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 Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
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Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
02-10-2021
VIDEO: Bizarre Aircraft Spotted Near Secretive Lockheed Martin Facility Sparks UFO Frenzy Online
VIDEO: Bizarre Aircraft Spotted Near Secretive Lockheed Martin Facility Sparks UFO Frenzy Online
A video of the bizarre aircraft was posted online last week, but went viral recently. The footage was reportedly recorded at Lockheed Martin’s secretive Helendale radar-cross section facility in California. A high-ranking official at the company declined to comment on the issue.
Social media users went into a frenzy after a video showing a weirdly-shaped object resembling a flying saucer went viral. The footage was posted by a netizen called Ruben Hofs, who claims that he took it from TikTok. The video shows a black object being transported on the back of a flatbed trailer.
Warning! The following video contains strong language.
Hofs also posted a picture showing the area where the enigmatic object was transported from.
His posts triggered a torrent of comments, with users divided on what is depicted in the video.
Many netizens deemed that the object is the latest prototype of a stealth fighter.
Many users were concerned that individuals can easily record videos at Lockheed Martin’s secretive facility.
Others claimed that the object wasn’t intended to fly, or that it was a fake one.
Still others contended that the object was of little importance if it was being transported in broad daylight.
As mentioned earlier, the footage was reportedly recorded at the Helendale radar-cross section facility, which is run by Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, commonly known as Skunk Works. Introduced during the Second World War, the programme has been responsible for the creation of several top US military and spy and fighter aircraft, including U-2, F-22, and F-35.
Head of Skunk Works Jeff Babione has been grilled on the issue by journalists, but he declined to comment.
"Can you tell us anything about [the object]?", said reporter Marcus Weisgerber while addressing Babione during a military event hosted by Defence One news outlet.
"I can't", Babione replied. Weisgerber then asked whether the video compromised security at the facility. "We’re good”, Babione replied.
The Man Who Sees UFOs - Radio Interview with Christo Roppolo by Jeffery Pritchett
The Man Who Sees UFOs - Radio Interview with Christo Roppolo by Jeffery Pritchett
Christo Roppolo continues his passionate exploration for extraterrestrial truth along the rugged beaches of the Central Coast. However, much like his martian anomalies, life proves unpredictable.
Christo Is a humble, but honestly emotional and caring, man trying to illuminate a phenomenon that could usher in a new status for mankind among the community of civilizations of both our dimension and other adjoining dimensions. Because of his lack of hubris, some fail to see that his story, in it’s own way, could be as influential as Gene Roddenberry’s was in changing the viewpoint of modern man towards what our future could hold. Looking forward to your next film Christo. God bless you brother Doug Marry
VERY STRANGE ALIEN CRAFT ENCOUNTER IN MACOMB ILLINOIS
VERY STRANGE ALIEN CRAFT ENCOUNTER IN MACOMB ILLINOIS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021…………..MACOMB ILLINOIS
UFO Sighting Date: 09/25/2021
Time: 2100 hours Central Time
I wanted to provide a narrative of an amazing sight that I witnessed in the sky. To provide some background, I am a trained scientist and work as such. I am familiar with (up to date, available academic knowledge) physics (including projectile motion, quantum, astrophysics), chemistry (inorganic, organic, and biochemistry), and biology. I have an long term, ongoing interest in astronomy, and I am a sky watcher (nearly every single night, weather permitting). Prior to the last three years, I had never been witness to anything that I considered in any way unusual or unnatural. I do not drink alcohol. I do not use any mind affecting legal (or illegal) substances. I have not been incapacitated in any way by any acute or chronic illness. I do wear glasses because I am near-sighted, and I was wearing them (and they were clear and clean).
It is not possible for any vehicle lights from nearby streets to reflect off of my glasses because of where my residence (and I) were positioned. Plus, no vehicles went past during the circumscribed time period – in any direction that I recall. If they had, I would have enjoyed at least one other witness. Finally, I had a fully rested night of sleep the prior evening and I was standing and completely awake. I live in west central IL, in an area roughly between Industry, IL and Macomb, IL.
My residence is surrounded by cornfields on 2.5 sides (I can provide the specific coordinates upon legitimate request, but I will not specify otherwise in order to spare myself any professional (or otherwise) ridicule).
In summary, I saw what had to be the MOST advanced aircraft ever (military?) in the sky, flying over the fields due south of my residence. It was not a drone (way to big, with no sound), or a fighter plane (I have seen – in person – the stealth fighter, stealth helicopter, and stealth bomber at air shows and in the skies near Camp Legune in NC). This was like NO other aircraft that I have ever seen (except in fiction).
Here is the 100% “facts-only” of my experience: At approximately 2100 hours (9 PM central time) on the evening of September 25, 2021, I walked outside to get some air. I stood in my driveway, leaning against my wife’s vehicle, and looked into the night sky directly due south. I was noticing how bright Jupiter was, and looked at the two stars below and to the right of it, then looking at Saturn, then back to Jupiter, going back and forth. Adjacent, and to the right (of the field across the street – south of my house) is a community building that has flood lights on (all night) that interfere with my sky watching. So, I usually hold my right arm up a little to block out the flood lights.
