Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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5 Must See Megaliths of the Mysterious Nuragic People
5 Must See Megaliths of the Mysterious Nuragic People
All over the Mediterranean island of Sardinia exist megalithic marvels that date from almost 4000 years ago. These mostly limestone structures are believed to have belonged to a civilization now known as the Nuragic people. Called ‘nuraghe’, they are a wonder to visit and immerse oneself in the ancient civilization that, for some reason - be it perhaps internal struggles, external invasion or some other reason entirely - had reason to construct thousands of these highly defensive edifices. Here we explore several of the best-preserved sites.
Mysterious Civilization Enduring Through the Ages
Before Sardinia was occupied by the more modern civilizations of the Spaniards, Byzantines, Romans and Carthaginians, a mysterious civilization flourished on the island from the 18th century to the 3rd century BC.
Very little is known about this ancient civilization as they left very little written evidence and very few items providing evidence of how they lived. Even their name, Nuragic, is a term used based on the description of the fortress-like structures that they once built, called Nuraghe. These towering, sturdy architectural feats were constructed during the Bronze Age and are dispersed throughout Sardinia, with there being around 7000 known to exist, but far more thought to have been built.
Here we explore several of the best-preserved sites.
1. Su Nuraxi of Barumini
The Su Nuraxi site is found in the central region of the island, at Barumini, with the clue to its importance being in its very name. ‘Su Nuraxi’ means not a nuraghe, but the nuraghe. It is the most famous nuraghe in Sardinia and is the only designated UNESCO site on the island. The extensive site is one of the best preserved of the 30 Barumesi sites of the area and certainly the best complex as a whole. It was the first site to be explored by archaeologist Giovanni Lilliu and which led to his definition and ‘discovery’ of the Nuragic civilization.
17th century Nuraghe Su Nuraxi, in the south central Barumini region of Sardinia
It includes a complex nuraghe as well a substantial village of huts. It seems this was an important center of power and commerce in prehistoric times.
The structures are made from volcanic basalt stone sourced nearby and was active over 2000 years from 16th century BC to the 7th century AD. The complex includes the tower (or keep) with a bastion at each of its four corners. A village of 50 huts sprawls out surrounding this central structure.
This tower was once 18.5 meters (60 ft) tall and was erected in the Middle Bronze Age (16-14th century BC). It contained 3 rooms over 3 levels, and was topped with a tholos or false dome, a wooden roof which also was used for the other buildings in the village.
2. The Nuraghe Palmavera
The Nuraghe Palmavera is similar to all the nuraghe structures and is one of the largest and most important examples, after the Barumini complex. It is located on the Palmera headland, overlooking a bay the Romans romantically called the ‘Harbor of the Nymphs’ near the modern beachfront resort town of Alghero.
It is believed that Nuraghe Palmavera was built in phases starting in the 15th century BC with a main tower that stands almost 8 meters (26 feet) high and 10 meters (33 feet) in diameter, including the beehive shaped roofs. It is estimated that a village of up to 150-200 huts surrounded the tower, with only 50 existing today. A new phase of development was completed in the 9th century BC with the addition of an exterior wall and additional huts. Although built using limestone blocks and sand, the Nuraghe Palmavera was destroyed by fire in the 8th century AD, but parts of the structure remain intact.
Today, this Nuraghe complex is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sardinia, along with the Nuragic complex of Barumini, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site in 1997.
3. Nuraghe of Santu Antine
This naraghe is a giant amongst giants, with the central tower now reported as being 16.5 meters (54.13 ft.) but once standing at a dizzying 23 to 24 meters (75-78 ft). It is currently the tallest naraghe of all, but it is thought that even higher towers existed in the past.
Santu Antine is located in the northwestern Sardinian province of Sassari, close to the town of Torralba, and is known by local people as Sa Domu de su Re or The House of the King in English. The building is made of basalt and The central tower is composed of three smaller towers that were stacked one on top of the other. Only two of these towers have survived till today. The rooms of these two towers may be reached by climbing up a helicoidal staircase that was incorporated into the structure’s thick walls.
It is surrounded by a small collection of 14 huts that have been identified, which were part of what would have been a much larger settlement. These dwellings have been dated to the 13 th century BC, and articfacts dating to the Roman period have been found in them, showing they were used after long after the Nuralgic civilization had ended. Some huts contained features, such as seats, hearths, and niches that aid in our understanding of their function. One near the entrance had a seat and a hearth, and archaeologists have proposed it would have been used for gatherings or meetings.
The site Nuraghe La Prisgiona is extensive at around 5 hectares and includes 90 Bronze Age buildings that have been excavated so far and those around the main building are very well preserved. It is a real chance to get a feeling of the past as you weave around the enclosures, with the size of the preserved settlement making it one of the most complex sites of its type. The main building is the classic three tower nuraghe but it also features an enclosed courtyard which includes a stone well that reaches a depth of 7 meters (23 feet). The well has yielded several well crafted jugs from the Nuralgic era.
One of the huts includes a long cresent shaped stone seat, long enough to accomodate over a dozen people, and an ornate jug was found here, perhaps for religious use.
The site is located in Arzachena, near Costa Smeralda (Emerald Coast) in the northeast of Sardinia.
5. Nuraghe Losa
Nuraghe Losa is a distinctive and well-preserved nuraghe that is located near the village of Abbasanta, in the central-western region of Sardinia. It is named ‘nuraghe of the tombs’ which refers to the Roman cinerary urns carved into the rocks nearby, as during the Roman era it was used for funerary purposes.
The giant and imposing structure is reminiscent of a ship’s bow.
It is most remarkable for the shape which is triangular and can be compared to the bow of a ship and it is obvious that the masonry techniques were reaching some refinement by this point, the 14th-15th century BC.
There is a main entrance raised above ground level through which a corridor leads to three of the internal towers. A fourth tower is accessed through a separate entrance. These towers are not obvious from the outside as the whole edifice appears as a solid mass of rock. Just why such a fortification was thought required remains a mystery, but this would surely have been virtually impenetrable.
As well as the three rooms, the main keep tower has a small spiral ramp leading to an upper chamber. There are also 3 wells for storage and a cistern in the western tower.
Arial view of Nuraghe Losa showing it’s triangular shape with 4 towers.
Only a small part of the surrounding settlement has been excavated but includes buildings from the late Punic, Roman Republican and Imperial, Late Roman and Byzantine periods.
There is also a Giant’s tomb, another interesting megalithic feature of the island.
A Nuragic Civilization Legacy
While the Nuragic civilization may be extinct and stories of their history now the stuff that legends, the magnificent stone structures that they left behind provide testament to a mighty society with a penchant for extreme defense. This is just a small taste of some of the best of the many sites it is possible to visit from this fascinating if enigmatic era.
Top image: A view of a reconstructed hut at the Nuraghe Antine site at night.
Unknown Space Object Bombarded Earth With Strong Radio Wave
Unknown Space Object Bombarded Earth With Strong Radio Wave
Astronomers were both puzzled and delighted to discover a mysterious deep space object that had been sending out powerful radio waves that were detectable on Earth. Designated with the catchy title of GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3, this spinning radio source suddenly appeared in the Southern Hemisphere sky in January 2018, before disappearing just as mysteriously two months later.
The pulsing activity of this unusual, one-of-a-kind object was picked up by the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in the remote western Outback of Australia. Data analysis only revealed its existence in 2020, after which astronomers launched a comprehensive investigation to identify all of its unique and interesting properties.
That study was led by Curtin University (Australia) astrophysicist Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, working under the auspices of the university’s International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research ( ICRAR).
“We find that the source pulses every 18.18 min, an unusual periodicity that has, to our knowledge, not been observed previously,” Dr. Hurley-Walker and her team wrote, in a new article introducing their discovery in the journal Nature. “The emission is highly linearly polarized, bright, persists for 30–60 seconds on each occurrence, and is visible across a broad frequency range.”
Located just 4,000 light-years away from Earth (a stone’s throw in galactic terms), GLEAM-X was one of the brightest radio wave sources in our sky at the time it was active. This type of object is referred to by astronomers as a transient, signifying something that pops into existence out of nowhere, before disappearing in the same way.
This image shows a new view of the Milky Way from the Murchison Widefield Array, with the lowest frequencies in red, middle frequencies in green, and the highest frequencies in blue. The star icon shows the position of the mysterious repeating transient.
Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team. ( ICRAR)
Even during its brief trip through Earth’s deep-space sightline, GLEAM-X seemed to blip in and out of existence randomly, adding another element to its mysterious aura.
“This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations,” Dr. Hurley-Walker told the Independent . “That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there’s nothing known in the sky that does that.”
Has the Ultra-Long Period Magnetar Finally Been Found?
The astronomers involved in the new study have tentatively identified the radio wave emitter as a long-sought-after transient object known as an ultra-long period magnetar.
A magnetar is “a type of slowly spinning neutron star that has been predicted to exist theoretically,” Dr. Hurley-Walker explained. “But nobody expected to directly detect one like this because we didn’t expect them to be so bright. Somehow it’s converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we’ve seen before.”
The object is incredibly dense and highly magnetic, which are common characteristics of neutron stars of all types. The magnetar gets its name from the fact that its magnetic field is much stronger than that generated by the typical neutron star, and if GLEAM-X is a magnetar that would explain why its radio pulses are so bright and why those pulses are highly polarized (meaning its electromagnetic waves vibrate in rigid and heavily magnetized patterns).
An artist’s impression of what the object might look like if it’s a magnetar. Magnetars are incredibly magnetic neutron stars, some of which sometimes produce radio emission. Known magnetars rotate every few seconds, but theoretically, “ultra-long period magnetars” could rotate much more slowly.
GLEAM-X displayed a curious middle-ground periodicity (the length of time between radio wave pulses). In contrast to GLEAM-X, a fast-moving transient known as a pulsar can blink on and off in milliseconds, while a huge object like a supernova can produce radio wave pulses that last for days. This transient object fell between this range, with a periodicity of 18 minutes. This would be consistent with a neutron star spinning at a much slower rate than normal, as a magnetar theoretically would.
Even though some of its values were different than the existing model, the overall profile of GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3 strongly suggests it is the first ultra-long period magnetar observed by human astronomers anywhere in the universe.
The Life and Death of Stars: Secrets Revealed
As an object of scientific study, astronomical bodies like this one offer fascinating details about the life-and-death cycles of stars.
“When studying transients, you're watching the death of a massive star or the activity of the remnants it leaves behind,” said ICRAR-Curtin astrophysicist and study co-author Dr. Gemma Anderson.
Neutron stars of all types are the left-over cores of stars that have completely burned out. Once a star begins to run out of fuel its core will collapse in on itself, crunched to an incredible density by the runaway force of gravity. A rapidly-spinning neutron star giving off little light but still reaching temperatures as high as one million degrees will then be left behind, emitting radio waves as its immense magnetic field is spun violently through space.
