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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In 2012 verloor ze haar moedige strijd tegen kanker!
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
02-07-2017
Weird lights, flying saucers and a song in Azerbaijan Stranger things to be explored at Scots UFO conference
Weird lights, flying saucers and a song in Azerbaijan Stranger things to be explored at Scots UFO conference
Today marks World UFO Day, when hordes of people who believe the truth is out there, will turn their eyes to the sky in celebration of "the undoubted existence of UFOs". And nowhere have UFO sightings been more prolific than the tiny Central Belt town of Bonnybridge, now dubbed UFO capital of the world.
Every year, dedicated believers around the globe mark the day in a bid to bring awareness to their cause, arguing that paranormal activity should be recognised as a legitimate phenomenon and not as a fringe doctrine to be sniggered at.
Scotland will occupy a special place in the celebrations as it is home to the 'Falkirk Triangle', an area stretching between Bonnybridge, Edinburgh and Stirling where thousands of UFO sightings have been reported. Outdoing even Roswell, New Mexico, reportedly the scene of a UFO crash 60 years ago next month, and the Nevada desert home of classified US airbase Area 51, Bonnybridge has managed to claim the title of UFO capital thanks to a range of well-documented sightings of strange lights and flying saucers.
With a population of just 7,000 terrestrials, the town is looking forward to Scotland’s third National UFO and Paranormal Conference next weekend in Falkirk.
Hosted by a Scottish veteran of the cause, Bonnybridge councillor William Buchanan who has been documenting the paranormal activity in Bonnybridge since 1992, the conference serves to educate, enlighten and prove to attendees and sceptics alike that stranger things do happen in our world.
Alongside dealing with day-to-day constituency problems like bin collections and bus services, Buchanan has made awareness of UFO phemomena his main priority in office, writing to every Prime Minister since John Major asking that this issue be officially investigated.
He has featured in 240 paranormal documentaries worldwide after thousands of his constituents reported sightings to him.
“I’m not an expert," he said, "I’m just a wee councillor from Bonnybridge who was made to be involved in this. All I’m asking people is, what are these strange things in the sky? And I rule nothing out.
“Bonnybridge has gained notoriety over the years, but the UFO phenomenon here is just starting to gain some credibility.
“People have come forward who have far more authority than a wee woman living on Mansfield Avenue – astronauts, doctors, Steven Hawking; I mean, he’s idolised.”
Mr Buchanan has even gone so far as to write and record a single about UFO sightings in the area called The Lights of Bonnybridge which he says made it to number one in Azerbaijan.
Three experts will take to the floor on the day to speak on the conference’s main topics of angels, UFOs and how the supernatural has influenced famous people over time. Keen to stress that this is about a lot more than flying saucers, there will also be discussions on paranormal conspiracies, psychic mediums and the influence of the paranormal on world events.
Malcolm Robinson, a pioneer in UFO studies described by Councillor Buchanan as an "unsung hero", has written several books on the subject and will speaking at the conference next Saturday.
On the significance of holding the conference bang in the centre of the Falkirk Triangle he said: “There's no denying that we are dealing with something very real and tangible in Bonnybridge and it demands explanation.
“Our petition to open up a government enquiry into these UFO sightings has fallen on deaf ears. The government said that as these objects do not pose a threat to National security, they would not seek to open up an enquiry.
“This has annoyed me, because some of these UFO sightings have been so close that witnesses have said they could practically have thrown a stone at them.”
Robinson is the first Scotsman to deliver talks on UFOs to audiences in France Holland and America. As for any sceptics, he reminds them that John Logie Baird and The Wright Brothers were once mocked for their beliefs and ambitions.
“They are real, they have been recorded on radar by trained radar operators," he said. "They have been witnessed entering and exiting the oceans of this world. This mystery has been with us since the dawn of time.”
Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference, Falkirk Town Hall, 8 July, £10. For more details and ticket information go to :
Although UFOs are no longer the fringe topic they once were, the official campaign of secrecy and ridicule against their becoming public knowledge, as described by former CIA director Roscoe Hillenkoetter, is still in effect. Recent episodes of Bill Nye’s new show, for example, openly ridiculing UFOs on national television, make this clear. The close relationship the CIA holds with the media is clearly at play here.
A wise person once said that “condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance,” and that is no less true when it comes to UFOs, a field so full of witness testimony and hard evidence that it’s a wonder mainstream media can still avoid covering it.
How anybody can still deny the existence of UFOs when the world’s brightest minds have been actively studying the phenomenon and the evidence available for decades is a mystery. Indeed, intelligence agencies like the CIA are recruiting the world’s top scientists to do so.
For example, a declassified secret document discovered in the CIA’s own electronic reading room titled a “Telephone Conversation With Dr. John A. Wheeler” shows how the agency was trying to recruit him to look into a “CIA attack on the flying saucer problem.”
The CIA has a long history of putting resources toward studying this phenomenon, as well as putting forth efforts to investigate what other countries know about it as well. For example, another unclassified document outlines:
Scientists of the PRC and the Soviet Far East have begun joint study of UFO’s. The first meeting of ufologists of the two countries has ended in the small maritime townlet of Dalnegorsk. The Soviet and Chinese specialists on anomalous phenomena have mapped out a program for investigating incidents that are already known and have also arranged to directly exchange video and photographic materials on new similar phenomena. Dalnegorsk has not been chosen by chance as the place for such acquaintance. In the last few years the number of cases of visual observation of UFO’s has noticeably increased there. In just the last four years alone no less than 10 UFO’s have been recorded. Specialists link their heightened interest in places here with the variety and wealth of useful minerals in Maritime Kray. Similar, incidents have also occurred in mountainous regions in China whose climatic conditions and natural landscape resemble our own. (source)
As for the Wheeler document, it shows how the agency really wanted him to work with the CIA on this subject, and that he regretted that he could not because of prior work comittments. It also mentions that “he would be pleased at any time to discuss the matter briefly.” It also states how Wheeler mentioned “two foreign nationals who were currently outstanding in related fields.”
The document goes on to mention a few other names, some of which are redacted, and others not, like former Director of Research at Cambridge, Massachusetts USAF research center, Dr. O’Day.
The document pertains to a “scientific attack” on the UFO problem.
Another document regarding the call with Wheeler states that he might actually have some time available to get involved.
The document doesn’t offer much information, but its existence itself proves that as far back as 1953 the CIA was looking into UFOs and recruiting the world’s top minds to study them.
“This thing has gotten so highly-classified . . . it is just impossible to get anything on it. I have no idea who controls the flow of need-to-know because, frankly, I was told in such an emphatic way that it was none of my business that I’ve never tried to make it to be my business since. I have been interested in this subject for a long time and I do know that whatever the Air Force has on the subject is going to remain highly classified.”
– Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (source)
The topic of UFOs lie within this world of classification that Senator Goldwater mentions above. Here is another video of him speaking on it.
The United States has had a history of government agencies existing in secret for years. Though the National Security Agency (NSA) was founded in 1952, its existence was hidden until the mid 1960s. Even more secretive is the National Reconnaissance Office, which was founded in 1960 but remained completely secret for 30 years.
We are talking about Special Access Programs (SAP). From these we have unacknowledged and waived SAPs. These programs do not exist publicly, but they do indeed exist. They are better known as ‘deep black programs.’ A 1997 US Senate report described them as “so sensitive that they are exempt from standard reporting requirements to the Congress.”
Just imagine the scientists working in the world of intelligence today, those who are examining these craft, and those who work inside, the ones dealing with the science that goes on in the black budget world. These people have no lives.
Take Dr. Norman Bergrun, for example. He’s worked for Ames Research Laboratory, NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, now known as Lockheed Martin. He then went on to found Bergrun Engineering and Research.
You can view some of his publications for NASA, where he worked for more than a decade, here.
In this interview, he outlines what it’s like in that world, and how these scientists aren’t really allowed to have much of a life, as they are constantly kept behind closed doors.
The Sturrock Panel
Independent scientists have also investigated UFOs. Below is a clip from the Thrive documentary that has now amassed over 100 million views. I apologize if you’ve seen it before, as I’ve posted it multiple times.
Another great example comes from what’s know as the Sturrock Panel. In the 1990s Peter Andrew Sturrock, a British scientist and Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, met with other prominent scientists from around the world to examine the physical evidence that is commonly associated with the UFO phenomenon. One example used by Sturrock in his analysis is a photo taken by two Royal Canadian Air Force pilots on August 27th, 1956, in McCleod, Alberta, Canada. (“Physical Evidence Related To UFO Reports” – The Sturrock Panel Report – Electromagnetic Effects) (source) (source)
“If it does indeed turn out that there is relevant physical evidence, if this evidence is carefully collected and analyzed, and if this analysis leads to the identification of several facts concerning the UFO phenomenon, then will be the time for scientists to step back and ask, What are these facts trying to tell us? If those facts are strong enough to lead to a firm conclusion, then will be the time to confront the more bizarre questions. If, for instance, it turns out that all physical evidence is consistent with a mundane interpretation of the causes of UFO reports, there will be little reason to continue to speculate about the role of extraterrestrial beings. If, on the other hand, the analysis of physical evidence turns up very strong evidence that objects related with UFO reports were manufactured outside the solar system, then one must obviously consider very seriously that the phenomenon involves not only extraterrestrial vehicles but probably also extraterrestrial beings.”
The 2011 Global Competitiveness Forum, at which a number of prominent scientists attended, featured a lecture by Jacques Vallee, notable for co-developing the first computerized mapping of Mars for NASA, and for his work at SRI International on the network information centre for ARPANET, on the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon. There, he also discusses the physical evidence we currently have.
“I must say that if your listeners could see for themselves the mass of reports coming in from airborne gendarmerie, and from the gendarmerie charged with the job of conducting investigations, all of which reports are being forwarded by us to the CNES (National Center for Space Studies), then they would see that it is all pretty disturbing.”
– Former French Minister of Defense Robert Galley (Dolan, Richard. UFOs For the 21st Century Mind: New York: Richard Dolan Press, 2014.)
