age of the internet. Back then, we got our news via the paper or the TV screen. Even 24-hour news was in its infancy. Nowadays, the news world is a fragmented sphere of articles placed on our devices and in our feeds via a variety of social media tools, shared by our friends and family. Data flows extremely rapidly, and easily gets amplified and distorted.
That is why my colleague Alexander Scholz and I decided to take another look at the issue, asking how the SETI post-detection protocols should change to reflect our super-connected world. We quickly realised that scientists need guidance before starting the experiment, let alone after making a detection. It is now common practice for new scientific projects to set up a blog about their work, and this will be essential for SETI. The blog should include a clear description of what a certain project will do, and what the criteria are for a successful detection, a false positive and no detection. This would help journalists and the public alike to avoid misinterpreting the results.
ET, are you there? The Green Bank Telescope is one of many radio telescopes being used by SETI to detect alien radio signalsJarek Tuszynski / Wikimedia Commons
The individuals involved need to be credible communicators of their work, so maintaining good digital presence in the early stages is very helpful. We also recommend they update their security settings to protect against nefarious individuals broadcasting their personal information – which is sadly a real risk these days.
If a team is lucky enough to make even an unconfirmed, tentative detection, they must be sure to have nothing to hide. Leaks are unavoidable, and alarmingly rapid. Nobody wants an "aliens found" story that turns out to be false. The best way to do this is to publish data immediately. If it's very clear that the detection is unconfirmed, and natural or man-made causes can't be ruled out, then there is no room for conspiracy theorists to wail about the scientists' collusion with the men in black(an accusation flung at me more than once). It also gives other scientists the chance to check the work, and verify the detection.
Of course, we've all seen some of the comments on YouTube or other media sites – there are numpties everywhere, and there is seemingly no stopping good scientific discussion being twisted into inexplicable diatribes and vile hate speech. Therefore, the most important piece of advice for scientists is to be involved in the conversation.
If a publicised detection turns out to be false, the team should immediately make a public statement making it clear that no aliens have been discovered and why. They should even publish a paper retracting it if they have to.
But whoever discovers intelligent life should also prepare for it to swallow up the rest of their life – there isn't going to be time for much else. Their new job will instead be to help humanity come to terms with its new identity, as just one of multiple intelligent civilisations in the universe.
After countless fictional scenarios of humans making contact with alien civilisations, you'd think we'd be prepared for actually discovering one. But finding intelligent life beyond the Earth is clearly likely to be one of the most shattering moments in the history of our species.
So if you've just discovered an alien civilisation, how should you go about breaking the news? This is a momentous task, and I have been involved in developing some guidelines for the scientists who are involved in searching for extraterrestrial life. The research is due to be published in the journal Acta Astronautica.
With the millions of dollars currently being invested in initiatives such the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), some would argue it is only a matter of time before we do come across intelligent life. I'm personally not convinced, but pessimism isn't enough to abandon a search. The scientific method requires us to test our hypotheses with observation and experiment – regardless of our initial prejudices.
If we ever do find signs of intelligent life, I don't expect it to be a message from an alien civilisation or a landing party. It will probably be something a little more prosaic, such as signs of artificial pollution in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It may even take the form of enormous structures built in space to collect energy and provide habitats.
Artist impression of an alien megstructureDanielle Futselaar/SETI International
I showed in some work a few years ago that we would be able to see such megastructures in exoplanet transit data, such as that gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope. True enough, Kepler did see weird objects such as Tabby's Star, KIC 8426582, with features similar to those predicted would come from artificial structures. But like most astronomers, I'm still a sceptic – a swarm of comets around Tabby's Star producing incredible changes in brightness is still the more sensible interpretation.
What's really encouraging about this, though, is that it shows SETI can be done "on the cheap", taking advantage of publicly available astronomical data to search for aliens. For a pessimist like me, this seems like a much more appropriate strategy.
The flurry of internet activity surrounding Tabby's star – blogs, tweets, news stories and theKickstarter campaign to encourage the public to support further observations – demonstrate how different the world has become since SETI began around 60 years ago.