A typical neutron star contains approximately 500,000 times the mass of the Earth, but condensed down into a space that is only 12 miles (20 kilometers) across. The exact parameters of GLEAM-X are not known, but it has enough unusual characteristics to prove it varies from the typical neutron star in important ways.
As of now, the astronomers who’ve studied this enigmatic transient object aren’t sure if it will reappear, or if it is gone for good. The movements of transient objects are inherently unpredictable, and there is no guarantee GLEAM-X will ever be seen again.
Nevertheless, they are busy scanning the Southern Hemisphere skies, hoping to detect its telltale radio wave emissions one more time. They are also pouring through archived data at the Murchison Widefield Array, looking for any signs of past magnetars that might have been missed.
“More detections will tell astronomers whether this was a rare one-off event, or a vast new population we'd never noticed before,” Dr. Hurley-Walker said.
Either way, this anomalous object is truly a remarkable discovery.
Top image: Tile 107, or “the Outlier” as it is known, is one of 256 tiles of the Murchison Widefield Array observatory located 1.5km from the core of the telescope that detected the radio wave.
ZORGEN OVER VOYAGER 1: 45 JAAR OUDE RUIMTESONDE SCHOTELT AMERIKAANSE RUIMTEVAARTORGANISATIE EEN FLINK MYSTERIE VOOR
ZORGEN OVER VOYAGER 1: 45 JAAR OUDE RUIMTESONDE SCHOTELT AMERIKAANSE RUIMTEVAARTORGANISATIE EEN FLINK MYSTERIE VOOR
Vivian Lammerse
De sonde, die zich momenteel in de interstellaire ruimte bevindt, kampt met een technische storing.
Al 45 jaar raast Voyager 1, samen met zijn broer Voyager 2, door het heelal. Het is een bijzondere missie. Want beide ruimtevaartuigen verkennen omgevingen waar nog geen enkele door mensen gebouwde sonde ooit eerder geweest is. Sterker nog, ze zijn zelfs al de interstellaire ruimte binnengedrongen. Toch begint Voyager 1 na al die tijd wat gebreken te vertonen. Want de sonde stuurt gegevens terug naar de aarde waar het missieteam geen touw aan vast kan knopen.
Meer over de Voyager-missie Ruimtesonde Voyager 2 werd in 1977 gelanceerd, een paar weekjes eerder dan zijn broer Voyager 1. Beide sondes zijn nu al bijna 45 jaar actief. Daarmee zijn het niet alleen de langst werkende ruimtesondes ooit, ze breken bovendien alle records als het gaat om de afstand die ze tot op heden hebben afgelegd. Zeker nu met zekerheid gesteld kan worden dat beide vaartuigen de interstellaire ruimte zijn binnengedrongen. Geen enkel ruimtevaartuig heeft het tot nu toe zo ver geschopt. En ze zullen nog wel even doorgaan. Beide sondes bewegen met een onvoorstelbare snelheid van zo’n 48.280 kilometer per uur voort en verkennen nieuwe regionen van het heelal waar we nog veel over kunnen leren.
De sonde schotelt de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie een flink mysterie voor. Want hoewel Voyager 1 ogenschijnlijk naar behoren lijkt te functioneren, klopt er toch iets niet met de gegevens die hij naar de aarde stuurt. De storing zit waarschijnlijk in het attitude-articulatie- en controlesysteem (AACS). Dit instrument regelt de oriëntatie van het 45 jaar oude ruimtevaartuig en zorgt ervoor dat de krachtige antenne van Voyager 1 altijd naar de aarde gericht is, waardoor het gegevens naar huis kan sturen.
Probleempje Toch is er iets vreemds aan de hand. Het lijkt er namelijk op dat de AACS nog gewoon werkt; het ruimtevaartuig ontvangt opdrachten, voert ze uit en stuurt wetenschappelijke gegevens terug naar de aarde. Het signaal van Voyager 1 is ook niet verzwakt, wat suggereert dat de AACS nog altijd naar de aarde wijst. Maar uitlezingen van de telemetriegegevens komen niet overeen met wat Voyager 1 feitelijk aan het doen is. Het missieteam ontvangt gegevens die willekeurig lijken te zijn gegenereerd. Kortom, er klopt iets niet. Gek genoeg heeft de storing er nog niet toe geleid dat de sonde in veilige modus is gegaan; een toestand waarin alle niet-essentiële systemen worden uitgeschakeld, wat ingenieurs de tijd geeft om een probleem op te sporen en op te lossen.
Mysterie Dat Voyager 1 na 45 jaar gebreken begint te vertonen, verrast het missieteam overigens niet. “Een mysterie als deze hoort bij dit stadium van de Voyager-missie,” zegt teamlid Suzanne Dodd. “Het ruimtevaartuig is bijna 45 jaar oud, wat betekent dat de sonde al veel langer functioneert dan de missieplanners hadden verwacht. We bevinden ons ook nog eens in de interstellaire ruimte – een omgeving met veel straling waar nog nooit eerder een ruimtevaartuig is geweest. Er bestaan dus enkele grote uitdagingen. Maar ik denk dat als er een manier is om dit probleem met de AACS op te lossen, ons team het zal vinden.”
Op zoek Het team is van plan Voyager 1 nauwgezet in de gaten te blijven houden. Daarbij hopen ze te bepalen of de ongeldige gegevens die de sonde terugstuurt inderdaad rechtstreeks afkomstig zijn van de AACS of dat er toch een ander systeem dat betrokken is bij het produceren en verzenden van telemetriegegevens iets mankeert. Als ze erin slagen het probleem te achterhalen, kan een software-update mogelijk uitkomst bieden.
Ingenieurs zullen de komende tijd blijven werken aan het mysterie dat Voyager 1 hen heeft voorgeschoteld. Ondertussen zullen wetenschappers het meeste uit de gegevens blijven halen die vanuit het unieke uitkijkpunt van het ruimtevaartuig zijn verzameld. Voyager 1 is inmiddels al 23,3 miljard kilometer van de aarde verwijderd en haast zich door relatief lege ruimte; geen van beide sondes zal overigens de komende 40.000 jaar nog in de buurt van een ster komen. Voyager 2 bevindt zich momenteel op 19,5 miljard kilometer afstand en lijkt vooralsnog zonder problemen zijn verkenningsmissie te kunnen voortzetten.
DAT WE GEEN ALIENS KUNNEN VINDEN, LIGT MOGELIJK NIET AAN ONS, MAAR AAN HEN!
DAT WE GEEN ALIENS KUNNEN VINDEN, LIGT MOGELIJK NIET AAN ONS, MAAR AAN HEN!
Caroline Kraaijvanger
We hebben nog geen aliens gevonden. En dat heeft mogelijk een macabere reden; de aliens zijn (nog voor we ze kunnen waarnemen) gedoemd om hun beschaving te vernietigen of – in het gunstigste geval – hun expansiedrift op een lager pitje te zetten.
Met die hypothese komen onderzoekers op de proppen in het Journal of the Royal Society Interface. De hypothese is losjes gebaseerd op wat we hier op aarde in steden zien gebeuren. “Andere wetenschappers hebben al vastgesteld dat steden groeien op een manier die op de lange termijn onhoudbaar is,” zo legt onderzoeker Michael Wong aan Scientias.nl uit. “En wel omdat de consumptie van hulpbronnen terwijl de steden groeien, onevenredig toeneemt.” En dat is vanzelfsprekend een probleem. Want het betekent dat er een moment komt dat steden bijvoorbeeld meer energie nodig hebben dan voorhanden is. “Het resulteert in crises die we ‘singulariteiten’ noemen en waarbij de populatie en energievraag in een eindige tijdsperiode eindeloos toeneemt.” In zo’n scenario is de beschaving gedoemd om tegen tekorten aan te lopen, waardoor – zonder ingrijpen – het complete systeem ineenstort.
Innovatie De enige manier om zo’n crisis af te wenden of in ieder geval voor ons uit te schuiven, is door met innovaties op de proppen te komen. Maar doordat de populatie en energievraag in een groeiende stad exponentieel toeneemt, zullen die innovaties elkaar ook steeds sneller op moeten volgen, willen we een crisis kunnen voorkomen. En daar zit ‘m de uitdaging. Niet alleen voor ons. Maar mogelijk ook, zo betogen de onderzoekers in hun onderzoeksartikel, voor aliens. “Wij hypothetiseren dat planetaire beschavingen zich net zo gedragen als steden,” stelt Wong. “En als dat het geval is, lopen ze vroeg of laat tegen een grens aan die hun groei beperkt. Die grens noemen wij ‘asymptotische burnout’: een ultieme crisis waarin de tijd die tussen singulariteiten (oftewel crises, red.) verstrijkt, korter is dan de tijd tussen innovaties.” In andere woorden: de aliens innoveren te langzaam om aan hun eigenhandig gecreëerde noodlot te ontsnappen.
Ondergang of andere prioriteiten Wanneer zo’n asymptotische burnout dreigt, zijn er eigenlijk twee opties, zo stellen Wong en collega Stuart Bartlett. Eén: de buitenaardse beschaving is zich nergens bewust van of steekt de kop in het zand en stort volledig in. Of, twee: de aliens worden zich bewust van het feit dat ze op hun ondergang afstevenen en veranderen van koers. “Ze geven prioriteit aan homeostasis: een staat waarin kosmische expansie niet langer een doel is.” In beide scenario’s wordt het lastig, zoniet onmogelijk om de aliens van een flinke afstand te detecteren. Want in het eerste scenario zijn zij, of in ieder geval de geavanceerde en daardoor detecteerbare beschaving die ze ooit vormden, er niet meer. En in het tweede scenario zijn ze niet (langer) gericht op het verkennen van de ruimte of het vergroten en verkondigen van hun aanwezigheid, maar ligt de focus op het in stand houden van wat ze hebben. “Ongebreidelde groei en productiviteit maakt dan plaats voor een focus op gezondheid, balans en een maximale levensduur,” stelt Wong.
Fermi Paradox De hypothese kan zomaar het antwoord zijn op de beruchte Fermi Paradox. Volgens deze paradox is het statistisch gezien zeer waarschijnlijk dat er elders in de ruimte leven te vinden is. Maar paradoxaal genoeg hebben we daar nog geen spoor van kunnen vinden. Een sluitende verklaring is daar (nog) niet voor. Maar het idee dat buitenaardse beschavingen zichzelf vernietigen of hun thuis in ieder geval zodanig uitputten dat hun expansiedrift nog voor die goed en wel van de grond is gekomen, alweer op een lager pitje moet worden gezet, kan helpen verklaren waarom we hier op aarde of in de nabije ruimte nog niet op aliens zijn gestuit.
Hypothese Of de verklaring ook klopt, is een tweede. “Het is een hypothese,” zo benadrukt Wong. “Net zoals met veel andere zaken binnen de astrobiologie is er geen sluitend bewijs dat het ook klopt. Ik hoop dan ook dat mensen het onderzoeksartikel zorgvuldig lezen en voor zichzelf beslissen of dit een goed idee is of niet.”
