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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05-01-2017
Lowell Observatory to renovate Tombaugh’s Pluto telescope
Lowell Observatory to renovate Tombaugh’s Pluto telescope
The 1920’s era scope will be cleaned and repaired to return to tiptop shape
The telescope Clyde Tombaugh used when he first saw Pluto.
Lowell Observatory
After January 12, anyone going through Lowell Observatory will not be able to see the telescope Clyde Tombaugh used to discover Pluto. The telescope is being removed temporarily for a year-long renovation project on the instrument.
The telescope may be a popular instrument to visit at the observatory, but it is in need of some major work to repair and restore it. The dome of the telescope is rotting, some parts have worn out, and several areas need to be cleaned, stripped, and repainted. Lowell’s technical staff will make sure all these issues are addressed and will also clean and repair the control mechanisms and photographic plate holders, among other accessories.
The renovation, which will cost $155,000, will both restore and preserve the 1920’s era telescope.
The Pluto Telescope is designed specifically for taking pictures of space objects and was used to study comets, asteroids, and stars with detectable proper motions, as well as the famous Pluto discovery in 1930 by Tombaugh.
“Like the Alvan Clark refractor across campus, the Pluto Discovery Telescope is a national treasure,” said Lowell Director Jeff Hall in a press release. “People come to Lowell from all over the world to see these historic telescopes, and I’m so pleased to see them restored and preserved for decades to come.”
The money for the renovation was raised through crowdsourcing, private donations, and a grant from Crystal Trust.
“We can’t undertake major projects like this without external support, and we’re grateful to everyone who has donated to make this happen,” Hall said.
Orionnevel geeft zijn geheimen prijs op nieuwe foto
Orionnevel geeft zijn geheimen prijs op nieuwe foto
Caroline Kraaijvanger
De foto onthult wat de nevel en zijn directe omgeving achter dikke wolken stof allemaal voor ons verborgen houden.
Je ziet de bekende Orionnevel helemaal links op de foto. De nevel maakt deel uit van de moleculaire wolk Orion A. Dit is een reusachtige moleculaire wolk die relatief dicht bij de aarde in de buurt staat: Orion A is zo’n 1350 lichtjaar van ons verwijderd. Orion A maakt op zijn beurt – samen met de moleculaire wolk Orion B – weer deel uit van het Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
Hoge resolutie Op de nieuwe foto is de reusachtige moleculaire wolk in zijn geheel en in zeer hoge resolutie te zien. De foto is een montage van opnamen, gemaakt door de telescoop VISTA van de ESO-sterrenwacht in Chili. Deze infraroodtelescoop kijkt dwars door het stof van de moleculaire wolk heen en onthult wat er achter dat stof allemaal schuilgaat. We zien bijvoorbeeld tal van jonge sterren. Maar ook schijven van materie waaruit weer nieuwe sterren kunnen ontstaan en nevelflarden die in verband kunnen worden gebracht met pasgeboren sterren en kleine sterrenhopen.
Op deze foto zie je tal van jonge sterren en andere objecten die normaliter schuilgaan achter het stof.
Afbeelding: ESO / VISION survey.
Geboorte van een ster Door diep in het stof van deze moleculaire wolk te turen, hopen onderzoekers meer te weten te komen over hoe sterren in dergelijke moleculaire wolken tot stand komen. Ook hopen ze meer inzicht te krijgen in de ontwikkeling van sterren van verschillende massa’s.
Hier zie je de hoogtepunten van de nieuwe infraroodopname van Orion A. Als je op die infraroodopname inzoomt, zijn tal van merkwaardige structuren te zien, waaronder donkere stofwolken, kleine afbeeldingen van zeer verre sterrenstelsels en rode straalstromen van piepjonge sterren.
Afbeelding: ESO / VISIONsurvey.
Tijdens het bestuderen van de Orion-regio hebben astronomen verschillende bekende objecten in detail bekeken. Maar ze hebben ook nieuwe objecten ontdekt, waaronder vijf potentiële jonge stellaire objecten en tien mogelijke clusters van sterrenstelsels.
Astronomen weten mysterieuze snelle radioflitsen eindelijk thuis te brengen
Astronomen weten mysterieuze snelle radioflitsen eindelijk thuis te brengen
Caroline Kraaijvanger
De flitsen vinden hun oorsprong in een sterrenstelsel hier heel, heel ver vandaan, zo blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek.
Zo’n tien jaar geleden spotten wetenschappers er voor het eerst eentje: een fast radio burst (FRB) oftewel een snelle radioflits. Wanneer zo’n snelle radioflits – die hooguit enkele milliseconden duurt – ontstaat, komt een enorme hoeveelheid energie vrij.
Herhaling Hoe een FRB precies ontstaat, is tot op de dag van vandaag onduidelijk. Sommige onderzoekers dachten dat zo’n snelle radioflits ontstond tijdens een botsing van neutronensterren. En daarmee namen deze onderzoekers automatisch aan dat zo’n radioflits een eenmalige gebeurtenis was. Die theorie kwam op losse schroeven te staan, toen astronomen op FRB 121102 stuitten. Deze radioflits gaf namelijk meerdere malen acte de présence. De radioflits ging de boeken in als de eerste zichzelf herhalende radioflits en heeft inmiddels al zo’n zeventien keer van zich laten horen. De theorie dat een radioflits ontstaat tijdens een eenmalige catastrofale gebeurtenis lijkt daarmee van tafel te zijn geveegd.
Dwergsterrenstelsel En nu krijgt het onderzoek naar FRB 121102 opnieuw een staartje: wetenschappers hebben de exacte locatie vastgesteld van de snelle radioflits. En wat blijkt? De radioflits vindt zijn oorsprong in een dwergsterrenstelsel op z’n drie miljard lichtjaar afstand. We kunnen nu dus met 100 procent zekerheid zeggen dat het een extragalactisch verschijnsel is. “We zijn de eersten die aantonen dat dit een kosmologisch fenomeen is,” vertelt onderzoeker Casey Law. “Het is dus niet iets in onze achtertuin. En we zijn de eersten die zien waar het ontstaat: in een klein sterrenstelsel. En dat is in mijn optiek heel verrassend.” Onderzoeker Shriharsh Tendulkar is het daar mee eens. “Men zou verwachten dat de meest snelle radioflitsen ontstaan in grote sterrenstelsels met het grootste aantal sterren en neutronensterren (resten van zware sterren).”
Hoe de radioflitsen precies ontstaan, blijft voor nu gissen. Wellicht zijn ze afkomstig van het ineengestorte overblijfsel van een zware ster. Een andere optie is dat ze gegenereerd worden in de nabijheid van een zwart gat dat gas uit zijn omgeving opslokt. Meer onderzoek zal uit moeten wijzen hoe de FRB’s precies ontstaan. Onderzoekers zullen daarvoor een beroep moeten doen op de beste radio-, optische, röntgen- en gammatelescopen die voorhanden zijn.
Tot wel 500 meter hoge penitenten ontdekt op Pluto
Tot wel 500 meter hoge penitenten ontdekt op Pluto
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Voor het eerst is er overtuigend bewijs dat deze ijzige pieken ook op andere hemellichamen dan de aarde voorkomen.
Penitenten zijn uit sneeuw of ijs opgebouwde pieken. Je vindt ze op grote hoogte, bijvoorbeeld in de Andes. De pieken – die allemaal in dezelfde richting wijzen – kunnen op aarde wel enkele meters hoog worden.
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Onderzoekers vermoeden dat penitenten ook te vinden zijn op Jupiters maan Europa. Maar het bewijs daarvoor is lang niet zo overtuigend als het bewijs dat nu wordt aangevoerd voor het bestaan van penitenten op Pluto.
Pluto Nieuw onderzoek toont nu aan dat deze penitenten geen typisch aards verschijnsel zijn. We treffen ze namelijk ook aan op Pluto, zo is in het blad Nature te lezen. Het is voor het eerst dat er overtuigend bewijs is gevonden dat penitenten ook op plaatsen buiten de aarde voorkomen (zie kader).
Slangenhuid In september 2015 gaf NASA onderstaande foto vrij. We zien een heel bijzonder landschap op Pluto dat doet denken aan een slangenhuid: er zijn tal van ‘schubben’ zichtbaar die tot wel 500 meter hoog zijn en enkele kilometers uit elkaar liggen. Lang was onduidelijk hoe deze ‘slangenhuid’ was ontstaan. Maar onderzoekers stellen nu dat de ‘schubben’ penitenten zijn.
