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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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
04-02-2023
The Bonnybridge Mystery: Scotland’s Hotbed for UFO Sightings
The Bonnybridge Mystery: Scotland’s Hotbed for UFO Sightings
UFO sightings over Scotland
Bonnybridge, a small Scottish town, is located in the heart of the Falkirk Triangle, one of the world’s most renowned hotbeds for UFO sightings. In just a 20 square mile radius, encompassing the towns of Stirling, Cumbernauld and Falkirk, over 60,000 people claim to have had a UFO sighting or believe in them wholeheartedly.
Councilor William Buchanan, who has served as a representative of Falkirk City for over 25 years, firmly stands by the credibility and sincerity of his town’s residents. Since 1992, when cases of UFO sightings were first reported, Buchanan has been advocating for the Scottish and English governments to launch a thorough investigation. He shuns media circus and the notion of mystery tourism, but rather, has written to every Prime Minister that has come to power, demanding respect and an in-depth investigation into the strange occurrences in the area.
In a 2017 exclusive interview with “Becarios del Misterio,” Councilor Buchanan candidly shares his own extraordinary encounter with a suspected alien. He also delves into the history and various theories surrounding the Falkirk Triangle and the mysterious happenings that take place all too often in this Scottish triangular landscape.
This short documentary, “The Bonnybridge Files,” is a must-watch for anyone intrigued by the mystery of UFO sightings and the unexplained phenomenon in the Falkirk Triangle. Councilor Buchanan’s testimony adds credibility to the many strange occurrences in this Scottish town and serves as a call to action for a deeper investigation into the mystery.
Many people around the world have reported seeing orange lights in the sky. This unexplained aerial phenomenon (UAP) often appears as balls of orange yellow light in the sky. Many people believe these UFOs have an alien origin, leading many to wonder exactly what is happening.
Orange Orb UFO Characteristics
What are they? Why are they orange? Where do they come from? What do they want? These are just some of the unanswered questions that UFO hunters and others ask. The orange orb UFOs are different from the run-of-the-mill UFOs since they seem to have the ability to morph easily in size, shape, and even number by splitting into two separate orbs.
Unlike other UFOs, the orange ones appear to be fireballs and often bounce about in non-formation. Another characteristic is that they usually appear in clusters.
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Many people around the world have reported seeing orange lights in the sky. This unexplained aerial phenomenon (UAP) often appears as balls of orange yellow light in the sky. Many people believe these UFOs have an alien origin, leading many to wonder exactly what is happening.
Orange Orb UFO Characteristics
What are they? Why are they orange? Where do they come from? What do they want? These are just some of the unanswered questions that UFO hunters and others ask. The orange orb UFOs are different from the run-of-the-mill UFOs since they seem to have the ability to morph easily in size, shape, and even number by splitting into two separate orbs.
Unlike other UFOs, the orange ones appear to be fireballs and often bounce about in non-formation. Another characteristic is that they usually appear in clusters.
Reports of Orange Lights in the Sky
In 2012, NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) Director Peter Davenport shared with Rense.com what he called the fireball phenomenon of orange and red lights being reported.
Davenport stated that "clusters of red, orange and yellow 'fireballs' are occurring, for which there appears to be no adequate explanation." He also noted many possible explanations have been ruled out, including:
Meteors
Weather balloons
Known aircraft
Satellites
Witnesses have seen orange orb UFOs around the world, and some have captured them on video. These reports and videos reveal the color, intensity and traveling pattern of these the UAPs. Various people offer possible explanations, such as drones, satellites, ISS (International Space Station), Chinese lanterns, plasma balls, plasma entities, and misidentification. Some people believe all UFO videos are part of a hoax, while others maintain these orange orbs are real UFOs.
July 4th Orange Orb UFOs
On July 4, 2018, Isabella Linarez saw three objects in the sky that all had an orange glow. She captured them on her camera video and posted the footage on YouTube. Some commenters believed the orbs were plasma, while others claim the orbs are alien entities. Others guessed the objects were Chinese balloons since it the sighting occurred during a Fourth of July celebration.
Vero Beach, Florida
During one of Steven Greer's 2015 classes on contacting UFOS, the group filmed two brightly glowing orange objects along the horizon. Greer was quick to point out to his students that the object was not a flare, describing how flares would have dropped from the sky, not just suddenly appear along the horizon. As the group watched one orange light began to fade and appeared to drop into the ocean.
He joked that even swamp gas has been ruled out. Davenport recounted a report filed from Castle Rock, Washington by an airline pilot. The pilot witnessed three orange objects moving at a very low altitude along a rather remote road that he was traveling. He told Davenport the objects were so close he expected them to land right in front of his car.
Escondido, California
In May 2013 around 9:30 p.m. this eyewitness stepped outside from a car and noticed six orange UFOs moving about the sky in an unsynchronized manner. The witness began filming, and Extreme UFO Hunter posted the video on YouTube.
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Similar lights have been spotted in and around Murrysville, PA:
Also in PA, Alison Kruse states she uses a $7,000 video camera, and her videos aren't color enhanced. She states she also uses night vision to reveal that when the UFOs seem to disappear, they can still be seen using night vision technology.
Wakefield, Rhode Island
On October 16, 2016, from 8:15 to 8:30 PM EDT, a woman witnessed an orange molten object shining multiple lights onto the ground in a searching manner. Moon gazing at the "blood moon," the woman reported the moon was suddenly blacked out by a "sparkler type material" that she related to appearing like fireworks. This quickly transformed into a brilliant orange molten object that moved very slowly in a northern, then southern, direction. The woman stated the object appeared to be coming towards her. Frightened, she ran into her house. The entire episode lasted 15 minutes.
Lafayette, Colorado
Alex Lankhorst posted two videos of the UFOs he witnessed while on vacation in March 2011. He filmed the UFOs from his cousin's backyard. He states this is the same incident that was featured on a National Geographic UFO documentary. Alex writes the lights remained in a triangular formation as they moved through the night sky, and they watched the lights for nearly 20 minutes. He states that when the lights finally disappeared, they did so one at a time.
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK
In October 2015, the Daily Mirror reported that at 7 am, Kirstie Hockley of St Neots (Cambridgeshire) was cooking breakfast when she saw a strange orange UFO out the window. Grabbing her phone, she began recording the object as it shot upward into the atmosphere. The video (as seen on the Daily Mirror site) reveals two streams of orange light moving through the sky and within seconds, it becomes no more than a microdot.