Het nut Het lijkt misschien niet zo zinvol om allerlei wilde, lastig te toetsen, ideeën te bedenken om de Fermi Paradox te verklaren. Maar Wong ziet dat anders. “Hoe meer we leren over het universum, hoe sterker ook het verlangen wordt om vast te stellen wat onze plaats daarin is. Zijn we alleen en uniek? Zijn we de enige levensvormen en enige vorm van bewustzijn? Of zijn we slechts het zoveelste voorbeeld van een veelvoorkomend planetair fenomeen? Ik wil daar echt het antwoord op weten, maar de zoektocht is nog maar net gestart. Op dit moment is het voor ons heel belangrijk om met ideeën op de proppen te komen die – afgaand op wat we weten – logisch zijn en op een dag misschien wel getoetst kunnen worden. Veel van die ideeën zullen uiteindelijk niet blijken te kloppen, maar als we creatief, dapper en slim genoeg zijn, zal een aantal ervan het toch bij het juiste eind hebben.”
Er is nog hoop Of de nieuwste hypothese van Wong daarbij zal horen, is nog onduidelijk. En ergens zou je bijna hopen van niet, want in dat scenario wordt het wel erg lastig om aliens te ontdekken. Lastig, maar niet onmogelijk, zo benadrukken Wong en Bartlett echter in hun studie. Zo zou het – zelfs als buitenaardse beschavingen uiteindelijk gedoemd zijn om ineen te storten of een stapje terug te doen – mogelijk moeten zijn om ze te ontdekken, en wel kort voor die singulariteit of crisis of burnout zich aandient. Als dat – de alien die met de dood voor ogen energie blijft slurpen – inderdaad de doelgroep is van astrobiologen, dan weten we nu in ieder geval al wel een beetje met wat voor types we te maken gaan krijgen. “Het is mogelijk dat een groot deel van onze detecties van buitenaards leven dan intelligente, maar niet heel verstandige, levensvormen betreft.”
Het is altijd fascinerend om na te denken over de eigenschappen van eventuele aliens en hoe dat ons al dan niet helpt om ze te vinden. Maar als het aan Wong en Bartlett ligt, denken we naar aanleiding van dit onderzoeksartikel niet alleen na over buitenaardse groei en de grenzen die daar wellicht aan gesteld worden. Het is daarnaast namelijk ook belangrijk om naar onszelf te kijken: de beschaving waarop het idee van een asymptotische burnout losjes gebaseerd is. “Het is belangrijk om te achterhalen of onze wereldwijde activiteiten ons op een koers richting burnout zetten. En als dat zo is, dan moeten we proberen om te begrijpen hoe we aan dat noodlot kunnen ontsnappen. Het is belangrijk dat we ons realiseren dat we over de cognitieve capaciteiten beschikken die nodig zijn om ons bewust te worden van wat we met onze planeet doen. Geen enkele andere ons bekende soort kan dat en we bevinden ons dan ook op een uniek moment in de geschiedenis. Zullen we onze cognitieve vaardigheden gebruiken om onszelf op lange termijn te helpen of zullen we ze gebruiken om onszelf te vernietigen? De keuze is, zoals ze altijd zeggen, aan ons.”
Gravity Industries, a leading British jet suit company, is out to give superhuman abilities to emergency services for search and rescue missions in remote regions in the north of England.
And it can prove it.
The company's 3D-printed suit has two small turbines attached to each arm and a bigger one installed on the back, and it can achieve speeds of more than 80 mph (roughly 130 km/h). One of their most recent demonstration videos is part of a series of paramedic response exercises to prove the product's capability. And while also training real paramedics, the team demonstrated that the jet suit can scale a mountain in low visibility, which is something that a helicopter would be unable to do in a rescue situation. And typically, the mountain rescue on-foot response time exceeds 70 minutes.
In contrast, the record-breaking ascent to the top of a 3,100-foot (945-meter) mountain was achieved in just three minutes and thirty seconds! "This system, akin to the rapid response of a Paramedic on a motorbike in an urban environment, will be the difference between life and death for many critical cases," Gravity Industries noted in the video's description. If you want to see the demonstration, make sure you watch the video embedded above, and as always, enjoy.
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In a declassified Australian UFO report, ‘Cat-Faced’ and ‘Dwarf Aliens’ are mentioned
In a declassified Australian UFO report, ‘Cat-Faced’ and ‘Dwarf Aliens’ are mentioned
According to Tweaktown.com, the 58-page document covers a wide range of issues linked to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), including past reports that are still relevant today and the US role in the inquiry. A list of three “weapon systems” was generated from data analysis of 1,000 accounts of UFO landings or near-UFO landings on page 24, according to the introduction.
The beings or things described in the incidents had “a gadget to interfere with electrical circuits,” “a device to produce paralysis,” and a “heat ray,” according to the report.
On page 27, under the heading “Stopped Engines,” it says that a vehicle stalled near a translucent mushroom-shaped object with individuals inside who had “cat-like” faces.
On page 32, you will find Case 144, France, in which two people came into touch with two “dwarfs” who used an item to immobilize one of the people. Until the light was turned off, the paralyzed person was unable to move or speak.
To put it gently, several of the report’s passages are “out there.”
For example, in case 848, the following is an excerpt:
“Vehicles came to a halt near a bright, translucent mushroom-shaped object with cat-like inhabitants. Underneath, there’s a quadrangular protuberance.”
Another, which originates in France, is more stranger:
“A bright orange light was released from an item on train lines around 20′ away when Dewilde attempted to intercept two dwarfs. Dewilde lost his ability to speak and move his legs until the light was turned off.”
These are some extremely near encounters, to say the least.
NASA researchers discovered "something weird" in the universe that's possibly too complex for modern science.NASA, ESA
There’s a disturbance in the force.
During a recent study on the universe’s expansion rate, NASA researchers discovered “something weird” transpiring in the cosmos that might not be able to be explained by modern science.
The discovery supports “the idea that something weird is going on, possibly involving brand new physics,” per a press release by NASA.
The interstellar anomaly comes on the heels of recent breakthroughs regarding “dark energy,” a mysterious repulsive force that sped up the universe’s expansion, according to the study. With the help of the Hubble telescope and other cutting-edge instruments, astronomers had managed to gather the most accurate data yet regarding this intergalactic augmentation metric.
Over the past three decades, Hubble has calibrated more than 40 “milepost markers,” essentially measuring sticks in the space-time continuum that can be used to track the universe’s expansion.NASA, ESA, and H. Feng (Tsinghu
“You are getting the most precise measure of the expansion rate for the universe,” said Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
However, the increased precision has paradoxically led to increased ambiguity: scientists discovered a discrepancy between the “expansion rate as measured in the local universe compared to independent observations from right after the big bang, which predict a different expansion value,” according to the release.
Scientists are unable to explain the paradigm-shifting phenomenon. However, the discrepancy suggests that there is something fishy transpiring in the universe whose answer might involve “additional physics of the universe.”
“You are getting the most precise measure of the expansion rate for the universe,” said Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute.NASA
This finding might make astronomers have to rethink current data gleaned from the Hubble. This states that the universe is expanding at a rate of 73 kilometers per second per megaparsec — far faster than the astronomers’ predictions of 67.5.
And while there is only a one in a million chance that the Hubble made a mistake, this finding is “untangling what was becoming a nice and tidy picture of the universe’s dynamical evolution,” per the study.
Despite the potential black hole in the scholarship, the Hubble’s progress has been nothing short of stellar. Over the past three decades, the space telescope has calibrated more than 40 “milepost markers,” essentially measuring sticks in the space-time continuum that can be used to track the universe’s expansion.
While there is only a one in a million chance that the Hubble made a mistake, this finding is “untangling what was becoming a nice and tidy picture of the universe’s dynamical evolution,” per the study.NASA
“This is likely Hubble’s magnum opus, because it would take another 30 years of Hubble’s life to even double this sample size,” said Reiss.
Fortunately, said breakthrough could be on the horizon. NASA’s new Webb Space Telescope, which just launched into space and will be sending back its data soon, can hopefully expand upon “Hubble’s work by showing these cosmic milepost markers at greater distances or sharper resolution than what Hubble can see.”
Atlantis found? Diver made 'extraordinary' discovery of huge 'man-made' structure
Atlantis found? Diver made 'extraordinary' discovery of huge 'man-made' structure
ATLANTIS was tipped to have been uncovered after a diver made the "extraordinary" discovery of a mysterious formation "the size of five football fields".
The mythical island, which was said to be a strong naval power that besieged Ancient Athens, was first described by theGreek writer Plato in his texts 'Timaeus' and 'Critias'. In the story, Athens repelled the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the known world, supposedly giving testament to the superiority of ancient Greece. The legend concluded with Atlantis falling out of favour with the deities and submerging below the Atlantic Ocean, never to be seen again.
But National Geographic’s ‘Legend of Atlantis’ documentary revealed how a diver stumbled across what was tipped to be a man-made structure, sparking interest in the lost city again.
The narrator said: “Using science and not science fiction, draining the oceans exposes new evidence about Atlantis and other stories of great sunken cities around the world.
“As the waters recede from around the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni, a mysterious formation begins to appear.
“Could it be the creation of an advanced, ancient people?
A diver stumbled across a huge structure underwater
(Image: NAT GEO/GETTY)
The discovery was made in the waters around the Japanese island of Yonaguni
(Image: NAT GEO)
“Yonaguni lies in the East China Sea, the waters here are perilous.”
Kihachiro Aratake, the diver who battled sharks, powerful currents and treacherous weather conditions to explore the site, revealed what he first saw.
He said: "The water was crystal clear.
“I felt as though I was looking down from the seabed from the sky.
“I saw a step-like formation, like terraced fields.
“It can't be formed naturally, without human involvement, so what could it be?”
Professor of Basic Structures of Human Societies Hironobu Kan completed a sonar scan of the area to build a better picture.
The series continued last week: “Using this data, it's possible, for the very first time to drain the water and reveal what lies beneath in exact detail.
“The summit of the mysterious structure begins to appear.
“Water pours off its smooth terraced layers, exposing them once again to the sky.
“And with the monument left high and dry, its true scale becomes clear.”
Known as the Yonaguni Monument, the submerged rock formation is located off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan, placing it on the other side of the globe to where Plato said Atlantis submerged.
Marine geologist Masaaki Kimura previously claimed that the formation is man-made stepped monoliths, but that has been described as "pseudo archaeology" by other experts.
Neither the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs nor the government of Okinawa Prefecture, in the East China Sea, recognises the features as important cultural artefacts and neither government agency has carried out research or preservation work on the site.
While present-day philologists and classicists agree on Atlantis' fictional character, there is still debate on what served as its inspiration.
Plato is known to have freely borrowed some of his allegories and metaphors from older traditions.
This led a number of scholars to investigate possible inspiration of Atlantis from Egyptian records of the Thera eruption, the Sea Peoples invasion, or the Trojan War.
Others have rejected this chain of tradition as implausible and insist that Plato created an entirely fictional account.
