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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...
09-12-2016
Astrofysicus: “Buitenaards leven is overal”
Astrofysicus: “Buitenaards leven is overal”
Een professor van de Columbia-universiteit heeft een ongewone theorie geïntroduceerd: dat mensen buitenaards leven nog niet hebben ontdekt omdat het is verweven met de structuur van het universum en zelfs de natuurkunde.
Astrofysicus Caleb Scharf presenteerde zijn idee in een artikel op de website Nautilus.
Sommigen menen volgens hem dat de technologie mogelijk zo ver doorontwikkelt ‘dat we niet eens zouden beseffen dat we ernaar kijken’.
Andere bouwstenen
Het zou verklaren waarom we nog geen intelligent leven in de kosmos hebben ontdekt, ondanks het duizelingwekkende aantal planeten waarop het zich kan hebben ontwikkeld, aldus Scharf.
Hij merkt ook op dat er andere bouwstenen van leven kunnen zijn naast moleculen.
Een beschaving zou zichzelf en zijn hele fysieke wereld vervolgens kunnen veranderen in een andere vorm.
Onzichtbaar
Wellicht is ons universum wel één van de nieuwe vormen waarin een beschaving zijn wereld heeft veranderd.
Scharf wijst erop dat slechts vijf procent van het universum bestaat uit gewone materie: de protonen, neutronen en elektronen waar we uit bestaan.
Een veel groter deel, zo’n 27 procent, bestaat uit onzichtbaar, mysterieus spul, aldus de hoogleraar.
Leven
Hij vraagt zich ook af of de versnelde expansie van het heelal zo’n vijf miljard jaar geleden het werk kan zijn geweest van aliens.
Scharf hoopt dat een laboratorium ooit leven weet te ontdekken in donkere materie.
Superfast plane could fly from London to New York in 20 minutes using revolutionary engine
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES
Superfast plane could fly from London to New York in 20 minutes using revolutionary engine
The Antipode could be ten times faster than Concorde and uses technology that's been tested by NASA, creator claims
BY JENNIFER HALE
A NEXT-GENERATION jet could take passengers from London to New York in just 20 minutes, according to its creator.
Canadian designer Charles Bombardier claims his concept plane, called the Antipode, could be ten times faster than Concorde.
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The Antipode, which is the latest supersonic concept plane
It would carry ten people, using rocket boosters to climb to 40,000 feet and could zoom round the globe in less time than it takes to watch a game of football.
A ‘supersonic combuston ramjet engine’ would then bring the plane up to speeds of Mach 24, which is 21 times the speed of sound.
A normal Boeing 747 has a top speed of 570 miles an hour, but the Antipode would be capable of reaching a whopping 16,000 mph.
It’s Bombardier’s second attempt at designing a super-fast aircraft, after previously publishing a design called the Skreemr.
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It could hold ten people and fly from London to New York in just 20 minutes
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It uses Long Penetration Mode technology to combat problems previously faced by Concorde
Mr Bombardier told the BBC: “The idea of going from New York to London in, say 20 minutes – that’s what I think really grabbed people.
“It’s always something that people would like – a transportation system that could take you from one place on the planet to the other side.”
But we won’t be jetting across the Atlantic in 20 minutes any time soon as the design is just a concept.
Bombardier added: “I wanted to help get funding to do more research, and so I tried to push the whole thing forward.
“I know that it’s not going to lead to the exact aircraft at the end, but it might help to develop new technologies and new processes. If it does, then that I’m happy that I did something to help society.”
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The jet is just a concept for now but creator Bombardier is looking for more investment into researching its design and technology
The fastest passenger plane in the world at the moment is Air Force One.
The President’s private jet can reach speeds of 594 mph and is able to refuel midair and stay in the air indefinitely if necessary.
Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t come cheap, costing £160,000 per hour when it’s in the air.
Just yesterday it was revealed that the plane needs an urgent makeover, just in time for President-elect Donald Trump.
The Donald is also going to get a second plane over fears it is simply too outdated.
Incredible aerial timelapse reveals how the mysterious Area 51 has expanded over the last 30 years
SCARIER 51
Incredible aerial timelapse reveals how the mysterious Area 51 has expanded over the last 30 years
Satellite images show a second runway has been constructed and on-site infrastructure vastly expanded
BY COREY CHARLTON
EVER since the 1950s, the US government’s Area 51 – located deep within the remote Nevada desert – has been the subject of intense conspiracy theories.
But now Google Maps has offered a rare glimpse of the mysterious government site – revealing a massive build up of infrastructure at the base over the past 30 years.
GOOGLE MAPS
Area 51 pictured from above in 1984
GOOGLE MAPS
By 1990 another runway appears to have been constructed
GOOGLE MAPS
And in 2007, more buildings can be seen built into the neighbouring mountain
GOOGLE MAPS
Here it is seen in 2016 – revealing a swathe of new infrastructure
Satellite imagery recorded annually since 1984 shows a rapid expansion of buildings and runways at the base.
This includes the construction of a second runway and what appears to be an extension of the first.
Buildings are also being constructed into the side of a nearby mountain – though what they contain remains a mystery.
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While the existence of Area 51 is common knowledge, for decades the US refused to even acknowledge its existence.
The base and the area surrounding it are entirely off-limits for civilians, while the airspace is a no-fly zone.
Military personnel with weapons patrol the perimeter of Area 51, with signs warning that security can use “deadly force”.
The closely-guarded nature of Area 51 adds to the intrigue of a site long associated with UFO conspiracy theories.
The US Air Force Base, around 80 miles from Las Vegas, is thought to be used for the development and testing of experimental aircraft.
Many conspiracy theorists claim that the base has been used for reverse engineering of an alleged crashed alien spacecraft at Roswell.
Bikers stopped and frisked at gunpoint after 'discovering entry to Area 51'
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VIDEO: Satellietbeelden onthullen uitbreidingen mysterieuze basis Area 51
VIDEO: Satellietbeelden onthullen uitbreidingen mysterieuze basis Area 51
Al sinds de jaren vijftig wordt Area 51, een geheime legerbasis in de Nevadawoestijn, omgeven door diverse complottheorieën.
Op Google Maps is te zien dat de mysterieuze basis in de afgelopen 30 jaar flink is uitgebreid.
Satellietbeelden die sinds 1984 zijn verzameld laten zien dat er veel gebouwen en landingsbanen zijn bijgekomen.
Zijkant van een berg
De beelden tonen onder meer de aanleg van een tweede landingsbaan en een uitbreiding van de eerste.
Ook is te zien dat er gebouwen zijn bijgekomen die in de zijkant van een berg zijn gebouwd. Het is niet bekend wat ze bevatten.
Decennialang weigerde de Amerikaanse overheid het bestaan van Area 51 te erkennen.
Dodelijk geweld
De basis en het omliggende terrein zijn verboden voor onbevoegden en het luchtruim boven de basis is gesloten.
Rond Area 51 patrouilleren soldaten en zijn waarschuwingsborden te zien met teksten als ‘gebruik van dodelijk geweld toegestaan’.
Buitenaards ruimteschip
Omdat er zo geheimzinnig wordt gedaan over Area 51, wordt de legerbasis al geruime tijd geassocieerd met complottheorieën.
Veel complottheoretici claimen dat een gecrasht buitenaards ruimteschip op de basis wordt bewaard. Er zouden ook experimentele vliegtuigen worden getest.
We komen nu in een situatie terecht, waarbij er bijna dagelijks nieuwe dingen worden ontdekt op de planeet Mars.
Enkele dagen geleden de ontdekking van wat lijkt op de restanten vaneen grote oude stadop Mars en nu komt daar de volgende bij.
De ontdekking is gedaan door iemand uit Portugal en wanneer je tot nu toe nog getwijfeld hebt over of er ooit leven en een beschaving op Mars is geweest of zelfs nog is, is er grote kans dat je door deze ontdekking over de streep wordt getrokken.
Deze vondst komt natuurlijk bovenop de lange rij van ontdekkingen die in de loop der jaren zijn gedaan op Mars en die met de beste wil van de wereld niet verklaard kunnen worden als natuurlijke objecten.
