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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THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 400GUESTS PER DAY.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY BLOG AND HOPE YOU ENJOY EACH TIME.
The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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Deze blog is opgedragen aan mijn overleden echtgenote Lucienne.
In 2012 verloor ze haar moedige strijd tegen kanker!
In 2011 startte ik deze blog, omdat ik niet mocht stoppen met mijn UFO-onderzoek.
BEDANKT!!!
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
17-01-2017
SpaceX Rocket Lands on a Droneship in First Mission Since August
SpaceX Rocket Lands on a Droneship in First Mission Since August
Descending from the cloudless sky and touching down in a burst of flames and cloud of gas, the first-stage booster of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landed safely on the droneship landing pad Just Read the Instructions (named for one of the starships in Iain M. Banks’ novel The Player of Games) today at just after 10 a.m. Pacific time. You could almost hear Elon Musk unclench his jaw. This successful mission was a much- needed win for the private spaceflight company, whose last launch ended before it began. In September of 2016, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets exploded on the launchpad during a routine pre-launch test. This was a serious setback for a company that’s been at the forefront of an industry effort to recover and reuse rockets instead of ditching them in the ocean, as had been the custom since the beginning of spaceflight. This landing today was the first successful one on Just Read the Instructions.
Today’s launch and landing weren’t just about getting to space and back, though. In addition to SpaceX’s ongoing attempts to recover and reuse their rockets, the mission of this launch was to deploy ten Iridium Communications satellites.
The mission was the first of seven scheduled launches, creating a satellite communication network that will cover the entire globe. The satellites’ successful deployment is important for SpaceX, especially in light of recent news that the company has suffered millions in financial losses since 2015. Today’s success bodes well for SpaceX, as the company has bet heavily on these satellite contracts.
In addition to launching other companies’ communications satellites, SpaceX plans to make its own internet-providing satellites a major source of revenue in the near future. According to financial documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the company projects that its internet business will eclipse its launch division in profitability, earning $30 billion in revenue by 2025, eventually helping to fund missions to Mars.
The live video was typically choppy, but here’s a clip of the landing:
Airbus has a big plan to conquer the skies with an array of vertical takeoff and landing machines (VTOL), starting as soon as this year with a prototype. The company wants to use its Vahana project to solve the problems of traffic congestion that plague major cities, with users booking trips using a smartphone app in a similar fashion to Uber.
“One hundred years ago, urban transport went underground, now we have the technological wherewithal to go above ground,” Airbus CEO Tom Enders at the DLD Conference in Munich. “We are in an experimentation phase, we take this development very seriously.”
He added that he expects a prototype to take to the skies this year, Reutersreported.
And beyond this year, Enders offered this prediction for 2031:
“We are thinking that in fifteen years, we can do 90-100 passengers with an electric or hybrid aircraft,” Enders said, noting that “this is not yet an intercontinental-range aircraft, this is not an A-380 or something like that, but it’s good progress.”
Airbus has previously expressed an interest in bringing a flying car to consumers by 2020, but it now seems to have made the project greater a priority. The Urban Air Mobility division, which is working on the project, was set up last year as a way to explore ambitious transportation concepts for the future.
“If we ignore these developments, we will be pushed out of important segments of the business,” Enders said.
The Airbus concept will use a four-rotor design for the VTOL capabilities, which are seen as useful in urban environments — they don’t require the same size spaces as traditional aircrafts.
The big hurdle remains autonomous technology. Manufacturers are only just beginning to work autonomous technology for land-based vehicles, and even then, automakers aren’t expected to hit the mainstream with self-driving cars for another few years, when more data is gathered that can help the vehicles navigate.
Despite this trajectory, Enders did observe that’s sort of backward. Flying should come first.
“Autonomous flying is easier than autonomous driving and I think more and more people realize that, never the less, I think it might be autonomous driving, or partially autonomous driving, is implemented first,” he said.
Airbus is not the only company that believes the way forward is VTOL transport. Uber released a white paper on its plan for flying car service late last year, explaining that the vehicles are ideal for longer journeys where traditional cars would have to tackle traffic in and out of the city.
And what did Uber project would be its Prius or Camry for the skies? The Airbus Vahana, of course.
Adam Ruben’s tongue-in-cheek column about the common difficulties and frustrations of reading a scientific paper broadly resonated among Science Careers readers. Many of you have come to us asking for more (and more serious) advice on how to make sense of the scientific literature, so we’ve asked a dozen scientists at different career stages and in a broad range of fields to tell us how they do it. Although it is clear that reading scientific papers becomes easier with experience, the stumbling blocks are real, and it is up to each scientist to identify and apply the techniques that work best for them. The responses have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Do you have your own tips or other questions you’d like answered? Leave them in the comments section.
How do you approach reading a paper?
I start by reading the abstract. Then, I skim the introduction and flip through the article to look at the figures. I try to identify the most prominent one or two figures, and I really make sure I understand what's going on in them. Then, I read the conclusion/summary. Only when I have done that will I go back into the technical details to clarify any questions I might have.
- Jesse Shanahan, master's candidate in astronomy at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut
I first get a general idea by reading the abstract and conclusions. The conclusions help me understand if the goal summarized in the abstract has been reached, and if the described work can be of interest for my own study. I also always look at plots/figures, as they help me get a first impression of a paper. Then I usually read the entire article from beginning to end, going through the sections in the order they appear so that I can follow the flow of work that the authors want to communicate.
If you want to make it a productive exercise, you need to have a clear idea of which kind of information you need to get in the first place, and then focus on that aspect. It could be to compare your results with the ones presented by the authors, put your own analysis into context, or extend it using the newly published data. Citation lists can help you decide why the paper may be most relevant to you by giving you a first impression of how colleagues that do similar research as you do may have used the paper.
- Cecilia Tubiana, scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research inGöttingen, Germany
If I’m aiming to just get the main points, I’ll read the abstract, hop to the figures, and scan the discussion for important points. I think the figures are the most important part of the paper, because the abstract and body of the paper can be manipulated and shaped to tell a compelling story. Then anything I’m unclear about, I head to the methodology.
If I want to delve deeper into the paper, I typically read it in its entirety and then also read a few of the previous papers from that group or other articles on the same topic. If there is a reference after a statement that I find particularly interesting or controversial, I also look it up. Should I need more detail, I access any provided data repositories or supplemental information.
Then, if the authors' research is similar to my own, I see if their relevant data match our findings or if there are any inconsistencies. If there are, I think about what could be causing them. Additionally, I think about what would happen in our model if we used the same methods as they did and what we could learn from that. Sometimes, it is also important to pay attention to why the authors decided to conduct an experiment in a certain way. Did the authors use an obscure test instead of a routine assay, and why would they do this?
- Jeremy C. Borniger, doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Ohio State University, Columbus
I always start with title and abstract. That tells me whether or not it’s an article I’m interested in and whether I’ll actually be able to understand it—both scientifically and linguistically. I then read the introduction so that I can understand the question being framed, and jump right to the figures and tables so I can get a feel for the data. I then read the discussion to get an idea of how the paper fits into the general body of knowledge.