I had been out there for about 5 minutes – so my eyes were fully accommodated (ie. adjusted to the change in light – going from inside to outside). As I went visually left to right, from Jupiter to Saturn, I noticed a “red smudge” developing below and to the right of Saturn. I fixated on it and blinked a couple of times – thinking that maybe my eyes were watering a little from the light breeze that was blowing. Suddenly, out of the “smudge” there appeared four lights – as if out of the ether. And, they were not very far off at all! In fact, they were positioned right above the field, about 2 – 3 stories up. The lights were part of a larger aircraft. The craft was positioned at a height just above that of where I normally see a helicopter flying. The best analogy that I can come up with is that it was like seeing the tail lights of a truck, positioned about two to four car lengths in front of you – if you were driving on the road. But, they were in the sky!
The lights were on the back of a dark triangle shaped aircraft (or, I guess it could have been a single, deep, large flying wing with a thickened rear end – it was difficult to exactly determine in the short time I was able to view it). I was looking at what seemed to be the back part of it – as it was flying due south. The lights on it’s tail-end were round, and were comprised of a glowing red circle within another glowing red circle (similar to the tail lights you would find on the end of a car – two lights on the left separated by two lights on the right). One of the most unusual features of the entire F.A.S.T. (Flying /Aircraft /Stealth /Triangle – I guess I coined a term) seemed to be that it was entirely outlined in a thin glowing red line – as if a person had a red glow-pen, and they were to trace all of the outer edge surfaces (and overall outline of the craft) The red glow was identical to that seen in the tail lights.
This the the only way that I can describe the motion of the craft:
1.) Either the F.A.S.T. was moving at an extremely rapid speed, suddenly slowed down (as if the tail lights were being briefly tapped – causing the entire craft to become visible), only to then hit the accelerator again, and causing the F.A.S.T. to seem to completely disappear, or
2.) The F.A.S.T. had been completely cloaked against the night sky, then became uncloaked for only a fraction of a second – when it suddenly slowed down (again, as if the tail lights were being briefly tapped – causing the entire craft to become visible), only to again to become completely cloaked and invisible against the night sky. But, here’s the thing.
This F.A.S.T. did not appear to have any engines moving it at all. There were none of any kind (at least – no engines that I am aware of) that were propelling it through the sky. And, eerily, It made ZERO sound as it moved through the air. In addition, there was no exhaust visible. There was no trail of any type emanating from the craft. It was merely there, briefly, and then it just disappeared. It was as if somebody had taken a brush, and simply wiped it away from the night sky.
I stood there afterwards, shocked. I remained in place, eyes fixed, checking to see if there was any moving mass that would blot out the stars in a directional path ahead of where this craft seemed to be going forward. Nothing! It completely vanished. It was a very surreal experience. I was so unnerved – yet fascinated – by what had happened, that I literally ran inside to tell my family members. I could barely speak. I had goose bumps on my entire body, and every hair on my neck and arms was standing straight up (this can be verified by my family – who wondered if I had just “seen a ghost, or something.”) That is a testament to just how shocked I was by the whole brief, but extremely noteworthy, experience.
Astronomers may have just found the first ever evidence of a planet orbiting three stars at the same time. Triple star systems make up only about 10% of all systems and much fewer planets have been detected in them compared to systems with just one star. That is why this newest research is incredibly significant as it may turn out to be the first ever discovery of its kind.
In the early part of 2020, astronomers were using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) when they discovered a new star system close to the Orion constellation. Located about 1,300 light-years away from Earth is the GW Ori system that has three young stars. A massive gas and dust disk that looks like Saturn’s rings surrounds the newfound system. These disks are important in the early formation of new planets.
(Not the GW Ori system)
While this type of disk is actually quite common in young star systems, the one detected in GW Ori is incredibly odd as it contains an unexplained gap in between it that separates it into two portions. It was previously thought that the gap was caused by a gravitational torque caused by the three stars but new research has provided a different assessment.
In a new study, researchers from the University of Nevada believe that the reasoning behind the mysterious gap in the disk is actually caused by at least one young planet within the gas cloud of the GW Ori system. If they are correct in their theory, this would be the first ever detection of a circumtriple planet, meaning a planet that orbits three stars. This was reiterated in an interview with the New York Times when Jeremy Smallwood, who is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the lead author of the paper, stated, “It may be the first evidence of a circumtriple planet carving a gap in real-time.”
(Not the GW Ori system)
Since the researchers can’t actually see the planet(s), they can’t confirm if they’re actually there or not. However, if there are “infant” planets in the system, experts believe that they are probably gas giants because of the gap in the dust cloud. A picture of the gas and dust disk surrounding GW Ori can be seen here.
The following two images, the colour one from Peter Tickner, indicate that there is an excess of blue light in the upper right of the coma (p.a. 270-350 deg). This may be evidence of the emission of light from ionised gas moving in this direction and overtaking the slower-moving dust. Thanks Peter.
(Click on image for a closer view)
Preface
A YouTube video of a BAA Webinar on the subject of this most unusual solar system object has been available since 2021 May 14. It features Prof Laura Woodney of California State University, San Bernardino and myself presenting some latest findings about this object and talking about possibilities of sending a space probe to investigate further.
Coverage of the latest apparition of 29P began with observations by Jean-François Soulier during the early hours of June 25.
What is Comet 29P?
This comet (aka 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1) is the most observable that exists and yet we understand very little about it. It is the second-most active body in our Solar System, after Jupiter's moon, Io, in that its level of volcanism is engendered by tidal interactions with the planet. The Comet Section has therefore launched this special project to ensure that our understanding of it is much improved such that it becomes the most observed comet that we know of.