De volgende ontdekking is gedaan in een gebied op Mars dat bekendstaat als Terra Meridiani.
En middenin dat kale verlaten landschap van Terra Meridianan vinden je een aantal objecten die absoluut niet thuis horen in het vlakke landschap.
Wat natuurlijk verder opvalt, is dat de ruimtes tussen de drie objecten zo perfect gelijk is, dat dat nooit iets kan zijn dat door de natuur is gevormd.
Je ziet ook dat de objecten allemaal precies gelijk gevormd zijn en even groot en hoe ze aan de bovenkant een soort punt lijken te hebben.
Als je de NASA beelden zou vertalen naar een 3D weergave van hoe deze objecten er op de grond van Mars uit zien, dan zou je iets krijgen zoals de volgende afbeelding.
Of, zoals deze:
Alhoewel het op de afbeelding niet zulke grote torens lijken, zijn ze volgens Scott Waring misschien wel iets van anderhalve kilometer hoog.
Ze zijn in ieder geval goed gebouwd, want ze zijn blijven staan ondanks alle dingen die er ongetwijfeld op Mars zullen zijn gebeurd.
Hierna volgen twee video’s over dit onderwerp. De eerste is in het Engels van Secureteam en de tweede is in het Portugees en is gemaakt door de man die de ontdekking heeft gedaan.
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Connecticut witness describes triangle UFO under 500 feet
Connecticut witness describes triangle UFO under 500 feet
A Connecticut witness at New Milford reported watching a silent, triangle-shaped UFO that moved close at an altitude under 500 feet and then made a 90-degree turn and moved away, according to testimony in Case 80488 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness was driving home on a clear night at 8:45 p.m. on November 17, 2016, when the incident began.
“Approached a stop sign in rural area and noted a brightly lit craft flying very slowly directly towards me at low altitude,” the witness stated.“The white spotlights were very bright and spaced widely apart, making a helicopter unlikely, so I stopped at the intersection to observe what seemed like a strange phenomenon.”
The object reached the witness in about three minutes, traveling less than a mile.
“As it got closer I saw a blinking red light on the nose and thought ‘plane.’ But it was so slow, low and silent.”
The witness was able to describe the lighting on the triangle-shaped craft as it moved close. Pictured: New Milford, CT. (Credit: Google)
But then the object made a turn.
“Moments before it would have been overhead, it made a perfect 90-degree turn. At that point I could see its underbelly clearly. It was a perfect black triangle, slightly wider at the back than the sides (triangle tip facing forward for flight) with white and red line of lights along the back flashing in a sequence back and forth. Shortly after it turned it traveled behind the treeline and I continued on my way home.”
New Milford is a town in southern Litchfield County, Connecticut, population 28,671. Connecticut MUFON Field Investigator Warren Fentress is investigating. The witness provided one illustration with the MUFON report, which was filed on November 17, 2016.
The object made a 90-degree turned and moved away. Pictured: New Milford, CT. (Credit: Google)
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.
USAF security police officer says he witnessed famous Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting, interview
USAF security police officer says he witnessed famous Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting, interview
Editor’s note:The Rendlesham Forest UFO sightings took place over several days in late December, 1980. Although exact dates have been disputed, according to the witnesses, it is likely the event began very late on December 25. The Rendlsham forest is flanked by two Royal Air Force (RAF) bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge. At the time, both were on lease to the United States Air Force. Personnel from both bases reported seeing UFOs the night of the 25th into the early morning of the 26th.
When December comes around each year it always reminds me that what has been labelled as Britain’s foremost UFO incident took place. I refer of course to the events in late December 1980 in Rendlesham Forest, commonly referred to as the RFI. This incident is too big and too complicated to summarise here but for those who are not fully aware of it I would recommend you read the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident.
This year we have the new book The Halt Perspective, co-authored by Colonel Halt and John Hanson and published by ’Haunted Skies.’ To some, the RFI is THE case that can change ufology forever, while others dismiss it offering a variety of natural explanations to account for the observations in question. For those who do not know who Colonel Halt is, he was the Deputy Base Commander at RAF Woodbridge in 1980, and was an eye witness to some of the UFO events observed in December 1980.
I am not going to go over old ground, and my own opinion on the RFI remains open, but I am not convinced with a lot of the sceptical arguments against it. So, with all this in mind, I have recently taken the opportunity to interview one of the US Airmen that was on duty on one of the nights in question. To the best of my knowledge he has not gone on the record before. His name is Steve Longero. I spoke with Steve twice on the telephone on October 29th & 30th 2016.
Who is Steve Longero ?
Steve Longero
My background:
I worked as a Police Officer for Dept of Veterans Affairs 1986-1988. I was hired by the County of Santa Clara Dept of Correction in 1988, while working in the jails, I also was a Reserve Police Officer for the city of Manteca! I ended up retiring from the Sheriffs office in Santa Clara County where I was recognized by the courts as a gang expert. I held the title of training officer, as was a team leader for the emergency response team there, until I retired in 2012.
I was a former Sergeant – Honourable Discharge – at USAF Security Police (1980 – 1984). Yes. I was in the forest, I saw the lights, heard the conversations, talked about it and was told to be quiet! My roommate was Ed Cabansag! I really never talked about it to Penniston and Burroughs but I was there! Warren can tell you! Yes we were debriefed and told to keep quiet!
Interview with Steve Longero
Some of the following interview will be paraphrased while other parts will be verbatim.
Philip Mantle: Can you tell us when you joined the USAF.
Steve Longero: Yes, it’s been a long time. I joined in July, no June 1980.
Mantle: Were your stationed anywhere else before you went to Bentwaters?
Longero: No, that was my first duty. I was a security policeman. You know my job was patrolling the flight line and the weapons storage area (WSA).
Photo of the weapons storage area at RAF Bentwaters. (Credit: Philip Mantle)
Mantle: Do you remember the nights in question in late December 1980?
Longero: Yes, I sure do. I went on duty, what I remember that on one of those nights I was guarding the weapons storage area.
While on duty that night, we had a very sophisticated alarm system and everything just went off. And then, you know, I could see these lights over the treetops, and I was thinking, “What’s going on?” Then they started sending people out there and at first, you know, it was hard to believe, you know, all these bright lights. It was hard to take in. Well, from what I remember, the lights, fluorescent lights, kind of a glow, like a reddish glow. I remember going out there.
Steve went on to add that he went out into Rendlesham Forest and there were a lot of other people already there. The forest wasn’t that far from the perimeter. He was only a few hundred yards into the forest. He could not remember who ordered him to go out there. He remembered the flight chief being out there. He saw the lights in the forest. There were a number of others out there including Larry Warren and Jim Penniston and Cabansag. He was out in the forest from between one to two hours. A few days later they were told not to talk about it. Steve went on to confirm that OSI agents were there. He was asked to sign something and told not to talk about it.
He remembers seeing, among others, Larry Warren when they were told to obtain the ‘light alls’ (portable lights). These were used to light up the forest. So they were taken into the area.
Longero: I can’t remember verbatim what I saw that night but I was there.
Mantle: What I’d like to ask you again, Steve, is when you went out into the forest you could see the lights over the trees. Could you tell me what those lights looked like, please?
Longero: They looked like fluorescent coloured lights, like red and green, glowing lights and that’s what they looked like.
Mantle: How long did you view them for do you reckon?
Longero: I’d say ten to fifteen minutes, and I could see them hovering over the treetops, and it was just hovering over the treetops, and it was just, just, like an eye that was almost following everybody.
Picture of Longero and his fellow airmen. Longero is in the bottom right.
Mantle: When you went into the forest you mentioned others, can you remember anyone else who were there?
Longero: Yes, Penniston and Burroughs and Cabansag and, I remember others starting coming, we all kind of got dispatched there, if I remember, Larry was out there. Because, if I remember right, Larry was working at a gate and he got picked up by, I want to say, a Lt. Englund. I remember he was at the East Gate and I remember he, they transported people from there, like I said, they sent a lot of people out there.
Mantle: So when you were in the forest, can you explain to me what you saw and what was it like there?
