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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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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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...
The vast majority of UFOs that aren't lens flares or natural objects are probably drones or some form of advanced government technology. Think about it – over 60 years ago our government built the atomic bomb in an underground city (the Manhattan Project) – God knows what insidious teleporting and nanotechnology they're up to now!
There is a tiny percentage of UFO cases that have no rational explanation. These UFOs could actually be of extraterrestrial origin, and some of the most interesting evidence comes in the form of old photos that were taken before the age of drones and Photoshop – when there really shouldn't have been anything up there flying around besides early planes, and when complex photo manipulation was next to impossible.
Here are some of the most compelling old UFO pics. Real or not, they're still fascinating documents from a cosmic blip in time on the planet Earth, somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy…
1. The Oldest UFO Photo Ever - Mt. Washington, New Hampshire 1870
One of the oldest and best UFO sightings on record (Photo Source)
This photograph depicts a cloud formation over the summit of Mt. Washington in the Winter of 1870 - 1871. The image is part of an antique stereoview that happens to contain an unexplained cigar-shaped object.
It is simultaneously the oldest and one of the best UFO sightings on record. Remember, there were no planes in the sky in 1870 and no digital manipulation.
In 2002, this image was purchased on Ebay for $385.00 by Samuel M. Sherman, president of Independent-International Pictures Corp. (Source)
2. TIENSTEN, HOPEH PROVINCE, CHINA - 1942
War II-era photo discovered in old Chinese scrapbook (Photo Source)
This World War II-era photo was discovered in an old Chinese scrapbook. It was taken by a sidewalk photographer, who snapped a picture of the strange object and then sold it. It shows a UFO in the sky above a Tsientsien Street and there appears to be at least one person pointing at it. (Source)
3. Farming UFO Photo, USA - 1920s
Look to the northeast of the horse-drawn transport (Photo Source)
The only thing known about this picture is that it was taken somewhere in the United States in the early 1920s. The hilly terrain indicates that it could be on either the west or east coast, and is less likely in the central flat part of the country.
Wherever this is, the object up and to the right of the horse-drawn transport looks to be a flying object in the sky at a time when biplanes were rare and monoplanes didn't quite exist yet. (Source)
4. WARD, COLORADO Sawmill, USA - APRIL, 1929
Object that preceded a “terrible thunderous bellow” (Photo Source)
Taken at the Ward sawmill. The man in the picture (featured in the above link), who died a few years later, said there was a “terrible thunderous bellow” and then a large object rose up in the near distance and flew off. (Source)
5. Vancouver City Hall UFO - 1937
The story goes that 21-year-old soldier Leonard Lamoreux snapped this image in 1937 while visiting the brand new Vancouver City Hall.
Here's the full description:
"The two were suddenly astounded to see a 'bright bright blue light' drop straight down from the sky. It became larger as it did so and they were able to observe the source of the light as an object that Leonard described as 'two saucers' open ends facing each other, glowing bright blue. The object then moved 'dead straight' horizontally across the sky. When it just appeared to clear the flagpole on the roof of the City Hall it came to an almost dead stop and Leonard clicked the shutter on the camera. The object then shot straight back up into the sky. 'They never seen anything fly so fast!' This scared them to death and they ran from the scene. The object made no sound."
It's important to note that this photo has no negative in existence and the UFO could very well be a “watermark defect that appeared during the development of the print.” (Source | Photo)
6. ROSETTA/NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY, 1956
Authenticated photo taken by meteorologist in 1956 (Photo Source)
This photo is one of seven taken by meteorologist Elizabeth Klarer just before a thunderstorm. Its authenticity has been confirmed in a notarized affadavit and she stood by her story until she died in 1994 at the age of 83.
I'd be remiss not to add that Elizabeth also claimed she was impregnated during a later encounter with a spaceship pilot. (Source)
One of the classics. This image portrays searchlights and anti-craft shells converging on a UFO during what would later be called The Battle of Los Angeles. Though visually stunning, this image is almost certainly not evidence of extraterrestrials. Most analysts believe this was a combination of heightened tensions with the Japanese and a weather balloon.
But have you ever watched the Fox TV Series, Fringe? Maybe someone is observing our reactions to these kinds of spectacles, studying us in some kind of experiment....you never know.
It's also worth pointing out that although the object took direct hits from ballistics, it never fell from the sky. (Source)
This photo was discovered in a family album by a man named Chris Miller in West Virginia. The full photo (which you can find HERE after you scroll down) depicts the man's grandfather and his brother, and something rather unidentified in the distant background. (Source)
A timelapse simulation from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) depicts seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China.
The video is a timelapse simulation that depicts seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China. The seven-day period is repeated several times during the course of the visualization.
Scientists used data from NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5), to depict the simulation’s volume-rendered clouds. This particular run of the simulation, called 7km GEOS-5 Nature Run (7km-G5NR), was executed on a supercomputer. This short visualization produced petabytes of output and referenced nearly a terabyte of brickmap files.
According to the SVS website, the goal of videos like the above is to provide the public with a clearer picture of our planet and our own place within it, as well as give people an idea of what NASA is all about: “The SVS works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and space science research activities at Goddard Space Flight Center and within the NASA research community.”
Based on this video, I’d say that they seem to have gotten things right.
Amazing UFO video filmed over Phoenix, Arizona 18-Aug-2017
Amazing UFO video filmed over Phoenix, Arizona 18-Aug-2017
This interesting footage of a multiple unidentified flying objects making maneuvers in the sky above Phoenix in Arizona was filmed on 18th August 2017.
What do you think about this video? Real or a CGI? Please leave your comments below!
Here’s one interesting daytime footage of a bright lights in the sky above El Paso in Texas. This was filmed on 19th March 2017.