This mysterious object is temporarily locked in its present near-circular orbit by the gravity of the giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn. Located at a mean heliocentric distance of 6.0 au, 29P describes an orbit around the Sun every 14.7 years or so, with a perihelion distance of 5.7 au and aphelion of 6.3 au. Because it never approaches the Sun closely, it never exhibits a distinctive tail, i.e. quite unlike most people’s idea of a comet. But like Jupiter and Saturn, the comet is observable during most of each year apart from the couple of months it spends in solar conjunction. Current location in the JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
Intensive observations have been underway since 2014 when the mini-outburst phenomenon was discovered, i.e. weak outbursts not exceeeding 1.0 mag in amplitude. The following set of plots show its behaviour during its seven 2014-2020 apparitions (click on the image to obtain larger views). The provisional plot for 2020 has been included.
So what can you do as an observer?
First if you want to capture images that can be used to perform photometry then do consult the Observing Tutorial.
Currently Richard Miles coordinates the observing campaign so please direct any queries to him. The main objectives are:
1. Detect any new outburst as soon as possible after it has taken place so that we can (a) determine the time of the event, and (b) initiate 'target of opportunity' images with the 2.0-m Faulkes Telescopes to study the resulting expanding coma.
2. Measure the brightness of the inner coma and determine (a) the maximum brightness of each outburst, and (b) follow its subsequent decline photometrically.
3. Establish a long-term archive of: (a) its photometric lightcurve (intensive observations began in 2014); (b) a high-precision astrometry archive (so its orbit is precisely known for the prediction of stellar occultations); and (c) archive images series depicting the development of the expanding coma after each significant outburst
By recording its characteristics in this way it is hoped that we can elucidate the true nature of this object.
Comets are a favorite space rock of amateur astronomers for many reasons – they’re often seen without a telescope, their tails tale them easy to fins, some return on a regular scale and a few end up in rock songs. However, they’re mostly just icy rock balls and don’t do anything special – except for Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, better known as Comet 29P, the flashing comet. The what? What’s making it flash?
29P Schwassmann Wachmann orbit (NASA)
“Some are calling this a super outburst. This requires an immense amount of energy. We don’t know. And that’s what makes it so interesting.”
Dr. Maria Womack, an astrophysicist at the National Science Foundation, told The New York Times that the 37-mile-wide 29P comet doesn’t act like the ice ball it is – it is constantly blasting off gas and dust as it orbits the Sun every 14.6 years in a nearly circular orbit … a real oddity in our solar system. Discovered in 1927 by German astronomers Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann, it has an unusual brightness range between 12 and 16 magnitude. However, when it hits 16, it occasionally goes superbright and can reach 21 magnitude. 29P averages an amazing 7.3 bursts per year but their timing is unpredictable as is their brightness, so what happened last week was unexpected and unbelievable … 29P emitted four consecutive outbursts.
Current Status and Latest Observations:
STOP PRESS – Fourth outburst on 2021 09 27.6+/-0.2 almost 9 times greater intensity than the first two events !!!!
STOP PRESS – Third outburst on 2021 09 27.0 almost 5 times greater intensity than the former two events. Time between each pair of outbursts ~20 h
LATEST: An outburst of about 2.5 mag amplitude appears to have occurred on 2021 September 25.34 +/-0.005 followed about 20 hours later by another outburst of similar intensity
Two images of the Comet 29P’s outbursts captured by the University of Texas McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis this month.
Richard Miles, director of the asteroids and remote planets section of the British Astronomical Association, is the project lead on the MISSION 29P website, which keeps track of 29P activity and issued those news bursts as the comet bursts happened. According to Sky and Telescope, Miles thinks 29P’s first massive outburst triggered the next and so on until they stopped at four. No other comet in the solar systems flares with this frequency and intensity.
29P Schwassmann Wachmann
(NASA)
However, no astronomer can answer the big question. They speculate the flares could be caused by carbon monoxide heating up and erupting into space – a process called cryovolcanism where sunlight weakens 29P’s crust, allowing cryomagma made up of carbon monoxide and other slushy ices to vigorously bubble out like champagne from a shaken bottle. Or the flares could be caused by a cometary landslide or even a cometary quake causing a piece to break off. Dr. Kacper Wierzchoś, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, had an observation that we all can relate to.
“Who knows?”
That means they’ll keep on watching and reporting on the MISSION 29P website.
The Flashing Comets would be a great name for a band … as long as the social media algorithms don’t censor it.
A view of 29P made by Pieter-Jan Dekelver at the Observatory Gromme in Maasmechelen, Belgium.
One of the more spectacular types of UFO accounts are of these objects coming down to crash on earth, and these have been reported from all over the world. The scene here is the small, picturesque town of Megas Platanos, a small village just outside of Athens, in central Greece. It is a serene, rural place, infused with history and mostly populated by goat and sheep herders and farmers, a place where not much ever really happens, but all of that would change in the very early morning hours of September 2, 1990, when at around 3 a.m. some of the villagers saw a strange scene playing out in the sky above. As these simple folk looked up, they saw between six and one dozen brightly lit objects sailing through the air silently, and these objects were seen to change course numerous times, first passing over Mount Pentelicus and heading north past the city of Thessaloniki, then sharply turning to go south. At some point, one of the objects began to wobble and fly erratically, with the color and intensity of its light changing as well, and things would only get weirder from there, turning into what many have called “The Greek Roswell.”
