Just about everyone knows of the July 1947 “UFO crash” outside of Roswell, New Mexico. There are, however, some fascinating stories – and equally fascinating characters – in the overall picture that take things in a very different direction. So, today, I’m going to share with you several figures and their findings and claims. And all tied to the legendary incident. We’ll begin with the late Kathy Kasten. Kathy was a feisty contributor to the now-defunct online discussion forum, UFO Updates. She was also a good friend. Much of Kathy’s research was focused on mind-control and Roswell, subjects that had fascinated her for years. And, as Kathy’s investigations progressed, she found herself looking more and more into a certain installation in New Mexico. It was directly connected to the Roswell enigma. Its name: Fort Stanton. Yes, the very same Fort Stanton that has popped up previously with regard to (a) people with extreme physical handicaps and (b) Japanese balloons. On August 7, 2012, Kathy died from a cardiac arrest. And, her family very generously handed her files over to me. When I read Kathy’s voluminous Roswell files, I found that she had been looking deeply into the Roswell affair – not from the perspective of it being a UFO crash, but, a disaster involving human guinea-pigs used in high-altitude experiments, some handicapped and others Japanese people.

(Nick Redfern)

Aliens or Secret Experiment?

It was 2005 when I wrote my first “secret experiment”-themed Roswell book, Body Snatchers in the Desert. And my follow-up book, The Roswell UFO Conspiracy, was published in 2017. I was very pleased, however, to see – as I went through Kathy’s files – that she had uncovered pretty much the same data as me. But, as the files reveal, Kathy got there before anyone else: in the latter part of 1989. Have a look at this from Kathy and what she wrote in one of her journals: “My research has uncovered the fact that the American Government was testing many different types of aircraft at the time of the Roswell crash; some of it for the purpose of forming the basis for a future space program, and perhaps even one that involved American-Japanese ex-internees from a New Mexico detention camp.” The facility Kathy was talking about was Fort Stanton. It just happens to be situated in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Lincoln County is the same county where the legendary crash occurred in 1947. Not everyone – of course – believes that Roswell was a secret, government experiment; but – when it comes to the matter of a sickening experiment that went badly wrong – Kathy got there before anyone else. Now, onto another figure.

Moving on, there is the saga of a man named Conrad Zerbe. His name rarely surfaces and he is someone who even most Roswell researchers have failed to pay much attention to. Few researchers ever interviewed the now-dead Zerbe; although Bill Moore did in the early 1980s. Zerbe’s link to the Roswell saga revolves around the matter of a certain, large number of photographs taken out at the crash site of the whatever-it-was that came down on the ranch in the summer of ’47. A Roland S. Cliff, a Colonel Loomis, a Mr. Bohanon, and a Captain Ed Guill were in the know, when it came to (A) the matter of what happened and (B) who knew what the photos really showed. In 1980, when the Moore-Berlitz-Moore book, The Roswell Incident, was published and received publicity, Zerbe mused on the possibility of revealing what he knew. Before he had the chance to do so, however, one day in late 1980 there was a knock at the door of his California-based home. Zerbe opened the door and was confronted by a plain-clothes man who flashed government (Air Force) I.D.

(Nick Redfern)

The Legendary Crash Site Outside of Roswell, New Mexico

Thirty-three-years after Roswell, Zerbe was what is, today, termed a “person of interest.” Zerbe was told he was not in any trouble, but (there’s always a but in these situations…) the man added that he knew Zerbe had expressed a desire to go public (how he knew is anyone’s guess). It would not be a wise move, Zerbe was told. He got the message – even though it was a very brief message. No explanation was given as to why Zerbe should stay silent, when people like retired Major Jesse Marcel had not been threatened. In all probability, it was due to the fact that Zerbe knew precisely what the photos showed, too – just like certain colleagues at the old Roswell base in ’47. Somewhat oddly the man in the suit had brought with him a couple of sodas. He significantly lightened up, too, and he quickly changed the subject to what Zerbe had been up to since he left the service, years earlier.