Thousands upon thousands of previously classified documents related to UFOs and potential extraterrestrial beings have been released into the public domain by dozens of governments, as well as several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. In the United States, the NSA, CIA, and FBI have done the same, proving that these agencies put significant resources toward studying this phenomenon. The topic has exited the realm of “conspiracy theory” and entered into the realm of reality, largely due to the efforts of hundreds of military whistleblowers of all ranks, as well as politicians and academics. We’re talking about generals, pilots, professors, astronauts, world leaders, and more. If one thing is abundantly clear, it’s that something is going on here, and some people have known about it for a very long time.
It’s no secret that countries spy on each other, and use a variety of methods to do so. Take the American government’s STARGATE project, for example, which investigated parapsychology and then used their findings to spy on other countries. Of course, we can’t forget about the Snowden leaks, which showed how the U.S. government actively spies on not only their own citizens, but also on major corporations, financial institutions, and other countries.
When it comes to the topic of UFOs, this is no exception. Multiple governments have black budget operations, referred to Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (SAPs) in the United States, and they have absolutely zero oversight from Congress.
A document found online in the CIA’s electronic reading room outlines how the CIA was gathering intelligence on a joint effort between the USSR and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This was almost two decades ago, when scientists from the USSR as well as the PRC initiated a joint study on UFOs, and stands as yet another document showing how seriously global governments have investigated UFOs throughout history:
Scientists of the PRC and the Soviet Far East have begun joint study of UFO’s. The first meeting of ufologists of the two countries has ended in the small maritime townlet of Dalnegorsk. The Soviet and Chinese specialists on anomalous phenomena have mapped out a program for investigating incidents that are already known and have also arranged to directly exchange video and photographic materials on new similar phenomena. Dalnegorsk has not been chosen by chance as the place for such acquaintance. In the last few years the number of cases of visual observation of UFO’s has noticeably increased there. In just the last four years alone no less than 10 UFO’s have been recorded. Specialists link their heightened interest in places here with the variety and wealth of useful minerals in Maritime Kray. Similar, incidents have also occurred in mountainous regions in China whose climatic conditions and natural landscape resemble our own. (source)
If The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Is True, What Are They Interested In and Why Are They Here?
“Decades ago, visitors from other planets warned us about the direction we were heading and offered to help. Instead, some of us interpreted their visits as a threat, and decided to shoot first and ask questions after.”
– Former Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer (source)
The document above was definitely an interesting find, particularly because it reveals that the experts who gathered in this joint effort linked the presence of these beings to the natural resources in the area. Now, if you’re thinking that extraterrestrials are going to invade us and use our planet for our resources, you’re probably incorrect. Why? Because the evidence suggests we have been being visited for a long time now. If some type of “invasion” were being planned, like the ones commonly portrayed in movies and television, it probably would have already happened.
It was also an interesting find for me personally because I’ve been researching this topic for a long time and have come across several stories regarding extraterrestrial craft landing, humanoid bodies exiting the vehicle, and the beings taking rocks and plants, almost like an ET scientist exploring our planet.
Other “experiencers” have also suggested many of these extraterrestrials are actually concerned with the well-being of our planet. This has been the sentiment of a large number of people who claim to have contact experiences, or telepathic experiences with extraterrestrial beings.
One of the most astonishing UFO witness cases comes from a supposed encounter with over sixty schoolchildren in the town of Ruwa, Zimbabwe, on September 16th, 1994. The children claim to have seen multiple hovering objects that resembled what we would describe as spaceships. Many of these children have now grown up, stating that they were shown images of a destroyed Earth in the future unless we collectively, as one human race, turn it around. You can read more about that specific story here.
There are literally thousands of these stories, most sharing similar details, and there are also countless whistleblowers adding to the evidence. For example, Colonel Ross Dedrickson, who, in the 1950s, was responsible for maintaining the inventory of the nuclear weapon stockpile for the AEC and accompanying security teams checking out the security of the weapons, among many other duties throughout his career, gave an interview about it shortly after he passed, stating that some extraterrestrials are primarily concerned with the well-being of our planet.
He has also been outspoken about UFOs and their constant presence around nuclear missile facilities. To read more about that in detail, you can check out this related article:
Strong Evidence Shows Extraterrestrials Have Been Shutting Down Nuclear Missiles Worldwide For Decades, But Why?
“Yes there have been crashed craft, and bodies recovered. . . . We are not alone in the universe, they have been coming here for a long time. I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.” (source) (source) (source)
– Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the moon
I am going to leave you with this video, as I’ve done countless times before, so I apologize if you’ve seen it already. As the years go by, the evidence continues to get stronger and stronger, more so than the evidence we use to approve our prescription drugs, or posit the existence of black holes, for example.
UFO’s erg geïnteresseerd in gebieden die rijk zijn aan mineralen. Wat weet de CIA hier nog meer over?
UFO’s erg geïnteresseerd in gebieden die rijk zijn aan mineralen. Wat weet de CIA hier nog meer over?
Er zijn inmiddels vele duizenden documenten over UFO’s en buitenaards leven naar buiten gebracht, onder andere door de NSA, de CIA en de FBI.
Gebleken is dat deze overheidsagentschappen veel geld hebben geïnvesteerd in het onderzoek naar dit fenomeen.
Dankzij de getuigenissen van honderden klokkenluiders, politici en wetenschappers worden mensen die zich hiermee bezighouden niet langer gezien als complotdenkers.
Bespioneren
We hebben het hier over generaals, piloten, professoren, astronauten, wereldleiders, enzovoorts. Er is iets aan de hand en sommige mensen weten al heel lang dat dat zo is.
Het is geen geheim meer dat landen elkaar bespioneren. Neem bijvoorbeeld het Stargate Project van de Amerikaanse overheid, waarbij parapsychologie werd toegepast om andere landen te bespioneren.
Edward Snowden liet zien dat de Amerikaanse overheid niet alleen haar eigen burgers, maar ook grote corporaties, financiële instellingen en andere landen bespioneert.
Geheime operaties
UFO’s zijn in dit geval geen uitzondering. Veel overheden voeren geheime operaties uit. In Amerika heten deze operaties bijvoorbeeld special access programs (SAPs).
Op de website van de CIA is nu een document opgedoken dat toont hoe de CIA informatie verzamelde over een samenwerkingsverband tussen de Sovjet-Unie en China.
Bijna 20 jaar geleden besloten wetenschappers uit beide landen gezamenlijk onderzoek te doen naar UFO’s.
Serieus
Het gaat hier opnieuw om een document waaruit blijkt hoe serieus overheden in het verleden onderzoek hebben gedaan naar dit fenomeen.
Ufologen uit de twee landen kwamen bijeen in de stad Dalnegorsk. De specialisten wisselden videomateriaal en foto’s uit en werkten aan een programma om incidenten te onderzoeken.
Dalnegorsk werd niet zomaar uitgekozen. In de jaren voor de bijeenkomst werden daar steeds meer UFO’s gezien.
Nuttige mineralen
In vier jaar tijd werden er minstens 10 onbekende objecten waargenomen boven de stad.
Volgens specialisten waren de UFO’s erg geïnteresseerd in het gebied vanwege de schat aan nuttige mineralen die er in de grond zit.
Ze merkten op dat zich in bergachtige gebieden in China soortgelijke incidenten hebben voorgedaan op plekken die qua landschap lijken op Dalnegorsk.
Be Aware! US to Create Military 'Space Corps' In Air Force Overhaul
Be Aware! US to Create Military 'Space Corps' In Air Force Overhaul
Members of the US House Armed Services Committee have voted to create a "Space Corps," a sixth branch of the country’s armed forces focused on military maneuvers beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.
The space corps, which has yet to gain full approval, would absorb all of the Air Force’s current space missions under the umbrella of a new US Space Command could be implemented as soon as January 2019 reports RTnews.
It is striking that under the plan all operations involving the Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane would fall under the control of the US Space Corps.
The X-37B space plane has flown four clandestine missions to date, carrying secret payloads on long-duration flights in Earth orbit.
Many people wonder whether the X-37B space plane is used for space weapon tests: It’s a secret project to make war in space or they wonder whether the plane is used as a shuttle service for the transportation of astronauts to and from the secret Solar Warden Fleet?
The payload bay which measures 7 feet long by 4 feet wide (2.1 by 1.2m) provides enough space for one or two astronauts.
With the announcement of the US Space Corps we might wonder whether it is a covert operation and actually a next step to unveil the existence of the Solar Warden Space Fleet which would fit perfectly.
Another reason for concern is the possibility that this new US Space Corps could be used for a false flag alien invasion whether or not in combination with the secret space fleet and advanced blue beam technology.
The space corps, which would be the first new military service since 1947, is not specifically banned by the Outer Space Treaty, a 1967 international agreement outlawing the use of the moon and other celestial bodies from being used as military outposts.
Be Aware! US to Create Military 'Space Corps' In Air Force Overhaul
Be Aware! US to Create Military 'Space Corps' In Air Force Overhaul
Members of the US House Armed Services Committee have voted to create a "Space Corps," a sixth branch of the country’s armed forces focused on military maneuvers beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.
The space corps, which has yet to gain full approval, would absorb all of the Air Force’s current space missions under the umbrella of a new US Space Command could be implemented as soon as January 2019 reports RTnews.
It is striking that under the plan all operations involving the Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane would fall under the control of the US Space Corps.
The X-37B space plane has flown four clandestine missions to date, carrying secret payloads on long-duration flights in Earth orbit.
Many people wonder whether the X-37B space plane is used for space weapon tests: It’s a secret project to make war in space or they wonder whether the plane is used as a shuttle service for the transportation of astronauts to and from the secret Solar Warden Fleet?
The payload bay which measures 7 feet long by 4 feet wide (2.1 by 1.2m) provides enough space for one or two astronauts.
With the announcement of the US Space Corps we might wonder whether it is a covert operation and actually a next step to unveil the existence of the Solar Warden Space Fleet which would fit perfectly.
Another reason for concern is the possibility that this new US Space Corps could be used for a false flag alien invasion whether or not in combination with the secret space fleet and advanced blue beam technology.
The space corps, which would be the first new military service since 1947, is not specifically banned by the Outer Space Treaty, a 1967 international agreement outlawing the use of the moon and other celestial bodies from being used as military outposts.
Weird humanoid-like object caught on camera flying over New Zealand
Weird humanoid-like object caught on camera flying over New Zealand
A weird object has been observed in the skies over New Zealand on July 1, 2017.
The photographer who took images of the object has no idea what it is, though he got the feeling that it might be a kind of machine.
