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Could this be Atlantis? Ancient ruins flooded off the Spanish coast are the lost city declare UK satellite experts
Could this be Atlantis? Ancient ruins flooded off the Spanish coast are the lost city declare UK satellite experts
Private company Merlin Burrows examined previously found ancient ruins
Experts have long thought the sites off the coast of Spain were Roman or Greek
But Merlin Burrows says they once formed part of the city of Atlantis
The location of the lost city of Atlantis may finally have been discovered, according to one team of historians.
Ancient ruins examined using satellite imagery provide evidence that the city's huge harbour walls once stood in southern Spain, the experts say.
Many of the sites studied by the team were already known to archaeologists, and are thought to have been constructed by the ancient Romans and Greeks.
Now researchers at private satellite imaging firm Merlin Burrows claim to have found evidence that the sites were in fact built by a mysterious ancient people known as the Atlanteans.
Atlantis was recorded in the writings of Greek philosopher Plato, who in 400 BC described an advanced island civilisation that ruled a vast maritime empire, some 9,000 years before his own era.
The city of Atlantis at the centre of this empire was described as having an enormous harbour wall, huge entrance pillars, a temple to the god Poseidon and massive circular pieces of land carved out by the Atlanteans to live on.
It is thought a cataclysmic natural disaster, such as a tsunami or volcanic event, eventually wiped out the Atlanteans, consigning their legacy to legend.
Scientists are yet to find conclusive evidence that Atlantis existed. Many scholars believe Plato invented the story as a way to present his philosophical theories.
Picture shows what UK firm believes are the remnants of the harbour wall of Atlantis which was said to five-and-a-half miles long. Plato wrote that this wall was '50 stadia long' which would make it around five-and-a-half miles (9 km) in length
Image shows formations inside the Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain. They may be evidence of islands depicted by Plato in his story of Atlantis. The philosopher described how buildings were propped up on a mixture of natural and man made island structures
Pictured are a selection of the sites studied by the team at Merlin Burrows, a satellite imaging company based in Yorkshire. The white line shows where researchers believe the harbour wall described by Plato was built
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ATLANTIS?
Atlantis was recorded in the writings of the famed Greek philosopher Plato around 400 BC.
He described an advanced island civilisation that ruled a vast maritime empire.
According to Plato, Atlantis existed some 9,000 years before his own era.
The city of Atlantis at the centre of this empire was described as having, among other features, an enormous harbour wall and huge entrance pillars.
It had a temple to the god Poseidon and massive circular pieces of land carved out by the Atlanteans to live on.
It is thought a cataclysmic natural disaster, such as a tsunami or volcanic event, eventually wiped out the Atlanteans, consigning their legacy to legend.
Scientists are yet to find conclusive evidence that Atlantis ever existed, and many scholars believe Plato invented the myth as a way to present his philosophical theories.
Experts at Merlin Burrows believe the flooded ruins of the legendary city are off the coast of southern Spain.
The location is somewhere north of the city of Cadiz, Andalucía, centred around the Doñana National Park, which the historians believe was once a vast inland sea.
And they claim that south and north of the park there is further evidence of the ancient civilisation, with 15 other settlements dotted along the coastline.
Most of these settlements are believed to be of Roman or Greek origin by archaeologists, as each civilisation once occupied the area.
But now using unique satellite investigation techniques, aerial photography and ground observations of the site, British experts believe they have found all the features of Atlantis Plato described and evidence of how they were destroyed.
Although some scholars believe Atlantis to be a myth, Merlin Burrows claim their discoveries will once and for all prove the lost civilisation existed.
Maritime historian Tim Akers, head of research at Merlin Burrows, said not only had they discovered Atlantis, but also found the people were incredibly advanced.
He said 'laboratory analysis' of material recovered from Spain showed evidence of a type of cement not seen before, as well as ancient advanced metallurgy.
A greenish blue patina has been found covering some of the ruins which tests have shown is an ancient combination of metals.
He said: 'Plato describes in detail a patina on the buildings and structures of the cities and temples making up this complex.
'We have filmed clear evidence and have collected samples which have been scientifically tested in a lab in Modena, Italy, which is used to test ancient Roman finds.
'The results of the tests prove the age of the finds are older than Roman or Greek, and that they were more advanced.'
This image shows a computer mock-up of what the team believes the city of Atlantis would have looked like. Buildings were constructed on island platforms dotted throughout a stretch of inland sea that has since filled with sediment at what is now Doñana National Park in Spain
The city of Atlantis was described by Plato as having, among other features, an enormous harbour wall and huge entrance pillars. It had a temple to the god Poseidon and massive circular pieces of land carved out by the Atlanteans to live on
Aerial images of the site where Merlin Burrows believes Atlantis once stood show what they think is evidence of a harbour wall – an incredible 75 metres (245 ft) thick.
Plato wrote that this wall was '50 stadia long' which would make it around five-and-a-half miles in length.
Satellite images show what Merlin Burrows claim is evidence still visible today of sand dunes where this massive wall was destroyed by a huge influx of water.
The same water which eventually filled the inland sea with sediment and destroyed Atlantis.
Tim said: 'The site is spread over 100 miles from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, as to age as yet we have been unable to give a fixed date for the beginning, but its end was at the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago.
'At the centre of the line of coastal cities was one gigantic inland sea 65 miles long, filled with multiple islands, some natural, others man-made.
'The main complex consists of two distinct individual multi-Island platforms.
This radar scan from Merlin Burrows shows what they claim is a foundation that once help up a building of Atlantis. It was discovered on a beach in southern Spain
Image shows an aerial of some of the ancient structures which litter the western Andalucian coastline. Romans, Greeks both are recorded as settling there. However, British historians believe that many of the ruins were in fact part of the city of Atlantis
'And one is offset from the other so that anyone on those islands can see every island in the complex.
'It is unique, nowhere in our world is there anything resembling this, and the structures match exactly Plato's dimensions with no deviation. It is absolutely spot on.
'Investigations in Doñana lead to the conclusion that there have been two natural disasters (tsunamis) that caused the islands and dry areas to sink, one of which happened around 1500 BC and the other 200AD. There is also evidence of a tsunami event in the Bible.'
Merlin Burrows have now recorded a documentary film about their mission to reveal Atlantis called 'Atlantica'.
In the film the team visit sites they believe still show clues to the past people that once lived there, right up to the naming of the ancient town in the region Medina-Sidonia.
Pictured is the Dolmen of Menga, an incredible 5,500 year old burial tomb built into a mountain near the team's Atlantica site. They suggest the tomb may have formed a part of the ancient city of Atlantis
Aerial images of the site where Merlin Burrows believes Atlantis once stood show what they think is evidence of a harbour wall (pictured), which was an 75 metres (245 ft) thick
The settlement is believed to be the oldest city in Europe and its name means City of Sidon – the word Sidon which could be linked to Poseidon.
Tim said much of what Merlin Burrows have found today with their technology is thanks to Plato's original descriptions.
He said: 'Plato describes the location exactly and all we did was follow in his footsteps the way ancient seafarers would have travelled to the cities.
'We explain why, people have misunderstood the circles of Atlantis and why no one had seen these stunning complexes before.
'The site has both Tartessian, Greek, Phoenician, and Roman additions and our scans show multiple occupations over time till there final and ultimate destruction.
This image shows detail on a stone object on a beach north of Cadiz, Andalucia, Southern Spain. Merlin Burrows claims this structure dates back to the time of Atlantis and is not a later Greek or Roman artefact, as many archaeologists believe
Picture shows a beach north of Cadiz, Andalucia, Southern Spain. Merlin Burrows, a British satellite firm believes the beach hides the once massive harbour wall of Atlantis
'We only present the facts and try not to delve into speculation. What is unique in our presentation is all of this material has never been seen before.'
Now Merlin Burrows hope recognition of both their discovery and distribution of the film will help protect the region for future generations and secure funding for further study.
Tim said: 'To understand Atlantis is to understand the ways of ancient life as it was at the peak of human life on earth.
'We would hope that the people in southern Spain would benefit from the knowledge of their ancient past.
'That all the sites are protected, and in some cases moved, so we can all enjoy them in the future. Also, that the regions would benefit from the tourism both in work and other opportunities.
This computer generated image shows what the massive 75 metre wide, five-and-a-half-miles-long harbour wall that some believe protected Atlantis may have appeared
This image shows ancient structures on a beach near Cadiz, Andalucia, Southern Spain. The team believes these are from Atlantis, and not later Roman or Greek additions, which is currently the accepted origin by most archaeologists
'New museums and scientific study centres would enhance the economy and open active debates to the early origins of man.'
Documentary filmmaker Michael Donnellan has produced the film 'Atlantica' about Merlin Burrows discovery.
Michael, who has studied classical Greek and Minoan archeology, travelled to Southern Spain to film what Tim and the team of satellite historians had found.
He said: 'Finding and filming Atlantis has been life changing. Talk about a purpose.
'All my skillsets and passions have come together in the creation of this series of films. The discovery of Atlantis is monumental.
'Suddenly we know, not think, but know that humanity, in an advanced stage of development, existed, so long ago.
Pictured is a topographical scan of the area of the harbour wall remnants from Merlin Burrows. They claim the wall once guarded the entrace to a vast inland sea which today covers most of the area of Doñana National Park
'And had existed undisturbed for many thousands of years prior to its destruction.
'The imagination boggles when considering their capabilities. We have a lot we can learn from this civilization, to help move our own into a better future.'
