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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
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Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
29-07-2017
NASA Developed an X-Plane that Can Go Supersonic Without a Boom
NASA Developed an X-Plane that Can Go Supersonic Without a Boom
NASA has bought supersonic aircrafts a step further by completing the preliminary design review for a Quiet Supersonic Transport. It is one of many projects that could herald a second golden age of flight.
A THUMP IN THE FLIGHT
NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) — an experimental X-plane the organization has been developing with Lockheed Martin to decrease the strength of sonic booms — has passed an initial design review. It flew successfully in an 2.5-meter by 2-meter (eight-foot by six-foot) supersonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.
The plane is the first stage in NASA’s wider plan to make the Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) airplane, and it completed its objective comfortably. A NASA statement said “the QueSST design is capable of fulfilling the LBFD aircraft’s mission objectives, which are to fly at supersonic speeds — 1.4 times the speed of sound — but create a soft ‘thump’ instead of the disruptive sonic boom associated with supersonic flight today.”
The next stages in the plan are to hire a contractor to build the piloted, single-engine plane, with initial flight testing ideally occurring in 2021. The next test will focus on ascertaining the consequences the atmosphere has on supersonic speed and quantifying the effect the plane will have on people on the ground through a combination of measurement and survey findings.
YEAR OF THE PLANE?
NASA’s experimental plane is one of many test aircraft that are looking to push the boundaries of aviation in different directions.
In terms of pure speed, Lockhead Martin has confirmed that the SR-72 — reportedly capable of mach 6 speeds — will be made for surveillance purposes, while British-based Skylon is planning to use a 5.4 mach plane to deliver payloads into space.
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen is also looking to apply planes to cosmic ends, but has developed the biggest plane ever rather than one of the fastest. After testing is complete, the Stratolaunch will be used to ferry spacecraft into orbit where they will require less energy to reach space when compared to a ground take off.
Eviation Aircraft will target the green aviation industry by producing an all-electric prototype which could be the first stage in decreasing the carbon footprint of the aircraft industry. The plane is produces zero-emissions and is capable of flying 965 km/h (600 mph).
BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE – AN ALIEN ARTIFACT FOUND BY A FAMILY?
BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE – AN ALIEN ARTIFACT FOUND BY A FAMILY?
THIS IS A STRANGE AND UNUSUAL STORY OF THE BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE THAT COULD DEFY THE LAWS OF GRAVITY…BUT NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS OR WHERE IT HAD CAME FROM.
In 1974, the Betz family made as startling discovery that took the world media by storm. But no one knew what this mysterious metal ball was, which has become known as The Betz Mystery Sphere.
FINDING THE MYSTERY SPHERE
Fire ravaged 880 acres of a woodland property on Fort George Island, Florida that had a history going back to the 16th century, where a Spanish mission had once been located.
While Antoine Betz a Marine Engineer and his wife Gerri were examining the fire damage to their property, they came across a strange sphere on the ground.
At first they thought it may have been cannonball given the areas history – but they soon realized by the highly polished metal surface of the seamless orb…this was something different.
They then thought maybe the space aged looking object could have fallen from a NASA or Soviet satellite, flying above and somehow landed on their property.
Thy mysterious orb was about the size of a bowling ball and weight 22 lbs; but the unusual thing was that it had a strange elongated triangle, that was etched on the surface.
Seeing it as only a strange curiosity, the family decided to take it home with them and their son Terry, wanted to keep it in his room – but that did not last for too long.
UNUSUAL THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN WITH THE BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE
A couple weeks after the unusual find, Terry was playing his guitar and to his shock, the metallic orb started to react to the sound of the strumming. According to his testimony, the sphere resonated out a deep throbbing noise that seemed to greatly upset the family dog. Then it began to move to certain chords being played.
It didn’t take long before the Betz family discovered that the strange object had other strange characteristics.
When they pushed it across the floor, it would stop, vibrate then suddenly change direction and return back to the person who had pushed it.
They also saw it roll around the edge of the table finely balanced but it did not fall off onto the floor. On one occasion, they tilted the table at an angle, then saw that the sphere defy gravity and travel back up the leg of the table.
The family also claimed that it rolled for approximately 12 minutes continuously, while changing direction by itself but never once stopping. They considered all options and decided that it may have been fitted with a very sophisticated guidance system that allowed it to do this.
From what they had observed, the strange orb seemed to be powered by solar energy (even though solar energy was first discovered by Alexandre Edmond Becquerel in 1839, it was not in commonly used in 1974). They noticed that when the sun was shining brightly – the orb was more active.
Terry who had a curious nature, decided that he would do some tests of his own to try and work out what this strange object was.
First he gently hit the sphere with a hammer, which resulted in it ringing like a bell. Then he shook it vigorously and the orb suddenly rolled around the room as if trying to escape from him.
It is rumored that at night the Betz family would keep it in a sealed box – so that it would not escape.
Occasionally the orb would emit a rattling or low frequency vibration, as if there was some sort of mechanism running inside.
The Betz family were stunned at the sphere’s capabilities and started showing it to family and friends – they were equally shocked and it rapidly became an object of fascination.
SCIENTIFIC STUDY INTO THE BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE
Word soon got around about the Betz Mystery Sphere and quickly it started a media frenzy – everyone wanted to know about this strange ball.
Both officials from NASA, The Military Corp and Arial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) were sent out to see the sphere. They examined the steel object and could determine that there was no indication that it was manufactured or tampered with.
The military personnel would arrive skeptical onlookers, but by the time they left, were full of questions.
Despite requests from officials to take the ball to a lab for testing, the Betz family refused…but soon they had no choice.
THE BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE IS STUDIED
Soon the sphere started to exhibit strange and almost poltergeist behavior.
Doors would suddenly slam shut of their own accord and at night the house would fill with loud organ music – despite the fact that the Betz family did not own an organ.
This quickly became too much for the Betz family, so they agreed to allow the orb to be tested under scientific conditions – they wanted to know what this was?
The orb was taken to Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, where the sphere was given to both scientists and metallurgists to examine.
They tried to x-ray the sphere to see what was inside, however x-ray machine was not strong enough to penetrate the metal, which they found baffling.
They determined that sphere was 7.96 inches wide (20 cm) and 21.43 pounds (9.67 kilograms), which could withstand 120,000 of pressure per square inch. It was made of magnetic stainless steel of the excellent quality, designed to withstand the highest heat temperatures and was corrosive resistant.
FURTHER STUDIES INTO THE BETZ MYSTERY SPHERE
The navy eventually used a 300 KV x-ray and discovered 2 objects inside the sphere – surrounded by a halo of material with unusual density. They also discovered that the spheres displayed 4 magnetic poles, 2 positive and 2 negative which did not have the same center.
It also showed signs of being radioactive but it was not explosive and one scientist (Dr Carl Wilson) was noted as saying that it“defies the law know to physics”. Another scientist (Dr J A Harder) is reported to have said that the elements inside were heavier than anything known to science.
THE MYSTERY CONTINUES
There have been people who have tried to debunk the Betz Mystery Sphere with many explanations ranging from: it was a lost steel ball that was meant to be used for an art project – to a sea bottom marker that somehow got into their burnt out field.
Since that time, other orbs have been found on earth since 1974 that include from Australia, Russia, Iraq and America …but no one knows what they are or where they come from.
Now over time no one talks anymore about The Betz Mystery Sphere – but where is it now? No one seems to know….and it has somehow disappeared from many people’s mind.
Six Of The Most Widely-Believed Alien Conspiracy Theories
Six Of The Most Widely-Believed Alien Conspiracy Theories
Disappointed by Skyline? Tantalized by Castle’s X-Files-y episode this week? Want an alien conspiracy with some meat on its bones (or exoskeleton, as the case may be)? Here are six of the greatest real-life alien conspiracy theories.
Actually, “real-life” is kind of a dubious term when talking about this kind of thing. The world of alien conspiracies is an improbably complex and interwoven one. It’s filled with weird personalities, unexplainable events, half-remembered government secrets, and countless races of alien visitors, all with their own agendas.
1. Roswell
So let’s start with arguably the grand-daddy of UFO conspiracy events: the supposed Roswell UFO incident. In 1947, the Roswell Air Force Base issued a press release saying that they’d found a mysterious metallic disc on a nearby ranch. The press was, of course, intrigued, but the base quickly changed their wording slightly: they’d found what appeared to be the remnants of a weather balloon.