About the event the photographer states: I take photos of the sky quite often and decided to take some cloud shots in the afternoon. I did not see this object until looking back at my photos and noticed a pinpoint dot two photos. After I zoomed in and spotted an object of strange shape and red in color.
A few of my friends have seen the images too and they have no idea what it could be. I have tried to zoom in and filter with no luck at all I feel like it's part of a machine or something but it looks nothing familiar at all. At all, it's fascinating that I caught this shot which I have submitted to Mufon case 84734 and I will keep it forever.
Additional: I have also tried to analyze the object en to me it looks like something is carrying a body, what tends to be a humanoid form keeping his hands on some sort of laptop/notebook or could it be a control panel?
Did the witness accidentally has captured a so-called Manned Maneuvering Unit something like NASA Astronaut Bruce McCandless has used outside the Space Shuttle Challenger on the Shuttle mission STS-41B in 1984?
Could it be a secret test case of a Maneuvering Unit manned with a new technology resembling a humanoid or a robotic form?
Inflated aliens sun themselves at the Washington Country Fair in Abingdon, Virginia.
On a July night last summer, after watching the Elizabethton Twins beat the Bristol Pirates 6-3, a man in Bristol, Tennessee, reported seeing a slow-moving red orb floating above Volunteer Parkway, making its way northeast toward Walmart.
The man was walking his dog after the game and saw the orb coming toward his house, located just behind the store.
“I ran inside the house to get my girlfriend so that she could also see it as it passed over,” the man told the Davenport, Washington-based National UFO Reporting Center, which doesn’t release the identity of those who report UFO sightings. “As I came back outside, I observed [the orb] traveling at a high rate of speed, heading southeast … as it became a small dot and went out of sight.”
Such close encounters of the third kind have popped up from time to time in the Mountain Empire. In the Tri-Cities area, at least 26 unidentified flying objects have been reported to the National UFO Reporting Center since 2015, according to the center’s reporting database.
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Roswell, New Mexico, UFO incident, when an “unidentified object” crashed on a ranch northwest of the city. Air Force officials at the time claimed it was a weather balloon. In the 1990s, the U.S. military revealed it involved a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul.
Alternate theories about the event have shrouded it ever since the crash.
This fall will be the 30th anniversary of the wave of UFO sightings near Wytheville, Virginia, in 1987, when scores of people reported various strange lights in the sky.
So, is there truth to these extraterrestrial tales? You’ll have to decide. Come along for the ride anyway. It’ll be out of this world.
‘Strange lights in the sky’
After Wythe County Sheriff Wayne Pike told the public in October 1987 that four of his deputies, including some with military experience, had witnessed a UFO, the floodgates were open.
In the following months and well into 1988, a wave of people reported seeing strange lights and objects in the sky.
Danny Gordon, then the news director of radio station WYVE, also reported seeing a strange craft. A news conference in mid-October drew national attention and by the following year, Gordon personally received more than 3,000 reports, according to news reports.
Paul Dellinger worked as a reporter for The Roanoke Times for more than 40 years, covering counties in Southwest Virginia out of the paper’s Wytheville office. After Gordon’s first radio story, Dellinger began reporting the events, like when Sheriff Pike said some of his deputies saw strange objects in the sky.
“All of a sudden, everybody started seeing things,” Dellinger said.
Gordon and Dellinger started working together. Gordon had people who claimed to have witnessed UFOs on his radio show. Dellinger was there to take notes.
Dellinger said there were “some strange lights in the sky.” He even saw something odd one night.
“I was driving home at night and saw a light down at end of our road that looked like a streetlight, but like a scintillating light,” he said.
Dellinger said the light came down very slowly over the road and moved at the speed of a balloon. He also described hearing a very quiet motor.
The Wytheville hype gained national attention. Dellinger said a reporter from the National Inquirer came to look into the reports, but left without a story.
“He said it wasn’t sensational enough,” Dellinger said, laughing.
Despite his own experience, Dellinger said he’s not sure anyone saw actual UFOs.
“I don’t believe this particular set of sightings were extraterrestrial, but I don’t know what it was,” he said.
People have come up with explanations from balloons to blimps to experimental aircraft by the government.
“But nobody has ever come to a conclusion on it,” he said.
Gordon and Dellinger wrote a book about the ordeal called “Don't Look Up: The Real Story Behind the Virginia UFO Sightings.”
Gail Cooke and het late husband Bruce, stand next to the flying saucer in Blountville, Tennessee in 2003. Bruce built the saucer by attaching two satellite dishesand attaching legs.
Seeking hard evidence
Is the truth out there? Peter Davenport thinks so. Davenport is the director of the National UFO Reporting Center. It was started in 1974 by a retired Seattle fireman who was interested in the UFO phenomenon and believed the issue needed a central headquarters to gather information, Davenport said.
In 1994, Davenport took over. He said he fields anywhere from 15 to 30 reports of UFOs per day. The online database that he maintains has more than 100,000 entries from all 50 states, the territories of Canada and some other countries.
“Once you start seeing the data and seeing what people are seeing and observing and experiencing, you begin to realize there is a larger reality than what our mere five senses suggest is the case,” he said.
When he was 6, Davenport, surrounded by his family and hundreds of other people, said he saw a UFO at a drive-in theater in St. Louis.
“I’ve been hooked by the subject ever since, I’m afraid,” he said.
Davenport is aware there are skeptics out there. His response to those who doubt the existence of UFOs is to look at the data; he’s not a fan of the term “belief.”
“What I seek is evidence,” he said. “Photographic evidence, radar evidence — multiple eye witnesses, all of whom seem to be independent and reliable, reporting the same thing — that is the type of data I aspire to collect.”
Occasionally, instead of taking a page from E.T. and phoning home or phoning the NUFORC, those who claim to spot UFOs call the police.
Chief Deputy Byron Ashbrook of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said calls about UFOs are rare, but they do occur — maybe once or twice a year.
Ashbrook said the calls are treated like any other air traffic incident, like a report of a low-flying plane, for instance. Deputies ask for a detailed description and any identifying marks. Sometimes, they’ll call local airports for information.
Capt. Charlie Thomas, of the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, said in the time he has been at the department, since 1992, he hasn’t witnessed anything inexplicable.
If something were reported, “we’d go look and see if we observe whatever it was they were reporting and go from there,” he said.
Thomas said he knows of one UFO story from sometime in the late ’70s or ’80s, when a man wrecked his car near King College.
“His excuse was a UFO ran him off the road,” Thomas said.
Blountville’s own UFO
Drivers who pass Blountville Boulevard and Birch Street may run off the road if they’re unprepared for the UFO and two aliens resting in Gail Cooke’s front yard.
It’s an odd sight: The silver UFO is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Each alien is painted silver and stands about 4 feet tall. These days, one of the aliens is missing a head.
The UFO and the aliens in the yard of Gail Cooke have seen better days with effects of weather. The scene is photographed several times a week by passers-by and those who seek out the location.
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The otherworldly scene has been in the area for 40 years, since Cooke’s husband, Bruce, built it from a variety of parts. It has become something of a famous photo opp. Cooke, 77, said most days, two or three groups stop to take a photo by the UFO.
Cooke said the site has been on the internet since the internet’s inception.
“People may not remember anybody’s name, but they know where the spaceship is,” she said.
Cooke’s husband, Bruce, died six years ago. Many years ago, he told her he saw a UFO near his work at Holston Ordinance Works.
“I don’t know whether he did or not or whether he was just sleeping or dreaming,” Cooke said, laughing.
As for her own belief, Cooke said she doesn’t think about it too much.
“It makes sense that we’re not here by ourself,” she said. “I don’t know what’s out there, but I’m not going to worry about it — I have a hard time taking care of my little corner.
“There’s a lot of things in the world and in the universe that we don’t know, and we’re not meant to know and not meant to understand,” she said. “But you can’t say no to anything.”
Cooke’s UFO is made from two large fiberglass satellite dishes and a furnace top. Its legs came off a big TV camera. The aliens are plastic mannequins with foam heads.
Cooke said a lot of people have offered to buy the UFO.
“It’ll be there until I’m gone,” she said. “Somebody else can sell it.”
The truth
Davenport said a lot of witnesses want to call and talk at length about what they saw.
He prefers to get them off the phone and start writing.
“The more you talk to a witness, the more you risk including information on the final report that may not have been there,” he said. “The more you talk to a witness, the less likely you are to get a written follow-up report.”
He receives photos nearly every day, but he’s often let down.
“The overwhelming majority of the photos are not very satisfying,” Davenport said. “They’re vague, of poor quality and often taken with a cell phone.”
When asked if he worries that people are calling in hoaxes, Davenport said he can’t know for sure that every call is legitimate, but that doesn’t matter.
“That’s the same in journalism, it’s the same in law, in business, in government service — that is a problem that plagues every aspect of our existence on this planet: a person telling you the truth.”
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Seventy years after government report of aliens, Roswell draws UFO faithful
Seventy years after government report of aliens, Roswell draws UFO faithful
By Robert Nott | The New Mexican
Brody Long, 9, of Roswell smiles as Ed Cook of Roswell, dressed as the Predator, pats his head Saturday in Roswell during the city’s annual UFO Festival. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
A welcome to Roswell signs greets drivers before entering the city. After the Roswell incident, residents has embrased the alien brand. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
R2-GN3, a distant cousin of R2-D2, greets visitors Friday at the museum in Roswell. Frank Renda of Fort Worth, Texas has built the robot and brought him to Roswell this weekend. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
Many Roswell storefronts feature images of UFOs or extraterrestrials on their windows , including El Toro Bravo, a Mexican restaurant on Main Street. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
ROSWELL — One hot day in early July 1947, rancher William “Mac” Brazel told Lincoln County Sheriff George Wilcox that he had found strange debris from some sort of aircraft crash at a remote site out in the desert, about 40 miles from Corona, N.M.
The sheriff called military officials at the Roswell Army Air Field, and Maj. Jesse Marcel, an intelligence officer, went out to investigate.
Within a day, the U.S. Army Air Force sent out a news release announcing it had found the remnants of a flying saucer. The Roswell Daily Record’s headline July 8, 1947, said it all: “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region.” The nation, swept up by a series of reports on unexplained discs in the skies, was transfixed by the possibility of visitors from outer space.