Super-connected world
If evidence of extraterrestrial life ever came to us from the stars, what should the discoverers do next? This is something astrobiologists have pondered for decades. In 1989, a committee of SETI scientists even drew up a set of post-detection protocols to guide scientists through the steps after discovery. These steps include getting your colleagues to verify the discovery, and notifying "relevant national authorities" (precisely who this means is unclear to me), followed by the scientific community and then the public via a press release.
However, this set of guidelines was written before the age of the internet. Back then, we got our news via the paper or the TV screen. Even 24-hour news was in its infancy. Nowadays, the news world is a fragmented sphere of articles placed on our devices and in our feeds via a variety of social media tools, shared by our friends and family. Data flows extremely rapidly, and easily gets amplified and distorted.
That is why my colleague Alexander Scholz and I decided to take another look at the issue, asking how the SETI post-detection protocols should change to reflect our super-connected world. We quickly realised that scientists need guidance before starting the experiment, let alone after making a detection. It is now common practice for new scientific projects to set up a blog about their work, and this will be essential for SETI. The blog should include a clear description of what a certain project will do, and what the criteria are for a successful detection, a false positive and no detection. This would help journalists and the public alike to avoid misinterpreting the results.
ET, are you there? The Green Bank Telescope is one of many radio telescopes being used by SETI to detect alien radio signalsJarek Tuszynski / Wikimedia Commons
The individuals involved need to be credible communicators of their work, so maintaining good digital presence in the early stages is very helpful. We also recommend they update their security settings to protect against nefarious individuals broadcasting their personal information – which is sadly a real risk these days.
If a team is lucky enough to make even an unconfirmed, tentative detection, they must be sure to have nothing to hide. Leaks are unavoidable, and alarmingly rapid. Nobody wants an "aliens found" story that turns out to be false. The best way to do this is to publish data immediately. If it's very clear that the detection is unconfirmed, and natural or man-made causes can't be ruled out, then there is no room for conspiracy theorists to wail about the scientists' collusion with the men in black(an accusation flung at me more than once). It also gives other scientists the chance to check the work, and verify the detection.
Of course, we've all seen some of the comments on YouTube or other media sites – there are numpties everywhere, and there is seemingly no stopping good scientific discussion being twisted into inexplicable diatribes and vile hate speech. Therefore, the most important piece of advice for scientists is to be involved in the conversation.
If a publicised detection turns out to be false, the team should immediately make a public statement making it clear that no aliens have been discovered and why. They should even publish a paper retracting it if they have to.
But whoever discovers intelligent life should also prepare for it to swallow up the rest of their life – there isn't going to be time for much else. Their new job will instead be to help humanity come to terms with its new identity, as just one of multiple intelligent civilisations in the universe.
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Barack Obama To Reveal UFO, Alien Information Kept Secret For 20 Years?
Barack Obama To Reveal UFO, Alien Information Kept Secret For 20 Years?
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician serving as the 44th President of the United States. Wikimedia Commons/Steve Jurvetson
Obama's last days in the office might be defined by an extra-terrestrial revelation. According to reports, the US commander in chief has been close to announcing an alien and UFO activity before he steps down from his post.
The US President is affected by the same revelation promises made by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her campaign. In relation to this, executive director Stephen Bassett of the US-based Paradigm Research Group believes that there might be a huge announcement in the days to come, adding that David Cameron will also follow suit. Bassett has been trying to persuade the White House to give the details that have been kept for 20 years. The 69-year-old Bassett believes that this is the greatest news story ever been broken, and that he thinks that Obama's revelation will be a Nobel Prize worthy.
Obama's possible revelation would happen just months following Clinton's statement in a US talk show saying that she was eager on the transparency of information about UFOs and ET, Express reported.
Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Clinton spoke in Jimmy Kimmer Live as is reportedly leading the race against Berni Sanders for party nomination for the upcoming election in November. Just like her husband Bill, who also guested on the show in 2014 and was also asked if he has ever been into UFOs or in Area 51, which is a top secret air base rumored to back engineer an alien craft. Bill answered "sort of" and said he did not see dead aliens.