Michael said that tests at the Modena Materials Analysis Laboratory in Italy on material taken from the site had revealed amazing results.
He said: 'The harbour wall seems to have had a coating that prevented barnacle growth, like modern Teflon.
'That requires highly advanced construction technologies and knowledge of chemistry.
'We've received overwhelming excitement about our discovery of Atlantis, including a great deal of feedback from our colleagues in academic circles as well.
Image shows Head of Research Tim Akers (left) and CEO Bruce Blackburn (right) from Merlin Burrows, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
'It is for this reason we continue to include every science available to us, in order to verify all our finds are genuine, and to satisfy every angle we can.'
Material gathered from the Atlantis site, from the habour wall and from the pillars found on the beach, has been tested in Italy at a laboratory used to dealing with Roman finds.
Dr Giacomo Falanga, from the Modena Centro Prove, a chemical testing laboratory in Modena, Italy, said samples from the site included a variety of material.
He said: 'These structures contain binders, like calcite. The presence of mica, potassium, and other trace minerals show proof of artificial mixing of materials, so the samples we have tested are made from an ancient, prehistoric concrete.'
Andrea Carpi, a space materials engineer from the laboratory, said: 'We can confirm with certainty that the samples analysed were the creation of an ancient civilisation with advanced construction methods, which makes me believe that we're talking about a civilisation with very advanced technology.'
The location is somewhere north of the city of Cadiz, Andalucía, centred around the Doñana National Park, which the historians believe was once a vast inland sea
Satellieten spotten oude ruïnes voor de kust van Spanje. Is dit de verloren stad Atlantis?
Satellieten spotten oude ruïnes voor de kust van Spanje. Is dit de verloren stad Atlantis?
De locatie van de verloren stad Atlantis is ontdekt, zo beweert althans een team historici.
Oude ruïnes die zijn geanalyseerd aan de hand van satellietbeelden bewijzen dat enorme havenmuren van een verloren stad voor de kust van Spanje ooit in Zuid-Spanje stonden, aldus de experts.
Onderzoekers van de firma Merlin Burrows claimen bewijs te hebben gevonden dat de ruïnes overblijfselen zijn van een stad die is gebouwd door een mysterieus volk, genaamd de Atlantiërs.
Enorm zeerijk
De Griekse filosoof Plato omschreef Atlantis als een hoogontwikkelde eilandbeschaving die zo’n 10.000 jaar geleden heerste over een enorm zeerijk.
De stad Atlantis zou hebben bestaan uit een enorme havenmuur, een tempel van Poseidon en verschillende concentrische ringen.
Experts van Merlin Burrows geloven dat de ruïnes voor de kust van Zuid-Spanje restanten zijn van de legendarische stad.
Binnenzee
De ruïnes bevinden zich in de buurt van de stad Cadiz in Andalusië, waar volgens de historici ooit een binnenzee was.
Ze claimen dat ten zuiden en noorden van het nabijgelegen nationaal park Donana meer bewijzen zijn te vinden van een oude beschaving.
Zo zijn langs de kust resten gevonden van 15 andere nederzettingen.
Onbekende soort cement
Merlin Burrows zegt definitief te zullen bewijzen dat de verloren stad heeft bestaan.
Historicus Tim Akers van Merlin Burrows zei dat tijdens een analyse van het materiaal uit Spanje sporen zijn gevonden van een onbekende soort cement en hoogwaardige metaalbewerking.
Onze resultaten laten zien dat de stad ouder is dan de Romeinen of de Grieken en dat de beschaving die er leefde geavanceerder was, aldus Akers.
Sophia The Robot, Hanson Robotics Limited's David Hanson, and SingularityNET's Ben Goertzel at RISE 2018.
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Be Aware! Xinhua's first English Artificial Intelligence Anchor makes debut!
Be Aware! Xinhua's first English Artificial Intelligence Anchor makes debut!
The idea of super intelligent machines may sound like the plot of "The Terminator" or "The Matrix," but many experts say the idea isn't far-fetched. Some even think the singularity — the point at which artificial intelligence can match, and then overtake, human smarts — might happen in just 16 years.
The question is, could we evolve ourselves out of existence, being gradually replaced by the machines?
Many experts believe that our future society will be built on effective human-machine collaboration. But a lack of trust remains the single most important factor stopping this from happening.
AI’s decision-making process is usually too difficult for most people to understand. And interacting with something we don’t understand can cause anxiety and make us feel like we’re losing control.
Many people are also simply not familiar with many instances of AI actually working, because it often happens in the background. Instead, they are acutely aware of instances where AI goes terribly wrong.
Intelligent Robots Will Overtake Humans and a striking example is Xinhua's first English AI anchor who made its debut at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen 2018.
China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency unveiled a deeply creepy artificial intelligence news anchor at the government’s World Internet Conference tech expo.
The AI newscaster is a pure virtual mouthpiece in a country with tight controls on press freedom, and its first report this week featuring fawning coverage of China’s trade show felt distinctly dystopian.
“I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted,” the AI anchor said in its debut video at the conference.
The virtual anchor’s features are based on those of a real-life Xinhua host named Zhang Zhao.
But as with most attempts at computer-generated humanity, the virtual anchor is both impressively realistic and yet unsettlingly soulless.
Its limited range of motion and expressions becomes repetitive after a short time, while its gray crisp suit and perfectly coiffed hair are even more rigid than human cable news hosts.
According to huffingtonpost, newsrooms have increasingly implemented AI technology in recent years, with outlets including The Washington Post using AI to write short reports on such topics as the outcome of sporting events or to send news alerts.
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Angel Gabriel was the UFO seen at Jerusalem, over Dome of Rock temple seen by over 10,000 tourists, Jan 28, 2011, UFO Sighting News.
Angel Gabriel was the UFO seen at Jerusalem, over Dome of Rock temple seen by over 10,000 tourists, Jan 28, 2011, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 28, 2011 Location of sighting: Dome of Rock, Jerusalem This is one of the most memorable UFO sightings in the last 20 years! A glow orb of florescent light slowly decided straight down from the sky hovering over an ancient temple called Dome of Rock. Seen by over 10,000 tourists and locals in the area, over a dozen videos of the event were released across the internet from different angles, giving us a great view of the event. The glowing UFO defended over the temple, fluctuated with waves of light through it, then in a great flash that shot in all directions, the UFO shot straight up at faster than speed of sound speed. This sighting is 100% real and confirmed to be so from serious video analysis I have done. It would be impossible to fake such an event of such proportions. During the crusades, the knights templar resided in the Dome of Rock temple and are believed to hidden sacred relics below it in a hidden tomb. One of those relics is the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. The real question on everyones mind is why would an alien want to visit here and ignore the fact that thousands were watching it? Why did it descend over the 2,000 year old ancient temple? Well I dug a little deeper into that and found out why. Something the world press and public had never discovered. They call it Dome of Rock, because the temple was built over a rock with holy significance and it has our answers. Its a holy rock to Muslims and Jews.
Muslims say that the Rock commemorates the night journey of Muhammad. One night long ago the Angel Gabriel came to Muhammad while he slept near the Kaaba in Mecca and took him to al-Masjid al-Aqsa (the farthest mosque) in Jerusalem. From the Rock, Muhammad journeyed to heaven with the angel Gabriel, where he met other prophets, such as Moses and Christ, witnessed paradise and hell and finally saw God enthroned and circumambulated by angels. This UFO...we see in the videos over Dome of Rock...it was the angel Gabriel. So you see, the rock has ancient holy significants, and probably contains ancient technology that allows a person to transport (teleport) across space and time to the planet in which these holy beings live. Perhaps they came to reactivate the portal, or to disable it? To ready the door for an important event in the near future. Or maybe they came to remember his close friend Muhammad, and celebrate his life. The angel Gabriel was an alien...with such advanced technology, humans back then could only explain him as being a servant of god...an angel. Muhammad was his friend. And now you know the secret to the UFO sighting at Dome of Rock. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
Glowing ring UFO recorded over New South Wales, UK on Nov 2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing ring UFO recorded over New South Wales, UK on Nov 2018, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 2018 Location of sighting: News South Wales, UK Excellent capture of a very common shape UFO. A similar UFO was seen by thousand of tourists at Temple of Rock in Jerusalem back in 2011. Yes that one was real, and freaking amazing. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
The video was contributed by MUFON submitter 96385 and shows a round object with a white exterior and what appears to be a semi-transparent middle section. This gives the object a donut appearance. The video was originally about 6 minutes in length. The submitter describes what he saw: A bright white disc-shaped object with 4 white lights, one blue, one green, with multiple small beams of light. It is very difficult to see the different lights as the entire video seems to show only a white color.
UFO Caught on Video in Northern Ireland Three Minutes before Pilots Sighting, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Caught on Video in Northern Ireland Three Minutes before Pilots Sighting, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 2018
Location of sighting: Ireland
Why did the glowing UFO crossed the road? Nope, not a joke. Here we have real footage of a car mounted dash cam catching two white glowing orbs passing over the road. The same type of glowing orbs were seen by three different pilots later that day. There has to be more footage of those pilots UFOs...I would guess the pilots recorded them, but only released the video to the FAA.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
The footage of the ‘unidentified flying object’ was recorded on a dash-cam by Sandy Laverty, a member of the public, as they drove to work on the Cloyfin Coad in Coleraine on Friday November 9 at 6:44am. Sandy described the footage as “showing a bright object shoot across the sky”.
Giant UFO Sighted Over Salinas, California ( November 14, 2018 ) UFO Sighting News.