But the excitement was short-lived. On July 9, the Army Air Force retracted the story, saying the debris was actually from a weather balloon. Maj. Marcel posed for a now-famous photograph beside the balloon wreckage, and interest in the crash faded.
For 30 years, the Roswell Incident, as it is known, remained nothing more than a vague memory, one of many so-called “flying saucer” sightings in the anxious post-World War II days that ushered in the Cold War.
Then, in the late 1970s, a number of investigators, including nuclear physicist, author and UFO expert Stanton Friedman, began taking a second look at the crash, interviewing dozens of witnesses. The talks renewed media interest and spurred theories of a massive government cover-up that included death threats and, possibly, fatalities of people who had seen alien remains. There have since been dozens of books about the Roswell Incident and a 1990s TV movie. The X Files, a long-running science-fiction TV series, covered Roswell in one episode. Some years ago, the town even presented a short-lived original theatrical production called Roswell: The Musical.
In the early 1990s, the Roswell UFO Museum opened on Main Street, drawing thousands of tourists from all over the world, and a few years later, the town held its first UFO Festival.
Businesses in the city, capitalizing on visitors’ curiosity, offer alien-themed souvenirs and sport signs that say, “Aliens Welcome” or “UFO and Alien Stuff.” King Treasure House on Main Street, which offers “inspirational books,” advertises its wares as being “not of this world.”
“The word ‘Roswell’ is synonymous with UFOs,” said Jim Hill, the museum’s executive director.
As Roswell began commemorating the 70th anniversary of the crash and celebrating the museum’s 25th year, about 15,000 visitors converged on the town late last week and throughout the weekend for the 22nd annual UFO Festival. The four-day event featured lectures by experts and enthusiasts, a panel talk by people who say they’ve been abducted by extraterrestrials, a discussion of “demonic” UFOs, a dramatic reading of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, an electric light parade and an “alien pet” contest.
“We are a town stamped by something that happened in 1947,” said Roswell Mayor Dennis J. Kintigh, a former state representative, FBI agent and Air Force veteran who worked in the aerospace industry. His background is enough to deepen the suspicion of conspiracy theorists.
“Roswell has a brand — and good, bad or indifferent, it is our brand,” Kintigh said.
That brand means money for a town struggling with a 6.3 percent unemployment rate — just under the state’s 6.6 percent average — and an uncertain oil and gas revenue base. The UFO Museum, which keeps handwritten logs of visitors, recorded more than 200,000 guests in 2016. The city’s 26 hotels reported a total of 248,476 room bookings last year.
Businesses particularly prosper during the UFO Festival. City officials expect this weekend’s event to funnel $6 million into the local economy. Juanita Jennings, a city spokeswoman, said every hotel room and rental car in the city was booked by Friday afternoon.
Jessie Payne, manager of The Alien Zone, where tourists can pose for photos with fake extraterrestrial figures in everyday settings — a bar, a living room, an outhouse — said the store doubles its profits during the four days of the festival.
Peggy Krantz, who runs the downtown Gallery-Main Street Arts store, said sales quadruple. “During the UFO Festival, every single artist will sell,” she said.
Even when the festival is not in progress, businesses benefit from the UFO brand.
Melissa Cobos and her husband run The Nifty 50s retro novelty store just a few blocks away from the UFO Museum. She knows which of her customers have been to the museum because they are still wearing the bright yellow sticker handed out at the entrance. And most of them come for the UFO story.
“I don’t need to do a survey to see how beneficial aliens are to us,” she said. “I am the survey.”
The UFO connection provides a financial lifeline that doesn’t even require much advertising.
“You couldn’t spend millions and get this kind of publicity,” said John Mulcahy, president of the Roswell-Chaves County Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit designed to create jobs and increase prosperity in the region. “Roswell and its aliens has an international brand,” he added.
Australia native Roo Kline, who visited the UFO Museum on Friday with her son, Jesse, agrees. “Roswell is known worldwide,” she said. “You mention Roswell, and everybody knows what you are talking about.”
Before there were aliens
Once just a cattle-drive stop for cowhands to wet their whistles and eat some grub, Roswell is now a town of not quite 50,000 people driven by oil and gas revenue, agriculture, dairies and tourism.
The flies are everywhere. They’re drawn to the dairies and the manure that ranchers and farmers use to fertilize their lands.
Van C. Smith and partner Aaron Wilburn are credited with founding Roswell — about 200 miles southeast of Albuquerque and 200 miles northeast of Las Cruces — after they built a couple of adobe structures in the area around 1869.
Smith became the town’s first postmaster and named it after his father.
When the bloody Lincoln County War broke out nearby, tiny Roswell remained a neutral refuge, local historian John LeMay said. That’s because it had the only post office in the area, and Smith told both sides that if they acted up, he would close down the service.
“Both sides were afraid to cause violence because they were afraid they would not get their mail,” LeMay said.
Billy the Kid, one of the most notorious men involved with that war, was never a problem in Roswell, LeMay said, because Smith’s successor, former Confederate officer Joseph Lea, warned Billy not to instigate trouble.
“I always joke that if Billy the Kid had shot up the town, we’d have something extra to promote today,” LeMay said.
The railroad came to town in the 1890s, about the same time the New Mexico Military Institute opened.
LeMay said “nothing much of interest” happened in Roswell between the turn of the century and the early 1930s, when rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard came to town to experiment with liquid-fueled rockets. Few locals were aware of this.
Whether any of them saw strange lights darting through the night sky at the time is unknown.
The Army Air Force opened an air base, later named Walker Air Force Base, in 1941. During World War II, the government built a German prisoner-of-war camp in Roswell, and you can still see the Cross of Iron those prisoners made in the rock wall of the Pecos River, which weaves its way through downtown.
If the town was known for anything at all in those days, based on a look at old Roswell postcards, it was for the military institute and for being “the gateway to Ruidoso.”
Today, it is known for its extraterrestrials.
They are everywhere, like the flies: on city street lamps, on storefront windows, on menus — many local restaurants offer Alien Burgers — and in even the choice of green — as in Little Green Men — or red chile.
A 3-year-old local dance troupe calls itself the Alien Evolution Dance Co. The ensemble recently purchased some green polyester costumes for a performance during the UFO Festival.
“If it weren’t for the aliens, we would be just like any other small town,” said 14-year-old Haily Gonzales, who dances with the troupe.
‘The universe is so big’
Roswell historian and UFO researcher Dennis Balthasar said the Roswell Incident has held the public’s fascination for decades because “it was the first reported UFO crash and the only one where the government went public. And that was a mistake.”
Friedman, who gave several talks during this weekend’s festival, said the Roswell Incident is the “ultimate” case in UFO history because the story broke at a time when people were confident in the government and then resurfaced amid growing distrust.
The initial news followed a terrible world war that took millions of lives, Friedman said. Postwar Americans still had faith in their government, so when the Army Air Force first said a spacecraft was found, and then explained it away as a weather balloon, the public bought the story.
“Right after the war, if our government said something, we believed it,” he said. “They wouldn’t lie to us.”
About a decade before the incident, film and theater actor and director Orson Welles wrote and produced a radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. The show terrified listeners, many of whom believed the broadcast was a real-life, on-the-spot account of invaders from outer space. If there were a UFO involved in the Roswell Incident, Friedman and others said, the public’s hysterical reaction to Welles’ radio show may have made government officials cautious about sharing the news.
The Roswell story was revived following the Vietnam War and the Watergate era, when Americans had grown wary of the government.
Interest in the story continued to develop as the government offered different explanations for the crash.
While some witnesses claimed to have caught glimpses of small, unearthly bodies scattered around the debris area, the Air Force — which became a separate branch of the military shortly after the crash — announced decades later that what people saw were dummies used in a high-altitude parachuting test.
But the Air Force did not initiate that test until the early 1950s, Friedman said.
In the mid-1990s, the government said the crash came amid a top-secret program called Project Mogul to test a way to detect Soviet nuclear detonations.
Still, stories remain of government men dressed all in black, warning locals and military personnel involved in the incident not to speak of it, leading many to fear they might face some sort of reprisal. Jesse Marcel III, the grandson of the officer who first visited the crash site in 1947, said during an appearance at the UFO Festival that this cloud of fear hung over his grandfather until the man’s death.
Many people at the festival said they believe something from another planet did crash in the New Mexico desert 70 years ago. They want to believe.
One of them was Katherine Diaz, 14, from San Antonio, Texas, who vividly recalled seeing a spacecraft hovering in the skies over the Nevada desert one dark night during a family road trip.
“It was triangular, with a light on each end of it and a big red light in the middle,” she said.
Her mother was driving, and her father and brother were sleeping. None of them saw it.
“They don’t believe me,” Diaz said as she walked through the UFO Museum.
She believes, she said. “The universe is so big, we can’t be the only ones in it.”
UFO City’s uncertain future
Younger generations, weaned on science-fiction films and animated shows in which extraterrestrials figure prominently, may be more prone to believing in life on other planets than their parents and grandparents, Balthasar said.
“For young people who grew up on Star Wars, Star Trek and The X Files, aliens is no big deal,” he said.
But Balthasar was one of few people who suggested that interest in the incident, and in Roswell itself, will wane over the years, likely taking a toll on the city’s economy. Looking ahead to 2047, the centennial of the Roswell Incident, he said, “Most of the researchers will be gone by then, and if nobody new picks it up, it could die off. And nobody new or young is picking it up.”
Most others disagree. Anne Baker, owner of the Stellar Coffee Co. on Main Street — which offers a refreshing Kiwi Alien Soda — said, “It hasn’t faded away by now, and it’s not going to fade away. There have been times in Roswell’s history when locals wanted to forget about it because there is so much more to Roswell than the UFO Incident, and it still didn’t die. It won’t die.”
Molly Boyles, owner of Once Again Consignment on Main Street, also has faith that the brand will stick forever. “Something — whatever it was that crashed — has helped keep Roswell alive and made it what it is. I don’t think that’s going to go away.”
Marcel III said he believes the U.S. government may soon reveal more information about the Roswell Incident, which would increase interest and attention.
“I almost think the government is ready to get this out … and I almost think that I may be one of the people they use to get it out,” he told about 75 people who attended a discussion about his father and grandfather’s involvement in the incident.