I pay attention to acknowledgement of limitations and proper inference of data. Some people stretch their claims more than others, and that can be a red flag for me. I also put on my epidemiologist hat so that I can try to make sure the study design is adequate to actually test the hypotheses being examined.
As I go deeper into the argument framing, figures, and discussion, I also think about which pieces are exciting and new, which ones are biologically or logically relevant, and which ones are most supported by the literature. I also consider which pieces fit with my pre-existing hypotheses and research questions.
- Kevin Boehnke, doctoral candidate in environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
My reading strategy depends on the paper. Sometimes I start by skimming through to see how much might be relevant. If it is directly applicable to my current topic, I’ll read the paper closely, apart from the introduction that is probably already familiar. But I always try to figure out if there are particular places or figures that I need to pay close attention to, and then I go and read the related information in the results and discussion.
I also check if there are references that I may be interested in. Sometimes I am curious to see who in the field has—or more likely has not—been referenced, to see whether the authors are choosing to ignore certain aspects of the research. I often find that the supplementary figures actually offer the most curious and interesting results, especially if the results relate to parts of the field that the authors did not reference or if they are unclear or unhelpful to their interpretation of the overall story.
- Gary McDowell, postdoctoral fellow in developmental biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and visiting scholar at Boston College
When reading papers, it helps me to have a writing task so that I am being an active reader instead of letting my eyes glaze over mountains of text only to forget everything I just read. So for example, when I read for background information, I will save informative sentences from each article about a specific topic in a Word document. I'll write comments along the way about new ideas I got or questions I need to explore further. Then, in the future, I’ll only need to read this document instead of re-reading all the individual papers.
Likewise, when I want to figure out how to conduct a particular experiment, I create a handy table in Excel summarizing how a variety of research teams went about doing a particular experiment.
- Lina A. Colucci, doctoral candidate at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program
I usually start with the abstract, which gives me a brief snapshot of what the study is all about. Then I read the entire article, leaving the methods to the end unless I can't make sense of the results or I'm unfamiliar with the experiments.
The results and methods sections allow you to pull apart a paper to ensure it stands up to scientific rigor. Always think about the type of experiments performed, and whether these are the most appropriate to address the question proposed. Ensure that the authors have included relevant and sufficient numbers of controls. Often, conclusions can also be based on a limited number of samples, which limits their significance.
I like to print out the paper and highlight the most relevant information, so on a quick rescan I can be reminded of the major points. Most relevant points would be things that change your thinking about your research topic or give you new ideas and directions.
- Lachlan Gray, deputy head of the HIV Neuropathogenesis Lab at the Burnet Institute and adjunct research fellow in the Department of Infectious Disease at Monash University inMelbourne, Australia
What I choose to read is based on relation to my research areas and things that are generating lots of interest and discussion because they are driving the way we do psychology, or science more widely, in new directions. Most often, what I am trying to get out of the papers is issues of methodology, experimental design, and statistical analysis. And so for me, the most important section is first what the authors did (methods) and second what they found (results).
It can also be interesting to understand why the authors thought they were doing the study (introduction) and what they think the results mean (discussion). When it is an area that I know a lot about, I don't usually care much about these sections because they often reflect the authors' theoretical predilections and one of many ways to think about the method and results. But when it is an area that I know very little about, I read these closely because then I learn a lot about the assumptions and explanatory approaches in that area of research.
- Brian Nosek, professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia and executive director of the Center for Open Science in Charlottesville
First I read very fast: The point of the first reading is simply to see whether the paper is interesting for me. If it is I read it a second time, slower and with more attention to detail.
If the paper is vital to my research—and if it is theoretical—I would reinvent the paper. In such cases, I only take the starting point and then work out everything else on my own, not looking into the paper. Sometimes this is a painfully slow process. Sometimes I get angry about the authors not writing clearly enough, omitting essential points and dwelling on superfluous nonsense. Sometimes I am electrified by a paper.
- Ulf Leonhardt, professor of physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel
I nearly always read the abstract first and only continue on to the paper if the abstract indicates that the paper will be of value to me. Then, if the topic of the paper is one I know well, I generally skim the introduction, reading its last paragraph to make sure I know the specific question being addressed in the paper. Then I look at the figures and tables, either read or skim the results, and lastly skim or read the discussion.
If the topic is not one I know well, I usually read the introduction much more carefully so that the study is placed into context for me. Then I skim the figures and tables and read the results.
- Charles W. Fox, professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington
It is important to realize that shortcuts have to be taken when reading papers so that there is time left to get our other work done, including writing, conducting research, attending meetings, teaching, and grading papers. Starting as a Ph.D. student, I have been reading the conclusions and methods of academic journal articles and chapters rather than entire books.
- Rima Wilkes, professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
As editor-in-chief of Science, I have to read and comprehend papers outside of my field all the time. Generally, I start with the corresponding editors’ summaries, which are meant for someone like me: a science generalist who is interested in everything but dives deeply only into one field. Next, I check to see if someone wrote a News article on the paper. Third, I check to see if there is a Perspective by another scientist. The main goal of a Perspective is to broaden the message of the paper, but often the authors do a great job of extracting the essence of the article for non-specialists at the same time.
Then I tackle the abstract, which has been written to broadly communicate to the readership of the journal. Finally, I move on to the paper itself, reading, in order, the intro, conclusions, scanning the figures, and then reading the paper through.
What do you do when there is something you don’t understand?
I like to read online so that I can easily cut and paste words I don’t know into a browser to check what they mean.
- McNutt
If it's only a few things in the article, I'll make a note to look them up later. If I am really struggling to proceed through the paper, I try to look up a review article or a textbook chapter to give me the necessary background to proceed, which I generally find much more efficient.
There are a lot of acronyms and jargon that can be subfield-specific, so I usually don't wade through the details unless it's for my own research. But I always try to take my time to really understand the methods being used.
- Shanahan
I will typically pause immediately to look up things I don’t understand. The rest of the reading may not make sense if I don’t understand a key phrase or jargon. This can backfire a bit, though, as I often go down never-ending rabbit holes after looking something up (What is X? Oh, X influences Y. … So what’s Y? etc…). This can be sort of fun as you learn how everything is connected, but if you’re crunched for time this can pull your attention away from the task at hand.
Sometimes, all the jargon in a paper can cloud the whole point of the experiments in the first place. In such cases, it helps to ask yourself, “What question were the authors trying to answer?” Then you can determine whether they succeeded or failed.
- Borniger
It depends on how much the non-understandable bits prevent me from following the main ideas. I usually do not try to understand all the details in all the sections the first time I read a paper. If non-understandable parts appear important for my research, I try to ask colleagues or even contact the lead author directly. Going back to the original references to get all the background information is the last resort, because time can be limited and collaborations and personal contacts can be much more efficient in solving specific problems.