Giant UFO Sighted Over Salinas, California ( November 14, 2018 ) UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 14, 2018 Location of sighting: Salinas, California, USA Here is a great cigar shaped UFO hovering over a isolated area of California. The wind is really kicking up, no blimp could withstand that wind, and yet this object stays in place. The only thing I could wish for is a few more minutes of footage. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan WITNESS STATEMENT:
It was impossible for me to be able to describe this object when I saw it judge yourselves what they think it is about. Tell me in the comments.
WETENSCHAP & PLANEET Een Brits satellietbedrijf denkt de resten gevonden te hebben van de mythische beschaving Atlantis. Wetenschappers van Merlin Burrows onderzochten via satellietbeelden eeuwenoude ruïnes voor de kust van het Spaanse Andalusië, waarvan werd aangenomen dat ze van de Grieken of de Romeinen waren. Maar er bleek een en ander niet te kloppen.
Het eilandenrijk Atlantis werd voor het eerst beschreven door de Griekse filosoof Plato. Hij had het over een vergevorderde beschaving, die heerste over een maritiem rijk, zo’n 11.000 jaar geleden. De hoofdstad zou gigantische havenmuren gehad hebben met grote zuilen, een tempel die gewijd was aan de zeegod Poseidon en cirkelvormige stukken land, waarop de bewoners leefden. Het rijk zou ten onder gegaan zijn door een enorme natuurramp, zoals een vulkaanuitbarsting of tsunami.
Bewijsmateriaal voor het bestaan van de beschaving werd tot nu toe niet gevonden en heel wat wetenschappers geloven dan ook dat de stad een hersenspinsel was van Plato, waarmee hij zijn filosofische theorieën probeerde uit te leggen. Daar denkt Merlin Burrows anders over.
Volgens het bedrijf liggen de ruïnes van de beschaving voor de Spaanse kust, ten noorden van de stad Cadiz. In de buurt van nationaal park Doñana, waarvan wetenschappers denken dat het ooit een binnenzee was. En het beweert dat er ook ten noorden en ten zuiden van het park bewijsmateriaal te vinden is van de oude beschaving, in de vorm van resten van 15 andere nederzettingen in zee. (lees hieronder verder)
Ancient flooded ruins off Spanish coast are lost city of Atlantis, satellite experts claim
Ancient flooded ruins off the Spanish coast are the lost city of Atlantis, a UK team of satellite historians claim. Antiquity specialists Merlin Burrows believe the ruins of the legendary civiliza…
De experts gebruikten satellietbeelden, luchtfotografie en grondobservaties om hun vaststellingen te doen en vonden naar eigen zeggen opmerkelijke parallellen met het verhaal van Plato. Volgens Tim Akers – een maritiem geschiedkundige die de onderzoeksafdeling bij Merlin Burrows leidt – zouden de bewoners bovendien erg ontwikkeld geweest zijn. Zo werd een type cement gevonden dat nooit eerder werd gezien en werden er geavanceerde metalen gebruikt. Sommige ruïnes waren bedekt met een turquoise legering, zoals die beschreven werd door de Griekse filosoof.
Laboratorium
Stalen van het materiaal werden getest in een gespecialiseerd laboratorium in het Italiaanse Modena, het Modena Centro Prove, dat vooral Romeinse resten onderzoekt. “Ze bleken ouder dan de bekende Griekse en Romeinse resten en verder ontwikkeld”, aldus Akers.
“De stalen bestonden uit oud, prehistorisch beton”, aldus dr. Giacomo Falanga van het Modena Centro Prove. Zijn collega Andrea Carpi voegt toe: “De stalen werden met zekerheid gemaakt door een eeuwenoude beschaving met geavanceerde bouwmethodes. Het doet me geloven dat we het over een beschaving hebben die technologisch ver ontwikkeld was.”
Volgens Merlin Burrows is op luchtbeelden ook bewijs te zien van een havenmuur die 75 meter dik was. Volgens Plato strekte die zich uit over een afstand van 8,8 kilometer. Op satellietbeelden zijn duinen te zien op de plaats waar de muur vernietigd zou zijn door het water. Hetzelfde water dat de binnenzee vulde met sediment en een einde maakte aan Atlantis.
“De hele site strekt zich uit over een oppervlakte van 160 kilometer, van de Atlantische Oceaan tot de Middellandse Zee”, aldus Akers. “Ongeveer in het midden van al die nederzettingen was een gigantische binnenzee van 100 kilometer lang, waarin verscheidene eilanden lagen. Sommige waren natuurlijk, andere door de mens gemaakt. Het hoofdcomplex bestond uit twee platformen van waaruit je de hele eilandengroep kon zien. We weten niet wanneer de beschaving gesticht werd, maar vermoeden dat ze verdween op het einde van de laatste ijstijd, zo’n 10.000 jaar geleden.”
Tsunami’s
Volgens Akers is er nergens ter wereld iets soortgelijks te vinden en komen de structuren in dimensie exact overeen met wat Plato schreef. Twee tsunami’s – eentje in 1500 voor Christus en eentje in 200 na Christus – zouden de laatste resten van de eilanden verzwolgen hebben.
Het bedrijf liet intussen een documentaire filmen over de ontdekking – Atlantica – die later uitkomt. Er werd al een trailer online gezet. Met het project hoopt Merlin Burrows het gebied te beschermen voor de toekomst en fondsen te verzamelen voor verder onderzoek.
Those looking to bolster their argument that not all climate change is manmade may have received an early Christmas gift – researchers have found a massive hidden asteroid impact crate under Greenland whose age coincides with the beginning of a previously unexplained cooling period about 12.000 years ago. Does this change everything?
“The crater is exceptionally well-preserved, and that is surprising, because glacier ice is an incredibly efficient erosive agent that would have quickly removed traces of the impact. But that means the crater must be rather young from a geological perspective.”
In a press release announcing the study “A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland” published in the current edition of Science Advances, co-author Professor Kurt H. Kjær from the Center for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark describes how researchers first found signs pointing to the existence of the crater under Greenland’s ice sheet in July 2015. It was not far from where a 20-ton iron meteorite had been discovered, but that wasn’t enough to connect the dots.
Is any part of Greenland not covered by glaciers?
A German research plane from the Alfred Wegener Institute flew over the Hiawatha Glacier and, using a new ice radar system, was able to better image the depression and added to the evidence, exciting NASA glaciologist Joseph MacGregor. (Pictures here.)
“A distinctly circular rim, central uplift, disturbed and undisturbed ice layering, and basal debris. It’s all there.”
Surface expeditions in 2016 and 2017 collected samples of sediment washed out from under the depression and found the missing link.
“Some of the quartz sand washed from the crater had planar deformation features indicative of a violent impact, and this is conclusive evidence that the depression beneath the Hiawatha Glacier is a meteorite crater.”
The crater measures more than 31 km (19.25 miles) in diameter, which puts the size of the iron meteorite at 1 km (.6 miles) wide and puts the impact in the top 25 of Earth impact craters, making it a good candidate for causing ecological disasters. Ice layers show it’s at least 12000 years old and rock erosion samples say it’s no more than 3 million years old.
It’s the more recent date that has scientists linking the event to the Younger Dryas period – a sudden unexplained cooling during a time of global warming after the last ice age. Occurring about 12,900 to 11,700 years ago, geological records in the Northern Hemisphere indicate a swift drop in temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit), increases in glacier ice and cold waters in the Atlantic and general drier conditions. While the cooling was widespread, a few areas, southeastern North America for one, had a slight warming. The Younger Dryas coincided with a number of human cultures shifting from hunting and nomadic life to agriculture and settlements. In North America, the Clovis culture declined and a number of animal species went extinct.
All of these things could certainly have been caused by a meteor impact of catastrophic size. Is that the answer to the cause of the Younger Dryas that scientists have been searching for?
“The next step in the investigation will be to confidently date the impact. This will be a challenge, because it will probably require recovering material that melted during the impact from the bottom of the structure, but this is crucial if we are to understand how the Hiawatha impact affected life on Earth.”
Sounds like Kjær is making his plans for next summer. Pack a parka, professor!
If witnessing unidentified flying objects over your home isn’t frightening enough, imagine seeing them during two consecutive nights. This is exactly what happened toSt. Helens resident Michelle Gabrielliwho documented the UFOs with pictures and a video.
She claimed that she saw at least fifteen odd looking lights in the sky that were flying apart before joining back together. While skeptics believe that the lights could have been either planes flying to the Portland airport or even several drones lighting up the night sky, Gabrielli isn’t quite sure as to what she witnessed. “I don’t know what that was last night,” she explained. “I don’t know. I can only speculate…it’s an unidentified flying object…that we didn’t do.”
It’s very possible that what she saw was indeed something of alien origin, as Oregon is ranked second in the United States for the most reported UFO sightings. In fact, Portland has the highest number of UFO sightings in the entire state. And since St. Helens is only around 30 miles away from Portland, the fact that Ms. Gabrielli’s claimed to have seen UFOs is definitely not unheard of. On the other hand, it’s a little odd that she only captured documentation of one flying object, so where were the other fourteen?
Michelle Gabrielli’s experience is only one of thousands of sightings around the state. According to research conducted by Oregon MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), over 2,000 UFO sightings have been reported all over the state in the last 70 years, specifically in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
One of the most famous UFO sightings happened on June 25, 1947 when a pilot named Ken Arnold was flying his plane in the Pacific Northwest between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams when he witnessed “nine saucer-like aircraft flying in formation” at a height of between 9,500 and 10,000 feet and at a speed of approximately 1,200 miles per hour – faster than any aircraft on the planet. He also explained that the nine objects looked like the “tail of a Chinese kite.”