Roswell, he said, continues to fascinate people for one reason: “Roswell is about believing.”
Area 51 is one of the most secretive locations in the world.
Now, UFO hunters at SecureTeam 10 have released leaked footage which they claim shows an alien craft is hiding in the Nevada-based military facility.
The strange video appears to show a flying object hovering in the sky and then flying away - emitting a strange light as it sporadically moves side to side.
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UFO hunters SecureTeam 10 have now released leaked footage which they claim shows an alien craft is hiding in the Nevada military facility
SECURETEAM 10 CONTROVERSY
SectureTeam10 is one of the most viewed YouTube channels, with over 785,000 people subscribing to its conspiracy videos.
But the channel has come under fire, as Lions Ground, a rival channel, claims that it has been intentionally fooling its viewers.
According to Lions Ground, SecureTeam10 has been raking in an estimated £600 ($745) a day by posting fake videos that 'outsmart UFO believers.'
'It's one of the mysterious pieces in UFOlogy', said Tyler Glockner who runs SecureTeam 10 on the YouTube clip.
He described the footage, which was believed to have been filmed in the 1980s or 1990s, as a 'hidden gem'.
The unexplained object appears to be getting higher and higher and releases a strange light as the footage goes on.
The Nevada-based military testing facility has been a focal point of many conspiracy theorists and UFOlogists since the late 1970s, who claim that the base houses secretive alien technology.
The sprawling military complex sits between a dry lake bed to the North East, and a small mountain to the West.
Area 51 has been a hot spot for extra terrestrial enthusiasts because the government did not acknowledge its existence until 2013.
It has long been fenced off from the prying eyes of the public, with armed guards swarming the surrounding area.
'Area 51 has always been a magnet for those who believe the US Government knows a lot more about UFOs than they are prepared to reveal to the public,' Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual, told MailOnline.
'People like the late Boyd Bushman, a senior scientist who worked for Lockheed Martin, have declared that Area 51 is a base where extraterrestrial spacecraft and technology is stored and examined.'
The strange video appears to show a flying object hovering in the sky and then flying away - emitting a strange light as it sporadically moves side to side
'It's one of the mysterious pieces in UFOlogy', said Tyler Glockner who runs SecureTeam 10 on the clip. He described the footage, which was believed to have been filmed in the 1980s or 1990s as a 'hidden gem'
The Nevada-based military testing facility has been a focal point of many conspiracy theorists and UFOlogists since the late 1970s, who claim that the base houses secretive alien technology. Pictured is the most recent sighting by SecureTeam 10
Claims of alien conspiracies around Area 51 have largely been debunked.
But the site has been confirmed as a historic test site for military aircraft.
Famous machines developed there include the U-2 spy plane, SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter.
The unexplained object appears to be getting higher and higher and releases a strange light as the footage goes on
In this image, the base is shown in a small yellow square within the massive Air Force base at Nevada's Groom Lake. Area 51 is blanketed by a strict 23 by 25-mile (37 by 40km) no-fly zone for civilian aircraft
The extraterrestrial Highway is between Highway 6 and Highway 93 in Nevada, and is the closest main road to Area 51. The sprawling military complex sits between a dry lake bed to the North East, and a small mountain to the West
Area 51 is blanketed by a strict 23 by 25-mile (37 by 40km) no-fly zone for civilian aircraft, and nearby viewpoints Freedom Ridge and White Sides Peak, which provide vantage points looking down on the base, are off-limits to the public
Images of the base are extremely rare, with any photographers brave enough to travel there kept far back from the perimeter by the base's many armed guards.
Area 51 is blanketed by a strict 23 by 25-mile (37 by 40km) no-fly zone for civilian aircraft.
Nearby viewpoints Freedom Ridge and White Sides Peak, which offer vantage points looking down on the base, are off-limits to the public.
After a series of declassifications, official details of Area 51 only came to light in 2011. This image shows a suspended, upside-down titanium A-12 spy-plane prototype as it is 'prepped' for radar testing
The U-2 spy plane is photographed as it is tested at Area 51 in 1955. Early missions involving the plane were used throughout the Cold War for surveillance over Cuba, the Soviet Union and China
The U.S. Air Force's SR-71 (double cockpit training version pictured) was in many ways a product of Area 51 testing and an evolution of the A-12, which was decommissioned in 1968
The unique design of the A-12 made at Area 51. A mock-up of the aircraft is seen here upside down as it is tested. Ironically, this is is also how test pilot Collins had to eject in 1963
Good news, everyone! The X-Files season 11 is a sure thing, because Fox have actually properly officially confirmed it and so we're off to the woods to get abducted by aliens in celebration.
But before we do that, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about the next season of our very favourite FBI-investigates-creepy-stuff-while-the-two-leads-have-insane-chemistry show. We'll be updating this article as we gather more titbits from our Pentagon sources.
The X-Files season 11 release date: When is it on?
"Iconic characters, rich storytelling, bold creators – these are the hallmarks of great TV shows. And they are some of the reasons why The X-Files has had such a profound impact on millions of fans worldwide," Fox president David Madden said in April, following up on this brilliant announcement tweet.
"Chris' creativity, along with the brilliant work of David and Gillian, continue to propel this pop-culture phenomenon, and we can't wait to see what fresh mysteries Mulder and Scully uncover in this next chapter of The X-Files," Madden said.
Production is due to start this summer, with an air date set for in the 2017-2018 season.
It can't come soon enough – we NEED a resolution for season 10's deeply disturbing cliffhanger, please.
Since the announcement, we've have a few news pieces leaking out of that big warehouse where Fox keeps all of their secrets.
Producer Glen Morgan will be writing two episodes (he only knows what one of those two will be, but he will do another), and his brother Darin will also be getting back into action for the show.
"You know, we want do to mythology stories and stories that connect with each other, but I think we're still interested in doing standalone stories.
"I think the second episode I do will be more of a standalone story, and the first one will have some connections to the mythology, but not as connected as Chris's episodes."
WHICH IS VERY EXCITING ISN'T IT?
We also now know the show will run for 10 episodes, which is a definite improvement on 10's six-episode season.
We're sure there's plenty of writers who'll be pitching stories about skateboarding werewolves or whatever for the remaining six episodes that haven't been taken by Morgan and Wong.
The X-Files season 11 comic
Slightly confusingly, The X-Files season 11 already exists and you can "watch" it right now… as long as you're prepared to pretend that a comic book is a television.
Yep, when it looked unlikely that the show would ever come back to TV screens, IDW decided to create comic-book season sequels.
In that universe, season 11 revolved around Fox Mulder being turned into a Edward Snowden-style figure by the US government, and going on the run as a result.
It also saw a return for chess prodigy Gibson Praise as the season's big bad.
Do not expect to see any of these elements in the proper telly version, mainly because the comic wasn't very good – it's not going to appear on any best-of lists any time soon.
The X-Files revival doesn't work without Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny), so, yeah, they're definitely coming back.
We'd also expect our old pals Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), 'The Cigarette Smoking Man' (William B Davis) and the 'Lone Gunmen' (Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood) to drop in.
Season 10 had plenty of guest stars, including Joel McHale, Annabeth Gish, Rhys Darby and Kumail Nanjiani, so we'd expect equivalent names to turn up on the season 11 cast list. (Gillian Jacobs, Katey Sagal, Jemaine Clement and TJ Miller?)
Behind-the-scenes, the writing team has now been confirmed, with Chris Carter joined by classic series writers Glen Morganand James Wong ('Squeeze') and Darin Morgan ('Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose') — all of whom worked on last year's revival miniseries.
Glen Morgan is expected to write two episodes after penning the sublimely creepy 'Home Again' last year.
Newcomers to the writing room will be the sci-fi show's former writing assistants Gabe Rotter and Benjamin Van Allen as well as Chris Carter's own former personal assistant Brad Follmer.
Keep coming back to this page for all the latest X-Files season 11 news, because the truth, gossip and rumours will be out there, and then in here.
In UFO conspiracy theories, Majestic 12 (or MJ-12) is the code name of an alleged secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, formed in 1947 by an executive order by U.S. PresidentHarry S. Trumanto facilitate recovery and investigation of alien spacecraft. The concept originated in a series of supposedly leaked secret government documents first circulated by ufologists in 1984. Upon examination, the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) declared the documents to be “completely bogus”, and many ufologists consider them to be an elaborate hoax. Majestic 12 remains popular among some UFO conspiracy theorists and the concept has appeared in popular culture including television, film and literature.
The story of how the original MJ-12 papers came to light is an interesting look into the mindset of some of the leading UFO researchers, and an excellent example of the quality of UFO evidence that is acceptable to some people.
The concept of “Majestic Twelve” emerged during a period in the 1980s when ufologists believed there had been a cover-up of the Roswell UFO incident and speculated some secretive upper tier of the United States government was responsible. Their suppositions appeared to be confirmed in 1984 when ufologist Jaime Shandera received an envelope containing film which, when developed, showed images of eight pages of documents that appeared to be briefing papers describing “Operation Majestic Twelve”.
In December, 1984, Jaime Shandera, a Hollywood movie producer and UFO researcher, received an unusual package through the post. Inside was just one roll of undeveloped 35mm black and white film. There were no accompanying letter or return address, the only clue to where the package came from was by the postmark which was Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Once developed, the film contained negatives of what appeared to be an eight page briefing paper, prepared on 18th November, 1952, for president-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower. A warning on the first page read, ‘This is a TOP SECRET – EYES ONLY document containing compartmentalized information essential to the national security of the United States’. On page two was a list of 12 influential US scientists, military leaders and intelligence advisors. It was not until viewing page three that the subject of the papers became clear, ‘the recovery of a crashed flying saucer and alien bodies near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947’.
The final page of the briefing paper was a memorandum, dated 24th September,1947, from President Harry Truman to his secretary of Defence, James Forrestal. In it, Truman instructs Forrestal to proceed with ‘Operation Majestic-12’, but gives no hint at what that might be.
Alone, the Forrestal memo was meaningless. But when read next to the 1952 briefing paper, the story behind them became clear: in July 1947, a ‘flying disc-shaped aircraft’ crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico, and ‘extra-terrestrial biological entities’ (EBEs) are recovered by the military. When President Truman is informed about the crash, he authorizes Defence Secretary Forrestal to set up a committee to investigate and deal with the situation.