Longero: It was real kind of quiet and, you know, this thing hovering over the trees, and you were like kind of tracking it and like, “What is this?,” you know, and it was like following, it was like watching us, that’s what it looked like to us. It seemed like something watching us.
Mantle: What colour was it?
Longero: From what I remember, it was like aglow. It was really glowing like a reddish, greenish light. It was a like, it war really glowing. You know what it looked like, like something was really hot and it was just glowing.
Mantle: Did you see Col. Halt? Was he there?
Longero: Col. Halt came afterwards, yes, he came afterwards, after all that was called in. I remember him turning up. That’s when they kind of gathered everyone around and said this is what we are going to do, and everybody kind of dispersed and did what they were told to do. I remember we had like a little briefing right there and everybody was just like, we just could not believe what we were seeing. Your adrenalin was flowing and I remember people saying like, “What is that?,” you know.
Memo written by Col. Halt related to the incident that was leaked to the press.
Mantle: Now, I know I have asked you this question before Steve, but some people believe that you misidentified the lighthouse. What do you say to that?
Longero: (laughs). I don’t think so.
Mantle: Could you see the lighthouse at the same time?
Longero: I won’t say it was the lighthouse; no, it was not the lighthouse. Not unless the lighthouse could move (laughs). Unless they could float that thing in the air. And then, you know, as we got, as people were getting close to this thing, it kind of came nearer to us and then it would go forward and then go back and all of a sudden it just disappeared, like something out of Star Trek. It was like warp speed and we were all, “What was that?” It was gone, and then that’s when they started doing all their investigations and I was just a, after we secured the area, they said, “Okay. You’re gone. Get out of here.”
Mantle: Was there a lot of talk about it back at base afterwards?
Longero: Oh yes. It was all over the base. It was a big topic.
Mantle: You said that you were debriefed a few days later. Is that right?
Longero: Yes, I want to say a day or two later. I remember that night we all used to go and eat at the chow hall and everybody was talking about it and I remember, in fact, I want to say I was sitting at the table where Penniston was sitting, and he was a Staff Sergeant, and he told all of us to stop talking about it. I remember that, you know, stop talking about it.
Mantle: You said, also, that Larry Warren was involved in helping set up the light-alls. Is that correct?
Longero: He was. Yes, that’s true.
Mantle: So who debriefed you Steve?
Longero: You know, Philip, I remember going in, they called us in individually, and I want to say that it was security police investigations, and I do believe that there was an OSI agent in there. I remember this OSI gentleman with a beard. I remember getting pulled in. I remember getting talked to by Major Zickler. I remember getting called into his office for something like that.
Newspaper breaking the story of the UFO sightings in the Rendlesham Forest.
Mantle: Can you remember what the conversation was (with Major Zickler)?
Longero: Well, you know, what you saw, remember where you work in the weapons storage area. It was like you don’t need to talk about this you don’t need to make a big deal out of this.
Mantle: And we are talking about nuclear weapons here aren’t we?
Longero: Yes sir.
Mantle: So, there was a lot of talk, was there a consensus about what this thing was?
Longero: Yes. It was like, “What did we see? Was this an experimental aircraft?” I remember that was one of the things, you know, “What was that?”
Mantle: What do you think it was?
Longero: I think it was something not from this world. Just because the way it hovered and just the way it disappeared. That’s what I think. That’s what I’ve always thought.
Mantle: You know Larry Warren has been criticized quite a bit. What do have to say in answer to that?
Longero: I think there were a lot of haters out there who just didn’t like Larry Warren. I liked Larry. I went to tech school with him and I never had a problem with Larry, but I know there were people in that unit that didn’t like him for whatever reason. Maybe they didn’t like his personality, but I never had any issue with Larry.
Mantle: But you definitely remember seeing him there, don’t you?
Longero: I remember, what I remember is that we had something to do with these light-all things, I remember, yes. And that was out there, yes.
Mantle: Did you get to know any of the civilians in the area at the time?
Longero: No. After that, I just kind of kept myself to myself, and kind of thought, “I’ll do my bit and get out of here.”
End of interview
Welcome sign at RAF Bentwaters. (Credit: Philip Mantle)
I have thanked Steve Longero for speaking to me and for going on the record for the very first time. Steve does not claim to be anything special, but he wanted to emphasize that there were a lot of others involved and who were witness to the events in question. Many of whom have yet to add their voice to these events.
Steve has confirmed the open secret that nuclear weapons were stored at RAF Bentwaters at the time, although, he did not personally witness any lights being shone onto the WSA. He has confirmed much of what Colonel Halt has already said on the record, and he is in no doubt that Larry Warren was there.
It is not the intention of this article to discuss what Steve and his colleagues may or may not have observed, nor is it my aim to support anyone’s story of whether they were there or not. One thing that is clear is that there are probably many others who were stationed there at the time and, as yet, have not gone on the record. Let us hope that in some small way this article might encourage some of them to come forward.
What is also clear is that despite the best efforts of some, this case will continue to be hotly debated for many years to come. Do the events in late December 1980 in Rendlesham forest have a conventional explanation, or is Steve Longero correct when he says it was “something not of this world?” I leave you to decide.
An Indiana witness at Angola recalled a UFO encounter from 2012 involved a shape-shifting UFO, according to testimony in Case 79957 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The events began at 10:30 p.m. on July 7, 2012, at Little Long Lake where the lake is divided by both the Indiana and Michigan state line.
The witness first noticed a bright light in the distance. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
“I was on a pontoon boat sitting at the dock waiting for some friends who were using the bathroom in the cottage,” the witness stated. The skies were clear and full of stars. Being on the lake with little or no lights around the area made it very easy and enjoyable looking at the stars. It was an exceptional night for star gazing, which I love to do.”
Several other people were on the pontoon boat at the same time.
“I was laying down on one of the seats looking up at the stars in the sky. I happened to look to my right, which would be a northerly direction. As I looked off to my right, I noticed a glowing white ball in the sky, which seemed to get bigger as I gazed at it. It was moving toward our position. I figured it might be some kind of fireworks since it was just after the 4th of July (this incident was on Saturday, July 7th). But there weren’t any other fireworks being set off at the time.”
The witness was curious and continued to watch the globe move toward the boat.
The object appeared to change shape at one point. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
“Maybe it was a plane, but the globe or circle of light was too big to be a plane. I sat up to get a better view of this display. My friend was directly across from me laying on the other reclined seat. He was looking in a westerly direction. His sister-in-law was in one of the captain’s seats in the front of the boat looking east. The light got as big as a penny and then it burst into a perfect rectangular-shaped light. No globe-shaped figure anymore, just a solid glowing white light in a rectangular shape – like the globe exploded but no fragments – just a perfectly shaped and very long rectangle.”
The object soon disappeared.
“This was only a few seconds before there was nothing. It was gone. I blurted out, ‘What the heck was that?’ My friend didn’t move and just asked ‘what?’ His sister-in-law asked the same. I said,‘Right there,’ as I pointed in the direction of the white globe turned rectangular burst. As my friend exclaimed,‘What did you see?’ and his sister-in-law was repositioning herself to look in the direction I was gazing, two smaller spheres or globes appeared; one coming from a westerly direction and the other coming from the east.”
The witness described the two globes.
“One was a red color or scarlet-colored globe – smaller than the white globe before it burst into the rectangular shape. The other globe was purple or violet-colored globe. They came to rest on top of one another it seemed. Just for a second before one accelerated very fast straight up and the other straight down. This all happened quickly – not in slow motion – but in a few seconds. So before my friend’s sister-in-law was able to position herself to look in the direction I was locked onto, the globes were gone.”
The original object was too big to be a plane. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
The witness became very excited.
“I said, ‘Oh my God,’ look at that. My friend’s sister-in-law was turned around at the time and said – ‘what?’ I pointed in the direction of where these two globes had just disappeared. All of sudden, they both appeared again coming from the same direction they did before, from the west and the other from the east. They again stopped above each other – like resting on top of one another – for just a second or two and then just took off directly away from our position – very quickly until you couldn’t see them.”