Witness report:
Observed several round, reflective spheres ascending in sky. Continued watching them assume a pattern as they moved slowly from my sight. Sunday March 19 2017, while instructing a martial arts class at Eastwood park, El Paso TX, I stopped to drink some water. As I threw my head back to swig from the water bottle I noticed a series of perhaps 6 bright reflective balls, ascending quickly in a row, but curving in a C shaped flight pattern while ascending. They were not floating like balloons but rising rapidly. That caught my attention for sure ! It was midday and I marveled at this sight. From my initial vantage point, it looked like this string of spheres had started low to the ground. Within seconds they had reached an altitude of approx. 3000 ft. I work in army aviation and am fairly confident of the alt. Several of the spheres shot straight up and out of sight the remainder seemed to float aimlessly into a pattern. That’s when I grabbed my iPad and took the video. I clearly filmed what I thought were 3 spheres which had formed a triangular pattern, but in the video I see one or two more . One of my students also witnessed this event, but not from the beginning, only after he saw me run for the iPad and start filming. We both agreed this was high strangeness. The event ended with the spheres gradually moving in an eastern direction out of sight , while still in a triangular pattern. One of the objects appeared to be more reflective than the others. I have ruled out reflective balloons based on the way they flew. And the wind direction seems to have been out of the NE that day. Not sure what these spheres were. I got the feeling they were under controlled flight.
Video of Triangular-shaped Craft Spotted over the UK
Video of Triangular-shaped Craft Spotted over the UK
Sightings of bizarre triangular-shaped UFOs are being reported day by day, leading to claims that aliens could be visiting the Earth in the mysterious crafts. Unidentified flying objects come in all sizes and shapes, from a flying saucer that looks like cartoons up to cigar-shaped space ships. Triangular-shaped objects are another common breed, with the more famous encounters occurring in the 1980s and 1990s. Accounts of silent and large triangular-shaped crafts are now being reported every week, with hundreds of videos, photos, and drawings resurfacing every single day.
riangular-shaped aliens have been spotted all over the world, with notable sightings documented in South Carolina, California, Maryland, Texas, Buenos Aires, Virginia, and the United Kingdom. A bus driver saw a strange video footage of three aircraft. According to the latter, the strange object seen in the footage appears to make any altering triangle formation in the skies above the Exmouth. In fact, it formed a triangular pattern wobbling slightly and rotating on its axis. Currently, the case was being examined by the UFO specialist and investigators on April 17. The witness firmly believed that the object was not normal. Though he was already interested with aliens and extraterrestrials before, this does not hinder his credibility as an eyewitness of a strange sighting. He admitted, however, that his camera had a hard time focusing on te formation due to the street lights. He moved closer to the river for a better view and was able to shot a footage which lasted for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Afterward, he took seven photos and shot another 41-second video. He even shared his difficulty in going back to the bus and saw four people getting out of the car. He managed to point out the object to the people, but they seem not very interested.
Sightings of mysterious triangle spaceships do not appear to be the reason for any injury or harm.
Yes, I know … if it was truly ‘apocalyptic’, why are we here reading about it? That’s a good question – one of many we’ll try to answer as we look at a cloud that appeared over Brazil recently that looked pretty sinister to Brazilians and ‘apocalyptic’ to headline writers.
The mysterious cloud appeared on the evening of August 17th over Teixeira de Freitas, located at the southern in of the state of Bahia on Brazil’s Atlantic coast. It’s claim to fame until the possible apocalyptic sign has been its rapidly expanding array of large eucalyptus plantations which feed an expanding array of factories processing the plant for cellulose.
The primary witness to the eerie cloud was João Paulo Magalhães, who says he captured it on video at about 5 pm in the Santa Rita neighborhood of Teixeira de Freitas. He posted it on Facebook and gave this description:
“It really looked like the entrance to a meteorite or something. I was scared too, we thought it would form a tornado.”
“We” as in the other people who were with him at the petrol station where he saw the phenomenon. Magalhães was apparently not the only witness to record the cloud with his phone as other pictures soon appeared on the Internet. The reports with the photos said that the ominous-looking cloud dissipated after about five minutes — reducing fears and increasing speculations, especially with the full eclipse of the sun just four days away – even though it would not be seen in Brazil … no sense wasting a good opportunity to connect remote dots. That’s what many media outlets did with their “apocalyptic” headlines.
Another view of the mysterious cloud
Cooler heads – i.e., meteorologists who have their heads in the clouds as part of their job – looked at the photos and proclaimed the phenomenon to be nothing more than a “dust cloud”
A dust cloud. Move along. Nothing apocalyptic to see here. Well, that’s a relief. Or is it? No one gave any explanation for what caused the “dust cloud.” Dust clouds are not normal meteorological events. As mentioned before, Teixeira de Freitas has a booming eucalyptus economy that is controversial because the non-native plant is a huge consumer of water yet is ironically a big fire hazard because eucalyptus oil is highly flammable. Was this ‘dust cloud’ the result of a fire or dry conditions that those possibly responsible (agribusiness and factories) wanted covered up?
The residents of Teixeira de Freitas should demand more answers about this “dust cloud.” Ignoring the impact of business on the ecology of Brazil is a true apocalypse.
An incredible 30 second video clip shows intriguing sky action that allegedly took place on August 18th, 2017 in the Phoenix, Arizona area. We’ve been working to track down the original posting location of the video but have not yet been able to. If anyone knows who took the video below, please contact us as we’d love to ask a few questions. (Updates Below)
In this sighting you will see 5 crafts in the sky in a ‘W’ like formation. They then move around the sky and then the video abruptly ends. As a long time explorer and researcher of the UFO phenomenon let me be the first to say “I really want to see the end of this video.”
This is some of the most clear and intriguing footage I have seen, not to say there aren’t a lot of great videos out there, but more so that this video gives a clear example of the stunning sightings that have been taking place over the last 10 years in increased frequencies.
The first question that popped into my mind when I saw this video was “why hasn’t this been reported anywhere else?” Good question. When I looked around I wasn’t able to find any other videos or articles related to this sighting. But, this was also the case with another sighting we were sent back in April of 2017. It also took place in Phoenix and shortly after our article went out, more experiencers of the sighting reported on it. Soon the mainstream news reported on it, but claimed it was just a meteor breaking up and falling through the sky.
April 2017 sighting in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photo: Mauricio Morales
This is the thing with UFO sightings; many people see them and don’t record, report or tell anyone about them. I’ve seen a number of sightings in my life that came during CE-5 expeditions I used to do in my hometown years ago. We never brought cameras and thus never had media of it, yet we would often see between 8 and 10 crafts show up each time. We took the time to learn the difference between satellites, planes etc. so we could properly identify what we were seeing. Some of the most stunning sightings I’ve ever had were done during those expeditions, and yet none were recorded or published.
Think within yourself, how many times have you seen something you thought you were certain was a UFO yet never reported or told anyone about it?