- Tubiana
Sometimes, you can just read through a paper and any terms you're not familiar with will become clearer by the end. If it is very heavy going, then stopping and seeking additional information is usually the way to go. I do a quick Google search on the topic, theme, method, jargon, etc. If it is a very dense article, sometimes it will require a few read-throughs before it all starts to make sense.
- Gray
The question I ask myself is, “Do I need to understand what that means in order to get what I need from this paper?” I now read articles in research areas well outside of my expertise, and I often don't need more than superficial knowledge of the substantive content. If I can't do anything with the paper unless I don't understand that depth, then I do more background research.
- Nosek
Lately, I have had to read a number of papers outside my area of expertise with a lot of unfamiliar jargon. In some cases, I am able to directly extract the information I need from the results or figures and tables. In other cases, I use Google searches to define terms and concepts in the paper or read the cited references to better understand the points being made. Occasionally, papers are so incomprehensible (to me, at least) that I don't bother reading them.
- Fox
Do you ever feel overwhelmed reading papers, and how do you deal with that?
All the time. If the paper is relevant to a problem I am trying to solve, you can be sure that there are key things in the paper that I do not understand. That confusion is not a threat; it is an opportunity. I am ignorant; I need to become less ignorant. This paper may help me.
Simultaneously, some papers are written terribly and are not worth the effort. Someone else has surely written about the concepts more clearly so that I can keep my confusion focused on understanding substance rather than poor grammar.
- Nosek
I especially get overwhelmed if it's not in my subfield, if it's long, and if it's full of technical jargon. When this happens, I break it down into chunks and will read it over the course of a few days, if possible. For really difficult papers, it also helps to sit down and work through it with a colleague.
- Shanahan
Yes, many times. This is why I developed my own reading strategies, by talking to other scientists and by trial and error. I also have thrown up my hands in frustration and tossed the offending papers away, never to read them again.
- Boehnke
Yes, and in these cases you have to realize that some papers are the result of years of work by dozens of scientists. Expecting to digest and understand everything in it in one afternoon is a far-fetched idea.
- Borniger
I have often felt overwhelmed! But certain sections might not need as deep an understanding as others. You also need to know your own limits: Are there some parts of the paper that you would like to emulate but are not part of your expertise and might become “accessible” through collaborations?
- Tubiana
If I feel the paper is very important to what I’m doing, I’ll leave it a while and go back to it again a couple of times. But if it’s too overwhelming, then I have to leave it aside, unless someone among the colleagues I have contacted has been able to interpret it.
- McDowell
Do you have any other tips you’d like to share?
If there is a seminal paper I want to thoroughly understand, I find some way to give a journal club-style presentation about it. Speaking about a particular paper and answering questions is the best way for me to learn the material.
Also, get a good reference manager. Mendeley helps me do my research, read literature, and write papers.
- Colucci
At the beginning, new academic readers find it slow because they have no frame of reference for what they are reading. But there are ways to use reading as a system of creating a mental library, and after a few years, it becomes easy to slot papers onto your mental shelves. Then you can quickly skim a paper to know its contribution.
- Wilkes
Be patient. Don’t be afraid or ashamed to use Wikipedia or other, more lay-audience sources like blog posts to get a feel for your topic. Ask many, many questions. If you can’t get a clear understanding of the paper, talk with people in your circle. If you are still confused and it's really important to understand the concepts, email the authors.
- Boehnke
Don’t hesitate to talk to more experienced scientists. You will be doing THEM a favor by having them explain to you in terms you understand what a complex paper means. All scientists need more experience translating complex concepts into common terms.
- McNutt
If at all possible, read often. Try to keep a bibliography file with a summary of the article, any important points, even a figure or two, along with citation information. Pay attention to different ways of structuring an article, and pay attention to different styles of writing. This will help you develop a style that is effective and also unique.
ROSWELL UFO CRASH - FIRST HAND WITNESS TESTIMONY - ONE ALIEN WAS ALIVE!
ROSWELL UFO CRASH - FIRST HAND WITNESS TESTIMONY - ONE ALIEN WAS ALIVE!
This is Gerald Anderson's story of the Roswell UFO crash. He was interviewed by famous UFO researcher Stanton Friedman (the same researcher who first obtained Major Jesse A. Marcel’s testimony about the Roswell incident.
During this interview, Gerald Anderson tells of him as a young boy of walking up on a crashed UFO complete with its crew of 4 and with one alien creature still alive. µ
THE ROSWELL INCIDENT WAS, IN FACT, A CRASHED UFO
Anderson was out rock hunting with some family members on the Plains of St. Augustine near Socorro on the July 1947 morning that this event took place.
His testimony was polygraph proved, which proves that the UFO phenomenon is real and the Roswell Incident was, in fact, a crashed UFO.
When they were out rock hunting, they discovered a silver disk. There were three creatures, three bodies, lying on the ground underneath this thing in the shade. Two weren't moving, and the third one obviously was having trouble breathing. There was a fourth one next to it, sitting there on the ground. There wasn't a thing wrong with it, and it apparently had been giving first aid to the others.
After a couple of minutes, Anderson investigated the UFO and the alien that was still alive turned and looked at him. Anderson had the feeling the creature was inside of his mind. He could hear his thoughts.
A group of armed soldiers suddenly appeared. The extraterrestrial creature, which had calmed down after its initial fright, "went crazy" at the sight of the soldiers. Thinking back on the creature's plight today brings on the "most awful, horrible feeling," Anderson says.
"His situation was hopeless. He was aware of it. He'd just lived through a nightmare that most of us wouldn't be able to psychologically stand. He'd watched two of his crew die. He knew there's no chance of rescue because our military is here and his people aren't going to be able to get him.
"As a kid, I was aware of what being afraid of the dark was like., and the feeling I got from him at the moment was that feeling multiplied a million times. It was really scary. It was terrifying.
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UFOs are a common thing in the skye of Mexico and have been since ancient times. The live cam feed only gives us one photo every 20-30 seconds, but still thats helpful. Here we have a UFO thats very big, about the size of a 727 compared with the width of the mouth of the volcano. When you add light to it, the UFO does take a fat disk shape to it. There are no wings, no strings, no jet trail and its gone in the next photo 20 sec later. It is probably heading from or to the mouth of the volcano.
You want a famous date in Lafayette history? How about April 12, 1897?
That's when our newspaper ancestor, the Lafayette Evening Courier, told its first UFO story.
It went like this:
"Nearly every town in this part of the United States claims to have seen the phantom airship, the 'Flying Dutchman' of the midnight air. ... Some strange object is being seen in the air (with) funny little lights, red, white and green, (that) flit about ..."
This led the Courier's rival, the Morning Journal, to report in early May 1897 that "a well-known young man told of seeing a cigar-shaped flying ship with lights and two men aboard. It landed in a meadow on a dark road between Stockwell and Crane Station while the man was bicycling about 9 p.m."