In McMinnville, Oregon on May 11, 1950, married farmers Evelyn and Paul Trent saw a hovering disc-shaped object that they were lucky enough to be able to photograph. In fact, that incident inspired McMinnville’s yearly UFO Festival which is said to be second-biggest celebration in the entire country.
Another famous sighting happened in 1959 when a police officer named Robert Dickerson was driving around Redmond, Oregon when he witnessed a huge bright object hovering over the city at an elevation of around 200 feet. He said that the object was so low that it illuminated the tops of several trees. And it wasn’t only the officer that saw the UFO. Apparently an administrator at the Redmond Airport also saw the unidentified object.
See the pictures of the McMinnville sighting here:
There have been countless UFO sightings in the Pacific Northwest over the decades, especially in Oregon. Whether there are natural explanations for the sightings such as weather balloons and drones, or if in fact cities all over the United States and around the world are being visited by aliens, one thing for certain is that the UFO craze is as strong now as it ever was. If you keep your eyes focused on the sky when you’re outside, you may just see something unexplained.
Born on March 3, 1952, Robert A. Goerman is a native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. As an investigative scholar of unknown and unexplained phenomena, he has been fortunate enough to have his writings featured in national magazines and serve as source material for many books and popular television shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, The Unexplained, History’s Mysteries, Animal X, MonsterQuest, and Dark Matters: Twisted But True. Founded in June of 2012, his Nonhuman Research Agency explores encounters with mysterious strangers, beings, and creatures and studies interspecific relationships. Robert offers his very own insights into the Men in Black mystery, based upon his firsthand investigations of a very weird case from the 1960s that is steeped in menace of the black-colored kind. It is a case that has led Robert to some thought-provoking theories concerning the nature and actions of the MIB, too. With that all said, over to Robert:
“One bizarre Pennsylvania case (that I personally investigated) began on the night of January 20, 1967, when Mrs. Walter Kushner and her two daughters, Susan (17) and Tanya (14) and a close friend of the girls, Marianne Williamson (16), witnessed a brilliant UFO drop below the cloud cover and maneuver at high speed while the four were returning to the Kushner’s Pittsfield residence. Hours later, as the three girls enjoyed a ritual teenage slumber party, they spotted a peculiar light shimmering through the closed curtains of Susan’s bedroom.
“Without warning, the drapes parted of their own volition and a small triangular object hovering a few feet from the house began beaming brilliant light into the bedroom. When the triangle moved to another window, the curtains repeated their opening act and the intensity of light emanating from the object increased. At this point, the girls became quite frightened and decided to retreat. ‘It’ had different ideas.
“All three girls found themselves unable to move or cry out. Sheer terror escalated to fervent prayers for help. After what seemed like an eternity, the siege ended. Although their freedom of movement was restored, a weird dizzy sensation haunted the girls for an hour. The girls awoke Mrs. Kushner and tearfully described the party crasher and their fear that ‘it’ might return. Mother eventually got the trio settled down and after much discussion decided that it would be for the best if everyone simply forgot an incident that nobody would believe anyway. All agreed.
“Things were back to normal when shortly after the dinner hour on Saturday, exactly one week following the horrific pajama party, two men arrived at the Kushner household. They identified themselves as military investigators and flashed what appeared to be United States Air Force identification. Both men wore tan trench-coats which they kept buttoned from knee to collar. The taller of the two, who, according to the family’s testimony, did all the talking, was described as having blond hair, green eyes, was thin and deeply tanned. The other gentleman was heavyset with dark hair, piercing blue eyes and was also deeply tanned.
“Mrs. Kushner explained that both men wanted every shred of information regarding the UFO that the girls claimed had intimidated them. Neither parent can explain to this day why they allowed their children to be so intensely grilled by these ‘government agents.’ These characters moved about the house with apparently total knowledge of the whereabouts of rooms, furniture, objects, et cetera. When asked how the Air Force learned of the UFO sightings, the taller one responded with, ‘We know a lot of things, a lot of things.’
“Although compelled to accept the situation, the family felt that something seemed off-center, something that, for whatever reason, they couldn’t quite put their finger on until after the officers departed. Sue noted that their clothes looked as if they had purchased them in a clothing store ten minutes before and even the bottom of their shoes seemed unwalked on in appearance. The cigarette pack held by the taller one was unopened (and stayed that way) and even his wallet was brand new.
“While the taller of the two showed his captive audience a loose-leaf notebook with professionally printed schematic diagrams and photos of both the exterior and interior views of various types of UFO-type craft, Sue watched the shorter officer secretly write in an elongated notebook not unlike those used by stenographers. Catching him off guard, she was amazed to see him writing strange symbols in vertical columns, starting from the left, going down one column, up the next, down the third, up the fourth, et cetera. Being accustomed to standard shorthand, Sue had no idea of the graphic’s origin.
“Meanwhile, the talkative officer continued to mystify his audience, telling them that UFOs were nothing more than secret U. S. experimental devices which have never harmed persons or property and that public disclosure of seeing one up close could result in criminal prosecution. When Tanya asked how the family could get in touch with them should there be another sighting, the officer replied, ‘I can find you anywhere, any time.’ When these military men finally left, they backed their vehicle out onto the roadway, extinguished the headlights and zoomed off into the night. It is against Pennsylvania commonwealth traffic laws, and all common sense and safety, to drive after sunset without suitable lighting. These gentlemen probably had no connection with the United States Air Force.
“Men in Black are neither hallucinations nor hoaxes. But what do these visitations represent? Role-playing covert government operatives? Nonhumans acting human? Maybe a little of both. Maybe something beyond our comprehension. Odd appearance and bizarre behavior does not certify the existence of nonhumans among us. However, dissolving coins and cars raise interesting questions. Our failure to understand these events in no way negates their validity.
“These visitations represent entity contact at its most accessible in that entire families have endured grueling visits by these mystery men and many witnesses are harassed more than once. These visitations represent entity contact at its most elusive. Parents wonder why they allowed their children to be so intensely grilled by these strangers. Victims speak of being unable to think or react normally until after the mysterious visitors leave. To some, this suggests altered states of consciousness or subliminal hypnotic techniques. What if the MIB visit you? Will you be witty and clever and insist they pose for a snapshot? Or will you be a deer in headlights and spend your tomorrows wondering why?”
A shopper was left mystified after a UFO appeared in the sky above Exeter's Ikea store.
Steve Shaw saw the glowing sight moving through sky at around 4.30pm on Wednesday.
Perplexed at what it might be, he sent photos to DevonLive.com and shared the images on social media.
"I was leaving Ikea when I looked up and saw the trail of light in the sky," said Steve, who lives in Torquay.
"It looked like something was falling but I couldn't work out what it was.
The light was seen moving through the sky(Image: Steve Shaw)
"As first I was worried it might be something that was about to land on earth but there have been no reports of that since it happened.
"I've been told that it's likely to be the result of a vapour trail from a plane but you couldn't see any aircraft nearby at the time.
"Someone else said it could have been a meteorite coming too close to the atmosphere.
"Either way I was curious to know what it might be."
What could the UFO have been?
1. A plane's vapour trail
Vapour trailare line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruise altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Contrails are made up mainly of water, in the form of ice crystals.
Depending on the temperature and humidity at the height the contrails form, they may be visible for only a few seconds or minutes, or may persist for hours and spread to be several miles wide, eventually resembling natural clouds.
2. A meteoroid burning up
As meteors fall through the atmosphere, they tend to fall at enormous speeds of around 26 miles per second. This process creates a lot of friction and a lot of heat.
The surface of the meteor starts to vaporize when it reaches about 1100 degrees Celsius causing a glow to light up the sky.
3. A satellite flare
Satellite flares are caused by the reflective surfaces of passing satellites, reflecting sunlight toward the Earth below and appearing as a bright 'flare'.
The time and place of the satellite's flare can be predicted only be predicted when the direction and location of its orbit is known.
4. Aliens
Perhaps the most unlikely of the four options but lots of people are convinced that aliens exist.
Just last month a UFO researcher said he wanted to contact a trio of teenagers who reported a close encounter of the third kind in Devon 40 years ago.
Terry Hooper-Scharf, a naturalist and historian who runs the Anomalous Observational Phenomena Facebook Page, says the youngsters, who will now all be in their 50s, reported seeing a number of UFOs in the sky after leaving a youth club in Buckfastleigh.
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Northern Ireland' emerges on SAME DAY pilots reported sighting
Northern Ireland' emerges on SAME DAY pilots reported sighting
SHOCKING footage what what's claimed to be a UFO flying over Northern Ireland was captured on the same day pilots reported seeing a similar phenomenon in the Republic of Ireland.
SHOCK: The shocking footage was captured on a dash cam (Pic: NC)
UFO spotted in Derry
The dash-cam footage was uploaded by Sandy Laverty in Coleraine and posted by conspiracy channel Disclose.TV.
It appears to capture two strange bright objects flying across the sky, which also coincides with similar reports by the pilots.
The first sighting recorded by a British Airways pilot flying a Boeing 747 jet from Montreal to Heathrow over Kerry was at 6.47am.
UFO? The footage appears to show two objects fly across the sky (Pic: NC)
She described seeing an object coming up along the left-hand side of her aircraft before it "rapidly veered to the north".
