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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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...
02-10-2016
If your friends are talking about UFOs, you're more likely to spot one
If your friends are talking about UFOs, you're more likely to spot one
Human brains are pattern-finding machines, but they don’t always get it right. (Photo: Ben Husmann/flickr)
Suppose your friend tells you about a recent UFO sighting in your area. That night you notice an unusual slow-moving light in the sky. Ordinarily, you’d dismiss it as a human aircraft, but tonight you wonder if it’s extraterrestrial. A week later you discover an odd, circular patch of dead grass in your yard — shaped something like a “flying saucer.” The next night you swear you hear strange humming noises outside and soft “alien-like” footsteps below your bedroom window. More and more, these events seem linked to UFOs.
Experts call this apophenia, and, simply put, it’s the human tendency to make connections or see patterns where none exist.
Why does this happen?
Humans are wired to spot patterns in our environment. Our ancestors used this skill to glean information about the seasons, animal migrations, weather phenomena and the location of natural resources that helped them survive.
Unfortunately, our pattern-recognition machinery sometimes turns up connections that aren’t there. From an evolutionary perspective it makes sense that we’d occasionally get it wrong. After all, it’s better that our minds continually detect clues (even random or unrelated clues) than fail to see them altogether. Not recognizing where predators typically hide, for example, can get you eaten. So periodic “false positives” are the price we pay for security, an unfortunate but necessary by-product of our need to survive and find meaning in a chaotic world.
Connecting the dots about where dangerous predators hide and learning to spot them helped our ancestors survive. (Photo:Jonathan P/flickr)
Examples of apophenia
Our brain’s ability to discern meaningful patterns has continued to be an important survival skill in the modern world. And thankfully, most of our false positives are relatively harmless. For example, there’s a type of apophenia called pareidolia, which is when you spy a lamb in the clouds or an old man in the moon or the face of Jesus on a piece of toast.
Of course, glimpsing nonexistent patterns can also lead you down a dark path. One example is latching onto supernatural or magical explanations for phenomena that don’t seem explainable via science, terrifying yourself and others.
Then there’s the gambler’s fallacy — the belief that if something happens a lot then things will soon balance out so it happens less. Or vice versa. Take a coin toss. If you get five heads in a row, you may believe you’re more likely to get tails next time. But your chance of getting heads (using a fair coin) is exactly the same each time — 50/50.
Or how about the “hot hand fallacy,” the tendency to believe that previous success means you’re on a roll? This type of cognitive misfire is especially dangerous if you believe your good luck at the roulette wheel or picking stocks means you can’t lose in the future.
In science, apophenia may cause researchers seeking a big discovery to glom onto evidence of order that doesn't exist or to ignore findings that don’t support their hypothesis. According to one study, 24-40 percent of published research on strategic management might not reach the same conclusions if repeated. The peril lies in trumpeting results that aren’t true — for instance, that a new drug eradicates cancer or that vaccines cause autism. The result may be that you choose to undergo an ineffective treatment instead of opting for something proven or shun preventive therapies that could save lives later on.
A related tendency is noticing selective facts and concocting an entire belief system. For example, someone may think a three-week cold spell means global warming isn’t real, or begin trafficking in conspiracy theories, which can range from the fairly benign claim that Elvis faked his own death to delusional Holocaust denial.
Pareidolia is a type of apophenia that causes us to see faces in rocks, shapes in the clouds and George Washington’s image on a grilled cheese sandwich. (Photo: Joshua Tree National Park/flickr)
Other research indicates that apophenia may also be related to over-activation of the brain’s right hemisphere (the seat of creativity and artistic senses), and may be more common in people with higher dopamine levels, a brain chemical that stimulates you to seek out pleasurable activities, improves memory, boosts motivation and helps you focus.
Is apophenia ever good?
Uncovering patterns that others don’t see may be more common in those suffering from mental illness, but it doesn’t always stoke dangerous delusional thinking. This brain “glitch” might also be the fuel behind creativity, imagination and visionary flights of fancy. Think of a poet’s whimsical metaphors or artistic symbolism in a painting. Or how about epiphanies, which bring sudden intuitive insights about the world’s interconnectedness? As many have long believed, mental illness and creativity really do seem to share a common brain pathway.
Do the patterns that creative types and dreamers see really exist? Maybe only for them, at least initially, but when shared with others, they often provide new perceptions, usher in scientific discoveries and bring greater wisdom. Apophenia only treads on precarious ground when we pick and choose the patterns we notice and fail to connect all the dots, or act out destructively based on our perceptions.
How to avoid self-deception
You’re more likely to “stumble upon” counterproductive non-existent patterns when you wish something were true or it serves a narrative you want to tell — like you’re on a lucky streak or your favorite celebrity didn’t die or the research theory you staked your career on isn’t wrong. Connecting all the dots requires keeping an open mind, looking at something from all sides and being willing to accept new information or evidence as it comes along. A little skeptical scrutiny and broad-mindedness goes a long way in keeping apophenia out of the danger zone.
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01-10-2016
Dream Chaser Space Plane to Fly United Nations Mission in 2021
Dream Chaser Space Plane to Fly United Nations Mission in 2021
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Artist’s illustration of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane in Earth orbit.
Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation
A private space plane is set to fly the United Nations' first-ever space mission five years from now.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) are teaming up to launch a two-week robotic mission to low-Earth orbit in 2021 using the company's Dream Chaser spacecraft, representatives of both organizations announced Tuesday (Sept. 27).
"One of UNOOSA's core responsibilities is to promote international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space," UNOOSA Director Simonetta Di Pippo said in a statement.
"I am proud to say that one of the ways UNOOSA will achieve this, in cooperation with our partner SNC, is by dedicating an entire microgravity mission to United Nations member states, many of which do not have the infrastructure or financial backing to have a stand-alone space program," she added.
The 2021 mission is targeted primarily at developing nations, but any U.N. member states can apply to put a payload on board. Nations whose experiments are chosen will be asked to foot part of the mission's total bill, though poorer countries will likely receive a price break, Sierra Nevada representatives said. UNOOSA and Sierra Nevada are also looking for sponsors to help fund the mission.
Over the next year, the two organizations will hash out details of the mission, which "will provide United Nations member states with the ability to access space in a cost-effective and collaborative manner within a few short years," Di Pippo said. "The possibilities are endless."
The 30-foot-long (9 meters) Dream Chaser looks like a much smaller version of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter. Like the space shuttle, Dream Chaser launches vertically, lands horizontally on a runway and is reusable.
Dream Chaser can carry up to seven passengers, but it's also a cargo-hauling craft; indeed, NASA recently selected the uncrewed version of Dream Chaser to provide resupply and trash-disposal services to the International Space Station.
A Vermont witness at St. Albans reported watching an object hover alongside her second-floor balcony that could not be identified, according to testimony in Case 79413 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness said her daughter first saw the object floating just a few feet from their second floor balcony in St. Albans, VT, on September 15, 2016.
(Credit: Google)
The events occurred beginning about 7:15 p.m. on September 15, 2016.
“I was at home with my 9-year-old daughter and my husband,” the witness stated.“My husband was in the shower and did not witness any of this event. I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready, and my daughter was in the living room watching TV. The living room has a sliding glass door that opens to our second floor balcony.”
The witness first heard a noise outside.
“It sounded like there were a couple of motorcycles, maybe across the road in the sports complex’s parking lot, that were revving their engines or something. It was kind of loud, and a little disruptive, but I didn’t pay too much attention to it, since there is a fair amount of traffic where we live. After a couple of minutes, my daughter said to me, ‘Hey, Mom, it’s a helicopter.’ I said, ‘Oh yeah?’ I really wasn’t interested in stopping what I was doing to look at a helicopter, but I did to make her happy.”
The witness went to see what her daughter was looking at.
“You can imagine my surprise when I went into the living room to look out the sliding glass door to see a helicopter in the sky, but instead saw an object hovering literally right next to the left corner post of our balcony. The object could not have been any more than 10 feet away from us, maximum.”
The witness quickly reacted.
“I became quite alarmed and gruffly told my daughter to get inside and away from the glass. I looked back over at the object, which continued to hover momentarily. It was solid black in the front. It could not have had any propellers on it because the object was so close that the propellers would have been striking the building. Also, I did not feel any wind or breeze coming from the direction of the object. The glass door was open to my balcony, so I would have felt something coming through the screen. My hair did not even move.”
The object hovered momentarily before lifting off straight up into the air.
(Credit: Google)
The witness then had a second look at the object.
“After telling my daughter to move away, and then turning to look back at the object, it went from a hovering position, to a straight up vertical ascent, extremely fast. In this position the object had an egg-shaped front, with a long thin part extending toward the back, connected at the back, top part, maybe eight feet long? Not sure. The extension part looked like it had some red color on it. The object ascended straight up, and then started to turn like it was going to go upside down.”
The witness thought the object might crash.
“I became concerned that it was going to crash on the ground. Then a light army green-colored helicopter (a real one) was traveling over our building coming from the south and headed north. As the green helicopter went over-head, the black and red object vanished. Literally. My daughter also saw the object ascend, since she had only moved away from the window, and did not go where I had wanted her to. “
Her daughter had more details to share.