The change was not quick enough, of course: the local papers ran giant headlines saying that the air force had recovered a crashed alien spaceship. And in the years since, that story has stuck, as accounts surfaced from employees at the base that include multiple crash sites, massive cover-ups, and even a reported alien autopsy (a film released in 1995 purported to depict the actual autopsy, but it its creator admitted that “most” of the footage was fake, thereby sort of discrediting all of the footage).
Die-hards still stand by these scant accounts of fishy dealings at Roswell. The supposed cover-up has permeated public perception of the base, leading to a Star Trek plot, a Futurama episode, and even an entire TV series, among many others. It also launched a veritable squadron of alien conspiracies. Some still believe that the spaceship remnants and alien bodies have been squirreled away in some sort of secret military enclave.
2. Area 51
And Area 51 might just be that military enclave. The actual base has long been a very closely-guarded secret, including wide “trespassers will be shot” stretches around the base itself and a large no-fly zone surrounding it.
According to conspiracy theorists, what we can see of Area 51 is just the tip of the paranoid iceberg. The base allegedly features elaborate underground labs, hidden tunnels, a dedicated extra-terrestrial runway that can disappear and reappear, and research programs dedicated to reverse-engineering alien technology.
In one particularly colorful and alluring detail, two different alleged former Area 51 employees reported working side-by-side with an alien being named “J-Rod” on cloning alien viruses and on a telepathic translator device (it’s funnier if you imagine J-Rod as Jar-Jar; I’d watch that movie).
And the mystery of Area 51 is still only one example of the vast network of supposed government cover-up of alien contact.
3. Project Blue Book and the Majestic 12
The government has been relatively transparent with Project Blue Book. It was an endeavor for the US government to catalog and examine every instance of supposed alien contact, visitation, and spacecraft reported to them. The project spanned years (and many incarnations), and its official result was that there existed no substantial evidence that these incidents were the result of alien visitation.
But that didn’t stop conspiracy theorists. In addition to challenging the rigor of the study, some “experts” on the subject stand by the claim that Blue Book became a distraction and cover-up from the reality of alien visitation, which included a top secret international squad called Majestic 12 to perpetrate the elaborate smoke-screen. Among the alleged weaponry of this massive cover-up are disinformation campaigns, character assassination, and elaborate webs of government lies.
Another weapon in the cover-up arsenal is the network of supposed Men in Black responsible for doing the actual dirty work. You’ve seen them in Will Smith movies and on the X-Files, but die-hard alien conspiracy theorists claim they’re everywhere, as CIA agents, or as shape-shifting aliens, or even inter-dimensional beings. Some even report encounters with these men in black (like the account in the video above), and some say they have the smashed cameras and bruises to prove it.
But WHY would the government try to cover up alien invasions? Just what are they hiding?
4. The Reptilians
The cover-up might just be so that world leaders can hide their true reptilian nature. Conspiracy theorist (and very creative thinker) David Icke is the man primarily responsible for the paranoia about secret shape-shifting reptile-like aliens invading Slitheen-style and replacing high-ranking political leaders. There are countless videos and images all over the internet purporting to depict these reptilians slipping and revealing their true selves.
One of my favorite details about Icke’s worldview is that of the Red Dresses. These are personality-less software constructs of the reptilian invaders installed at high rank to facilitate the aliens’ plans. This particular theory is what leads to stunning images like the one above, which reveals a few of the “red dresses” in their true form.
Another proponent of this reptilian-invasion worldview recently gained a bit of notoriety when discussing her own version of the conspiracy. Her name is Colleen Thomas, and she wants to warn us all of the impending shadow-government dirty bombing and a Draconian-Reptilian invasion.
These reptilian usurpers and shape-shifters are supposed to have been around for millennia, manipulating all of human history for their own gain. But Icke and his reptilian cronies aren’t the first to propose alien invasions in ancient history.
5. Ancient Astronauts
As long as we’re talking about extraterrestrials secretly influencing human history, we have to talk about the “ancient astronauts.” Erich von Däniken, in his landmark (in certain circles) book, Chariots of the Gods?, posits that Earth has been the frequent recipient of alien visitors. These visitors have brought with them advanced technologies, some of which helped build the pyramids, the Moai statues on Easter Island, Stonehenge, and more.
Many religions have developed as a response to this particular conspiracy, and we’ve covered some of the most absurd ones before. Hidden histories like this tend to have religious implications. But, as the next item demonstrates, they sometimes have unexpected political implications.
6. Esoteric Hitlerism
As with any internet discussion, it all eventually turns to a discussion of Nazism. And alien conspiracy theories are no exception, with my favorite of the weird extraterrestrial conspiracies, Esoteric Hitlerism.
Spearheaded by Miguel Serrano, Esoteric Hitlerists believe that the Aryan race is descended from an alien species of the highest order. Finding evidence in the story of the Nephilim in the bible, Serrano believes that an ancient alien civilization came to Earth to enlighten man. They bred with ancient earthlings, and the Aryan race are the only race alive that maintains any of the purity in their blood of these lofty ancestors. Serrano taught that the alien gods were hiding, with Adolf Hitler, in an icy underground fortress, from which they will one day emerge with fleets of spacecraft to usher in the Fourth Reich.
Yikes.
So if you are disappointed by a fictional portrayal of the secret alien interactions with humanity, you can always fall back on the real things that people believe. Sometimes, especially in the case of Esoteric Hitlerism, not only is the truth stranger than fiction – some people’s version of the truth is just too strange for fiction.
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Mysterious Ancient Underground Worlds
5 Mysterious Ancient Underground Worlds
Expeditions exploring deep, mysterious tunnels and caves in various parts of the world return with strange tales of subterranean civilizations, cities and advanced yet ancient technology. Many of these remarkable underground worlds remain shrouded in mystery because we have not been able to locate them yet. There are also fascinating very old underground tunnels, caves and cities that have been discovered, but the history behind them remains unsolved because we have no idea who built them and for what purposes.
1. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM BENEATH THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
There is a lost history completely ignored by mainstream scholars when it comes to the Ancient Egyptian Civilization and the enigmatic Pyramids which according to many predates the Egyptian Civilization itself.
West of the middle pyramid on the Giza Plateau, the ground rises to its highest point where there are some of the surviving buildings of The Harvard camp, established by George Reisner in 1902 to pursue the aims of the Hearst Expedition of the University of California. The high ground suddenly drops away beyond the buildings leaving eroded cliffs facing north which have many tomb entrances dotted along its length.
The Labyrinth of Egypt has been described by a number of ancient writers such as Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus, and Pliny. The labyrinth’s age and ancient origins are unclear, but at the time of Herodotus’ visit it was more than 1,300 years old.
2. Tunnels in Bucegi Mountains
In the summer of 2003, in an unexplored area of the Bucegi mountains, an epochal discovery was found that would completely change the destiny of mankind.
There are 4 primary tunnels and further sub-tunnels that lead to deep underground places which you would have heard of.
In these tunnels you will find rooms, huge rooms, with huge tables and stone chairs for people much, much taller than us.
The projection room contains all our history and can be replayed visually.
A table where you can perform holographic experiments with DNA, mix and match anything you wish and see what the results would be.
These rooms were created at least 50,000 years ago and each is connected to each other, protected by an energy source which actives all as one is activated.
3. Underground City Beneath Death Valley
The very thought that there could be a secret city lying beneath California’s Death Valley that is more than 5,000 years old is astonishing and difficult for many people to believe. But for those who have entered the subterranean tunnels underneath the ground and visited this amazing location, it is all very real. There are many who believe that the underground city was once inhabited by an unknown race, now thousands of years later, the area is abandoned, however, visitors say that they have witnessed some strange artifacts while exploring inside.
The ancient city known as Shin-Au-Av could have been home to many different races, but it is important to look at the legends of the Paiute Indians before you start to imagine various creatures of the unknown lurking underground.
4. Lost Cave City in the Grand Canyon?
Did an ancient civilization live in caves below the Grand Canyon? This is as vague a statement as wondering why some of the ancient Mesoamerican people depicted their gods as white men or the Olmec gods looked African. Stretching the imagination … perhaps whatever was found in the Grand Canyon caves discussed below, is linked to Ancient Alien Theory. It is interesting to speculate on ancient Egyptians or Tibetans flying to the Grand Canyon in Vimanas, but, to date, there is no tangible proof to support these claims.