In 1952, when Eisenhower becomes President-elect, he is briefed on Operation Majestic-12. The briefing paper lists the 12-man committee and gives details of the saucer crash. The final paragraph stresses the need to ‘avoid public panic at all costs’, confirming that the government is covering up the truth about UFOs.
The Majestic-12 documents consisted of an eight page briefing paper to President Eisenhower detailing a UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, another crash at El Indio, Texas in 1950, and listing the members of the government’s special Majestic-12 or “MJ-12” UFO group. It was dated “18 November, 1952”, and it named “Admiral” Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter as the briefing officer. There was also a memo from President Harry S Truman to Secretary of Defense Forrestal that authorized the creation of the MJ-12 group.
However, what is often ignored, glossed over, or has just been lost to obscurity, is the fact that the first mention of MJ-12 was in a document that was alleged by Richard Doty, an ex-special agent for the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), to have been created as disinformation. He says he gave the document to UFO researchers while he worked for AFOSI, and was order to do so by his superiors. He says this was only one incident in acampaign that lasted years.
Hesitant to take his word for it, I requested documents related to his claims from AFOSI via the Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA). The documents I received supported some of what he said, but told a different story. They do document the interactions with AFOSI and one UFO researcher, but do not include passing him disinformation. In fact, they say two New Mexico state senators requested information about the nature of their interaction with the UFO researcher, to which AFOSI replied they received his information, but did not engage in any sort of formal investigation.
The documents purported to reveal a secret committee of twelve, supposedly authorized by United States President Harry S. Truman in 1952, and explain how the crash of an alien spacecraft at Roswell in 1947 had been concealed, how the recovered alien technology could be exploited, and how the United States should engage with extraterrestrial life in the future.
Shandera and his ufologist colleagues Stanton T. Friedman and Bill Moore say they later received a series of anonymous messages that led them to find what has been called the “Cutler/Twining memo” in 1985 while searching declassified files in the National Archives. Purporting to be written by General Nathan F. Twining to President Eisenhower’s assistant Robert Cutler and containing a reference to Majestic 12, the memo is widely held to be a forgery, likely planted as part of a hoax. Historian Robert Goldberg wrote that the ufologists came to believe the story despite the documents being “obviously planted to bolster the legitimacy of the briefing papers”.
Moore, Shandera, and Friedman altered the appearance of the MJ-12 documents in their first release of the Focus newsletter to give the appearance of government censorship. They later had to admit that they did it themselves.
At the ON UFO Symposium Proceedings, “MJ-12 and Phil Klass: What are the facts?” by William L. Moore and Stanton T. Friedman: They included a reproduction of the mail packet addressed to Jaime Shandera. The bottoms of the postmarks were blackened out on all three postmarks. This would have shown the state and city that the mail packet was mailed in. In the presentation, Moore and Friedman stated the package “bore no return address”.
In reality, there was a return address. It was Albuquerque, NM! Guess who lived in Albuquerque, NM. Richard Doty- associate of William Moore! If the address had been shown, people might have started checking more on Doty. But Moore and Friedman stated that the package bore no return address.
Aside from the suspicious origins of the Majestic-12 papers, there are several problems with the documents themselves.
The Date: Military documents were formatted using strict guidelines, including the structure of dates. At the time the MJ-12 briefing was alleged to have been written, the format was day month year. No commas, no place-holding zeros. But the date in the MJ-12 document used a day month (comma) year format. This brief was supposedly generated at the very highest level of the military; a level that would not have made such a fundamental error in format.
Hillenkoetter’s Rank: The document refers to “Admiral” Hillenkoetter, when his true rank was REAR Admiral. In casual speech or among civilians this error might occur, but a military man would never make such an error. It was the military that wrote the brief.
Verbiage: Two terms used in the document were not in use during the 50’s. The word “media” to refer to the Press did not appear until the 70’s. Likewise the term “impacted”.
Security: The Cutler-Twining memo is stamped “Top Secret Restricted Information”. There was no such classification in 1954. Not until the Nixon era was this classification used.
Code Word MAJIC: This appears to be the code name assigned to this project. However, this would constitute a major violation of the code naming scheme used by the military for well over a decade.
Secure projects are assigned code names from a one-time use list that is shared by all parts of the military and civilian government bodies. Just prior to WWII, the code name MAGIC was assigned to the effort to break the high security Japanese diplomatic code. The project was still under the wraps of Top Secret in the early 50’s so it could not be “re-used”. Yet, here we have the term MAJIC being applied to the Majestic-12, an assignment that clearly could not happen.
MJ-12 proponents point to the different spelling, but the code list was constructed to avoid phonetic similarities that could cause confusion in oral communications. It would appear that the author(s) of the Majestic briefing papers were conscious of the newly de-classified story of the MAGIC operation when this was concocted.
There are several other points that one might accurately call minor, but when you take all these errors together in one set of documents, the coincidence level redlines.
The most spectacular new MJ-12 document was posted in 1994 to Don Berliner, a longtime UFO investigator and science writer. The anonymous roll of film contained 23 pages of a ‘Majestic-12 Group Special Operations Manual’, dated April, 1954. It was a detailed instruction manual entitled ‘Extra-terrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and Disposal’.
Because most of the MJ-12 documents are on film, the original paper or ink cannot be analysed. However there are many factual details that can be checked, such as the background of the 12 members of the committee, the dates of meetings, the style and format of similar documents, and the validity of the signatures. Clearly, MJ-12 had an all-star cast, as well as Secretary of Defence Forrestal, there were the first three Directors of Central Intelligence, an Air Force General, an Army General, the Secretary of the Army and five of the US’s most influential scientists. This was the cream of the US’s military, scientific and intelligence communities. If there was to be a top-secret government group investigating UFOs, this would have been it.
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Microbotjes halen bacteriën uit het water
Microbotjes halen bacteriën uit het water
Tim Kraaijvanger
Vervuild water kan gefilterd worden met behulp van microbotjes.
In een nieuw paper beschrijven wetenschappers hoe de techniek werkt. Ieder botje bestaat voor de helft uit magnesium. Hierdoor ontstaan waterstofbellen in het water, waardoor de botjes door het water bewegen. De andere helft is gemaakt van verschillende laagjes goud en ijzer met daar bovenop zilveren nanodeeltjes. De bacteriën komen vast te zitten tussen de ijzeren en gouden lagen, waarna ze gedood worden door de nanodeeltjes.
Des te meer microbotjes er in vervuild water worden losgelaten, des te effectiever wordt het water gefilterd. De onderzoekers beweren dat de botjes in twintig minuten tijd tachtig procent van de E. coli-bacteriën in vervuild water kunnen doden.
Magnetisch Uiteraard kan het water niet gedronken worden met de microbotjes er nog in. Dit is de reden dat ieder microbotje voor een deel uit ijzer bestaat. Hierdoor kunnen de botjes met een magneet uit het water worden gehaald.
Geen elektriciteit Het grote voordeel is dat deze microbotjes geen elektriciteit nodig hebben om te werken. Toch is het de vraag hoe deze microbots daadwerkelijk ingezet gaan worden, want het lijkt ons alsnog een dure operatie om zakken vol microbotjes te vervoeren. Ook is tachtig procent nog geen honderd procent. Dan is deze filtermethode pas echt effectief.
Toekomst De onderzoekers beloven hun microbots verder te verfijnen. Als de botjes goed werken, dan kunnen zij de kwaliteit van leven voor 663 miljoen mensen verbeteren. Dit zijn mensen die geen toegang hebben tot schoon drinkwater. Maar dat niet alleen! Deze microbotjes gaan in de toekomst misschien wel medicijnen afleveren in ons lichaam.
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Het Wow!-signaal: een mysterie dat al veertig jaar standhoudt
Het Wow!-signaal: een mysterie dat al veertig jaar standhoudt
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Het is bijna 40 jaar geleden dat het sterke radiosignaal gedetecteerd werd. En nog altijd is het in nevelen gehuld.
Het is 15 augustus 1977. Met behulp van het Ohio State University Radio Observatory speuren astronomen de hemel af op zoek naar radiosignalen afkomstig van buitenaards leven. Astronoom Jerry Ehman buigt zich over de gegevens die de radiotelescoop in de afgelopen dagen verzameld heeft, wanneer zijn oog valt op een sterk, smalbandig radiosignaal. Het intrigeert hem meteen. Hij omcirkelt het signaal en schrijft er in de kantlijn in zijn enthousiasme ook nog eens het veelzeggende ‘Wow!’ bij. Het Wow!-signaal was geboren.
Hier zie je de radiotelescoop die het Wow!-signaal in 1977 detecteerde. De telescoop – bijgenaamd Big Ear – is uitgerust met twee ‘oren’. Normaliter werd een radiosignaal eerst door het ene oor opgevangen en zo’n 70 seconden later door het andere. Maar het Wow!-signaal vormt hierop een uitzondering. Dat werd alleen door het eerste oor opgevangen. Dat wijst erop dat het radiosignaal vrij abrupt werd afgebroken.
Onverklaarbaar Inmiddels zijn we veertig jaar verder en is het Wow!-signaal nog steeds zo af en toe het gesprek van de dag. Astronoom Ignas Snellen, verbonden aan de Universiteit Leiden, denkt wel te weten hoe dat komt. “Het is het enige signaal waarvan SETI (het onderzoeksinstituut dat met radiotelescopen zoekt naar signalen van intelligente buitenaardse wezens, red.) beweert dat niet te verklaren is waar het vandaan komt. Als je kijkt naar alle signalen die SETI in de afgelopen vier of vijf decennia heeft opgepikt, is dit eigenlijk het enige signaal dat we niet goed begrijpen.” Volgens astronoom Seth Shostak, verbonden aan het Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (kortweg SETI-instituut) zijn er de afgelopen decennia wel meer van dit soort eenmalig waargenomen, mysterieuze radiosignalen opgevangen, maar springt het wow!-signaal er vooral uit vanwege die opmerking in de kantlijn, waar het uiteindelijk naar vernoemd is. “Het wow!-signaal is beroemd, omdat het zo’n bijdehante naam heeft,” vertelt hij aan Scientias.nl.
EEN TERECHTE ‘WOW!’?