Hilary Clinton said that there is already a new name for UFO, which is unexplained aerial phenomena. She stated that she would want everyone to see the files and make every information public, saying that if there is nothing in the file, then people should be made aware. But she added that if there is something found there, it should be shared with the public unless it is going to be a national security risk, according to 12 News.
UFO hunters have declared that footage apparently showing a fleet of glowing orb UFOs over the city of Minsk in Belarus is proof of alien UFO and ET visitation to Earth. But skeptics have suggested that the footage likely shows Chinese lanterns.
The footage, showing an alleged fleet of bright or glowing orb UFOs, was recorded over a motorway and later over tower blocks in the city of Minsk and uploaded to YouTube on May 25, 2016, by alien hunter Ovnis Actuales.
It has drawn the attention of members of the online UFO community some of whom have challenged skeptics to explain away what they claim to be undeniable evidence of extraterrestrial craft hovering over a city in Belarus.
“Where are all the trolls with their stupid explanations?” a UFO believer Rio Angel taunts skeptics. “When they see film like this they hide under rocks shaking.”
“Where are all the trolls with their stupid explanations? When they see film like this they hide under rocks shaking.”
Commenting on the bizarre daylight sighting, UFO blogger Scott C. Waring notes that glowing orb UFOs are among the most commonly sighted worldwide and in space. UFO hunters have often reported sighting orb UFOs near the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit.
“The most common UFOs seen are glowing large orbs,” he writes. “These light up and disappear almost in sync.”
“I wish we had more footage and more info about this one. It is awesome that the person stopped their car and got out to record this. It is not recorded through glass, but just a normal view from the side of the road,” he adds.
UFO hunters have noted that the footage is reminiscent of the sighting of a fleet of mysterious UFOs over the famous port city of Osaka, Japan, in July, 2015.
TheInquisitr reported at the time that the bizarre footage shot over Osaka shows a swarm of about 10 mysterious orb UFOs floating silently over the city.
The footage sparked endless debate and speculation among UFO enthusiasts. But many agreed that the difficulty encountered in interpreting the footage was due to its poor quality.
However, some viewers suggested that the orbs could be white-colored balloons floating in the wind. Others compared the sighting to orb UFOs that appeared over Hyde Park in London the previous month. Pointing attention to the similarities between both sightings some UFO enthusiasts suggested there could be a link.
Was there an alien race conducting systematic surveillance flights over selected cities, some enthusiasts wondered.
The sighting over Hyde Park also drew the attention of the mainstream media because the orbs appeared for a few seconds and disappeared mysteriously in a manner that suggested that they were not ordinary man-made objects, such as balloons or Chinese lanterns.
Some UFO enthusiasts argued that the disappearance was due to a phenomenon that UFO researchers term “cloaking,” a reference to technology allegedly employed by ET visitors to disguise or hide their UFOs and make them invisible to human observers.
A favorite method of “cloaking” employed by alien visitors, according to UFO researchers, involves disguising UFO spacecraft as lenticular clouds.
A sighting of glowing orb UFOs also occurred in January, 2015, over Western Massachusetts. Footage captured on January 19, 2015, which went viral online, showed an orb UFO hovering over a building. The mysterious orb then released what appeared to be a smaller orb which flew off in a different direction.
Then some seconds later in the video the orb UFO released more orbs.
However, some skeptics claimed that the video was a CGI hoax.
Recently, a witness in Fairbanks, Alaska, filmed a mysterious UFO releasing multiple orbs mid-air before disappearing mysteriously (see YouTube below).
Multiple sightings of glowing orbs releasing smaller orbs over several locations in the country have sparked speculation among members of the UFO community that a stealth alien invasion of Earth could be underway, and that an alien species could be dropping “landing pods” containing alien invaders over multiple locations as part of efforts to plant sleeper cells of alien invaders across the country.