Check out the video of the August 18th, 2017 sighting and be sure to read on below to discover why I think the UFO & ET phenomenon is by far one of the most important things happening to humanity right now.
The Importance Of The UFO & ET Phenomenon
I’ve said this many times over and I will say it again: the UFO and ET phenomenon that is rising heavily into humanities focus over the last 10 years is one of the most important things taking place for us as a whole. Why? Because it represents an evolution humanity direly needs, and gratefully, is experiencing.
In 2011 I began exploring in incredible detail a shift that is taking place on our planet. My work in this shift started back in 2009 when I first learned something grand was taking place on this planet and that things were changing rapidly, but it went full force during the filming of the latest documentary I made called CE3: The Shift, which you can watch for free here.
I explored this shift taking place through a scientific, cosmic, ancient cultural and modern events lens to help prove that we are in fact witnessing something we have never experienced as modern humans on this planet. A big part of this shift relates to humanity opening itself up to a truth that has been hidden from us for decades, one that allows us to realize we are not alone in the universe and one that would change the way we live on our planet entirely. The latter is the reason as to why the UFO and ET phenomenon has been so aggressively covered up.
Imagine for a moment that you are back in the times when humans in what we now call Europe were not aware of humans in what we now call America. Life is being lived and there are sets of traditions, cultures, and ways of doing things that are set. One day, after a very long boat ride Europeans discover the civilizations in America. Suddenly there are a whole new set of humans with different traditions, cultures, and ways of doing things that can now be learned from. Perhaps it could be seen that knowledge for these civilizations has in essence been doubled. This results in changes, evolutions, expansions in ways of doing things and so forth. Now, from a human consciousness point of view it also came with war and fighting, but as explored in the film I made, this is a factor of a primitive level of consciousness, one that we are evolving beyond in our current times. I know how it sounds, watch the film.
Joe Martino during his TEDx talk in NYC. Graph shows how solar cycles affect human consciousness.
Humans are now doing this exact same thing with ET’s. We have been playing amongst each other for thousands of years and we have learned immensely from one another. Just like it was time 60 years ago for us to start interacting deeply with ET’s, it’s even more so now, but we must work past the challenges set before us which are; a deep state controlling information, our ego minds, religious beliefs, and fears.
When we begin to interact with ET’s on a big level we are going to learn and open up to incredible new ideas, in the same way we will share ideas of states of consciousness with other beings. As humans, we often downplay ourselves and believe we are inferior to ET’s. This is of course a very mind and ego based view of ourselves, one that is often reinforced in our society, but it’s simply not true. ET’s do not view us in this manner, and unlike we have been told in many movies out there, ET’s are not an evil force waiting to come harvest or kill us. There are many races out there and virtually all are peaceful in nature.
It’s time to start opening up to them, clearing out our minds of fear and disbelief about a topic that is so abundant with evidence and begin to welcome a huge catalyst in an evolution within humanity that will help bring about peace on this planet.
Update 1:
I have found an article showing a drone display of UFOs that took place in Austin, Texas in 2017. There is a chance this video footage is from that same night although I have only found 1 article on this so far.
‘Massale UFO-waarneming’ in Phoenix. Wat hebben mensen hier vastgelegd?
‘Massale UFO-waarneming’ in Phoenix. Wat hebben mensen hier vastgelegd?
In Phoenix in de Amerikaanse staat Arizona zouden afgelopen week onbekende objecten in de lucht zijn waargenomen. Er wordt gesproken van een massale UFO-waarneming.
In onderstaand filmpje zijn vijf objecten te zien die in formatie door de lucht vliegen. Joe Martino van Collective Evolution schrijft dat dit één van de duidelijkste en meest intrigerende UFO-filmpjes is die hij ooit heeft gezien.
In april werden er ook al UFO’s gesignaleerd in Arizona. Toen legde Mauricio Morales vreemde objecten vast terwijl hij onderweg naar Phoenix was.
Niet het geval
Een bericht dat hij op Facebook plaatste werd in korte tijd vele duizenden keren gedeeld. Uiteindelijk berichtten ook de media erover, maar zij claimden dat het ging om een meteoor.
“ABC15 meldt dat de foto’s een meteoor tonen. Dat is niet het geval,” reageerde Morales.
Martino merkt op dat veel mensen UFO’s zien, maar er geen melding van maken. Of ze zien een UFO en leggen het object niet vast op beeld.
Bekijk het filmpje van de vijf objecten hieronder:
Phoenix Lights
Op 13 maart 1997 werden in het luchtruim boven Phoenix in Arizona de zogeheten Phoenix Lights gezien, een reeks massaal gemelde UFO’s.
Het incident is één van de best gedocumenteerde UFO-meldingen. Er werden foto’s en video’s gemaakt en CNN deed er verslag van.
Niet van deze wereld
Meer dan 700 ooggetuigen beweerden dat ze toen driehoekige UFO’s hadden gezien met vijf bolvormige lampen of lichtgevende motoren.
Fife Symington, de toenmalige gouverneur van Arizona, was één van de ooggetuigen. Later beschreef hij de objecten als ‘niet van deze wereld’.
It’s just days before an eclipse of a lifetime and as the world readies for the sight and some for the energetic shifts, a new crop circle has appeared in a field at Sutton Hall near London Southend Airport. The circle was discovered on August 17, 2017 but it’s meaning, if any, is not yet fully understood. A crop circle with meaning you might ask? Yes, evidence has shown time and time again that many of these circles have incredible scientific anomalies and thus people believe the formations come from somewhere or something else.
On the scientific side, the electromagnetic field over the area where a circle appears is usually electrostatically charged. There is also a rare form of electromagnetic energy called an “ionized plasma vortex,” also known as ball lighting, involved with these formations.
Let’s have a closer look at this and imagine for a moment. In this particular formation, it appears the overall appearance resembles a “radio broadcast tower” with a “satellite dish” near the top. In this case, its “satellite dish” resembles the usual symbols for a “solar eclipse.” Interesting considering we will have the Great American Eclipse in just a couple days on August 21, 2017.
So what might this mean? Could we be receiving some sort of radio message from somewhere or someone at that time? Might it simply mean that new frequencies are coming onto our planet as a result of the eclipse? As we explored deeply in our latest documentary The Collective Evolution III: The Shift, celestial bodies, including the sun, have a great impact on our physical bodies, minds, and consciousness. This eclipse will be no different, and our in-house astrologer Carmen DiLuccio has outlined how this eclipse may affect you in his latest article about the eclipse.