5. Highly Sophisticated Underground City Of Derinkuyu
The underground city of Derinkuyu is an ancient city located beneath the surface of the Derinkuyu district in the Nevşehir Province, Turkey. It is one of the most amazing underground cities to have been discovered, and no one knows its exact age, making this already awesome underground city even cooler.
In 1963, approximately 50 miles (30 km) south of Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey, Omer Demir stumbled across a deep hole (in Turkish: derinkuyu) that led to a steep path leading deeper down to passages, niches and shafts dug into the bedrock.
After intensive excavation, it became clear that Derinkuyu was an entire city complex built in that hole beneath the surface.
If your doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong with you, don’t blame them … blame the universe. A new study found that half of your body, not to mention half of everything around you, comes from a galaxy other than the Milky Way. No wonder we have so many half-assed half-wits pushing half-baked theories full of half-truths and half-cocked schemes. Blame it on the halves from Andromeda.
Actually, the theory is not as half-baked as it sounds. Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, the leader of the study published this week in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, points to galactic winds as the culprit.
“It is likely that much of the Milky Way’s matter was in other galaxies before it was kicked out by a powerful wind, traveled across intergalactic space and eventually found its new home in the Milky Way.”
A long time ago from a galaxy far, far away …
His team at the Northwestern University astrophysics center, CIERA (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics), developed a supercomputer model to simulate various scenarios of how galaxies were formed in order to study wind recycling. Let your imagination run wild on that phrase for a minute. Finished? Wind recycling occurs when galactic winds are formed by supernovae and push gas particles around at high speeds. Some of this wind leaves the supernova’s galaxy, but a small amount gets sucked back in and used again – wind recycling. Did your imaginary picture of it involve deep breathing and a crowded galactic elevator?
As is the case in so many simulations, what the scientists found had nothing to do with what they were looking for. The models showed that the wind frequently escapes from its own galaxy and travls billions of light years across space to be absorbed in other galaxies and form new stars. . For some reason, this flow occurs most often from small galaxies to larger ones. Anglés-Alcázar got to name this phenomenon “intergalactic transfer.”
“It was actually surprising for us to find out that there is that much exchange of mass between galaxies.”
Which one are you from?
How much is ‘that much’? The simulations showed that a galaxy like the Milky Way (do we really care that much about the other ones?) got half of its matter from other galaxies. The disbelieving researchers checked their figures by converting the simulations to 3-D and the intergalactic transfer produced the same results … in 3-D.
For those who want to be space travelers but don’t think it will happen in their lifetime, Anglés-Alcázar has good news for you.
“Given how much of the matter out of which we formed may have come from other galaxies, we could consider ourselves space travelers or extragalactic immigrants.”
If we’re all extragalactic immigrants on this planet, isn’t it time we stopped pointing fingers and started getting along?
The Russian Colonel claims he had a “personal” encounter with aliens and that he had seen President Michael Gorbachev and Yeltsin meet with extraterrestrials.
He also issued a statement of warning from a real alien invasion upcoming, as the extraterrestrial beings are already here and have held humanity hostage without their knowledge, but with cooperation from their leaders.
In an interview, Skryabin says our leaders have sold out humanity down the river and to the aliens, the invasion is just few steps away.
The interview was given to a newspaper of Czech Republic and published in its website. However, in two days this interview was deleted from everywhere…
This Russian General have made contact with extraterrestrials as he was sent underground to conduct a personal training with them, he said “It was terrible experience, Humanity was sold fully to the ET’s by our president and the corrupted government”
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Deformed 'alien' skull found in Crimea belonged to a toddler who had his head bound in a Sarmatian tradition to create child warriors almost 2,000 years ago
Deformed 'alien' skull found in Crimea belonged to a toddler who had his head bound in a Sarmatian tradition to create child warriors almost 2,000 years ago
Archaeologists made the startling find at a burial site in Kyz-Aul, close to Kerch
The artificially lengthened heads were a feature of the Sarmatian culture
They were thought to alter the character and make warriors more aggressive
The boy is believed to have been aged between 18 months and two years old
An 'alien boy' with a weirdly elongated skull found in a tomb in Crimea was in fact a a boy marked out to be an ancient warrior, say Russian archaeologists.
The artificially lengthened head was a feature of children being groomed as Sarmatian fighters almost 2,000 years ago, they say.
Archaeologists made the startling find at a burial site close to a giant £2.9billion ($3.8billion) bridge currently under construction.
It was immediately called an 'alien's grave', said the scientists.
An 'alien boy' with a weirdly elongated skull found in a tomb in Crimea was in fact a trainee ancient warrior, say Russian archaeologists. The artificially lengthened head (pictured) was a feature of children being groomed as Sarmatian fighters almost two thousand years ago
ELONGATED SKULL
One of the most characteristic traits of the Late Sarmatian culture was the artificial deformation of skulls.
This was probably accomplished by tying a soft cloth around the infant's head, forcing an elongation of the cranium.
Special wooden planks were bound to the skull, pressing the bones and gradually altering the shape.
Such deformations were seen as altering the character, and making the warriors 'more aggressive'.
This cultural trait was specific to the populations living east of the Don River, according to the Silk Road foundation.
The high amount of offensive weapons found in Sarmatian graves indicates they lived a military-oriented nomadic life.
The find was made at Kyz-Aul, close to Kerch, where Vladimir Putin has commissioned construction of the bridge.
It will connect the peninsula, annexed from Ukraine in a 2014 military operation, to mainland Russia.
One Russian state media outlet reported that 'some adherents of "ancient astronauts" theories claim that the owners of such lengthened skulls may be human-extraterrestrial hybrids'.
The boy warrior from the second century AD is believed to have been aged between 18 months and two years old when he died.
Nikolay Sudarev, a scientist from the Archaeology Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, denied the grave was linked to alien civilisations.
'Elongated skulls were traditional for the Sarmatian culture,' he said, according to Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
'They thought this was more beautiful.'
The artificially elongated skull was a sign of a 'true warrior' and the deformation process was practiced by a number of ancient cultures.
It began early in childhood when the bones were still soft, and no surgery was needed.
Special wooden planks were tied to the skull, pressing the bones and gradually altering the shape.
Such deformations were seen as altering the character, and making the warriors 'more aggressive'.
One Russian state media outlet reported that 'some adherents of "ancient astronauts" theories claim that the owners of such lengthened skulls may be human-extraterrestrial hybrids'. Pictured - the excavation site
The boy warrior (pictured) from the second century AD is believed to have been aged between 18 months and two years old when he died. The artificially elongated skull was a sign of a 'true warrior' and the deformation process was practiced by a number of ancient cultures
It began early in childhood when the bones were still soft, and no surgery was needed. Special wooden planks were tied to the skull, pressing the bones and gradually altering the shape. Such deformations were designed to make the warriors more aggressive
Near the skeleton was found a vessel made of clay, along with tiny beads.
On the boy's arm there was a copper bracelet.
While this infant was identified as male the Sarmatians were also famed for their female warriors who helped to conquer Crimea in ancient times.
The prominent role of the group's women in warfare was seen as an inspiration to the Amazons.
The find was made at Kyz-Aul, close to Kerch, where Vladimir Putin has commissioned construction of the bridge (pictured). It will connect the peninsula, annexed from Ukraine in a 2014 military operation, to mainland Russia
Near the skeleton (dig site pictured) was found a vessel made of clay, along with tiny beads. On the boy's arm there was a copper bracelet. The high amount of offensive weapons found in Sarmatian graves indicates they lived a military-oriented nomadic life
Archeologists made the startling find close to a giant £2.9billion bridge ($3.8billion - pictured) currently being build by Vladimir Putin to connect the peninsula - annexed from Ukraine in a 2014 military operation - to mainland Russia.
Langwerpige schedel gevonden in 'graf van alien'. Deze archeologen onthullen verrassende vondst
Langwerpige schedel gevonden in ‘graf van alien’. Deze archeologen onthullen verrassende vondst
Op de Krim is in een graftombe het skelet gevonden van een jongen met een vreemd gevormde schedel. Volgens Russische archeologen was de jongen een Sarmatiaanse strijder.
De archeologen deden de verrassende vondst in de buurt van een enorme brug die in aanbouw is. Meteen werd gesproken van ‘het graf van een alien’, aldus de wetenschappers.