This eyewitness said he had been "wheeling" (bicycling), presumably on country roads now numbered 560 South, 900 South, 500 East, 525 East, 700 South and Stockwell Road, near today's Woodland Elementary School.
The "well-known young man" (call him WKYM) continued:
"It was dark, I was alone and moving. ... All at once there was a loud, hissing noise similar to the escape of steam from a locomotive. ... My hat was almost lifted from my head by the wind of an object passing over my head. I threw my hands up to catch my hat. My wheel struck a rock or something and I fell on my back on the road.
"Only a few yards away in a small meadow I saw the strangest object that any mortal has ever seen.
"It looked like a perfecto-shaped cigar about 20 feet long and perhaps 8 feet in diameter at the biggest point. A box or car was suspended from the cigar-shaped arrangement by a network of tubular wires. The cigar-shaped affair was pointed toward me. From the end there flashed a large light. It was a scintillating blaze and different colors came and went with startling rapidity.
"Two men were standing on the ground by the side of the strange object and seemed to be busy with several of the wires. I heard one say, 'I wonder where we are?' He spoke with a foreign accent and I thought at the time he was some French scientist. His companion replied in excellent English, and I supposed he was an American."
When WKYM decided to overcome his fright and make friends with the strangers, he told the Journal: "The men saw me. Lights flashed from both ends of the cigar-shaped arrangement. In another instant it rose like a thing of life and was many hundred feet high in the time it takes to tell it."
But the Courier created its own credibility gap when it quoted WKYM as having said: "I picked up my wheel, took a small pull at an amber-colored fluid I had purchased at Lebanon, and pedaled for home as fast as I could."
About this series
Each week, the Journal & Courier is reprinting some of the best of Bob Kriebel's Old Lafayette columns. Today is a look at an 1897 reported UFO sighting in Tippecanoe County. This is taken from a column published April 12, 2009.
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BLOGS Triangle UFOs Over New York State
Triangle UFOs Over New York State
Columnist Cheryl costa discusses triangle-shaped UFO sightings in New York state.
They are big, black and triangular in shape. They’ve been reported to be 75-100 feet long and 45-60 feet wide. Some witnesses suggest that they are two stories high. These are triangle UFOs over New York state.
Many people think the triangle UFOs are strictly occurrences reported in the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet in Charles Fort’s 1919 work The Book of the Damned, there are accounts of triangle sightings from various far-flung parts of the world from the early as 1880s. The earliest-known sighting in New York state dates from June of 1962 in Bethpage in New York’s Nassau County.
Triangle UFOs rank fifth among the most commonly reported UFO shapes. Nationally, triangle UFOs are 9.14 percent of the total triangle sightings of about 11,000, from 2001 through 2015. California ranks first with 1,454 reported triangle sightings or about 13 percent of the national sightings.
New York state ranks sixth for triangle sighting reports, about 3.74 percent, with 414 from 2001 to 2015.New Yorkers have reported as little as 12 triangles in 2005 and 42 in 2014, with an average of about 27 per year.
The map above shows New York state’s top 14 counties for triangle sightings. These 14 counties represent 62 percent of New York’s triangle sightings from 2001-2015.
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Austin Backyard Becomes a Haven for UFO Searchers
Austin Backyard Becomes a Haven for UFO Searchers
By QILING WANG
Reporting Texas
Members of Austin Skywatchers scanned the sky in search of UFOs on at a private helipad oin Southwest Austin. Qiling Wang/Reporting Texas
On a breezy fall evening in Southwest Austin, a group gathered around a stone circle in a backyard as dusk fell.
Yvonne Self, a spiritual counselor who founded Austin Skywatchers in 2014, welcomed new members as they prepared to search the sky for UFOs.
The organization brings together people who say they have interacted with beings from outer space. According to the group’s MeetUp profile page, over the past few years, it has attracted more than 200 “first-contact ambassadors” to facilitate interaction with extraterrestrial civilizations.
The members meet fortnightly to share their UFO experiences and to practice meditation while they observe the night sky.
The idea that we may not be alone in the universe, and a fascination with outer space, dates back centuries. The belief in UFOs persists, despite the absence of scientific evidence.
“It’s not impossible that you could have visitors from outer space to the Earth. But if you are going to claim that’s true, you should present some good evidence,” said Peter Shostak, senior astronomer for the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, which conducts exploratory research into the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, among other astronomy topics. “It’s like ghosts. People report ghosts, and I am sure that you can find tens of thousands of reported cases every year.”
His organization — the acronym stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — is among the professional scientific groups that look for evidence that other parts of the universe may have had conditions that could support life, such as water. Several large radio telescopes, including one in Puerto Rico associated with the National Science Foundation, search for signals that could indicate intelligent life in the great beyond.
Self and other UFO enthusiasts say they have the evidence they need, and that others would believe them if they only saw the research, which they think the government suppresses.
“All of you are here because even though you may not be aware of it at the moment, you are very likely interacting with them (aliens) now and assisting them as well to establish the first contact,” Self told the group in October.
Self said she has been interacting with what she calls “off-world beings” since she was a toddler, and that it’s time to embrace them “in a more open and physical way.”
“We’ve come to a time as a species where we are moving away from being planetary-centric beings, and moving towards becoming galactic beings,” said Self.
She established the group to provide people a platform to share their UFO sighting experiences and to prepare themselves for further contact with beings from outer space. She believes that can be achieved through meditation and feeling the connection deepens with these beings.
As the sky darkened that fall evening, the group switched into a meditative pose. A mellow-sounding meditation guide played on Self’s laptop as she instructed the group to close their eyes and focus their attention inwards.
After a 15-minute session, the group walked to a private helipad nearby. Carrying lawn chairs, blankets and binoculars, they were ready for the UFO-gazing experience. They keenly watched every blinking object in the sky.
“Don’t flash at it!” someone shouted, when one man aimed a laser to pinpoint at a flying object.
“It’s a great bunch of folks,” said Emin Navarro, 64, an Austin-based guitarist and Army retiree. “Everyone accepts what is being said and stays positive about the possibilities.”
Navarro joined the group two years ago after he said he spotted a UFO shaped like a Chinese box kite in Dallas. However, he seldom talks about his experience with his family or friends because he thinks they will belittle his encounter.
“People are not very accepting of the unusual,” he said.
Robert Powell is director of research and field investigator in Texas for the Mutual UFO Network. or MUFON, based in Newport Beach, California, investigates UFO sightings and has a weekly “traffic report” digital radio show.
“If you meet a friend in a coffee shop, he might want to talk with you about his UFO experience,” said Powell. “But if you met him in a classroom and the teacher asked if anyone had a UFO experience, he would probably not raise his hand.”
While there has been stigma and mystery surrounding UFOs, on a national level, more than 90,000 UFO sighting cases have been curated at the National UFO Reporting Center, a Seattle-based organization. Texas is one of the top states for UFO reports, according to the organization’s website.
UFO enthusiasts have different opinions about why the topic has been marginalized. Some claim that it is a government conspiracy, while others believe it has to do with the belief system.