Je ziet hier Pluto’s ‘slangenhuid’, te vinden in een gebied dat informeel Tartarus Dorsa wordt genoemd.
Afbeelding: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI.
Modellen en simulaties Ze trekken die conclusie onder meer op basis van modellen. Deze modellen tonen aan dat Pluto over alle ingrediënten en omstandigheden beschikt die nodig zijn om penitenten te laten ontstaan. Met behulp van computersimulaties gingen de onderzoekers bovendien na hoe penitenten op Pluto er dan uit zouden zien. En de gesimuleerde penitenten hebben exact dezelfde omvang als de ijzige ‘schubben’ die we op de foto’s van New Horizons zien. Ook de afstand tussen de gesimuleerde penitenten, hun oriëntatie en de leeftijd van de gesimuleerde penitenten komt keurig overeen met wat we op Pluto zien.
Zowel de aarde als Pluto beschikt dus hoogstwaarschijnlijk over penitenten. Best opmerkelijk als je bedenkt dat de verschillen tussen onze planeet en de dwergplaneet heel groot zijn. Zo is het op Pluto veel kouder, is de atmosfeer er dunner, het zonlicht minder sterk en bestaat sneeuw en ijs op het oppervlak van Pluto uit methaan en stikstof in plaats van water. En toch gelden hier dezelfde natuurwetten en kunnen dus ook hier penitenten ontstaan. En onderzoekers verwachten – op basis van dit onderzoek – dat penitenten op nog veel meer plekken in het zonnestelsel en zelfs buiten ons zonnestelsel te vinden zijn. “Zolang de omstandigheden maar goed zijn,” stelt onderzoeker John Moores. Zo wijst de ontdekking erop dat een atmosfeer nodig is om penitenten te laten ontstaan. “En dat kan verklaren waarom ze niet eerder zijn waargenomen op atmosfeerloze ijzige satellieten en dwergplaneten.”
We gaan voor het eerst een ijzeren planetoïde bezoeken!
We gaan voor het eerst een ijzeren planetoïde bezoeken!
Caroline Kraaijvanger
NASA heeft twee prachtige ruimtemissies aangekondigd: eentje naar een ijzeren planetoïde en eentje naar Jupiters Trojanen.
De missies – die de namen Lucy en Psyche dragen – moeten meer inzicht geven in hoe het er in de kinderjaren van ons zonnestelsel aan toeging. Lucy moet al in 2021 gelanceerd worden en voert naar de nog vrij mysterieuze Trojanen van Jupiter. “Terwijl Psyche een unieke ijzeren planetoïde zal bestuderen die nog nooit eerder bezocht is,” zo vertelt Thomas Zurbuchen namens NASA.
Psyche Zoals de naam al doet vermoeden, bezoekt Psyche de planetoïde 16 Psyche. Deze bijzonder grote planetoïde – met een diameter van zo’n 210 kilometer – bevindt zich in de planetoïdengordel tussen Mars en Jupiter en is zo’n drie keer verder van de zon verwijderd dan de aarde. In tegenstelling tot de meeste planetoïden is 16 Psyche niet opgebouwd uit steen of ijs. In plaats daarvan bestaat de planetoïde – net als de kern van de aarde – voornamelijk uit ijzer en nikkel. Astronomen sluiten dan ook niet uit dat 16 Psyche een restant is van een planeet die ongeveer net zo groot was als Mars, maar miljarden jaren geleden zijn rotsachtige buitenlaag tijdens gewelddadige botsingen met andere hemellichamen is kwijtgeraakt. “Dit biedt ons de kans om een nieuw type wereld te bestuderen – niet eentje van steen of ijs, maar van metaal,” stelt onderzoeker Lindy Elkins-Tanton. “Het is de enige manier waarop mensen ooit een kern kunnen bezoeken.” Psyche zou in oktober 2023 gelanceerd moeten worden en vervolgens in 2030 bij de planetoïde arriveren.
Een artistieke impressie van de twee ruimtemissies. Links zie je Lucy die zich ophoudt bij Euryabtes, één van de Trojanen van Jupiter. Rechts zie je Psyche en een stukje van 16 Psyche.
Afbeelding: SwRI & SSL / Peter Rubin.
Lucy Lucy kiest naar verwachting twee jaar eerder – in 2021 – het luchtruim. Tussen 2027 en 2033 zal Lucy zes Trojanen van Jupiter bestuderen. Dit zijn planetoïden die in dezelfde baan als Jupiter draaien. Ze bewegen op 60 graden boogafstand met de planeet mee en komen dus nooit met de gasreus in botsing. Aangenomen wordt dat de Trojanen resten zijn uit een veel vroeger stadium in de geschiedenis van het zonnestelsel. En wellicht zagen ze ver voorbij de huidige baan van Jupiter het levenslicht. “Dit is een unieke kans,” vindt onderzoeker Harold F. Levison. “Omdat de Trojanen restanten zijn van oermateriaal waaruit de buitenste planeten zijn opgebouwd, bevatten ze aanwijzingen die ons kunnen helpen om de geschiedenis van het zonnestelsel te ontrafelen
Uiteindelijk moeten Psyche en Lucy zo – in aanvulling op andere ruimtemissies – meer inzicht geven in hoe de zon en planeten ontstonden en door de tijd heen veranderden. En hoe de aarde uiteindelijk een plek werd waar leven kon ontstaan en zich kon ontwikkelen.
Ancient Alien Stargate or Gate Of The Gods Discovered In Peru?
Ancient Alien Stargate or Gate Of The Gods Discovered In Peru?
There are many people around the world that believe that the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is being used as some kind of portal/stargate to travel to other dimensions – as far fetched as this may seem, there is now also talk of some kind of Ancient stargate discovered in Peru, which has also been described as some kind of ‘Gate of the Gods’
This bizarre looking monument gives you an idea at the achievements of the ancient people who once lived in this area. This HUGE stone gate has an incredible history as the ancient people had once described, that is along with a mystical design that gives more credibility to the local legends.
It was actually a local guide named Jose Luis Delgado Mamanu who discovered this bizarre great door-like structure in the Hayu Marca mountain region of Southern Peru, mostly by coincidence/accident! The Gate of the Gods, or also known as the ‘Puerta de Hayu Marca’ was carved in a huge natural rock, which measures precisely seven meters in height, as well as in width and it has a small compartment in the center at the base of the monument.
Please check out below the full picture of this incredible gate way – looking very much unlike anything else ever discovered before:
It is believed by many researchers that the smaller entrance was created for earthly beings, whilst the bigger symmetrical entrance was used by deities (god or goddess) when they visited our realm. It is also believed that the larger entrance was designed for beings to pass through from other dimensions/parallel worlds.
What is even more bizarre about this discovery is the fact that the local guide, Luis Delgado has said that he actually had dreams which the mysterious gate was leading him too, sending him creepy visions of people of old who opened the gate while invited him to pass through it – so even though many people consider his finding a pure coincidence, Luis believes that a strange force guided him to the gate, because of the many visions he received, almost like he had been chosen in some strange way for making such an incredible discovery. He said:
“When I saw the structure for the first time, I almost passed out. I have dreamed of such a construction repeatedly over the years, but in the dream, the path to the door was paved with pink marble statues that aligned on both sides of the path. In the dream, I also saw that the smaller door was open and there was a brilliant blue light coming from what looked like a shimmering tunnel.
I have commented to my family many times about these dreams and so when I finally gazed upon the doorway, it was like a revelation from God…How do you make order of such a strange occurrence?”
WHAT lies beyond?
Similar to the famous film stargate, there are many people around the world that believe that there are stargates dotted around the universe, possibly used by Alien beings to travel the vastness of the Universe. Perhaps these are how some of the supposed Ancient Aliens managed to travel to earth, hence there are so many markings on walls/monuments of ET interactions (please click HERE for more).
If it was some kind of God or perhaps some unearthly alien/interdimensional being who set this potential path for this man, we can only presume, but the local Indian population has named the place the “City of the Gods.” Although no city has ever been discovered in this region, strangely many of the rocks surrounding the area resemble buildings and artificial structures, which helped shape the idea of yet another unknown and possibly unearthly civilization who once had inhabited the area in the far distant past.
There is actually a different legend which tells of the Spanish Conquistadors who arrived in Peru and once robbed the Inca temples at that time which supposedly full of gold and precious stones. As a result of the alarming situation, a Inca priest of the Temple of the Seven Rays named Aramu Maru, fled the temple with a revered disk known as “the key of the gods of the seven rays” and hid in the mountains of Hayu Marca. When he finally arrived at the Gate of the Gods, which at that point in time was guarded by shaman-priests, he revealed the sacred key and in the moments that followed a great ritual began. The performance triggered the golden disk which opened a portal into the gate, and according to the legends, blue light did come out of it. Aramu Maru offered the golden disk to the priests and went through the portal, never to return again.