“Observed Bright light making unusual directional changes” over Mooloolaba, Australia
“Observed Bright light making unusual directional changes” over Mooloolaba, Australia
This strange UFO sighting was filmed back on 19th December 2021 over Mooloolaba, a coastal suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Witness report:
I initially observed a bright light travelling south down the Sunshine Coast area near Mooloolaba. I initially thought it might be a helicopter with a search or spot light. However I was sure I noticed it suddenly reversing direction and making sudden downward and upward movements. I grabbed my S21 Samsung phone and recorded approx 30 seconds of footage until I was about to loose site behind a tree. I immediately went onto flight radar and there was nothing in the area. I then tried to get another visual but it was unable to find the object. When I zoom in on my recording you can clearly see the unusual movements.
What Are These Blue Objects? Three UFO Orbs Filmed Flying Around Apartments over São Paulo in Brazil
What Are These Blue Objects? Three UFO Orbs Filmed Flying Around Apartments over São Paulo in Brazil
In this footage: Three UFO orbs filmed on November 2, 2021 over São Paulo in Brazil. These objects were spinning in circular formation around these apartment buildings. At one point one orb seems to be releasing/dropping another object. ➨
Unidentified Flying Objects – The Reality, the Cover-Up and the Truth
Unidentified Flying Objects – The Reality, the Cover-Up and the Truth
Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs as they are commonly known, have been witnessed by millions of people all over the world and have been recorded in history books, myths, legends and traditions for thousands of years. However, many accounts that are recorded in ancient texts are dismissed as mere myths and legends, while UFO sightings that have taken place in the last few centuries have been classified as misinterpretations of natural phenomena, illusions, or conspiracy theories.
The Reality Within the Mythology of Unidentified Flying Objects
History has shown us time and again that a plethora so-called myths have their basis in reality. It is possible, and indeed likely, that stories and legends were a way for people to explain real—and perhaps perplexing—events using the knowledge and beliefs of their time.
In support of this theory, a number of events described in mythology, which were once considered mere fairy tales, have now been proven through archaeology to have existed. A famous example is the city Troy, which is central to Homer’s The Iliad . Long considered to be a city of myth, Heinrich Schliemann’s discovery of the actual site in 1868 elevated it to a place in history.
Nevertheless, the remainder of The Iliad is still viewed as a myth and fantasy without any serious attempts being made to investigate whether or not there may be more truth behind the tale. The same goes for many accounts of flying machines and unidentified flying objects , which we find reference to in countless mythologies from numerous different cultures around the world.
It is common to see people selectively decide what is real and what is not based on the unsubstantiated assumption that ancient people were primitive and had little to no knowledge compared to us today. On the contrary, many ancient civilizations, like the Sumerians, Indus Valley, and Egyptians existed with complex social structures, legal systems, art, astronomy, mathematics, and technology, some of which is still not fully understood today. The Antikythera Mechanism , for example, is a 2,200-year-old mechanical device that is still not completely understood despite decades of research by top scientists around the world.
Many cultures contain pictorial and written records of flying machines or unidentified flying objects, yet these are usually dismissed as myth and legend . ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Ancient Astronaut Theory and Unidentified Flying Objects
The topic of flying objects and supernatural beings from beyond our world is one in which we find multiple references in mythology. All of these myths and legends, along with archaeological evidence such as rock art depictions, have created a wave of theories that gave birth to the aptly named ancient astronaut perspective. This theory links all of these ancient references and depictions to UFOs, and posits that extraterrestrials visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistory, influencing the development of human cultures, technologies, and religions.
Unfortunately, there are numerous charlatans who have tried to cash in on this movement for profit or publicity, or who have diminished it with caricatures of little green men, resulting in the ancient astronaut perspective being widely criticized and attacked for its lack of credibility. Consequently, what is in fact a plausible and possible explanation for what we see in ancient art and texts, is now rarely examined by scholars, who fear being ridiculed or having their professional career seriously undermined.
UFO Sightings in Recent History
But let’s leave the ancient past for a while and examine just the last 80 years of human history. Millions of people all over the globe have witnessed unidentified flying objects . Many have been recorded in detailed reports witnessed by police, pilots, astronauts, government officials, pilots, military personnel and, of course, ordinary citizens.
Some of the more well-known cases were witnessed by thousands of people at one time. Historical records make it evident that UFO appearances magnified during and after World War II, including the example of the famous Foo Fighters.
While most sightings can be explained either by celestial phenomena, airplanes, planets, weather phenomena, military exercises, or in some cases drug use or mental instability, there still exists a small percentage that cannot be accounted for by any of these explanations. This is what makes the phenomena important, particularly considering that sightings are frequently reported around military bases and airfields and are therefore, at the very least, a matter of both national security and air safety.
It is an undeniable fact that there are cases of unidentified objects in our skies. It has been acknowledged by the major governments from all over the world simply through the very fact that official research has been conducted on the matter in the US, UK, Russia, Europe, China, South America, and many others. All of this research, in every single case, concluded that there is a percentage of phenomena that cannot be explained.
In recent history, many countries have declassified their UFO research files, releasing thousands of documents through the Freedom of Information Act and making numerous UFO cases available in the public domain. One recently released document from the UFO files in Britain, revealed how Churchill, concerned about the UFO issue, ordered a shutdown of information for at least 50 years to prevent mass panic and the potential to undermine religious beliefs. The document in question was published on the BBC news site in 2010.
By doing careful research on the topic, passing over obvious scam and fake stories, it is clear to see that unidentified flying objects do exist. So the question is not whether they exist or not, but rather, what are they? Are they of terrestrial or extraterrestrial origin? And what is their purpose?
UFOs in art: The Baptism of Christ by Arent de Gelder. ( Public domain )
Unidentified Flying Objects and the Limits of Science
Many prominent scientists have already stated that other civilizations must exist in the Universe, and that it would be statistically impossible for this not to be the case. However, with our knowledge of science and technology today, we cannot yet support the means for interstellar travel. Since we have not discovered intelligent life in our solar system, the assumption is made that there must be no way that extraterrestrials could have travelled to Earth.
However, this argument is of course flawed because it is based within the framework of our own understanding of the universe, and does not take into account the capabilities of civilizations that may be millions of years ahead of our own. It also hinges on the following assumptions:
We know everything about physics and reality and therefore there is no way that such distant travel can be achieved.
We are using our means to try to contact other civilizations (e.g. SETI’s attempts to pick up radio or communication signals) and since we don’t perceive any signals of OUR type, nothing must exist.
We are looking for organic forms of life exactly like us and for planets with the exact same conditions as ours.
It is clear that these arguments show the arrogance of mankind, a mankind that may just be an infant in the Universe. And this is not new. During the history of humanity, in every single period of time, we believed that we knew the truth, only to have it replaced later on by new knowledge.
“There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.”
(Lord Kelvin, 1901, physicist)
Quantum physics , still a relatively new and unexplored field in Science, has shown that reality could be completely different to what we believe it to be. Powerful telescopes have shown distant planets in solar systems that could possibly sustain life. Theories of wormholes and warp drives have shown that at a theoretical level we could achieve interstellar travel. Yes, we would require incredible amounts of energy to even think of trying to achieve something like this, so according to our standards today it is impossible to achieve, but in theory it can be achieved.
“It now seems quite clear that Earth is not the only inhabited planet. There is evidence that the bulk of the stars in the sky have planetary systems. Recent research concerning the origin of life on Earth suggests that the physical and chemical processes leading to the origin of life occur rapidly in the early history of the majority of planets within our Milky Way galaxy–perhaps as many as a million–are inhabited by technical civilizations in advance of our own. Interstellar space flight is far beyond our present technical capabilities, but there seems to be no fundamental physical objections to preclude, from our own vantage point, the possibility of its development by other civilizations.”
Carl Sagan, Ph.D. (Late Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University)
Reluctance to Engage with Unidentified Flying Objects
The reason that the scientific community is not dealing seriously with UFOs is because the topic has been extensively ridiculed both by the media and in academic circles, with false information spread everywhere. For similar reasons, military personnel, astronauts, pilots, and other categories of professionals do not want to talk because, either they have been forced to sign confidentiality agreements, or because of fear that their careers would be destroyed. This is why we have seen many examples of death bed confessions.
One such case was with astronaut Gordon Cooper, who told the world about his experience encountering a UFO during his flight in the Mercury capsule in 1963. Before he died he stated: “For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists in astronautics. I can now reveal that every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us.”
While great efforts have been made to ridicule and disparage anyone who lends support to the existence of UFOs, the fact remains that there are numerous high-profile cases of unidentified flying objects that are supported by solid evidence, and which should not be dismissed.
Recorded UFO Sightings with Extensive Witness Support
Below I present a very limited list constituting strong evidence for the existence of unidentified flying objects in the last 60 years.
It all happened in the early hours of February 25 in 1942. An aircraft flew over LA County that sparked an air raid alert (it was in the midst of WWII). Searchlights and guns were locked onto the aircraft for about an hour. The picture below appeared in the LA Times in a story about the Battle of LA. It clearly shows a night time defensive response to an air raid. The aircraft was not hostile and obviously was not damaged by the attack. The Government stated that the craft they were shooting at was an unidentified flying object.
The Battle of Los Angeles unidentified flying objects incident . (Author provided)
This incident involved a group of American servicemen stationed at a military base in Suffolk that contained a storage center with nuclear weapons. There had been three consecutive nights of sighting objects in the sky over the base, in some cases shining a light down upon the nuclear weapons storage.
On the third night, approximately two dozen servicemen were sent into the forest to investigate one set of mysterious lights. The men reported seeing a spacecraft on the ground in close proximity to them and three extraterrestrial beings. One serviceman claimed to have touched the craft.
The whole incident was filmed and photographed by one of the servicemen, but all photos and videos were removed by the US military. When the British Government released the UFO files, the Rendlesham incident papers were missing – as reported by the BBC News .
In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three enormous unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UFO had been detected on radar. The unidentified flying objects in this case were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief.
Illustration of the object, with the Boeing 747 airplane on the right. Credits: UFO Reporter
The Belgium UFO wave began in November 1989. The events of 29 November would be documented by no less than thirty different groups of witnesses, and three separate groups of police officers. All of the reports related to a large object flying at low altitude.
The craft itself was of a flat, triangular shape, with lights underneath. This giant craft did not make a sound as it slowly moved across the landscape of Belgium. The Belgium UFO wave peaked with events on the night of 30/31 March 1990. On that night, unknown objects were tracked on radar, chased by two Belgian Air Force F16s, photographed, and were sighted by an estimated 13,500 people on the ground – 2,600 of whom filed written statements describing in detail what they had seen. Following the incident, the Belgian air force released a report detailing the events of that night.
Belgium UFO wave, Petit Rechain Belgium. (Author provided)
The Phoenix Lights (also identified as "Lights over Phoenix") was a UFO sighting which occurred in Phoenix, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico on Thursday, March 13, 1997. Lights of varying descriptions were seen by thousands of people between 19:30 and 22:30 MST, in a space of about 300 miles (480 km), from the Nevada line, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson.