The next intriguing aspect of this formation are the many symbols that seem to be arranged in three separate columns of seven ‘boxes’ each. What do the symbols mean? We don’t know yet.
The lower base of this “radio broadcast tower” points toward London Southend Airport in the distance (as noted using a white dashed line):
In the end, do we know what this crop circle means? Not yet, but there are certainly some interesting aspects to it and its timing. With the eclipse coming up, it may simply serve as a reminder to take some time to be present during the eclipse tomorrow.
Set some intentions related to what our in-house astrologer suggests:
“What is your heart telling you to create at this time? What steps can you take to help you in fulfilling your passions? What possibilities out there currently excite you and perhaps make you feel more free? What is getting in the way of you expressing your heart more? In what area of your life do you need to be the King, Queen, or Superstar? How can you express yourself in ways that are more innovative, authentic and reflective of who you truly are?”
Not sure whether or not you believe in the legitimacy of crop circles? Have a look at the research we’ve pulled together in our coverage of crop circles here.
Nieuwe graancirkel in Essex verwijst naar zonsverduistering. Wat betekenen deze vreemde symbolen?
Nieuwe graancirkel in Essex verwijst naar zonsverduistering. Wat betekenen deze vreemde symbolen?
In Sutton Hall in het Engelse graafschap Essex is een intrigerende graancirkel verschenen die lijkt te verwijzen naar de totale zonsverduistering die vandaag te zien is.
De formatie is op 17 augustus ontdekt, maar het is nog niet duidelijk wat de betekenis ervan is, schrijft Collective Evolution.
De graancirkel doet denken aan een zendmast met een schotelantenne. In de schotelantenne is een zonsverduistering te zien.
Timing
Symbolen (Crop Circle Connector)
Betekent dit dat we een radioboodschap van iets of iemand gaan ontvangen?
Verder zijn in drie verschillende ‘kolommen’ een aantal symbolen te zien die zijn verdeeld in meerdere ‘blokken’. Het is onduidelijk wat al deze symbolen betekenen.
De onderzijde van de ‘zendmast’ wijst richting London Southend Airport.
Hoewel we nog niet weten wat deze graancirkel betekent, is de timing interessant.
Smalle strook
De zonsverduistering is vandaag zichtbaar vanuit een smalle strook die vrijwel diagonaal over de VS loopt.
Vele miljoenen mensen zullen er getuige van zijn hoe het felle oppervlak van de zon gedurende enkele minuten wordt afgedekt door de maan.
Zeldzame verschijnsel
Het is voor het eerst sinds 1979 dat er vanuit de VS een totale zonsverduistering te zien is.
De eclips zal naar verwachting leiden tot enorme files en verkeersopstoppingen. Alle Amerikaanse media besteden uitgebreid aandacht aan dit zeldzame verschijnsel.
Apocalyptische wolk gespot boven Brazilië. Kijk hoe lokale bewoners erop reageerden
Apocalyptische wolk gespot boven Brazilië. Kijk hoe lokale bewoners erop reageerden
Brazilianen keken donderdagmiddag raar op toen ze een mysterieuze wolk in de lucht zagen. Sommigen dachten dat het een teken van onheil was.
Op het eerste gezicht lijkt de wolk op het spoor van een meteoriet of een tornado, schrijft zender RT.
Joao Paulo Magalhaes legde de wolkformatie in al zijn glorie vast boven de stad Teixeira de Freitas in de deelstaat Bahia.
Werk van God
Magalhaes zei dat de ‘zeer ongewone’ wolk slechts vier minuten te zien was. Mensen waren bezorgd dat de formatie een tornado zou vormen.
“Het leek echt op het spoor van een meteoriet of zoiets,” zei hij. Ook andere inwoners van de stad plaatsten foto’s van het fenomeen. Sommigen spraken van het ‘werk van God’.
Massive UFO and Multi Level Structure appear near the Sun
Massive UFO and Multi Level Structure appear near the Sun
NASA’s SOHO satellite LASCO C2 has transmitted some images of strange anomalies very close to the sun on August 20, 2017.
A massive anomaly appears at 07.48 and seems to be a multi level structure containing a number of square/rectangular looking entrances, then at 08.12 a huge unknown object (UFO?) appears at the same spot upon which the object and the structure disappear moments later.
It looks like the structure is not connected to the sun and although it seems unlikely, could it be that a UFO flies into an interdimensional portal or maybe the multi level structure is a giant extraterrestrial mothership with hangars/landing platforms for incoming or outgoing UFO’s?
Whatever it may have been, both objects certainly were not high-energy particles called neutrinos coming from the sun. Interestingly, the images of the unknown objects have been captured a few hours before the onset of the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017.
For any Mars exploration plans, surviving on the Red Planet is as important as getting there. This is why NASA is looking forward to its Mars 2020 Rover mission, which would include a test for making oxygen on the Red Planet's surface.
SMALL STEPS FOR MAN
Getting humans to land on Mars is the biggest space project this generation will ever see. Such a bold endeavor—getting humans to another world—comes with a cornucopia of nitty-gritty details to iron out. These details need to be set before we can even begin to proceed with a manned mission.
The most obvious is the need to build rockets and spacecraft able to ferry probes (carrying food and other supplies) and people. For NASA’s mission to Mars, this also entails the construction of a lunar space station that’ll serve as a jump-off point to the rest of the solar system.
Speaking to Futurism after the successful launch of SpaceX’s CRS-12 mission on Monday, NASA Acting Chief Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Jr. explained how getting to Mars requires small, incremental steps, and he noted that NASA has a remarkable project in the works. “When you look at our plans today [for getting to Mars], we use the International Space Station as much as we can…for example, our life support systems, we test them up there.” He added that the Moon would be the next logical step in this process.
But getting to Mars and surviving there are two disparate yet equally important aspects of the same mission. “We try and make sure that, when we do a science mission or a human spaceflight mission, that we have a cross between the science and the human exploration,” Lightfoot explained.
MAKING LIFE POSSIBLE
Now no one wants to fly to Mars, land on the ground, yawp “I did it!”and then turn around and head home. Space exploration is more than symbolic pretense. We want to stay on Mars and install a colony. Of course, the eventual plan is to terraform Mars, but that could take thousands of years to accomplish — if it’s at all possible.