Indiana MUFON State Director Stewart I. Hill and Assistant State Director Ned Delaney investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“Though the short but vivid lighting effect suggests a possible meteor, the light formation and subsequent spheres tend to eliminate that explanation,” Hill and Delaney wrote in their report. “The fact that no others in the group observed a flash also tends to eliminate the meteor explanation.For lack of specific details beyond the light phenomenon and subsequent light patterns, it is extremely difficult to identify these sightings. Though the historical event could be a natural phenomenon, the resulting spheres raise additional questions about just what was observed. The additional event referenced as a moving light, which stops and speeds off, is consistent with numerous sightings of moving lights that don’t behave quite like a conventional aircraft. Recommended Disposition: Unknown/Other.”
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.
Interview with author, publisher and UFO researcher John Hanson
A UFO book that is gathering interest and momentum at the moment is The Halt Perspective, so I have taken this opportunity to interview the book’s co-author and publisher, John Hanson. Lots has been said on social media and the controversy still continues, so I thought it might be the right time to go direct to the source and get an email interview with the man in question.
Phillip Mantle: Please tell us something about your background. Who is John Hanson? When did you first become interested in the UFO phenomenon?
John Hanson: Early roots and sides of life
I am a retired West Midlands Police Officer, born in Didcot, Berkshire, now living in Worcestershire.
My father – ex-RAF John Thomas Hanson, a Yorkshireman – joined the RSPCA [Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] as an Inspector. In those days Inspectors were not allowed to stay more than 7 years on a posting, so I have many pleasant memories of having lived in Halifax, Leeds, Cheltenham and Surrey. My Dad worked many long hours and was always being called out in the middle of the night to rescue an animal. This was before the hours were regulated. I am proud of him and my Mum – Didcot born Barbara Anne Hanson (nee Keats) – whom I adored and miss both of them. I have a sister, Carole, who lives in Gravesend.
Trained as a chef
After leaving school, my father found me a job in a solictor’s office but I took alternative employment as a chef at the Moorend Park Hotel, Cheltenham, before working for an outside caterers, R. Sills, where I certainly saw the other side of life, cooking at Hunt Balls and private functions at Stateley homes. How the other half lives!
Birmingham City Police
I joined the Birmingham City Police in 1966, after my Dad had his Sunbeam Talbot stolen, one night, while we were living in Chelteham. I spent half of my career in the CID [Criminal Investigation Department] and saw another side of life.
In 1995, I left the force and had not the faintest idea that UFOs even existed. I have no memory of having seen any such incidents reported in the newspaper, during what was a prolific period of UFO activity. If I had, I would have believed the witnesses were suffering from flights of imagnation, drink, or in need of psychiatric attention. Was I in for a shock!
PM: Could you explain how your series of HAUNTED SKIES books first came about?
JH: How it all began
My interest in the UFO phenomena began on the 19th of January, 1995, after Chris Hanson (my son) – a newly joined P.C. [Police Constable], also based at the same Police Station – was directed (along with another officer) to a suburb close to the Police training centre in Selly Park, South Birmingham, following a number of 999 calls made to the public, reporting an object with a blue tail and dark blue head seen racing over the City Centre at about 6.15pm.
A doctor in Moseley then saw it drop down from the sky over the Stirchley area. The two officers interviewed the doctor and, while on the way back, saw a fat elliptical object with a blue field around it, with a line of rippling red through the middle, hovering over a copse of trees. Within seconds, it shrank into itself and disappeared. I thought they were joking, but in due course managed to find some witnesses from the Oxford area that saw a ‘D’ shaped object following the contours of the land, a few minutes later.
John Hanson (right) with Astronaut Edgar Mitchell. (Credit: John Hanson)
Explained away as a shooting star by the local papers
My interest was triggered by this singular event and I knew this was no shooting star. What a load of rubbish! When I wrote to the Bristish Astronimical Association, asking them for assitance, the head of the organisation sent me a postcard informing me that he had asked his fireball co-ordinator not to enter into any dialogue with ‘crackpot organisations,’ presmuably alluding to myself?
One thing that has always motivated me, even as a ‘copper’, is adversity – it can only spur one on!
College talk
Following a talk given at the local Redditch College, Worcestershire, on UFOs, in the mid 1990s, I met Redditch resident Dawn Marina Holloway who had photographed some trianguler objects in the sky over Barmouth. We became friends and decided to write a book, taking into consideration there was a dearth of books being written on the UFO subject, ironically triggered-off by an ernormous interest in popular science fiction such as the X Files, Star Trek, and other films that had gripped the public’s imagination, portraying man’s heroic fight against the alien invading hordes!
First strange incident
Oddly, a strange thing happened after talking about Tony Dodd’s investigations into a UFO encounter involving allegations of aliens captured in South Africa, which had involved showing film through my Panasonic VHS camera (the projector wasn’t working at the college). I returned home to Alvechurch and was about to get into bed, when the bedroom was lit up. I looked out and saw a ‘globe of bright light’ opposite the house. I picked up the camera and took a clip of film. The next thing I was aware of was waking up and carrying on with the daily duties. At some stage, I discovered the camera was missing and thought I had left it at the college or the pub aftewards, where I had enjoyed one pint only!
During the evening, I searched the bedroom and found the camera. Immediately I remembered the UFO incident and examined the camera, and was pleased to find the film was still there. I will show the images in Volume 13 of Haunted Skies (1995) and still find it a little embarrassing, as I cannot explain what happened at least to explain away the incident with any rationaility!
We spent more years amassing a large amount of reports obtained from our own investigations. After interviewing witnesses in the West Midlands area, we thought, naively, we could fulfil our ambition.
Gordon Creighton – Editor of Flying Saucer Review
We went to see Gordon Creighton at his house in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He was a distinguished diplomat who reported seeing a flying ‘disc’ in 1941 while serving in China. He had a passion for preserving UFO sightings worldwide in the now famous magazines, and despite being seriously injured in a car accident, insisted on putting the FSRs [Flying Saucer Review] together from his hospital bed. We have so much admiration for him and his wife, Joan, and the rest of the team we met, and were so proud when he asked Dawn and I to be Consultants for FSR, after seeing our folders of catalogued reports.
Dawn and I were also humbled to be invited to his funeral and I still have regrets about being asked to take over the Editor’s job, some years ago, which I had to refuse because of my full-time commitment to the Haunted Skies series of books.
Forewords by Tim Good, Jenny Randles, Nick Redferen, Phil Mantle, Matt Lyons
At some stage we met Tim Good, who promised us a foreword, and then sent the Chronicles of a Phenomenon synopsis off to his agent – who declined it, saying it was not focused, although he was impressed by our commitment and some of the work provided. We weren’t sure what he meant and, rather than pay a fee to be advisied accordingly, decided to present the sightings in chronoloigcal order – which meant a humongous amount of time spent in libraries, searching through telephone directories and then writing to newspapers appealing for information. Most of the time the results were unsuccessful, but others came forward to tell what they had seen.
Preparing the foundation
We read the majority of FRS/UFO Magazines/Newspapers and hundreds of books, determined to track down and interview the witnesses personally, feeling their UFO sightings and encounters should be preserved for posterity and future generations. We managed to trace people like Margaret Fry, Jessie Roestenberg, Robin Gibbons, James Salandin and other RAF officers, to name just a few, not forgetting the researchers – some of whom have now passed away.
This cost us money to travel all over the country, but if we had the chance we would do it again.
We feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to share what, in some cases, has been a traumatic experience, sometimes followed by ridicule, taking into consideration these people did not know us and were still prepared to discuss what, in some situations, were very private matters.
John Hanson (Credit: John Hanson)
Under criticism – goes with the territory
A few years ago, we were criticized by one well-known researcher, who told us that it was a waste of time interviewing people and that we, as researchers, should just catalogue the reports without getting involved. Apparently, this course of self adopted action dictated him rubber stamping one famous UFO photograph as a hoax, without even speaking to the parties concerned!
I would be the first to accept that, while I cannot categorically prove this either way, surely common sense dictates there is a benefit to interviewing people personally about their experiences, because that’s what good UFO investigation work is all about!