To make things even stranger and to add up to the mystery, some important archaeologists at the time found a small depression on the right side of the entrance way designed for humans, and confirmed that in this compartment, a small disk could be placed tight to the rock – Could it possibly be that this particular spot could very well be the place where the mechanism was once activated?
To help give an impression of the sheer size of the entrance!
It will only be when the worlds leading archaeologists discover this supposed saced golden disk, that we can only presume that ‘something’ may happen when placed in the slot in the wall. Interestingly many people have actually told how when they placed their hands on the small rocky door, they felt sudden significant ‘wave of energy’ flowing through their bodies – it has also been said that some of these individuals also had several experiences based, which appeared to be some kind of ‘cosmic visions’ which involved stars, columns of fire and the sound of some kind of unexplainable strange rhythmic music.
Another very strange coincidence is that Gate of the Gods strongly resembles the other fascinating “Gate of the Sun” near Lake Titicaca. Another bizarre coincidence is that if you link up the two sacred gates and five other mystical archaeological sites by grid lines, they actually intersect each other exactly where Lake Titicaca is located.
The Gate Of The Sun
The figures that decorate the stone on the Gate of the Sun are believed to have astronomical connotations and resemble human-like beings with wings and curled-up tails, and appear to be wearing rectangular ‘helmets’, although interpretations differ. The ‘ Sun-God’ is in the centre and is sculpted with rays omitting from his face in all directions. He also appears to be holding a staff in each hand. The ‘Sun-God’ figure is also called the ‘Weeping God’ because things similar to tears are carved on its face. Many have believed for a long time that the Gates of the sun may have been some kind of gateway to another worlds, a bit like the Gates of Gods in Peru.
Interestingly many UFO sightings have been witnessed in the skies above Peru and Lake Titicaca, which have often been described as looking like blue sphere’s or white luminous discs, which have been suggested as being connected somehow with these prominent ‘mysterious’ sites.
Please check out one of the many strange sightings of UFO’s being captured around Peru, notice how it is frozen in one place:
If Extra-terrestrials once visited this area, and this ‘doorway’ was of some prominence to other worldly beings, it seems more than likely that they may return someday. It has been mentioned in the legends that speak about the reopening of the Gate of the Gods, that this time it would be a far more significant entrance from these Beings/Gods, claiming that; “many times bigger than it actually is”, allowing the Gods to return in their “sun ships.”
This theory has been accompanied by the native Indian which legends say discovered, only after the area where the gate stands was surrounded by archaeologists. The stories depict a gateway leading to the land of the gods, used by ancient heroes in order to join their deities and have a glorious new life on the plain of immortality. The adventurers sometimes returned from the mystical plain accompanied by their gods who “inspected all the lands in the kingdom” before going back through the gate.
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Could it be that this supposed Gate of the Gods has been sealed until the beings from other Dimensions one day return? This truly is such a fascinating story, just by looking at the incredible structure you can tell there is something very different/mysterious about this area of Peru!
Perhaps it is possible that these supposed ‘gods’ were potentially advanced Alien beings from a parallel universe or some other reality?
It is according to the local stories in the area, that these supposed gods had actually revealed themselves to the old indigenous people and occasionally offered great visions on the night sky – perhaps showing visions of other worlds/times that these Beings come from!?
Perhaps the Large Hadron Collider as CERN is being used as some kind of portal to other dimensions, like some kind of modern day stargate equivalent!? They have already admitted to discovering Parallel Universes and other dimensions.
Perhaps the majority of strange sightings being seen over the world are Beings crossing over from other dimensions. Lets not forget that the FBI and leading Scientists have already admitted to this theory.
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The Nazi Antarctic fortress: Base 211 and Operation Highjump
The Nazi Antarctic fortress: Base 211 and Operation Highjump
Numerous ‘alleged’ covert operations took place during the Nazi era, and one of the most memorable one’s is that of Neuschwabenland and their enigmatic Base 211 located within Antarctica.
Neuschwabenland or New Swabia is located on the Antarctic continent between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land. This faraway land was explored in great detail by the German Antarctic expedition which even came across parts with warm fresh-water, ice-free areas and vegetation, in an area where according to science, everything is frozen. According to geologists who participated in the German expedition, the areas where vegetation was present were due to hot springs or other geothermal sources.
One of the most interesting quotes about Neuschwabenland and Antarctica comes from German Navy Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz who said that: “The German submarine fleet is proud of having built for the Führer in another part of the world a Shangri-La on land, an impregnable fortress.”
For half a century, rumors about secret Nazi expedition and a secret base called ‘Station 211’ has existed among writers and researchers. But were the Nazis equipped to carry out such fascinating missions? And is the above-mentioned quote from Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz true?
According to a number of rumors, ‘Station 211’ did exist, and if it did, then it must have been (maybe till is) located inside the ice-free mountain range in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Neuschwabenland, aka Queen Maud Land.
However, today many people rush and dismiss the existence of secret bases on Antarctica suggesting there is no evidence to support such claims.
As always, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Facts are though to track down since there is a mind-boggling amount of stories and ‘alleged’ witnesses who state the Nazis had created a Shangri-La on land, an impregnable fortress at Neuschwabenland.
Many authors propose that in 1946-47 Admiral Byrd, one fo the most famous American polar explorers searched for secret Nazi bases. Many authors propose that the so-called Operation Highjump when Admiral Byrd had at his disposal the largest armada ever to be sent to Antarctica.
Operation Highjump included a staggering 13 ships, an aircraft carrier, a submarine, two destroyers and a total of 4,700 men with full battle gear in what was officially called an ordinary ‘training exercise.’
However, many people believe that Operation Highjump was anything but a training mission.
The flotilla included:
Aan escort aircraft carrier (the Philippines Sea)
two seaplane carriers (the Pine Island and Curritich)
two destroyers (the Brownsen and Henderson)
two escort ships (Yankee and Merrick)
two fueling ships (Canister and Capacan)
A submarine (the Sennet)
Operation Highjump was curiously terminated six months earlier than expected. An excerpt from February 19, 1947, describes Admiral Byrd’s arrival over the pole at 1000 hours:
We are crossing over the small mountain range and still proceeding northward as best as can be ascertained. Beyond the mountain range is what appears to be a valley with a small river or stream running through the center portion. There should be no green valley below! Something is definitely wrong and abnormal here! We should be over Ice and Snow! To the portside are great forests growing on the mountain slopes. Our navigation Instruments are still spinning; the gyroscope is oscillating back and forth!
Conspiracy theories surrounding Byrd, Station 211 and other mysterious discoveries made by Admiral Byrd –like the existence of blue-skinned people—are endless.
Interestingly, many people believe Admiral Byrd made a number of cryptic comments while he was interviewed by the International News Service correspondent Lee Van Atta aboard the USS Mount Olympus. The article appeared on the March 5th, 1947 edition of Chilean newspaper ‘El Mercurio’:
“Adm. Byrd declared today that it was imperative for the United States to initiate immediate defense measures against hostile regions. The admiral further stated that he didn’t want to frighten anyone unduly but that it was a bitter reality that in case of a new war the continental United States would be attacked by flying objects which could fly from pole to pole at incredible speeds. Admiral Byrd repeated the above points of view, resulting from his personal knowledge gathered both at the north and south poles, before a news conference held for International News Service.”
While ‘El Mercurio’ is in fact a real newspaper, many people remain skeptical about the article and Admiral Byrd’s comments. Is it possible that a real danger did exist in the southernmost parts of Antarctica after World War II? If so, what were these threats? Were the Nazis involved?
No one can say for sure whether or not Admiral Byrd searched for the secret Nazi base, or if he ver stumbled across it.
However, researchers did find the so-called ice-free mountains. Between 1956 and 1960, a Norwegian exploration team mapped extensive parts of Queen Maud Land where they stumbled across areas with vegetation and to the surprise of many, they also discovered the mountains matching the description of the rumors behind Station 211.
What are your thoughts? Do you believe that the Nazis had the ability and means to construct secret bases around the globe? Among them Base 211 on Antarctica? Or are these stories just elaborate myths without conclusive evidence?
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Spacecraft 'Sees' the Mysteries Buried Under the Polar Ice Caps of Mars
Spacecraft 'Sees' the Mysteries Buried Under the Polar Ice Caps of Mars
By Ian O'Neill, Seeker
Mars' south pole as seen by Mars Express.