Melbourne, Australia
This YouTube video doesn't have much information other than that it was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and depicts a flowing orange UFO gliding soundlessly through the night sky. The photographer shows the image with a filter, and you can see the distinct outline of a metallic object with a yellowish core and the orange light radiating in a brilliant glow.
New Zealand and Oceania
New Zealand and Oceania are reporting an increase in the number of UFOs. The flurry has stirred fears and rumors of an impending alien invasion.
The increase in New Zealand UFO sightings is particularly significant since the country has only had 10 UFO reports over the previous six-year period. In 2015, orange and red lights were seen in the Christchurch area. These were the same type of lights people claimed to have been seen in 2013, only the UFOs were seen along the Bay of Plenty and Hamilton, North Island.
The New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed the 2015 sightings. A March 2016 report was highly unusual. Witnesses saw what could only be termed as a falling light. The subsequent investigation of the phenomena concluded that the object descent had been too slow for a meteor but was also too fast for a plane. There hasn't been any explanation for the falling light or the orange glowing orbs of light.
Cork, Ireland
This video is very unstable, but it does reveal a startling visual of several brilliantly glowing orange objects moving across the sky in Cork, Ireland. No information about the video is offered on the YouTube pages, but it's quite a capture of orange UFOs.
What Does It All Mean?
According to a June 2016 article in the Daily Mirror, the increase in orange orb UFOs has fueled conspiracy theories. One such theory is that the Earth is being invaded. Another one postulates that the aliens are on the verge of revealing themselves to the world. The mystery behind these sightings makes them all the more unusual and exciting.
Orange Balls in the Sky: The Feb 1st 2023 UFO Sighting in Mesa
Orange Balls in the Sky: The Feb 1st 2023 UFO Sighting in Mesa
On the night of February 1st 2023, residents of Mesa, Arizona were stunned by a mysterious UFO sighting. According to a witness report, the person saw several orange balls in the sky, which were too big to be stars or planes. The balls remained stationary for several minutes before disappearing.
The sighting has sparked speculation about a possible connection to the rumored underground base in Mesa. There have been rumors for years about a secret underground facility located beneath the city, with some suggesting that it may be a joint human-alien base.
The term Dulce Base refers to a widely held conspiracy theory suggesting that a secret underground facility is being operated by humans and aliens. The idea of this concept emerged during the 1970s after Paul Bennewitz, an Albuquerque businessman, claimed that he had intercepted alien communications. Over time, various claims about the facility and UFO sightings began to emerge within the UFO community.
According to Michael Barkun, a political scientist, the base story became popular in 1986 after the Cold War’s underground missile facilities were discovered in the area. Despite the lack of concrete evidence supporting the base’s existence, the legend has persisted to captivate UFO fans. According to some residents of the town of Dulce, they have seen strange objects in the area, and the town has even organized a Dulce Base UFO Conference to promote tourism.
Find out more at the video bellow called UFO Hunters: Alien Experiments at Secret Underground Base
Why Doesn’t Biden’s Pentagon Shoot Down the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Over Montana?
Why Doesn’t Biden’s Pentagon Shoot Down the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Over Montana?
The Biden Administration has decimated America’s credibility and deterrence. This is the result. A Chinese spy balloon flying over the state of Montana. The CCP would not have dared done this under President Trump. Gd help us.
On Thursday afternoon, NBC News revealed that a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over Billings, Montana. The supposed weapon of espionage had apparently flown from the Alaskan Aleutian Islands and over Canada before making its way to airspace above the U.S. nuclear arsenal. According to NBC News, the balloon was spotted over the state that’s home to 150 warheads on Wednesday, near where the Chinese have been buying up American farmland.
The Federalist:“The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days,” NBC reported. “Military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.”
Defense officials told reporters that military leaders refused to shoot the balloon down because a widespread debris field would pose a threat to civilian life in the rural state. According to The Wall Street Journal, President Joe Biden was briefed on the issue on Wednesday.
If the Pentagon knew the surveillance tool was on its way to the nuclear arsenal, however, why didn’t the president have it shot down when it was over Alaska? Was Biden’s Wednesday briefing his first? Why wasn’t he told sooner? Why didn’t officials inform the public when it crossed into U.S. airspace? Did our government maybe not catch the balloon and are now covering for their own negligence? And why didn’t the Canadians shoot it down?
Even more troubling is why the Chinese would have a surveillance balloon over Montana in the first place, considering Beijing’s advanced satellites in low-earth orbit that provide all the bird’s eye images they need. Are they sending a message before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the Chinese capital next week?
I am demanding answers from the Biden administration about the spy balloon that flew over our airspace.
The administration failed to protect our border and now has failed to protect our skies.pic.twitter.com/68ZRDhgwK9
The U.S. government is monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been moving over northern states over the past several days.
Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a briefing on Thursday afternoon that the U.S. government has detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental U.S.
"Ballonincident is spionage, China wil mogelijk Amerikaanse procedures testen", zegt professor Criekemans
De Chinese president Xi Jingping en de Amerikaanse president Joe Biden spraken elkaar op de G20-top in Indonesië
"Ballonincident is spionage, China wil mogelijk Amerikaanse procedures testen", zegt professor Criekemans
Het ballonincident in de VS heeft de gespannen relatie tussen Amerika en China nog maar eens op scherp gezet. "Je zou de timing kunnen interpreteren als een poging van China om het bezoek van de Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Antony Blinken te dwarsbomen, maar dat is niet duidelijk. Mogelijk hebben de Chinezen de Amerikaanse procedures in kaart willen brengen", legt professor David Criekemans uit in "Terzake".
Ludwig De Wolf
Amerika is in de ban van een Chinese "spionageballon". De voorbije dagen is de grote witte ballon gespot in de Amerikaanse staat Montana. Volgens China gaat het om een ballon die gebruikt wordt voor klimaatonderzoek die uit koers geslagen is. Professor internationale politiek David Criekemans is ervan overtuigd dat China geprobeerd heeft Amerikaanse militaire installaties te bespioneren met een ballon.
"Het is duidelijk spionage. De woordvoerder van het Pentagon heeft ook duidelijk gezegd dat het om een spionageactiviteit gaat. De Chinezen proberen in Montana boven een aantal nucleaire sites waar zich intercontinentale nucleaire raketten bevinden, te kijken wat er allemaal gaande is. Misschien wil men ook kijken hoe de Amerikanen reageren op zo een ballon. Wie belt wie en wat zijn de procedures", legt Criekemans uit.