Maybe five or six minutes after chugging back the soda Zerbe began to feel strange. He was spaced-out and found himself rambling on to the man and answering his every question without hesitation. He was hit by vertigo and vaguely heard voices in his head. It was whispered mumbling that he could not understand. And then? Nothing. Zerbe had no recollection of the rest of the conversation, or of what happened to the man. He never saw him again, though. It was as if around thirty minutes of time had been wiped from existence. Zerbe suspected, though, that as the soda was bottled, and with screw-tops, that something mind-warping had been surreptitiously put in the drink before the man called and the bottle-top had been carefully replaced and tightened. Zerbe also wondered if after the chemicals hit hard, the man returned the conversation back to Roswell. Although, admittedly, this was just Zerbe speculating. Beyond that, Zerbe didn’t say much, at all.

(Nick Redfern)

My first book on the Roswell Experiment

Now, let’s focus on one Dr. Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico. Master Sergeant Lewis “Bill” Rickett – of the Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC) was someone who many Roswell investigators believe knew exactly what happened on the Foster Ranch in July 1947. At the time of the mysterious event, Rickett was the Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge at the Roswell Army Air Field. Years after the event, Rickett admitted to UFO researchers his presence at the ranch site – along with Sheridan Cavitt, also of the CIC – on July 8. Rickett also shared a few other snippets of data, when the mood took him. For the most part, though, he remained very tight-lipped – even cagey at times – on exactly what took place. Rickett did, however, admit that approximately two months after the crash on the Foster Ranch took place, he liaised on the top secret matter with one Dr. Lincoln LaPaz. At the time, he was the Director of the University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics. He and LaPaz undertook a secret assignment to try and figure out “the speed and trajectory” of the craft that slammed into the heart of Lincoln County. Reportedly, the pair found a “touchdown” location just a few miles from the ranch, as well as a patch of ground that had been exposed to a significant amount of heat. According to Rickett, the object that hurtled to the ground on the ranch was somewhat bat-winged, but certainly not what anyone would call a flying saucer – which is an important point, given that all the talk at the time was of saucers and disks. There is, however, something else; something very important.

(Nick Redfern)

One particularly important fact that many Roswell researchers have not realized, is Dr. Lincoln LaPaz’s connection to the issue of Japan’s Fugo balloons. In 1945, the University of New Mexico issued a press-release titled “New Mexican Had Lookout Job For ‘Japanese Germs.'” It revealed a certain, previously secret, aspect of LaPaz’s life, and it reads as follows: “Dr. Lincoln LaPaz of the University of New Mexico was in the thick of the fight against Japanese plans to send disease germs into America by balloon, said President J.P Wernette of the University today. Commenting on stories from the Navy in Washington revealing that use of germs and viruses in the Jap balloon-barrage was an enemy project as the war came to an end, Dr. Wernette said that Dr. LaPaz, head of the department of mathematics and the University’s Institute of Meteoritics, was with the government’s secret anti-balloon project during the war.” So, we see yet another Japanese connection to Roswell.

Like it or not, much of the story this article tells, suggests that Roswell really was a secret experiment gone disastrously wrong. And not the crash of an alien spacecraft.

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An artificial intelligence program has estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of meteorites hidden on Antarctica and it has a pretty good idea of where to look for them.

Interestingly, almost two-thirds of all meteorites that have been found our planet came from Antarctica because the cold frozen ground preserves them and makes it is much easier to spot the dark-colored space rocks when surrounded by snow and ice. While many of the meteorites that fall on Antarctica end up in the ocean, a lot of them do end up concentrated on the “blue ice” areas of ice sheet surfaces. The blue ice areas are caused by wind and other factors that make the ice turn an azure color.

And if the meteorites remain on the surface, researchers can reach them during field missions. Almost all of the meteorites recovered from Antarctica have been located on blue ice areas.

The artificial intelligence program studied satellite data of the continent’s surface, as well as thermal, optical, and radar data in order to pinpoint where the undiscovered meteorites were most likely located. The program identified over 600 locations that may contain meteorites – many of which have not yet been explored.

While the program does not have 100% accuracy, it did identify almost 83% of areas in Antarctica that are already known to have meteorites, so it is pretty accurate. And since several of the more than 600 possible meteorite-rich areas are located near research stations, the experts will be able to explore many of those places.