De resten zijn gevonden in Kyz-Aul, in de buurt van de stad Kertsj. De brug zal het schiereiland verbinden met het vasteland van Rusland.
Mens-alien-hybrides
Russische staatsmedia meldden dat dergelijke schedels volgens complottheoretici toebehoorden aan mens-alien-hybrides.
Nikolaj Soedarev van de Russische Academie van Wetenschappen zei dat het graf niet kon worden gelinkt aan buitenaardse beschavingen.
Hij zei tegenover de krant Moskovskij Komsomolets dat langwerpige schedels binnen de Sarmatiaanse cultuur normaal waren.
Echte strijder
Ze vonden dit er mooier uitzien. Een langwerpige schedel maakte iemand een ‘echte strijder’. Ook andere culturen deden aan schedelvervorming.
Bij kinderen werden houten planken om de schedel gebonden, die druk uitoefenden op de botten en langzaam maar zeker de vorm van de schedel veranderden.
Dergelijke vervormingen maakten de strijders ‘agressiever’. De Sarmaten stonden ook bekend om hun vrouwelijke strijders, die in de oudheid hielpen om de Krim te veroveren.
Piramide
Bij het skelet werden verder kralen en aardewerk gevonden. Om zijn arm droeg de jongen een koperen armband.
De Sarmaten dreven op de Krim handel met de Grieken en Romeinen. Rond 300 voor Christus beheerste het volk de steppen ten noorden van de Zwarte Zee.
Enige tijd terug werd volgens het Crimean News Agency ook al een piramide ontdekt op de Krim.
A strange craft has been accidentally photographed just at the moment the unknown craft flew over a lake outside Shoshone Wyoming.
The photographer, a retired USAF employee said: On July 1, 2017 I was on my way home from Las Vegas when I had to use the restroom at Boysen Reservoir outside Shoshone Wyoming.
After returning to my vehicle I realized that I had locked my keys in the truck. I called my wife to bring me the extra set of keys. I was less than 90 miles from my house. It would take her around 90 minutes to get to me.
I snapped a couple of photos of the lake and sent them to my son. It was around 3pm. My wife arrived and was home around 7pm. I downloaded the pictures from my phone into the computer about 15 days later.
When I looked at them on the screen something caught my attention on the right side of the picture a little over halfway up.
I enlarged it and was not sure what I was looking at. I asked my wife to come look at it at normal size. She said "I see a lake and a UFO".
We both studied it and cannot explain what we were looking at. I am retired USAF and after 20 years of service I can't remember seeing anything that looked like it.
At the time I took the picture I did not see or hear anything. I would greatly appreciate any information that you could give regarding what this is. Mufon case 85445.
Explain This! Flying "Reptile" Head caught on camera over the River Tay, Scotland?
Explain This! Flying "Reptile" Head caught on camera over the River Tay, Scotland?
While visiting the river Tay in Scotland a family photographed a strange object in the sky described as a strange huge brown egg shaped object, but to me it looks like the head of a reptile or fish.
Now it is known that sometimes, fish falling from the sky once they get up into the weather system caused by severe weather conditions. It is common for example for tornados to suck up water and fish from rivers and drop them hundreds of miles away.
If such an event happens than mostly hundreds of fish falling from the sky at once, but in this case we only see a head which doesn't seem to fall out from the sky.
The photographer states: On July 28, 2017 I was at the beach with family and we saw dolphins in the river Tay. My girlfriend from Bulgaria doesn't believe that we have dolphins in the river in Scotland so I tried to snap some shots of them with my Sony Xperia x 23mp camera.
I took several pictures while focusing on the water and when I looked back to see if I had caught any dolphins emerging, one of the photos in the middle of the set taken had a strange brown egg shaped object in the sky.
Clearly the object is in the distance and is not dirt on or in my lens as my device is waterproof therefore airtight and nothing shows in the pictures before or after. I just can't explain it.
Gaat de zonne-auto - eindelijk - de markt veroveren?
Gaat de zonne-auto - eindelijk - de markt veroveren?
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Een Nederlands bedrijf komt binnen een paar jaar met een auto die zichzelf oplaadt middels zonlicht. “Dit kan een gamechanger zijn.”
Zo snel mogelijk van de ene naar de andere kant van Australië reizen, is al een hele opgave. Maar stel je nu eens voor dat je daarbij ook geen brandstof mag verbruiken. Dan lijkt het een onmogelijke opgave te worden. Maar niet voor vindingrijke studenten. Herhaaldelijk reizen zij tijdens de Bridgestone World Solar Challenge met hun zelfgebouwde, rijkelijk met zonnepanelen bedekte auto’s van Darwin naar Adelaide. Bij de gratie van het gratis zonlicht haasten de auto’s zich dwars door de outback, terwijl ze meer energie opwekken dan ze verbruiken. De futuristische karavaan trekt vanzelfsprekend een hoop bekijks en je zou er hebberig van worden. Want: nooit meer tanken en tegelijkertijd zelden aan de oplaadpaal gekluisterd zijn, wie wil dat nu niet? Toch leek het een verre toekomstdroom te blijven. Want hoe gaaf de door studenten in elkaar geknutselde zonne-auto’s ook waren: echt praktisch waren ze niet. Vaak was er maar ruimte voor één (volslanke) persoon. En een kofferbak voor de boodschappen ontbrak.
De zonne-auto van het Nuon Solar Team van de TU Twente: leuk en superefficiënt, maar niet echt praktisch.
Tot 2012. Toen werd de Bridgestone World Solar Challenge uitgebreid met de Cruiserklasse. Binnen deze klasse moesten praktische zonne-auto’s (lees: ruimte voor meerdere passagiers en boodschappen) het tegen elkaar opnemen. Studenten van de TU Eindhoven gingen deze nieuwe uitdaging aan en bouwden Stella en een paar jaar later opvolger Stella Lux: gezinsauto’s die rijden op de zonne-energie die deze auto’s zelf opwekken. De studenten bleken met de Stella’s een gouden greep te hebben gedaan: in 2015 laten ze in de Australische outback alle andere zonne-auto’s in deze klasse achter zich en pakken goud. Het levert een hoop media-aandacht op en de studenten reizen van congres naar congres om hun succesverhaal te vertellen. En keer op keer klinkt daar vanuit het publiek dezelfde vraag: “Waar kunnen we de auto kopen?” “Op dat moment realiseerden de leden van het Solar Team zich dat er serieus vraag naar is,” vertelt Tessie Hartjes. Ze werkt voor Lightyear, een bedrijf dat is opgericht door een aantal van de studenten die in de Australische outback de overwinning behaalden. Die studenten zijn inmiddels afgestudeerd en vastbesloten om binnen een paar jaar de eerste zonne-auto’s op de markt te brengen. “Dit kan een gamechanger zijn.”
Stella Lux: een praktische zonne-auto.
Lightyear One Die gamechanger heet Lightyear One en kost 119.000 euro (exclusief BTW). De auto biedt ruimte aan vier personen en rijdt op zonne-energie die de auto zelf opwekt. Wanneer er meer zonne-energie wordt opgewekt dan de auto nodig heeft, wordt het overschot opgeslagen in de accu aan boord van de auto. Daar kan de auto op bewolkte dagen of ’s avonds dan weer een beroep op doen. Met een volle accu zou de auto tussen de 400 en 800 kilometer moeten kunnen rijden. Ben je niet zo’n kilometervreter? Dan kun je het overschot aan energie dat de auto opwekt, bijvoorbeeld afstaan aan jouw woning. “Je kunt je ook voorstellen dat er straks bedrijven zijn die twintig van dit soort auto’s bezitten. Wanneer de auto’s op de parkeerplaats staan, kan de opgewekte zonne-energie dan bijvoorbeeld gebruikt worden om de airco in het kantoorpand van energie te voorzien,” vertelt Hartjes.
