Sheer Fluke: 7 of the Most Amazing Accidental Discoveries in Archaeology!

Uncovering the mysteries of our past has always been a fascinating pursuit for humans. From exploring hidden caves and discovering ancient artifacts to deciphering cryptic scripts and unlocking the secrets of lost civilizations, the quest to understand our history continues to captivate and inspire us. While many people spend their entire lives searching for the next big discovery, some just stumble upon them. Some of the most important archaeological discoveries in history were made by normal people through sheer luck. These are the stories behind history’s most amazing accidental archaeological discoveries.

1. Terracotta Army: Found by Farmers

Few archaeological discoveries have been as amazing, or as surprising, as that of the Terracotta army . The Terracotta Army is a massive collection of life-size terracotta sculptures that depict the armies of Qin Shi Huang , China’s first Emperor and a man obsessed with gaining immortality. 

The army was created over 2000 years ago during the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC). It was buried with Qin when his quest for immortality failed (and perhaps even killed him) and he died. The army was built to protect him in the afterlife. 

Terracotta Warriors and Horses, is a collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Xi'an, China.  

(Aneta Ribarska/ CC BY-SA 3.0 )

People had been reporting pieces of terracotta figures in the region for centuries and so archaeologists were brought in to investigate. They discovered an enormous underground complex that contained thousands of life-sized terracotta warriors, horses, and even chariots. It’s believed the complex spans around 22,000 square meters with many areas still being left undiscovered.

The discovery of the Terracotta Army has been hailed as one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. The figures are not only historically significant, but they also provide a unique insight into the art and culture of the Qin Dynasty. Today, the Terracotta Army is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a major tourist attraction in China.

2. Rosetta Stone: Was Nearly Used to Patch a Wall

It really is complete dumb luck that the Rosetta Stone was ever rediscovered. The stone is a large, black granite slab measuring around 3 feet tall and two feet wide. Upon it is inscribed a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V . 

What makes the stone so special is that the decree was written in three scripts: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek. This meant the stone could be used to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs which had been stumping historians for centuries. 

The Rosetta Stone Trilingual decree: Egyptian Hieroglyphic (14 lines), Demotic (32 lines) and Greek (53 lines).

( The Trustees of the British Museum )

The stone was discovered on 15 July 1799 by Lieutenant Pierra-Francois Bouchard of the French army. He was overseeing the repair of an old fort near the town of Rosetta (now Rashid) in the Nile Delta when he noticed one of the stones his soldiers were going to use to patch a wall was covered in strange inscriptions.

Bouchard recognized its potential historical significance and reported the stone to his commander, General Jacques-Francois Menou. From there it was sent to Napoleon’s scientific institute in Cairo, the Institut d'Égypte where it was quickly revealed just how big a find the stone was. 

After the French were defeated by the British in 1801, the Rosetta Stone became British property and was taken to the British Museum in London, where it remains on display to this day. Its discovery was a major breakthrough in the study of ancient Egyptian history and language and provided valuable insights into the culture and politics of the time. 

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3. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Unearthed by a Bored Shepherd

Another amazing find, the Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of Jewish texts that were discovered in the mid-20th century near the Dead Sea, in the West Bank area of Israel. The discovery was made by a young Bedouin shepherd called Muhammad edh-Dhib and his cousin, Jum’a Muhammed, who were tending to their goats in the area.

According to the young men’s accounts, Muhammed noticed the caves and the curious edh-Dhib decided to go in and have a look. Inside he noticed some old-looking jars. He broke one of them open and found several scrolls (which turned out to be the Isaiah Scroll, Habakkuk Commentary, and Community Rule). 

He took the scrolls back to his camp where they were put on display while everyone decided what to do with them. They eventually decided to sell them, but the first dealer they approached was unimpressed. He informed the Bedouins the scrolls were worthless; most likely having been stolen from a Synagogue.

They eventually found a dealer willing to buy them and the scrolls fell into the hands of John C. Trever of the American Schools of Oriental Research. He realized how significant they really were and had them transported to Beirut in Lebanon for safekeeping. 