In an interview with Space.com, Veronica Tollenaar, who is a glaciologist at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, discussed the findings from the artificial intelligence program, “We found some unexplored areas with a great potential to find meteorites,” adding, “By visiting these locations and using new recovery techniques in the field, such as surveys with drones, we are about to enter a new era of Antarctic meteorite recovery missions.”

Furthermore, it is believed that the number of meteorites that have been found so far in Antarctica – over 45,000 of them – make up only 5% to 13% of all space rocks that have landed there as Tollenaar explained, “Our calculations suggest that more than 300,000 meteorites are still present at the surface of the ice sheet.” Their study was published in the journal Science Advances where it can be read in full.

A map showing the newly identified areas to look for meteorites on Antarctica can be seen here.

Collecting a meteorite on the Nansen blue ice area, close to the Belgian Antarctic research station Princess Elisabeth. 

(Image credit: Field team of the BELARE 2019-2020 meteorite recovery expedition on the Nansen Ice Field.)

A newly devised "treasure map" to find meteorites in Antarctica, created with the aid of an artificial intelligence program. Also indicates the Antarctic research stations (as listed by COMNAP, https://www.comnap.aq/). 

(Image credit: Veronica Tollenaar)

In a major scientific step forward, scientists were able to regrow the amputated leg of a frog. With a mixture of different drugs, scientists in the United States triggered the regrowth of a leg in a species of African clawed frog named Xenopus laevis. This was a very important step forward as they said that it is a “step closer to the goal of regenerative medicine.”

The team of experts, which were based at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute and Tufts University, added a mixture of five drugs to the amputated area of the frog’s leg and left it there for 24 hours. Amazingly, after 18 months, the newly regrown leg was nearly completely functional. In fact, the frog was able to swim in the water and even reacted to being touched. Additionally, several of its toes regrew, but they weren’t webbed.

(Not the frog mentioned in this article.)

Since the limb grew back in months, it may indicate that frogs and possibly other animals have regenerative capabilities that lie dormant but can be awakened with treatments. “I think the way to really achieve regenerative medicine is to exploit the collective intelligence of the body’s cells. They already know how to build all of these organs. They did it during embryonic development. All that information is still there,” explained Mike Levin who is a Vannevar Bush Professor of Biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts. “For me, the goal is to identify triggers, very simple kinds of stimuli, that will kick-start the cells and convince them to build whatever it is that you want them to build.”

James Monaghan, who is an associate professor in the department of biology at Northeastern University, described the results as being “impressive” and “exciting”. “Xenopus frogs are somewhere in between a salamander that regrows a limb nearly perfectly and a mammal that generates a scar after amputation. Adult Xenopus frogs regenerate a spike after amputation, but the spike lacks any pattern like a limb,” he explained, adding, “This study is significant because it shows that patterning, albeit not perfect, can be induced in a limb that typically regenerates only a spike.” (Pictures of the frog’s regrowth process of its leg can be seen here.)

As for what this means for humans regrowing their limbs, Monaghan stated, “An immediate translation of this strategy to humans is unlikely because a regenerative spike does not occur in humans as it does in Xenopus frogs. Yet, this work is exciting because it shows that endogenous regenerative processes can be enhanced by a short application of a drug cocktail.”

(Not the frog mentioned in this article.)

It is, however, an important step forward in scientists hopefully eventually being able to regrow human limbs. “Will we one day be able to regenerate a human digit or even a limb? Probably, but how long we need to wait is impossible to predict,” noted Ashley Seifert who is an associate professor of biology at the University of Kentucky who studies animal regeneration but wasn’t involved with the study.

The research was published in the journal Science Advances.

• (Note: UFO in picture above is not the one in this article.)

An interesting yet puzzling triangular UFO video appeared this week from Pakistan – interesting because it appeared to be triangular, puzzling because the witness claimed it remained nearly motionless for hours before it became too dark to see it. In this highly militarized country, was the witness looking at some sort of new aerial weapon, an unidentifiable drone, an extraterrestrial craft or something else?

Will we ever be able to see clear videos and photos of triangle UFOs?

“I saw this when I was landing my drone, it hovered for over 2 hours at this spot when eventually it got dark and I couldn’t see it anymore.”