The object in question seemed to be in some sort of trouble, steadily losing altitude and obviously not flying straight, until it suddenly dropped down to smash into a small hill called Tympristo. There were apparently quite a few witnesses to this event. One shepherd claimed that it had come down just 500 feet away from him to spew fire, while another family called the Karadratus claimed to have seen the object hurtling toward the ground in flames, and they would say of it:
After falling, the object made black smoke, like that of burning tires. After a while, the other objects descended near the grounded craft and landed around it, as if encircling it. The lights of the other objects were so bright that they illuminated part of the hill. We were standing there, watching. My husband and I went closer for a better look. He could see movement in front of the burning object, like shadows that passed back and forth but we could not discern if they were human or something else. They did something in the bright circle that formed around the big object.
After the object had come down, many witnesses claim that the remaining objects in the sky hovered over the location for some time and began dipping down close to the ground and shooting back up again, as if they were rescuing their friends. Although only a few people had witnessed the actual crash, there were many more who had been awakened by a sound like and explosion and had come out to see these lights bobbing up and down above the site. Villagers were afraid to go anywhere near the site until the following day, when things would get even stranger still.
The following morning, some people warily made their way out to where the object had come down. Not only was there scorched earth and trees that were still hot to the touch, but there was allegedly an oval hole in the ground containing a small metallic object with two antennas on it, as well as what appeared to be an engraving of a shape that looked like a lightning bolt. There were also scattered pieces of metallic debris and wires, and before long police had been notified and arrived for an investigation. When they arrived, they were given some of the pieces that had been found, but they concluded that it had not been a plane crash, but rather just a brush fire, something which all present denied. The Greek Air Force also converged on the scene and were also quick to write it all off as nothing but a fire. The Air Force would whisk off some shards and the round object with the antenna, after which they would explain it away, saying of it all in their report:
We certify that the object in question burned grass and shrubs within a radius of 200 meters. The debris collected was as follows: Pieces of an 11cm diameter female plug made of copper and with Arabic numerals in its center. A series of copper multipin cables, connected to the aforementioned plug. The insulation of these cables was made of silk, such as cloth and teflon. A burnt rubber circular cover. A steel ring. Three 10cm steel bars each. At the bottom two regulators with the Greek letter F at their base. The debris found was of earthly origin, given that there were numerical and alphabetical indications. It was old technology, possible pieces of an old satellite. This conclusion was based on measurements, wiring and construction. The satellite must be from Europe or the former Soviet Union, as only in these parts of the world is the metric system in meters and centimeters. On the letter F, it is from the Soviet Union since that country uses this Greek letter in its Cyrillic alphabet and also has the technology for such a device.
Witnesses were sure of what they had seen, and insisted it was no satellite that had come down, and that the other objects had hovered there over the crash site for some tie on their “rescue operation,” and they also denied that there had been any Greek letter F on the wreckage. but for authorities the case was closed. They would say it was either a satellite, a jet, or a helicopter that had come down, but this seems odd because if that were the case then where was the rest? Another expert theorized that it had been a meteor, with the director of the Astronomical institute of the National Observatory of Athens stating:
These are not just extraterrestrials. At this time (September 1990) the orbit of the Earth passes near a flock of meteors, the so-called Persians. These meteorites, as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere at a height of about one hundred kilometers, due to their high speed, develop a high friction and ignite. So the world sees flashes. When it comes to meteors, they may be artificial satellites. As many pieces of the satellite are destroyed, they also ignite in the atmosphere. Finally, the phenomena may also be due to abnormal refractions or reflections in the atmosphere from lights on the earth. Even the lights of a range of cars can cause such a spectacular sight. Everything else is devoid of seriousness and is due to fantasy or group hysteria.
Again, the people who had seen it disputed this, and Greek UFO researchers were also skeptical of the official reports. Indeed, they suspected that these official remarks were false, and also found that the witnesses to the actual event had never even been properly interviewed. Curiously, the incident was also mostly absent from the press, with very little coverage on it, and most of what there was simply speaking of a downed satellite. Indeed, to this day it remains a mostly obscure case only known of through the testimonies of villagers in the area gleaned from intrepid Greek ufologists. What happened on that night out in the countryside of Greece, and what is the real story? It looks like we may never know for sure.
Artist impression of BepiColombo flying by Mercury on 1 October 2021. The spacecraft makes nine gravity assist manoeuvres (one of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury) before entering orbit around the innermost planet of the Solar System in 2025. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will make the first of six flybys of its destination planet on 1 October before entering orbit in 2025.
Hot on the heels of its last Venus flyby in August, the spacecraft's next exciting encounter is with Mercury at 23:34 UTC on 1 October (01:34 CEST 2 October). It will swoop by the planet at an altitude of about 200 km, capturing imagery and science data that will give scientists a tantalizing first taste of what's to come in the main mission.
The mission comprises two science orbiters which will be delivered into complementary orbits around the planet by the Mercury Transfer Module in 2025. The ESA-led Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the JAXA-led Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, Mio, will study all aspects of this mysterious inner planet from its core to surface processes, magnetic field and exosphere, to better understand the origin and evolution of a planet close to its parent star.