UFO conspiracy theorists have always claimed that there are aliens living among us on Earth in disguise.
Skeptics have often tried to explain away sightings of glowing orb UFOs as Chinese lanterns, balloons, flares, or parachutes with lights.
“Yupp Chinese laterns, now we have SuperBrite LEDs, small lithium batteries and a helium filled balloon and you can have all sorts of fun.”
“Have these idiots ever heard of Chinese lanterns?”
But UFO hunters have scoffed at consistent attempts to explain away orb UFOs as Chinese lanterns, saying that while some sightings could be Chinese lanterns or similar man-made floating objects, not all cases could be explained so easily.
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28-05-2016
NASA Claim “Dozens” Of Advanced Civilisations Existed Before Us
NASA Claim “Dozens” Of Advanced Civilisations Existed Before Us
A new NASA study reveals that dozens of ancient advanced civilisations much like ours once existed on Earth, but they all came to an abrupt end.
The study suggests that humanity as we know it could come to an end in the next few decades based on the patterns observed with these previous civilisations.
If we look back in history, 3000 – 5000 years, we will find a historical record that clearly shows us how advanced and complex civilizations were just as susceptible to collapse as we are today. This ongoing pattern has led researchers to question the future existence of society and civilization as we know.
If we were to look back further back in time, over 10,000 years, we would encounter evidence of advanced civilizations that possibly predate the Pre-Inca, Olmec, and Ancient Egyptian civilization, not to mention other advanced ancient civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia.
It is difficult to overlook the repeating patterns identified by scholars in most of these civilizations and the NASA funded study is clear evidence of the path ancient civilizations on EArth have taken for thousands of years. This is considered by many people as a sign that clearly states that ancient civilizations have reset a number of times.
These factors have kept on repeating themselves and have been the culprit for ancient civilizations before us. In the report, applied mathematician Safa Motesharri and his “Human and Nature Dynamical” model claims that “the process of rise-and-collapse is actually a recurrent cycle found throughout history.”
“The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent.”
The study came to the conclusion that there are two key social features that contributed to the collapse of every single advanced civilization from the past: “the stretching of resources due to the strain placed on the ecological carrying capacity”; and “the economic stratification of society into Elites [rich] and Masses (or “Commoners”) [poor]” These social phenomena have played “a central role in the character or in the process of the collapse,” in all such cases over “the last five thousand years.”
Even though our civilizations is at a very advanced technological stage, this does not necessarily mean that we are saved from imminent chaos. In the study we find that “Technological change can raise the efficiency of resource use, but it also tends to raise both per capita resource consumption and the scale of resource extraction, so that, absent policy effects, the increases in consumption often compensate for the increased efficiency of resource use.”
One of the best examples of advanced ancient civilizations disappearing can be found in Mesoamerica.
If we take a look at the ancient Maya who were an extremely advanced ancient civilization we find that several factors played a crucial role for this once great empire to crumble eventually. While most researchers would agree that Deforestation, Famine and Drought where some of the key components in the failure of the ancient Maya, we find a similar pattern in other civilizations, not only I the Americas, but around the globe.
Motesharrei and his colleagues conclude that under conditions “closely reflecting the reality of the world today… we find that collapse is difficult to avoid.” In the first of these scenarios, civilization:
“…. appears to be on a sustainable path for quite a long time, but even using an optimal depletion rate and starting with a very small number of Elites, the Elites eventually consume too much, resulting in a famine among Commoners that eventually causes the collapse of society. It is important to note that this Type-L collapse is due to an inequality-induced famine that causes a loss of workers, rather than a collapse of Nature.”
This article was originally published in 2016 and is frequently updated
WETENSCHAPWetenschappers zijn er voor het eerst in geslaagd rechtstreeks belangrijke organische verbindingen te detecteren in een komeet. De ontdekking versterkt het idee dat het leven op aarde lang geleden ontstond nadat een komeetinslag de nodige chemische bouwstenen naar hier bracht.