“Later, my daughter shared with me that she had seen the object arrive, starting at the east end of our balcony and stopping at the west end of it. Initially, I was pretty confused by what I had seen, and thought the object was a helicopter, as my daughter had thought. It all happened so unexpectedly and quickly.”
The witness noticed other odd occurrences.
“Also, I felt like my brain wasn’t really processing my observations like it normally would. Almost felt like I was a little bit ‘trance-like,’ which I think is why it took me a few days to sort out what I actually saw, backed up by my daughter’s observations, and come to terms with what happened. However, looking at all of the facts, there is no way the object could have been a helicopter.”
The daughter experienced problems after the incident.
“The next morning after the sighting of the object, my daughter woke in her bed with a bleeding nose. Also, she was very distressed, angry, agitated, and physically aggressive. She was one and-a-half hours late for school because I could not get her to calm down.”
The witness reports seeing other odd objects in the area recently. Pictured: St. Albans, VT.
(Credit: Google)
The witness explained her own feelings.
“My reactions and feeling were: Initially fear and concern. Why was someone in a helicopter hovering next to our balcony? Were we in danger? Then somewhat a feeling of awe watching it ascend so quickly, and also from what it looked like. Then concern again that it was making unsafe maneuvers and might crash. Then extreme confusion. Initially, it seemed like the object had turned into the green helicopter heading north. But, really it just vanished, as the helicopter was going over. I have to say, this has been an unsettling experience.”
The witness reports strange experiences locally from the past as well.
“The event happened after a series of sightings of strange lights, farther away, one of which had been on the ground across the road from us a few weeks prior. I am concerned that we could be confronted again. I just don’t know what to expect at this point. Trying to not dwell on it and focus on the blessings of each day. But, experiencing a lot of anxiety and stress, to be quite honest. Also, maybe a little curious, too.”
St. Albans is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, population 5,999. MUFON Vermont State Director Ken Pfeifer is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
DIAMANTACHTIGE UFO LAAT WANDELAARS SCHRIKKEN ( VIDEO )
DIAMANTACHTIGE UFO LAAT WANDELAARS SCHRIKKEN ( VIDEO )
Wanneer je gezellig met wat mensen in een bosrijke omgeving wandelt en er verschijnt opeens een vreemd object boven de bomen, dan is dat schrikken.
Dit gebeurde enkele dagen geleden in Mexico en UFO’s in deze vorm worden de laatste tijd op veel verschillende plaatsen waargenomen.
De vreemde niet geïdentificeerde objecten bij ons in de lucht vertonen soms vreemde vormen.
De meest bekende vorm van UFO’s zijn de zogenaamde klassieke retro vliegende schotelvorm, de cilindervormige UFO en de ronde die men meestal orb noemt.
Daarnaast worden er echter ook andere uitvoeringen waargenomen zoals driehoekige, maar soms ook diamant-vormige. Deze laatste zijn UFO’s die een soort ruit- of kruisvorm hebben.
Dit jaar worden er opvallend veel van dat soort UFO’s waargenomen en dat op verschillende plaatsen wereldwijd en zelfs daarbuiten zoals we zo meteen zullen zien.
De volgende opname is enkele dagen geleden gemaakt vlakbij de Mexicaanse plaats Veracruz en laat een dergelijke UFO zien.
De volgende opname is mooi, ook omdat je door de stemmen op de achtergrond kunt horen dat je hier met een echte waarneming hebt te maken. Honderd procent zekerheid is er met dit soort video's natuurlijk nooit, maar gezien de verbaasde en soms ook wat angstige reacties komt het geheel aardig geloofwaardig over.
Enkele maanden geleden reden een moeder en dochter op de snelweg bij het Australische Melbourne toen ze ook daar opeens een diamant-vormige UFO boven de bomen waarnamen.
Gelukkig slaagden ze erin om wat goede opnamen te maken en net zoals de UFO hierboven in Mexico vloog ook deze net boven de boomtoppen.
Weer enkele maanden daarvoor wordt een soortgelijke UFO waargenomen door Scott Waring bij het ISS ruimtestation.
Bovenstaande waarnemingen zijn allemaal van dit jaar, maar voor zover ons bekend is dit type UFO niet in Nederland of België waargenomen in die periode. Als we dat mis hebben, laat het ons weten.
En uiteraard heeft zoals gewoonlijk niemand enig idee wat voor objecten dit zijn, waar ze vandaan komen en wie ze bestuurt.
Goodbye, Rosetta! Spacecraft Crash-Lands on Comet in Epic Mission Finale
Goodbye, Rosetta! Spacecraft Crash-Lands on Comet in Epic Mission Finale
By Megan Gannon, Space.com Contributor
DARMSTADT, Germany — For the last two years, the Rosetta spacecraft has danced around a comet. Today, it finally made contact with the icy body — and sent its last signal.
This screenshot from ESA's broadcast of the Rosetta spacecraft's crash on Comet 67P shows the signal confirming the crash at 7:19 a.m. ET. on Sept. 30, 2016 at the Rosetta Mission Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Read our full story here.
Credit: ESA
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probe ended its historic mission with a controlled descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko early this morning (Sept. 30). Scientists here at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) received the confirmation of landing from the spacecraft at about 1:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. EDT/1119 GMT).
"I can announce the full success of this historic descent," said Patrick Martin, Rosetta mission manager, as he declared mission operations ended. "Farewell Rosetta, you've done the job. That was pure science at its best." [Photos: Europe's Rosetta Comet Mission in Pictures]
Comets are primitive cosmic objects, left over from the time our solar system was just starting to take shape 4.6 billion years ago. Exploring the structure, composition and activity of these icy bodies could shed light on the evolution of our solar system, and help scientists write a more comprehensive history of how the building blocks of life were first delivered to Earth.
Previous robotic expeditions have made close encounters with comets. NASA's Stardust mission even captured dust from the cloud around Comet Wild 2 and returned the sample to Earth in 2006. But Rosetta was the first to orbit a comet, the first to follow one around the sun and the first to send a probe to thesurface of a comet's nucleus.
Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera captured this image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at 08:18 GMT from an altitude of about 5.8 km during the spacecraft’s final descent on 30 September.
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
Today's landing marks the end of an ambitious 1.3-billion-euro ($1.46 billion) mission that spanned more than a decade. The Rosetta spacecraft launched in March 2004, and after a 10-year cruise through the inner solar system covering a distance of 4 billion miles (6.5 billion km), it rendezvoused with Comet 67P in August 2014. Three months later, Rosetta deployed its surface probe Philae. But instead of anchoring to the comet's surface as planned, Philae bounced twice before coming to a stop against a cliff face in the Abydos region. Rosetta only spotted the final resting place of Philae earlier this month.
First observed in 1969, the 2.5-mile-wide (4 km) Comet 67P circles the sun every 6.5 years between the orbits of Earth and Jupiter. Right now the comet is heading back out toward the orbit of Jupiter, and Rosetta, which is solar-powered, wouldn't have enough energy to keep up, so the mission had to come to an end. The spacecraft will stop sending data as soon as it touches down, meaning mission scientists won't know if it tumbles or bounces like Philae did after it lands. [Rosetta Probe's 'Death Dive' Into Comet 67P Visualized]
ESA has already released the final images that Rosetta collected on its way down to the comet's surface.
"It's really great," said Holger Sierks, the principal investigator for Rosetta's OSIRIS camera, as he presented some of the probe's final views. "It’' exciting. It’s working like a charm."
Comet 67P is very porous with low gravity, so Rosetta's landing likely looked more like a slow-motion collision than a violent crash. The spacecraft executed its final maneuver around midnight local time (6:00 p.m. EDT; 2200 GMT) yesterday (Sept. 29) and began a 14-hour, 12-mile (20 km) drop to the comet's surface. ESA officials had calculated that its speed upon impact would be about walking pace, or 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
The controlled impact was designed to give ESA scientists a closer look at surface features they had only spied from afar.
"We got pretty close to the comet recently with the orbits we were doing," Matt Taylor, Rosetta project scientist with ESA, told Space.com. "We got within about 2 kilometers [1.2 miles] from the surface. But this plummet into the surface gets us in below 2 kilometers. It gets us within the acceleration region, where the comet coma grows and starts being thrown off."
The death dive was also an opportunity for Rosetta's suite of instruments to take measurements as it passes through the layer where the phase transition occurs between ice and gas.
Rosetta's final resting place is a smooth patch in the so-called Ma'at region on the "head" of the rubber duck-shaped comet.
This particular spot has a number of dust-spewing pits — some 330 feet (100 m) across and 165 feet (50 m) deep — that scientists wanted Rosetta's instruments to observe before the mission ended. The walls of these pits appear dotted with "goosebumps" that could be signatures of early comet building blocks known as cometesimals.
The mission has already produced a number of surprising discoveries — that the Comet 67P has big grains of water ice on its surface, molecular oxygen in its coma, diverse landscapes and a fluffy core, just to name a few. But Rosetta scientists still have reams of data to pore over. So, even with today's finale, the work isn't over.
"We have 80,000 images to look at," Mohamed El-Maarry, a postdoctoral researcher with Rosetta's OSIRIS team, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, told reporters yesterday. "It's going to keep us busy for years to come."
THE WORLD FREAKS OUT!! THE BEST 30+ UFO SIGHTINGS OF September 2016!!
THE WORLD FREAKS OUT!! THE BEST 30+ UFO SIGHTINGS OF September 2016!!