"Met andere woorden: hoe reageren de militairen, hoe lang duurt het vooraleer ze jets de lucht in sturen, hoe reageert de militaire top en de politieke top en wat zijn de procedures?"
De ballon is net voor het bezoek van Blinken aan China gespot in de VS. "Je zou dat kunnen interpreteren als zijnde een poging van China om het bezoek van Blinken te verhinderen. Het bezoek is intussen geannuleerd", analyseert Criekemans.
De context van de hele heisa is de toenemende spanningen tussen China en de Verenigde Staten, zowel op politiek, economisch en militair gebied.
"Er is een race gaande tussen beide grootmachten. China dreigt groter te worden dan de VS in termen van handel en economie. Dat is zich ook technologisch aan het vertalen. Wat er nu langs Chinese zijde gaande is, is dat men daar goed beseft dat ze misschien maar tien, vijftien jaar de tijd hebben om de economische, politieke en militaire groei door te maken, want de Chinese demografie zal heel snel dalen als gevolg van het eenkindbeleid. De jaren 20 zijn enorm cruciaal in de machtsstrijd tussen de VS en China", zegt Criekemans.
Machtstrijd over Zuid-Chinese Zee
Momenteel is er een pokerspel aan de gang tussen China en de VS met als inzet de Zuid-Chinese Zee. "De VS heeft afgesproken met de Filipijnen samen te werken op militair vlak. Ze willen hun legers beter afstemmen op elkaar en samen oefeningen doen. De VS doet dat met meer landen in de regio. De VS is bezig met een klassieke indammingsstrategie tegen een opkomend China."
Volgens Criekemans is China net hetzelfde aan het doen. "Eerst via de zachte weg van buitenlandse investeringen in de regio. Nu is China zich militair meer aan het manifesteren. De Zuid-Chinese Zee is het theater van toenemende spanningen de komende maanden en jaren. Taiwan is daar de hoofdvogel in. Je zal allerlei tactieken van de VS zien om de militaire opkomst van China te dwarsbomen, maar ook het terughalen van de Amerikaanse economie weg van China naar huis. Dat zal ook gevoeld worden in Europa", besluit Criekemans.
"Met andere woorden: hoe reageren de militairen, hoe lang duurt het vooraleer ze jets de lucht in sturen, hoe reageert de militaire top en de politieke top en wat zijn de procedures?"
UFO or China Spy Balloon Over Laurel, Montana Feb 1, 2023, UFO Sighting News.
UFO or China Spy Balloon Over Laurel, Montana Feb 1, 2023, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Feb 1, 2023
Location of sighting: Laurel, Montana, USA
Source: MUFON
Guys this is awesome. A person filmed the moon and then to the far left of it was this white sphere. Now the US gov is calling this a Chinese spy balloon and refuses to shoot it down for unknown reasons, and they say its over 4 miles up. If its really that high, then this orb is over 30 meters across! Because the video shows is big, really big compared to the moon. I think the US gov is lying again and trying to blame China, but this looks like its alien tech to me. Remember the three orbs seen close up near the bay of the Shuttle Atlantis, recorded by an external shuttle camera? They look exactly the same! This is a UFO. Thats why they don't shoot it down, they don't want to attack an alien species, especially one that could wipe out the entire planet overnight.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I happened to be fooling around on Flight Radar around 3 pm on 2/1 and noticed an interesting flight pattern by a USAF KC-10 about 50 miles south of where we saw the object (See screenshot). An hour later, I saw some chatter on local social media pages about "an object" in the sky and went outside to look. I was shocked by what I saw. The bright white orb appeared to be about 1/4 the size of the moon and just as bright. It was stationary and was a perfect sphere. It was behind some light cloud cover at times, and it appeared to remain in the same spot for at least two hours. My low-power binoculars didn't reveal any distinguishing features. I finally lost sight of it in the clouds and/or it disappeared as dusk settled into evening. Interestingly, our local airport (BIL) unexpectedly grounded/re-routed all flights for about 1.5 hours during this time period, with very limited explanation given. I don't know what the object is/was but it was like nothing I've ever seen and I'm 100% certain it was not a comet, rocket launch, drone, or weather balloon.
After 50,000 years a rare green comet passes Earth again
After 50,000 years a rare green comet passes Earth again
During the Stone Age, faraway Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) began falling toward the inner solar system. The billions of years old comet finally reached Earth, only 0.28 AU away.
The orbital period of the comet is 50,000 years according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, meaning It hasn't been so close to Earth for 50,000 years since the last ice age and prior to the extinction of the Neanderthals.
Chinese spy balloon the size of three buses is spotted floating over Montana for DAYS as U.S. mobilizes F-22 Raptors to intercept: Biden wanted to shoot it down but Pentagon advised him not to because of falling debris
Chinese spy balloon the size of three buses is spotted floating over Montana for DAYS as U.S. mobilizes F-22 Raptors to intercept: Biden wanted to shoot it down but Pentagon advised him not to because of falling debris
A Chinese surveillance balloon has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday
Defense officials discussed shooting it out of the sky on Wednesday while it was above Billings, Montana - but decided instead to monitor it closely
F-22 Raptors were sent from Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada, but they did not engage with the object
A massive Chinese surveillance balloon has been hovering over the northern United States for the last few days, senior defense officials confirmed on Thursday - with Joe Biden being briefed on Wednesday about his options, including shooting it out of the sky.
Biden suggested the high-altitude balloon should be shot down, after it was spotted and reported by civilians in a commercial airliner, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.
The Pentagon opposed the move, fearing civilian casualties if the giant balloon - the size of three buses - is exploded in the air.
'The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,' Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told NBC News.
'We continue to track and monitor it closely.'
F-22 Raptors were sent from Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada, but they are not thought to have engaged with the balloon - their activities prompted a ground stop at the airport in Billings, however, with air traffic controllers citing a 'special military mission.'
Sources told NBC News that there were concerns about the possible debris from shooting the balloon out of the sky. ABC News reported it was as big as three buses, and had what they termed 'a technology bay'.
It was flying above Billings, Montana on Wednesday, NBC reported. Montana is home to fields of underground Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
China is thought to be flying a surveillance balloon over the United States, and Joe Biden (left)
wanted to shoot it down. Pictured right is President Xi Jinping
A senior defense official said that the U.S. has 'been tracking it for some time.'
They added: 'And we have had custody of it the entire time it has been over U.S. airspace, entered the continental United States airspace a couple of days ago.'
It is not the first time spy balloons have been spotted over the United States, but this one has stayed for longer than usual.