Aerodynamisch en licht De actieradius die Hartjes en collega’s beloven, valt op. Deze is enorm. “Het is technisch gezien al mogelijk, hoor,” stelt Hartjes. Maar veel autofabrikanten zitten zichzelf nog in de weg. “Wanneer zij een nieuw model willen introduceren, gaan ze eerst ontwerpen en daarna pas optimaliseren voor de aerodynamica. Wij doen het andersom: onze auto wordt aangepast aan zijn functionaliteit.” Dat dat voor bestaande autofabrikanten lastig is, komt onder meer doordat mensen bepaalde verwachtingen van die fabrikanten hebben: een stukje herkenbaarheid dat ook in het ontwerp van nieuwe modellen terug moet komen. Die beperking hebben Hartjes en collega’s niet. “Wij kunnen het direct goed doen.” En dus wordt er momenteel een super-aerodynamische auto ontworpen. “Daardoor kunnen we maar een kleine accu nodig: ongeveer drie keer kleiner dan die van Tesla.” En dat betekent dat de auto weer een stukje lichter is, wat weer goed is voor het energieverbruik. “Het is sowieso een lichtgewicht auto, want we maken gebruik van carbonfiber.”
“ONDANKS ALLE GEHEIMZINNIGHEID ZIJN ER INMIDDELS AL TIEN LIGHTYEAR ONE’S VERKOCHT”
Tien verkocht Op dit moment is Lightyear druk bezig met het ontwerp van de auto. Hoe deze er precies uit gaat zien, blijft tot begin volgend jaar in nevelen gehuld. “Het zal een robuuste auto worden,” zo licht Hartjes een tipje van de sluier op. Ondanks alle geheimzinnigheid zijn er inmiddels al tien Lightyear One’s verkocht. “En we hopen er de komende vijf jaar nog zo’n 1000 te verkopen.” De eerste tien exemplaren zullen vanaf 2019 geleverd worden. “Die eerste lichting is tamelijk exclusief,” vertelt Hartjes. “Het is een statement car: we willen hiermee vooral laten zien dat je op zonne-energie kunt rijden. Maar uiteindelijk moet die prijs natuurlijk wel omlaag.” Zeker als je denkt aan de uiteindelijke doelgroep die Lightyear voor ogen heeft. “Uiteindelijk willen we de auto gaan verkopen in developing countries, oftewel opkomende economieën. Zo willen we voorkomen dat de mensen daar straks in onze oude benzine- en dieselauto’s gaan rijden.” Dat een bedrijf met deze ambitie zich met de eerste lichting richt op het luxe segment is volgens Hartjes niet vreemd. “We moeten ons als merk zien te vestigen en aantonen dat we een goede auto kunnen leveren.” Dat is belangrijk als het bedrijf straks auto’s wil verkopen in bijvoorbeeld India, waar de mensen zeer merkgevoelig zijn. “Bovendien is de kans dat er nu dingen misgaan veel groter als we in dit stadium reeds proberen om een zo goedkoop mogelijke auto te bouwen,” denkt Hartjes. Dat de prijs in de toekomst omlaag kan: daar heeft ze alle vertrouwen in. “Als we de componenten straks groot in kunnen kopen, moet dat lukken.”
Nu ook commercieel aantrekkelijk Het verhaal van Lightyear klinkt bijna te mooi om waar te zijn. Want als het technologisch gezien allemaal al lang mogelijk is en de consument erop zit te wachten: waarom heeft nog geen enkele autofabrikant zich dan aan de zonne-auto gewaagd? “Commercieel gezien is het allemaal nog maar kort haalbaar,” vertelt Hartjes. Eerder stonden de prijzen van zonnepanelen, carbonfiber en accu’s dergelijke experimenten nog niet toe. “Je ziet nu bijvoorbeeld pas dat ook Tesla gaat experimenteren met het integreren van zonnepanelen.” Maar dat ziet Hartjes niet als een bedreiging. “Wij bouwen de auto van onderen af op, om zoveel mogelijk rendement te maken. Je kunt wel zonnepanelen op het dak van een bestaande auto leggen, maar dan heb je te weinig oppervlak om echt alleen op zonne-energie te kunnen rijden.” Bovendien hebben deze oud-studenten iets in huis wat Tesla mist: ervaring. “De beste studenten van de Nederlandse technische universiteiten werken al heel lang met zonne-auto’s.”
Is dit dan de revolutie waar we al die tijd op gewacht hebben? Het zou zomaar kunnen, denkt Hartjes. “De zon is er elke dag en dankzij zonlicht kun je gratis schone kilometers maken. Dus ja, ik denk dat dit een gamechanger kan zijn.” Tegelijkertijd blijft er alle ruimte voor Hollandse nuchterheid. “Maar we moeten het natuurlijk nog wel laten zien.”
Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
Scientific discovery most often comes through incremental progress rather than epiphanies, and there’s no reason to suggest discovering alien intelligence will be different.
Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
Scientific discovery most often comes through incremental progress rather than epiphanies, and there’s no reason to suggest discovering alien intelligence will be different.
Would it be easy to determine if the source of a mysterious radio signal was aliens? Probably not. A new paper argues that contact with extraterrestrials will likely be discovered through a prolonged, incremental process rather than an instantaneous eureka-like moment. Eureka — what the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes allegedly said when he cracked a tough science problem about water displacement — tends to be the exception in science rather than the rule.
Attributing scientific progress to eureka moments is popular because it is easy to understand, argues Milan Cirkovic, a senior research associate at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and an assistant physics professor at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and Montenegro. But, he writes in the journal Space Policy, "It puts too big an emphasis on the 'origin myths' and the role of great personalities, key moments, events, and circumstances in any historical process.”
Cirkovic said in an email that the community involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) should instead be prepared for a process that would take a very long time. It may take decades as the SETI community looks at all the reasons aliens might not be the source of a mysterious signal.
"I have only tried to point out that both history of science and logic and common sense suggest — on a descriptive level — that contact will be a protracted affair, probably not recognizable as such over timescales of years or decades," Cirkovic said. He was careful not to say how contact might proceed, but that it would take a long time and repeated observations.
Think about the protracted debate concerning "Tabby's star," which is showing strange brightening and dimming. Some say it's due to a possible "alien megastructure," while others are pointing to various natural processes, such as exocomets.
"More structure is obviously necessary, as far as signals are concerned," Cirkovic said. "The example often quoted (first due to Nikola Tesla, who was somewhat forgotten as a SETI pioneer) is the presence of prime numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ... etc. in the signal."
Prime numbers are a non-natural process that are considered by SETI scholars an indication of possible life.
"However," Cirkovic added, "this is the classic understanding of the first contact which I actually intend to undermine in the present paper. I argue — after some of the SETI ‘founding fathers,’ notably Nikolai Kardashev — that we are more likely to detect an anomalous astrophysical phenomenon, which would be a signpost of massive engineering effort by extraterrestrial intelligence.”
He added that in recent years the SETI community has said it expects contact to come through detecting one of these engineering signatures rather than through a radio signal. Cirkovic and some other experts call this "Dysonian SETI", after a 2011 paper that Cirkovic co-authored and was led by Robert Bradbury of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade.
Cirkovic — who has published more than 20 papers and a book on SETI since 2004 — urges the community to recalibrate its detectors, equipment, and models to better look for Dysonian SETI, which "deserves much more attention."
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Tides on exoplanets could drive alien biological clocks
Tides on exoplanets could drive alien biological clocks
Time and tide help to get life going
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By Abigail Beall
Worlds with a permanent day and night side aren’t obvious places to look in the search for extraterrestrial life. Apart from having extremes of temperature, such planets would make it hard for a biological clock to get going.
But now it seems that if these worlds also have oceans, then tides could drive a biological clock just like a rising and setting sun would, according to a simulation by Avi Loeb and Manasvi Lingam at Harvard University.
We used to think that not having a day-night cycle would make it harder for life to emerge, because of the lack of a circadian clock. On Earth, these built-in timekeepers play an important role in several biological contexts, including reproduction.
Of course, it’s possible to imagine aliens without biological clocks, but how life could evolve without one is difficult to imagine.
“There is abundant evidence that biological clocks are essential to modern life on Earth, and that biological clocks may have evolved very early in the history of life on Earth, either in cyanobacteria or in other single-celled organisms,” says Jennifer Macalady at Pennsylvania State University.
Tides make life tick
Loeb and Lingam’s study shows tides could play the role of timekeeper. If a planet with one side always facing its star has an elliptical orbit, the change in distance as it circles the star would create the back and forth pull needed for tides.
“Because of the small size of the habitable zone around stars like TRAPPIST-1, the tides are orders of magnitude larger than on Earth,” Loeb says.