So, in Lightfoot’s mind, we ought to start small, and there’s nothing more basic for survival on Mars (or anywhere) than having a secure source of air to breathe. “The next lander that is going to Mars, Mars 2020, has an experiment where we are going to try and actually generate oxygen out of the atmosphere on Mars, clearly that’s for human capability down the road,” Lightfoot said.
The Mars 2020 Rover. Image credit: NASA
What we know is that the Red Planet’s atmosphere is thinner than Earths, with some 95.32 percent carbon dioxide, 2.7 percent nitrogen, 1.6 percent argon, and about 0.13 oxygen, plus a bunch of other elements in even smaller amounts. By contrast, the Earth’s atmosphere has 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen. Water won’t be much of a problem, though.
Is it possible to make oxygen from Mar’s atmosphere? NASA’s had plans for this since 2014, when it first revealed the Mars 2020 Rover. It involves bringing some microbial life to Mars, perhaps bacteria or algae, that would would use Martian soil as fuel and then pump out oxygen as a product. The oxygen could then be harnessed and made available for breathing and also to make rocket fuel for return flights to Earth.
It may sound like science fiction right now, but lab experiments have shown that it’s possible. That’s why the Mars 2020 Rover mission is crucial. Other efforts to make Mars habitable include plans of building a magnetic shield around the planet, similar to Earth’s, building a nuclear reactor, as well as growing potatoes like in Matt Damon in The Martian.
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
By Live Science Staff
Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.
1. Eclipse Drawings
The rock art depicting a solar eclipse, possibly from A.D. 1097, looked "more celebratory than frightening," said a University of Colorado archaeoastronomer.
Credit: J Mckim Malville/University of Colorado
Millions of people will gaze at the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21, shooting photographs and taking selfies. A thousand years ago, early Pueblo people, called Chacoans, captured their experiences of a total solar eclipse by carving it into a rock — a circle with looping streamers that resemble the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. [Read more about the celebration.]
2. Floating Bugs
Using a home-built acoustic levitator, scientists were able to levitate Styrofoam, water, coffee and paper.
If you've ever dreamed of suspending a spider in thin air or floating an ant in midair (and who hasn't?), new research has your back.
Acoustic levitation is about more than befuddling your neighborhood ants: Researchers can use levitation to study physical properties in microgravity, Marzo and his colleagues wrote. [Read more about the miniature machine.]
3. Raising Awareness
A screengrab of a video featuring Kaylee Moats, 22, who was born with a rare condition that affects the female reproductive organs.
Credit: Barcroft TV/YouTube
A woman in Arizona who was born without a vagina — the result of a rare condition — is speaking out about her condition, and raising money for a surgery to treat it.
People with this condition are genetically female (meaning they have two X chromosomes), and have normally functioning ovaries. They also have normal external genitalia, and so the condition is usually discovered only when women do not get their period, as was the case for Moats. [Read more about the rare condition.]
4. Whiskey and Water
Whiskey connoisseurs have long thought that mixing a few drops of water with the drink could enhance its flavor.
Many historical figures have waxed poetic over whiskey. For instance, playwright George Bernard Shaw opined that "whisky is liquid sunshine," while author Mark Twain thought "too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough." [Read more about the drink.]
5. L'il Pup Blue
Dogs of a different color have been spotted roaming the streets of Navi Mumbai in India, according to news reports.
So far, dogs seem to be the only animals affected by the blue dye. But animal rights activists said that other animals, including birds and reptiles, may also be affected. [Read more about the pollution.]
6. Chilesaurus
A 7-year-old boy discovered Chilesaurus diegosuarezi in southern Chile in 2010 during a geology expedition with his parents.
Credit: Gabriel Lío
A bizarre-looking dinosaur discovered by a young boy in Chile may be the missing link showing how members of one major dinosaur lineage evolved into a completely new dinosaur group, a new study finds.
This isn't the first time Chilesaurus has turned heads. In 2010, 7-year-old Diego Suárez, the son of two geologists, found the 145-million-year-old beast in southern Chile's Toqui Formation. [Read more about the missing link.]
7. Predicting Eclipses
This ancient Greek "computer" called the Antikythera mechanism continues to puzzle scientists as to what it was used for.
Credit: Wikipedia Commons
More than 2,000 years before the Great American Solar Eclipse, which will darken the skies over the U.S. on Aug. 21, astronomers in ancient Greece developed their own "supercomputer" to predict eclipses just like this one.
Though the mysterious astronomical calculator's 2,000 years under the sea have corroded it, scientists have used 3D imaging to reveal some of the text on the box, which provides instructions on how to use it, according to a 2016 study published in the journal Almagest. [Read more about the ancient computer.]
8. Fear and the Eclipse
The wolves Skroll and Hati pursuing the sun and moon in Norse legend. An eclipse was said to occur if they got close enough to their prey.
Credit: Hélène Adeline Guerber
Total solar eclipses have inspired wonder and awe throughout history, with the first known reference to an eclipse dating back about 5,000 years. But when the moon passes between Earth and the sun and darkens skies across the United States on Aug. 21, there will be one major difference between modern-day skywatchers and ancient cultures that witnessed the same celestial phenomenon: We'll have much less fear. [Read more about the ancient lore.]
9. More Dangers at Fukushima
A TEPCO employee looks at a destroyed reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is still severely damaged from the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that crippled it in March 2011. But now, the area is facing another threat: What is thought to be an undetonated World War II-era bomb was discovered on the grounds of the power plant, according to news sources.
Fukushima police plan to examine the device to confirm that it actually is a bomb, and they will decide how to dispose of it if it is still explosive, according to The Mainichi. [Read more about bomb.]
10. Antarctic Dangers?
Aaron Curtis, a postdoctoral scholar at JPL, peers into the caldera of Mt. Erebus, an active volcano in Antarctica.
Credit: Dylan Taylor/NASA JPL
Nearly 100 previously unknown volcanoes lurk beneath Antarctica, and scientists still don't know how many of these volcanoes are active.
The Ocumetics Bionic Lens essentially replaces a person's natural eye lens, given them the ability to see three times better than 20/20 vision. Though not yet available to the public, human trials are expected to begin on the lenses in July 2017.