But the dash-cam footage shows the suspected UFO at 6.44am, only minutes before.
Disclose.TV said the two sightings “could be a coincidence”, but if they are related then the UFOs must have travelled hundreds of miles in a matter of minutes.
The dash cam shows two glowing objects in the distance come into view before disappearing suddenly.
There is no footage of the initial sightings by the pilots, but audio has emerged of the pilot speaking to Air Traffic Control.
The Irish Aviation Authority has launched an investigation into the incident after the Shannon Airport Air Traffic Control unit was asked if any “military exercises” were taking place.
Terrifyingly, air traffic controllers replied saying: “There is nothing showing on either primary or secondary [radar].”
The concerned pilot replied: “OK. It was moving so fast", before adding that she was "wondering" what it could be.
DEJA VU: It comes the same day BA pilots spotted UFOs (Pic: GETTY)
INVESTIGATION: An inquiry has been launched after the pilot's sightings (Pic: GETTY)
The pilot goes on to describe how a bright light sped past the aircraft heading north at a “very high speed”.
After her report, another pilot from Virgin Airlines revealed that they also saw "multiple objects " which were "very bright".
The Virgin Airlines pilot discussing the possibility of a meteor with “multiple objects following the same sort of trajectory”.
Another pilot added their shock at the speed of the unidentified object, saying the acceleration was “astronomical, it was like Mach 2”.
Is de ‘ruimtesigaar’ een buitenaardse technologie? Deze astronoom denkt van wel
Is de ‘ruimtesigaar’ een buitenaardse technologie? Deze astronoom denkt van wel
Een jaar na de ontdekking van zijn passage langs de aarde blijft het interstellaire object ‘Oumuamua de wetenschappelijke wereld beroeren. ‘Verkeerd zijn is niet zo erg, daar leren we uit,’ wuift astrofysicus Avi Loeb de kritiek op zijn hypothese weg.
Was het een rotsachtige asteroïde of eerder een ijzige komeet? Toen het stof van de ontdekking in oktober 2017 was gaan liggen, besloten de betrokken astronomen dat ‘Oumuamua – Hawaiaans voor boodschapper die van ver komt – een komeet moest zijn, al bleef zijn vreemde traject onverklaarbaar. Begin deze week publiceerden Amerikaanse astrofysici een nieuwe hypothese: ‘Oumuamua is een door zonlicht aangedreven object dat misschien het eerste bewijs is van een buitenaardse technologie in ons zonnestelsel. Ze hadden de paper al op 8 november op het open acces platform Arxiv.org gepost, waar het bericht eerst door bloggers en nadien via twitter gretig werd verspreid. Er volgden vooral negatieve commentaren.
De hoofdauteur is niet de eerste de beste. Abraham (Avi) Loeb is naast Harvard-professor astronomie ook oprichter en directeur van het Black Hole Initiative en voorzitter van de adviesraad van Breakthrough Starhot. Starshot wil later dit millenium met lichtzeilen de dichtstbijzijnde ster Alpha Centauri verkennen. Eos sprak Loeb op de Falling Walls-conferentie in Berlijn.
Hoe bizar is het object ‘Oumuamua eigenlijk?
Loeb: ‘Het is het eerste object uit een ander zonnestelsel dat we vanaf de aarde detecteerden. Het is zoals een buitenlandse gast die aan je dis aanschuift. Door die gast te bestuderen en te doorgronden leer je het andere land beter kennen zonder dat je een vliegtuigticket moet kopen om ter plaats te gaan. Van ‘Oumuamua hebben we jammer genoeg geen beeld. Maar terwijl het object roteert krijg je de variatie in de hoeveelheid weerkaatsend zonlicht te zien. Hier was de variatie in helderheid erg hoog, veel meer dan je bij kometen of asteroïden kan verwachten. Berekeningen laten zien dat het object vijf keer zo lang is als het breed is, bij asteroïden in ons zonnestelsel treffen we maximum factor 3 aan.
De beweging van het object lijkt te suggereren dat het afkomstig is uit wat astronomen de Local Standard of Rest noemen, een punt in de melkweg dat een snelheid heeft die gelijk is aan de gemiddelde snelheid van de sterren in de buurt van de zon. Dat vormt eigenlijk een perfecte camouflage. Als je niet tot een bepaalde ster wil behoren, dan bevind je je best in dat referentiekader. Slechts een op de 500 sterren beweegt er net zo traag.
Tot slot lijkt ‘Oumuamua een koud object, een goede reflector, maar geen goede opslorper van zonlicht. Het meest intrigerende is dat zijn traject afwijkt van wat je zou verwachten op basis van de zwaartekracht van de zon. Er lijkt een extra kracht te zijn die erop inwerkt. Bij kometen kennen we zo’n kracht. De verdamping van ijs op het oppervlak stuwt kometen voort. Maar bij ‘Oumuamua zien we geen komeetstaart.
Waar kan die extra kracht dan vandaan komen?
Loeb: ‘Ik denk dat zonlicht het object voortdrijft. Om effectief te zijn, moet het dun zijn. Minder dan een millimeter dik, en ten minste 20 meter in omvang. Het is precies een zeil. Net zoals de wind een zeilboot vooruit duwt, kan lichtreflectie zogenaamde lichtzeilen voortstuwen. Deze technologie bestuderen we hier op aarde om de ruimte te exploreren. Je hoeft dan geen brandstof mee te voeren. Bij conventionele raketten verhindert de brandstof dat je hoge snelheden kan bereiken. Lichtzeilen gebruiken enkel licht en kunnen in principe de lichtsnelheid bereiken. Dat is ook de technologie die Starshot vooropstelt. Ik ben adviseur van dat project en het inspireerde me om in deze richting te denken.
Als ‘Oumuamua een lichtzeil is, dan kun je je afvragen of het kunstmatig is gemaakt. Kan het een message in a bottle van een andere beschaving zijn? Het is alsof je naar het strand gaat en kijkt naar de schelpen die aanspoelen. Die getuigen allemaal over hun verschillende, natuurlijke afkomst. Maar af en toe vind je een plastic fles en die heeft een andere, artificiële oorsprong.’
Hoe zeker bent u van deze controversiële hypothese?
Loeb: ‘Als wetenschapper heb ik niets liever dan bewijs. Ik zou blij zijn als we beelden hadden van dit object. Als het eruit zou zien als een stuk rots, dan hoefde ik deze paper niet te schrijven. Maar dan nog zou je die extra kracht moeten verklaren. Misschien hebben astronomen die de data verzameld hebben (van het Pan-STARRS consortium, red.) zich vergist, dat is altijd mogelijk. Ik baseer me op hun analyses. Maar ze zijn wel gereputeerd en hun resultaten verschenen in Nature.
Er zijn twee manieren om meer informatie te krijgen. Ofwel gaan we op jacht naar dit object, maar daarvoor beweegt het te snel. Van Spoetnik tot en met New Horizons zijn onze raketten niet sneller geworden. Maar misschien beschikken we binnen twee decennia wel over de technologie. Dat is niet te laat, want dit object heeft duizenden jaren nodig om doorheen het zonnestelsel te raken. In het andere geval zoeken we andere objecten van dezelfde klasse. Binnen een paar jaar is de Large Synoptic Survey Telescope klaar, die veel gevoeliger is. Mensen vragen me hoe groot de kans is dat ‘Oumuamua een artificieel voorwerp is. Ik weet het niet en ik zeg dan dat alles op bewijs en meer data moet rusten. Niet op de vele vooroordelen die de afgelopen dagen de ronde deden.’
De kritiek was niet min.
Loeb: ‘Wetenschappers moeten bewijzen zoeken en niet op voorhand alle afwijkende meningen veroordelen. We kunnen leren uit de geschiedenis van de wetenschap. Mensen waren er lang stellig van overtuigd dat de zon rond de aarde draaide. Maar het was verkeerd. Galilei heeft daarvoor huisarrest gekregen. Hij zei dat de welgevormde opinie van één persoon meer waard is dan de authoriteit van duizenden, waarmee hij de kerk bedoelde.
Het is niet verboden om over buitenaardse beschavingen na te denken. Het is een kwestie van bescheidenheid. Wie beweert dat we uniek zijn, de enigen in het universum, stelt zich arrogant op. Een kwart van de sterren in de melkweg hebben planeten die op de aarde lijken, en waar de voorwaarden voor leven aanwezig zijn. Je dobbelt en de kans dat je elders leven aantreft, microbieel of zelfs intelligent, is vrij groot.
Waarom blijft het dan zo stil in het universum?
Loeb: ‘Volgens mij zijn intelligente beschavingen korte levens beschoren. Technologie groeit exponentieel, ook bij ons. Ik rij met een auto vol gadgets die drie jaar geleden nog niet bestonden. In een paar decennia kan technologie een beschaving vernietigen. Mogelijk gedragen ze zich zoals wij, en geven ze niet om hun planeet of om elkaar. We zouden op zoek moeten gaan naar resten van dode beschavingen. Een soort ruimtearcheologie bedrijven.’
Is uw hypothese over ‘Oumuamua als lichtzeil niet een manier om aandacht en geld te genereren voor het Starshot-project, dat toevallig dezelfde technologie propageert?