Credit: ESA
Like Earth, Mars possesses north and south polar ice caps. Unlike Earth, however, the Martian versions not only contain water ice, there's there's a thick layer of carbon dioxide ice acting as a blanket. Frozen CO2, also known as "dry ice", is known to wax and wane in thickness depending on the Martian season. Though we have a pretty good understanding of the ice caps' surface features and how they interact with Mars' predominately carbon dioxide atmosphere, what lies beneath the most ancient layers of ice has been a mystery.
That was, however, until NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived in orbit in 2006.
On board the veteran Mars satellite is an instrument called SHARAD — short for "Shallow Radar" — that has been bouncing radio waves off the planet's surface for over a decade. Individual observations by the instrument, for 2,000 orbits over the poles, have revealed some interesting icy findings over the years, but now, with a huge archive of data, planetary scientists have been able to build a 3-D view of the ice covering the north and south poles in the hope of better understanding the structures we cannot see inside the ice and how the ice changes over time. With this information they hope to build a picture of climatic changes over millions of years.
"We have applied industry-developed techniques in a very novel fashion to a Martian dataset, producing 3-D volumes that are each over 600 times larger than any terrestrial or planetary dataset of this kind," said senior scientist Nathaniel E. Putzig, of the Planetary Science Institute, in a statement.
A cutaway view of Planum Boreum at Mars' north polar cap. The blue and red areas show regions of high and low radar return power, respectively, which corresponds with ice thickness — white is the thickest.
Credit: NASA/ASI/JPL/FREAQS/PSI/SI/WUSTL
Hidden within these data are previously unknown features, including possible impact craters and vast layers of ice that likely highlight eras of climate changes as the Red Planet's tilt precessed. There also appears to be a larger than expected volume of frozen carbon dioxide locked in the south pole's cap.
"It is gratifying to see so plainly in the SHARAD volumes structures that took years of effort to characterize with the single-orbit profiles," Putzig added. "I'm excited about what we will learn from newly revealed features such as the probable impact craters."
"While 3-D seismic and ground penetrating radar have become routine tools in terrestrial geophysical exploration, our 3-D treatment of the SHARAD data is a first in planetary geophysical exploration," said Frederick J. Foss of Freestyle Analytical & Quantitative Services. "The 3-D imaged SHARAD volumes significantly enhance the detectability and interpretability of features within the Martian polar ice caps."
These 3-D maps of Martian ice cap interiors will no doubt aid future discoveries of what lies beneath, in turn developing our understanding of how Mars' atmosphere evolved from an apparently habitable state into the harsh, dry climate we find today.
By Leonard David, Space.com's Space Insider Columnist
Artist's illustration of a large asteroid headed for Earth.
Credit: ESA
The White House has released a "National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy" — a document developed by the Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Detecting and Mitigating the Impact of Earth-bound Near-Earth Objects (DAMIEN).
According to the strategy document, it "seeks to improve our nation's preparedness to address the hazard of near-Earth object (NEO) impacts by enhancing the integration of existing national and international assets and adding important capabilities that are currently lacking."
The strategy builds on efforts at NASA to better detect and characterize the NEO population, as well as recent efforts at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare for and respond to a NEO impact. [Potentially Dangerous Asteroids in Images]
The document was published last month by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The document was published last month by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Seven strategic goals
There are seven main goals underpinning the effort to enhance the United States' preparedness for NEO impacts, the Strategy notes:
"Enhance NEO Detection, Tracking and Characterization Capabilities. Objectives include: developing a capability roadmap to inform a strategy for investing in both U.S. and foreign abilities for detection, tracking and characterization; improving observation capabilities for more complete and rapid observation of the entire population of NEOs; and updating existing observatories with capabilities to improve characterization assessments.
"Develop Methods for NEO Deflection and Disruption. Objectives include: developing capabilities for fast-response, focused reconnaissance and characterization; researching deflection and disruption capabilities for NEOs of varying size, mass, composition and impact warning times; and researching technologies required for deflection and disruption concepts.
"Improve Modeling, Predictions, and Information Integration. Objectives include: ensuring that adequate modeling capabilities are developed for each topical need, especially for modeling NEO trajectories to reduce orbit uncertainties and predicted impact effects; determining what outputs are required by whom; and establishing an organizational construct to coordinate the development and dissemination of modeling results.
"Develop Emergency Procedures for NEO Impact Scenarios. Objectives include: promoting a collaborative national approach to defend against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from a NEO impact event; and developing coherent national and international communication strategies to facilitate NEO impact preparations.
"Establish NEO Impact Response and Recovery Procedures. Objectives include: establishing national and international protocols to efficiently respond to a NEO impact, whether in deep ocean, coastal regions or on land; and facilitating international cooperation and planning to recover from a NEO impact in a timely manner with minimal disruption.
"Leverage and Support International Cooperation. Objectives include: building international support and policies for acknowledging and addressing the potential Earth impact of a NEO as a global challenge; fostering consultation, coordination and cooperation channels and efforts for the planning for, impact emergency preparedness before, and response to a NEO impact; increasing engagement with the international community on observation infrastructure, data sharing, numerical modeling and scientific research; strengthening international coordination and cooperation on NEO data and National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy analyses; and promoting a collaborative international approach to preparedness for NEO events.
"Establish Coordination and Communications Protocols and Thresholds for Taking Action. Objectives include: coordinating the communication of detected impact threats within the U.S. Government, as well as with other governments, media and the public; developing a set of thresholds to aid U.S. decisions in whether to implement deflection or disruption missions; developing decision flowcharts for NEO hazard scenarios incorporating benchmarks and decision thresholds; and developing protocols for international interactions regarding NEO impacts outside of U.S. territory."
These seven high-level goals and associated objectives are intended to support a collaborative and federally coordinated approach to developing effective policies, practices and procedures for decreasing the nation’s vulnerabilities associated with the NEO impact hazard, according to the Strategy.
Significant and complex challenge
In a concluding statement, the Strategy document notes that, as with other low-probability, high-consequence hazards, "potential NEO impacts pose a significant and complex challenge."
The Strategy is seen as "a step in addressing the myriad challenges of managing and reducing the risks posed by both large and small NEOs."
Leonard David is author of "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet," published by National Geographic. The book is a companion to the National Geographic Channel six-part series, Mars. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Published on Space.com.
What is dark matter? New detector results have left physicists in the dark.
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The early universe may have contained more dark matter than there is today, new research suggests. The findings could help scientists better understand what the universe was like just after the Big Bang, researchers said.
Most of the matter in the universe seems to be invisible and largely intangible; it holds galaxies together and only interacts with the more familiar matter through its gravitational pull. Researchers call the strange stuff dark matter, and one of the biggest questions for astrophysicists is what it actually is and how it might evolve or decay. [Twisted Physics: 7 Mind-Blowing Findings]
New work by a team of Russian scientists may offer insight into that question. Dmitry Gorbunov, of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Igor Tkachev, head of the of the Department of Experimental Physics at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia; and Anton Chudaykin, of Novosibirsk State University in Russia considered whether some unstable dark matter might have decayed since the universe's early days, turning from whatever type of particle or particles make up dark matter — that's still unknown — into lighter particles.
"We have now, for the first time, been able to calculate how much dark matter could have been lost and what the corresponding size of the unstable component would be," Tkachev said in a statement.
Their new calculations suggest that no more than 5 percent of the current amount of dark matter in the universe, could have been lost since the Big Bang.
Besides suggesting new properties for the elusive dark matter, the work could be important in helping scientists understand how the universe has changed over time, the researchers said. For example, the findings may show how the universe's rate of expansion has varied and what happened in the universe's first few hundred thousand years, when matter as we know it started to form into atoms.
Mysterious matter
Dark matter is a kind of matter that has mass, so it exerts a gravitational pull. However, it doesn't interact through electromagnetism with ordinary matter, so it is invisible. That is, it doesn't reflect or absorb light. The lack of electrical charge also makes dark matter intangible. Physicists are still debating what kind of particles make up dark matter, but most researchers agree that the substance accounts for some four-fifths of the matter in the universe.
Researchers have said Planck telescope data shows only about 4.9 percent of the universe is ordinary matter, about 26.8 percent is dark matter, and the remaining 68.3 percent is dark energy, which accelerates universal expansion.
The finding could be important in helping scientists understand how the universe changes over time. For example, the research could help reveal the change in the rate of expansion and what happened in the first few hundred thousand years of the cosmos, when matter as we know it started to form atoms. That was the first time photons (light) could start moving relatively freely through the universe.