BepiColombo will make use of nine planetary flybys in total: one at Earth, two at Venus, and six at Mercury, together with the spacecraft's solar electric propulsion system, to help steer into Mercury orbit.
On track for Mercury slingshot
Gravitational flybys require extremely precise deep-space navigation work, ensuring that the spacecraft is on the correct approach trajectory.
Visualisation of BepiColombo flying by Mercury on 1 October 2021. The spacecraft makes nine gravity assist manoeuvres (one of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury) before entering orbit around the innermost planet of the Solar System. The closest approach is at 23:34 UTC on 1 October (01:34 CEST 2 October) at a distance of about 200 km. BepiColombo is an international collaboration between ESA and JAXA. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
One week after BepiColombo's last flyby on 10 August, a correction maneuver was performed to nudge the craft a little for this first flyby of Mercury, targeting an altitude of 200 km. At present, the craft is predicted to pass the innermost planet at 198 km, and small adjustments can easily be made with solar electric propulsion maneuvers after the swing-by. As BepiColombo is more than 100 million km away from Earth, with light taking 350 seconds (about six minutes) to reach it, being on target to within just two kilometers is no easy feat.
"It is because of our remarkable ground stations that we know where our spacecraft is with such precision. With this information, the Flight Dynamics team at ESOC know just how much we need to maneuver, to be in the right place for Mercury's gravitational assist," explains Elsa Montagnon, Spacecraft Operations Manager for the mission.
"As is often the case, our mission's path has been planned so meticulously that no further correction maneuvers are expected for this upcoming flyby. BepiColombo is on track."
First glimpse of Mercury
During the flybys it is not possible to take high-resolution imagery with the main science camera because it is shielded by the transfer module while the spacecraft is in cruise configuration. However, two of BepiColombo's three monitoring cameras (MCAMs) will be taking photos from about five minutes after the time of close approach and up to four hours later. Because BepiColombo is arriving on the planet's nightside, conditions are not ideal to take images directly at the closest approach, thus the closest image will be captured from a distance of about 1000 km.
The first image to be downlinked will be from about 30 minutes after closest approach, and is expected to be available for public release at around 08:00 CEST on Saturday morning. The close approach and subsequent images will be downlinked one by one during Saturday morning.
Key moments during BepiColombo’s first Mercury flyby on 1 October 2021, which will see the spacecraft pass within 200 km of the planet at 23:34 UTC. While many of the in situ instruments will be on and collecting data as usual, two of BepiColombo’s three monitoring cameras will also be activated shortly after close approach. The images will be downlinked later in the morning of 2 October. Not to scale: the relative sizes of planets and spacecraft, and the attitude of the spacecraft is not representative. Credit: European Space Agency
The cameras provide black-and-white snapshots in 1,024 x 1,024 pixel resolution, and are positioned on the Mercury Transfer Module such that they also capture the spacecraft's solar arrays and antennas. As the spacecraft changes its orientation during the flyby, Mercury will be seen passing behind the spacecraft structural elements.
In general, MCAM-2 will point towards the northern hemisphere of Mercury, while MCAM-3 will point towards the southern hemisphere. During the half hour following the close approach, imaging will alternate between the two cameras. Later imaging will be performed by MCAM-3.
For the closest images it should be possible to identify large impact craters on the planet's surface. Mercury has a heavily cratered surface much like the appearance of Earth's Moon, plotting its 4.6 billion year history. Mapping the surface of Mercury and analyzing its composition will help scientists understand more about its formation and evolution.
Even though BepiColombo is in 'stacked' cruise configuration for the flybys, it will be possible to operate some of the science instruments on both planetary orbiters, allowing a first taste of the planet's magnetic, plasma and particle environment.
"We're really looking forward to seeing the first results from measurements taken so close to Mercury's surface," says Johannes Benkhoff, ESA's BepiColombo project scientist. "When I started working as project scientist on BepiColombo in January 2008, NASA's Messenger mission had its first flyby at Mercury. Now it's our turn. It's a fantastic feeling!"
Het Europese ruimtetuig op missie naar Mercurius, BepiColombo, is in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag voor het eerst langs die planeet gevlogen. De sonde vloog minder dan 200 kilometer boven de oppervlakte van de planeet, maakte foto’s en deed metingen. Daarna ging hij weer verder.
Enkele uren na de flyby of scheervlucht van BepiColombo langs Mercurius deelde de Europese ruimtevaartorganisatie Esa een foto die de sonde van Mercurius had gemaakt. De eerste foto gemaakt tijdens de flyby is dertig minuten na de manoeuvres naar de aarde gestuurd.
De foto werd gemaakt op 1.000 kilometer afstand, dus niet op het moment dat de sonde het dichtste bij was, op 200 kilometer. Dit komt doordat BepiColombo langs de donkere kant van de planeet vloog op het moment dat de planeet het dichtste bij was.
BepiColombo werd in oktober 2018 gelanceerd. De sonde bestaat uit twee satellieten, een Europese en een Japanse, en moet in 2025 in een baan om de binnenste planeet van ons zonnestelsel komen. Daar gaan de apparaten onder meer onderzoeken hoe de planeet is opgebouwd. Ook heeft BepiColombo het doel om uit te zoeken hoe een planeet kan ontstaan als ze dicht om een ster draait.