Haunted Skies Publisher
In 2010 we found a publisher, who agreed to publish Haunted Skies, Volume 1, and then 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, which were produced not through email or internet, but the old-fashioned way of driving backwards and forwards to Devon – sometimes twice a month, in all weathers often ‘kipping in the car’, as we couldnt afford the accomodation.
Removed from sale – a devasting blow
Sadly, in 2015, these six books were removed from sale; this meant we had lost £2,500 in total fees, paid to the publisher for each book – not forgetting the other out-of-pocket expenses! These books are now fetching crazy prices of up to £2,000! However, we learnt, as I explained before, that advertisity can only spur one on – sentiments expressed by my colleague, Phil Mantle, who now publishes his books through the Flying Disk Company.
Haunted Skies Publishing
In 2012, we set ourselves up as Haunted Skies Publishing and published Volume 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
In November 2016, we completed the revised Volume One, in colour, and three times the original size! We are currently working on the Wiltshire book and revised Volume 2.
Incredibly, although we have now self-published Volumes 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Haunted Skies books, we have still yet to publish the events of 1992 onwards, which is what we set out to do some 20 years ago!
PM: Have you ever had a personal UFO sighting at all?
JH: 2nd sighting
In June 1996, I was with my son at The Crown Public House, Alvechurch. The time was 9.25pm. We both saw two huge well-defined ‘globes’ – the size of dustbin lids (in comparison to the tiny satelittes and aircraft overhead) – which then moved through the celestial arc across the sky, as if joined together side-by-side, before slipping down towards the eastern horizon.
3rd sighting
Dawn and I were in Rendlesham Forest on the 27th of December, 2000, with Brenda Butler and other ‘sky watchers’, when an object was seen in the sky over the same area as nominated by Colonel Charles Halt and the other airmen. We took some film and were interviewed about the incident by the local news channel. Stills of the UFO are shown in The Halt Perspective. It is important to also point out that we have experienced on more than one occasion a fall of a warm stone which fell with a thud onto the forest floor. This is referred to as ‘apports’ and is recognized phenomena, examples of which we have covered in the books.
PM: Has being a former Police Detective helped you in your research of the UFO phenomenon?
JH: Yes, I suppose it has. However, at the end of the day it’s about treating people with decency and courtesy. Many people who have the courage of going to the newspapers to report simply what they have seen later become the butt of ridicule by others. If one examines the thousands of UFO reports going back to the early 1960s, 90% are presented ‘tongue in cheek’ with banner grabbing headlines – published to entertain rather than alarm. After many years research, it is patently obvious, despite promises made of some form of disclosure by various Governments, that the ‘real truths’ which lie behind the daily incursions of these objects – (that’s presupposing they are known about) – will be kept from us for many years to come. I believe this is because the reality might be nothing like we could ever imagine!
PM: Whilst compiling your research for your new book, The Halt Perspective, is there any one piece of evidence that for you really stands out?
JH: The forgotten ‘wave’
There are so many pieces of evidence that do stand out; the main one that most of us are aware of is the UFO ‘wave’ known for triangular UFOs, and was the subject of so much media attention in the mid 1980s. On occasion, the Belgium Air Force attempted to intercept the UFOs….but how many people know or suspect the existence of a similar UFO ‘wave’ over Essex and its surrounding borders with East Anglia, which began approximately in 1978 and went through to 1990 and onwards?
Some of these objects were seen over Sizewell Nuclear Power Station, and the majority of these objects often showed three lights around the tips of the triangle. Sightings of three lights in the sky have provided the backcloth of so many reports that we have come across over the years.
We have tried to attract the interest of the local newspapers in the Norfolk/Suffolk localities of East Anglia about this forgotten ‘wave’, but they do not appear to be interested. Whether this is because their editors have been advised accordingly, we do not know. All we can say is that after six years of publishing these fantastic books, we have never received any interest by the tabloid newspapers apart from one or two slight references of late.
Colonel Halt‘s views
“I still didn’t say much publicly until people started putting out all kinds of garbage and nonsense…..So much disinformation out there and people bugging me about what happened – I finally decided, it’s time to tell the truth. I believe the objects that I saw at close quarter were extraterrestrial in origin and that the security services of both the United States and the United Kingdom have attempted – both then and now – to subvert the significance of what occurred at Rendlesham Forest and RAF Bentwaters by the use of well-practiced methods of disinformation.
I was a non-believer; I never really gave it a second thought before the incident. But I’ve got so much material from so many people, and talked to very credible people – people that do not want their names used – that are in very influential positions, including some that are as high in the government as you can get. I can tell you, we are not alone. I can guarantee you that.
Folks, there is an agency, a very close-held, compartmentalized agency, that’s been investigating this for years, and there’s a very active role played by many of our intelligence agencies that probably don’t even know the details of what happens once they collect the data and forward it. It’s kind of scary, isn’t it? In the last couple of years, the British have released a ton of information, but has anybody ever seen what their conclusions were, or heard anything about Bentwaters officially?
When the documents were released, the time frame I was involved in the incident is missing – it’s gone missing. Nothing else is missing. I have never been harassed over the reports I made about the Bentwaters UFO incidents, probably for a couple of good reasons – number one, my rank and some of the jobs I’ve held, but also very early on, I sat down and made a very detailed tape and made several copies of everything I know about it and they’re secluded away. Maybe I’m paranoid. I don’t know, but I think it was time well spent when I made the tapes.”
Colonel Charles Halt with the book. (Credit: John Hanson)
PM: What do you say to those that remain sceptical of the events in Rendlesham Forest back in late December 1980?
JH: Read The Halt Perspective book!
PM: In your opinion, how do we keep moving forward with UFO research?
JH: Learning to respect each other, instead of fighting with each other on Facebook, and other social media vying to raise individual profiles and increase the size of personal egos. Most people would never dream of writing their vociferous complaints in a letter but feel free to profane and attack others on Facebook, knowing they are not going to be taken to task. You know as well as I do that a huge number of UFO groups no longer exist and that we are becoming ‘ring fenced’ on the Internet.
Surely, as a group of people dedicated to preserving UFO activity, we should be entitled to some answers – but these are not likely to be forthcoming. How many times have we seen the media’s excitement about forthcoming MOD files, accompanied by the glare of publicity, to be dashed away when they are released? I’ve seen this now happening for over 20 years and one should ask in all honesty what it has actually achieved. Similarly when they did release the files each year the majority of the files were low grade and failed to include many that we had personally investigated, involving being reported to the MOD over 30 years ago! Despite assurances by the MOD to us, they would be! As I said before at the beginning, adversity pushes us forward; we should never give up demanding an answer to what is, after all, the greatest conundrum of all time. Most importantly the work that we all do should be preserved in book for future generations who will have to depend on the Authorities view of such phenomena.
A Wisconsin witness at Medford reported watching a hovering sphere in the night sky that split into three spheres before “turning off,” according to testimony in Case 79892 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and a friend were camping at Spearhead Point Campground in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest at 7 p.m. on October 13, 2016, when the incident occurred.
The witness first noticed a hovering sphere in the distance at Spearhead Point Campground, pictured. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
“This was our fourth night at the campground, and the first night since we had been there that the sky was clear,” the witness stated. “I had noticed a bright, white sphere in the eastern sky, and I had been trying to figure out what it was. It was too big for a star, and I thought that it might be a planet.”
The witness continued to keep an eye on the object.
“All of the sudden it started to move, slowly at first, and then faster. I told my friend what I was seeing as my friend is blind. It was moving south-southeast, and had become obscured by some evergreen trees.”
The witness then ran from the picnic table, down the steps to the dock at the campground, to gain a better view of the object that was moving south-southeast. But the object could not be seen. Then back at the picnic table area, the witness again saw the sphere.
“While I was describing the sphere, and scrambling to find a camera or our video recorder, the sphere split forming two spheres. When it split, it appeared as though the new sphere dripped off the original sphere. These spheres were originally aligned vertically, and then the lower sphere moved upward to be aligned horizontally. Once the spheres were aligned horizontally, one of the spheres split again. There were now three spheres aligned horizontally.”
The object split into two objects, and then into three. Pictured: Spearhead Point Campground. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
The witness noticed a change in size when the spheres split.