Unstable universe
In its study, the team looked at data from the Planck space telescope, which studies the cosmic microwave background coming from a point located about 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth. The cosmic microwave background is an "echo" of the Big Bang; it's the radiation from photons (light) that first started moving freely through the universe. By studying fluctuations in that radiation, it's possible to calculate the value of different parameters, such how fast the universe was expanding, at the time the radiation was emitted.
What they found was that the universe in its early days — about 300,000 years after it formed — behaved a bit differently than it does now. That conclusion comes from measuring the rate of expansion, as well as the number of galaxies in clusters, which are easier to explain if the amount of dark matter was anywhere from 2-5 percent greater than it is today.
To get that figure, the researchers compared the real universe with two models: one that assumed dark matter is stable and one that assumed the total amount of dark matter could change. The latter model did a better job of producing something like the universe seen today. So the early universe might have had two kinds of dark matter, the researchers said in a statement: one kind that decays into other particles and another that remains stable over billions of years.
"We are not currently able to say how quickly this unstable part decayed; dark matter may still be disintegrating even now," Tkachev said in a statement.
In addition, by looking at gravitational lensing – the bending of light by massive objects -- of the background radiation, the researchers found an upper limit for how much of that dark matter had to decay, the scientists said. The study appears in the journal Physical Review D.
The existence of dark matter is generally accepted by the sort of scientists who care about that kind of thing. After all, it’s a pretty robust explanation for why some stars and galaxies around the universe move around and accelerate in ways that can’t be explained simply by the gravitational effects of observable objects in the vicinity. Globs of an unseen substance, making up almost 85 percent of the total mass of the universe, have long been an integral part of our modern understanding of gravity.
But not everyone is buying it. There are quite a few alternative theories to gravity that don’t involve dark matter — some wilder than others — but the latest is worth lingering on because it’s a stickier idea. University of Amsterdam theoretical physicist Erik Verlinde is claiming that gravity isn’t an interaction or force as first described by Albert Einstein. Instead of being a static property since the Big Bang, gravity has, according to Verlinde, been an emergent phenomenon, constantly growing and expanding and adhering to the rules of increasing entropy as outlined by the second law of thermodynamics.
Verlinde first explained this theory of emergent gravity in 2010 and, in his latest paper, he doubles down and insists that the distribution of gravity throughout the universe doesn’t need to be explained by dark matter and dark energy. Verlinde studied Stephen Hawking’s and Jacob Bekenstein’s framework for black hole entropy and came to the conclusion that these principles might explain an observation about the connection between the acceleration scale in galaxies and at the cosmological horizon.
“I immediately realized that this should have a connection with my ideas on emergent gravity and entropy and that this implied a relation between the observed phenomena associated to dark matter and the presence of dark energy,” he tells Inverse.
At its core, Verlinde’s theory hypothesizes that gravity is driven by the entanglement of entropy in a vacuum. “Just like the normal laws of thermodynamics can be understood from the statistical treatment of the microscopic molecules that make up matter, gravity can be derived from the microscopic ‘molecules’ that make up the space time,” he says.
Those molecules are bits of quantum information, or qubits. As qubits aggregate and move around, they become more and more entangled with one another. This disorder increases the entropy of the quantum state of spacetime.
“When one assumes that this entanglement entropy grows like the area, one can derive the Einstein equations,” says Verlinde. “My insight was that in a universe with a positive dark energy there is a contribution to the entanglement entropy that grows like the volume. This contribution changes the laws of gravity from the ones by Einstein at large scale and low acceleration and precisely gives rise to the phenomena currently contributed to dark matter.”
In other words: Gravity is the root cause and an emergent property of the universe’s expansion.
There’s reason to believe Verlinde might be on to something. His theory helps resolve some unknown questions in physics that dark matter hasn’t been able to answer yet. It helps reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity in one description, consenting the laws of thermodynamics with black holes.
That’s why there are physicists out there currently trying to run tests to see whether emergent gravity is real. Margo Brouwer at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands and her team have worked to compare gravitational distribution predictions based on Verlinde’s theory with actual astronomy observations, and found that the data matched remarkably well with the predictions.
This is simply the first step, but it’s critical for turning Verlinde’s theory from a fringe idea into a serious field of research. A lot more work will need to be done to prove it, but if Verlinde is right, we’re not just looking for dark matter in the wrong way — we shouldn’t be looking for it at all.
Il y a bien un mystère qui se cache sous l'Antarctique, mais les nazis et les extraterrestres n'y sont pour rien
Il y a bien un mystère qui se cache sous l'Antarctique, mais les nazis et les extraterrestres n'y sont pour rien
Une vidéo vue de 3 millions de fois prétend que des bases militaires nazies et un monde paranormal seraient cachés sous les glaces. Son auteur serait-il complètement givré ?
La mer de Ross en Antarctique, le 12 novembre 2016. (MARK RALSTON/AP/SIPA / AP)
La chaîne YouTube conspirationniste Secureteam10 a publié le 27 décembre une vidéo prétendant qu'un objet massif était enterré sous les glaces de l'Antarctique. Elle suggère notamment que des bases nazies et un monde paranormal souterrain y seraient cachés. La vidéo a été visionnée plus de 3 millions de fois et a été relayée sur les sites internet de tabloïds anglo-saxons comme The Sun ou le New York Post. Franceinfo se penche sur cette démonstration, mais cette fois pour démêler le vrai du faux.
Ce qui est vrai : la découverte scientifique originelle
Oui, il y a bien eu des "anomalies" détectées en Antarctique. C’est en tout cas le constat d’une équipe de chercheurs dirigée par Ralph von Frese. Laquelle a observé des anomalies gravitationnelles mais aussi magnétiques dans la Terre de Wilkes, en Antarctique, et a publié plusieurs articles sur le sujet. Interrogé par franceinfo, le chercheur confirme que, selon lui, il s’agit d'"une des plus grandes anomalies de la planète". "Certaines personnes ont avancé qu’une activité volcanique aurait pu expliquer ces anomalies, raconte le chercheur. Mais il faut étudier la topographie (...) et la croûte à cet endroit se trouve être très fine ; une activité volcanique l’aurait rendue épaisse."
Selon lui, ces anomalies s’expliquent par l’impact d’une météorite géante, qui aurait provoqué l’apparition d’un énorme cratère, avec une remontée du manteau au centre et un épaississement anormal de la croûte sur les bords. "Ces anomalies sont très caractéristiques des réplétions que l’on observe sur Mars et sur la Lune", explique Ralph von Frese.
Cette interprétation est basée sur des données satellitaires, celles du programme Grace, lancé en 2002. Anthony Mémin, géodésien et géophysicien spécialiste de l’Antarctique, travaille depuis des années avecces données. Pour le scientifique, contacté par franceinfo, l'analyse de Ralph von Frese "semble tout à fait cohérente, c'est une explication qui se tient".
Mais cette théorie scientifique est-elle fidèlement rapportée dans la vidéo conspirationniste ? "La vidéo est assez exacte quant aux détails scientifiques de notre découverte d’un impact de météorite dans la Terre de Wilkes, estime von Frese. Ils soulignent ce que j’ai essayé de montrer". Même constat de la part d’Anthony Mémin pour qui "la première partie de la vidéo semble assez scientifiquement honnête".
Ce qui laisse planer le doute : un continent encore méconnu
A l’heure actuelle, l’existence du cratère est une interprétation, une déduction de données satellitaires. Si cratère il y a, il est enterré profondément sous la glace. Pour attester formellement de son existence, Ralph von Frese aimerait conduire une opération d’excavation, mais ce n’est pas pour demain : "L'effort déployé sur le terrain coûterait très cher", explique le chercheur, citant notamment les conditions de travail particulièrement rudes. "Tant qu'il n'y aura pas d'échantillonnage géologique, cela restera des théories, corrobore Anthony Mémin. L'Antarctique est un continent qui est tellement grand, avant d'en avoir fait le tour il va falloir quelques décennies."
La difficulté et la taille du terrain empêchent l'Antarctique de livrer tous ses secrets.Et quand on connaît peu de choses sur un sujet, notre imagination peut s’emballer. "Les pôles ont toujours beaucoup intrigué", confirme Frédérique Rémy, directeur de recherche au CNRS, spécialiste des zones polaires et auteur d’Histoire des pôles, mythes et réalités polaires au XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle (éd. Desjonquères). "Entre la boussole qui indique les pôles et les aurores boréales, on se disait autrefois qu'il s'y passait forcément quelque chose.""En Antarctique, on peut imaginer beaucoup de choses",analyse aussiAnthony Mémin.