'Aminozuren zijn overal, en op vele plaatsen in het heelal kan dus mogelijk leven ontstaan'
Kathrin Altwegg, onderzoeker
De ontdekking gebeurde met behulp van het ESA-ruimtetuig Rosetta, dat nog tot september de atmosfeer van de komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko onderzoekt. De apparatuur aan boord van Rosetta deed meerdere vaststellingen van het aminozuur glycine in de wolk van gas en stof die de komeet omhult. Dat aminozuur wordt door levende organismen gebruikt om eiwitten aan te maken.
In het verleden werd glycine al indirect gedetecteerd. In 2006 keerden stalen terug naar de aarde van een andere komeet, Wild 2. Maar besmettingsproblemen nadat de stalen in de woestijn in Utah geland waren, bemoeilijkten de wetenschappelijke analyse.
"Nu we glycine hebben gevonden op meer dan één komeet, weten we zeker dat dit geen uitzondering is", zegt Kathrin Altwegg van de universiteit van Bern die het onderzoek, gepubliceerd in Science Advances, leidde.
De ontdekking impliceert dat glycine veel voorkomt op plekken in het heelal waar sterren en planeten zich hebben gevormd, zegt Altwegg. "Aminozuren zijn overal, en op vele plaatsen in het heelal kan dus mogelijk leven ontstaan."
Naast glycine vonden de onderzoekers rond 67P ook fosfor, een sleutelelement in alle levende organismen, en andere organische moleculen. Het was de eerste keer dat fosfor gevonden werd in een komeet.
"Meer nodig dan aminozuren"
Wetenschappers buigen zich al lang over de vraag hoe het leven op aarde miljarden jaren geleden ontstaan is. Een van de meest populaire hypothesen is dat kometen en planetoïden met hun organische moleculen in de oceanen van de aarde gestort zijn.
De nieuwe studie voedt die hypothese. Toch is er nog meer onderzoek nodig, zeggen de wetenschappers. "Je hebt meer nodig dan aminozuren om een levende cel te vormen", aldus Altwegg. "Het is de veelheid aan moleculen die de ingrediënten voor leven uitmaken."
Rosetta beëindigt haar twee jaar durende missie op 67P in september, wanneer ze rakelings langs de komeet vliegt om daarna neer te storten op zijn oppervlak.
Ook op onze buurplaneet Mars is er een klimaatswijziging geweest. Op de noordelijke pool van het hemellichaam zijn aanwijzingen gevonden van een ijstijd die tot zowat 370.000 jaar heeft geduurd, zo staat in het jongste nummer van het wetenschappelijke vakblad Science.
Op de noordelijke pool van Mars zou er zich in het verleden ongeveer 87.000 kubieke kilometer ijs hebben gevormd, voldoende om de hele planeet met een zestig cm dikke ijskorst te bedekken, berichtte een onderzoeksteam rond Isaac Smith van het Southwest Research Institute in Boulder in de Amerikaanse staat Colorado.
De vondst, dankzij data van de Amerikaanse sonde Mars Reconaissance Orbiter, is ook van belang voor een mogelijke bemande missie naar Mars en de inplanting van een habitat. Water zal immers een beslissende factor zijn, zeggen de wetenschappers.
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UFO LANDT IN BOLIVIA EN ALIEN STAPT UIT ( VIDEO )
UFO LANDT IN BOLIVIA EN ALIEN STAPT UIT ( VIDEO )
Het gebeurt niet vaak dat er talloze getuigen zijn die een vreemd licht in de lucht waarnemen, wat niet alleen een vliegende UFO blijkt te zijn, maar ook één die landt.
Na de landing zien drie jongens hoe er een vreemd uitziende alien uit de UFO stapt.
Er is een zeer vreemd, maar wel interessant verhaal opgedoken uit Zuid Amerika.
In een stad in Bolivia zeggen de bewoners dat ze een alien uit een UFO hebben zien stappen en dat die daarna bij hen door de buurt liep.
Drie studenten zeggen dat ze een vreemd mysterieus object zagen rondcirkelen boven de stad Santa Cruz iets meer dan een week geleden en dat deze vervolgens rond tien uur ’s avonds landde.