A CLEAR PROBLEM
Most of us take our vision for granted. As a result, we take the ability to read, write, drive, and complete a multitude of other tasks for granted. However, unfortunately, sight is not so easy for everyone.
Cataracts account for about a third of these. The National Eye Institute reports that more than half of all Americans will have cataracts or will have had cataract surgery by the time they are 80, and in low- and middle-income countries, they’re the leading cause of blindness.
But now, people with vision problems may have new hope.
A WELCOME SIGHT
Soon, cataracts may be the thing of the past, and even better, it may be possible to see a staggering three times better than 20/20 vision. Oh, and you could do it all without wearing glasses or contacts.
So what exactly does having three times better vision mean? If you can currently read a text that is 10 feet away, you would be able to read the same text from 30 feet away. What’s more, people who currently can’t see properly might be able to see a lot better than the average person.
This development comes thanks to the Ocumetics Bionic Lens. This dynamic lens essentially replaces a person’s natural eye lens. It’s placed into the eye via a saline-filled syringe, after which it unravels itself in under 10 seconds.
It may sound painful, but Dr. Garth Webb, the optometrist who invented the Ocumetics Bionic Lens, says that the procedure is identical to cataract surgery and would take just about eight minutes. He adds that people who have the specialized lenses surgically inserted would never get cataracts and that the lenses feel natural and won’t cause headaches or eyestrain.
The Bionic Lens may sound like a fairy tale (or sci-fi dream), but it’s not. It is actually the end result of years and years of research and more than a little funding — so far, the lens has taken nearly a decade to develop and has cost US$3 million.
There is still some ways to go before you will be able to buy them, but if the timeline Webb offered in an interview with Eye Design Optometry holds up, human studies will begin in July 2017, and the bionic lenses will be available to the public in March 2018.
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Enormous Pyramid Just Discovered in Antarctica Could Change How We Look At History Forever
Enormous Pyramid Just Discovered in Antarctica Could Change How We Look At History Forever
Google Earth: It’s good for more than just looking at aerial views of where your ex is living now.
As it turns out, it’s good for a whole lot more, actually: Recently, Google Earth satellite imagery discovered a constellation of three snow-covered pyramids in Antarctica. Scientists and researchers are, admittedly, rather taken aback.
Two of the three pyramids are about 10 miles inland, while the third is directly near the coastline.
The implications? Well, this discovery could end up re-writing our entire history. No research has ever mentioned a civilization in Antarctica, much less one with the technological know-how to construct pyramids. So, how did these pyramids get there? That answer requires a look back in time.
As any 3rd-grader knows, Antarctica is cold. Really cold. Frozen, actually, at least until climate change has something to say about it. But it wasn’t always this way; over millions of years, Antarctica has drifted from a position closer to the equator to its present perma-frozen location. The British Antarctic Survey backs this up:
with doctor Vanessa Bowman saying “Go back 100 million years ago, and Antarctica was covered in lush rainforests similar to those that exist in New Zealand today.
NASA seems to agree, too. In an expedition to Antarctica’s Lake Vida, they discovered unexpected microbial lifeforms trapped under a 65-foot-thick sheet of ice. They resemble descendants of microorganisms from much warmer climates.
Today’s technology couldn’t begin to touch the idea of building a pyramid in Antarctica. Manpower and logistics alone would tank the project before it even started. Clearly, these pyramids were built in the past — a time when Antarctica was inhabited.
Which presents a tremendously complicated problem for our view of history: About 100 million years ago, someone was building pyramids on the Antarctica that was then located at the equator. With estimates of human civilization not stretching back even close to far enough to account for this, maybe it’s time we start looking for some different timelines.
Egyptian pyramids are still a point of fascination for generations of modern humans. They’ve stood the test of time. So what of these even-more-ancient pyramids? What might we learn of their builders, should we go explore them?
Strangely, this wouldn’t have occurred without climate change — making it, officially, the only time that I’ve had reason to be happy that it’s so much hotter outside every year.
Planet Earth is home to some spectacular relics from bygone eras, constructions that seem to defy the technological capabilities of their time either because they’re too big, too heavy, or too complex.
As such, some suggest the ancient builders of the Egyptian pyramids, the Nasca lines, and others were following an extraterrestrial instruction manual. Perhaps the hands that crafted these sites weren’t really of this world.
To be sure, it’s fun to think about whether aliens have visited Earth. After all, humans are on the threshold of expanding our reach in space, and places like Mars are in our sight. But the truth is, there’s no evidence suggesting that aliens have ever been here. And invoking a supernatural explanation for some of the most monumental of human achievements means skipping over the fascinating ways in which prehistoric civilizations managed to make some of the largest and most enigmatic constructions on Earth.
1. SACSAYHUAMÁN
The ancient fortress of Sacsayhuamán contrasts with Cusco's modern buildings.
PHOTOGRAPH BY HEIKO MEYER, LAIF/REDUX
Outside the old Inca capital of Cusco, a fortress called Sacsayhuamán rests in the Peruvian Andes. Built from enormous stones that have been chiseled and stacked together like a jigsaw puzzle, some say Sacsayhuamán could be the work of an ancient civilization that had a little help from interstellar friends.
The 1,000-year-old interlocking fortress walls are made of rocks that weigh as much as 360 tons each, and which were carried more than 20 miles before being lifted and fit into place with laser-like precision.
How an ancient culture accomplished such a feat of engineering is a fun little problem to solve; turns out the Inca were as adept at building houses and fortified complexes as they were at watching the sky and keeping calendars. In fact, Sacsayhuamán isn’t the only example of this intricate masonry: Similar walls exist throughout the Inca Empire, including one in Cusco where a 12-angled stone has been carefully wedged into place.
More recently, archaeologists have uncovered traces of the rope-and-lever system the Inca used to transport stones from their quarries to their cities—a system that relied on strength and ingenuity, rather than alien architects.
2. NASCA LINES
A plane glides over an ancient spider geoglyph in the Peruvian desert.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CLARK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
On a high and dry plateau some 200 miles southeast of Lima, more than 800 long, straight white lines are etched into the Peruvian desert, seemingly at random. Joining them are 300 geometric shapes and 70 figures of animals, including a spider, monkey, and hummingbird.