Ce qui est faux : les théories complotistes et paranormales
Ralph von Frese se veut prudent quant à la partie finale de la vidéo, dans laquelle l'auteur suggère que des bases nazies et un monde paranormal seraient enterrés sous la glace : "Je ne peux pas commenter les affirmations militaires de cette vidéo, car je n’en sais rien." "La transition est tellement mal faite qu'on a l'impression que ce sont deux reportages différents", réagit de son côté Anthony Mémin. Effectivement, la greffe des théories conspirationnistes sur les travaux de Ralph von Frese paraît grossière.
"Si vous tapez 'Hitler' et 'Antarctique', c'est dément tout ce que vous allez trouver", souligne Frédérique Rémy. Des auteurs du mysticisme nazi ont en effet exploité le décor de l’Antarctique. Le diplomate chilien Miguel Serrano, figure de l'ésotérisme d’extrême droite, avance par exemple qu’Hitler aurait survécu et se serait réfugié dans la Terre de la Reine-Maud en Antarctique. Dans la vidéo de Secureteam10, le narrateur montre des photos de prétendues fentes dans la terre donnant sur un monde souterrain et de supposées bases nazies.
Capture d'écran de la vidéo secureteam10. (SCREEN GRAB)
Des photos qui sont loin de constituer des preuves tangibles. "En sciences, on ne montre jamais une photo comme ça sans donner une idée de l'échelle", décrypte Anthony Mémin. "Ça peut être aussi une photo d'une roche avec un trou."
L’auteur de la vidéo ne s’arrête pas seulement à la théorie du complot nazi, mais il saupoudre aussi le tout de paranormal. Il utilise notamment les propos de l’amiral Richard Byrd à son retour de l’opération Highjump, une expédition américaine lancée en 1946. "L'amiral Byrd est rentré de l'Antarctique et il était complètement fou", raconte Frédérique Rémy à franceinfo. "Il a dit qu'il avait vu des extra-terrestres."
A l’époque, la taille de cette expédition américaine, composée de plus de 4 000 hommes,a laissécertains penser que son but n’était pas uniquement scientifique. Il s'agissait, d'après l'auteur de la vidéo, vu leur nombre et leur équipement, de trouver une entrée vers un monde paranormal souterrain. "Ils sont effectivement partis comme pour faire la guerre, mais d'abord parce que c'est un milieu très dur, explique Frédérique Rémy. Il y a plein d'explorateurs qui sont morts là-bas. Par ailleurs, s'ils étaient si nombreux, c'est qu'on était à la fin de la guerre et qu'il fallait occuper les jeunes de retour."
Si autant de thèses farfelues s'agrègent en Antarctique, c’est aussi parce qu’"il y a pas mal de photos qui sont assez ambiguës", note Frédérique Rémy. Le soleil rasant peut causer des déformations optiques alors que la glace peut provoquer des mirages froids. Du pain béni pour les conspirationnistes ; l'Antarctique n'a pas fini de nourrir leurs théories les plus folles.
Silent triangle UFO observed low over California town
Silent triangle UFO observed low over California town
A California witness at Manteca reported watching a low flying, black triangle UFO crossing the sky silently, according to testimony in Case 81275 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The triangle UFO was seen over Manteca, CA, about 70 miles northeast of San Jose.
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The witness stepped into his backyard about 11:10 p.m. on December 31, 2016, to look for the New Year’s comet with a green laser pointer.
“Moon had already set,” the witness stated.“I just stopped playing with the laser and in the darkness and I noticed movement directly above me out of the corner of my eye.”
The witness first thought he was seeing a flock of geese flying in triangle shape.
The object was blocking out the sky behind it. Pictured: Manteca, CA.
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“It was very difficult to see; just triangle edges blocking out stars, and maybe not as dark as the sky behind it. It was completely silent, moving at a perfectly slow pace without a sound. I just kept moving.”
Still thinking it might be a flock of geese, the witness lit it up with a green laser.
“I was completely shocked when it bounced off the bottom of it – similar to how a laser reflects off a stop sign, but not as bright. I think I moved the laser around quickly like drawing in the sky to reveal the shape of the craft. It was a triangle – long angled front, and appeared to be a slightly curved back. I yelled for my wife to come out and look. She did, but didn’t have her glasses. I was still able to reflect the laser off the bottom and pointed it out to her as it disappeared behind the trees. I looked for several minutes just in case it would return. It did not. It moved behind the treeline.”
The object was silent and shaped like a triangle. Pictured: Manteca, CA.
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The witness indicated in the MUFON report that the object was under 500 feet.
Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County, California, population 71,948. California MUFON State Section Director Nancy Felipe 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.
“Alien: Covenant zal geheime missie van de Illuminati onthullen”
“Alien: Covenant zal geheime missie van de Illuminati onthullen”
De film Alien: Covenant zal de geheime missie van de Illuminati uit de doeken doen. Dat zegt althans de bekende complottheoreticus Alex Jones, schrijft AOL News.
De Illuminati is een geheim genootschap dat het menselijk ras tot slaaf zou willen maken.
Jones, presentator van The Alex Jones Show en eigenaar van de website Infowars.com, staat bekend om zijn radicale theorieën.
Nieuwe Wereldorde
In een nieuwe video geeft hij tekst en uitleg over zijn complottheorie over Alien: Covenant.
Volgens Jones opereren de ‘globalisten’ vanuit de Illuminati en werken ze aan een Nieuwe Wereldorde die over alle mensen zal heersen, weet mediabedrijf Vocativ.
De Illuminati bestaat uit wereldleiders, zakenmagnaten, kunstenaars en andere invloedrijke mensen.
Petrischaaltje
In zijn video legt Jones uit dat de globalisten die deze planeet besturen geloven in directed panspermia, de theorie dat organismen naar aarde zijn gebracht door een buitenaards ras.
Hij legt uit dat de Illuminati geïnspireerd is geraakt door dat ras en de menselijke evolutie probeert over te nemen.
“Ze veranderen de hele planeet in een petrischaaltje, waarin ze experimenteren op de bevolking en een superras creëren,” zei Jones.
Methode
Hoe sluit dit aan op een film van Ridley Scott? Volgens Jones onthult de regisseur de strategie van de globalisten.
“Ridley Scott gaf toe dat het schip een wapen was en biomechanische wezens aan boord had die door een hoogontwikkeld ras werden gebruikt voor een oorlog,” aldus Jones.
“Dit is precies waar de globalisten naar verluidt aan werken,” voegde hij toe. “De Alien-films onthullen de methode die ze gebruiken.”
Anunnaki
In Alien: Covenant verkennen mensen een planeet die op het eerste oog aandoet als een paradijs.
Niets is wat het lijkt: Jones claimt dat het ‘een reusachtige reageerbuis is waarin van planten en dieren bizarre nieuwe vormen worden gemaakt – een religieus experiment van de Anunnaki’.
Complottheoretici menen dat de Anunnaki in werkelijkheid aliens waren die op Nibiru of Planeet X leefden en het mensenras hebben gemaakt, schrijft Vocativ.
Biotechnologie
De manier waarop het buitenaardse ras in Alien: Covenant nieuwe organismen creëert lijkt volgens Jones erg op de biotechnologie waarmee globalisten op aarde genetisch gemodificeerde organismen (ggo’s) maken.
“We worden opgeofferd in dit enorme experiment,” zei hij.
“Er zijn de afgelopen 20 jaar duizenden studies gedaan waaruit blijkt dat ggo-gewassen en ggo-vaccins doelbewust ons DNA veranderen en ons muteren,” voegde hij toe.
Trump
In december 2015 was Donald Trump te gast in zijn show. De aankomend president zei: “Je reputatie is geweldig. Ik zal je niet teleurstellen.”
Zowel Clinton als Obama noemden Jones tijdens campagnetoespraken. De huidige president van Amerika vertelde aan het publiek dat hij geen demon is, zoals Jones had gesuggereerd.
Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released from Chilean Navy
Groundbreaking UFO Video Just Released from Chilean Navy
An exceptional nine-minute Navy video of a UFO displaying highly unusual behavior, studied by Chilean authorities for the last two years, is now being released to the public. The CEFAA - the Chilean government agency which investigates UFOs, or UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), has been in charge of the investigation. Located within the DGAC, the equivalent of our FAA but under the jurisdiction of the Chilean Air Force, CEFAA has committees of military experts, technicians and academics from many disciplines. None of them have been able to explain the strange flying object captured by two experienced Navy officers from a helicopter.