Hadden Shostak en Snellen wanneer zij het Wow!-signaal voor het eerst onder ogen hadden gekregen er ook een enthousiaste ‘Wow!’ bijgeplaatst? “Ik had het signaal zeker onderstreept, denk ik,” stelt Shostak. “Het signaal is opmerkelijk en sterk.” Ook Snellen kan zich het enthousiasme van Ehman wel enigszins voorstellen. “Het signaal was niet alleen heel sterk, maar werd ook nog eens aangetroffen in een stukje hemel waar je geen radiostraling verwacht.”
Eenmalig Dat we na veertig jaar nog altijd niet met zekerheid kunnen zeggen waar dit signaal zijn oorsprong vond, lijkt misschien verbazingwekkend. Maar astronomen stuiten in de zoektocht naar de bron van het radiosignaal continu op hetzelfde probleem: het signaal is slechts één keer gedetecteerd. “We hebben het sinds augustus 1977 nooit meer gezien,” vertelt Shostak. “Je moet je voorstellen dat je op een avond in de kamer zit en een geluid hoort in de kelder. Je staat op om te gaan kijken, maar wanneer je de kelder binnengaat, hoor je het niet meer. Het is op dat moment onmogelijk om vast te stellen wat de bron van het geluid is.” En zo is het ook met het Wow!-signaal: zolang het geen tweede keer waargenomen wordt, is het onmogelijk om vast te stellen waar het vandaan kwam.
Een aards signaal? En dus zijn onderzoekers – en het publiek – al bijna vier decennia naar de bron van het signaal aan het gissen. Sommigen schrijven het signaal toe aan een buitenaardse beschaving. Anderen houden het wat dichter bij huis. “Meestal is dit soort signalen het resultaat van menselijke activiteiten die de waarnemingen van de telescoop verstoren,” stelt Shostak. Snellen is het met hem eens. “We hebben hier te maken met een heel sterke radiobron op een heel nauwe frequentieband, wat betekent dat het signaal een heel specifieke golflengte heeft,” vertelt Snellen. “Dergelijke signalen komen normaliter niet uit de ruimte, maar zijn afkomstig van de aarde en worden bijvoorbeeld veroorzaakt door elektrische apparaten of straaljagers.” Maar hoe aannemelijk het ook lijkt dat het Wow!-signaal het resultaat is van een op aarde gecreëerde verstoring: het is niet te bewijzen. “Er zijn manieren om dergelijke aardse verstoringen uit te filteren en dat is in het geval van het Wow!-signaal ook gebeurd,” legt Snellen uit. “En dan lijkt het signaal toch weer afkomstig te zijn uit de ruimte. Maar zeker weten doe je het niet. Daarom willen we het signaal ook graag nog een keer zien.”
DE EQUIVALENT VAN HET WOW!-SIGNAAL
Zijn er recent nog equivalenten van het Wow!-signaal aangetroffen? We vroegen het Shostak. “Het gebeurt niet vaak meer dat we een onverklaarbaar signaal tegenkomen,” stelt Shostak. “Als we nu een vreemd signaal detecteren, checken we het meteen nog een keer.” En meestal levert dat voldoende data op om wilde verhalen nog voor hun ontstaan te ontkrachten en de bron van het signaal te identificeren. Dat er in Ohio in 1977 niet meteen een tweede blik op het vreemde signaal werd geworpen, is te wijten aan de techniek van toen, die de nodige beperkingen kende.
Kometen? Terwijl Snellen en Shostak hun geld op een aardse verstoring zetten, zijn er ook onderzoekers die er heel andere ideeën op nahouden. Antonio Paris bijvoorbeeld. Hij beweerde recent nog dat het Wow!-signaal veroorzaakt werd door kometen. Snellen kan er heel kort over zijn: “Ik vind dat een heel raar verhaal.” Shostak is nog duidelijker over het werk van Paris. “Het is gewoon fout.” Er is geen hard bewijs dat kometen in staat zijn om zo’n radiosignaal te produceren. En zelfs als kometen in staat zouden zijn om zo’n radiosignaal te produceren, dan zou Big Ear dat met beide oren moeten hebben opgevangen. Het is namelijk ondenkbaar dat een komeet binnen anderhalve minuut (de tijd die verstrijkt tussen het moment waarop het eerste en tweede oor van Big Ear een radiosignaal detecteren) uit het gezichtsveld van de radiotelescoop verdwijnt. “Die hele theorie (van Paris, red.) werkt gewoon niet,” merkt Shostak op.
Loslaten En zo blijven we dus in een kringetje ronddraaien. “Zonder nieuwe data zal het heel lastig worden om dit mysterie op te lossen,” denkt Shostak. Wordt het dan misschien tijd om het mysterie los te laten? “Als je er elke maand uren over nadenkt en je persoonlijke relaties eronder gaan lijden, zou ik zeker zeggen: ‘Get over it‘,” merkt Shostak lachend op. Hoe je je precies over zo’n mysterie heenzet, lijkt Shostak – die nog regelmatig over het Wow!-signaal schrijft op de SETI-website, er regelmatig over spreekt met de grote media en nog altijd hoopt dat de SETI-telescopen het Wow!-signaal een tweede keer waarnemen – ook niet precies te weten.
“IK DENK DAT WE IN DE KOMENDE TWINTIG JAAR BUITENAARDS LEVEN GAAN VINDEN”
Ondertussen zoeken de radiotelescopen van SETI niet alleen naar het Wow!-signaal dat veertig jaar geleden werd waargenomen, maar speuren ze vooral de hemel af op zoek naar een echt Wow!-signaal: een signaal dat we wel herhaaldelijk kunnen waarnemen en dat (op termijn) onomstotelijk toegeschreven kan worden aan aliens. Wanneer dat signaal zich aandient, is koffiedik kijken. Maar het zal zeker niet nog eens veertig jaar duren, denkt Shostak. “Ik denk dat we in de komende twintig jaar buitenaards leven gaan vinden,” stelt hij. Snellen is het met hem eens, maar verwacht niet dat radiosignalen ons op de aanwezigheid van aliens gaan wijzen. “De kans dat een buitenaardse beschaving zich zo dichtbij bevindt dat we de radiostraling ervan kunnen zien, is echt heel klein.” Hij ziet meer in het bestuderen van de atmosfeer van exoplaneten. “Als we van een afstandje naar de atmosfeer van de aarde kijken, zien we dat deze zuurstof bevat. En dat zit in de atmosfeer, omdat er leven is. Over een jaar of tien kunnen we met nieuwe instrumentatie – zoals de Extra Large Telescope die in Noord-Chili wordt gebouwd – ook de atmosfeer van exoplaneten bestuderen en mogelijk aantonen dat daar leven is. Eigenlijk kunnen we dus pas over een jaar of tien goed gaan zoeken naar buitenaards leven en het is natuurlijk nog maar de vraag of we het gaan vinden. Maar als het er is, lijkt het me heel redelijk dat we het binnen een jaar of 20 vinden.”
Recent studies suggest that the ocean that's sloshing beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, seen here in a photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, may be a potentially habitable environment.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
NASA is not preparing to drop an alien-life bombshell, despite what you may have heard.
Last week, the hacking group Anonymous posted a video on YouTube suggesting that the space agency is about to announce the discovery of life beyond Earth. The video has made a big splash online — so big that NASA science chief Thomas Zurbuchen addressed the rumor today (June 26).
"Contrary to some reports, there's no pending announcement from NASA regarding extraterrestrial life," Zurbuchen said via Twitter, where he posts as @Dr_ThomasZ.
"Are we alone in the universe? While we do not know yet, we have missions moving forward that may help answer that fundamental question," he added in another tweet today.
Anonymous' video focuses not on hacked documents but rather on testimony Zurbuchen gave back in April during a hearing of the House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. (The 12-minute video also touches on some other topics, including the seven Earth-size planets circling the star TRAPPIST-1 and several supposed UFO sightings.)
During the April 26 hearing, which was called "Advances in the Search for Life," Zurbuchen laid out the progress NASA has been making in the hunt for life in the cosmos. He cited, among other things, the thousands of exoplanets spotted by the agency's Kepler space telescope, the recent discovery of hydrogen in the geysers blasting from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus, and the possible detection of water-vapor plumes emanating from the Jovian satellite Europa.
"Taking into account all of the different activities and missions that are specifically searching for evidence of alien life, we are on the verge of making one of the most profound, unprecedented discoveries in history," Zurbuchen said during the hearing.
In the recent video, Anonymous takes the second half of this sentence and runs with it.
"NASA: 'Mankind is about to discover extraterrestrial life,'" an Anonymous spokesman wearing the group's famous Guy Fawkes mask intones, with a digitally altered voice, at the beginning of the video.
This interpretation isn't strictly wrong. But "on the verge" is a far cry from "has found evidence," and anyone expecting an Earth-shattering announcement from NASA in the next few weeks or months is bound to be disappointed.
Liquid water exists in two different forms, new research reveals. Here, an illustration of the water molecule in front of an X-ray pattern from high-density amorphous ice, created by creating high pressures and low temperatures.
Credit: Mattias Karlén
Liquid water comes in two forms — low density and high density, scientists have found.
The findings add to the anomalous properties of this ubiquitous, life-giving liquid, which is like no other on Earth.
"The new remarkable property is that we find that water can exist as two different liquids at low temperatures where ice crystallization is slow," Anders Nilsson, a chemical physicist at Stockholm University in Sweden, said in a statement. [The Mysterious Physics of 7 Everyday Things]
Essential element for life
Water is essential for life (at least on Earth). And wherever liquid water exists — whether it's in icebound lakes or scalding hydrothermal vents — tiny microbes have been found. That is why scientists have been excited by the possibility of salty water flows and other evidence of ancient water on Mars — it means there may well have been life early on in the Red Planet's history.
It turns out that water has strange physical properties found in no other liquids known to scientists. For one, it can exist in all three phases at Earth-like temperatures and pressures. For another, its molecular configuration — two hydrogens mated to an oxygen molecule — creates strong polarity, or a highly positively charged region and a highly negatively charged region. That, in turn, allows almost any substance to be dissolved in it; in that way, substances such as calcium ions can travel (dissolved) within water into and out of a cell, for instance, Brian Glazer, an oceanographer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who has studied astrobiology, previously told Live Science. Already, scientists have identified 70 properties of liquid water that differ from other liquid substances.