Loeb: ‘Ik publiceer ongeveer veertig artikelen per jaar, en met deze heb ik gedaan wat ik altijd doe, namelijk na acceptatie in het online archief Arxiv.org plaatsen. Als dit een publiciteitsstunt moest worden, dan zijn we zeer incompetent. Dan hadden we beter de geijkte weg gevolgd, namelijk publicatie voorbereiden, persbericht onder embargo, advertenties uitsturen en gecoördineerd het nieuws loslaten. De Breakthrough Initiatives, die Starshot betaalt, was niet betrokken en stuurde geen persbericht uit. Ik ben enkel de auteur van een paper die veel aandacht kreeg. Ik had het niet verwacht, en ook niet gewenst. Ik heb die aandacht niet nodig.’
Kan Starshot zijn doel niet veranderen, en in plaats van Alpha Centauri zijn pijlen richten op ‘Oumuamua?
Loeb: ‘Als we nu al over de Starshot-lichtzeilen zouden beschikken, dan zeker. Daarmee kunnen we Pluto in een paar dagen bereiken in plaats van de 9,5 jaar die New Horizons nodig had. We zouden het object in enkele minuten te pakken hebben. Voorlopig hebben we niks beter dan raketten. Het is logischer om te veronderstellen dat ‘Oumuamua een van de vele objecten is en gewoon te wachten op de volgende.’
Gaat deze controverse uw carrière schaden?
Loeb: ‘Als ik iets weird zie, dan wil ik erover praten en niet wachten tot alles klip-en-klaar is. Wetenschappers moeten veel meer communiceren met het publiek, zeker nu populisten ons willen doen geloven dat er overal informatie achtergehouden wordt. Wetenschap is een leerproces. In het begin heb je weinig informatie, maar gaandeweg ontwikkel je ideeën die je test en uiteindelijk kom je met een oplossing. Ik volg in deze de stelregel van Sherlock Homes: ‘Als je het onmogelijke hebt uitgesloten, moet alles wat overblijft, hoe onwaarschijnlijk ook, de waarheid zijn.’
Als wetenschapper spiegel ik mij aan kinderlijke nieuwsgierigheid. Kinderen vragen dingen zonder rekening te houden met de mening van anderen, ze willen gewoon het antwoord weten. Sommige van mijn collega’s schuwen populaire onderwerpen, maar ik vind dat we moeten ingaan op vragen die het grote publiek interesseren. De zoektocht naar primitief of intelligent leven is zo’n onderwerp. Voor het overige wil ik vooral onafhankelijk mijn onderzoek voeren. Ik heb lak aan wat anderen denken.’
Shmuel Bialy en Abraham Loeb, ‘Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain ‘Oumuamua’s Peculiar Acceleration?’; The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 12 november 2018; link https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf
Solar Warden ⊗ Secret Space Program From Reagan’s Presidency?
Solar Warden ⊗ Secret Space Program From Reagan’s Presidency?
Solar Warden | The discovery made by the hacker who entered NASA’s databases is fabulous. Gary McKinnon said he found enough information that Americans would have a secret space program run by the Navy.
After 10 years of fighting in court for having illegally accessed NASA’s computers, the hacker is talking about the findings he has made at the time, writes Business Magazine.
Gary McKinnon thinks he has found enough evidence to assert that the Americans have a secret space program run by the Navy, that is, spaceships.
According to metro.co.uk, all the details are reported in an ample interview with RichPlanet TV, known for its UFO programs: “We used a program called Landsearch to help us access all the tabs and folders.”
“There we found an Excel file named” Non-Terrestrial Officers “(the officers from outside the Earth).
The file contained names and ranks, and material transfers were specified between ships, and the name of the spacecraft began with the USS”
SOLAR WARDEN Stellar Fleet Existed During Reagan’s Presidency?
On April 13, 2009, the US National Archives of Administration provided nearly 250,000 pages of documents during the Reagan administration, including its Personal Journal. In this, on 11 June 1985, the president wrote:
“WE HAVE LUNCH WITH 5 TOP SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF AEROSPACE.” IT WAS FASCINATING. “SPACE IS REALLY THE LAST FRONTIER, AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THERE IN ASTRONOMY ARE SCIENCE FICTION UNLESS THEY ARE REAL. LEARNED THAT OUR TRANSFER CAPACITY IS SUCH THAT WE COULD PUT 300 PEOPLE IN ORBIT. ”
Ronald Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
This is curious because Space Shuttle has a maximum of 8 people and only 5 for space flight.
Even fully loaded it would be impossible to place and maintain 300 astronauts in orbit.
Reagan has revealed the existence of a highly classified space program that could host hundreds of astronauts in orbit?
It seems that according to military and corporate “informants” there is, along with dozens of other secret programs of the Pentagon, a highly ranked program of the Strategic Command.
It would include a fleet of medium-sized ships and accompanying ships with anti-gravitational technology operating in space.
The US organized its military forces in a unitary command of 10 combatants headed by a four-star general or admiral who reports directly to the Secretary of Defense. Six of the unified forces comprise different geographic areas around the globe.
In addition, there are four functional commands that are specialized in military activities and are run by a single commander.
Between 1985 and 2002, the Space Command was responsible for space operations in the US Army. In June 2002, the Space Command merged with the Strategic Command, which is responsible for activities such as nuclear missiles, satellites, and more.
Rumours like the US would hold a highly classed fleet of anti-gravity propellers, circulated for years.
On March 23, 1993, at an engineering conference in Los Angeles, Dr Ben Rich, a former CEO of Lockheed’s Skunkworks, showed a black space-driven slide and said: “We now have the ET technology home”.
Military and corporate informants say they have first-hand information and know that there are classified space vehicles that use anti-gravity such as Aurora and TR-3B. In his book, Zero Point Hunt, analyst Nick Cook wrote about Aurora: “… there has been speculation since the late 1980s about the existence of a replacement for the SR-71 Blackbird, a mythical vehicle moving two Or faster and at the edges of space “(page 14).
Secret Space Program built with Reverse-Engineered Alien Technology
Evident circumstantial evidence reveals the existence of the space fleet of antigravity vehicles. On August 6, 2007, for example, NASA awarded the “Human Space Support Team” to assist NASA vehicles in extra-atmospheric space.
The support team was part of the USAF Spatial Command, which is publicly declared to be the major military command of space forces for the Strategic Command.
However, neither the USAF Spatial Command nor the Strategic Command is publicly known to have any spacecraft to technically assist the International Space Shuttle or the Space Shuttle from any orbital danger.
Normally, both NASA vehicles would need gradual orbital corrections that would take too long and be insufficient to cope with one immediate threat.
Based on the evidence available from a wide range of sources, President Reagan, in his diary, honestly, recognizes the existence of a classified space program that can transport and host hundreds of astronauts.
His diary highlights the fact that he has received several informational sessions on the subject.
Important indications can be derived from Reagan’s registers on the Strategic Command Fleet.
Furthermore, the public can soon find out about advanced antigravity technologies that have been developed secretly and used for decades for military astronauts to fly deep into space.
“In his first interview with George Noory, pilot John Lear – now retired – talks about his experience as a pilot, about NASA’s secret missions and about life on other planets.
John Lear Pilot
He says that in 1967, the fourth deadly case in NASA’s astronaut training was a special case.
Lear states that the real reason for the death of that astronaut was that he was part of the “secret group of astronauts.”
The information was received by John Lear from an insider (now deceased) with a very high-security license. The secret colonization program of the Moon actually began in 1962, and in 1966 the first mopping on the red planet was already taking place.
The propulsion technology that was then used was based on antigravity devices. Popular programs, such as the “space shuttle”, are only a disguise of what is actually happening behind closed doors.
John Lear also said that what hides the public is the fact that most of the planets in our solar system have a life similar to Earth.
For example, he says that there are about 660 million souls on Mars (most living underground), and Venus actually has green areas that are delightful. Moreover, the sky is blue on both Mars and Venus, Lear added.
Composite of Viking Frames 70A13 and 35A72
A recent witness in the project, the physicist and author, Richard Alan Miller, told the public in summary that “There are two human civilizations on Earth, one that travels in space and one does not.”
Those who do, are part of a vast network that extends beyond our world into space, called for the sake of the “Secret Space Program.”
Historian Rich Dolan calls this a “rogue civilization,” and that in fact, it is exactly what it is, what has become.
No matter how it started. In Volume II he highly appreciated the UFOs and the NATIONAL SECURITY STATUS,
Rich writes, “Six decades of spending and document classification (and other forms of secret spending) have provided ample resources to apply principles and technologies that have remained isolated from the rest of mankind.
“What became apparent is that the Secret Government or the Shadow Government established the Secret Space Program and the Black Projects by virtue of having access to mainly two important advantages sustained by the power of the industrial military complex: Money and extraterrestrial technology (ET).
During the “Conscious Life Expo 2017” conference in Los Angeles, paranormal and ufology specialist Corey Goode revealed fascinating details about secret space programs, alien life, and the inner civilizations of Earth, knowledge forbidden to the public.
Corey Goode claims to have participated in a secret program of the American Army – MILAB – for 11 years between 1976 and 1987. MILAB is dealing with the study of aliens on Earth.
Goode also participated in another ultra-secret program called INTRUDER, an intercept and interrogation program that aimed to use intuitive empathy to interrogate aliens trapped in our solar system or on Earth.
Corey Goode is not the only one to talk about the existence of a US government-run secret operational program.
Interestingly, a former NASA employee claimed that there were secret crew missions on Mars, more than 20 years ago.