Witnesses claim to have observed a huge square-shaped UFO, containing five spherical lights or possibly light-emitting engines. Fife Symington, the governor at the time, was one witness to this incident; he later called the unidentified flying object as "otherworldly."
On the night of August 30, a cluster of multi-colored lights was seen floating in the sky above Osaka. Several people reported to Twitter that they saw a group of lights forming a triangular shape and flashing green, red and white in the night sky above Izumi city in Osaka Prefecture. The sightings caused a commotion on Twitter after one user wrote: “Everyone in Osaka, go outside! There’s a UFO!” prompting others to grab their cameras and snap up photos of mysterious, luminous and unidentified flying object.
At approximately 16:15 CST on Tuesday November 7, 2006, federal authorities at Chicago O'Hare International Airport received a report that a group of twelve airport employees were witnessing a metallic, saucer-shaped craft hovering over Gate C-17.
The object was first spotted by a ramp employee who was pushing back United Airlines Flight 446, which was departing Chicago for Charlotte, North Carolina. The employee apprised Flight 446's crew of the object above their aircraft. It is believed that both the pilot and co-pilot also witnessed the object.
Several independent witnesses outside of the airport also saw the object. According to the Chicago Tribune 's Jon Hilkevitch, “the disc was visible for approximately two minutes and was seen by close to a dozen United Airlines employees, ranging from pilots to supervisors, who heard chatter on the radio and raced out to view it.”
O-Hare Airport UFO Incident, USA . (Author provided)
The incident took place on May 2007 at 14.00 local time in Lima, Peru. A series of moving lights resembling an armada of flying objects appeared in the skies. The story was reported on the news and was seen by thousands of people.
An unidentified flying object that disrupted air traffic in Hangzhou for an hour on Wednesday, 10th of July 2010. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi. Eighteen flights were affected.
A spokesman from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) confirmed to ABC News that the matter is under investigation. He declined to disclose further details. A day after the sighting, however, an anonymous source told China Daily that authorities already discovered the identity of the UFO after an investigation but could not publically disclose the information because “there was a military connection.”
Xiaoshan Airport UFO Incident, China . (Author provided)
Implications of Disclosing Information about Unidentified Flying Objects
Many would say that the above examples constitute irrefutable proof that extraterrestrial UFOs exist. So why isn’t the public told about it? Imagine the implications that disclosure would have and what it would mean. Acknowledgment of extra-terrestrial civilizations having visited Earth would mean that many of the myths and legends of the past are in fact based on reality.
Disclosure would suggest that humanity has been influenced for millennia by other-worldly beings, beings that in the past were considered gods. Disclosure would entirely topple the status quo and the balance of powers in society, and turn upside down what we know about the history of mankind.
The acknowledgement of the UFO phenomena is an event with the power to bring a global revolution in every sector of our lives today – technology and energy supply, communication and environmental concerns, society and religion. Is this what governments and corporations are afraid of – a shift in balance and their loss of their positions of power and control? Or is it that the powers that be are afraid of re-writing our human history?
“When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science, but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum leap.”
(Dr J. Allen Hynek, Scientific Advisor to the U.S. Air Force)
Top image: Composite image of unidentified flying objects. Source: Author provided.
ASTRONOMEN SPOTTEN ZEER MYSTERIEUS, NOG NIET EERDER WAARGENOMEN OBJECT IN ONZE GALACTISCHE ACHTERTUIN
ASTRONOMEN SPOTTEN ZEER MYSTERIEUS, NOG NIET EERDER WAARGENOMEN OBJECT IN ONZE GALACTISCHE ACHTERTUIN
Vivian Lammerse
Het raadselachtige object, dat drie keer per uur een gigantische uitbarsting van energie vrijgeeft, is anders dan astronomen ooit eerder hebben gezien.
Australische wetenschappers hebben aan de nachtelijke hemel een heel ongewoon object gespot. Het gaat om een mysterieus object dat in 2018 drie keer per uur een gigantische uitbarsting van energie produceerde. Terwijl het vreemde object door het heelal tolde, zond het een stralingsbundel uit die precies onze gezichtslijn kruiste. Vervolgens was het gedurende één minuut één van de helderste radiobronnen aan de hemel.
Transiënten Het object werd ontdekt met behulp van de Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)-telescoop, te vinden in de outback van West-Australië. En het lijkt erop dat het object net als een stoplicht ‘aan’ en weer ‘uit’ ging. Dergelijke objecten zijn overigens geen zeldzaamheid; astronomen noemen ze ‘transiënten’. En deze komen voor in allerlei vormen en maten. Langzame transiënten, zoals supernova’s, kunnen bijvoorbeeld in de loop van een paar dagen verschijnen, om vervolgens na een paar maanden weer te verdwijnen. Daarnaast bestaan er ook snelle transiënten, zoals een neutronenster, die gedurende enkele milliseconden tot seconden flitst.
Eigenaardig Wat het nu ontdekte object echter zo eigenaardig maakt, is dat het telkens één minuut acte de présence gaf. “Dit object verscheen en verdween gedurende een paar uur tijdens onze waarnemingen,” vertelt onderzoeksleider Natasha Hurley-Walker. “Dat kwam totaal onverwacht. Het was zelfs een beetje griezelig, omdat er niets aan de nachtelijke hemel bekend is dat hetzelfde doet.” Daarnaast bevindt het mysterieuze object zich vrij dicht bij ons, op slechts 4000 lichtjaar afstand. “Het is in onze eigen galactische achtertuin,” aldus Hurley-Walker.
Wat kan het zijn? De onderzoekers hebben zich het hoofd gebroken over wat het mysterieuze object zou kunnen zijn. Wat we weten, is dat het ronddraaiende object ongelofelijk helder en een stukje kleiner is dan onze zon. Daarnaast zendt het sterk gepolariseerde radiogolven uit. Dit betekent dat het een extreem sterk magnetisch veld heeft.
Unieke magnetar Het leidt tot een spannende theorie. Want de onderzoekers vermoeden dat het raadselachtige object mogelijk een unieke magnetar is. Magnetars zijn ongelooflijk magnetische neutronensterren, waarvan sommige soms radio-emissie produceren. Bekende magnetars roteren om de paar seconden, maar theoretisch zouden ze ook veel langzamer kunnen draaien. “De waarnemingen komen overeen met een dergelijk voorspeld astrofysisch object,” vertelt Hurley-Walker. “Het is een soort langzaam draaiende neutronenster waarvan theoretisch is voorspeld dat het bestaat. Niemand had echter gedacht dat ie rechtstreeks waarneembaar zou zijn. Op de een of andere manier zet het magnetische energie veel effectiever om in radiogolven dan alles wat we eerder hebben gezien.”
Een artistieke impressie van hoe het object eruit zou kunnen zien als het een magnetar is.
Afbeelding: ICRAR
De onderzoekers zijn van plan de nachtelijke hemel met behulp van de MWA-telescoop scherp in de gaten te blijven houden. Hoewel het raadselachtige object al een tijd niet meer is gezien, zou het zomaar nog eens van zich kunnen laten horen. “Als dat zo is, kunnen we er meer telescopen op richten,” zegt Hurley-Walker.
Daarnaast is de onderzoeker van plan om door eerder verzamelde gegevens van de MWA-telescoop te spitten, om meer soortgelijke ongewone objecten aan het licht te brengen. “Dit zou ons kunnen vertellen of dit een zeldzame, eenmalige gebeurtenis was of dat het gaat om een enorme nieuwe populatie die we nog niet eerder hebben opgemerkt,” besluit Hurley-Walker.
As you already know, I love to go through NASA photos and catch the things that they missed. Here are two interesting things that both scream out the existence of life. First is a pyramid shaped structure about one meter tall. It has a white door. Which tells me something is inside right now, and that doorway is to protect it from the elements and any other creatures. The second object is an ancient jar on its side. A small animal like a white slug found it and made it its home. You can easily make out the white slug creature peeking out of the hole in the top of the jar. Both these discoveries are proof of life, however they are only about ten meters apart, which says one may be a coincidence, but two is a confirmation of life.
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U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter encountered three UFOs during a training flight in Arizona
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter encountered three UFOs during a training flight in Arizona
November 6, 2018, pilots of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter encountered three unidentified aerial phenomena during a training flight in Arizona.
The video shows three unknown aircraft initially appearing to be flying in a loose triangular formation. The three unknown objects suddenly appear to rotate around each other, as if revolving around an unseen axis, all while maintaining a steady eastward trajectory.
Former U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter pilot Chris Lehto analyzed the footage and concluded, “it is without a doubt anomalous.” According to Lehto, “The tracking rate is exceptionally fast. Even if they are only a mile away, I calculate they go approximately 1.28M. Well past the speed of sound.”
“The circle-dance maneuver is just not possible,” added Lehto. “They do a full 360-degree turn in less than 3 seconds!”
In Lehto’s opinion, no F-16—nor any drone or other aircraft in the current known inventory of the United States military—is capable of what the objects are seen doing in the video. He judges that they display “a turn rate that is an order of magnitude faster than one of the fastest turning fighters on earth,” which he estimates to be above 70 Gs.
The CIA Doesn’t Want Anyone To Know That It’s Interested In UFOs
The CIA Doesn’t Want Anyone To Know That It’s Interested In UFOs
After a Japanese plane spots a UFO right next to it as it’s flying in Alaskan airspace, and multiple sightings of a large oval-shaped disk are seen above Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, journalists and investigators ask why the authorities arent taking sightings seriously.
Wow! Signal: Origin of possible alien signal narrowed down - study
Wow! Signal: Origin of possible alien signal narrowed down - study
Detected in 1977, the Wow! Signal is the strongest candidate for a genuine alien transmission, but where did it come from? This study may have the answer.
Radio telescopes, which are used to find radio broadcasts from space (Illustrative).
(photo credit: PIXABAY)
A scientist may have pinpointed the origin of the Wow! Signal, the most famous alien radio broadcast in history, making it an ideal candidate for future research and observations in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed academic periodical The International Journal of Astrobiology, suggests that the famous signal could very well have come from a star located in the Sagittarius constellation that is similar to our own Sun.
What is the Wow! Signal?
The Wow! Signal is easily the most famous and enduring extraterrestrial radio transmission to Earth in history and to this day is the strongest candidate for a genuine radio transmission from an intelligent source.
The signal itself is a strong narrowband radio signal and was recorded on August 15, 1977 at the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University.
A general map of the location where the Wow! signal supposedly originated.
(credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The signal, which was detected over a period of 72 seconds (that was as long as the telescope was capable of observing, and it likely lasted longer), was then noticed by astronomer Jerry R. Ehman who, when looking over the printout of the data, circled the signal, noted by the sequence 6EQUJ5 and famously wrote "Wow!" next to it.
The sequence in question does not refer to any message broadcast in the signal, but merely referred to the intensity variation.
However, the signal, or any other like it, has yet to be detected again.