THE WORLD FREAKS OUT!! THE BEST UFO SIGHTINGS OF 2016!!! WOW Full length Documentary Of Incredible Videos Shot By The PUBLIC! What You Will See Will AMAZE And BEWILDER YOU! We are Not Alone!
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UFO Scares Neighbourhood Over Barbour County, WV - September 5, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Scares Neighbourhood Over Barbour County, WV - September 5, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Light has been added to better see the UFOs here.
Date of sighting: Sept 5, 2016 Location of sighting: Barbour County, West Virginia, USA Source: MUFON 79238 This UFO is a bit small in the video, so make it full screen and change to HD settings to see it better. The object hovers like a drone, but its lights are not blinking, which leads me to believe it may be a real UFO. Also most drones have red lights, but that is not always true. This one is just too darn small to make out enough detail. Hard to say on this one.
Such white light UFOs have been seen by police officers over the Rocky Mountains, Colorado this year, but they were bus size and move incredibly fast. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: I was at Stonewall Resort, me and three others were heading to the top of the hill to get our machinery out for the morning job. It was pretty dark out still so we sat there waiting for it to get a bit brighter out so we could see what we are doing. I happened to look up at the stars like I do sometimes. I noticed a bright light moving in the sky, I pointed it out asking what the heck it was, one of our guys said it's just a airplane. I disagreed, airplanes have different lights. At the time it just looked like a solid light moving in a straight direction but shifting side to side as well. I grabbed my phone and zoomed in as close as I could to get a video, my phone goes zoomed up to 4x but it's a cheap Android so the quality was bad. I decided to take a photo as well. There was another one some distance away you can see it in the photo. We just let it be and went back to work since the sun was coming up and this wasn't my first UFO encounter. When I went home and I zoomed in on that photo I was shocked. I showed my girlfriend as well, what was a single light was actually four lights in a triangle shape. The way they are facing doesn't match the direction it moves.
UFO In Earths Orbit Seen From Space Station On Sep 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO In Earths Orbit Seen From Space Station On Sep 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 30, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths Orbit at Space Station (ISS) This blue glowing UFO was seen near the space station yesterday by Streetcap1 of Youtube. It appears far away, but its not. Its actually very close to the space station, but higher up so it appears distant. Excellent find by Streetcap1. Scott C. Waring Streetcap1 states: Unidentified Object is brighter on the left side due to the light from the Sun, so not Lens Flare. NASA cut the camera feed so quickly even though this was very distant, but I still managed to get a couple of frames to enlarge. Streetcap1.
Loaded with hundreds of images, this fascinating 5-Hour, 3-Part presentation features Emmy Award Winning Egyptologist John Anthony West, who along with Geologist Dr. Robert Schoch, brought us the legendary film “The Mystery of the Sphinx” that proved that the Sphinx and Pyramids are much older than the worlds mainstream science institutions will admit. After a brief introduction, John Anthony West presents the latest discoveries that have been kept secret from the public. Presented in 3-Parts over 5-Hours, as follows:
Part One: Ancient Egypt Before and Beyond – The Great Sphinx / The Lost Civilization / The Deluge… And an Arsenal of “Smoking Guns.” (1:51:29)
Part Two: Symbolist Egypt – The Meaning Behind the Magic / What Makes the Sacred – Sacred / The Geometry of the Gods. (1:43:16)
Part Three:The Five Cowboys of the Apocalypse 2.0 – Can they prevent the Return of the Sacred Science? – Or is genuine Civilization still a possibility.
Keith Basterfield, Australia – UFOs An Anfractuous Phenomenon
Keith Basterfield, Australia – UFOs An Anfractuous Phenomenon
Keith spoke at the UFO Research (NSW) Incorporated meeting at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, NSW, Australia on the 2 July 2016.
The presentation is titled, UFOs – An Anfractuous Phenomenon explores the approaches governments have taken to research the UFO phenomenon, and includes the following sightings: JAL Airline flight over Alaska The unusual wave of sightings in New Zealand Trans-en-Provence, France 2004 Mexican infra red sightings and the 1989 Belgium UFO wave
Keith discusses the approach taken by science and that of civilian UFO research groups.
UFO sightings mentioned are the 2006 O’Hare Chicago sighting, and the 2007 English Channel observation.
He talks about the approach taken by the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF), and Australian civilian UFO research groups.
Some other mentioned include; the Kimba, SA multiple witness observation of a humanoid, the Zanthus, WA aircraft encounter, the Mundrabilla, WA car lifted by UFO case, and the 2014 Perth near miss between an aircraft and an unknown object.
Keith makes recommendations for future Australian UFO research.
Filer’s Files # 40 – 2016 Are Humans from Another Planet? - PART I
Filer’s Files # 40 – 2016 Are Humans from Another Planet? - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Von Braun Saw Crashed Alien Bodies UFO, Are Humans from Another Planet? UFO Rising and Alien Craft Panic’s Alexander the Greta’s Army.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Vermont.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that of the over one hundred UFOs reported each week, many represent alien craft. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. The United States Air Force Blue Book Project conducted a worldwide investigation of UFOs from 1947 until December 1969, when it disbanded its investigative team. We are continuing the investigation and make the assumption we are not alone in the universe. Sacred ancient writings and our earliest structures such as the pyramids, and artifacts on the Moon and Mars point to alien intelligence. I observed an alien UFO on my radar and London Control had us intercept the UFO over England. Let us look for some of the evidence.
George A. Filer III
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
Www.nationalUFOcenter.com. Now receiving 3 million hits a month
I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
Special Projects
Von Braun Saw Crashed Alien Bodies UFO
Werner von Braun
Russ Hamersley writes, “After World War II, a number of highly regarded German scientists were brought to the United States under a program called Operation Paper Clip.” Their leader was Dr. Wernher von Braun who was technical director of the Peenemunde V-2 rocket research center. After the war, he worked on guided missiles for the U.S. Army and was later director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1970, he became NASA’s associate administrator. “In Robert Trundle’s book, “Is ET Here,” he discusses Clark C. McClelland’s relationship with Von Braun. After a Manned Flight Awareness meeting McClelland and Von Braun left the Cocoa Beach Ramada Inn and met in a back patio. Von Braun’s scientists were launching V-2 rockets at the White Sands Testing Range in 1947 not far from Roswell. McClelland asked Von Braun, “Did the Roswell Incident happen and was an alien craft recovered along with alien bodies?Von Braun rose when he asked him the following questions.
Von Braun lit a cigarette raised his highbrows, thought for a second, and then began to discuss the crash openly. He explained how he and associates had been taken to the crash site after the bulk of the military personnel had left the scene. Von Braun stated. “The exterior of the space craft was not metal as we know it, but appeared to be made of something biological, like skin. McClelland’s only thought at the time was that he was being told that the craft was made of something “alive.”And yes, there were alien bodies which were being kept in a medical tent near the UFO. The beings were small, very frail, and reptilian in nature. Von Braun compared their skin to rattlesnakes that he and his group had encountered at White Sands. Von Braun said, “He was puzzled by the nature of the debris. The material was very thin, aluminum colored, similar to chewing gum wrapping, according to the scientist.”
The craft’s interior was bare of instrumentation, as if the creatures and the craft were of a single unit. McClelland kept his vow to Von Braun, who died on June 15, 1977, never to tell anyone the story, while he was still alive. “Is ET Here?” ISBN 0-9735341-2-5, by Robert Trundle, PhD Website
Are Humans from Another Planet?
A U.S. ecologist says conditions such as bad backs and sunburn suggest humans did not evolve alongside other life on Earth. In a new book, Dr Ellis Silver says aliens put humans our planet as recently as tens of thousands of years ago. He suggests the Earth might be a prison planet, since humans seem to be a naturally violent species and are here until we learn to behave ourselves. In his book, Dr Ellis Silver points to a number of physiological features to make his case for why humans did not evolve alongside other life on Earth. Dr Silver says that while the planet meets humans’ needs for the most part, it does not perhaps serve the species’ interests as well as the aliens who dropped us off imagined.
In his book, HUMANS ARE NOT FROM EARTH: A SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE, the ecologist writes the human race has defects that mark it of being ‘not of this world’.
‘Mankind is supposedly the most highly developed species on the planet, yet is surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment: harmed by sunlight, a strong dislike for naturally occurring foods, ridiculously high rates of chronic disease, and more.
He also says that it is strange that babies’ heads are so large and make it difficult for women to give birth, which can result in fatalities of the mother and infant. No other native species on this planet has this problem, he says.
Dr Ellis says that humans might suffer from bad backs (illustrated) because they evolved on a world with lower gravity such as Mars.
He also believes humans are not designed to be as exposed to the sun as they are on Earth, as they cannot sunbathe for more than a week or two – unlike a lizard – and cannot be exposed to the sun for a few hours without getting sunburned.
Seventeen factors which suggest we are not from Earth how did we get here? When did we get here? What is our home planet like? The most likely stars that our home planet orbits If the aliens are out there why can’t we detect them? Are we the aliens?
In this fascinating book Dr Ellis Silver provides answers to all of these questions, based on current evidence and thinking in the scientific community and elsewhere.