Tides would form ponds as they go out, and can also help dissipate heat caused by volcanic activity or proximity to the planet’s star, mimicking periodic evaporation caused by a rising and setting sun. Each cycle would concentrate chemicals essential for the emergence of life. Eventually, life could evolve with its days and nights governed by the flow of the ocean.
This might sound alien, but even on Earth some animals’ biological clocks are set by the tides rather than the sun. So-called circatidal rhythms govern the lives of certain fish and crabs.
What kinds of worlds are likely to have a permanent day and night side? Some planets orbiting dwarf stars, like the nearby Proxima Centauri or TRAPPIST-1, are much closer to their host stars than we are to our sun. Because of this proximity, gravity from the star tugs much more at one side of a planet than the other, causing it to show the same face to its star throughout an orbit.
On such a “tidally locked” planet, the side facing away from the star would never receive light and could be too cold for life, while the side facing it could be too hot. The areas where life might develop would be on the border – the zone experiencing a constant “sunrise” or “sunset”.
“Work like this is important to inform our understanding of how life might evolve on the planets around other stars,” says Matt Burleigh at the University of Leicester, UK. “Oceanic tides may well be another factor that needs to be taken into account when speculating on life on planets around red dwarf stars like Proxima Centauri.”
Algal signals
Loeb and Lingam say these planets might be revealed to us through algal blooms that would change how the planet reflects its star’s light, in sync with the tides. But even if there is a signature there, seeing it might be tricky, says Jaymie Matthews at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
“Even if tidal blooms in an alien ocean are more extensive than in Earth’s, they are unlikely to be global,” he says.
“And they are not long-lasting, so the signature in the spectrum of exoplanet light will be diluted and intermittent.”
In Serbia, a local resident made a video of unidentified flying objects in the sky over the city of Doni Milanovac.
The video shows five bright UFOs lining up in triangles, changing the configuration and then disappearing. None of the objects looked like a star, and it is hard to ascribe the sighting to a natural phenomenon.
Earlier, another UFO sighting was reported in the sky over Chile. A V-shaped unidentified flying object was hovering in the night sky. The strange phenomenon was noticed by Roberto Antezana.
He is not the first to witness unusual manifestations from outer space. At first, the scientist decided that this was a Japanese satellite. However, the UFO was hovering in the sky for 35 minutes, which made the astrophysicist doubt its earthly origin. Inside the V-shaped nebula, there were other objects of unknown origin.
Jeanne Pollock of Acme, dressed as an Alien, puts her head through a wooden Alien cutout at the Kecksburg UFO-festival on Sunday July 3, 2016
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Watching the skies for mysterious UFOs
Watching the skies for mysterious UFOs
Mark Smith saw this 'UFO' in the sky above Preston
Do you believe in little grey men?
Blackpool is now a growing hub for those who want to believe, as a network for reported UFO sightings opens in the resort.
Tim Bartrop, 52, founded the Lancashire UFO Sightings Network in his youth, and now hopes to revive the club to provide the people of Blackpool with a viable alternative to the Ministry Of Defence’s UFO desk, which closed down in 2009.
He said: “The Ministry of Defence closed down its UFO service in 2009 and since then nobody has had anything to report UFO sightings to.
“That’s why I have opened this up in Blackpool.”
Tim, who lives off Central Drive, was inspired to form a group for believers to report their findings after his first and only encounter with the unexplained while growing up in Darnall, Sheffield.
He said: “I decided to call for my best friend at the time , who lived three doors up from me.
“As we were both star gazers we decided to go to the bottom of the street where the park is to get a better view of the sky above Darnall.
“We both had noticed this bright light in the sky, as well as other stars moving towards us.
“They were rectangle in shape and three of them joined up. It was very bright, with no sound. They must have been about 500 yards above the houses.
” He now hopes to encourage the people of Blackpool to come forward with stories of their own UFO sightings.
He said: “Blackpool and Lancashire is a hotspot for UFO sightings.”
Two UFOs were said to have been spotted in the sky over Fleetwood in 2015, and one over Lytham and St Annes the year before.
People who wish to report a UFO sighting to the Lancashire UFO Sighting Network (LUFOS) can email report.lufos@gmail.com.
Why looking for aliens is good for society (even if there aren't any)
Why looking for aliens is good for society (even if there aren't any)
by Ian Crawford, The Conversation
Credit: Shutterstock
The search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science. Given its scientific importance, significant resources are devoted to this young science of astrobiology, ranging from rovers on Mars to telescopic observations of planets orbiting other stars.
The holy grail of all this activity would be the actual discovery of alien life, and such a discovery would likely have profound scientific and philosophical implications. But extraterrestrial life has not yet been discovered, and for all we know may not even exist. Fortunately, even if alien life is never discovered, all is not lost: simply searching for it will yield valuable benefits for society.
Why is this the case?
First, astrobiology is inherently multidisciplinary. To search for aliens requires a grasp of, at least, astronomy, biology, geology, and planetary science. Undergraduate courses in astrobiology need to cover elements of all these different disciplines, and postgraduate and postdoctoral astrobiology researchers likewise need to be familiar with most or all of them.
By forcing multiple scientific disciplines to interact, astrobiology is stimulating a partial reunification of the sciences. It is helping to move 21st-century science away from the extreme specialisation of today and back towards the more interdisciplinary outlook that prevailed in earlier times.
By producing broadminded scientists, familiar with multiple aspects of the natural world, the study of astrobiology therefore enriches the whole scientific enterprise. It is from this cross-fertilization of ideas that future discoveries may be expected, and such discoveries will comprise a permanent legacy of astrobiology, even if they do not include the discovery of alien life.
It is also important to recognise that astrobiology is an incredibly open-ended endeavour. Searching for life in the universe takes us from extreme environments on Earth, to the plains and sub-surface of Mars, the icy satellites of the giant planets, and on to the all-but-infinite variety of planets orbiting other stars. And this search will continue regardless of whether life is actually discovered in any of these environments or not. The range of entirely novel environments opened to investigation will be essentially limitless, and so has the potential to be a never-ending source of scientific and intellectual stimulation.
The Earth photographed from the surface of Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, March 2004. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
Beyond the more narrowly intellectual benefits of astrobiology are a range of wider societal benefits. These arise from the kinds of perspectives – cosmic in scale – that the study of astrobiology naturally promotes.
It is simply not possible to consider searching for life on Mars, or on a planet orbiting a distant star, without moving away from the narrow Earth-centric perspectives that dominate the social and political lives of most people most of the time. Today, the Earth is faced with global challenges that can only be met by increased international cooperation. Yet around the world, nationalistic and religious ideologies are acting to fragment humanity. At such a time, the growth of a unifying cosmic perspective is potentially of enormous importance.
In the early years of the space age, the then US ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, said of the world: "We can never again be a squabbling band of nations before the awful majesty of outer space." Unfortunately, this perspective is yet to sink deeply into the popular consciousness. On the other hand, the wide public interest in the search for life elsewhere means that astrobiology can act as a powerful educational vehicle for the popularisation of this perspective.
Indeed, it is only by sending spacecraft out to explore the solar system, in large part for astrobiological purposes, that we can obtain images of our own planet that show it in its true cosmic setting.
In addition, astrobiology provides an important evolutionary perspective on human affairs. It demands a sense of deep, or big, history. Because of this, many undergraduate astrobiology courses begin with an overview of the history of the universe. This begins with the Big Bang and moves successively through the origin of the chemical elements, the evolution of stars, galaxies, and planetary systems, the origin of life, and evolutionary history from the first cells to complex animals such as ourselves. Deep history like this helps us locate human affairs in the vastness of time, and therefore complements the cosmic perspective provided by space exploration.
Political implications
There is a well-known aphorism, widely attributed to the Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, to the effect that "the most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world". Humboldt was presumably thinking about the mind-broadening potential of international travel. But familiarity with the cosmic and evolutionary perspectives provided by astrobiology, powerfully reinforced by actual views of the Earth from space, can surely also act to broaden minds in such a way as to make the world less fragmented and dangerous.
I think there is an important political implication inherent in this perspective: as an intelligent technological species, that now dominates the only known inhabited planet in the universe, humanity has a responsibility to develop international social and political institutions appropriate to managing the situation in which we find ourselves.
In concluding his monumental Outline of History in 1925, HG Wells famously observed: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." Such an observation appears especially germane to the geopolitical situation today, where apparently irrational decisions, often made by governments (and indeed by entire populations) seemingly ignorant of broader perspectives, may indeed lead our planet to catastrophe.