Chinese spy balloons have previously been seen over Hawaii and Guam, officials said on Thursday night.
The balloon's current flight path carries it over 'a number of sensitive sites,' a source told CNN - but the official said it does not present a significant intelligence gathering risk.
Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile wings
The Pentagon said that, once it was detected, they acted to prevent sensitive information being stolen.
'Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information,' they said - without specifying what actions they took.
A defense source said: 'We know exactly where this balloon is, exactly what it is passing over.
'And we are taking steps to be extra vigilant so that we can mitigate any foreign intelligence risk.'
The high-altitude balloon was spotted over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday - having flown in above the Aleutian Islands, through Canada, and into Montana.
The Pentagon said the balloon is still over the U.S. - but would not say where.
In a sign of how seriously the incursion was being taken, the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, gathered his military chiefs for an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the balloon. He was traveling in the Philippines at the time.
The balloon is seen in the sky above Montana
Lloyd Austin, the Defense Secretary, gathered his top advisors and military chiefs on Wednesday to discuss the spy balloon
PENTAGON CONFIRMS SPY BALLOON
Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary:
'The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now.
'The U.S. government, to include NORAD, continues to track and monitor it closely.
'The balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.
'Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years.
'Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.'
Present were Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Van Herck, commander of NORTHCOM/NORAD, and other combatant commanders, NBC reported.
They discussed shooting it out of the sky, but decided it was too risky to recommend.
They decided not to 'take kinetic action due to the risk to safety and security of people on the ground from the possible debris field.'
A defense source explained: 'We have to do the risk-reward here.
'So the first question is does it pose a threat - physical kinetic threat to individuals in the United States or the U.S. Homeland. Our assessment is it does not.
'Does it pose a threat to civilian aviation? Our assessment is it does not.
'Does it pose a significantly enhanced threat on the intelligence side? Our best assessment right now is that it does not.
'And so given that risk, that profile, we assess that the risk of downing it, even if the probability was low in a sparsely populated area of the debris falling and hurting somebody or damaging property that it wasn't worth it and that was the recommendation of our military commanders.'
Pentagon leaders presented the options to Biden on Wednesday, NBC said.
'Currently we assess that this balloon has limited additive value from an intelligence collection perspective over and above what the PRC can do through other means,' the senior defense official said.
'Nevertheless we are taking all necessary steps to protect against foreign intelligence collection of sensitive information.'
The official said the balloon does not pose a threat to civil aviation because of its altitude.
The U.S. is confident the balloon was launched by China, the source told NBC News, and has raised the issue with Beijing.
The complaint was to the Chinese government 'through multiple channels both here in D.C. and in Beijing.'
It is unclear whether China admitted the balloon was theirs.
If the risk of the balloon changes, the U.S. 'will have options to deal with this balloon,' a source told CNN.
'We have communicated to [Chinese officials] the seriousness with which we take this issue,' the source said.
'But we have made clear we will do whatever is necessary to protect our people and our homeland.'
The brazen move comes days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to the Chinese capital for high-level talks.
Stationary Orb Suddenly Takes Off With Much Brighter Orb In Tow!
Small Orb that looks like it could be a star suddenly jets off with much brighter Orb following after.
See astronauts work outside space station in 2nd spacewalk of 2023
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Strangest Radio Signal Detected So Far Challenges Modern Theories, New FRB Mystery
White dwarf star's mass measured using Hubble and gravitational microlensing
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Credit:NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz and University of Cambridge), K. Sahu (STScI), J. Depasquale (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) / K. Bacon (STScI) | edited by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)
The Most Terrifying Things Said by Astronauts in Space!
Gigantic, overwhelming, mysterious: There really are many words to describe the universe. However, our fascinated gaze at the stars is accompanied by a big downer: Only very few of us are ever granted the opportunity to set off into the vastness of space ourselves. So to find out what a trip to space feels like, we'd better ask those in the know! But beware: In view of the frightening reports from the astronauts, we should probably be glad that we didn't become astronauts after all! Because let's be honest: What is a snake doing in space - and why is something, or someone, knocking on the outside of a spaceship? Are you just as fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos as we are? Then let us know with a like and a subscription! And now get ready for some seriously Spooky Astronaut Testimonials!
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On February 1st, 2023, a UFO sighting was reported in Laurel, Montana. According to the witness, the object appeared as a stationary, bright white orb about a quarter of the size of the moon, and was visible for at least two hours. The witness also mentioned that the local airport (BIL) unexpectedly grounded or re-routed all flights for about 1.5 hours during this time period, with limited explanation given.
Chinese spy balloon?
The sighting has gained attention due to the recent discovery of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over U.S. airspace. The U.S. government has stated that they have “very high confidence” that the balloon is Chinese and that it was flying over sensitive sites, including Montana, which houses one of the country’s three nuclear missile silo sites located at Malmstrom Air Force Base, to collect information. The decision to not shoot the balloon down was made over concerns of hurting people on the ground.
This incident has added further strain to the already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China. The U.S. government has not officially commented on the UFO sighting, leaving many to speculate about the true nature of the object and its relation to the Chinese balloon.
The witness report of the UFO sighting, combined with the unexpected grounding of flights, has sparked the interest of the public and raises questions about the possibility of foreign surveillance or even extraterrestrial activity. However, until the U.S. government provides further information, the true identity of the object remains unknown.
Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that weighted up to 12 tonnes and could feed 100 people for a month, new research has shown.
The study, carried out by Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany, analysed the 125,000-year-old skeletal remains of a prehistoric species known as Palaeoloxodon antiquus.
These giant elephants were twice the size of the modern-day animal, standing up to 15ft tall with tusks that reached up to 10ft in length.
Of the 70 elephants studied by scientists, few were found with complete skeletons.
But marks found on the bones suggest the mammals - bigger than woolly mammoths - had been thoroughly butchered to ensure all meat and fat was stripped from the bone.
Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that weighted up to 12 tonnes and could feed 100 people for a month, a study carried out by Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany has revealed. Pictured: Dr Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser examines the femur of a large adult male elephant for the presence of cut marks
The researchers calculated that all the flesh from one of the elephants would have fed about 100 adults for a month, with them being 'really big calorie bombs'.
The findings, published in Science Advances, led scientists to believe that Neanderthals, who hunted in large groups, used tools to slaughter the elephants.
Lead author Dr Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser said: 'With male elephants weighing as much as 12 tonnes, butchering an animal of this size must have involved multiple tools and butchers.