“The Earth approximately meets our needs as a species, but perhaps not as strongly as whoever brought us here initially thought,” Silver said in an interview with Yahoo news. “I believe that many of our problems stem from the simple fact that our internal body clocks have evolved to expect a 25 hour day (this has been proven by sleep researchers), but the Earth’s day is only 24 hours. This is not a modern condition – the same factors can be traced all the way back through mankind’s history on Earth.”
Silver does not suggest one answer – but a possibility that early pre-humans such as Homo erectus were crossbred with another species. He also suggests several possible origins, including Alpha Centauri.
“Mankind is supposedly the most highly developed species on the planet, yet is surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment: harmed by sunlight, a strong dislike for naturally occurring (raw) foods, ridiculously high rates of chronic disease, and more. Plus there’s a prevailing feeling among many people that they don’t belong here or that something “just isn’t right“.
“This suggests (to me at least) that mankind may have evolved on a different planet, and we may have been brought here as a highly developed species. One reason for this, discussed in the book, is that the Earth might be a prison planet – since we seem to be a naturally violent species – and we’re here until we learn to behave ourselves.”
The theory of evolution claims humans were developed from apelike animals or chimpanzees but these animals still exist in their ancient form and do not write or construct buildings. No chimpanzee has graduated from kindergarten. Paleoanthropology is the scientific study of human evolution based on evidence of fossilized bones and partial skulls that will not fill your average table. A great is based on the assumption we gradually gained brain power, walked upright, and learned to reason and believe in a creator power or God. Animals live by the rule of fhe jungle and most humans are peaceful.
Paleontologists for some reason have ignored the possibility of intervention by extraterrestrials. They admit thousands even millions of mutations would be required to develop cells from the primordial soup to fish, primitive land creatures, then apes to hominids or primitive man. We know now that the DNA molecule is probably the most efficient information storage system in the entire universe.
The immensity of complex, coded and precisely sequenced information written on the DNA is amazing. The evidence speaks of intelligent, information-bearing design. Complex DNA coding would have been necessary for even the hypothetical first ‘so-called’ simple cell(s).
Our cells are more complex than a city
A single cell is unbelievably complex being roughly equivalent to New York City in a bubble or the outer membrane of the cell. As we move in closer to examine the cell we see the huge buildings, roads, subways, bridges, auto traffic that represent the various parts of the cell. As we move closer inside the various buildings we find a network of electrical wiring, heating and air conditioning systems, elevators carrying people. Inside the offices are millions of computers and wiring chips. Now you have an idea of the complexity of a single cell that can duplicate itself in minutes.
Even Francis Crick the co-founder and Nobel Prize Winner stated, ‘An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to have been satisfied to get it going.’
Crick reasoned that life could not have evolved from non-living chemicals under any conceivable earth conditions. He felt life did not originate on earth, and suggests a theory called panspermia. That the seeds of life are all through the universe. This concept basically infers that life, DNA, virus, bacteria, bombarded from space aboard meteorites and comets. Crick proposed, in a book called “Life Itself,” that some form of primordial life was shipped to the earth billions of years ago in spaceships—by supposedly ‘more evolved’ (therefore advanced) alien beings. This concept basically infers that life, DNA, virus, bacteria, bombarded Earth from space aboard meteorites and comets.
A balloon that recently returned from a high-altitude flight this year was covered in microscopic life forms which seemed not to be of this world – and reignited the debate over whether life on Earth actually began here, or somewhere else. This year, other scientists have argued that life originated on Mars, due to a mineral found in Martian meteorites, thought to be crucial to the genesis of life. Another experiment showed that amino acids could have arrived in impacts with comets – which suggest life might be widespread in the solar system. A ancient civilization on Mars might have traveled to Earth.
Earth Mars
Dr Ellis Silver argues that humans may well not be from Earth – and may have arrived separately perhaps aboard a space ship. Silver, an environmentalist who is currently working with the effort to clean plastic debris from the Pacific, says his book aims to provoke debate – and is based on scientific work on the difference between humans and other animals.
“The Earth approximately meets our needs as a species, but perhaps not as strongly as whoever brought us here initially thought,” “Lizards can sunbathe for as long as they like. We can just about get away with it for a week or two. But day after day in the sun forget it. You might as well just lie down on the freeway and wait for a bus to hit you.” We are dazzled by the sun, which is also odd, says Silver – most animals are not.
Silver also points out to the “extra” 223 genes in human beings, which are not found in any other species, and to the lack of a fossil “missing links”. The development of blonde hair and blue eyes in certain humans over the last ten years is a mystery in itself.
Silver also claims that the human race has defects that mark us out as being possibly “not of this world”.We lived comfortably on another planet believed to have pyramids.
“We are all chronically ill,” says Silver. “Indeed, if you can find a single person who is 100% fit and healthy and not suffering from some (perhaps hidden or unstated) condition or disorder (there’s an extensive list in the book) I would be extremely surprised – I have not been able to find anyone.” The sun hurts our eyes implying we originally came from a planet with a dimmer son.
“I believe that many of our problems stem from the simple fact that our internal body clocks have evolved to expect a 25 hour day (this has been proven by sleep researchers), but the Earth’s day is only 24 hours. This is not a modern condition – the same factors can be traced all the way back through mankind’s history on Earth.” Silver does not suggest one answer – but a possibility that early pre-humans such as Homo erectus were crossbred with another species.
Mankind has spent tremendous effort building pyramids all over the world at great cost. Mars, Ceres, our Moon all have large pyramids indicate they have value to extraterrestrials. Mysterious rays of light radiate from pyramids around the world.
“Mankind is supposedly the most highly developed species on the planet, yet is surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment.
Plus there’s a prevailing feeling among many people that they don’t belong here or that something “just isn’t right“.
“This suggests (to me at least) that mankind may have evolved on a different planet, and we may have been brought here as a highly developed species. One reason for this, discussed in the book, is that the Earth might be a prison planet – since we seem to be a naturally violent species – and we’re here until we learn to behave ourselves.”
“There is probably truth to the report that they find curious stuff in the atmosphere,” Chris McKay, an astrobiologist at NASA told SPACE.com in an interview. “The jump to the conclusion that it is alien life is a big jump and would require quite extraordinary proof.” Professor Wainwright and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield aim to conduct further tests. “In the absence of a mechanism by which large particles like these can be transported to the stratosphere, we can only conclude that the biological entities originated from space,” Wainwright added.
“Our conclusion then is that life is continually arriving to Earth from space, life is not restricted to this planet and it almost certainly did not originate here.” Silver’s more radical idea is presented as polemic, intended to inspire argument – “Initial reaction has been positive, although one reviewer thought it was a parody, while another found the writing style heavily dictatorial,” he admits.
The debate over the origin of life looks set to intensify. Simulations on supercomputers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the U.S. have found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, could have arrived on Earth via comets. This would suggest that life might be found elsewhere. Nir Goldman suggests that the simple molecules found in comets (such as water, ammonia, and carbon dioxide) could have supplied the raw materials, and the impact with early Earth could have “ignited” a prebiotic reaction. A series of experiments where projectiles were fired into commentary ice mixtures formed amino acids – the building blocks of life.
Goldman said. “These results present a significant step forward in our understanding of the origin of the building blocks of life. This increases the chances of life originating and being widespread throughout our solar system,” Goldman said. My thesis proposes that mankind did not evolve from that particular strain of life, but evolved elsewhere and was transported to Earth (as fully evolved Homo sapiens) between 60,000 and 200,000 years ago.”
“Little in the book can be proven – it can only be supposed or suspected. But there is more than enough indisputable evidence to make further study worthwhile.”
Genesis 1- 26 states:And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth. Perhaps man was brought to earth rather than being made on earth.
UFO sightings are rising with increased sightings reported from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. We could foolishly attribute the hundreds of sightings each week to mistaken identification of aircraft, satellites or natural phenomena, but most of the sightings claim the UFOs perform feats of speed and maneuver not capable by manmade aircraft. Some claim these are optical illusions, but why do we not have optical illusions when other objects are sighted. There seems to be a psychological reluctance by government and science to admit UFOs are in our skies. I personally had some reluctance to believe my aircraft was intercepting a UFO at the request of London Control and that I had the UFO on my radar. It is natural to be skeptical particularly when little information is available from news sources. Scientists should be exploring these unknown phenomena, but most hate to accept a new phenomenon since they would have to rewrite most of their textbooks. It’s much easier to claim UFOs do not exist than to acknowledge there are unknown and unidentified craft in our skies. When I was in the Air Force our regulations required that we report all unidentified aircraft including UFOs as outlined in (JANAP-146).
In conversations with aircrews at McGuire Air Force Base the crews are regularly spotting UFOs over New Jersey and even as far away as Iraq. Numerous intelligence, military, and government employees report the reality of UFOs. Unfortunately UFOs do not land in large numbers for the public to realize the reality of the phenomenon. Our radars regularly track the UFOs; they are being vided taped and photographed in large numbers.
UFOs have been seen on Earth and recorded for 30,000 years. Ancient caves used by Stone Age man have exact replica drawings in caverns in Spain and France. The Nasca Lines can be seen from space and point to ancient Peruvian cities. Many aspect of religion might point to ufological activity.
Alien Craft Panic’s Alexander the Great’s Army
Middle East (Reign of Alexander the Great_, 356-323 B.C.) A historian of the reign of Alexander the Great allegedly tells of two strange craft that dived repeatedly at his army, until the war elephants, the men, and all the horses panicked and refused to cross the river where the incident occurred. The historian describes the objects as “great shining silvery shields, spitting fire around the rims… things that came from the skies and returned to the skies.”