Om Mercurius te bereiken maakt BepiColombo negen vluchten relatief dicht bij een planeet. Het deed dat één keer langs de aarde, twee keer langs Venus en nu volgen zes vluchten langs Mercurius. De laatste vlucht langs Venus vond plaats in augustus. Deze manoeuvres zorgen ervoor dat BepiColombo de juiste snelheid en de juiste koers bereikt om veilig in een baan rond Mercurius te kunnen draaien.
Mercurius is de binnenste en kleinste planeet van ons zonnestelsel. Mercurius is lastig te onderzoeken omdat deze dicht bij de zon staat en telescopen beschadigd kunnen raken door het felle licht van de zon als ze direct naar de planeet kijken. Alleen de Nasa-missies Mariner 10 en Messenger gingen BepiColombo voor met een vlucht langs Mercurius.
Artist impression of BepiColombo flying by Mercury on 1 October 2021. The spacecraft makes nine gravity assist manoeuvres (one of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury) before entering orbit around the innermost planet of the Solar System in 2025.
Steve Quayle & Tim Alberino: Giants, Super Soldiers, and the Days of Noah
Steve Quayle & Tim Alberino: Giants, Super Soldiers, and the Days of Noah
Steve Quayle is a researcher and author of over a dozen books dealing with advanced ancient technology and civilizations. His documentary film production company Gensix Productions films the “True Legends The Series” all over the world in search of the Lost Cities and the giants of history who were the builders of the great megalithic structures of the ancient world.
Steve is a former talk radio show host who has been warning against genetic armageddon and the end of the human race for decades. He claims transhumanism and the hybrid age is the most dangerous advancement in the technological war against humanity in history.
What is it? Strange Lights in Sky Caught on Camera in the Moon
What is it? Strange Lights in Sky Caught on Camera in the Moon
In Moon, amateur astronomers have been thrown into a fright after a bizarre story emerged regarding astronomers being scared at a moon location by what has been described as a “strange lights”.
That and more strange events caught on tape. Real or fake? Video here:
The DUMBs Deep Underground Military Complex Called
The DUMBs Deep Underground Military Complex Called "Raven Rock Mountain Complex" and More
In America alone there are over 120 Deep Underground Military Bases situated under most major cities, US AFBs, US Navy Bases and US Army Bases, as well as underneath FEMA Military Training Camps and DHS control centers. There are also many Deep Underground Military Bases under Canada.
Almost all of these bases are over 2 miles underground and have diameters ranging from 10 miles up to 30 miles across! They have been building these bases day and night, unceasingly, since the 1940s. These bases are basically large cities underground connected by high-speed magneto-levity trains that have speeds up to 1500 MPH.
The Black Projects sidestep the authority of Congress, which as we know is illegal. There is much hard evidence out there. Many will react with fear, terror and paranoia, but you must snap out of it and wake up from the brainwashing your media pumps into your heads all day long.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Hope everyone has a great week.
White Orb Over Hill In Odenton, Maryland Sept 30, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
White Orb Over Hill In Odenton, Maryland Sept 30, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 30, 2021 Location of sighting: Odenton, Maryland, USA Source: MUFON
Here we have a glowing white sphere that a man noticed when going for a walk to get some exercise. The UFO hovered over the treetops in the distance and almost seemed to be watching, observing them. This is the same UFO seen the next day at Stacy, Minnesota in an earlier post today. Absolutely amazing...this UFO is hanging around the area for over two days, but in two different states! Fantastic capture and cool he was with his family who also were eyewitnesses. 100% proof that aliens are watching us.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Hovering above tree tops. Emitting light, no sound. Not sure if revolving of if clouds were blowing by creating illusion of revolving. I have video. I take the same walk path several times a week. That night I saw something very different. I recorded some of it. It was not back the next night.
Glowing Object Over Stacy, Minnesota On Oct 1, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing Object Over Stacy, Minnesota On Oct 1, 2021, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Oct 1, 2021
Location of sighting: Stacy, Minnesota, USA
News Source:MUFON
Wow, just look at it! This UFO is moving really fast and is nearly the size of the moon. The glowing object moves across the sky and behind the trees in under 18 seconds, now thats fast. Thats 100% proof that this is not the moon. This is amazing! This craft is huge and its really moving. The city of Stacy has a low population of around 1,500 residents so don't expect a lot of reports or a lot of videos of it in such a low populated area. Fantastic sighting and shows how it moves, its speed, its size its shape...just wonderful! This is undeniable proof that aliens are flying over American cities.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
First observation seemed to be a satellite until I saw a satellite cross its path and then the satellite was blocked by cloud cover. Moved straight across sky over my house northwest to northeast below the clouds then disappeared from view. Caught the last moments of my sighting on camera as it appeard to slow down. I ran around to the other side of my house to see it for just a moment before it vanished.
UFO Filmed Being Followed By An Airplane Over Dehradun, India. September 24, 2021
UFO Filmed Being Followed By An Airplane Over Dehradun, India. September 24, 2021
This object was sighted over Dehradun, The capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, near the Himalayan foothills. This object was witnessed by multiple people with one stating the following "it was very close and totally silent" another add "This was literally above Sahastradhara road. It was not a plane not a helicopter but looked like a bus. I was like was i the only one who saw this?"