'It would have taken days to complete, and yielded copious amounts of meat that could have lasted for up to three months for as many as 25 people.'
Even the elephants' brains and pads on the bottoms of their feet had been scrapped off.
Further to this there were few gnaw marks from other scavengers found on the bones, showing very little meat was left.
Neanderthals hunted in groups to boost their chance of survival, where they would have to defend themselves against hyenas and lions, who would have been attracted to the deceased elephant.
Wil Roebroeks, a co-author of the study said: 'Hunting these giant animals and completely butchering them was part of Neanderthal subsistence activities at this location.
'This constitutes the first clearcut evidence of elephant-hunting in human evolution.'
This photo reveals the longest cut mark found on the bone of the of the elephants discovered, which is about 4cm long
This photo reveals cut marks on a foot bone of one of the elephants, showing that Neanderthals tried to grab as much meat and fat off the animal as possible
Neanderthals and humans coexisted for up to 2,900 years in France and Spain
Humans and Neanderthals may have coexisted in Europe for up to 2,900 years, giving them time to learn from and breed with each other.
The study, carried out at Leiden University in the Netherlands, carried out the research looking at tools and bounds found on two archaeological sites in France and Spain.
Archaeologists then determined that humans were present around 42,500 years go.
The subspecies of archaic humans appeared 40,000 years before disappearing 1,000 years later.
This means the two species lived alongside each other in the region for 1,400 to 2,900 years, marking the first evidence showing how long and where the pair mingled before subspecies of archaic humans went extinct.
The bones showed that the animals had been punctured with spears - the oldest example of hunting marks in the history of hominins, or early humans.
Neanderthals used sophisticated close-range techniques to capture their prey - indicating they were much smarter than we once gave them credit for, the researchers said.
They added that the stereotypical image of the ancient human species being knuckle dragging brutes was incorrect.
Instead, they were complex and empathetic - creating symbolic art, producing geometric structures and controlling fire to use on tools and food.
Roebrokes added: 'Neanderthals were not simple slaves of nature, original hippies living off the land.
'They were actually shaping their environment, by fire … and also by having a big impact on the biggest animals that were around in the world at that time.'
The research gives significant insights into Neanderthals communities and ways of life.
As these elephants were the largest terrestrial mammals of their, it shows that the hunting communities were bigger and less mobile than previously thought.
Dr Gaudzinski-Windheuser added: 'They must have lived more stationary lifestyles in larger units than commonly supposed.'
Male elephants would have been the best option for the Neanderthals to capture as they were generally solitary beings, unlike female elephants who move in groups to protect their young.
The male species would have been easier to immobilise by being driven into mud and pit traps.
They also would contain more calories than their female counterparts, as Roebroke said 'these elephants are really big calorie bombs'.
The bones were first discovered alongside other animal remains and old tools at a quarry near Halle, Germany in 1988 but only now have they been studied in more depth.
Dr Gaudzinski-Windheuser said: 'Cutmarks suggest they were routinely hunted and butchered by Neanderthals.
'By evaluating bone surfaces under a microscope and reviewing what was already known about the remains, we inferred Neanderthals methodically cut, hacked, and extracted parts of the animal, leaving distinct markings on the bone surface.'
The study gives further insight into the lives of Neanderthals, challenging the perception that they lived in small groups.
Professor Britt Starkovich, an anthropologist at Tubingen University who was not involved in the study, said: 'It is increasingly clear that Neanderthals were not a monolith and, unsurprisingly, had a full arsenal of adaptive behaviors that allowed them to succeed in the diverse ecosystems of Eurasia for over 200,000 years.'
TIMELINE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
The timeline of human evolution can be traced back millions of years. Experts estimate that the family tree goes as such:
55 million years ago - First primitive primates evolve
15 million years ago- Hominidae (great apes) evolve from the ancestors of the gibbon
7 million years ago - First gorillas evolve. Later, chimp and human lineages diverge
5.5 million years ago- Ardipithecus, early 'proto-human' shares traits with chimps and gorillas
4 million years ago - Ape like early humans, the Australopithecines appeared. They had brains no larger than a chimpanzee's but other more human like features
3.9-2.9 million years ago- Australoipithecus afarensis lived in Africa.
2.7 million years ago - Paranthropus, lived in woods and had massive jaws for chewing
2.6 million years ago- Hand axes become the first major technological innovation
2.3 million years ago - Homo habilis first thought to have appeared in Africa
1.85 million years ago - First 'modern' hand emerges
1.8 million years ago - Homo ergaster begins to appear in fossil record
800,000 years ago- Early humans control fire and create hearths. Brain size increases rapidly
400,000 years ago - Neanderthals first begin to appear and spread across Europe and Asia
300,000 to 200,000 years ago - Homo sapiens - modern humans - appear in Africa
54,000 to 40,000 years ago - Modern humans reach Europe
Neanderthalers jaagden in groepen op enorme tot 4 meter hoge olifanten
Neanderthalers jaagden in groepen op reusachtige olifanten, de grootste landzoogdieren uit de ijstijd, maar ondertussen uitgestorven. Nooit eerder werd voor dat jachtgedrag zulk duidelijk bewijs gevonden, stellen onderzoekers van onder meer de Universiteit Leiden.
De onderzoekers uit Leiden en Mainz (in het westen van Duitsland) bestudeerden duizenden olifantfossielen op snijsporen, gemaakt tijdens het slachten van de dieren. Ze concluderen dat neanderthalers gedurende zo’n 2.000 jaar in groepen op bosolifanten jaagden, vooral op volwassen mannelijke olifanten. Die konden 13 ton wegen en tot schouderhoogtes van 4 meter groeien. Omdat ze vaak in hun eentje rondliepen, waren ze toch een relatief makkelijke prooi.
Bovendien was de beloning groot: een mannelijke olifant van 10 ton leverde minstens 2.500 porties vet en vlees voor volwassen neanderthalers op. Dat betekent volgens de onderzoekers dus ook dat ze in staat moeten zijn geweest om grote hoeveelheden vlees gedurende langere tijd op te slaan. De groepen zouden tijdelijk uit maximum zo’n twintig individuen bestaan, stellen de wetenschappers. De studie werd gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift ‘Science Advances’.
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Lights Make Triangle Over Yakima, Washington Jan 31, 2023 UFO Sighting News.