“We’ve built our society over the last 2,000 years on certain beliefs to come to what we have today,” said Ken Jordan, director of MUFON’s San Antonio Chapter. “It took us a while to accept that we are not the center of the universe, and we’ll get used to the fact that we are not the only ones in the universe eventually. In many major religions, there is still a stigma attached to the fact that somebody else might be out there.”
During her campaign, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a radio interview that she would open government files on the subject of UFOs and Area 51, a restricted part of Edwards Air Force Base in Nevada that has been the topic of numerous conspiracy theories. Clinton’s statement led some UFO enthusiasts to declare her the “ET candidate.”
Jordan wasn’t buying it. “She is a member of the secret organization that is committed to keeping information quiet,” he said.
Diana McManus, 65, one of the original members of Austin Skywatchers, said she became a believer after seeing something hovering over her backyard in Austin three years ago.
“I was trying to meditate and I thought to myself, ‘If you are really out there, then show me’,” said McManus.
When she looked up, McManus suddenly saw a white ball of light, half the size of the moon, darting across the sky and then disappearing.
“I was amazed,” said McManus. “I feel that they must have heard me.”
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VIDEO: “ISS-astronauten verbergen bewijs voor mysterieuze lichten bij ruimtestation”
VIDEO: “ISS-astronauten verbergen bewijs voor mysterieuze lichten bij ruimtestation”
Alien-jagers claimen dat astronauten aan boord van het internationale ruimtestation ISS doelbewust bewijs voor UFO’s verbergen. Dat schrijft de Britse Daily Mirror.
In een video op YouTube is een astronaut van het ISS te zien met op de achtergrond de aarde.
Op het moment dat in de verte mysterieuze lichten in beeld verschijnen, doet de astronaut zijn hand voor de camera.
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Hetzelfde gebeurt in een ander fragment waarin een oplichtend object voor de aarde langs zoeft. Opnieuw wordt het beeld afgedekt door een witte handschoen.
Complottheoretici zien hier bewijs in dat we niet alleen zijn in het heelal en dat de overheid tegen ons liegt.
“Dit zijn indrukwekkende beelden,” zei iemand. “Ik heb zoiets nog nooit gezien. Hoe kan iemand dit debunken?”
Onverklaarbaar object
Afgelopen maand werd nog een UFO vastgelegd boven het centrum van de stad Sheffield.
Daarnaast heeft de Chileense overheid opmerkelijke videobeelden vrijgegeven van een onverklaarbaar object.
De UFO werd eind 2014 bij daglicht gespot door de bemanning van een legerhelikopter die boven zee vloog.
DE GEHEIME WERELD VAN UFO'S EN ONDERGRONDSE BASES ( VIDEO )
DE GEHEIME WERELD VAN UFO'S EN ONDERGRONDSE BASES ( VIDEO )
Er zijn verschillende werelden op de planeet waarop wij leven.
Er is de “normale” wereld die voor iedereen zichtbaar is en er is de verborgen, geheime en vaak ondergrondse wereld waar zich dingen afspelen die onze stoutste dromen overtreffen.
Zo is ondertussen bekend dat er voor, tijdens en direct na de Tweede Wereldoorlog een deel van de Duitse wetenschapswereld met hun kennis is vertrokken naar Antarctica, waar ze tot op de dag van vandaag nog de nodige bases hebben.
Niet alleen in Antarctica zijn ze zeer actief, ook in Zuid Amerika en dan met name in Brazilië. In dat land wordt volgens sommige onderzoekers een versie gebouwd van de zogenaamde retro vliegende schotel, dat wil zeggen een soort schijf met platte onderkant.
In de volgende video wat ouderwetse polaroid foto’s van de Duitse basis in Brazilië.
Iemand die zich bezighoudt met onderzoek naar geheime (ondergrondse) basis is Dr. Richard Sauder. Hij heeft hierover een boek geschreven met de titel “Hidden in plain sight”, wat zoveel betekent als “verborgen in het volle zicht”.
Jarenlang heeft Sauder door vrijgegeven overheidsdocumenten gespit en met vroegere insiders gesproken over hun kennis van alle verborgen installaties en bases. Van de dingen die Dr. Sauder heeft ontdekt, val je van je stoel.
Er is een complete ondergrondse wereld, bestaande uit een enorme experimenteel wetenschappelijke en militaire infrastructuur. Een wereld die specifiek is ontworpen voor geheime operaties.
Met overheidsinstanties die aan niemand (publiekelijk) verantwoording afleggen, onbeperkte begrotingen en zonder media-aandacht bestaan deze enorme complexen compleet in het geheim.
Het begon allemaal weer met de Nazi’s die al de gewoonte hadden om hun geheime militaire industriële bases onder de grond te bouwen. Van daaruit zijn we tegenwoordig terechtgekomen bij de DUMBS (Deep Underground Military Bases).
Volgens Sauder hebben de zogenaamde schaduwregering die hij noemt de US National Security State, enorme wat men noemt Black Budgets tot hun beschikking. Geld dat zo zwart is als de nacht en helemaal nergens voor komt in de officiële boeken van de overheid.
Met al dat geld hebben ze een enorme ondergrondse infrastructuur opgezet met commando- en controle centra die, zoals ze zeggen, nodig zullen zijn voor het overleven van de mensheid in een eventueel rampscenario en om te zorgen dat de overheid kan blijven functioneren, de zogenaamde Continuity of Government (COG) in geval van een nucleaire oorlog.
Naast deze mainstream verklaring voor alle ondergrondse activiteiten is er ook nog de verborgen agenda van het ontwerpen, testen en ontwikkelen van UFO’s, net zoals de Duitsers dat doen op Antarctica en in Brazilië.
De benodigde toegang tot dit soort faciliteiten vereist een nog hogere classificatie dan die van de mensen die werken aan nucleaire zaken.
Hieruit concludeert Sauder dat men er alles aan zal doen om de verkregen geheimen van UFO-technologie voor zich te houden en te zorgen dat deze niet onder ogen van onbevoegden komen.
Bovenstaande en nog veel meer komt aan de orde in het hiernavolgende interview dat Dark Journalist Daniel Liszt had met Dr. Richard Sauder.
Amateur photographer Ann Gutschlag caught the aurora australis (southern lights) over her back fence in Invercargill, the southernmost city of New Zealand, on Sept. 20, 2015.
You cannot feel or hear the world turning. It does not rumble through space. But you can see it turn with your own eyes every day and night. And, with patience, you can see Earth travel around the Sun.
As the globe turns and night falls, stars appear to travel from east to west across the night sky. Or do they?
How stars move across the sky is a touch more complicated than you may first imagine. And the motion of the stars tells us about our place on the world and our travels around the Sun.
We live on a spinning globe, and as we turn different swathes of the universe come into view. However, what you see depends on where you are.
Guiding light
The bright North Star, Polaris, from Slooh Observatories.