“Each time there was a split, the spheres became smaller, and they were all bright white. The two spheres on either side just seemed to turn off, leaving the sphere in the middle. That sphere began to change colors, cycling through white to red to red-orange. This continued for about a minute, and then that sphere just turned off. The original sphere was slightly bigger than a BB held at arm’s length, and it was oriented approximately 45-degrees above the horizon.”
The witness could not estimate how far away the objects were.
“Since I’m not familiar with the area, I don’t have an estimate of how far away the object might have been from the campground. The object(s) did not make any noise, and I didn’t see anything like an exhaust trail. The overall sighting lasted around 40-50 minutes. About 20 minutes after all of the objects had disappeared, a plane flew over our campground. It was easy to hear the plane’s engine. You could see the outline of the plane in the sky, as well as see the aviation lights blinking on and off. Unfortunately, we did not get a photo of the object(s). My camera had fallen out of my backpack onto the ground under the picnic table, and I didn’t see it there until the next morning. We did get the video camera out, but were unable to record the object(s) due to a camera malfunction.”
Wisconsin MUFON State Director Susan Birttnen investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
All three objects eventually blinked out. Pictured: Spearhead Point Campground. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
“The shape of the objects was in a sphere with a glowing surface,” Birttnen wrote in her report.“The size was unknown. The color was white for two of the spheres and the third sphere was red/orange. The objects flashed sequentially. There was no sound. The elevation was at 45-degrees.The lowest altitude and distance was unknown.The objects were hovering over the Mondeaux Flowage water-way.The campground was pretty rustic. There were no street lights. The only light was from their fire pit and the nearly full moon. About 20 minutes after the objects disappeared, a plane flew over the area.”
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.
An Iowa witness at Iowa City reported having a brief encounter with a chevron-shaped UFO that banked hard and quickly moved away, according to testimony in Case 79752 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness was driving to a nearby gas station when the object was first noticed at 9:20 p.m. on October 11, 2016.
“Saw stationary lights in a ‘W’ or chevron wedge above my head with some unusual light patterns,” the witness stated.“Was silent. I am in the flight path of a municipal airfield and planes go directly over my home to land approximately 200 yards away – small craft, but slow and low — usually very loud but not enough to be alarmed.”
Location image. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness assumed the object was a plane.
“But no accompanying sound before during or after. Nice weather – had window down driver’s side and sunroof was open. Also, it wasn’t moving. Most planes move.”
The witness described the object.
“Light pattern changed when it glided onward ahead of me, banked sharply as a lazy course correction of sort. Couldn’t recall if lights were in a pattern of changing. It was soon far ahead of me and I can’t tell if I lost sight from clouds or just distance or some other intervention. I first felt odd for a plane holding still in the air. Then it wasn’t like most planes I have seen.”
Investigation illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The object then quickly moved away.
“Then it accelerated away faster than a car could, even a fun car. Also, it was above me and quickly rolled to the right to be going more south-southwest and southwest. It was loosely following the road.”
Iowa MUFON Field Investigator David Kreiter investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“The object itself was barely discernable behind the array of equidistant-spaced lights that outlined its chevron shape,” Kreiter wrote in his report. “The object made no noise as it hovered overhead for about 10 seconds, and then it took off due south at a very high rate of speed, banked to the right, and then continued in a south-southwest direction. It disappeared only about two to three seconds after it moved from its initial stationary position.”
Investigation illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The investigator interviewed the witness at the sighting location.
“He said that the general color was pink, but the lights might have had multiple colors. He said that he often saw planes coming low into the airport, so it took him a second or two to figure out exactly what he was seeing. He was shocked to see that the object was silently hovering just about one-quarter mile above his car. He didn’t stop his car, but continued on at a very slow pace. After about 10 seconds, the object took off at a very high rate of speed. After about a second, it banked slightly to the right and headed off toward the south-southwest in the same direction as highway 1.
“During the interview the witness said that the object was about the distance of ‘metal horns’ at arm’s length, which is a reference to a salute fans perform at a rock concert when they raise their arms and extend the index finger and the little finger of their hand. This distance is about two inches or about five centimeters. When the object was at its furthest point from the witness, about three seconds after the object took off at a high rate of speed and before he lost sight of it, the apparent size was about one-half the initial apparent size that the witness reported when the object was stationary above his car.
“Because of the flight characteristics of the object, the shape of the object, and the color of its lights, it is unlikely that the object was natural or human-made.The temperature was 61 degrees, with calm conditions and a clear sky at the time and date of the sighting. No similar cases were reported during the time, date, and location of this sighting to my knowledge.Taking into account the credibility of the witness and the results of the ensuing investigation, I have assigned this case a disposition of Unknown–UAV.”
Houston witness says UFO caught on video changed shape
Houston witness says UFO caught on video changed shape
A Texas witness at Houston reported watching and videotaping a hovering object that appeared to change shape as it moved slowly away, according to testimony in Case 80642 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness had just stepped out of a vehicle at a work site at 3:15 p.m. on November 23, 2016, when the object was first seen.
“I noticed the reflection of light in the sky,” the witness stated.“It was stationary, and appeared to changeshape.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
A short time later, the object appeared to move.
“After about 30 to 45 seconds, the object began moving very slowly, to the east-southeast. It made no sound, or was too far away to distinguish sound. Elevation did not appear to change. Stopped recording video, when visual contact was obstructed by a building. Began recording again, when visual was regained. Feeling confident that it was moving slow enough to re-acquire.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness then went inside for about a minute.
“When I came back outside, the object was nowhere to be found. I was able to record the object for just over four minutes.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
Texas MUFON State Section Director Charles Stansburge 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.
A California witness at Angles Camp reported watching a distant light that illuminated his campground before making an abrupt turn and moving away at high speed, according to testimony in Case 79773 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and a friend were camping at New Melones Lake and watching the stars about 10:30 p.m. on July 26, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“We both noticed a craft that had an exceptionally bright light on the exterior slowing moving towards us from the north,” the witness stated.“About 10 seconds later, we observed the exterior light on the craft becoming significantly brighter to the point that it fully illuminated our campsite, similar to a police helicopter spotlight, but this craft was over a mile away and made no noise.”
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The two watched the object as it appeared to divide.
“The object then appeared to split into two separate craft flying side-by-side and five seconds later followed by an abrupt 90-degree turn and sped off at a very high rate of acceleration covering a distance of at least five miles in under half a second – all while making no noise.”
The witness states that they were not using drugs or alcohol.
“We were both in awe at what we had witnessed and somewhat afraid. I am not sure if the craft(s) we observed were in the shape of a sphere or if that was just the external lights.”
Witness location. (Credit: Google)
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California.California MUFON Field Investigator Jerry Clinton Gerow investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“At this point I believe we have an Unknown,” Gerow wrote in his report.“Another possibility would be air traffic. There is a helicopter port north of the lake where the lights were apparently coming from, an airport to the northeast, southeast and southwest. A possibility would be that one or two helicopters lifted off from the helio port to the north with spot/search lights and then made an abrupt turn to their left and when they did it appeared the lights were flashing off to the left. No large planets or stars are of sufficient size to match the size of the objects which the witness says were almost moon size.”
The craft appeared to be about one miles away, but the light lit up the campsite at New Melones Lake, pictured. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
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.
Classic Disk UFO Over Bay Village, Ohio On Dec 5, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Classic Disk UFO Over Bay Village, Ohio On Dec 5, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 5, 2016 Location of sighting: Bay Village, Ohio, USA Source: MUFON #80870 This UFO is the classic disk we have all heard about over the last few decades. The classic disk has been found in NASA photos on the moon, ESA photos of Comet P67 and even UFO cases that lasted decades like the Rocca Pia, Italy friendship case that included aliens and humans working together. Nice catch, Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
I was in my kitchen, getting a cup of coffee. Looked out to see what at first I thought was a very very large plane moving extremely slow across the southwest sky. It had blinking lights, yellow, golden in color, looked to be the shape of a triangle. The lights were 3-4 spaced on either side. I ran to get my binoculars as my son was a pilot. I am very familiar with planes. At first I thought it might have been a larger plane. This object was moving so slow, a normal plane could not stay up in the sky given the speed of this object. No sounds.