In the Milky Way alone, there are an estimated 100,000 million stars and 100 billion planets, many of which are “potentially habitable,” meaning they could have the conditions right for life to emerge.
It is important to remember when scientists discuss alien life, there are two types—microbial and intelligent. When NASA talks about searching for life elsewhere in our solar system, such as on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, they are referring to microbial life—simple primitive cells or multicellular organisms—not intelligent beings that have developed something resembling what we find on Earth.
Microbial life can exist in some of the most extreme conditions on Earth—from the bottom of the ocean to boiling hot hydrothermal vents. If we apply our understanding of life on Earth to conditions that may exist on other planets, the likelihood of life being able to survive increases.
Then there’s intelligent life. Intelligence does not necessarily mean human intelligence. It could come in a variety of forms. Octopus, for example, are considered to be extremely intelligent by scientists. But we couldn’t have a conversation with an octopus as it possesses a different form of intelligence to our own.
The Milky Way seen from the White Desert outside Cairo.AMR DALSH/RETUERS
There is also an argument to say that we, as a species, are not very intelligent. On the Kardashev scale—a measure of a civilization’s level of intelligence based on how technologically advanced it is—mankind is not even really at level one. The most advanced civilization would have mastered interstellar travel and can harness and control the energy produced by its entire galaxy.
The universe has existed for an estimated 13.82 billion years, with the first stars forming around 500 million years later. After the stars came the planets, with Earth being a fairly late addition, having been created 4.6 billion years ago.
With countless potentially habitable planets forming over the history of the universe, the chance life emerged on just one of them—Earth—is highly unlikely. But if extraterrestrial life is everywhere, why do we seem to be alone? This conundrum is known as the Fermi Paradox.
Dhara Patel, Astronomer for Royal Observatory Greenwich, tells Newsweek: “ Our nearest star is a star called Proxima Centauri and last year in August they found an exoplanet going around this star. It’s 4.2 light years away. If we’re talking about current technology, the technology we have with our spacecrafts, it would take 70,000 years to get there.
The planet Proxima b orbits the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, as depicted in this artist's impression released by the European Southern Observatory on August 24, 2016. New study indicates the planet may well have a climate right for alien life.
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“Life on Earth only started around four billion years ago. Our universe is 13.8 billion years old and the first life could’ve started about one to two billion years after that start of the universe, so there’s been a huge time period before the Earth where civilizations could’ve developed, could’ve been wiped out and we wouldn’t have even known. Are we in the right time? Have we missed a civilization in the past or is there a civilization yet to come that we could communicate with?”
In the meantime, researchers are working to identify planets that sit within the habitable zone of their solar systems. This is the region of space where liquid water could exist, as it is not too hot or too cold.
NASA’s James Webb Telescope, which is scheduled to launch next year, will be able to detect the atmospheres of these planets, giving a stronger indication of whether or not they could host life. The space agency is also planning a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to search out microbial life—which could be the first proof that life exists elsewhere in our solar system.
But until our technology develops to the point where we can explore space on far shorter timescales, the chance of finding intelligent life is very much in the alien ball court.
Is there anybody out there? Is there life on other planets? If the answer is yes, and we can prove it, the physicist Jim Al-Khalili says that would be a revolutionary moment in science, up there with Copernicus proving that Earth is not the center of the universe. Considering the vastness of space, scientists mostly agree that somebody or something else is out there. Al-Khalili joins us Wednesday to explore where that life might be, what it might be like, and what would happen if we found it—or it found us.
Jim Al-Khalili is a quantum physicist, author, and a TV and radio presenter based at the University of Surrey in England. In 2016, he received the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. He’s the author of several books, including Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics an Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology. Most recently, he’s the editor of the book Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life [Independent booksellers|Amazon|Audible]
When I first decided to take an active role in UFO research and investigation I consider myself very fortunate to join the Yorkshire UFO Society (YUFOS) which was formed in the early 1980’s by brothers Graham and Mark Birdsall. Many of you may well know that Graham went on to publish and edit the hugely successful newsstand publication UFO MAGAZINE.
Graham and Mark Birdsall (Credit: Philip Mantle)
Graham and Mark were extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic and I leaned a lot from the both of them. I also consider it very fortunate that at the same time as joining YUFOS that we were literally swamped with UFO reports. In the early 1980’s we had more reports than we knew what to do with. A lot of these sightings came from areas in North Yorkshire and especially around the moors above the village of Carleton near Skipton.
Much of our work and UFO case files from that era have been lost along the way but some information does still exist. In the early days of YUFOS we printed the small publication the YUFOS JOURNAL.What I would like to do is to re-publish an article written by mark Birdsall which featured in the May 1983 YUFOS JOURNAL – VOLUME 2 Number 2.
YUFOS Volume 1
The Following article by Mark Birdsall shows exactly what I have been talking about and will hopefully give you some idea of what we were dealing with at the time.
The Case For North Yorkshire:
During the last 24 months we have received no fewer than 30 reports of unusual objects observed in North Yorkshire. We have on record, reports of objects coming within 50ft of experienced police officers. In fact we have been able to collect a number-of UFO reports, and build a careful picture of what is really happening in North Yorkshire. But first let us look at the information these cases contain. It is only fair to point out that a very large percentage .of sightings are made from experienced police officers. We have signed statements from many o£ the officers and all lead us to believe, that without a shadow of doubt, something unusual is taking place in and around the moors of North Yorkshire. However, through careful” research there are as many as 90% of the cases we cannot explain. We could state that it might have been a helicopter, or an aircraft. We cannot overlook who are making the observations.
From left: Mark Birdsall, Graham Birdsall and Philip Mantle at the Yorkshire UFO Society conference in 1985. (Credit: Philip Mantle)
Every possible cause for the sighting of an UFO has to be examined. The area, the description, weather conditions etc.But after researching all of these possibilities we cannot give a viable explanation. Many people then came forward to offer a possible answer. We again examined these, but even as objective researchers we must rule out these. For the reports we have, “contain diagrams and information, which if authentic (and we have no doubts that they are) leads .us to believe that, there is something highly unusual being observed in North Yorkshire. In fact there have been times when we have not been able to grasp the enormity of the situation we have found ourselves in. Is it coincidence that our only photographic evidence came from North Yorkshire, and as yet, has eluded all possible attempts by experts to conclude the photograph explainable hoax etc? Can we reach the position when we can confidently state, that all the information, statements, and photographic evidence is explainable; the answer must be NO.
If we now turn to the collection of reports we have assembled for this publication. On the map, vie have eight positions o It would be impossible to print all our ·cases, so we have selected these complete with diagrams and drawings. The area is proximately 3 miles by 2. The prominent lines across the map are other sightings, relating to the direction in which these objects were seen.
Sighting 1:
The information behind this sighting has yet to be released, however. This particular object was observed by a policeman and a member of the public. At approximately 12.30am both people noticed a large ball of light moving very slowly in their direction. The object was slightly yellowish in colour and was approximately 500ft above the ground. At this moment both persons noticed an aircraft possibly 20,000ft heading in, and over the UFO. At this precise moment the object moved off its original course and after seemingly heading towards the witnesses, altered its course. The object was now parallel to the observers, and it was at this moment one of the witnesses trained his binoculars on the yellow mass. He could clearly see that the yellow ‘oval was in fact the front of a large cigar shape. A red light which had been hidden by the yellow glow was now defined through, use of the binoculars. It was on the side of the object, yet the witness mentioned the red light slowly moved closer to the main yellow light. One can note the comparison in size to the yellow light. Also note the dark area on the underside of the main body of the object. As the object moved slowly away from the witnesses, a ‘small band of yellow lights’ flashed across the centre of the object, giving the impression that the UFO was revolving.The sighting lasted approximately 2 minutes.
Sighting 2:
This very detailed description was given, again by police officers from North Yorkshire. At approximately 5.20 am on Oct 24th, 1982, three police officers who had just 5 minutes earlier observed at close range an array of circular lights noticed a bright strip of light moving very close to the policemen’s original position. (The officers had tried to follow the circular of lights and had driven down the hill a few hundred yards). The object was crescent shaped, and although very bright it did not give off a beam. The UFO moved directly over the officers and one officer commented “it was so low you could have thrown a rock at it”.The object was in fact, just 75-100ft above their heads. At this point the full, length of light intensified, but again did not give off a beam. There are two points to make note of at no time during the sighting was any sound a heard, and notably, an array of red and white lights was clearly around the perimeter (underside) of the object.