Many thanks to the individuals that filmed this sighting:
In an interesting new study, researchers have revealed that several ancient volcanic eruptions actually helped the dinosaurs to dominate the planet and thrive for so many millions of years. The volcanic eruptions started happening about 230 million years ago which caused significant changes to the environment and ecology such as Earth’s carbon cycle as well as the climate.
Researchers came to this conclusion by studying sediment and fossil plant records that came from a lake in the Jiyuan Basin in the northern part of China. They noticed that there was more humidity and higher temperatures that were caused by extreme volcanism and climatic shifts. These environmental changes included the CPE’s (Late Triassic Carnian Pluvial Episode) “mega monsoon” climate around 234 to 232 million years ago. When these changes occurred, massive amounts of marine creatures were wiped out, conifer trees increased in numbers, and dinosaurs became dominant.
Jason Hilton, who is a professor of paleobotany and paleoenvironments at the University of Birmingham in Britain and a co-author of the study, went into further details, “Within the space of two million years the world’s animal and plant life underwent major changes including selective extinctions in the marine realm and diversification of plant and animal groups on land,” adding, “These events coincide with a remarkable interval of intense rainfall known as the Carnian Pluvial Episode.”
As a matter of fact, the researchers separated the shift that lasted two million years into four episodes that were each caused by a volcanic pulse. These events allowed more carbon to be released into our atmosphere which ended up making our planet warmer and caused large amounts of rain to fall.
Dr. Sarah Greene, who is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham as well as being another co-author of the study, weighed in by noting, “Our results show that large volcanic eruptions can occur in multiple, discrete pulses – demonstrating their powerful ability to alter the global carbon cycle, cause climate and hydrological disruption and drive evolutionary processes.”
While these climatic shifts gave rise to the dinosaurs, experts still aren’t clear as to the reasoning behind it as explained by Emma Dunne who is a paleobiologist at the University of Birmingham but was not involved in the study, “This relatively long period of volcanic activity and environmental change would have had considerable consequences for animals on land.” “At this time, the dinosaurs had just begun to diversify, and it’s likely that without this event, they would never have reached their ecological dominance we see over the next 150 million years.”
Well, at least the dinosaurs benefited from the numerous volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago – until the asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago.
The study was published in the journal PNASwhere it can be read in full.
For many recent nighttime observers in North America and Europe, strange glowing lights may have made an appearance in the evening skies.
Although they may have looked otherworldly in appearance, these phenomena were of the celestial variety, rather than indications of extraterrestrial visitation.
On Monday, a powerful geomagnetic storm was logged by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who predicted that resulting displays of the aurora borealis could have been visible as far south as New York, Wisconsin, and Washington.
Geomagnetic storms occur when Earth’s sun ejects energy in the form of highly charged particles that strike the magnetic field that encircles our planet. As the particles collide with our planet’s magnetic shielding, it creates the famous dancing auroral displays, which under the right conditions can be very colorful and vivid.
NOAA features an online aurora forecast that provides real-time updates on when and where auroral appearances will be visible to nighttime viewers in the northern hemisphere. Similarly, viewers further south may occasionally be able to spot the aurora australis, the southern counterpart to the aurora borealis, which can be seen from various locales in the southern hemisphere.
However, the aurora borealis probably wasn’t the only thing causing the appearances of eerie lights in the night sky over parts of North America this week.
Probably not in this case, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS), who received videos of the nighttime intruder from North Carolinians who managed to film it, and said the object was a bright fireball.
The AMS says it was one of a handful of similar fireball sightings that occurred across North America last Friday night.
The meteor apparently cut through the atmosphere at a height of around 48 miles as it entered above Jacksonville, North Carolina. Observers estimate that it traveled at speeds nearing 32,000 miles per hour as it burned along.
According to its outlook for the dates encompassing when the sighting occurred, the AMS said that the estimated total hourly meteor rate for observers had been near 2 for observers in northern latitudes, and 1 as seen from tropical southern locations.
“The actual rates will also depend on factors such as personal light and motion perception, local weather conditions, alertness, and experience in watching meteor activity,” the AMS outlook read, adding that “Rates are reduced due to moonlight during this period,” and that “observers viewing from urban areas will see less activity as only the brighter meteors will be visible from such locations.”
Like auroras, the dynamics of meteors are well understood, although there have been a variety of anomalous occurrences associated with each of these phenomena, namely involving unusual sounds associated with the passage of bright fireballs through the sky. These noises that often accompany meteors have long baffled astronomers, because they cannot easily be reconciled as being produced by the objects burning through the sky since observers often report them simultaneously, as opposed to several seconds (or even minutes) later, allowing time for such sounds to travel.
While some phenomena associated with meteors does obviously remain mysterious, recent sightings of unusual things in the night sky over the Northern Hemisphere do seem to have a reasonable explanation, this time.
Some of the Moon’s Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What’s Inside Them
Some of the Moon’s Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What’s Inside Them
There is no dark side of the Moon. But there are dark spots on it – specifically at the bottom of craters that are never reached by any sunlight no matter where the Moon is facing. These areas have intrigued scientists for decades, in no small part because lack of sunlight means a lower temperature, allowing frozen materials to stay frozen. In other words, there may be water in them thar craters. And water will be the lifeblood of any future permanent crewed lunar mission.