Lights Make Triangle Over Yakima, Washington Jan 31, 2023 UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Jan 31, 2023 Location of sighting: Yakima, Washington, USA
In this one minute video, the eyewitness recorded 3-6 pulsing UFOs over Yakima this week. The objects seem to be using the flashes as communication as they come closer together and form a triangle. Very cool, very odd indeed. 100% alien tech involved here.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
Pulsating lights. Strange light patterns that changed color from red to white in close proximity to one another over the course of a little more than a minute.
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In recent years, there has been an increased interest in unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, with more and more people reporting sightings of strange objects in the sky. This has led the Pentagon to take a closer look at the phenomenon and gather more data on the matter. The Pentagon has recently released its 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), which highlights their efforts to better understand these mysterious sightings.
According to the report, there were 366 new reports of UAP in 2022, with over half of them believed to be either airborne clutter, drones, or balloon-like entities. However, 171 of these reports remain completely unidentifiable, with some even demonstrating “unusual flight characteristics”. The Pentagon is working with allies to try to get to the bottom of what these UAP are and better understand the phenomenon.
While the idea of aliens visiting our planet is intriguing, it is important to approach the topic of UAP objectively and without jumping to conclusions. Our brains naturally fill in the blanks, and it is easy to automatically assume that aliens are the explanation for these sightings. However, there is currently no evidence to support this theory, and we must approach the topic with a scientific mindset.
Instead of relying on anecdotal evidence and personal beliefs, we should focus on gathering data and analyzing it to build a body of knowledge about UAP. The Pentagon’s focus on gathering data on UAP is a step in the right direction, as it will help us better understand the phenomenon and potentially lead to new discoveries.
On the other hand, the idea that we are the awe-inspiring creatures ourselves cannot be ignored. A hundred years ago, most people were still riding horses, and they would have looked at our modern world and thought that aliens had taken over. Scientific breakthroughs happen all the time, and who is to say that we won’t discover something new and incredible in the future that could explain these mysterious sightings.
The topic of UAP should not be treated as a religious belief, but rather as a scientific inquiry. We need to gather data and analyze it to figure out what is happening in our airspace and keep ourselves safe. This approach will also allow us to learn from the phenomenon and make new discoveries that could change our understanding of the world.
The release of the Pentagon’s UAP report is a positive step forward in the quest to understand these mysterious sightings. By gathering data and working with allies, the Pentagon is working to get to the bottom of what these UAP are and better understand the phenomenon. It will be interesting to see what new discoveries and breakthroughs come from this effort in the future.
In conclusion, while the idea of aliens visiting our planet is intriguing, it is important to approach the topic of UAP objectively and with a scientific mindset. The Pentagon’s focus on gathering data and working with allies is a step in the right direction, and we can only hope that this effort will lead to new discoveries and a better understanding of the mysterious phenomenon of UAP.
Triangle UFOs: Real Accounts from Military Personnel and Civilian Eyewitnesses
Triangle UFOs: Real Accounts from Military Personnel and Civilian Eyewitnesses
Angelo Accetta witnessed triangle UFOs in Lemoore Naval Air Station in California
For centuries, people have been fascinated by the idea of extraterrestrial life and the possibility of visiting aliens. This has led to numerous UFO sightings around the world, with some of the most intriguing being triangle-shaped objects. The sightings of these triangular objects have sparked much debate and speculation, with many people believing that they are proof of alien life visiting our planet. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at triangle UFOs and the history of their sightings.
Triangle UFOs: A Brief History
The first recorded triangle UFO sighting occurred in the late 1940s, when a series of strange objects were observed flying over the skies of Europe. These objects were described as having a triangular shape and were said to be unlike anything seen before. Over the next few decades, similar sightings continued to be reported all over the world, with many people describing similar triangular objects in the sky.
One of the most famous triangle UFO sightings occurred in Belgium in the early 1990s. Over a period of several months, thousands of people reported seeing a massive triangle-shaped object flying over the country. The Belgian military even scrambled fighter jets to investigate the strange object, but it remained unexplained. The incident sparked international media attention and is still considered one of the most well-documented UFO sightings in history.
Despite the numerous sightings of triangle UFOs, there is still no concrete evidence to prove that they are indeed extraterrestrial in origin. However, many witnesses have reported strange experiences and encounters with the objects, leading some to believe that they are indeed proof of alien life.
One witness, Angelo Accetta, reported a close encounter with a black triangle UFO in the early 2000s. Accetta was working at Lemoore Naval Air Station in California when he and several other witnesses observed a massive black triangle hovering in the sky. According to Accetta, the object was completely silent and had a series of lights along its edges. He reported the incident to the military, but it remains unexplained to this day.
David Marler with triangle UFO
David Marler is a renowned researcher and author in the field of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and has dedicated much of his life to investigating and analyzing numerous documented cases of UFO sightings. He is considered an expert in the field and has authored several books on the subject, including “Triangular UFOs: An Estimate of the Situation” (Amazon link) and “UFOs Over America.” Marler’s approach to research is rigorous and data-driven, relying on the facts and evidence to form his conclusions. He believes that by focusing on the hundreds of well-documented UFO cases, researchers can eventually gain insights that will lead to definitive answers about the nature and origins of these strange aerial phenomena. Marler’s passion for the subject is evident in his tireless efforts to unravel the mystery of the UFO enigma, and his work continues to inspire others to maintain a cautious optimism about the possibility of discovering the truth about the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Triangle UFOs: The Future
The search for answers about triangle UFOs continues, with the US government taking a closer look at the numerous reported sightings. Despite their skepticism, many people, including military and civilian witnesses, remain convinced that these strange objects are proof of extraterrestrial life.
Ross Coulthart
The black triangle sightings are not limited to the United States. In Australia, a journalist and filmmaker named Ross Coulthart has been investigating UFO sightings for years. Coulthart, who is best known for his work on the popular Australian TV program “60 Minutes”, has dedicated much of his time to uncovering the truth about UFO sightings in Australia and around the world. In recent years, Coulthart has focused on the so-called “triangle UFO” sightings, which have become increasingly common in Australia and other parts of the world.
Coulthart’s work on triangle UFO sightings has brought him in contact with numerous witnesses and experts in the field, including retired military personnel and pilots. He has also examined hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFO sightings, and has analyzed the available data to try and get to the bottom of the mystery. Coulthart’s work has been widely praised by those in the UFO community, and he is considered to be one of the leading experts on the subject.
In his research, Coulthart has found that many of the triangle UFO sightings share common features, such as the presence of three lights, a large size, and a slow and silent flight pattern. He has also discovered that many of these sightings have been reported by credible witnesses, including military personnel and commercial pilots. This, according to Coulthart, suggests that there may be something behind these reports and that the sightings could represent a real phenomenon.