An audio clip posted on YouTube from the “Coast to Coast AM” American radio show, a woman (claiming to be a former NASA employee) claims she and her colleagues who would watch a 1979 American probe Viking, would have seen two human figures walking on Mars:
“Then I saw two men in space costumes – not the voluminous outfits normally used. They walked to the Viking Explorer ”
The discovery made by the hacker who entered NASA's databases is fabulous. Gary McKinnon said he found enough information that Americans would have a secret space program run by the Navy.
Corey Goode claims to have participated in a secret US Army program - MILAB - for 11 years between 1976 and 1987. MILAB is dealing with the study of aliens on Earth. Goode also participated in another ultra-secret program called INTRUDER, an intercept and interrogation program that aimed to use intuitive empathy to interrogate aliens trapped in our solar system or on Earth.
Dash-cam footage was uploaded by dash-cam by Sandy Laverty in Coleraine. Looks like a bolide to me. It does correspond with the one pilot's comment that there were two objects. However, that could be a coincidence.
Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life
Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life
By David Weintraub, Vanderbilt University
Once people get there, Mars will be contaminated with Earth life.
Credit: Pat Rawlings, SAIC/NASA
The closest place in the universe where extraterrestrial life might exist is Mars, and human beings are poised to attempt to colonize this planetary neighbor within the next decade. Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.
If the red planet is sterile, a human presence there would create no moral or ethical dilemmas on this front. But if life does exist on Mars, human explorers could easily lead to the extinction of Martian life. As an astronomer who explores these questions in my book "Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go," I contend that we Earthlings need to understand this scenario and debate the possible outcomes of colonizing our neighboring planet in advance. Maybe missions that would carry humans to Mars need a timeout.
Where life could be
Life, scientists suggest, has some basic requirements. It could exist anywhere in the universe that has liquid water, a source of heat and energy, and copious amounts of a few essential elements, such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and potassium.
Mars qualifies, as do at least two other places in our solar system. Both Europa, one of Jupiter's large moons, and Enceladus, one of Saturn's large moons, appear to possess these prerequisites for hosting native biology.
I suggest that how scientists planned the exploratory missions to these two moons provides valuable background when considering how to explore Mars without risk of contamination.
Below their thick layers of surface ice, both Europa and Enceladus have global oceans in which 4.5 billion years of churning of the primordial soup may have enabled life to develop and take root. NASA spacecraft have even imaged spectacular geysers ejecting plumes of water out into space from these subsurface oceans.
To find out if either moon has life, planetary scientists are actively developing the Europa Clipper mission for a 2020s launch. They also hope to plan future missions that will target Enceladus.
Taking care to not contaminate
Since the start of the space age, scientists have taken the threat of biological contamination of other worlds seriously. As early as 1959, NASA held meetings to debate the necessity of sterilizing spacecraft that might be sent to other worlds. Since then, all planetary exploration missions have adhered to sterilization standards that balance their scientific goals with limitations of not damaging sensitive equipment, which could potentially lead to mission failures. Today, NASA protocols exist for the protection of all solar system bodies, including Mars.
Since avoiding the biological contamination of Europa and Enceladus is an extremely well-understood, high-priority requirement of all missions to the Jovian and Saturnian environments, their moons remain uncontaminated.
NASA's Galileo mission explored Jupiter and its moons from 1995 until 2003. Given Galileo's orbit, the possibility existed that the spacecraft, once out of rocket propellant and subject to the whims of gravitational tugs from Jupiter and its many moons, could someday crash into and thereby contaminate Europa.
Such a collision might not occur until many millions of years from now. Nevertheless, though the risk was small, it was also real. NASA paid close attention to guidance from the National Academies' Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, which noted serious national and international objections to the possible accidental disposal of the Galileo spacecraft on Europa.
To completely eliminate any such risk, on Sept. 21, 2003, NASA used the last bit of fuel on the spacecraft to send it plunging into Jupiter's atmosphere. At a speed of 30 miles per second, Galileo vaporized within seconds.
Mars is the target of seven active missions, including two rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity. In addition, on Nov. 26 NASA's InSight mission is scheduled to land on Mars, where it will make measurements of Mars' interior structure. Next, with planned 2020 launches, both ESA's ExoMars rover and NASA's Mars 2020 rover are designed to search for evidence of life on Mars.
The good news is that robotic rovers pose little risk of contamination to Mars, since all spacecraft designed to land on Mars are subject to strict sterilization procedures before launch. This has been the case since NASA imposed "rigorous sterilization procedures" for the Viking Lander Capsules in the 1970s, since they would directly contact the Martian surface. These rovers likely have an extremely low number of microbial stowaways.
Any terrestrial biota that do manage to hitch rides on the outside of those rovers would have a very hard time surviving the half-year journey from Earth to Mars. The vacuum of space combined with exposure to harsh X-rays, ultraviolet light and cosmic rays would almost certainly sterilize the outsides of any spacecraft sent to Mars.
Any bacteria that sneaked rides inside one of the rovers might arrive at Mars alive. But if any escaped, the thin Martian atmosphere would offer virtually no protection from high energy, sterilizing radiation from space. Those bacteria would likely be killed immediately. Because of this harsh environment, life on Mars, if it currently exists, almost certainly must be hiding beneath the planet's surface. Since no rovers have explored caves or dug deep holes, we have not yet had the opportunity to come face-to-drill-bit with any possible Martian microbes.
Given that the exploration of Mars has so far been limited to unmanned vehicles, the planet likely remains free from terrestrial contamination.
But when Earth sends astronauts to Mars, they'll travel with life support and energy supply systems, habitats, 3D printers, food and tools. None of these materials can be sterilized in the same ways systems associated with robotic spacecraft can. Human colonists will produce waste, try to grow food and use machines to extract water from the ground and atmosphere. Simply by living on Mars, human colonists will contaminate Mars.
Can't turn back the clock after contamination
Space researchers have developed a careful approach to robotic exploration of Mars and a hands-off attitude toward Europa and Enceladus. Why, then, are we collectively willing to overlook the risk to Martian life of human exploration and colonization of the red planet?
Contaminating Mars isn't an unforeseen consequence. A quarter century ago, a National Research Council report entitled "Biological Contamination of Mars: Issues and Recommendations" asserted that missions carrying humans to Mars will inevitably contaminate the planet.
I believe it's critical that every attempt be made to obtain evidence of any past or present life on Mars well in advance of future missions to Mars that include humans. What we discover could influence our collective decision whether to send colonists there at all.
Even if we ignore or don't care about the risks a human presence would pose to Martian life, the issue of bringing Martian life back to Earth has serious societal, legal and international implications that deserve discussion before it's too late. What risks might Martian life pose to our environment or our health? And does any one country or group have the right to risk back contamination if those Martian lifeforms could attack the DNA molecule and thereby put all of life on Earth at risk?
But players both public – NASA, United Arab Emirates' Mars 2117 project – and private – SpaceX, Mars One, Blue Origin – already plan to transport colonists to build cities on Mars. And these missions will contaminate Mars.
Another look at the Walanae River on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Does humanity have an inalienable right to colonize Mars simply because we will soon be able to do so? We have the technology to use robots to determine whether Mars is inhabited. Do ethics demand that we use those tools to answer definitively whether Mars is inhabited or sterile before we put human footprints on the Martian surface?
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À la suite de l'appel à témoins publié le dimanche 14 octobre, La Rep' compile, depuis, des témoignages tous plus édifiants les uns que les autres, à propos de mystérieuses lumières se déplaçant la nuit dans le ciel. Comment mettre en doute la sincérité des témoins quand ceux-ci sont désormais plus de 200 à évoquer les mêmes apparitions, partout dans le Loiret ?
Que se passe-t-il dans le ciel du Loiret, et son horizon bas, depuis cet été ? Après trois premières observations pour le moins intrigantes réalisées depuis Orléans, l’appel à témoins de La Rep’ publié dimanche 14 octobre a rencontré une somme relativement inédite de témoins du phénomène, que l’on ne peut définir, pour l’heure, autrement sous le terme d'"Ovni". Faute de connaître l'origine de ces mystérieuses apparitions célestes. Des Objets volants non-identifiés, donc.
Parole qui se libère (« J’avais un peu peur d’être pris pour un fou » ; « ça me rassure de constater que je ne suis pas la seule à avoir vu »), les témoins décident finalement de partager leurs observations, parfois à plusieurs reprises, au-dessus de leur quartier, des cultures ou de la forêt... Précisons qu'entre 150 et 200 mails nous ont été envoyés (en plus de dizaines de coups de fil), parfois avec photos, vidéos (prises de nuit, d'où leur caractère d'imperfection)... Nous vous en livrons quelques-unes ci-dessous.
Ajoutons seulement à l'attention des sceptiques - au point de vue tout aussi respectable - que, face à tant de témoignages émanant de gens ne se connaissant pas, se sentant obligés de se définir en préambule de "sérieux", et rapportant souvent avoir vu la même chose dans la nuit, on ne peut balayer d'un revers de la main le caractère de sincérité général. Très peu se risquent par ailleurs à avancer une piste extraterrestre. Même si elle peut parfois brûler certaines lèvres...
Comme celles de ce couple du petit village de Gy-les-Nonains (Gâtinais). Celui-ci jure avoir vu de jour, et c'est là l'un des seuls témoignages du genre, entre 15 heures et 15h15, "trois énormes boules lumineuses aller et venir dans le ciel. D'en bas, c'était dix fois plus gros qu'un avion de ligne". L'observation aurait eu lieu le vendredi 5 octobre.