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Almost directly above the North Pole is the star Polaris. As the world turns on its axis, Polaris remains above the North Pole. If you had the misfortune of being at the North Pole in midwinter, Polaris would be a constant companion overhead.
Imagine an alien looking down from Polaris at Earth. What would they see? They would see Earth’s Northern Hemisphere, spinning anticlockwise around the North Pole. A Polarisian would never see Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, with its red Australian deserts and frozen Antarctic wastes.
Who can see Polaris from Earth? People across the Northern Hemisphere can see Polaris, and it never rises nor sets.
However, while Polaris is high in the sky when viewed from inside the Arctic circle, as you move towards the Equator, Polaris gets closer and closer to the northern horizon. If you travel into the Southern Hemisphere, Polaris falls below the northern horizon, and never rises at all.
So which stars you see and how high they get in the sky depends on where you are. Indeed, navigators have used the stars for centuries to determine how far they are from the Equator.
In the Northern Hemisphere, Polaris allows you to find north. Unfortunately, people in the Southern Hemisphere are not blessed with a bright star above the South Pole, making navigating by the stars a tad trickier.
If you were on a distant star above the Arctic, watching the world turn, you would never catch a glimpse of Antarctica.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio and Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
Breakdancing hunters
Of course some stars do rise and set. The stars in the constellation Orion, the hunter, are almost directly above the Equator. From almost anywhere on Earth, the stars of Orion rise and then set roughly 12 hours later.
Use the stargazing app on your mobile device to spot the constellation Orion, The Hunter. His famous three-star belt is well placed due south in the evening. Your app should show you the bright reddish star Betelgeuse at his eastern shoulder, the bright-blue star Rigel at his western foot and the beautiful Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, in the sword hanging below his belt.
However, our view of Orion depends on where we are. If you are in London, and looking at Orion when he's highest in the night sky, then you see Orion towards the south (because Orion is directly above the Equator). Orion's feet are sensibly pointing towards the southern horizon.
If you are in Melbourne and looking at Orion when he's highest in the night sky, then you see Orion towards the north. Now Orion has his head pointing towards the northern horizon, with his feet in the air.
I actually prefer the fun-loving breakdancing Orion of the Southern Hemisphere to the more staid Orion seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
Our view of constellations can also change throughout the night. The Southern Cross isn't directly above the South Pole, instead being 60 degrees above the South Pole's horizon at all times. From southern Australia, the Southern Cross is above the horizon all the time, moving clockwise in a giant circle every day.
On a summer's evening in Melbourne (or Wellington, or Patagonia), the Southern Cross starts near the southern horizon and is "upside down" (at least compared to the Australian Flag). But by morning twilight it has risen high in the sky and is (roughly) the right way around. Of course, the "motion" of the Southern Cross isn’t caused by the constellation moving, but by us being spun around on a turning world.
A time lapse taken at La Silla Observatory in Chile, showing stars moving clockwise above the southern horizon.
A world in motion
The world isn't just turning on its axis, but also orbiting the Sun. This means we see different stars during the middle of the night at different times of year.
During early January, the Sun is in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius, while Gemini is visible at midnight.
Six months later, the Earth has moved 180 degress around the Sun. Now the Sun is in the direction of Gemini, while Sagittarius is visible at midnight. The stars and planets we see change as the months go by.
More critically, the seasons and length of day change as we move around the Sun. Earth's axis is tilted with respect to its orbit. Between late September and late March our Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, while the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun for the remainder of the year.
Between late September and late March, the Sun is directly above the tropics of Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Across the Southern Hemisphere, daylight extends beyond 12 hours per day. Indeed, at the South Pole the Sun is above the horizon 24 hours a day. In January, the Southern Hemisphere is basking in summer.
Between late September and late March, the opposite is true in the Northern Hemisphere. Across the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun is relatively low in the sky and daylight is less than 12 hours per day. In January, the Northern Hemisphere is in the depths of winter.
We may not feel the globe spinning and our motion around the Sun, but we can experience it. We spin beneath the stars each night, and as the months pass different stars come into view. Which stars we see changes as we move across the world. And the changing length of the days and seasons are driven by our orbit around the Sun.
The daylight side of the Earth over an entire year. For months at a time, the North or South Pole experiences sunshine 24 hours a day.
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According to Discover the World, no month guarantees better sightings, but December to February have the longest hours of darkness whilst in the spring or autumn, the weather conditions are more stable.
One of the best places to see the northern lights, especially for Brits, are countries around the North Pole.
Iceland in the winter is known for the stunning auroras and is one of the most convenient and affordable destinations to visit from the UK.
Sweden is another country where the captivating show is best seen. In particular, the Swedish Lapland where visitors can enjoy a unique experience of staying in an ice hotel whilst watching the northern lights.
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The aurora borealis in Norway
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Nature's greatest light show in Iceland
The Finnish Lapland is also a popular destination for seeing the auroras.
A stunning white snowy background is set against the showstopper lights, making Finland the ideal spot for snowmobiling, reindeer safaris or sitting in a sauna whilst enjoying the view.
Northern Norway offers dramatic northern light scenes thanks to the wide open spaces and minimal light pollution.
Visitors wanting to experience a polar night should head to Spitsbergen and those just wanting to explore vast open skies should go to North Cape.
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The Northern Lights in Norway
The northern provinces of Canada extend deep into the Arctic Circle, making for some fantastic locations to see the northern lights.
Discover the World recommends the town of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory as the ideal spot as it allows visitors to combine a host of winter activities in the picturesque snowy scenes.
Alaska - most people see it as the place to go for a winter adventure, but it is also one of the greatest places to the auroras. Dalton Highway is the most popular, where visitors can set up camp right beneath the auroral oval.
Greenland has some beautiful spots to view the lights. It is difficult to get to during the winter months but East Greenland during September or between March and April offers some exciting shows in the sky.
It is also claimed that the spaceman tried to use his hand to hide another light that was seen flashing across the earth.
One commentator wrote: “These are some incredible clips, I've never seen any of them.
“How could anyone possibly debunk these?”
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The claims were made after the UFO hunters spotted strange flashing lights in a video
Another conspiracy theorist said: "I bet aliens are actually truthful to their people that we 'aliens' do exist while our government lies to us.”
However, Nasa has previously addressed what causes these kinds of lights.
A Nasa spokesperson said: “Reflections from station windows, the spacecraft structure itself or lights from Earth commonly appear as artefacts in photos and videos from the orbiting laboratory.
“Alien' objects near the ISS appears to be a favourite topic among conspiracy theorists who often scour Nasa feeds to find what they believe to be evidence of ET.”
UFO hunters have spotted a new video footage that supposedly shows off aliens intervening and maneuvering humans from their spacecrafts. The UFO was near the ISS and was captured by a GoPro Camera.
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UFO hunters are claiming that aliens are monitoring humans on the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers have drawn this conclusion after rare objects were spotted via an astronaut's live camera.
The video which exposes technologically advanced alien species observing ISS in low Earth orbit has gone viral.