Many experts have put forth hypotheses that could explain where it came from, most of which tried to ascribe a mundane origin to them.
Famously, one theory proposed in 2017 suggested it could have been produced by a hydrogen cloud surrounding two comets in the area, but this was disproven for a number of reasons such as comets not emitting these strong radio signals at these frequencies and the location not being a fit.
Could it be aliens?
This is one commonly-cited possibility, though far from confirmed. It is still technically possible that it was broadcast from Earth and simply was reflected back by a piece of space debris, though this is still unlikely as the frequency is part of the protected spectrum where Earth-born transmissions are banned.
But if it was made by aliens, why has it only been sent once?
That is still possible. As noted in this new study, humanity has sent only a few radio signals with the goal of reaching an advanced alien civilization. As such, it is possible that another intelligent race could have done something similar and only sent a few signals.
The study
One of the big questions surrounding the Wow! Signal has always been where it came from. It was long thought that it originated from somewhere in the Sagittarius constellation, but efforts to narrow it down any further than two specific regions of space proved fruitless.
But what this study did was operate under the assumption that, if it was indeed made by an advanced and intelligent alien civilization, then they must live somewhere. Likely, they would live on an exoplanet similar to Earth.
To narrow it down, the researcher behind it made use of the European Space Agency's Gaia Archive, which contains data on the deduced positions, motions, brightness and more of objects in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond.
Here, they made use of the original estimates that narrowed down the origin of the signal to two regions and added a number of parameters and variables. Specifically, it came with the goal of narrowing it down to a certain kind of star that is the same type as the Sun, as the Sun is the only star confirmed to be able to support life.
With all these parameters, the researcher was able to narrow it down to 38 candidate stars. Then, when specifying it for Sun-like stars, it was narrowed down to just one star, designated 2MASS 19281982-2640123.
In other words, out of all the many stars in these regions of space where the Wow! Signal likely originated from, this was the sole star that was confirmed to be similar to the Sun. If there is an exoplanet capable of supporting an intelligent civilization, there is a possibility it could be here.
There were a couple of other possible candidates, too, but they were less likely due to lack of data. So it is unclear if they properly fit the model.
So in other words, this could be a potential target for further study, or even sending signals.
But there is a problem: Distance.
2MASS 19281982-2640123 is located some 1,800 light years away from Earth. In other words, sending a reply message of sorts is impossible - it's just too far away.
But it is an ideal candidate for observations.
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Understandably, this is an exciting discovery in the field of SETI, as this is the strongest candidate for a genuine alien transmission.
One person who commented on this was Russian-Israeli scientist and philanthropist Yuri Milner, founder of the Breakthrough Initiatives, which seeks to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life.
On Twitter, Milner noted that it was "intriguing that there’s a Sun-like star in the right place to be its source," though he did still take a more cautious approach and noted that it may well be just an artifact.
Also weighing in was Israeli-American astronomer Prof. Avi Loeb of Harvard University, one of the world's leading voices in SETI, and he too took a cautious approach.
"Science is about reproducibility of results," he explained in an email.
"The Wow! Signal did not repeat and hence it is difficult to infer its origin. There are suggestions that it was human made. We need to find more signals of this type before associating likely explanations."
He further gave the example of a recent radio signal detected coming from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our Solar System, which is known to have two exoplanets that could possibly be habitable. However, further study indicated that these signals were likely of human origin.
"The Wow! Signal is interesting but like other detections... it is most likely human-generated radio interference," he said in an email.
However, Worden also noted an issue about the focus of the study itself: That other types of stars could also possibly host life, as there is no reason to assume that life can't or doesn't exist in environments that drastically differ from that of Earth's surrounding our Sun.
"Many experts believe life can and does exist under ice crusts in our own outer solar system. Some measurements suggest life exists in the hostile upper atmosphere of Venus," Worden explained. "The truth is we don’t know much about how life forms or where it can develop."
NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to Space Station
NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to Space Station
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 serves as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA and Boeing safely landed the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station to help prove the system is ready to fly astronauts.
About four hours after departing the space station, Starliner touched down onto its airbags at 4:49 p.m. MDT, wrapping up the six-day flight, which tested the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable spacecraft. The landing followed a deorbit burn at 4:05 p.m., separation of the spacecraft’s service module, and successful deployment of its three main parachutes and six airbags.
“NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and our industry partner, Boeing, today took a major and successful step on the journey to enabling more human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station on American spacecraft from American soil,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “The OFT-2 mission represents the power of collaboration, which allows us to innovate for the benefit of humanity and inspire the world through discovery. This golden era of spaceflight wouldn’t be possible without the thousands of individuals who persevered and poured their passion into this great achievement.”
As part of the flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Boeing accomplished planned test objectives, including:
Starliner launch and normal trajectory to orbital insertion
Launch of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V and dual-engine Centaur second stage
Ascent abort emergency detection system validation
Starliner separation from the Atlas V rocket
Approach, rendezvous, and docking with International Space Station
Starliner hatch opening and closing, astronaut ingress, and quiescent mode
Crew habitability and internal interface evaluation
Starliner undocking and departure from space station
Starliner deorbit, and crew module separation from service module
Starliner descent and atmospheric entry with aero-deceleration system
Precision targeted landing and recovery
“I am incredibly proud of the dedication and perseverance shown by the NASA, Boeing and ULA team culminating in the successful completion of Starliner’s second Orbital Flight Test from start to finish,” said Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “Throughout this process, Starliner has provided a tremendous amount of valuable data, which we’re continuing to assess in our effort to bring the spacecraft online and fully operational for crew flights to the space station as soon as it is safe to do so.”
The flight test began Thursday, May 19, when Starliner launched on the ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Following liftoff, Starliner successfully entered Earth’s orbit, performed a series of demonstrations of its capabilities, and docked with the orbital outpost 26 hours after launch. The Expedition 67 crew aboard the station opened hatches and entered the capsule for the first time, inspecting the spacecraft and verifying integration with power and communications station systems for longer stays in the future. The station crew also unloaded 500 pounds of cargo delivered by Starliner and sent 600 pounds of cargo back to Earth.
“Congratulations to the NASA and Boeing teams,” said Joel Montalbano, manager of NASA’s International Space Station Program. “I am excited to see the completion of a critical step in bringing another system online to transport long-duration crew members to and from the International Space Station. Soon, we hope to see crews arrive to the space station on Starliner to continue the important microgravity scientific research and discovery made possible by the orbiting laboratory.”
A critical step in validating the performance of Boeing’s systems, OFT-2 brings the nation a significant step closer to having two unique human transportation systems to carry astronauts to and from the space station from U.S. soil.
“We have had an excellent flight test of a complex system that we expected to learn from along the way and we have,” said Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program. “With the completion of OFT-2, we will incorporate lessons learned and continue working to prepare for the crewed flight test and NASA certification. Thank you to the NASA and Boeing teammates who have put so much of themselves into Starliner.”
Starliner carried a “passenger” on this flight test – a lifelike test device named Rosie.
During OFT-1, Rosie was outfitted with 15 sensors to collect data on what astronauts will experience during flights on Starliner. For OFT-2, spacecraft data capture ports previously connected to Rosie’s 15 sensors were used to collect data from sensors placed along the seat pallet, which is the infrastructure that holds all the crew seats in place. Among the cargo returned were three Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members. The tanks will be refurbished on Earth and sent back to station on a future flight.
Boeing retrieved the spacecraft from the desert and will transport it back to the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for processing.
After NASA and Boeing review processes data from this test flight, teams will continue plans for Starliner and its next mission, the Crew Flight Test to the space station.
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Newly released video and direct testimony from a former Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent reveal that, much like U.S. Navy pilots who say they have regularly encountered unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), law enforcement officials defending America’s borders are also encountering unusual aerial objects with surprising frequency.
According to sources The Debrief has interviewed, these incidents include encounters with aerial objects that appear to perform maneuvers well beyond the capabilities of conventional aircraft. Some of these events, which were also captured on video, have left a number of veteran pilots and other personnel questioning the nature and origin of these objects.
Now in an exclusive to The Debrief, a former CBP agent is breaking his silence, offering significant details about his own experience with UAPs while patrolling the Mexican-American border. This, along with experiences and videos shared with him by fellow CBP and Department of Homeland Security officials, and his efforts to set up a process within the CBP for pilots and agents to report their sightings.
For much of the last century, people have reported seeing strange objects in America’s skies. Sometimes appearing to maneuver at considerable speeds and without discernible means of propulsion, these unidentified aerial phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, have remained an enduring mystery; one that ignores cultural and ideological boundaries with the same disregard they appear to show for territorial borders.
In recent years, the dialogue surrounding this long-taboo topic has been significantly elevated, particularly among lawmakers and defense officials in Washington. Several incidents, a majority of them reported in recent years by U.S. Navy personnel, have prompted questions about whether drones and sophisticated surveillance platforms operated by foreign adversaries–or perhaps something else entirely–could be involved in these aerial incursions into U.S. airspace.
Yet people from virtually all walks of life have claimed to have bewildering sightings of these aerial interlopers. And as some former government officials have recently told The Debrief, when it comes to U.S. government and UAP, the Department of Defense is hardly the only show in town.
“It’s not just the DoD encountering this stuff,” says Robert “Bob” Thompson, a recently retired Department of Homeland Security Agent.
In an interview with The Debrief, Thompson recounted how one of the roles he took on as a federal agent with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector Special Operations Group involved establishing the reporting requirements for Unexplained Aerial Phenomena within the Tucson Sector.
According to Thompson, just like the military, a number of these bizarre incidents involving UAP have been captured on sophisticated government systems, normally tasked with catching drug smugglers or staving off the flow of illegal immigration.
“We have guys out there 24/7 with their eyes to the sky looking for smuggling, but they see other stuff,” said Thompson. “I talked to dozens and dozens of agents that all had similar stories of seeing bizarre stuff, of having encounters with UAP.”
View of the Milky Way over Cathedral Rock, seen from the Cathedral Rock Trailhead on Back O’ Beyond Road, Sedona, Arizona. (Image Source: Deborah Lee Soltesz/ U.S. Forest Service Coconino National Forest)
After servingfor 11 years with the U.S. military and a stint with a Tucson area Fire Department as a Paramedic and Hazmat Technician, Thompson began his career with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency in January 2008.
As a federal law enforcement agent, Thompson would go on to spend the next 14 years guarding America’s southern borders, ultimately earning a spot on the Tucson Sectors Special Operations Detachment Mobile Response Team (MRT.)
“I gravitated, you know, almost right off the bat to the special operations side,” Thompson told The Debrief.
“As always, you just want to surround yourself with the best,” he said. “100% out for excellence all the time. I got on to what they call our mobile Response Team, which is one of the three tiers that make up the Border Patrol Special Operations Detachment.”
Within the Special Operations Detachment the primary focus was counter terrorism, counter weapons of mass destruction proliferation, and drug interdiction.