The longest of the lines run straight as an arrow for miles. The biggest shapes stretch nearly 1,200 feet across and are best viewed from the air. Scientists suspect the Nasca drawings are as many as two millennia old, and because of their age, size, visibility from above, and mysterious nature, the lines are often cited as one of the best examples of alien handiwork on Earth. Otherwise, how would an ancient culture have been able to make such huge designs in the desert without being able to fly? And why?
Turns out, it’s rather easy to understand the how. Called geoglyphs, these enigmatic designs are made by removing the top, rust-colored layer of rocks and exposing the brighter white sand underneath.
The why is a bit tougher to comprehend. First studied in the early 1900s, the designs were initially suspected to be aligned with constellations or solstices, but more recent work suggests the Nasca lines point to ceremonial or ritual sites related to water and fertility. And in addition to being visible from the air, the shapes can be seen from surrounding foothills.
3. EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
The sun sets over the Giza necropolis on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
PHOTOGRAPH BY EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI, REDUX
Just outside Cairo, in Giza, the most famous of Egypt’s pyramids rise from the desert. Built more than 4,500 years ago, the Pyramids at Giza are monumental tombs where ancient queens and pharaohs were buried.
But how, exactly, did the Egyptians build these things? The Great Pyramid is made of millions of precisely hewn stones weighing at least two tons each. Even with today’s cranes and other construction equipment, building a pyramid as big as that of Pharaoh Khufu would be a formidable challenge.
And then there’s the astronomical configuration of the pyramids, which is said to align with the stars in Orion’s belt. As well, alien theorists often point to the fact that these three pyramids are in way better shape than others built centuries later (never mind the amount of work that has gone into preserving them over the past several centuries).
So are Egypt’s pyramids artifacts of aliens? Not exactly. It’s true that scientists aren’t quite sure how the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids—and especially how they did it so quickly—but there’s ample evidence that these tombs are the work of thousands of earthly hands.
4. STONEHENGE
Bands of pink and purple streak the sky over Stonehenge at dawn.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PHILIP KRAMER, GETTY IMAGES
A huge circle of stones, some weighing as much as 50 tons, sits in the English countryside outside Salisbury. Known as Stonehenge, the Neolithic monument inspired Swiss author Erich von Däniken to suggest it was a model of the solar system that also functioned as an alien landing pad—after all, how else could those massive stones have ended up hundreds of miles from their home quarry?
No one knows what, exactly, the meaning of Stonehenge is, but, as with all the other sites in this collection, the explanation is not aliens. Instead, scientists have demonstrated it’s actually possible to build such a thing using technologies that would have been around 5,000 years ago, when the earliest structures at the site were built.
And now, it appears as though the stones are aligned with solstices and eclipses, suggesting the Stonehenge builders were at least keeping an eye on the heavens, even if they didn’t come from above.
5. TEOTIHUACÁN
Teotihuacán’s Pyramid of the Sun rises up against the cobalt sky in Mexico City.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT FRIED, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
Teotihuacán, meaning the "City of the Gods," is a sprawling, ancient city in Mexico that’s best known for its pyramidal temples and astronomical alignments. Built more than 2,000 years ago, Teotihuacán’s age, size, and complexity can make it seem otherworldly, but it’s very much the work of humans.
Scientists suspect that over centuries, a mix of cultures including Maya, Zapotec, and Mixtec built the city that could house more than 100,000 people. With its murals, tools, transportation system, and evidence of advanced agricultural practices, Teotihuacán is often considered much more technologically developed than should have been possible in pre-Aztec Mexico.
By far, the most well known of Teotihuacán’s buildings is the massive Pyramid of the Sun. One of the largest such constructions in the Western Hemisphere, the pyramid’s curious alignment is believed to be based on calendrical cycles.
6. EASTER ISLAND
Moai dot the grassy hills of Easter Island, a Chilean territory located in the southeastern Pacific.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOCHEM D. WIJNANDS, GETTY IMAGES
The enigmas surrounding the moai, Easter Island’s fleet of large stone figures, pretty much follow the same narrative as the other sites described here: How in the world did the Rapa Nui make these figures more than 1,000 years ago? And how did the moai end up on Easter Island?
Carved from stone, the nearly 900 human figures are sprinkled along the flanks of the island’s extinct volcanoes. The figures average 13 feet tall and weigh 14 tons and appear to have been chiseled from the soft volcanic tuff found in the Rano Raraku quarry. There, more than 400 statues are still in various states of construction, with some completed figures awaiting transportation to their intended resting place.
The reasons for carving the moai are mysterious, though they were likely sculpted for religious or ritual reasons. It’s also not exactly clear what happened to the stone-crafting Rapa Nui, but a leading theory suggests their civilization succumbed to an environmental disaster of their own making … which is something that probably could have been prevented had ancient aliens bestowed their infinite wisdom upon the culture.
7. THE FACE ON MARS
NASA's Viking 1 orbiter took this photograph of Mars in 1976. Shadows in the rock formation create an illusion of a human face.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA/JPL
If Elon Musk has his way, humans will be capable of visiting the “face on Mars” sometime this century. Spotted by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1976, the so-called face is nearly two miles long and is in a region called Cydonia, which separates the smooth plains of the Martian north from the more cratered terrain in the south. At the time, scientists dismissed the “face” as shadow play, but over the decades it has become a favorite among those who suspect aliens with a penchant for building things have been visiting the solar system.
In 2001, NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor took another good look at the face—using a much higher resolution camera—and saw … no face. Turns out that what had appeared to be a face is just another boring old Martian mesa, kind of like the landforms that litter the U.S. Southwest.
But that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be fun to visit.
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam think they may have solved the mystery of how the Egyptians constructed the pyramids. They believe that the ancient builders could have use sleds to transport the massive stones after adding water to the sand in front of the sled.
AN ANCIENT MYSTERY
Scientists are plagued by a number of questions regarding ancient times, and one of the most perplexing is how the ancient Egyptians moved the huge stones needed to build the pyramids. The stones often weighed as much as 2.5 tons, and without the assistance of modern technology, moving an object of that size and weight is a truly amazing feat.
A number of individuals have proposed different ways this task could have been accomplished — alien builders is probably one of the more far-fetched. Now, it seems that we finally have a clear answer, and no, it does not involve extraterrestrials.
Researches from the University of Amsterdam think this ancient architectural mystery may have a rather simple solution: water.