The Chilean government agency always makes its cases public when an investigation is complete, and acknowledges the existence of UAP when a case merits such a conclusion.
General Ricardo Bermúdez, Director of CEFAA during the investigation, told me that “We do not know what it was, but we do know what it was not.” And “what it is not” comprises a long list of conventional explanations. Here is what happened:
On November 11th, 2014, a Chilean Navy helicopter (Airbus Cougar AS-532) was on a routine daytime patrol mission flying north along the coast, west of Santiago. On board were the pilot, a Navy Captain with many years of flying experience, and a Navy technician who was testing a WESCAM’s MX-15 HD Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) camera, used most often for “medium-altitude covert intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance,” according to the product website. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of approximately 4,500 feet on a clear afternoon with unlimited horizontal visibility, and the air temperature at that height was 50 degrees F (10 C). There was a cloud base above at 10,000 feet, and a layer of stratuscumulos clouds below. The helicopter was flying at about 132 knots, or 152 mph.
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A Chilean Navy AS 532SC Cougar helicopter in Mejillones, Chile.
At 1:52 pm, while filming the terrain, the technician observed a strange object flying to the left over the ocean. Soon both men observed it with the naked eye. They noticed that the velocity and the altitude of the object appeared to be about the same as the helicopter, and estimated that the object was approximately 35 to 40 miles (55-65 km) away. It was traveling W/NW, according to the Captain. The technician aimed the camera at the object immediately and zoomed in with the infra red (IR) for better clarity.
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The route of the helicopter derived from the displayed geographic coordinates displayed on the camera.
Shortly thereafter, the pilot contacted two radar stations - one close by on the coast, and the other the main DGAC Control system (Ground Primary Radar) in Santiago - to report the unknown traffic. Neither station could detect it on radar, although both easily picked up the helicopter. (The object was well within the range of radar detection.) Air traffic controllers confirmed that no traffic, either civilian or military, had been reported in the area, and that no aircraft had been authorized to fly in the controlled air space where the object was located. The on-board radar was also unable to detect the object and the camera’s radar could not lock onto it.
The pilot tried several times to communicate with the UAP, using the multi-national, civilian bandwidth designed for this purpose. He received no reply.
The technician filmed the object for nine minutes and twelve seconds, mainly in IR. This sensor produces a black and white video in which the black, white and grey tones are directly related to temperature. IR detects heat, and the hotter the material being filmed, the darker it appears on the image. The officers stopped the camera when they had to return to the base and the object disappeared behind the clouds.
The Navy immediately turned over the footage to the CEFAA, and General Bermúdez, accompanied by nuclear chemist Mario Avila, a CEFAA scientific committee member, conducted interviews with the two officers at their Navy base. “I was very impressed by these witnesses,” Avila told me. “They were highly trained professionals with many years experience, and they were absolutely certain that they could not explain what they saw.” Both offiicers also provided written reports at the base, as is required, and for CEFAA.
The Navy Captain stated that the object was a “flat, elongated structure” with “two thermal spotlights like discharges that did not coincide with the axel of motion.” The technician described it as as “white with a semi-oval shape on the horizontal axis.”
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The video depicts two connected white circular lights or hot spots, giving off much heat (left). This image was part of an analysis by astrophysicist Luis Barrera. “Envoltura” means “envelope.”
But there is one additional component that makes this footage particularly unique: “In two instances it discharged some type of gas or liquid with a high thermal track or signal,” the technician stated. After filming for about eight minutes, the stunning ejection of a massive plume of a very hot material is captured on the video, trailing behind the object. (The plume blended into the clouds when seen in HD.) Another ejection occurred moments later. It is indeed bizarre to watch this on the video.
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The object moved away from the massize plume it ejected just moments earlier.
Following are the three key video excerpts in chronological order; later I include the full ten minute video. Note that at times the camera switches from IR to HD mode. I recommend watching these silent video clips on a large monitor.
The first one shows the object in motion. The camera captured this for about eight minutes prior to the spectacular display in the next video. (Click “back to youtube video” at the end to prevent a new unrelated video from starting.)
This clip shows the first expulsion of the hot material from the object and the object’s movement away from the plume:
The second expulsion occurred at the end of the video:
During the following two years, at least eight somewhat contentious meetings were held with members of the baffled CEFAA scientific committee, some of which included the active Air Force General who directs the DGAC. According to CEFAA international affairs director Jose Lay, the general tone of the meetings was astonishment: “What the hell is that?” No agreement could be reached to explain the video - theories that were proposed were ruled out by the data.
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A rather somber meeting of the CEFAA scientific and military committee to discuss the Navy video. The DGAC Director presided (with his back to the camera).
Written reports or video analyses were provided by the well-known astrophysicist Luis Barrera; an image expert from the Air Force photogrammetric service; photo and video analyst Francois Louange and colleagues from France, arranged through the French agency GEIPAN; Luis Salazar, Chilean Air Force meteorologist; a DGAC aeronautic engineer; a digital images specialist from the National Museum of Aeronautics and Space in Santiago; and Mario Avila, a nuclear chemist. All radar, satellite weather data, and details of air traffic in that sector at that time were provided.
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DGAC’s Director, Air Force General Victor Villalobos, attended two committee meetings on the case.
The French analysts proposed that the object was a “medium-haul aircraft” coming in for a landing into the Santiago airport, and “the effluent trail observed on two occasions probably results from dumping some cabin waste water, forming a plume oriented along the local wind blowing from the west.” They based this on their calculation that the distance between the two hot spots was “consistent with the standard distance between the two jet engines of a medium-haul aircraft.”
Chilean experts knew that this would have been impossible, for a number of reasons: This plane would have been seen on primary radar; it would have had to be cleared for landing in Santiago or at another airport; it would likely have responded to radio communications. Airplanes do not throw out water when landing. In fact, in Chile a plane wishing to eject any material must request permission from the DGAC before doing so; that regulation is widely known and respected. And, it seems unlikely that this experienced pilot would not have recognized this as an airplane, or at least kept that option open afterwards if it were a possibility.
In fact, if - hypothetically - water was expelled, it would have immediately plummeted to the ground given the warm air temperature. According to NASA, “Contrails are human-induced clouds that usually form at very high altitudes (usually above 8 km - about 26,000 ft) where the air is extremely cold (less than -40ºC). Because of this, contrails form not when an airplane is taking off or landing, but while it is at cruise altitude.” The plume ejected from the object must have been some kind of gas or energy, and was not something tangible like water.
The French calculations confirmed that the UAP’s altitude was the same as the helicopter’s, and that “the helicopter’s velocity along its linear trajectory was constant (120 kt),” just as the witnesses had stated. In addition, Louange and his colleagues determined that the average distance between the helicopter and the object was “almost exactly the estimated value reported by the Navy (55 km).” Clearly the two witnesses were competent and accurate observers.
Data from the various reports eliminate other conventional explanations. Meteorologists determined that no weather balloons were in the sky at that time, and noted that a ballon would not move horizontally along with the plane because the wind was blowing from the west towards the shore. Comparing the footage to similar IR satellite imagery with known temperature values, they stated that the object’s temperature must have been higher than 122 degrees F (50 C). The object was not a drone; all drones require registration with the DGAC and whenever flown, the DGAC is informed, just like it is with aircraft. Also, radar would register drones. CEFAA staff went up the chain of command to a Navy Admiral who informed them that there were no joint Naval exercises underway with the US or any other country. The Admiral confirmed that this could not have been a US drone, or any type of espionage or secret vehicle from a foreign country.
Astrophysicist Barrera explored the possibility of space junk re-entry - especially Russian - which somehow may have broken and released compressed gases at this low altitude. It was confirmed that no space debris entered the atmosphere on that date in that location, and in any case, such an object would have fallen rapidly and not flown horitzontally. Two independent experts on explosives told CEFAA staff that in such a scenario, the rounded vehicle would explode in the air due to the high internal pressure, and that the gas would catch fire in a flash. And any such re-entries would have been communicated to the Chilean government so that aircraft can be warned, as is the protocol.
Barrera also noted that when the first ejection event occurred, the material came out from two different parts of the object and then joined in space making one wake. The first was massive and dark in the IR (meaning very hot); the second lighter and semi-transparent.
Air Force photo analysts confrmed that the object was a real, three dimensional form with volume and that it “has control in its movements.” It was not affected by the winds, reflected the light, and threw out “some kind of energy.” They established that there was no evidence of hoaxing or of “alteration of the video by any computer application in the editing and processing of the images.” They also ruled out a bird, flying insect, drone, parachute or hang glider. “It can be concluded that the object has all the characteristics to be classified as an unidentified aerial phenomenon” wrote Alberto Vergara, the lead analyst from the Air Force Photogrammetric Department.