This remarkable incident was apparently paralleled by an equally fantastic visitation during the Siege of Tyre (Lebanon) by Alexander in 332 BC.
‘The fortress would not yield, its walls were fifty feet high and constructed so solidly that no siege-engine was able to damage it. The Tyrians were the greatest technicians and builders of war-machines of the time and they intercepted in the air the incendiary arrows and projectiles hurled by the catapults on the city. One day suddenly there appeared over the Macedonian camp these “flying shields”, as they had been called, which flew in triangular formation led by an exceedingly large one, the others were smaller by almost a half. In all there were five. The unknown chronicler narrates that they circled slowly over Tyre while thousands of warriors on both sides stood and watched them in astonishment. Suddenly from the largest “shield” came a lightning-flash that struck the walls, these crumbled, other flashes followed and walls and towers dissolved, as if they had been built of mud, leaving the way open for the besiegers who poured like an avalanche through the breeches. The “flying shields” hovered over the city until it was completely stormed then they very swiftly disappeared aloft, soon melting into the blue sky.
NOTE: The above painting is from 1523 and was found in a Romanian Monastery. Thanks to Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ Website
UFO Conference in Salem, Massachusetts
UFO Fest at the Salem Waterfront Hotel on October 22, 2016 from 11am – 7pm,
Celebrity speakers, and watch the night sky (what we call our “Coswatch) with Sufi’s very own, Ben Hansen after the event. The who’s, who of this Paraween event include: Ben Hansen: Paranormal Files, Ghost Hunters), Travis Walton (Fire in the Sky, Thom Reed (Alien Mysteries, New England Legends, Paranormal Paparazzi,), Kevin Titus (Historian), and the museum replica Starchild Skull (Ancient Aliens) will all be in attendance. Salem is famous for the house of seven gables. Discount Code
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Filer’s Files # 40 – 2016 Are Humans from Another Planet? - PART II
Filer’s Files # 40 – 2016 Are Humans from Another Planet? - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Alabama Lights
Gulf Shores — I was on the State Park Pier on August 7, 2016, photographing the city lights and trying to freeze lightning images with my camera. I first observed a single red orange orb coming up over the city, then another and finally a third. Then I noticed they formed a triangle over the city as I gazed west. They sat there for 5 minutes and then returned over the city. During this time I noticed the water below the pier had gotten lighter but, I kept looking back at the orbs while taking several shots of this phenomenon.
When I got the shots back to the hotel I looked at image 2967 and noticed that something indeed had lit up the water below the pier. It was some strange creature or object that shot water out the back end of it in spurts. It’s clear this was no blow hole from a whale. So there were two unexplainable objects in this image. This thing swam by me going from my left to right as the orbs started their assent to the west over the city. A gal stopped by to see if I was getting any lightning shots and I said yes but, what was more interesting were those three lights hovering over Gulf Shores. She looked and noticed them also. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Object
Hollister — At about 11:30 pm, I was out front of my house talking to my friend and saw a red light stationary in the clear night sky. The object was at about the same altitude as your average Cessna airplane. This is the fourth time seeing these lights in two months.
Last time I saw six low objects moving south east at about 9 pm. I know what normal air traffic looks like and have been using a large telescope for over 12 years observing the sky. I ran and got my Sony high 8 camcorder and filmed it for about two minutes. It was not a drone, lantern, or plane. The light went out was about 11:42 pm. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Colorado Light
Colorado Springs— We were walking and noticed the trails of light in the sky.
It happened pretty quick, but I got it on video on September 27, 2016.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Object
Gulf Breeze – On the evening of September 9, 2016, I decided to go to Opal Beach near Gulf Breeze to watch the sunset and take pictures for an art project. Several days later, when looking at my pictures I noticed a dark stationary object in several of the photos. The object was in a single position from 7:02- 7:03 pm, at a height that it cast a shadow on the cloud directly behind it. There was nothing in the photos at the spot two minutes prior to the event and no object one minute after the event. I know it was stationary because my IPhone takes short videos when the photo is taken.. This is the only object which appeared for two minutes and then was gone. The final picture shows a dark disk-shaped object with a pointed antenna-type object on its top and a diamond-shaped field around the craft. It had some solidity as the object appeared to cast a shadow on the cloud behind it. I have 8 photos of the object, showing various shapes/forms, with the final photo being most distinctive. It was NOT a cloud. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Illinois Orbs
Evanston — At 7:25 PM on September 27, 2016, I looked out my window to see five bright lights floating over Lake Michigan in front of the South Street Beach area.
They were initially in a linear formation and then moved to a T formation. Three of the orbs slowly broke away to form a triangle.
After 30 minutes the orbs disappeared. A delivery driver coming to my home also saw the lights. There were planes flying past these lights. I have photos and video. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Louisiana Object
On September 9 2016, my wife and I were driving east when we noticed something flying in front of a cloud.
We took this photo. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Minnesota Circle
Elko New Market — I am 19 years old and I snuck out with two other friends to go ding dong ditching and meet up with other friends on September 9, 2016. Right when we got out of my house we noticed something really weird in the sky.
It was a bright ring of lights just hovering in the same spot. We tried to debunk it and figure it out, but couldn’t find any reasoning behind it. So I took two photos of it.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Jersey Light
Mansfield— We had a sweet sighting on the way home from getting groceries on September 23. 2016, about 8 PM. Brandy (my fiancé’) noticed two very close bright lights in the sky over Pohatcong Mountain as we were driving East on Allen Road toward Rockport Road/ Grand Avenue, I also noticed them and they at first looked light high intensity landing lights from an airliner that was flying awfully low over the mountain and the local airstrip is unlighted and operates under VFR rules only. It’s also a very short strip. We had just passed the field, it was dark as usual as there are no lights there, and the runway runs North-South, and this craft was approaching from the West, moving towards us very slowly.
Brandy got her phone out and caught a picture as we rounded the top of the small ridge as you start the final downward slope to Rockport Road. It slowed to a crawl for a totally unobstructed view. As we reached the point of the first photo capture area, the craft rotated and the twin lights were no longer visible, but a dimmer illumination was still there. The object light obscured the stars in that area of the sky. The craft remains in the same area and rotated on its axis. It then began to slowly move away and then shot off to the WSW so fast it was as if it simply disappeared. If it was an airplane, it flew like no airplane I have ever seen before. We had the windows down and there was no noise. The mountain there and is about 1600 ft in elevation at the top in that area, and I would estimate it was flying at about 2500 feet. We were a mile away, so it was relatively large in size. You can clearly see the ground to our left as we took the photo pointing toward the WNW. Thanks to David M. Rountree, AES Executive Director, Chief Science Advisor S.P.I.R.I.T. LAB, Website
New York Sightings
Colonie – On September 11, 2016, around 7:10 pm, I was with my sister driving who observed a brilliant light on the sky. When I looked the light was steady and didn’t move for three minutes.
I quickly thought it was a ufo. My sister parked the car and I took pictures with my cell phone. It looked like a cigar type.
Then the first ufo moved and then two more showed up and were steady for about a minute and then the three of them disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Coxsackie – On September 23, 2016, I went out to take photos of the sun like I frequently do. I took 25 photos around 1:00 pm, one after the other. When I got finished, I went inside and downloaded them onto my computer. I was going through each photo, and noticed above the sun an object.
The object was in only one photo even though I took photos right after the other, I have to assume the object was flying so fast that I caught it on only one photo. I believe for the first time in my life, I caught a UFO.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
North Carolina Orbs
Charlotte— I was letting my dogs out on September 24, 2016, and a helicopter was circling the area right behind my house. The object flew over the tree line so bright, very slow, and swerving like a drunk driver. I never saw one this close, although I see them at night all the time, but they are very high. I ran upstairs to tell my lady to come look while I grabbed my phone. As it had sped away, I was able to film the end of my encounter. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Texas Ring
Spring — We were on our balcony around 4 am and saw an extremely bright star or planet on September 27, 2016. I knew it was too bright to be either of those so I used my phone to zoom in on it. I went in the house to grab my telescope and held the telescope in my arms and found the object and got it in focus and could see clearly it was some sort of ship with a 3-way circle of lights underneath. We both became extremely excited and I began to shake quite a bit. We began trying to place our phone lens over the telescope lens to record the object. I was shaking and the telescope would wobble enough that I’d lose it. We had tried for 30 minutes and got a couple seconds of usable footage. We compiled our clips into a couple short gifs. I should note that during the time we saw it to the point of capturing video it had stopped emitting a multitude of colors and. I would come back every half hour or so and check on it and it moved slowly glowing whitish blue until it disappeared. This was on Sept. 23rd and it was back the following night and again the next night. It was back on the 27th but further away. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Vermont Disc
Whitingham — We were at the lake on September 13, 2016, and one part of the whisk circle of clouds opened up. It was pretty unique so I had a friend take a couple pictures.
When we reviewed the pictures we saw an object in the middle of the circle. One picture shows the circle the other picture had the object in it. Nobody saw the object but it was captured in the image. Within 5 min the hole dissipated by the wind. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Virginia Lights
Missville — I was driving home when I saw three glowing objects on November 8, 2014.