De getuigen zeggen dat ze vervolgens een alien uit het toestel hebben zien stappen en dat deze weer snel probeerde terug te gaan toen hij in de gaten kreeg dat hij was ontdekt.
Het begon allemaal toen de drie studenten die onderweg waren naar huis opeens een vreemd licht aan de hemel zagen. Vervolgens kwam dit licht min of meer recht naar beneden en verdween achter een boom.
Volgens een andere vrouw hoorden ze een luid geluid en viel alle elektriciteit in de omgeving uit. Volgens deze vrouw “viel” het vreemde object plotseling uit de lucht.
Het schijnt dat dit buitenaardse wezen niet al te groot was en er ook niet bepaald aantrekkelijk uit zag. Het scheen hele lange vingers te hebben en probeerde zelfs in een boom te klimmen.
Wat niet helemaal duidelijk is, is hoe dit verhaal verder af liep. Misschien wordt dat duidelijk uit de onderstaande televisiereportage die wij helaas niet goed kunnen verstaan omdat het in het Spaans is.
Wat wel duidelijk is uit dit alles is dat er in dat stadje in Bolivia werkelijk iets is gebeurd die avond.
En dat die alien in de problemen moet hebben gezeten om op deze manier met zijn UFO te landen midden in een bewoonde stad.
Globular UFO Over Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Caught On Live Cam, May 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Globular UFO Over Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Caught On Live Cam, May 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: May 23, 2016 Time: 21:22 or 9:22pm Location of sighting: Mexico Source Live Cam:http://www.webcamsdemexico.com This video is from a live cam which takes still shots every few seconds. I believe the area and cam used is the Puerto Vallarta Sur area. I have uses a lot of these cams before in search for UFOs and I am amazed at this globular UFO thats has glowing orbs around it surface. I believe it was seen only because it was nighttime and it passed by a camera that switches on some infrared LEDs (flashlight beams out) and was caught as it flew past the camera.This is new...I've never seen this type of UFO before, wow, just wow! This is a great video by SecureTeam10 with some interesting insight into the UFO. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
Mexican Musician Records "UFO fleet" On April 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Mexican Musician Records "UFO fleet" On April 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: April 18, 2016 Location of sighting: Tijuana, Mexico News source:http://inexplicata.blogspot.tw This group of UFOs probably felt they wanted to send the people on the ground a message...to show that they were friendly. The UFOs actually formed a happy face for about 5-8 seconds, then broke formation. What is more universal than a smile? That is communication. Awesome catch, with a more awesome message. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
Inexplicata News states: What this video uploaded to YouTube clearly depicts are unidentified flying objects. Therefore, the term "UFO fleet" fits perfectly. It was recorded in the skies over Tijuana, Mexico - an area that has drawn the attention of many experts of the UFO phenomenon, since in recent years, sighting reports have become incessant. The recording was made on the night of April 18, 2016 in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, by corrido music artist Charly STPX, who after rehearsing with his band near the pier, became aware of some lights hanging in the air only meters over the sea. These images were shared on YouTube and over a dozen luminous objects can be seen, immediately leading them to believe it was a UFO fleet. The musician states this is the first time he's seen anything like it, as he has no knowledge of the UFO phenomenon. What caught the attention of hundreds of YouTube users (and of other social media outlets) is that the lights maintain a formation that resembles a "smiley face", causing many to say it was the "happiest UFO fleet in the galaxy." As can be heard on the video, Charly STPX hastens to explain that these are not "globos de Cantoya" (hot air balloons) which are popular in that region of Mexico. The YouTube video, which runs nearly 5 minutes, shows how the light formation descends and becomes lost in the horizon, which was still visible to eyewitnesses. Unfortunately, the cellphone camera was unable to capture some details described in teh video. The musicians knocked back a few beers to celebrate this close encounter of the first time.