Des sphères lumineuses en formation
Reste qu'il convient à présent de regarder froidement la réalité en face, et de laisser la place aux autres récits (parus dans nos éditions papier du mercredi 24 octobre, NDLR), avec cette question : mais que voient, depuis au moins cet été, les Loirétains dans leur ciel ? Une synthèse des dizaines de mails envoyés à notre rédaction, et aussi des commentaires laissés sur Facebook, permettent de définir très schématiquement les curieuses manifestations, intervenant plutôt dans le jour naissant, entre 6 heures et 7h30 (mais avant, on est au lit) ou à la tombée de la nuit (mais après, on dort).
Sont ainsi évoquées des boules de lumière extrêmement brillantes, qui se déplaceraient en général en formation de trois ou quatre. Deux des sphères sont souvent considérées par les témoins comme solidaires, en ce sens que leurs trajectoires semblent exactement les mêmes, "comme si un fil invisible les reliait". La dernière boule - quand elles sont bien trois -, parfois rouge, aurait, elle, plutôt tendance à incarner l'électron libre dans la nuit d'automne.
À Ingré, Richard, un retraité, précise, en préambule, ne pas être "le perdreau du coin". À deux reprises, le soir du vendredi 12 et samedi 13 octobre au petit matin, il voit les lumières au-dessus des champs de blé derrière chez lui. "Les drones de Bricy, que je connais bien pour habiter près de la base, étaient tout autour.Tout se passait peut-être entre 200 et 900 mètres d’altitude, enfin, c'est difficile à estimer. Reste que c’était l’affolement là-haut. Est-ce que l'on teste un nouvel engin militaire derrière chez moi ?", interroge l'homme de 73 ans. Une chose est sûre, précise-t-il, "je ne m'explique pas ce que j'ai vu, à quatre reprises en tout. J'ai vu partir ces boules de lumière à l'horizontale, c'était comme des comètes au-dessus des maisons, mais qui ne venaient pas du ciel. Elles laissaient une longue traînée orangée derrière elles, et rien de ce que je connais sur terre ne peut se déplacer à cette vitesse. Je peux vous dire que les drones ne suivaient pas, c'était bien trop rapide, 100, 200 fois plus qu'un avion de chasse".
Phénomène observé partout dans le Loiret
Celui de Richard constitue l'un des témoignages les plus saisissants, mais ils viennent de partout : Orléans, Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, Mardié, Pithiviers, Bouzonville-aux-Bois, Souppes-sur-Loing, Montargis, Lamotte-Beuvron, Etampes (91), Amilly, Corquilleroy, Gy-les-Nonains, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Vienne-en-Val, Saint-Lyé, Neuville-aux-Bois, Viglain ou encore Mézières-les-Cléry...
"Fin septembre-début octobre, vers 22 heures, à Vienne-en-Val, ma femme et moi-même avons vu une lumière rouge et deux blanches se déplaçant très rapidement du nord au sud. Elles étaient visibles côté est de notre village. J'ai d'abord pensé à un aéronef, malgré une vitesse exceptionnelle, mais ça a traversé l'horizon en huit ou dix secondes", décrit cet autre témoin.
Tout autant troublé que Richard par la vitesse de déplacement phénoménale observée. Et Richard de préciser : "Je connais bien le ciel pour l’observer depuis 50 ans. Je sais reconnaître une météorite, un avion de ligne, la station spatiale ou une étoile filante... Mais là, les trajectoires ne correspondent pas, et puis, on dirait que ça vient d'en bas…"
"Est-ce bien humain ?", interroge Jacques, de Marigny.
"Rien ne peut aller aussi vite. En un battement de cils, les lumières sortent de l’horizon", rapporte Jessica, de Viglain.
"C’est là pour être vu"
Une chose sur laquelle beaucoup s’accordent cependant : "Quelle que soit l’origine du phénomène, militaire ou autre, une chose semble évidente, c’est là pour être vu", en déduit cet habitant de Neuville-aux-Bois.
Une petite dizaine de groupes d'ufologues (de toute la France) ont déjà contacté notre rédaction, à la suite de l'appel à témoin. L'un d'eux aura eu cette réflexion : "Vous tenez peut-être là, dans le Loiret, quelque chose d’énorme."
Énorme ou pas, l'Orléanais Thierry, le premier à s'être signalé à La Rep', après quinze jours d'observation des lumières dans l'horizon depuis son immeuble du quartier Saint-Marceau, dit désormais "peiner à trouver le sommeil. Je n'arrête pas d'y penser depuis". Et de se dire "émerveillé", quandd'autres témoins confient plutôt leur angoisse, après avoir vu les lumières.
Le témoignage le plus édifiant
C'est le cas de l'Orléanaise K., que nous avons eu au téléphone la semaine dernière. Son récit est proprement édifiant : "J'habite le quartier Barrière-Saint-Marc. Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, je dormais, quand, après deux heures du matin, une lumière extraordinaire a percé à travers ma fenêtre de toit. J'ai d'abord cru à un incendie, raconte-t-elle, encore paniquée. Je l'ai donc ouverte, et ai passé la tête dehors. Au-dessus de chez moi, il y avait cette forme triangulaire avec des lumières dessous. Vertes et rouges, je crois. J'ai eu la peur de ma vie, j'étais comme paralysée. Que se passe-t-il ? Tout s'est arrêté quand c'est parti en direction de l'ouest à une vitesse fulgurante." Des larmes dans la voix, K. affirme, depuis, souffrir de maux de tête et de vomissements. Mardi, elle se décidait à aller consulter un généraliste. Son témoignage est le seul du genre. Édifiant au point que l'on comprendra aisément que beaucoup ne lui apportent que peu de crédit. Il n'en demeure pas moins que la sincérité de K. transparaissait dans sa voix, ses tremblements et interrogations. Précisons seulement que K. n'est pas la première personne à évoquer un triangle dans la nuit. Les témoignages sont certes rares à l'échelle du Loiret, mais ils existent.
Triangles noirs et centrale survolée
Ce que confirme le chercheur strasbourgeois, et chef d'entreprise, Silvano Trotta :"La présence dans le monde de triangles noirs avec quatre lumières dessous capables de s'en détacher est observée depuis au moins 1936, rapporte le chercheur américain au Mufon, David B. Marler." Il précise : "Marler observe que ces ovnis ont toujours affiché des attributs physiques et une dynamique de vol similaires. Ce qui vient contredire fortement l'idée qu'ils peuvent être un nouvel engin militaire, vu qu'on les observe depuis 80 ans."
La semaine dernière, La Rep' a envoyé des photos à Silvano Trotta : celles qu'un Loirétain assure avoir prises aux abords de la centrale nucléaire de Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux (Loir-et-Cher).
Sphère aperçue, de jour, au-dessus du Centre-Val de Loire et de la centrale de Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux. Cette image du Loirétain David Godet "est authentique à 99%", selon des chercheurs, à qui nous l'avons envoyée cette semaine.
Le chercheur Silvano Trotta les a donc faites analyser. Ses conclusions sont les suivantes : "Elles sont à 99 % tout à fait authentiques". Précisons que Silvano travaille avec des ingénieurs qui ont rentré les images dans un logiciel de contrôle de leurs pixels. Le but : vérifier si elles sont truquées ou non. Celles-ci ne le seraient donc pas.
D'où la question : qu'est-ce qui survole la centrale nucléaire de Saint-Laurent ? Sommes-nous en présence d'un drone ? "Cela pourrait effectivement être un drone militaire, voire étranger, que l'on ne connaît pas, ajoute Silvano. Mais quel intérêt auraient les Russes ou les Chinois à survoler une vieille centrale nucléaire française ?"
La sphère en question semble identique en tout points et se comporter dans le ciel de la même façon que les lumineuses, observées, de nuit, au-dessus du Loiret par des centaines d'habitants. "Le phénomène semble effectivement s'intensifier depuis plusieurs semaines, et à l'échelle de toute la France," ajoute Jean-Louis Lagneau, à la tête de la revue ufologique LDLN, Lumières dans la nuit.
Il précise : "Des abonnés du Loiret m'avait, avant votre appel à témoins, déjà fait remonter leurs observations, notamment dans la région de Pithiviers et de la commune de Sury-aux-Bois".
Inquiétude et dérision
Un ultime ufologue entré en contact avec notre rédaction aura eu ces mots : "Personne n'est aujourd'hui en mesure de dire de quoi il s'agit, ce qui survole manifestement votre département, et plus largement la France, c'est le grand mystère. Mais il faut en parler, car j'observe que de plus en plus de personnes sont témoins des lumières, et qu'il s'installe une certaine inquiétude un peupartout. Le sujet des Ovnis est généralement tourné en dérision quand on l'évoque, et pas qu'en France. Allez à la télévision en parler sérieusement et il y aura, en général, un type déguisé en alien sur le plateau. Ce n'est pas bien, c'est une façon de faire diversion, de tourner les choses en dérision. On est pourtant là sur un sujet sérieux, et ça commence à se voir. Il n'y a qu'à observer ce qui se passe chez vous, dans le Loiret".
La base aérienne de Bricy contactée
Nous avons contacté la base de Bricy (le mercredi 17 octobre) pour savoir notamment si ses radars n'avaient pas détecté une activité aérienne pouvant sortir de l'ordinaire, ou un peu extraordinaire. La réponse est "non". "Aucune activité particulière n'a été repérée." Et la cellule communication de la base aérienne 123 de préciser que celle-ci n'abrite pas de drones, en référence à cet Ingréen affirmant en avoir vus dans le périmètre de sa maison, autour des sphères lumineuses.
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