I had no clue to what it was, nor did the cars in front of me. We all slowed down and I took pictures with my phone.
The three turned into one and quickly disappeared when I got to the clearing. I did think it had to be UFO’s as I had never seen anything remotely similar.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Washington Lights
Bothell— I was taking the dog out and something bright and flashing caught my eye in the sky on September 26, 2016. It wasn’t a star or plane, and it was rather low on the horizon. I couldn’t see it well, so I went back inside to get my glasses, and cell phone. I could now see the unusual, bright flashing (mostly white but also violet/purple) object, and it seemed to constantly change shape. I took pictures and left the flash on at first, so those didn’t turn out, but the object still shows up in those two pictures. After examining my photos including zooming in, I noticed the more violet/blue color, that changed shape and stationary. I felt afraid flashing the photo thinking “they” might see it from up there. And I surely didn’t want to draw attention to myself. I’m afraid to look even now and can’t sleep. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Lights
Gunnedah — We live on a property and are surrounded by scrub and grazing paddocks and we can see a long way. About 8.25 am, on September 28, 2016, I noticed something very bright in one of our paddocks a half a mile away. I called my husband to come quickly as I thought someone in a white utility was on the place. We looked through our binoculars and thought it was larger four wheel drive utility. The object was extremely bright, almost glowing, and it was difficult to make out what it was exactly as it was very bright.
We decided to drive closer to have a better view and grabbed my camera. It was only out of our sight for that amount of time and when it should have been in our line of sight again it was gone. It being a paddock there was nowhere for it to go without us seeing it drive away but it had just vanished. I also scanned the clear sky. We jumped in our car and drove to where it had been but there were no tire tracks… We checked the ground over an area of about 100 square yards, but nothing had disturbed the ground. It was so bright that I couldn’t make out any details on it and it was difficult to know how large it was. My husband is/was a skeptic but he knows he saw “something” that there is no explanation for and it has shaken him up a bit. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Orb Diamondx
Niagara Falls – I noticed a formation of nine disc like objects flying above as I looked south on September 11, 2016.
They stayed in a tight diamond formation throughout my observation that lasted about ten seconds when the formation flew behind the trees.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Scarborough, Ontario — On September 20, 2016 while on break I went up to the second floor outside facing west and took pictures of the CN Tower in Toronto. Later when reviewing the photos, I found a strange red unknown object caught on film at 10:10 AM. This was NOT seen with the naked eye probably due to distance. They do continue to fly being unnoticed by many.
PS I have witnessed my 57th sighting on September 27, 2016.
Thanks to Paul Shishis.
Norway Lights
Kristiansand – I was walking home on September 27, 2016, at midnight and chanced to test my phone camera on the stars.
I snapped a picture of the one that seemed to shine brighter than the rest as something ran pass, made a weird sound that could have been a badger.
A couple hours later I remembered the picture and saw a strange black outline looking like two disc shaped objects with a light source in each one.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Portugal Orbs
Tavira — We saw a swarm of blinking lights in the north sky over the house on July 30, 2016. It is very difficult to tell the distance from us. They changed positions in the group while standing there. I took some pictures after some minutes as they moved to the south side of the house and stood there. Some more minutes passed before they flew higher up in the sky. They were far too big to be insects. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Disc
Scarborough— My father in law was watching a display team flying in formation over the North Bay on June 29, 2013. He took a few shots with his iPhone and when he reviewed them later he noticed the object in the picture. He did not notice it at the time and it did not show up in any other frames. I imported the picture into iPhoto on my Mac and was able to enlarge the image at top right to show the size and shape in more detail. There were many other people who likely took a photo. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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If We Go To Mars, We Might End Up Killing Life That’s Already There
If We Go To Mars, We Might End Up Killing Life That’s Already There
Phillip Toledano/National Geographic
IN BRIEF
In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty was signed, requiring all to avoid contaminating celestial bodies.
If Curiosity find water, it has to avoid contact for fear that Earthly microbes might contaminate it.
THE CASE FOR PLANETARY PROTECTION
Now that Elon Musk has revealed his bold plans to colonize Mars, many have voiced that a human presence may not be great for the red planet. Before you say to yourself “ugh, another climate control article,” we suggest you control yourself and read on.
Yes. Of course we are fearful that human beings could destroy Mars much like we are damaging the Earth. But, more importantly, this is about protecting whatever original Martian life might be there when we set foot on the red planet.
This is an actual issue that’s been recognized since the 1960s — the problem of planetary protection. How can we make sure that human presence on Mars will not contaminate whatever life forms might be on the red planet? That’s a question Catherine Conley, NASA’s senior planetary protector, has concerned herself with for 10 years now.
Keeping Mars Martian
As scientists find more Earth microbes that can survive extreme environmental conditions, NASA has identified regions of the red planet where exploration must be extremely cautious. Areas with shallow ice beneath the surface or slopes that seem to show periodic flows of water are potential havens for terrestrial life.
MATTHEW W. CHWASTYK, NG STAFF
SOURCES: NASA; MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM ANALYSIS GROUP; McEWEN ET AL., 2014; OJHA ET AL., 2014; STILLMAN ET AL., 2016; LINDSAY E. HAYS, NASA/JPL
KEEPING LIFE ON MARS INTACT
Fortunately, all spacefaring nations are obliged to protect the Earth and other planets from contaminating one another. In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty was signed and ratified, requiring all to avoid contaminating the moon and other celestial bodies.
So, the problem is, how do we do this? Take the curious case of the Curiosity, for instance. NASA’s Mars rover has been tasked to look for potential life on the red planet. So far, it has found evidence that water might’ve existed. If it actually finds water, though, it has to avoid contact with it for fear that whatever microbe Curiosity brought with it from Earth might contaminate the water.
Keeping it clean. Credits: NASA
Fortunately, there are measures to make sure that the likelihood of contamination stays low. NASA undertakes the strictest procedures to keep all its interplanetary equipment from carrying microbes, as much as possible. With the little amount that can actually survive the procedure and a trip through space, for one reason or another, we still have to be careful.
If bacterial life in Mars works the same way, more or less, that it does on Earth, then the smallest samples can pollute any chance we have of finding original Martian life.
A giant 30-ton meteorite has been discovered in the Argentina town of Gancedo.
As per experts, it is one of the largest meteorites ever found on Earth. It originated from a meteor shower that hit the region more than 4,000 years ago.
Discovery of the meteor was made on the border of Chaco, about 670 miles to the northwest of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires.
The meteorite at Gancedo was extracted from the ground on September 10 using heavy machinery as it weighs more than 30 tons.
The largest meteorite ever uncovered is a 66-ton whopper called Hoba. It sits in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, in southern Africa. Because of its huge size, it hasn’t been moved and is now a tourist site. Hoba’s age is between 190 million and 410 million years and is thought to have hit the Earth around 80,000 years ago.
Nidhi Goyal
Nidhi is a gold medalist Post Graduate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. You can also find Nidhi on Google+.
Ons universum is rond, dijt aan alle kanten even snel uit en lijkt niet te roteren. Dit beweren astronomen in een paper in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Physical Review Letters.
Wetenschappers onderzochten de kosmische achtergrondstraling. Dit is de warmtestraling die is uitgezonden tijdens de oerknal. Stel dat het heelal niet in alle richtingen even snel uit zou dijen, dan zouden er bepaalde patronen te zien moeten zijn in de achtergrondstraling. “Denk hierbij aan koude of hete plekken die een bepaalde as volgen of zelfs spiraalstructuren”, vertelt astronoom Daniela Saadeh.
“We hebben deze verwachtingen vergeleken met de daadwerkelijke situatie”, zegt onderzoeker Dr Stephen Feeney van het Imperial College London. “Dit was nog lastig, omdat het universum op heel veel manieren anisotropisch kan zijn. Je kunt gemakkelijk verdwalen in het doolhof van mogelijke universums.”
Er zijn geen patronen gevonden in de kosmische achtergrondstraling.
1 op 121.000 De kans dat het heelal een voorkeursrichting heeft is erg klein. Feeney en Saadeh beweren dat de kans 1 op 121.000 is.
Toch zijn er misschien wel andere heelallen die niet isotropisch zijn. “De algemene relativiteitstheorie van Albert Einstein laat de deuren open voor anistrope heelallen, die de ene kant sneller uitdijt dan de andere kant. Of die mogelijk roteren”, aldus Saadeh. “Het is goed nieuws dat het heelal aan alle kanten even snel uitdijt, omdat onze huidige kosmologische modellen hiervan uitgaan.”
Multiversum Andere heelallen? Ja, wetenschappers denken dat ons heelal niet uniek is. Wellicht zijn er veel meer universa in het zogenoemde multiversum. Sterker nog: in andere universa is er mogelijk een gunstiger klimaat voor leven, waardoor er meer (intelligent) leven voorkomt dan in ons eigen universum. De vraag is of we ooit naar een ander universum kunnen reizen. Misschien via een wormgat?
SpaceX onthult interplanetair ruimteschip om Mars te koloniseren
SpaceX onthult interplanetair ruimteschip om Mars te koloniseren
Tim Kraaijvanger
Elon Musk liet gisteren tijdens een uur durende presentatie zien hoe hij minimaal honderd mensen op Mars wil krijgen.