UFO Over Volcano In El Salvador Recorded By Government On 2013, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Over Volcano In El Salvador Recorded By Government On 2013, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 2013 Location of sighting: Volcano Chaparrastique, San Migual, El Salvador News source:
http://www.elsalvador.com/articulo/trends/avistamiento-ovni-volcan-chaparrastique-113885 This UFO video was released 3 years late, but it was recorded by the MARN, an area of the El Salvador government that that was held back at the time it took place, but for some unknown reason, given to the public yesterday. It looks like world governments know that disclosure is coming, so they better mentally prepare their people. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
News states: A UFO in the Chaparrastique volcano? It would have happened during the eruption of the colossus, says expert. The video apparently captures the moment an unidentified flying object (UFO) flies over the top of the volcano Chaparrastique, while it is erupting, is circulating the web. You may be interested: 5 pictures of the eruption of San Miguel the video was taken by the monitoring station of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), it shows how this UFO prowls the sector and even stops for seconds and reappears above the crater. The sighting happened during the eruption the volcano in 2013 and the video was released today in the morning at Hola El Salvador.
British UFO Encounter: Aliens Interested in Nuclear Weapons
British UFO Encounter: Aliens Interested in Nuclear Weapons
Gary Heseltine is a recently retired police detective having served almost 24 years with the British Transport police in England. He came forward with astounding information which sheds new light on the most famous case in the Britain. The 56-year old claims that the extraterrestrials were interested in the nuclear weapons, which is why they visited the RAF Bentwaters. Throughout the incident, Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston says he was able to touch the small triangular vessel. He described the vessel as smooth to touch, but has strangled symbols that bear resemblance to The incident, which dubbed the Roswell, has made the front page of the currently defunct News and has sparked various documentaries. Gary worked for almost 24 years in the British Transport Police. He claims that Colonel Charles Halt, the deputy base commander, revealed the existence of the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in Suffolk airbase. In December 1980, aliens reportedly buzzed the Rendlesham Forest and USAF base for over three nights. Two nights later, the mysterious object returned, and Col Halt led a group of experts. Based on his recordings, he called the object as a red winking eye.
A few years later, he filed a detailed memo about the encounter to the British Ministry of Defence. The memo was under the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act. Among the controversial stories, the most controversial are the reports about the extraterrestrial creatures firing beams in the weapons storage area. This retired officer claims that Col Halt told him that the high-ranking official of the USAF has made the shocking revelation as they toured the base. Unfortunately, when Colt Halt was asked, he denied the Gary’s claim stating that he never revealed anything to Gary. The US and UK governments created a policy of neither denying nor confirming that tool of the mass destruction was at the base.
Despite his denial, explanations were made to support Gary’s statement. First is the incident that took place in December 1980 wherein the base was on high alert because Soviet troops were on the border of Poland. This rationale is the motive as to why extraterrestrial beings turned to the base. The most recent information was from the two retired operators claiming that an unidentified object traveled 8 seconds at 120 miles.
Students and Residents Claim Seeing An Alien Climb A Tree Before Fleeing
Students and Residents Claim Seeing An Alien Climb A Tree Before Fleeing
A mysterious humanoid was observed coming out from a UFO, climbed a tree, and then jumped back on board the strange object. Three students claimed to have seen the entire bizarre activity in Santa Cruz – a city in Argentina.
According to the report, they saw the UFO circling the area before making a landing. The witnesses had claimed that the humanoid seemed to notice them before it decided to get back quickly on board.
The students were on their way home from school when the event took place.
One female witness said that it started with a bright light in the sky when the impossible happened. The UFO came down and eventually landed.
Another woman said she heard a deafening sound and saw the UFO went down and disappeared.
Residents also claimed to have seen the UFO, which crashed on Calle 2 of the district. They said a weird being climbed a tree.
Another shocked woman described the being as small and gooey, which extended its arms and climbed a tree. The woman added that it had long fingers.
The very unusual activity reportedly happened at 10 pm on Friday in the El Dorado District of the El Bastion Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Some suspected that the students just started a hoax, but one resident even provided a drawing of the so-called alien being.
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