Ultimately, the problem of moving these massive stones comes down to decreasing the amount of friction. In order to transport materials, ancient peoples would often utilize large sleds. Much like individuals who use sled-dogs in snowy climates, these sleds enabled dessert dwellers to carry a lot of material a long distance across the desert sands.
However, if you try to transport something really heavy (say, 2.5 tons) via one of these sleds, it will simply sink into the ground, digging into the sand at the front when it’s pulled. This sand would eventually build up, forming what is called a “berm,” and it would have to be regularly cleared away.
Obviously, this would be a terribly slow and tiresome process. In fact, it would be a very, very slow process. We know that the Great Pyramid took 20 years to build and required some 100,000 slaves, and the numbers just don’t add up when standard sled transportation enters the equation.
So if all of the aforementioned conditions make it highly unlikely that the structure could have been completed in such a timeframe using that method, how was it built?
A NEWLY DISCOVERED SOLUTION
The key is water. Wet sand does not build up the same way that dry sand does. If you achieve just the right level of dampness, microdroplets of water will bind the grains of sand together, with capillary bridges forming across the grains.
Ultimately, this prevents the sand from berming in front of the sled. Amazingly, this process also cuts the amount of force required to drag the sled in half, which would make it possible to complete the project in the time we know that it took.
A large statue is being transported by sledge. A person standing on the front of the sledge wets the sand. Image Credit: Daniel Bonn
The physicists placed a laboratory version of the Egyptian sledge in a tray of sand. They determined both the required pulling force and the stiffness of the sand as a function of the quantity of water in the sand. To determine the stiffness, they used a rheometer, which shows how much force is needed to deform a certain volume of sand.
Experiments revealed that the required pulling force decreased proportional to the stiffness of the sand…A sledge glides far more easily over firm desert sand simply because the sand does not pile up in front of the sledge as it does in the case of dry sand.
What’s more, ancient cave art seems to support this hypothesis. The artwork in the tomb of Djehutihotep reveals a scene of slaves hauling a colossal statue of the Middle Kingdom ruler. At the front, a person is depicted pouring liquid into the sand.
Now, we just need to figure out how the heck they made Stonehenge…
British aerospace firm Reaction Engines Limited (REL) is working on an aircraft that will be able to transport passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours, while also being able to reach outer space.
FASTER TRANSPORTATION
Who wouldn’t want to have breakfast on the French Riviera, take a walk along the Great Wall of China in the afternoon, and then cap off the evening by staring at stars above the Alaskan wilderness? That fantastic day might be possible soon, thanks to British aerospace firm Reaction Engines Limited (REL). The company is working on an aircraft that will be able to transport passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours.
Yes. That’s four hours.
Passengers will have options beyond just traveling fast here on Earth — they’ll also be given the opportunity to journey into space aboard the in-development plane, which the firm refers to as the Skylon.
The Skylon is powered by a new kind of engine known as a SABRE. The company is already testing the engine system and is planning the first test flights for 2019. REL asserts that this engine will be capable of operating as a jet engine and a rocket engine. Amazingly, it will have the ability to power an aircraft at up to five times the speed of sound within the atmosphere, or it could send a craft directly into Earth’s orbit at 25 times the speed of sound.
A number of tests (more than 700, thus far, including experiments that analyze the structural integrity and aerodynamic stability) have so far proven successful. If things continue to unfold as planned, David Willetts, the United Kingdom’s Minister for Universities and Science, believes that this design will completely alter the way that we travel and the way that we get to space.
The engine being developed by Reaction Engines is a potential game-changer in terms of space technology. This successful testing validates the assessment made of the engine concept by the UK Space Agency back in 2010 and is yet another example of the UK’s world class space industry. It would be a fantastic achievement if we could one day use this home-grown technology for our own commercial space launches.
CHEAPER SPACE TRAVEL
Many of REL’s recent developments come thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA), which is working with the firm in order to secure cost-efficient space transportation.
In July of 2013, the U.K. earmarked £60 million for the development of a full-scale prototype of the SABRE engine, citing the viability of its core technologies based on testing performed by the ESA. In June of 2014, a study was carried out in response to the ESA’s New European Launch Service requirements, which are aimed at lowering the cost of European launch services by around 2020. The study found that Skylon is, potentially, Europe’s most cost-effective way to achieve space access.
Ultimately, each of these crafts are estimated to cost the equivalent of $1.1 billion United States dollars. Yes, that sounds like a lot of money. However, the Association of Aerospace Universities notes that it will be able to repay its development costs, meet its servicing and operating costs, and make profits for its operators whilst being an order of magnitude cheaper than current space transportation systems.
REL also conducted a study on the passenger capabilities of the craft, and they found that a trip to orbit in an upright seat would be suitable for stays in Zero-G for up to 14 days. It would initially cost around 350,000 Euros, which very few of us could afford, but the company notes that the cost would drop significantly in time (using the craft for standard travel would, presumably, cost a lot less).
A SUPER-COOL DEVICE
The plane relies on a device called the precooler in order to function. This technology will cool the air entering Skylon’s engines from more than 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit) down to -150 degrees Celsius (-238 degrees Fahrenheit) in one one-hundredth of a second. This means that the engine system will be able to run at a much higher power than is currently possible.
The SABRE Engine is a hybrid air breathing rocket engine. In the past, attempts to design single stage to orbit rockets have been unsuccessful largely due to the weight of oxidiser, such as liquid oxygen. To reduce the quantity of oxidiser that a vehicle is required to carry, one feasible solution is being able to use atmospheric oxygen in the combustion process. The SABRE engine does this, allowing a two mode operation using both an air-breathing and conventional rocket type operation. This is made possible through a synthesis of elements from rocket and gas turbine technology.
Unfortunately, the plane won’t have any windows; however, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Some companies are now putting cameras on the outside of the planes and live streaming a 360-degree view on the inside walls for passengers.
REL is also in talks with the United States about using this technology, and it may be utilized in hypersonic aircraft built by the U.S. military. Alan Bond, who invented Skylon and SABRE along with a team of engineers, shared some details with Space.com:
The Air Force research laboratories in the States have carried out some modeling to verify that the SABRE does actually work, that it is a real engine, and so I am hoping they are going to confirm that very soon. This is obviously opening doors in the United States, and again, I can’t say a great deal about that, but we have very good dialogue going across the Atlantic. In the next couple of years, it’s going to be quite exciting.
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