Coulthart has also stressed the importance of witnesses coming forward with their UFO experiences. He believes that the more people speak out, the more likely it is that the truth will be uncovered. In his view, the truth about the existence of extraterrestrial life is too important to be suppressed, and he encourages people to share their experiences, no matter how strange they may seem.
Check out the complete interview with Ross Coulthart below:
The phenomenon of triangle UFOs continues to intrigue people all over the world. While there is still no concrete evidence to support the extraterrestrial hypothesis, the numerous reported sightings and strange experiences of witnesses make it a topic worth exploring. For those who are passionate about the search for answers, the skies will always hold the mystery and wonder of what may be out there.
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Artist's impression of Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars - what's called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.
Astronomers Detect a Second Planet Orbiting Two Stars
Planets orbiting binary stars are in a tough situation. They have to contend with the gravitational pull of two separate stars. Planetary formation around a single star like our Sun is relatively straightforward compared to what circumbinary planets go through. Until recently, astronomers weren’t sure they existed.
Astronomers rarely find binary stars with planets orbiting them. It may be because they’re rare, or it may be because they’re difficult to detect, likely both. Now a team of researchers has found a binary star with more than one planet. This is only the second instance of a multiplanet, binary star system.What does it tell us about these types of solar systems?
The system is called TOI-1338 and is a binary star about 1300 light-years away in the constellation Pictoris. TOI 1338 A is a main sequence star of 1.12 solar masses, and TOI 1338 B is an M-dwarf (red dwarf) of 0.3 solar masses. The star system is about 4.4 billion years old.
A summer intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center found the first planet around the binary in 2017. TOI 1338 b is a circumbinary planet with about 33 Earth masses and is in between Saturn and Neptune in size. It’s on a 95-day orbit around the binary stars.
This is an artist’s illustration of TOI-1338b, the first planet found around the binary star. An intern found it in 2017, and now astronomers have found its sibling, TOI-1338/BEBOP-1c. Image Credit: By NASA – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FrlhrtVEW8&t=16s, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=103785521
Circumbinary planets are hard to find in the data because the stars can eclipse each other, making planetary transits difficult to discern. Their transits can also be irregular, and they can transit in front of only one of the binary stars. TOI 1338 b’s transits occur irregularly, between every 93 and 95 days, making it non-periodic. And since both stars are moving, the depth of the transit varies.
Because of TOI 1338 b’s inclination, from our perspective, it will stop transiting in front of its star in November 2023. Then in about 2031, we’ll see the transits again.
The angle of TOI 1338 b’s orbit around the stars changes over time, so after 2023, there will be an eight-year gap in transits from our point of view. This gap leads astronomers to believe that there are many other circumbinary planets out there, but we have to be observing at the right time to find them. Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Now astronomers have found a second planet orbiting TOI 1338. It’s called TOI-1338/BEBOP-1c, and they found it using the radial velocity method rather than the transit method. The name BEBOP comes from an observing project. “To increase the number of known circumbinary planets and to provide accurate masses for systems discovered with the transit method, we initiated a radial-velocity observing survey dedicated to circumbinary planet detection called Binaries Escorted By Orbiting Planets (BEBOP),” the authors explain in their paper.
The researchers reported their findings in a paper titled “The First Circumbinary Planet Discovered with Radial Velocities.” It’s been accepted for publication in Nature Astronomy and is available on arxiv.org. The lead author is Matthew R. Standing, a Ph.D. student at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK.
The new planet is a gas giant of about 65 Earth masses. It’s on a wider orbit than TOI 1338 b and has an orbital period of about 215 days. Astronomers discovered it using radial-velocity data collected with the HARPS and ESPRESSO spectrographs. This discovery marks the first time astronomers have found a circumbinary planet using radial velocity, and the system is only the second multiple-planet circumbinary system found.
This graphic from the research shows the TOI-1338 system in detail. Planet c has a much wider orbit than planet b, and neither is in the system’s habitable zone. Image Credit: Standing et al. 2023.
Astronomers are very interested in circumbinary planets. They’ve been common in science fiction but weren’t confirmed until the Kepler mission found the first one. It’s called Kepler-16b, and it’s an oddball in its own way. It’s inside the radius that astronomers thought was the inner limit for planets in binary star systems. Kepler-16b has no sibling planets.
Now we know of 12 circumbinary planets, and two of them are in multiplanet systems. The first multiplanet circumbinary system astronomers found is called Kepler-47, and it hosts three known explanets. The BEBOP observing program is designed to uncover more circumbinary planets and find out more about them. Its main goal is to find more of them, and it’ll do that by overcoming some of Kepler’s observational biases.
Binary star systems are far more complicated than single-star systems like ours. Binary stars disrupt planet formation in ways that more predictable single-star systems don’t. The dual stars create harsh conditions in the protoplanetary environment. Astronomers used to think that planets in these systems would be subjected to catastrophic collisions or be flung out of their systems by gravitational perturbations. But all these recent discoveries show that’s not necessarily true. By finding more circumbinary planets and characterizing their similarities with and differences from single-star planets, astronomers will learn a lot about how planets form and migrate.
One of the difficulties in studying circumbinary planets is determining their masses. BEBOP was designed to not only find planets but to measure their masses more accurately. That’s critical because knowing their masses helps determine which ones are puffy, with extended atmospheres suitable for atmospheric spectroscopy. BEBOP not only found the second planet, but it measured TOI-1338’s inner planet’s mass more accurately.
“If we are to unveil the mysteries of circumbinary Tatooine-like exo-atmospheres, the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 system provides a new hope.”From
“The First Circumbinary Planet Discovered with Radial Velocities.”
Finding another multi-planet circumbinary system and determining their masses is an important discovery. While these systems up-end some parts of the models for how planets form, they’ll ultimately make our models more accurate.
This figure from the study illustrates what the astronomers found in TOI-1338. The red inset graph shows the magnified 14.6-day binary period associated with the stars, and the blue inset graph shows the magnified 215.5-day period of TOI1338/BEBOP-1c. Image Credit: Standing et al. 2023.
The researchers say that at some point, TOI-1338/BEBOP-1c is guaranteed to transit the primary star, but they can’t say when. That’s in spite of the misalignment between the planet and the star. “It may seem counterintuitive at first that a planet-binary misalignment makes transitability more likely,” they write. That’s because the planet’s sky inclination oscillates around the binary’s sky inclination, according to the authors, and eventually, the planet’s inclination will approach 90o. That means “… the vast majority of circumbinary planets orbiting eclipsing binaries will eventually transit.”