Tijdens een conferentie in Mexico onthulde Musk het Interplanetary Transport System, dat bestaat uit de meest krachtigste raket die ooit is gebouwd en een ruimtevaartuig dat mensen naar de rode planeet brengt.
Als alles volgens plan verloopt, zal het ITS de komende 50 tot 100 jaar een permanente, zelfvoorzienende kolonie stichten. “Ik wil (het koloniseren van, red.) Mars mogelijk maken”, zegt Musk. “Iets wat we kunnen we bereiken in ons leven en dat jij nog mee kan gaan.”
Musk beweert dat de reis naar Mars ongeveer tien miljard dollar per persoon kost met traditionele methoden. De oprichter van CEO wil deze kostprijs met een factor vijf miljoen (!!) verlagen. De reis naar Mars moet per persoon niet meer kosten dan de bouw van een woning.
Herbruikbare ruimtevaartuigen en raketten Daarvoor moet er het een en ander veranderen. Musk somt een aantal technieken op in zijn presentatie. Als er veel reizen naar Mars worden georganiseerd, dan moeten vrijwel alle elementen herbruikbaar zijn. Neem een Boeing 737. Dit luchtvaartuig kost negentig miljoen euro. Stel dat zo’n vliegtuig eenmalig wordt gebruikt door 180 mensen, dan kost een ticket 500.000 euro. Toch betaal je momenteel als consument niet meer dan enkele honderden euro’s voor een korte vlucht. Dit komt omdat het vliegtuig herbruikbaar is. SpaceX heeft al aangetoond goed op weg te zijn, want eind vorig jaar liet het bedrijf een raket op aarde landen.
Tanken in de ruimte Een ander belangrijk punt is dat er getankt moet worden in de ruimte. Een raket hoeft dan niet veel brandstof mee te nemen: alleen het beetje dat nodig is om de dampkring te verlaten. Minder brandstof betekent lagere kosten en dus een goedkopere lancering. Eenmaal boven het aardoppervlak kan de tank volgegooid worden.
Brandstof maken op Mars Daarnaast moet er op Mars getankt kunnen worden, want dan kunnen kolonisten ook weer enigszins makkelijk terug naar hun oorspronkelijke thuisplaneet. Dit vraagt om de juiste brandstofmix. De Raptor-raketmotor – die deze week werd getest – gebruikt een mix van methaan en zuurstof. SpaceX wil een fabriek op Mars bouwen waar koolstofdioxide en waterijs uit de lucht en de grond wordt gehaald. Middels zonne-energie worden deze stoffen omgezet in raketbrandstof: methaan en zuurstof.
Een reusachtige raket SpaceX’s raket is gemaakt van koolstofvezels, waardoor de raket licht en sterk is. In het rijtje van alle raketten torent de Mars-raket boven de Saturn V en de Falcon Heavy-raketten uit. Niet alleen qua lengte, maar ook als het gaat om ‘payload to LEO’. Dit betekent: hoeveel kilo kan de raket in een lage baan om de aarde (160 kilometer hoogte) krijgen. De Mars-raket kan 550.000 kilo tillen: tien keer meer dan de Falcon Heavy-raket en vier keer meer dan de Saturn V-raket (van de Apollo-missies).
42 Raptors Gisteren meldden we al dat de Raptor-raketmotor 300.000 kilo kan voortstuwen, terwijl een Merlin-raketmotor slechts 90.000 kilo kan optillen. We vroegen ons toen nog af: hoeveel van deze raketmotor gebruikt SpaceX voor de Mars-raket? Het antwoord gaf Musk tijdens de presentatie. Het gaat om 42 stuks: 21 Raptors in de buitenste ring, 14 in de binnenring en zeven raketmotoren in het centrum.
115 dagen naar Mars Het interplanetaire ruimteschip is bijna vijftig meter lang en kan 450 ton lading naar Mars brengen. In de toekomst moet ieder schip meer dan honderd passagiers meenemen. De gemiddelde tijd van de aarde naar Mars is 115 dagen. Dit hangt natuurlijk af van de afstand tussen de rode planeet en de aarde en die schommelt. Zo kan een reis naar Mars tachtig dagen duren (in 2035), maar ook 150 dagen in beslag nemen (in 2027).
Vanuit de interplanetaire ruimte valt het ruimteschip in de atmosfeer van Mars. Dankzij de aerodynamica van het schip en het hitteschild wordt het ruimtevaartuig afgeremd.
De prijs per ticket Het kostenplaatje ziet er dan als volgt uit. De Mars-raket kost 230 miljoen dollar om te fabriceren, maar gaat gemiddeld duizend keer mee. Per keer kost het 200.000 dollar om de raket op te lappen voor een volgende lancering. De totale prijs per Mars-trip is elf miljoen dollar. De tanker – het ruimtevaartuig dat de raket van brandstof voorziet in de ruimte – kost 130 miljoen dollar om te bouwen. De tanker gaat honderd keer mee en kost 500.000 dollar extra per lancering. Totale kosten per Mars-reis: acht miljoen dollar. Dan tenslotte het interplanetaire schip. Dit schip kost 200 miljoen dollar om te maken, gaat twaalf keer mee en het kost gemiddeld tien miljoen dollar per keer om opnieuw in te zetten. Per reis hangt er een prijskaartje aan van 43 miljoen dollar.
Als we alles bij elkaar optellen, dan komen we op een totaalprijs van 62 miljoen dollar voor honderd mensen om een enkele reis naar Mars te ondernemen. Op basis van het bovenstaande rekensommetje gaat een ticket 600.000 dollar kosten. Musk noemde in zijn presentatie een ander bedrag. “We gaan voor een ticketprijs van 200.000 dollar of minder”, aldus Musk. “Uiteindelijk kunnen we de ticketprijs onder de ton krijgen.”
SpaceX hoopt in de toekomst verder te reizen dan Mars, bijvoorbeeld naar de maan Europa van Jupiter.
Wie zal dat betalen, wie heeft zoveel geld? Het minst concreet is nog wel de manier waarop Musk aan geld gaat komen. SpaceX hoopt de winst van huidige en toekomstige projecten – denk aan het lanceren van satellieten, astronauten en lading naar het ISS – in het Mars-plan te steken. Daarnaast gaat het bedrijf Kickstarter inzetten. De grote vraag is of dit op korte termijn een flinke cashflow creëert. Dat is misschien nog wel het grote probleem van SpaceX en ruimtevaartorganisaties: er ontstaan allerlei eilandjes. Iedereen wil naar Mars, maar iedere ruimtevaartorganisatie lijkt het succes ook zelf te willen claimen. NASA investeert liever in het Orion-project, terwijl het verstandiger is om de krachten te bundelen met SpaceX. Musk heeft overduidelijk de juiste visie, NASA het geld. Misschien dat er in de toekomst wel het een en ander gaat veranderen. De Amerikaanse Senaat wil graag zo snel mogelijk een mens op Mars zetten. Misschien dat er in een later stadium wel wordt beslist dat NASA een minder groot budget krijgt en dat er een paar miljard dollar wordt vrijgemaakt voor SpaceX. Het is niet onmogelijk.
Wanneer? Op dit moment werkt minder dan vijf procent van alle medewerkers van SpaceX aan het ITS. Ieder jaar worden er enkele tientallen miljoenen dollars geïnvesteerd. Musk zegt dat er uiteindelijk een investering van tien miljard dollar nodig is. De visionair verwacht dat er over twee jaar jaarlijks 300 miljoen dollar geïnvesteerd kan worden in het project en dan gaat het hard. Misschien dat het ITS over tien jaar wel gelanceerd gaat worden. We kijken er nu al naar uit, maar zetten ook nog wel vraagtekens bij het ambitieuze project. Onderschat Musk het hele traject niet? Mensen naar Mars brengen is één, maar hoe gaan we ze daar in leven houden? Momenteel kunnen we maar één ding doen: afwachten! Sowieso zijn dit hele spannende ontwikkelingen en het is fijn dat er een frisse wind waait die een hoop stof doet opwaaien.
De missie van Rosetta komt later deze week tot een einde. Een mooi moment voor een terugblik op een waanzinnige missie.
Ruimtesonde Rosetta werd in maart 2004 gelanceerd. De bestemming? Komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, wiens naam naarmate de missie vorderde om begrijpelijke redenen steeds verder werd afgekort (67P/C-G en op het eind zelfs kortweg: 67P). Hoe de komeet er precies uitzag? We hadden geen idee. Hoe de komeet precies in elkaar stak? We hadden hypotheses. Er viel dus nog genoeg te ontdekken voor Rosetta.
WIST JE DAT…
…Rosetta eigenlijk komeet 46P/Wirtanen had moeten bezoeken? Vanwege problemen met de draagraket werd de lancering van Rosetta uitgesteld en moest een andere bestemming worden gekozen.
Komeet 67P: een kosmisch badeendje. Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
Gearriveerd Begin augustus 2014 was het dan zover. Rosetta nestelde zich – na meer dan zes miljard kilometer te hebben afgelegd – in een baan rond 67P. Een historisch moment. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis had een ruimtevaartuig zich bij een komeet gevoegd. En vanuit een baan rond 67P leverde Rosetta de ene na de andere prachtige foto af. Maar hoe mooi de foto’s ook waren, stiekem keken we natuurlijk allemaal uit naar het volgende historische moment. En dat zou zich enkele maanden later – in november – aandienen. Dan zou Rosetta komeetlander Philae naar het oppervlak van 67P bonjouren. De lander moest de missie een extra dimensie geven en op het oppervlak van de komeet informatie verzamelen en zelfs in de komeet gaan boren.