Researchers have long known that ice can exist in two solid forms: a highly ordered, crystalline form with individual molecules neatly lined up in a repeating pattern, and an amorphous version, where the molecules are scattered more haphazardly. In fact, this amorphous ice is the most abundant type on our planet, and can transform between both a low- and high-density version.
Two phases of liquid water
Scientists wondered whether a similar transition may occur in liquid water. To find out, Nilsson and his colleagues used X-rays to track the distance between individual molecules of H20 at low temperatures. Using this technique, they watched as the water transitioned from an amorphous, glassy, frozen liquid state (essentially, uncrystallized ice), to a viscous liquid, and then almost immediately to another, more viscous liquid with a lower density, the researchers reported today (June 26) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The findings shed new light on the bizarre behavior of liquid water.
"The new results give very strong support to a picture where water at room temperature can't decide in which of the two forms it should be, high or low density, which results in local fluctuations between the two," study co-author Lars G.M. Pettersson, a theoretical chemical physicist at Stockholm University, said in the statement. "In a nutshell: Water is not a complicated liquid, but two simple liquids with a complicated relationship."
New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony
New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Artist’s illustration of (non-enslaved) astronauts on the surface of Mars.
Credit: NASA/JSC
Even in this age of free-flying conspiracy theories, this one's a doozy.
On Thursday (June 29), a guest on Alex Jones' radio show named Robert David Steele claimed that Mars is inhabited — by people sent to the Red Planet against their will.
"We actually believe that there is a colony on Mars that is populated by children who were kidnapped and sent into space on a 20-year ride, so that once they get to Mars, they have no alternative but to be slaves on the Mars colony," Steele told Jones, the founder of the controversial InfoWars website. [25 Space Conspiracies That Just Won't Die]
It's unclear why this "ride" would last two decades; it takes just 6 to 9 months to reach Mars using current propulsion technology. Perhaps Steele believes that the kidnapped children return to Earth, as adults, 20 years after being spirited away?
Whatever the details may be, Jones seemed open to the possibility.
"Look, I know that 90 percent of the NASA missions are secret, and I've been told by high-level NASA engineers that you have no idea," Jones told Steele, who the show billed as a "CIA insider." "There is so much stuff going on."
Jones went on to add that "clearly, they don’t want us looking into what is happening; every time probes go over, they turn them off."
The Daily Beast did some due diligence on Steele's assertion, contacting NASA for a comment.
"There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. There was a rumor going around last week that there weren’t. There are," Guy Webster, a spokesman at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who specializes in the agency's Mars-exploration activities, told The Daily Beast. "But there are no humans."
Alex Jones has supported and promulgated conspiracy theories in the past. He has claimed, for example, that the December 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut — in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 27 people, including 20 first-graders — was a hoax. Mars has proven to be fertile ground for conspiracy theorists over the years as well. There's the famous "face on Mars," of course. And more recently, UFO enthusiasts have claimed that NASA's Curiosity rover has captured images of a variety of Red Planet animals that resemble rats, lizards, squirrels and crabs.
Asteroid Day Rocks! Here Are Some of the Cool Events Happening Worldwide
Asteroid Day Rocks! Here Are Some of the Cool Events Happening Worldwide
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
The star Vega, like Earth, has a rocky asteroid belt. On Asteroid Day, scientists around the world consider how Earth could defend itself from such celestial bodies.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Today is Asteroid Day, when colleges, museums and observatories across the globe are striving to raise awareness about the wonders and potential dangers of asteroids. From online broadcasts and lectures to hands-on activities, a number of events are happening worldwide.
Here is just a sampling:
The University of Arizona will host a weekend-long event with members of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return team.
At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, former NASA astronaut Tom Jones will examine the potential dangers asteroids.
Imperial College London will utilize a 3D projection system to study astronomical images
The National Autonomous University of Honduras will present asteroid art and impact simulations.
At the Brockton Public Library in Massachusetts, there will even be asteroid cookies!
The first Asteroid Day kicked off in 2015, after astrophysicist Brian May, best known as a guitarist for the rock band Queen, introduced director Grigorij Richters to the B612 Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit advocacy agency with the goal of protecting Earth from asteroid impacts through early prevention. Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Danica Remy — founder and chief operations officer of B612, respectively — joined May and Richters as co-founders of Asteroid Day. [Near-Earth Asteroids: Famous Space Rock Flybys and Close Calls (Infographic)]
"The more we learn about asteroid impacts, the clearer it became that the human race has been living on borrowed time," May noted on the official Asteroid Day website. "Asteroid Day would [be] the vehicle to garner public support to increase our knowledge of when asteroids might strike and how we can protect ourselves."
Every day, Earth is bombarded by tons of dust-size particles that burn up in the atmosphere. According to NASA, an automobile-size asteroid hits Earth's atmosphere about once a year, burning up before it reaches the ground. A larger object that would be capable of threatening the planet's civilizations collides with Earth once every few million years, the agency estimates.
To prepare for the risk of catastrophe, NASA has developed a Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Other space agencies have developed similar programs. On NASA's Planetary Defense FAQ, the agency writes that deflecting an asteroid would require changing its velocity by less than an inch per second years in advance of a potential collision. NASA is working to develop a so-called kinetic impactor, which would hit an asteroid slightly with an object to slow it, and a gravity tractor, which would put a large mass near an asteroid whose gravity would tug at it enough to change its path.
Both systems would require knowledge of an asteroid's deadly trajectory years in advance. "An asteroid on a trajectory to impact Earth could not be shot down in the last few minutes, or even hours, before impact," NASA officials wrote in the FAQ. "No known weapon system could stop the mass because of the velocity at which it travels — an average of 12 miles per second [19 kilometers per second]."
Because changing the course of a deadly asteroid requires advance notice, stopping a disastrous collision requires spotting the threat early on. International Asteroid Day was established to raise public awareness of the potential danger and how to avoid it.
"Early warning is the essential ingredient of planetary defense," Schweickart said.
Another way to prevent collisions is for scientists to gain a better understanding of the properties of asteroids and how they move. In 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission to the asteroid Bennu. Set to arrive in August 2018, the spacecraft will orbit the asteroid, studying it for two years before scooping up a sample of dust and pebbles that will return to Earth in 2023. While it will be NASA's first asteroid sampling mission, it won't be the world's first; Japan's Hayabusa mission returned an asteroid sample to Earth in 2010.
Together, these initiatives should help scientists and engineers prepare for potential dangers from asteroids. You can prepare by attending one of the many Asteroid Day events, found on the website here. But don't despair if you can't attend. The site will be broadcasting video clips, panels and even a movie all day today. And Space.com has a slideshow of asteroid movies you might enjoy.
GTA Online Hackers Activate Secret Alien Mission Early
GTA Online Hackers Activate Secret Alien Mission Early
Zack Zwiezen
After years of hunting, digging through the code and searching every inch of the game, GTA V fans have finally found life from beyond the stars. And because this is GTA, of course the discovery is tied to digital theft and murder.
A few weeks back, the Gunrunning Update added some new weapons, vehicles and massive underground bunkers to GTA Online. Buried deep in the new update were a series of files and code that seemed to hint at an alien UFO crashing just outside the Zancudo military base. Players were excited at the prospect of figuring out a long-standing mystery involving an alien egg, which was tied to the suspected event.
Members of Team Guru, a GTA V modding and mystery hunting group, spent weeks digging and searching for a way to activate these bits of alien coding. After many sleepless nights, they used a tool created by Guru member Polivilas to switch in-game variables until they were able to activate an alien supply mission by force:
Until GTA Online updates and this mission activates properly, we have no idea if this is the final version of the event, or if it will ever be put into the game officially. But this is conclusive evidence that Rockstar was indeed doing something recently with the idea of aliens crashing in GTA Online.
The actual mission is a bit underwhelming. Players are told to head to a location and steal some supplies—that’s where the alien egg comes in. When they arrive, they find a large UFO crashed in the swamp and dead scientists and soldiers. Once players have the alien egg, a small group of extraterrestrials spawns in and the player has to kill them. As missions go, it’s not incredibly exciting or different. But after years of searching it’s cool to finally see the theorizing and hard work materialize into something concrete.
While some players are happy that aliens were found, others are disappointed. Many mystery hunters wanted a big single-player easter egg or reward that could justify years of searching. Some are actually hopeful this new alien mission is just the start of something bigger, perhaps eventually involving the long sought-after jetpack.
For now, at least the citizens of Los Santos know they aren’t alone in the universe. And that these alien beings aren’t bulletproof.
Zach Zwiezen is a a writer living in Kansas City, Missouri. He has written for Gamecritics, Killscreen and Entertainment Fuse.
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Mars Opportunity rover has image of unidentified metallic object, puts internet in a frenzy
Mars Opportunity rover has image of unidentified metallic object, puts internet in a frenzy
Left Panoramic Camera Non-linearized Full frame EDR acquired on Sol 348 of Opportunity's mission to Meridiani Planum at approximately 12:45:41 Mars local solar time, camera commanded to use Filter 7 (432 nm).
NASA/JPL/Cornell
It's shiny. It’s sharp. It’s on Mars. It must be aliens! What appears to be a chunk of metal photographed by the Opportunity Rover has UFO buffs in a spin.
The high contrast infra-red image, published by the Mars Exploratino Rover Mission (Opportunity: Panoramic Camera: Sol 348) was uploaded by the Opportunity Rover on March 17.
It shows an unusually shiny, and jagged, object sitting neatly on top of the grainy surface of Mars’ Meridiani Planum.
But at least in this case the resolution is reasonably crisp. Not a blurry morass like most UFO ‘evidence’.
“Looks like light glimmering off of a genuine spaceship on an alien planet in outer space,” one commentator noted.
But, for that to be true, there’s the small matter of scale. At that distance from the Opportunity Rover, any inhabitants would probably have to be no larger than ants.
A more down to Earth (though admittedly this is Mars we’re talking about here) suggestion was that it could be a piece of debris from the rover itself, or a heat shield from the craft that delivered it.
Earthly trash is increasingly common on the Red Planet, especially after a string of mission failures in recent decades. Satellites have gone awry. Landers have crashed.
But even successful projects litter the landscape with debris as they plough through the thin atmosphere.
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