"This amazing footage was shot from an astronaut's GoPro while outside the space station this week. The GoPro was hooked up directly with the live Internet link for all to see," shared Scott C. Waring, a well-known UFO blogger.
According to the ET chasers, the footage was taken using a GoPro camera which was mounted outside the ISS. It is here that the alien spacecraft is seen taking an incredible 180-degree turn while flying close to the center.
Revelations By UFO Hunters
An astronaut who was out on a space odyssey captured the video by using a GoPro Camera. The GoPro Camera houses some of the finest features in terms of visual display and audio coverage. The advanced video stabilization lets one capture rare moments like these in the best way possible.
The footage was uploaded by Just Gaz on YouTube on Jan. 5, 2017. Once uploaded, the video became quite popular as it attracted the attention of viewers. However, whether the video is authentic is circumspect.
This is not the first time that UFO hunters have chanced across a mysterious alien intervention close to or having some connect with the ISS.
In July 2016, Tech Times reported that NASA had intentionally cut ISS video feeds as a mysterious object - a UFO - was spotted descending from Space.
In November 2015, an ISS astronaut posted a phot on Twitter which showed off a UFO-like object, spurning UFO hunters into action that it evidenced alien life.
Rumors And Speculations
Skeptics have debunked the claims made by UFO hunters and deem the video farcical. The video footage in their opinion is a mere reflection of light on camera lenses, such as lights from earth, meteors in space or possibly even man-made junk. Some are of the belief that the video is not of aliens but simply debris.
UFO hunters, however, dismiss any such allegations. They believe there is ET life and humans are being watched. They feel it is their duty, as well as that of the government, to not keep people in the dark about these facts.
They stress that humans are not alone in the universe and that the solar system is teeming with ET's who are busy conducting explorations in their advanced spacecrafts. Skeptics, on the other hand, maintain that the footage is inaccurate and merely an image glitch.
Opinions are divided but you can judge for yourself by checking out the video below.
For the First Time, We Can Watch Storms on the Sun in Real Time
For the First Time, We Can Watch Storms on the Sun in Real Time
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IN BRIEF
Scientists used a device called multi-conjugate adaptive optics, which captures light from different altitudes on Earth’s atmosphere, to see a real-time view of solar activity.
This not only marks the very first time that solar storms were observed in real time by scientists, it also gives us an opportunity to learn more about how solar storms work.
MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS
For the first time, scientists were able to get real-time images of the Sun using the world’s highest resolution telescope in Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California.
The images, gathered after the telescope was given a critical upgrade, gave researchers the opportunity to view solar activity in real time. A macro view is critical when it comes to observing and understanding solar storms because large flares occur across various points and nearly all at the same time.
According to Philip Goode, a research professor of physics from the New Jersey Institute of Technology:
To understand the fundamental dynamics of the Sun, such as the origin of solar storms, we need to collect data from as wide a field of view as possible. During large flares, for example, magnetic field changes appear to occur at many different places with near simultaneity. Only by seeing the comprehensive array of eruptions all at once will we be able to accurately […] analyze the forces that propel the star’s magnetic fields to twist around each other until they explode, spewing massive amounts of radiation and particles that, when directed earthward, can cause disruptive space weather.
The team used a device called multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO), which captures light from different altitudes on Earth’s atmosphere via three mirrors, guided by cameras capturing images at two thousand frames per second. To accommodate the Earth’s atmospheric light distortions, the mirrors adjust to provide a corrected and real-time view of solar activity. The result was a view three times wider than what was possible before this upgrade.
“Over the years, we had reconfigured the mirrors scores of times, waiting for that ‘Wow!’ moment,” Finally, late last July, we saw what we had long sought – a continuous stream of sharp, wide-field corrected, but essentially identical images,” he adds.
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REAL-TIME SCIENCE
This not only marks the very first time that solar storms were observed in real time by scientists, it also gives us an opportunity to learn more about how solar storms work. Solar storms are large explosions that take place in the Sun’s atmosphere. Once the radiation and particles from the storm interact with Earth’s magnetic field, they can cause a geomagnetic storm that can wreak havoc on critical technologies.
A world like ours, where everything runs on electricity and is dependent on the reliability of our telecommunications systems, is particularly vulnerable to geomagnetic storms, as they could kill the Earth’s power grid and shut down telecommunication systems for years.
Having the ability to observe the solar flares simultaneously thus gives scientists the chance to “accurately measure the size, strength, and sequencing of these magnetic events,” says Goode.
A jetpack is finally looking for its first civilian test pilot but only the "well qualified" need apply to ensure safety.
The pack can take a ride up to 914 meters (3,000 feet) but only for a short period of five to ten minutes.
Jetpack Aviation CEO David Mayman with the older model JB-9 jetpack(Credit: Loz Blain/New Atlas)
The New Wave of Personal Flight
In November, we wrote about a jetpack that was being made available to the general public – well, for those who have $250,000 to spare.
It’s called the JB-10, and it was fabricated by Jetpack Aviation. A month prior, CEO David Mayman successfully flew the jetpack off the coast of Monaco.
Regarding specs, this jetpack comes packed with twin jet engines and 7 percent more power than it’s former JB-9 model. It can ascend to 305 meters (1,000 ft) per minute and lasts about 5 to 10 minutes per ride.
“It’s like a Segway,” Mayman described. “If you want to go forward, you just lean forward. If you want to stop, you just lean back. It’s incredibly simple. If you wanted to fly a helicopter, you’d need 150 hours of training — but with this, you can learn everything you need to know in about 3 hours.”
Ready to buy one? Not just yet. The JB-10 might be available for consumers, but only to “well-qualified buyers.” It’s a company tactic to prevent people from flying recklessly. So they announced a contest to award one lucky person the special opportunity to test fly the JB-10 as Jetpack Aviation’s first civilian guinea pig. This is an incredible occasion, knowing that Mayman is the only one to have flown one as of yet.
Mayman hopes to include safety training for potential customers as part of the sales process in the near future. If this civilian flight is successful, it will pave the way for a new era of personal flight. Also on his radar is an all-electric jetpack that will be used to train test pilots without the gas-guzzling feature.
WANT MORE JETPACK IDEAS?
Other options for a good time in the air include BW-Air, a golf cart jetpack that was released by the Martin Aircraft Company. It can rise up to 914 meters (3,000 feet), and can reach speeds of up to 46 mph (74 km/hr). Only hurdles: a mere $200,000 and a permit to ride from authorities.
Martin Aircraft Company also engaged in another project, partnering with Dubai officials in order to tackle the issue of fighting fires from skyscrapers. These jetpacks accelerate up to speeds of 75 km/hr (46 mph) and can reach up to 914 meters (3,000 feet). That’s slightly taller than the Burj Khalifa.
With all these technological advancements, what will they come up with next? We’re excited to find out.
Astronauts on board the International Space Station are hiding evidence of aliens.
At least that's the latest wild claim made by a group of UFO hunters who believe they have spotted strange flashing lights near the ISS.