The team also examined the issue of other planets around the binary star. None have been detected yet, but they may yet be. While they can’t say for sure if there are additional planets, they calculated and graphed the limitations on any potential detections.
This density plot from the research shows the detection limits of the researchers’ method. It’s pretty complicated, but it basically shows that their method is “…sensitive to additional sub-Saturn mass planets for periods out to 2000 days, while we are sensitive to Neptune mass planets near the instability limit.” Image Credit: Standing et al. 2023.
One of the problems with studying circumbinary planets around binary stars is that most of the ones we know of are too faint. That means that for most of them, including the new planet TOI-1338/BEBOP-1c, there’s no opportunity to employ spectroscopy to probe their atmospheres. But its previously discovered sibling, TOI-1338b, might be illuminated enough. “Therefore,” the researchers write, “despite the challenges it may present, TOI-1338/BEBOP-1b is our only possibility to shed light on the atmospheric make-up of circumbinary planets.”
“Of the now 15 known circumbinary exoplanets, TOI-1338/BEBOP-1b is the only one for which James Webb Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy can currently be pursued. If we are to unveil the mysteries of circumbinary Tatooine-like exo-atmospheres, the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 system provides a new hope,” the authors write in their paper.
AI Joins Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
AI Joins Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
Paul Seaburn
It is safe to say that not a day goes by without a new group of workers fearing they will soon lose their jobs to artificial intelligence. Customer service representatives, receptionists, proofreaders, data entry clerks, fast food help, assembly line workers, retailers, doctors … even writers. This week, an unexpected job category has been added to the list – people who search for extraterrestrial life. That’s right – AI is taking over SETI. A new study reveals how machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, is being used to analyze the skies and has recently identified eight previously undetected signals of interest that have certain characteristics expected of genuine technosignatures of intelligent life forms. When that ship from another star system lands and an alien demands to be taken to our leader, will it be GPT-3?
Isn't searching for extraterrestrial intelligent life the job of Earth's intelligent life?
“The biggest challenge for us in looking for SETI signals is not at this point getting the data. The difficult part is differentiating signals from human or Earth technology from the kind of signals we’d be looking for from technology somewhere else out in the Galaxy.”
Sofia Sheikh, an astronomer at the SETI Institute, is a co-author of “A deep-learning search for technosignatures from 820 nearby stars,” published in the journal Nature Astronomy, points out why artificial intelligence is the perfect non-person for this job. Telescopes are great at scanning the skies and collecting data – in fact, they’ve collected so much data that it is impossible for even supercomputers with sophisticated search algorithms to process it. That problem is compounded by the fact that we don’t really know what kind of signal extraterrestrials will be sending. While biosignatures may be easier to predict from a planet with a similar geological and atmospheric composition to Earth, those same planets could be millions of years more advanced than us technologically. We have no idea what their technosignature might look like.
“The key issue with any technosignature search is looking through this huge haystack of signals to find the needle that might be a transmission from an alien world. The vast majority of the signals detected by our telescopes originate from our own technology – GPS satellites, mobile phones, and the like. Peter’s algorithm gives us a more effective way to filter the haystack and find signals that have the characteristics we expect from technosignatures.”
Dr. Steve Croft, an astrophysicist with the Breakthrough Listen team at the University of California, Berkeley, uses a Breakthrough Initiatives press release to introduce us to Peter Ma, the first author on the paper and an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. Ma looked at the challenge presented by Earth’s technology and determined that we are just not smart enough to outsmart ourselves when it comes to filtering out our own signals. While machine learning had been used as a supplemental tool in SETI before, Ma decided to give it the entire job to create a neural network to do it.
“In total, we had searched through 150 TB of data of 820 nearby stars, on a dataset that had previously been searched through in 2017 by classical techniques but labeled as devoid of interesting signals,"
Ma explains in a SETI Institute press release how he used data collected from 820 nearby stars which conventional analysis determined had no ET technosignatures. He notes that the algorithms used were good for finding signals that may be coming from a specific point in space, but completely ineffective when the data comes from crowded regions. He compares this to listening for a unique whisper in a loud and crowded auditorium. To solve this problem, Ma inserted simulated signals into real data, and then trained an artificial intelligence algorithm known as an autoencoder to learn their fundamental properties. The output from this process was then fed into a second algorithm known as a random forest classifier, which learns to pick out the potential signals from the noisy background.
Once trained, Ma gave the AI algorithm the data taken with the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia which showed no technosignatures of interest. This time, it found eight radio signals that could potentially be transmissions from extraterrestrial intelligence belonging to five different star systems located 30 to 90 light years away from Earth. The signals of interest had these characteristics:
The signals were narrow band, on the order of just a few Hz. Signals caused by natural phenomena tend to be broadband.
The signals had non-zero drift rates, which means the signals had a slope. That meant they were not local to the radio observatory.
The signals appeared in ON-source observations and not in OFF-source observations. Human radio interference usually occurs in ON and OFF observations due to the source being close by.
Does this mean the eight signals are from intelligent extraterrestrials? Hardly. For one thing, the SETI researchers examined the eight targets of interest again and have not had any re-detections of the signals. This doesn’t mean the machine learning algorithm is wrong – it just means these signals are unusual but likely not intelligent. On the positive side, Ma’s machine learning neural network approach will help identify signals of interest more quickly in large datasets, allowing a quicker re-analysis to confirm or reject the signal as a technosignature. The study’s research team is now reexamining other datasets previously analyzed and looking at new and even large datasets, like observations using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa.
Is SETI another job lost to AI?
Does this mean that the job of SETI researcher is soon to be all AI with no human involvement? Not yet … but it’s a definite possibility. In February 2023, astronomers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will launch a project where volunteers from the public will sort through images of radio signals and classify them as potential types of interference. Those selected signals will then be used to train another machine-learning algorithm to search SETI data. That’s right – humans are training AI to take their jobs. In fact, astronomers have used machine learning to come up with a ranking of stars to be observed in a SETI project using the 500-metre FAST radio telescope in China. These projects are a mixture of classical and machine-learning approaches – but leaning more towards AI.
Are we becoming sheep that are training a wolf AI to one day eat us … or at least take away our jobs of providing wool and lamb chops? Are intelligent life forms watching us and shaking their heads? Or are they rubbing their hands and making evil grins?
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