From 2020 to 2021, Thompson worked in the newly created Arizona Air Coordination Center, which was to become the brain for Air Operations within the Tucson Sector. While tasked in the center, Thompson worked on other projects including helping redesign the sector’s antiquated 911 system and redesigning reporting requirements for regular tracking of statistics for air support operations.
“Flying was kind of my forte. My responsibility was mainly helicopters, and some of the other aerial platforms that we work with and other partner agencies that we work with,” said Thompson in a phone call with The Debrief. “I was also a paramedic too. In fact, I was the senior paramedic, for all of the Border Patrol. I’d get pinged a lot as a subject matter expert when it comes to emergency management and preparation, emergency medicine, and counterterrorism.”
However, along with his official duties with the DHS, Thompson began investigating UAP sightings he learned about from within the agency, even collecting videos and images of bizarre encounters captured by sophisticated government systems.
“There’s other people that have concerns about [these objects] as well. You know, like it may be a foreign adversary,” said Thompson, describing them as “genuine objects that I couldn’t explain.”
Although Thompson admits to having a long-time interest in UFOs, it was only after the 2017 revelations of a quasi-secret Pentagon program, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (ATTIP), that he said he realized the DHS could provide equally valuable information in the organized study of UAP. Thompson said he began producing an “Issue Paper” in an effort to improve reporting and guidance for agents encountering UAP along the southwest border.
“Tucson Sector Border Patrol (TCA) in conjunction with the Tucson Air and Marine Branch needs to develop a program to be able to Report, Identify, Catalog, and if needed; Interdict Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that are encountered along the Southwest Border,” Thompson wrote in the document, a copy of which was obtained by The Debrief.
“Whether or not some of these objects pose a threat to American Interests is not clearly understood and by establishing reporting requirements, it may serve as an early warning system for emerging threats when combined with technology assets already in place by DHS.”
A February 9, 2021 encounter by the Tucson Police Department Air Support unit with an object that “defied known drone/SUAS characteristics,” was highlighted in the document. The craft, described as a “highly modified drone,” was able to outmaneuver helicopters operated by both the Tucson Police Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Cockpit view from within a Tucson Police Department Air Support Bell 206B-3 patrol helicopter (Image Source: Tucson Police Department).
“This thing went on for 45 minutes over the city of Tucson,” Bob told The Debrief. “It was doing circles around (the police helicopters) then went up to 14,000 (ft).”
“Could [it] be something Raytheon related?” Thompson asked. “Absolutely. Could it be, you know, a Chinese drone doing some scouting? Absolutely.”
While trying to convince senior leadership to take the issue seriously, Thompson put the word out to the DHS aviation community that he was interested in any UAP encounters they might have had.
Continuing to carry out his full time duties at a DHS air coordination fusion center, it wasn’t long before Thompson says a stream of DHS and National Guard pilots started sharing accounts of encounters with aerial objects they could not identify. In some instances, the objects were also recorded on video by aircraft equipped with advanced imaging systems.
One striking example, made public now for the first time, depicts three fast-moving unidentified aircraft captured by the sophisticated targeting/imaging system of an Army AH-64 attack helicopter.
Captured by oneof the U.S. military’s flagship attack helicopters close to midnight on November 6, 2018, roughly 40 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, the video appears to show several unidentifiable objects maneuvering unlike any known aircraft.
“Wow! Are those three really fast moving jets up there?” exclaims the Apache helicopter’s co-pilot and gunner as three objects suddenly appear, dashing across the sky as the aircraft prepares to take-off.
“Probably. Probably some A10’s or some F-16s,” the Apache’s pilot replies, before admitting, “but, I’m not looking up there.”
Although difficult to discern from the video alone, the three unknown aircraft initially appear to be flying in a loose triangular formation.
The co-pilot continues to follow the three objects with the aircraft’s multi-sensor imaging system, the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS).
“The M-TADS/PNVS’s advanced FLIR sensors enable Army Aviation Warfighters to see first, understand first, act first and finish decisively on the tactical battlefield,” reads a fact sheet provided by the system’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. The sophisticated Apache Aviator Integrated Helmet (AAIH) worn by the aircrew allows the nose mounted IR imaging sensor to follow a pilot’s head movements.
As they approach the foothills of nearby Picacho Peak, the three unknown objects suddenly appear to rotate around each other, as if revolving around an unseen axis, all while maintaining a steady eastward trajectory.
After several rotations, the objects then resume an obtuse triangular formation before speeding out of sight as the Apache begins to take off.
An Apache helicopter participates in training exercises over the Arizona desert (Image Source: Graeme Main/OGL License).
Although the encounter only lasted a few seconds, the unusual maneuvers conveyed in the video suggests it could represent the first publicly available imagery of UAP displaying highly-unconventional flight characteristics, captured by military sensor systems.
To verify the video’s authenticity, The Debrief was able to obtain a complete, unedited copy of the imagery captured by the Apache’s gun camera during the entirety of its flight.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), unless there is a known air safety accident or incident, radar tracking information, air traffic control tape recordings, and data communications are only retained for 45 days.
Because the incident is more than three-years old, The Debrief was likewise unable to obtain any automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) transponder data from commercial aircraft tracking sources, capable of revealing any information on other aircraft that were operating within the vicinity at the time of the sighting.
It was noted that in the video the Apache pilot can be heard interacting with air traffic control and requesting permission to take off. There is no mention by air controllers to the pilots of any other aircraft operating in the area.
A check with aeronautical charts of the area using SkyVector.com also failed to provide any obvious clues, such as designated flight paths, low-level air-traffic lanes, or military operational areas that might help account for the objects.
In a video call with The Debrief, former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Chris Lehto said the objects certainly have the appearance of being anomalous.
“It looks like three definite objects, but at a distance. The first thing that stands out to me is the rate of acceleration,” said Lehto, who spent 20-years in the Air Force flying F-16s and holds a Masters degree in aeronautical science.
Chris Lehto (above) seated in an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to take-off on Feb. 5, 2009 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska (Image Source: USAF/Public Domain).
“If you see an airline out a distance, you’re just expecting it to move a certain amount of distance in a certain amount of time. Especially as a pilot, you just, you build that out more and you’re used to looking at planes and assessing how far away they are. And looking at objects, your brain just gets more and more attuned to that,” Lehto explained.
“And when I looked at this, the rate of acceleration just doesn’t make sense for any objects… I’ve seen in my life, as a pilot.”
Lehto says the objects appear to be moving faster than what he would expect to see even from high-performance aircraft, such as an F-16 or F/A-18 fighter jet.
“Without a doubt. I mean things do move that fast, but they’re constant because when they’re moving that fast they have a very large radius of curvature when they turn just based on centripetal force acceleration to be going that fast,” said Lehto.
When it comes to the bizarre sudden rotations, Lehto said, “How they fly, it doesn’t feel mechanical to me. They’re changing altitudes and headings, or it just doesn’t feel like how we would fly, how I would fly a plane. Basically, at a certain altitude maybe you’re descending, but you’re descending to go somewhere.”
“It’s just kind of willy nilly flying around,” said Lehto. “It just kind of gives me more of an organic rather than mechanical feeling.” 7
Estimated Ground Track of three UAP depicted in the “Longbow 288” footage (Image Source: Chris Lehto/Google).
After completing his own analysis of the footage, Lehto provided The Debrief with several additional details that stood out to him, which have led him to conclude the objects display characteristics that appear to defy explanation.
“The tracking rate is exceptionally fast,” Lehto told The Debrief. “Even if they are only a mile away, I calculate they go approximately 1.28M. Well past the speed of sound.”
And according to Lehto, the unusual circular flight path the objects demonstrate near the end of the footage is the strangest aspect of the film.
“The circle-dance maneuver is just not possible,” Lehto said. “They do a full 360-degree turn in less than 3 seconds!”
Estimated flight path of three UAP at 2 NM (Image Source: Chris Lehto/Google)
The former fighter pilot expressed confidence that an F-16 is indeed capable of turning at incredible speeds. According to Lehto, “in a level turn, at Mach 0.8, 7 Gs, and 14 deg/sec, the F-16 could turn 360 degrees in about 26 [seconds].”
But in Lehto’s opinion, no F-16—nor any drone or other aircraft in the current known inventory of the United States military—is capable of what the objects are seen doing in the video. He judges that they display “a turn rate that is an order of magnitude faster than one of the fastest turning fighters on earth,” which he estimates to be above 70 Gs.
“I’ve analyzed the video,” Lehto told The Debrief, concluding “it is without a doubt anomalous.”
In a phone call, Graves said that at times the unknown objects pilots were encountering off America’s east coast during training exercises at the time would engage in similar bizarre, “non-mechanical” maneuvers.
“It’s hard to describe exactly, but sometimes they would appear to behave erratically. Like group together or change positions while in formation in ways that you wouldn’t see aircraft behave,” said Graves.
“This was in three-dimensional space too. Not just their vector, but sometimes they would also abruptly change altitude.”
To reinforce the need for a UAP task force within DHS, Thompson provided a copy of another 40-minute long UAP video to the nonprofit Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), an organization comprised mainly of scientists from various fields who are engaged in the study of aerial phenomena.
Popularly referred to as the “Rubber Duck,” the video taken from a DHS surveillance aircraft shows a misshapen object steadingly flying along near America’s southern border with Mexico.
Records reviewed by The Debrief verified Thompson had made supervisors at DHS aware of his UAP related side-project, as well as the fact that he had provided the purported UAP footage to the SCU for analysis.
“I’ve seen things,” Thompson said. I’ve seen things myself, but unfortunately, I’ve never been able to hit the record button, or have something that was just going to be mind blowing for people.”
“But this one, the ‘rubber duck video’ I thought displayed some really unique characteristics that I couldn’t explain. To me, it didn’t resemble a balloon [and] it didn’t resemble a drone.”
Skeptic Mick West has expressed the view that the object in the “Rubber Duck” video might nonetheless be a drone or runaway mylar balloon, although he acknowledges that conclusive identification based on information in the video alone would be difficult.
“We really don’t know what it is and we probably won’t ever know what it is,” West said in a video on his YouTube channel.
The Debrief reached out to the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies for comment about the footage, and although the video was pending analysis by an SCU team member, the results of that study had not been completed and made publicly available at the time of publication.
Previously, the SCU conducted an analysis of a separate video originating from within the DHS, filmed over the Rafael Hernandez airport at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on April 25, 2013, and obtained by the group later that year.
According to the official who provided the footage to the SCU, who chose to remain anonymous, but whose background information was vetted prior to the analysis, the object appearing in the video produced no squawking transponder signal which would have alerted air traffic control nearby about its presence over the airport.
“Fortunately an airborne U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft captured the object on infrared video,” a portion of an extensive report on SCU’s findings states.
Rich Hoffman, an executive board member of SCU who has worked professionally as a defense contractor for more than two decades, says that analysis revealed characteristics about the object that weren’t easily explained.
“It doesn’t have any kind of thermal signature that you would expect,” Hoffman says, who noted that the characteristics displayed by the object in the footage are not consistent with how a balloon or bird would normally appear through thermal imaging systems.