The 'mystery lights' were seen in video uploaded by conspiracy theorist group Secure 10.
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Astronauts are hiding evidence of aliens. At least that's the latest wild claim made by a group of UFO hunters who believe they have spotted mystery flashing lights near the ISS. When the glowing lights appear, the astronaut places his hand in front of the camera, Secure 10 claims
They claim it was filmed from the ISS by an astronaut filming the view of Earth from outer space.
When the glowing lights appear, the astronaut places his hand in front of the camera, Secure 10 claims.
A similar 'cover up' takes place when a light is seen crossing Earth. At around the same time, the astronaut covers the camera with his hand.
One commentator wrote: 'These are some incredible clips, I've never seen any of them.
'How could anyone possibly debunk these?'
While it isn't always possible to determine exactly what these objects are during the brief period they appear in the stream, there are a number possible explanations for these types of sightings.
Is this proof astronauts on the ISS are hiding evidence of UFOs?
When the glowing lights (circled) appear, the astronaut places his hand in front of the camera, Secure 10 claims.
In the past, a Nasa spokesperson has explained, 'Reflections from station windows, the spacecraft structure itself or lights from Earth commonly appear as artefacts in photos and videos from the orbiting laboratory.'
'Alien' objects near the ISS appears to be a favourite topic among conspiracy theorists who often scour Nasa feeds to find what they believe to be evidence of ET.
In November, a fast-moving object was spotted flying by the International Space Station moments before its livestream went dead.
BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES? YOU'RE PROBABLY A NARCISSIST
People who doubt the moon landings are more likely to be selfish and attention-seeking, according to a study earlier this year.
Over the course of three online-based studies, researchers at the University of Kent showed strong links between the belief in conspiracy theories and negative psychological traits.
In the first study, a total of 202 participants completed questionnaires on conspiracy beliefs, asking how strongly they agreed with specific statements, such as whether governments carried out acts of terrorism on their own soil.
Alongside this, they were asked to complete a narcissist scale and a self-esteem assessment.
The results showed that those people who rated highly on the narcissism scale and who had low self-esteem were more likely to be conspiracy believers.
Conspiracy theorists argued this provided evidence that Nasa is covering up proof of a UFO.
In the footage from the ISS channel uploaded to YouTube by user ColdPyro, a white speck can be seen emerging from the darkness just above Earth's horizon.
Before the 'UFO' travels out of view, the feed cuts to a grey screen, followed by a statement asking users to 'please stand by' due to technical issues.
ISS feed cut off as possible UFO flies by space station
This was found on the official ISS channel it appears a UFO comes into frame and the feed it then immediately cut,' wrote YouTuber ColdPyro.
The object in question can only be seen for a moment – it emerges around the 5-second mark, just to the left of center
in the frame, and then the feed cuts out to grey just two seconds later.
A blue screen follows this, and then a statement: 'Please stand by. The High Definition Earth Viewing experiment is either switching cameras, or we are experiencing a temporary loss of signal with the International Space Station.'
This isn't the first time UFO hunters have spotted something strange near the ISS.
The object in question can only be seen for a moment – it emerges around the 5-second mark, just to the left of center in the frame, and then the feed cuts out to grey just two seconds later. A blue screen follows this, and then a statement
A fast-moving object spotted flying by the International Space Station moments before its livestream went dead has conspiracy theorists claiming NASA is covering up proof of a UFO. The white speck can be seen emerging from the darkness just above Earth's horizon
NASA has been accused of covering up evidence of aliens – literally – after an astronaut appeared to block a video of UFOs.
An astronaut was filming his work on the International Space Station when a series of mysterious lights were seen above Earth.
Each time one of the unidentified flying objects passed in front of the camera, the spaceman appeared to cover the lens with his hand.
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FLY PAST: A UFO flies past the International Space Station
“Caught out NASA!”
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Conspiracy theorists claim the footage proves NASA is hiding proof of extraterrestrial life.
Tyler, from UFO hunting group Secure Team – which posted the clip on YouTube – said: “We have an astronaut working on the International Space Station where we not only see a UFO fly overhead but we are also going to see the astronaut attempt to hide this activity by putting his hand in front of the camera.
The “truther” said: “Virtually every time that there has been a video camera in space, it almost never fails that we get a perfect example of what I have called in the past a literal highway of activity.
“By that I mean unidentified objects that are not part of the ISS or the shuttle, have nothing to do with the astronauts up there – but have been seen flying by at a distance, manoeuvring, making turns, changing velocity and we’ll say doing everything that satellites don’t do.”
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THE 1947 RICHARD BYRD EXPEDITION TO ANTARTICA: CLUES TO RECENT HEIGHTENED INTEREST FOR THIS CONTINENT?
THE 1947 RICHARD BYRD EXPEDITION TO ANTARTICA: CLUES TO RECENT HEIGHTENED INTEREST FOR THIS CONTINENT?
Recently there has been a lot of news reports of strange sightings at Antartica and there seems to be a high interest in the continent from lots of high profiled people.
Pyramides have been spotted on Google Earth, pictures of UFO above the ice have emerged,... It seems that strange things are happening at Antartica at an increasing pace.
Maybe if we dive into history we'll find an explanation for recent events.
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.
In 1947 he flew directly to the North Pole with his plane. Some believe that instead of going over the pole, he actually entered the Inner Earth. His diary reports of his experience of entering the hollow interior of the Earth, and traveling 1700 miles over mountains, lakes, glaciers, rivers, green vegetation and animal life.
Admiral Byrd stated that the North and South Poles were actually only two of many openings to the center of Earth.
Admiral Byrd also stated that the inner Earth has an inner Sun. His theory and that of earlier scientists, is that the poles of the Earth are convex, rather than concave. Ships and planes could float or fly into an opening.
US NAVY'S SECRET SPACE PROGRAM & NORDIC EXTRATERRESTRIAL ALLIANCE
US NAVY'S SECRET SPACE PROGRAM & NORDIC EXTRATERRESTRIAL ALLIANCE
Will disclosure take place to bring about a better future for all of us? There is extraordinary hope in our midst. The Los Angeles Air Raid on February 24/25, 1942 opened an unprecedented chapter in the evolution of the U.S. Navy.
In response to this incident, a covert research program to investigate the feasibility of exotic antigravity propulsion technologies was developed.
Navy operatives learn about the nazi advanced saucer programs, and they discovered the Nazis were receiving assistance from two extraterrestrial groups.
The Washington Post reports, “As proof that aliens were secretly behind the Nazis, the report explains that Germany built hundreds of submarines toward the end of the war, far more than would have been possible with mere human technology.”
Nordics are typically described as six to seven feet tall with long blond hair and blue eyes, and are commonly reported as being female. Their skin is said to range from fair colored to tanned, and they are sometimes reported to wear skintight clothing. Purported contactees claim to have witnessed the Nords beaming down from gold or silver colored crescent-shaped UFOs or from gigantic bright cigar-shaped UFOs.
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