By the time I got my binoculars, it was moving past trees, headed towards Avon Lake. I saw another report made earlier from someone that also saw a light over the Lake the same day. I am not sure what time this person saw the object they reported but my sighting was between 8-8:30 PM. Yesterday, December 7th, I was looking out my kitchen window and noticed how pretty the clouds were. I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures to show my husband. Attached is one of the regular pictures I took with nothing in it but the clouds. I took several more and then noticed an "object" appeared on one of the frames. I did not see this object when I was snapping the photos but it is there. Looks like a round classic UFO...I tried to blow it up to see it better but the camera I had in my hands was a small Cool Pix. I have seen numerous sightings here. I also have another video of one we saw a few years ago. When you view the picture, look at the top left hand corner. You may have to blow it up to view but the picture prior to that, you just see the clouds, nothing else. I didn't want to upload all the other pictures to make a point. I have them on file though. You can see the object in DSCN 3078.
White Orb Over Florida Same As Over Denver Colorado, Dec 7, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
White Orb Over Florida Same As Over Denver Colorado, Dec 7, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 7, 2016 Location of sighting: Williston, Florida, USA Source: MUFON #80861 This at first looks like a planet, but as you see, its 100% in focus, so that rules out planet. This is however a white light UFO which we have also reported dozens of times over the hills of Colorado this year and in the past over the holy location called Dome of Rock. In both instances this same UFO was seen in this same detail, but by thousands of eyewitnesses. It the night sky, its easy to mistake it for a star, but with this perfectly focused camera...it was caught. Technology as it advances will reveal the truth to us...without the governments help. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
At about 6:56 pm I was outside and noticed a large redish ball of light that appeared to be motionless in the sky at about 95 degrees magnetic from my location. It was very bright, and at first I thought it was a parachute flare like those used by the army. I am a retired army veteran, and one of my specialies was as a Redeye missile gunner, so I am expert in visual aircraft recognition and have never seen an aircraft emit a light of this color or intensity. It appeared much brighter than the planet Venus, which was clearly visible to the west of my location at that time. I observed it for about 3 minutes, then it abruptly disappeared.
UFO Hunters Claim USAF Acquires Alien Technology Through Making Alliance With Extraterrestrials
UFO Hunters Claim USAF Acquires Alien Technology Through Making Alliance With Extraterrestrials
The USAF and UFOs are trusted allies as the former is testing the acquired alien UFO technology at the Nellis Air Force base, according to renowned UFO hunter Steve Barone. In a YouTube video uploaded by Steve, a UFO is seen above the restricted test and training area of the Nellis Air Force facility.
UFO hunter Steve Barone has been keeping a close monitoring of suspected alien activities around the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. He claimed that there had been substantial alien activities in the area. He used night vision technology camera to capture the video.
Steve said that it had not been processed and completely original. He explained that he did not do anything to enhance or alter it, so the video shows exactly what the night vision camera had captured.
The United States Air Force (USAF) and UFOs have combined their forces, and that the USAF has acquired new technologies for military purposes, Steve Barone said. It has also been reported in different technology news site that USAF received UFO alien technology, which then tested in the controversial Area 51 and the Nellis Air Force.
Veteran UFO hunters further confirmed reports of a possible alliance between USAF and extraterrestrials. They said that the video shows three UFOs over the USAF Nellis Air Force base. They further claimed that it shows the USAF performing a test of alien UFO technology.
Some UFO researchers believe the test was conducted in that area so no one can travel over to witness the activity. They also speculated that the high-security area is designed for alien UFO technology tests.
Het dikke pak ijs dat Groenland nu bedekt, is niet zo heel lang geleden voor het grootste deel tot op het onderliggende gesteente gesmolten.
Tot die conclusie komen Amerikaanse onderzoekers in het blad Nature. Het zou betekenen dat de Groenlandse ijskap veel kwetsbaarder is dan nu wordt aangenomen.
Bedrock Onder de dikke Groenlandse ijskap bevindt zich gesteente (bedrock). Twee decennia geleden zijn onderzoekers erin geslaagd om een stukje van dit gesteente boven te halen voor onderzoek. Ze moesten daarvoor dwars door iets meer dan 3 kilometer ijs en sediment boren. In het verleden zijn de ijskernen die het onderzoek opleverde al uitgebreid geanalyseerd. Maar naar het bovengehaalde gesteente is nog vrij weinig onderzoek gedaan: pas de laatste jaren zijn de technologieën ontwikkeld die wetenschappers nodig hebben om de samenstelling van het gesteente in detail vast te kunnen stellen. Gewapend met die nieuwe technieken hebben onderzoekers het gesteente nu grondig geanalyseerd. En ze komen tot een schokkende conclusie.
Isotopen In het gesteente vonden de onderzoekers sporen van beryllium-10 en aluminium-26. Deze isotopen worden geproduceerd door kleine deeltjes die afkomstig zijn uit de ruimte en de aarde continu bombarderen. De snelheid waarmee deze isotopen vervallen, is bekend. Daarnaast weten we dat deze isotopen niet kunnen ontstaan als het gesteente met ijs bedekt is. De mate waarin deze isotopen in het gesteente aanwezig zijn, kan dan ook verraden hoelang deze gesteenten ‘naakt’, oftewel niet met ijs bedekt waren.
Links zie je Groenland dat voor 100 procent bedekt is met ijs. De witte stip geeft de plek aan waar gesteente van onder het ijs is gehaald. Dit gesteente suggereert dat het langdurig onbedekt is geweest. Modellen laten zien dat de plek waar het gesteente vandaan komt, één van plekken is waar het ijs – wanneer de Groenlandse ijskap volledig zou smelten – als laatste zou verdwijnen. Rechts zie je dan ook hoe Groenland er in het geologisch gezien recente verleden zeker 280.000 jaar bij heeft gelegen: vrijwel volledig ‘naakt’. Afbeelding: Schaefer et al., Nature, 2016).
Naakt Volgens de onderzoekers wijzen de isotopen erop dat het oppervlak in de afgelopen 1,4 miljoen jaar zeker 280.000 jaar niet bedekt was met ijs. Mogelijk lag het gesteente 280.000 jaar op rij bloot. Aan die periode zou zo’n 1,1 miljoen jaar een einde zijn gekomen. Een andere – meer waarschijnlijke – mogelijkheid is dat het ijs niet 280.000 jaar op rij weg was, maar meerdere keren gedurende kortere periodes verdween. En dat zou dan ook recenter dan 1,1 miljoen jaar geleden nog zijn voorgekomen. Het smelten van de Groenlandse ijskap zou in beide scenario’s het resultaat zijn geweest van natuurlijke klimaatverandering. “Helaas suggereert het dat de Groenlandse ijskap heel onstabiel is,” stelt onderzoeker Joerg Schaefer. “Als we deze in perioden van natuurlijke klimaatverandering zijn kwijtgeraakt, kunnen we deze zomaar weer kwijtraken.”
De Groenlandse ijskap bestaat uit meer dan 2,8 miljoen kubieke kilometer ijs. Als de ijskap volledig smelt, zou dat kunnen resulteren in een zeespiegelstijging van zo’n zeven meter. Onderzoek wijst uit dat de Groenlandse ijskap te lijden heeft onder de antropogene (door mensen veroorzaakte) klimaatverandering: sinds de jaren negentig van de vorige eeuw smelt de Groenlandse ijskap twee keer zo hard. Hoe de toekomst van de ijskap eruit ziet, is onduidelijk en lijkt sterk afhankelijk van de hoeveelheid CO2 die we de komende jaren de atmosfeer in pompen. Dit nieuwe onderzoek beweert zeker niet dat de ijskap gedoemd is om volledig te smelten, “De boodschap is: als we de aarde blijven opwarmen zoals we nu doen, dan staat ons een enorme zeespiegelstijging te wachten,” aldus onderzoeker Richard Alley. Paleoklimatoloog Jeff Severinghaus – hij was niet bij het onderzoek betrokken – onderschrijft dat. “We kunnen de laagste schattingen van de toekomstige zeespiegelstijging nu verwerpen, omdat de modellen die hieraan ten grondslag liggen aannemen dat Groenland de laatste 1 miljoen jaar continu met ijs bedekt is geweest.”