The video was attributed to Arslan Warraich and first posted by The Hidden Underbelly 2.0 YouTube channel. (Watch it here.) According to the narrator, the sighting occurred on January 25, 2022. The witness stated his own drone was out of charge or he would have sent it aloft for better footage. (Had he known he was going to be there watching this UFFO for two hours, he might have had the opportunity.) Although he is allegedly an experienced drone operator, he seems amazed, impressed and frustrated by certain aspects of what he was recording.

“It did move but very slowly, never left the area, saw until the sky went completely dark. It had no lights nor was it reflecting the sunlight much.”

“This is unbelievable.”

“it’s just sitting there, not doing anything. I want it to do something, like whiz by or something.”

While the witness states (as does the headline) that this is a “black triangular shaped UFO,” it doesn’t look or behave like the typical triangular UFOs most often seen – moving in various directions and speeds, and with three visible lights. Those are most often thought to be secret tests of the alleged TR-3A Black Manta surveillance aircraft said to e a black project of the US Air Force. What Arslan Warraich said he recorded looks and acts nothing like that.

So … what is the UFO in the video?

Being stationary for two hours usually indicates a balloon, which this could be since it had no lights and was not reflecting any (although it seemed to be an overcast evening). Those same characteristics could eliminate a drone – conventional public drones generally can’t stay aloft that long and are bound by the PCAA in Pakistan to stay under 400 feet. Those rules do not apply to police or military surveillance drones – and the political situation in Pakistan would make this option highly likely … except the witness didn’t think so. Finally, it’s odd this witness watched for two hours without notifying anyone else. Also, searches don’t find any other similar reports of a triangular black UFO over Islamabad on this date.

Aliens?

Probably not. This one has the needle of the UFO Explanation Meter in the “Strange drone” quadrant near the “Strange balloon” section for now. As always, it’s great that more people are recoding UFOs and feeling comfortable in reporting them to paranormal sites. It would be greater if there were more official investigative and data collection sites available.

Everyone’s favorite spoon-bender (or least favorite or only one you know – he answers to all of them) has definitely decided it’s time to move towards becoming everyone’s favorite (or least … you get the idea) UFO and space alien whistleblower. Just one month after warning the world that ETs are already secretly here and are preparing to finally reveal themselves, he now claims a different group of “superior” beings are behind signals from a newly discovered mysterious neutron star and he’s warning NASA they’re on their way. Did someone at the space agency actually take his call?

Has he run out of spoons?

“A team mapping radio waves in the universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen before.”

Like any good magician (and even some bad ones), well-known psychic, illusionist, spoon-bender and TV personality Uri Geller opens with a bit of truth to lull us into a believing place. The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) just announced the discovery of a mysterious object 4,0000 light years away that is sending a periodic, low frequency but massive radio pulse every 18.18 min that astronomers worldwide are describing as “unlike anything” they have ever seen before. The researchers who found it think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with a highly unusual ultra-powerful magnetic field – a magnetar — but Uri called on NASA to set them straight.

“No doubt in my mind that this is connected to alien intelligence way way superior than ours. Start deciphering their messages! They are preparing us for a mass landing soon! #nasa #hoova #spectra #spectra #aliens.’’

That’s “way way superior” – Geller was obviously trying to convey in his own way-way a sense of urgency to people with PhDs in rocket science, astrophysics and subjects other than spoon-bending. How does he know these superior ETs are “preparing for a mass landing soon”? Hey, a good magician (and most bad magicians) never tell their secrets and Geller is obviously one of those. As always, he’s trying to squeeze the last drops out of his 15 minutes of fame and CIA connections which he earned participating in government parapsychology experiments in 1973 – nearly 50 years ago! Isn’t there a statute of limitations on these things?

“My dear friends …”

Uri apparently hopes that politeness counts when warning NASA of impending doom by invading extraterrestrials. It seems odd that only Uri could decipher these signals as messages when all of the scientists at NASA pegged them as radio blasts from a magnetar. Perhaps Uri misunderstood the study and thought they were looking for not a magnetar but a magna-STAR … which he obviously considers himself to be.

Then again … any story about Uri Geller brings out enough who believe what he says that he manages to maintain some modicum of relevance. If only he actually got a response from NASA …