“We got its flight path nailed down,” Hoffman says, adding that SCU “deduced that the speed varied… from about 80 to 85 miles per hour.” Hoffman also notes that the SCU had to account for the parallax effect regarding the object’s movement, which can give the appearance of a faster-moving object due to its relationship with the background based on the camera angle.
“It was a relatively small object,” Hoffman adds, noting that SCU’s analysis determined it had likely been between two and three feet in diameter. The SCU’s complete analysis can be read online at its website.
Thanks in part to the Department of Defense and Congress’s continued interest in collecting data on UAP, things seemed to be progressing–albeit at a snail’s pace typical of government bureaucracy–in Thompson’s attempt to establish similar efforts within the DHS.
However, following unforeseen medical circumstances, Thompson suddenly found himself facing early retirement from his more than 20 years of combined federal service.
Fearing his efforts to have a formal process within DHS to collect and investigate UAP incidents might see additional setbacks, Thompson took action similar to others who have faced such obstacles related to the often taboo topic: he chose to publicly release some of the videos he had obtained showing DHS or military encounters with UAP.
“The videos aren’t classified and they don’t have any nexus to anything related to smuggling,” Thompson emphasized. “So they fit in this weird gray area that Border Patrol really didn’t care about.”
“When I got the very first video, the rubber duck video, I asked him (my boss) directly, ‘is there any reason why I can’t share this with anyone?’ Thompson told The Debrief. And he told me point blank, ‘No.’”
After obtaining permission to share the videos, to raise public awareness Thompson reached out to Andy Marcial, who runs a UAP-related Instagram account called NY UAP Discussions.
“I’ve always helped out the little guy, that’s always been something that’s been instilled in me from an early age,” said Thompson. “And, you know, I looked at Andy as a little guy, you know, when it came to the UFO community. That was why, you know, I reached out to Andy to see if he wanted to get these videos out.”
Marcial told The Debrief that he had been surprised when Thompson reached out to him with the footage.
“At first I was reluctant to believe it. Of all the people, why me?” Marcial said in a call with The Debrief, chuckling as he described the first time Thompson reached out to him. “After seeing the videos though, I realized that this was something very important. That people needed to see it.”
Marcial, choosing to release three of the DHS videos he received, gave them the titles “Rubber Duck,” “A-10,” and “La Bruja.”
What the objects depicted in the videos actually represent remains a matter of debate. What can be verified is that each was captured using sophisticated aircraft imaging systems, and that the pilots or aircrews had no explanation at the time for what was seen. Categorically, the objects in the videos simply remain unidentified.
The videos were among the first to be made publicly available showing purported UAP encounters captured by government systems since three similar videos, obtained by U.S. Navy personnel, were released in late 2017.
To his surprise, Marcial also found himself a target of criticism, on account of both the interpretation by some that the videos might convey balloons or other prosaic objects, as well as apparent suspicions over Marcial’s relatively recent entry into the online “UFO community.”
“It was a massive disappointment,” Marcial said. “It was really hard to try and do the right thing and get this stuff out there, then have people act like they were upset or start criticizing me.”
Marcial says he doesn’t ultimately know what UAP represents, but that the implications could be seismic; so long as the potential remains for exotic possibilities.
“There is too much negativity in the world, too much hate, too much fighting, too much bickering, and way too little love, empathy, and unity,” Marcial says. “Maybe if we found out we aren’t alone in the universe it would change perspectives and views so that the next generation will usher in a new era for mankind.”
Undeterred, Marcial hopes that further releases like the Apache video and further inquiries by lawmakers and government officials will motivate others to take the subject of UAP seriously.
“I would like for academics, scientists, and the general public to not only take the subject seriously, but also understand that there could be more to reality than what we currently comprehend,” Marcial says.
“We need to study and investigate this phenomena to not only understand UAP, but also reality as a whole.”
More than any personal interesthe had in UAP, Thompson says what drove him to begin collecting information about what his fellow DHS employees were seeing had been a lack of any formal reporting structure for such sightings.
“Guys are seeing stuff and they didn’t have a means to report it,” he says. “And that’s what brought me more into this than anything.”
Thompson hopes that exposing UAP encounters, like the one recorded by Apache helicopter pilots showing airborne objects performing unlike any known aircraft, may further encourage government officials to take UAP incidents seriously.
“It’s been such a taboo subject for so long, especially in the law enforcement community, especially in the military community,” Thompson says. “I don’t care if it’s a UFO or a Chinese drone, it should get reported to the correct authorities.”
Speaking on background, three separate U.S. defense officials familiar with the government’s current UAP investigations said the encounter by the Apache pilots in 2018 was not reported to either the UAP Task Force, or its sucessor program, the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG).
Defense officials The Debrief spoke with said the lack of knowledge was likely due to the fact that new UAP reporting procedures were still being formalized in 2018. Likewise, the officials said the incident highlights how problems still exist in trying to coordinate centralized UAP reporting practices amongst all government agencies.
“It definitely appears to be anomalous,” said one senior defense official who viewed the Apache video and was familiar with the work of the UAP Task Force. “If it had been reported right after it occurred the task force could have likely been able to obtain significantly more data,” the source told The Debrief.
When provided with the analysis by former F-16 pilot Chris Lehto of the Apache incident, the same defense official said they considered it a “great analysis.”
A recently retired senior U.S. Air Force officer agreed to examine the Apache video, under the condition of anonymity.
The Air Force officer, a former pilot that has held various command and staff positions throughout their career, said the objects seen in the video “did not seem to comport with the flight characteristics of any known aircraft platform, although more analysis is needed to confirm this.”
“I’m not going to get into specifics, but unequivocally, I know for a fact that the government has some extremely compelling evidence on UAP. Much more significant than what has been released so far, including the examples provided during the recent public Congressional hearing,” the former Air Force Officer also said.
“This Apache video appears to show UAP behaving in ways that suggest non-mechanical flight. It would be interesting to know if there is other evidence that demonstrates UAP behaving in ways that are inconsistent with mechanical flight.”
The Department of Defense has consistently declined to discuss any details about specific UAP incidents. The Customs and Border Patrol Public Affairs Office did not respond to several requests by The Debrief for comment.
As for the videos, Thompson says they are just a small sample of the types of “unidentified” things National Guard pilots, CBP agents and other DHS personnel regularly encounter during the course of their duties.
Despite the wide range of expertise he and his fellow agents develop during the extended hours they spend using the most state-of-the-art equipment available to them, Thompson says they still cannot determine what they are seeing in these videos.
“Our guys are out there every day for, you know, 12 hour shifts, staring at that screen, trying to scrutinize a cow from a jackrabbit to a person walking to a bird flying in the sky, to a ultralight, to a helicopter, to the A-10s,” says Thompson.
“I personally have 1000s of hours behind the screens,” Thompson says. “So, if I see something and I don’t know what it is?”
He pauses, weighing his words with a care and discernment evident of man with Thompson’s many years in official service.
“I’m telling you,” he finally says, “it’s got me stumped.”
Footage discussed in this article will be featured publicly in a science-based panel discussion at the forthcoming UFO Disclosure Symposium in Vernal, Utah. The Debrief will be participating as a media sponsor for this event.
Tim McMillan is a retired law enforcement executive, investigative reporter and co-founder of The Debrief. His writing covers defense, national security, and the Intelligence Community. You can follow Tim on Twitter:@LtTimMcMillan. Tim can also be reached by email: tim@thedebrief.org or through encrypted email:LtTimMcMillan@protonmail.com.
Micah Hanks is Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on Twitter: @MicahHanks.
Christopher Plain is the News Editor and journalist with The Debrief. Connect with The Debrief’s Science Editor Christopher Plain on Twitter @plain_fiction
'DEUR' OP MARS BLIJKT EEN STUK KLEINER TE ZIJN DAN GEDACHT
'DEUR' OP MARS BLIJKT EEN STUK KLEINER TE ZIJN DAN GEDACHT
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Het is eerder een hondenluik, zo grapt NASA.
De foto zorgde de afgelopen weken voor behoorlijk wat vermaak én een groot aantal wilde verhalen. We hebben het natuurlijk over de foto die Marsrover Curiosity begin deze maand maakte van een heuveltje dat gerekend kan worden tot Mount Sharp; een 5,5 kilometer hoge berg in het hart van de Gale-krater op Mars. In dat heuveltje bleek zich een breuk te vinden die wel heel sterk op een ‘deur’ leek.
Speculatie De foto ging viraal en was de aanleiding voor tal van speculaties. Sommigen vroegen zich af of dit dan de plek was waar de Marsmannetjes zich schuilhielden. Anderen speculeerden druk over de vraag waar de deuropening naartoe leidde; was het misschien een portal naar New York of Narnia?
Meer informatie En zo gebeurde wat zo vaak gebeurt als we iets geks op buitenaardse foto’s zien; onze verbeeldingskracht sloeg op hol. Dat is ook NASA niet onopgemerkt gebleven, want enkele dagen later voelde de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie – eigenaar van fotograaf Curiosity – zich gedwongen om toch nog eens wat achtergrondinformatie bij de foto te verstrekken.
Hondenluik Zo heeft NASA bijvoorbeeld bekend gemaakt hoe groot de deur is. En dat blijkt toch een beetje tegen te vallen. Zo is de deur volgens NASA slechts 30 centimeter hoog en 40 centimeter breed. “Qua grootte vergelijkbaar met een hondenluik.”
Natuurlijke oorsprong Eventuele nieuwe speculaties over Marskabouters worden overigens door NASA ook direct de kop ingedrukt. Zo benadrukt de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie dat we hier te maken hebben met een natuurlijke breuk. “Dit soort open breuken komt zowel op aarde als op Mars veelvuldig voor,” aldus de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie.
Nieuwe beelden Daarnaast heeft NASA ook een aantal nieuwe (3D-)beelden van ‘het hondenluik’ vrijgegeven.
Enkele nieuwe beelden van de heuvel waarin een deur-achtige breuk is gespot.
Afbeelding: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS.
Hoewel het idee dat Marsmannetjes de ‘deur’ zorgvuldig in de heuvel hebben uitgehouwen nu dus dnitief de prullenbak in kan, wil dat zeker niet zeggen dat we het hele idee van leven op Mars overboord kunnen gooien. Sterker nog: zelfs NASA acht het zeer waarschijnlijk dat er in ieder geval ooit leven op de rode planeet is geweest. Waar Mars tegenwoordig droog en koud is, zou de planeet in het verleden nat en warm – en dus een stuk aantrekkelijker voor leven – zijn geweest. Marsrover Curiosity onderzoekt in de Gale-krater – die in warmere en vochtigere tijden een compleet meer moet hebben geherbergd – naar meer informatie over die overgang van nat naar droog. En elders op Mars wordt met het Marswagentje Perseverance zelfs specifiek gezocht naar sporen van (vergaan) Martiaans leven. Vooralsnog zonder resultaat, maar zo blijft de spreekwoordelijke deur – als het om leven op Mars gaat – voorlopig toch op een kier staan.
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