'Misschien hebben aliens geen vaste grond onder de voeten'
'Misschien hebben aliens geen vaste grond onder de voeten'
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Misschien leven ze wel hoog in de wolken die bijvoorbeeld bruine dwergen – ook wel mislukte sterren genoemd – omringen.
Wanneer we zoeken naar buitenaards leven dan richten we vaak onze pijlen op planeten die vloeibaar water op hun oppervlak kunnen herbergen en dus een fijne temperatuur hebben. Maar wie zegt dat aliens op het oppervlak van een planeet wonen? Misschien zweven ze wel gewoon rond, in de atmosfeer van een bruine dwerg bijvoorbeeld.
Atmosfeer van de aarde Het lijkt misschien wat vergezocht, maar dat is het eigenlijk helemaal niet. Kijk maar eens naar de atmosfeer van de aarde. Uit eerder onderzoek is gebleken dat deze heel wat microben bevat en er zijn zelfs aanwijzingen dat de stofwisseling van sommige van deze organismen zelfs hoog in de lucht gewoon doorgaat. Misschien moeten we onze blik dan ook verruimen en niet langer enkel op het oppervlak van planeten op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven.
Bruine dwerg Dat stellen onderzoekers in een nieuw paper. En ze werken dat idee direct even uit. En wel aan de hand van een superkoude bruine dwerg die eenzaam en alleen door de ruimte zweeft: WISE J085510.83 − 071442.5 (kortweg W0855-0714). Waarom deze bruine dwerg en niet een planeet die rond een ster draait? Omdat de atmosfeer van W0855-0714 – en dus ook eventuele microben in die atmosfeer – niet beïnvloed worden door de complicerende effecten die een ster (met zijn straling en deeltjes) op een atmosfeer kan hebben.
Temperatuur en druk Op het oppervlak van de bruine dwerg is het bijzonder koud. Maar hoger in de atmosfeer vinden we waarschijnlijk een temperatuur en druk die vergelijkbaar is met de temperatuur en druk op het oppervlak van de aarde, zo schrijven de onderzoekers. En recent onderzoek suggereert bovendien dat er hoog in de atmosfeer van deze bruine dwerg water te vinden is. Het kan er dan ook best fijn zijn voor microben.
VERANDERING
Mocht er leven zijn in de atmosfeer van bruine dwergen dan evolueert het waarschijnlijk ook. Bruine dwergen worden namelijk koeler wanneer ze ouder worden en daardoor daalt de atmosferische leefbare zone van een bruine dwerg naarmate deze ouder wordt. En naarmate die leefbare zone daalt, neemt ook de luchtdruk toe. “Waardoor de aarde van de organismen zoals wij die beschrijven ongetwijfeld zal veranderen.”
Ontstaan van leven Maar hoe komen die microben dan in die atmosfeer terecht? Wellicht kan er in die atmosfeer leven ontstaan, zo stellen de onderzoekers. Voor zover we weten, herbergt de atmosfeer van bruine dwergen de meeste elementen die nodig zijn voor leven (denk bijvoorbeeld aan koolstof, waterstof, stikstof en zuurstof). En eerder onderzoek naar W0855-0714 suggereert dat hoog in de atmosfeer stofdeeltjes te vinden zijn. Mogelijk vinden op die stofdeeltjes chemische reacties plaats waaruit prebiotische moleculen ontstaan. Of wellicht worden die moleculen – de voorlopers van leven – in de atmosfeer van de bruine dwerg afgeleverd door stofdeeltjes die vanuit het interstellaire medium in de atmosfeer van de bruine dwerg worden afgezet.
Venus Als we er rekening mee houden dat ook in de atmosfeer van hemellichamen wellicht leven mogelijk is, neemt het aantal potentieel leefbare plaatsen in het universum enorm toe. En die potentieel leefbare plaatsen vinden we dan heus niet alleen rond bruine dwergen. Maar wellicht ook rond planeten die momenteel als onleefbaar worden bestempeld. Een mooi voorbeeld daarvan is Venus. Op het oppervlak is het gloeiend heet en kan vloeibaar water niet standhouden. Daarom wordt de planeet als onleefbaar beschouwd. Maar op zo’n 55 kilometer hoogte in de atmosfeer is de temperatuur vergelijkbaar met de temperatuur op het oppervlak van de aarde en is ook vloeibaar water beschikbaar. De onderzoekers erkennen dat de atmosfeer van Venus niet helemaal vergelijkbaar is met die van een bruine dwerg, omdat Venus wel beïnvloed wordt door de zon. Maar ondanks dat de atmosfeer van Venus een heel andere dynamiek heeft dan die van W0544-0714 behoort leven hoog in de atmosfeer van Venus wellicht tot de mogelijkheden.
Of de onderzoekers het bij het juiste eind hebben, is op dit moment eigenlijk niet te achterhalen. Daarvoor zullen we in de toekomst een beroep moeten doen op krachtige telescopen die in staat zijn om bijvoorbeeld de gassen die organismen hoog in de atmosfeer van andere hemellichamen produceren, te detecteren.
The phrase “quasicrystal from outer space” sounds like the title to a science fiction thriller with a New Age twist. Buta study published Thursdayin Scientific Reportsannounced that a bonafide quasicrystal has indeed been discovered within the grainy remains of a meteorite found in the Khatyrka region of the Russian far east, five years ago. The paper marks the first time that a type of quasicrystal has been identified in nature before it was created artificially in a lab.
You might be asking: That’s neat, but what the heck is a quasicrystal? An understandable question. First identified by material scientist Dan Shechtman in 1982—who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery—quasicrystals are crystal-like arrangements of atoms that defy expectations of crystalline behavior with their “forbidden” rotational symmetries.
Regular crystal structures are periodically arranged in neatly fitted shapes like cubes (four-fold symmetry) or triangles (three-fold symmetry), but quasicrystals are arranged in non-periodic patterns such as pentagonal, five-fold symmetries.
Atomic model of a fivefold icosahedral-Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystal surface.
Patricia Thiel, a chemistry and materials science expert based at Iowa State University, used this helpful analogy of tiling a floor to explain the unique properties of quasicrystals in this NPR article: “If you want to cover your bathroom floor, your tiles can be rectangles or triangles or squares or hexagons,” she said. “Any other simple shape won’t work, because it will leave a gap. In a quasicrystal, imagine atoms are at the points of the objects you’re using. What Danny [Shechtman] discovered is that pentagonal symmetry works.”
It should be impossible, but material science is full of surprises. While quasicrystals are most often studied via artificial synthesis in labs, the Khatyrka meteorite demonstrates that they can form naturally. Two previous quasicrystal forms have already been identified in the fragments of this outer space visitor, but both of those arrangements had been synthesized prior to their discovery in nature. However, the latest version features icosahedral symmetry, an exotic pattern featuring 60 points of rotational symmetry, somewhat like that of a soccer ball.
Electron backscatter diffraction patterns showing the five-fold symmetry characteristic of an icosahedron.
Paul Steinhardt, who serves as the Albert Einstein professor in science at Princeton University, was one of the authors of the new research. When I asked him why this one meteorite, which only survives as a few stray grains, seems to have such an abundance of quasicrystals, he told me there’s no simple answer.
“There are perhaps one or two other groups [of researchers] at most searching,” Steinhardt said. “Since we found an example, we have been focusing on understanding how this particular one formed since that will tell us something about the likelihood of finding others. But it is very very early times for these kinds of studies.”
“What is encouraging is that we have already found three different types of quasicrystals in the same meteorite, and this new one has a chemical composition that has never been seen for a quasicrystal,” he added. “That suggests there is more to be found, perhaps more quasicrystals that we did not know were possible before.”
Scientists have come a long way towards a better understanding of quasicrystals since their discovery some three decades ago, and they have found many practical applications for them in everything from frying pans to LED lights. But as Steinhardt emphasized, much of the field is still in its infancy, and there is much left to discover. Stay tuned.
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