Philae Zenuwslopend was het: de tweede woensdag in november. De dag waarop lander Philae voet op komeet 67P moest zetten. De opluchting was groot toen Philae erin slaagde op de komeet te landen. Maar die opluchting sloeg al snel om in teleurstelling toen bleek dat de landing allesbehalve vlekkeloos was verlopen. Philae was in eerste instantie netjes op de gewenste plek op de komeet geland, maar stuiterde daarna nog even door, waardoor de lander uiteindelijk op een zeer ongewenste plek terechtkwam: in de schaduw van een klif. Het is een plek waar je een lander die draait op zonne-energie absoluut niet wilt hebben, maar er viel niks meer aan te veranderen. Na enkele dagen onderzoek viel Philae in slaap. In de zomer van 2015 werd er enkele malen met succes contact gezocht met de lander, maar na 9 juli 2015 werd er niet meer van Philae vernomen. Lang legde Rosetta nog het oor te luister in de hoop een signaal van de lander op te vangen, maar op 28 juli 2016 werd ook dat initiatief gestaakt. We zouden nooit meer iets van Philae vernemen.
De beelden laten duidelijk zien dat Philae ongelukkig is neergekomen op 67P. Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.” width=”1024″ height=”1018″ class=”size-full wp-image-130901″ /> Totale radiostilte sinds 9 juli 2015. En toch was Philae begin deze maand weer even wereldnieuws. Rosetta had de lander gefotografeerd! De beelden laten duidelijk zien dat Philae ongelukkig is neergekomen op 67P.
Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
Perihelium Natuurlijk was het verlies van Philae een aderlating, maar de missie ging verder. Rosetta cirkelde immers nog altijd in goede gezondheid rond komeet 67P heen. We moesten vooruit kijken. En wel naar augustus 2015: perihelium. Het moment waarop de afstand tussen de zon en komeet 67P het kleinst was en de komeet ongetwijfeld zou gaan transformeren. Komeet 67P is namelijk een samenklontering van ijs en stof. En wanneer de komeet dicht bij de zon in de buurt komt, gaat dat ijs sublimeren (verdampen). Stromen gas ontsnappen van het oppervlak van de komeet en voeren stof mee. Astronomen wilden maar wat graag weten hoe een komeet zo’n perihelium doormaakt en zaten dankzij Rosetta op de eerste rij. We zagen krachtige straalstromen aan het oppervlak ontsnappen die soms zelfs de inkomende zonnewind wegduwden. En straalstromen die objecten van wel één meter groot de ruimte in slingerden (voor perihelium waren de grootste brokstukken die het oppervlak van 67P verlieten hooguit1 centimeter groot).
Een actieve komeet. Gas ontsnapt in straalstromen aan de komeet.
Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
De oorsprong van 67P Gaandeweg verkregen we zo dankzij Rosetta steeds meer informatie over 67P. Zo ontdekte de sonde hoe kometen zoals 67P ontstaan. Rosetta ontdekte dat de ‘kop’ van de komeet zeer poreus is. Die porositeit wijst erop dat de komeet ontstond doordat vele kleine ‘kometesimalen’ met snelheden kleiner dan 1 meter per seconde tegen elkaar botsten. Die kometesimalen smolten daarop niet samen, maar ‘leunden tegen elkaar aan’. Inmiddels is in diepe putten op de komeet ‘kippenvel’ aangetroffen en de ‘bultjes’ waaruit het ‘kippenvel’ bestaat zijn ongeveer drie meter breed. Daarmee zijn ze qua grootte vergelijkbaar met de kometesimalen waaruit komeet 67P waarschijnlijk is opgebouwd. Wellicht zien we in deze putten dan ook de originele bouwblokken waaruit de komeet zo’n 4,6 miljard jaar geleden verrees.
HET BELANG VAN DE MISSIE
Een missie naar een stokoude komeet stond al lang bij wetenschappers op het verlanglijstje. Kometen zijn een soort tijdcapsules uit de vroege stadia van de vorming van ons zonnestelsel en kunnen dus meer vertellen over die tijd. Daarnaast kan komeetonderzoek meer inzicht geven in de oorsprong van het leven. Men neemt namelijk aan dat kometen verantwoordelijk zijn voor het leveren van water – een belangrijk ingrediënt voor leven – op aarde.
Rosetta heeft eigenlijk alle verwachtingen overtroffen. Maar helaas, ook deze ruimtesonde heeft het eeuwige leven niet. Komeet 67P haast zich weg van de zon en Rosetta zal steeds meer moeite krijgen om voldoende energie op te wekken. Bovendien moeten we natuurlijk ook niet vergeten dat de sonde – ondanks dat dezen nog maar een paar jaar onderzoek achter de rug heeft – al tien jaar door de ruimte heeft gedoold en al meer dan twaalf jaar oud is. ESA heeft dan ook besloten dat het tijd is om afscheid te gaan nemen van de sonde. En Rosetta krijgt een bijzondere laatste rustplaats: Ma’at, een regio op de kop van komeet 67P. Het is de bedoeling dat de sonde op 30 september zachtjes op de komeet landt. Aangenomen wordt dat Rosetta na de landing niet meer in staat is om met de aarde te communiceren. En daarmee komt een einde aan een prachtige missie.
Rosetta maakt een ‘selfie’. Op de achtergrond zie je komeet 67P.
'IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE DO, YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN' - NASA DIRECTOR (video)
'IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE DO, YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN' - NASA DIRECTOR (video)
Paul Hertz, Director of the Astrophysics Division of the NASA, shared at IMGUR this amazing statement about aliens.
We are never going to discover aliens, aliens are going to discover us and when they do it won´t be pretty. You can take that to the bank.
There certainly wont be enought time for press conferences about it. You probaly wont have the time to blink.
"Be carefull what you wish for. if you guys knew even a fraction of the shit we do, you will never sleep again. I promise you that"
Paul Hertz Director of the astrophysics divison at nasa.
Paul Hertz was named Director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA in March 2012. He is responsible for the Agency’s research programs and missions necessary to discover how the universe works, explore how the universe began and developed into its present form, and search for Earth-like planets.
VIDEOVanmiddag, om twintig na één, is de missie van de Europese komeetsonde Rosetta tot een einde gekomen. Het ruimtetuig van het Europees Ruimteagentschap ESA werd twaalf jaar geleden gelanceerd om kometen te bestuderen. Vandaag, op 718 miljoen kilometer van de aarde, stortte Rosetta gecontroleerd neer op komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, waar ze al twee jaar rond cirkelde.
De snelheid van de impact was 19 centimeter per seconde, zowat de helft van een wandeltempo. Maar omdat Rosetta niet ontworpen was om te kunnen landen, was dat fataal voor heel wat instrumenten.
Vooraf werd de landingsplaats minutieus bepaald. De komeet is ongeveer 4 kilometer groot en ziet er een beetje uit als een zandloper. Hij zou ontstaan zijn door het botsen van twee kometen. Het oppervlakte is erg poreus en de temperatuur bedraagt er tot honderd graden onder nul.
Schat De missie van Rosetta kwam daarmee tot een einde en kostte 1 miljard euro. De beslissing om de missie af te breken werd genomen omdat de komeet bijna zo ver van de zon is, dat de zonnepanelen van Rosetta niet meer genoeg energie kregen om te blijven functioneren. Ook de bandbreedte voor het downloaden van wetenschappelijke data verminderde. Het ruimtetuig bleef wel tot het allerlaatste moment foto's in hoge resolutie maken en gegevens verzamelen over onder meer gassen, stof en plasma ronde steenbrok en die doorsturen naar de aarde. Dat moet nog een schat aan info opleveren. Het laatste contact was er 51 meter boven de komeet.
Succes "Het is gebeurd. Ik kan bevestigen dat de afdaling van Rosetta een volledig succes is", zei missieverantwoordelijke Patrick Martin, een paar minuten nadat om 13.19 uur Belgische tijd het signaal was weggevallen. "Adieu Rosetta, je hebt je werk goed gedaan", zei Martin in het vluchtleidingscentrum ESOC in Darmstadt. Daar was het tijdens de laatste minuten van de vlucht muisstil, totdat een wervelend applaus na de bevestiging van de landing uitbrak.
Reis
De sonde heeft bijna acht miljard kilometer afgelegd, is op haar reis in 2005 en 2009 drie keer rond de aarde gescheerd en één keer rond Mars (2007), terwijl ze twee keer een ontmoeting met een asteroïde had, Steins (2008) en Lutetia (2010). Het tuig vertoefde 31 maanden in gecontroleerde winterslaap.
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Over mijzelf
Ik ben Pieter, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Peter2011.
Ik ben een man en woon in Linter (België) en mijn beroep is Ik ben op rust..
Ik ben geboren op 18/10/1950 en ben nu dus 74 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Ufologie en andere esoterische onderwerpen.
Op deze blog vind je onder artikels, werk van mezelf. Mijn dank gaat ook naar André, Ingrid, Oliver, Paul, Vincent, Georges Filer en MUFON voor de bijdragen voor de verschillende categorieën...
Veel leesplezier en geef je mening over deze blog.