Unfortunately, lack of sunlight also means it’s challenging to see what’s at the bottom of those craters. The closest scientists have come was when LCROSS, a NASA moon mission, fired a projectile into the crater Cabeus and analyzed the resultant dust cloud, which contained a relatively high amount of water. But so far, no one has been able to image what water is in those craters directly.
Some of the craters at the lunar south pole that were part of the study. Credit – MPS / University of Oxford / NASA Ames Research Center / FDL / SETI Institute
That is not to say the craters are illuminated at all. Even when they are not in direct sunlight, reflected sunlight, some of which might have bounced off nearby hills, is still channeled into the crater. But any images captured using that reflected light are too “noisy” to make out any detailed features.
Enter a new technique developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany. They used an AI algorithm called the Hyper-effective nOise Removal U-net Software (HORUS). HORUS’s primary goal is to “clean up” the noisy images of the bottom of unlit craters collected by other spacecraft, such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). In addition to removing noise, the software must also correct for other factors, such as the movement of LRO itself.
UT video discussing how we can utilize water on the Moon.
Despite such difficulties, the researchers used 70,000 images from LRO to calibrate the software, which was then unleashed upon 17 different permanently dark regions at the lunar south pole. The largest area studied was 54 sq km, while the smallest was a mere 0.18 sq km.
With the new software, the image of the bottom of the crater is improved significantly. Unfortunately, the photos don’t show any direct evidence of water, such as bright patches that would indicate ice. However, any crewed mission that wants to look for water in or under the regolith of these craters will first need to know what terrain it is entering. Defining such terrain is where HORUS shines – the researchers could make out geological features a few meters across, which could be potentially hazardous to a lander or rover.
The same crater with (right) and without (left) details filled in by HORUS. Credit – Left: NASA/LROC/GSFC/ASU; Right: MPS/University of Oxford/NASA Ames Research Center/FDL/SETI Institute
This was the first step toward exploring these previously invisible parts of the Moon. With luck, someday, humans will be able to explore these areas safely, and with even more luck, they might find a source of an essential ingredient of all Earth-bound life.
An almost 4000-year-old clay tablet displays an early form of applied geometry practiced by the ancient Babylonians, thousands of years before the math was initially thought to have been discovered.
BACKGROUND: DID THE BABYLONIANS HAVE GEOMETRY?
Trigonometry was largely understood to have been first discovered by the Greeks around the second century BCE. The word itself came from a combination of the Greek words for ‘earth’ and ‘measure.’
Prominent figures such as Euclid and Pythagoras created foundations and theorems that were instrumental in advancing the understanding of mathematics throughout the western world. Some of their work is still being used in current modern applications, such as Pythagoras’ theorem regarding right triangles.
While the Greeks may have had the greatest impact worldwide with their mathematical discoveries, it would eventually be revealed that they were not the first. In 2017, researchers at the University of New South Wales found a famous Babylonian tablet from 3,700 years ago, known as “Plimpton 322,” that contained a trigonometric table inscribed on it. It had sequences of numbers that are known as Pythagorean triples, despite it being thousands of years before Pythagoras lived when the tablet was used.
The Plimpton 322 clay tablet, with numbers written in cuneiform script. (Image Source: Wikicommons)
ANALYSIS: THE ANCIENTS WERE MATH NERDS
Dr. Daniel Mansfield of the University of New South Wales, who was a part of the same team that discovered Plimpton 322 in 2017, revealed that a different clay tablet from the same time period in Babylonia contained the oldest known record of applied geometry.
The tablet, known as “Si.427,” contains mathematical and legal records of land transactions at the time. It was discovered first in 1894 in what is now the province of Baghdad in Iraq—finding it proved to be a journey in itself for Mansfield, and efforts to decipher it tacked on further months of effort.
The tablet, similar to Plimpton 322, also displays the use of Pythagorean triples to make proper right angles. Si.427’s purpose regarding land has also led to researchers hypothesizing that one of the potential reasons Babylonians were interested in these more advanced forms of mathematics was to create accurate partitions and borders of their land.
The Babylonians created their own solutions, with the boundaries displayed on several additional tablets showcasing an apparent mastery of geographical and trigonometric properties. According to Dr. Mansfield, the Pythagorean triples used on the clay tablets is especially interesting because of their variety. An easy way to create a right angle is to create a triangle with a 3-4-5 pattern, with the largest number being attributed to the hypotenuse. The Babylonians used several different Pythagorean triples to accomplish the same goal, despite their numeric system making it particularly difficult and overall limiting in which triples can be created.
OUTLOOK: ANCIENT MATH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FUTURE
From a historical perspective, the implications of these discoveries are relatively clear. The Babylonians possessed a significant understanding of geometry and trigonometry before it was even a thought in the minds of their alleged progenitors.
When it comes to Dr. Mansfield, his next move is to figure out the full extent of applications that ancient Babylonians used, what he refers to as, “proto-trigonometry” for. In addition to the information displayed on the front, Si.427’s backside contains a uniquely puzzling mystery that Mansfield hopes to soon crack. In large writing on the back of the tablet are the numbers: 25:29, written in this sexagesimal format. No one currently knows what these numbers mean, or even what they could potentially be referring to or measuring. However, Mansfield has stated he would like to work with other historians and mathematicians to develop theories as to what they may be.
Liam Stewart is a junior at NYU studying Journalism and Political Science. He is currently covering Science, Space, and Technology at The Debrief.
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