It is unclear how much of the apparent horizontal motion of the object may be the clouds moving or the relative motion of the camera on the helicopter, but the witnesses reported that the object kept pace with the chopper and the French analysts confirmed this. Also noteworthy is the fact that when in HD mode, the large plume looked like part of the cloud and would never be noticed as anything unusual by an observer. Without the IR camera, it would have been difficult to see the white object against the sky and impossible to capture this remarkable footage. It makes one wonder what kind of actiivites may take place within clouds that are unknown to us.
Here is the full ten minute video of the sighting:
“This has been one of the most important cases in my career as director of CEFAA because our Committee was at its best, “ General Bermúdez said in an email. “The CEFAA is well regarded partly because there is full participation from the scientists of the academic world, the armed forces through their representatives, and the aeronautic personnel from the DGAC, including its Director. I am extremely pleased as well with the conclusion reached which is logical and unpretentious.” The official conclusion was that “the great majority of committee members agreed to call the subject in question a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) due to the number of highly researched reasons that it was unanimously agreed could not explain it.”
This case represents one of the most puzzling and fascinating of all cases in the CEFAA files, according to Jose Lay. “It is our first video taken with a sophisticated camera in the infra red; the first time we have ever seen the ejection of a substance from a UAP; the first time we have a sighting lasting over nine minutes with two highly reliable witnesses,” he said when we spoke.
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General Ricardo Bermúdez has directed the CEFAA since its inception in 1997. He retired on Jan. 1, 2017, but will remain an advisor to the agency.
The CEFAA has been a world leader in official and open investigations of UFOs. I have been priviledged to work closely with the staff there for about five years, learning a great deal. At the end of December, General Bermúdez retired, and although he remains an external advisor to the agency, Lay has assumed the duty of interim director until another General is appointed by the DGAC. I am grateful to General Bermúdez for giving me access to the outstanding CEFAA case files, inviting me to attend meetings there, and for his time in answering my questions. He has left a tremendous legacy with regards to the serious study of UAP and the official recognition of a real unexplained phenomenon in our skies.
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NEWPORT BEACH NONPROFIT DEFENDS ITS UFO RESEARCH AGAINST SKEPTICS
NEWPORT BEACH NONPROFIT DEFENDS ITS UFO RESEARCH AGAINST SKEPTICS
For many, UFOs are the stuff of sci-fi movies that belong in the same category of little green men and alien abductions - but one Orange County nonprofit begs to differ. (KABC)
For many, UFOs are the stuff of science fiction movies that belong in the same category of little green men and alien abductions - but one Orange County nonprofit begs to differ.
Jan Harzan, the executive director of Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in Newport Beach, believes that we are definitely not alone in the universe.
"UFOs are real. These are structured, highly technological, structured devices flying in and about our planet under obvious intelligent control that's not us," Harzan said.
Harzan has spent most of his life researching UFOs along with field investigators and a research team.
MUFON looks into the reports that come in daily.
"Could it possibly have been an aircraft? A satellite? The space station?" Harzan said.
The organization has investigated more than 7,000 cases in the past year. It considers a small percentage of those cases hoaxes, and about 30 percent are classified as UFOs.
According to Harzan, a man who has worked as a contractor for the Department of Defense says he and his friends spotted a UFO in 2013 during a hunting trip in Canada.
"The very first thing that was intense was just how bright this thing was," said the man, whose identity was not revealed.
Harzan considers this case, which was reported in 2016, as one of the most compelling pieces of evidence.
Despite the many skeptics who believe UFOs only belong in Hollywood, Harzan believes his research can lead to huge advancements in technology.
"Number one, we can move instantaneously anywhere on the planet, we wouldn't need to be sitting on airplanes," he said. "What about moving off planet and going to the moon or going to Mars?"
The search for extraterrestrial intelligent life in the universe may sound like science fiction to some, but it’s been a legitimate and active part of astronomy research for decades. Now, some researchers want to take the next step, from looking for signs of life to sending out signals and telling any aliens out there: “Hey, we’re down here!”
This idea has drawn criticism from the likes of Stephen Hawking and launched a debate that will come to a head this year as a young organization rolls out its plan to craft a message to blast out to potential aliens some time in 2018. METI International, launched in 2015, is a nonprofit research group that plans to start messaging by the end of next year. Their name means “messaging extraterrestrial intelligence” (a play on SETI, the “search for extraterrestrial intelligence”).
“One of the big questions has been: is this dangerous, to be transmitting to extraterrestrials?” said Douglas Vakoch, the president of METI International. “Maybe they’re having a bad millennium and they’re feeling malevolent. But if that’s the case, they can come anyway.”
The main criticism that arises is how little we know about any potential life forms out there, and if they’re unfriendly, alerting them to our existence could be fatal. They might decide to attack our planet for resources, or eliminate our entire species just for fun. Or, if they’re like the heptapods in Arrival, just trying to help unite us.
“We have almost zero idea of whether aliens are likely to be dangerous,” wrote Mark Buchanan, a physicist, in an issue of Nature Physics last summer. “The single history of evolving biological life that we know of — here on Earth — carries a strong theme of violent conflict, perpetual battle for resources and the oppression of weaker groups by stronger ones.”
We’re not exactly an optimistic case study. But those in favor of reaching out, like Vakoch, believe if these unfriendly life forms are out there, and have the scientific advancement to travel to us, they would have already been able to find us: the Earth has been leaking radio waves for decades, which have reached the nearest 7,000 stars.
Vakoch has a PhD in psychology but has been grappling with the question of whether to try to communicate with intelligent life in the universe—and what to say if we do—since the late 90s with the SETI Institute. He told me part of the METI mission is to test out a challenge to the Fermi paradox—which questions why, if the universe is theoretically teeming with life, we still haven’t met any aliens.
One theory is that intelligent alien life surrounds us, but is keeping itself hidden from us plebeian life forms. The only way to get their attention would be to reach out first. (Fellow Star Trek fans will recognize this theory as fitting in nicely with the Prime Directive.)
It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve deliberately sent messages into space: NASA has done it, with its golden record on Voyager, plaques on Pioneer 10 & 11, and (for some reason) a Beatles song it beamed out in 2008. But the difference is that these messages were tangential to the real mission: great, if some aliens stumble across them, but they were not directed at a planet where we think life might exist. METI, by contrast, would be very deliberately sending messages to specific locations, such as Proxima B, an Earthlike planet in the habitable zone near our closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri. That message could travel to Proxima B in just over four years, meaning we could have a response (if there is indeed intelligent life there) just over eight years after sending the message.
But if you’re still siding with Stephen Hawking with this one and are worried it’s too risky, don’t panic yet. Vakoch told me METI will be hosting three important meetings this year to continue this debate. One meeting, in St. Louis in May, will specifically consider the potential risks and benefits of alerting other possible life forms to our existence, and may in fact convince the group to hold off on sending out messages.
“That’s possible,” Vakoch said. “We want to hear from people who do have concerns and we want to look for a method that will let us find common ground.”
And even if METI goes forward with its plan to send out a message in 2018, it will need either the permission of one of Earth’s existing large radio telescopes, or enough funding to build their own, so there’s no guarantee either will happen.
Whatever side of the debate you fall on, it’s pretty fascinating to see the different arguments unfold. The possibility of intelligent life in the universe is so real, it’s causing some of our greatest scientists to freak out over whether or not we want to find it.
A policeman has broken his silence about an encounter with a flying saucer where he claims he could ‘clearly see’ aliens in the cockpit – after 70 years of silence.
Neil John McIntyre worked as a policeman in Shepparton, northern Victoria, Australia – but says he had his close encounter aged 12, in 1947, at around the same time as the Roswell incident.
He and his friend Max – now deceased – both saw the aliens for ‘four or five minutes’, he told local paper the Shepparton News – but swore not to speak of it, as Max had a promising boxing career and didn’t want to be associated with UFOs.
He’s even drawn chilling pictures of the strange beings he saw inside the craft, which he claims was hovering near a lamppost, ‘sucking power’ out of it.
McIntyre told local newspaper Shepparton News, ‘It was a Sunday, and it was a cold, dark night.
(Sheppnews.com)
‘It was a bit smaller than a Melbourne tram, it was similar to flying saucers seen around the world.
‘You could clearly see two guys (in the craft) that we called aliens in the front cockpit.’’
‘Their hands were not in my view, but I got the impression they were controlling some sort of instrument It might have been extracting power from the lamp post.’’
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