Sighting 3:
Illustration of sighting by MODO.
As mentioned in the last report (sighting 2), this particular sighting was made 5 minutes earlier than the object witnessed is sighting 2. However the officers did not see the UFO approach, nor did they hear any sound. One policeman just looked up into the dark sky and observed the lights slowly moving over their patrol car. The officers state the object was very low. Is it conceivable that the officers had made an error in their observation? Three men, so close to an object they could clearly define, the answer must again be no, even to more objective or sceptical researchers. We now turn our attention to a member of the public, who along with his family experienced a terrifying encounter.
Sighting 4:
Illustration of sighting by MODO.
Mr. X and his family were traveling along the road that leaves the village of Carlton near Skipton. The road rises up and over the moors near Elslack. The family were heading for the supermarket in Colne, a journey they made once a week. They had reached an are known as Standrise Plantation, Mr X then looked through his mirror and noticed 2 coloured balls of light (red & green) moving closer to the car. The balls then buzzed’ the family before moving level with the car. The balls then started to pace the car. The objects themselves were no larger than footballs and both were situated on either side of the car. They continued to fly alongside the car at window height. The occupants in the car became extremely frightened; Mr X was now finding it very hard to keep the car under control. Mrs X was shouting at her husband to turn the car round and return home. The two children were now screaming with fright, and their pet dog was cowering in the back seat. The dog then tried to get beneath the footwell in the car. Mr X had, had enough, he turned the car around and headed back home, the balls of light, also decided to turn around and follow the car. The lights again tracked the family for a short while, before disappearing. Mr X and his family returned home in a very poor state, and since the incident took place, they have not travelled along the moors again.
Skywatching on Carleton moor. (Credit: Dave Atkins)
They use a road which takes them around the area. This particular incident took place in March 1980, and again we cannot find a plausible explanation. The investigator of this case was Alwyn Rogers and he made an interesting comment when typing the report up. He pointed out that Mr X was finding it difficult to control his car was the caused by fright or outside interference? Most members will remember the encounter involving Mrs X, at Coniston Cutting, although the case has almost ended due to circumstances which we are not in the position to control. It is hoped that one day we will be able to start the case moving again. Due to the fact that every member has detailed knowledge of this case, I will just present the outlying factors. Mrs X was followed by a small cluster of lights, shortly after she had left her mothers home. Although she could not define the object which was following her, she was adamant it was not a vehicle. Although at first she mentioned in the report, ‘that she felt· the lorry was taking a long time to overtake her.’ The lights were pacing the car and then she noticed a beam of light strike the side of the car from above her. The incident occurred in March 1982, and as most members are aware our investigation led us to use hypnotic regression for the first ·time. Mrs X had lost approximately 40 minutes on her journey home from her mother’s house in Morecambe. During the investigation, many efforts were made to explain the missing minutes; as yet the loss of such a large amount of time remains a mystery, not only to us, but also to the witness.
Scenic view from Carleton moor.
We are totally convinced that the initial report and information received is true, however we cannot possibly state that the information which we received .through the regression is fact. Again we have a case which involves a high degree of strangeness, and again in North Yorkshire.
Sightings 5 & 6:
Moving to sightings which most researchers would class as nocturnal lights. We have had no fewer than 60 reports of these objects. And I stress the word object. For I myself have observed them on no fewer than three occasions. These objects are quite clearly oval and circular depending on the angle they are viewed at. A number of investigators have seen these particular objects at close range. Sceptics pour .scorn on these sightings and declare them nothing more than· helicopters or aircraft. I agree that probably a number of sightings are explainable. But through careful research we find that on no occasion has any sound ever been heard, and also the majority of these objects are traveling just 400 feet above the ground. Many of the witnesses state that the object seemed to be following the contours of the moors.
Carleton moors.
Would it be conceivable to find aircraft flying at such a dangerous height? One must also note the speed of these objects, most observers’ state that they were traveling at speeds of no more than 40 – 50 mph. One interesting case involving one of these objects occurred in November last year. Two witnesses were on moors near Carlton, when they noticed a bright yellow light moving slowly over the hills. The approximate height of the object was 400ft. Both witnesses then observed an aeroplane heading towards the object (20,000ft). The object then changed course and moved behind a nearby hill. The witnesses watched the aeroplane move quickly out of sight. They were then amazed to see the yellow ball of light move from behind the hillside and continue its silent journey across the moors. These particular sightings are difficult to assess, and the in formation which they contain is limited. A comment by the witnesses who see these objects repeats it’ self throughout the statements made by the witnesses, this is, that on· no occasion did the observer see any other lights. Or in fact a solid body beneath the· glow however if we return to object one on the diagrams, the witnesses state that until they observed the object with binoculars they could see only the brilliant yellow glow. It would seem that the intense light .of the object distorted the actual shape; however this all remains conjecture at the moment.
Sighting 7:
Illustration of sighting by MODO.
One of the most spectacular sightings we have on record is this observation made by two North Yorkshire police officers. This sighting occurred on the moors just East of Cononley. The time was 3.20 am when both officers noticed an extremely bright light moving directly towards their position. No definition could be seen and the UFO moved directly over their position. The height of the object was approximately 200ft it was then that the object turned slightly to one side· (tilted). The officers were startled with regard to the actual shape and size of the object. Both· men estimated the length of the object to be approximately 100ft. The entire object was glowing and the lower ‘skirt’ was revolving. Three large balls on the underside could clearly be seen. ‘Portholes’ which were darker than the rest of the object were also seen. From an objective point of view, this case is almost too good to believe. But we have no doubts whatsoever regarding the information in this report, that the officers did in fact observe an unusual craft. It would be difficult not to relate such a ·detailed account if the object passed over your head at just 200feet. Many similarities have been made with the ‘Adamski’ photographs; however the witnesses state the object they observed appeared more streamlined than the alleged photographs taken by George Adamski. In any event, serious investigators do· not lay much foundation with regard to Adamski ‘s claims. However; critics would find it very difficult to try and explain to the officers involved with this sighting, that what they had observed was an IFO.
Sighting 8:
Illustration of sighting by MODO.
One of the most famous UFO cases in Britain was the Livingston close encounter, in Scotland. The witness (Robert Taylor) was apparently ‘attacked’ by two circular spiked objects. These small objects have led researchers to drawn up similarities with this sighting and the Livingstone incident. Three witnesses observed a small object zig – zagging across Elslack Moor. A series of rods and white lights could. Be seen revolving around the small body of the 0bject. It was approximately 4ft above the ground. They then noticed a beam of light being emitted from the underside directly onto the ground. At one point the object came within 50ft of the witnesses. Due to the circumstances which were about to follow we feel this object was in some way connected to the objects which were observed a few minutes later. We did send a ground team to the area, and one or two marks were noticed, but it would be difficult to relate them to this sighting. All we can say is that they were quite similar to marks found in the ground with regard to the Livingston case.
Illustration of sighting by MODO.
In this study we have just scraped the surface on the information which our case files contain. But our attention has been drawn to the area, not just because of the amount of sightings, but also the high strangeness of the cases.
END
I have to say that I personally remember many of these sightings being reported to us at YUFOS and I also participated in the research and investigation of some of them. There is no doubt in my mind that many of them still remain unexplained. Carlton moor and surrounding areas near Skipton in North Yorkshire was a hot bed for UFO sightings. In those days it was termed a ‘window area’ while today you might call it a ‘portal’. I prefer window area personally. Our research also uncovered UFO sighting in the area going back decades so one this was for sure and that was that the wave of sightings in the area in the 1980’s was nothing new.
To be actively involved in UFO investigations during this time period was the ideal apprenticeship for any would-b UFO enthusiast and I consider myself to be very fortunate to have been there at the time. There was a period that we had more sightings reported that we could handle.
Of course all things must come to an end and YUFOS did but Graham went on with his brother Mark to publish UFO MAGAZINE and stage many highly successful UFO conference the like of which have not been seen again since Graham’s untimely death. I just hope I’m still around when the next ‘flap’ occurs around the moors above Skipton as I am in no doubt it will happen one day.
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