Over the next few years, a total of 11 caves in the area were discovered to contain more than 900 texts, including fragments of every book of the Old Testament except for the book of Esther. The scrolls were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and date back to the period between 250 BC and 68 AD.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century, as they shed new light on the development of Judaism and the early Christian Church . They contain copies of many biblical texts, as well as non-biblical works, such as prayers, hymns, and commentaries. Today, many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Then Sea scrolls are a collection of psalms and hymns, comprising parts of forty-one biblical psalms.

( CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 )

4. Lascaux Cave Paintings: Sniffed Out By A Boy and His Dog

The Lascaux Cave Paintings are a collection of prehistoric art that was rediscovered on 12 September 1940 by four teenage boys, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnal, and Simon Coencas in southwestern France. 

The cave was initially discovered when Marcel was walking his dog in the area and his dog started sniffing at a hole that had been left by an uprooted tree. Intrigued, Marcel returned later that day with his friends to investigate. 

Believing they had found a legendary secret passage to a nearby manor the boys entered through a 15-meter-deep (50-ft) shaft. Instead of a hidden passage, they found a cave whose walls were covered with strange depictions of animals such as horses, bulls, deer, and bears as well as human figures, odd symbols, and geometric shapes.

Amazed, the boys ran and reported the discovery to their schoolteacher, who notified the authorities, and the cave was soon made open to the public. The Lascaux Cave quickly became a popular tourist attraction and was visited by thousands of people every year.

This proved to be a problem. The influx of visitors caused considerable damage to the cave’s fragile environment and in 1963 the French government was forced to close the cave to the public. A replica cave, known as Lascaux II, was built nearby, and opened to visitors in 1983.

Paintings on the walls at Lascaux Cave.

(Adibu456 /  CC BY-SA 2.0  )

5. The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica: Discovered Through Deforestation

The problem with accidental discoveries is people don’t always realize, or really care, what they’ve found. The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica is a collection of over 300 spherical stones that were discovered in the Diquis Delta region of Costa Rica in the 1930s. The stones all vary with some just being a few centimeters in diameter while others are over two meters in size and can weigh up to 15 tons. 

Several stone spheres of the Diquís exhibited at Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. For comparison purpose, the image on the wall shows the diameter of the biggest recorded stone sphere, 2.66 metres (8.7 ft)

Stone spheres of the Diquís in Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. The image on the wall shows the diameter of the biggest recorded stone sphere, 2.66 m (8.7 ft)

(Mariordo/ CC BY-SA 4.0 )

The stones were discovered in the 1930s when the United Fruit Company was clearing the jungle for banana plantations. Not exactly known for respecting the local environment, when the workers came across these strange stones, they simply used bulldozers and other heavy equipment to knock them out of their way, damaging them.

Even worse, inspired by old stories of hidden gold, workmen drilled holes into the spheres and blew them open with sticks of dynamite. Several spheres had been completely destroyed by the time news of the discovery had reached local authorities.

The first scientific investigation into the stones was carried out by Doris Stone (ironically), the daughter of a high-level United Fruit executive. The publication of her initial findings in American Antiquity led to other experts visiting the area to carry out their own excavations. 

It’s believed the stones may have been created by the extinct Diquis culture (a pre-Columbian indigenous people of Costa Rica who thrived there from 700-1530 AD). Their purpose is unknown, but it’s thought the spheres may have been placed in lines along the approach to the homes of local chiefs although this has never been confirmed. 

The stones were declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2014 and have become a major tourist attraction in Costa Rica . Many of the stones have been moved from their original locations over the years, and some have been damaged or destroyed, but efforts are underway to preserve the remaining stones and their cultural significance.

6. The Cave of Altamira: Too Good to Be True

Sometimes an accidental discovery is so amazing that experts refuse to believe it is real. This is what happened in the case of the Cave of Altamira , a prehistoric cave located in northern Spain that is famous for its stunning collection of Paleolithic cave paintings . The cave was discovered in 1868 but it wasn’t until the early 20th century that historians began taking it seriously. 

The cave was first discovered by a local hunter called Modesto Cubillas. This initial discovery led to an amateur archaeologist, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, visiting the cave the following year. It was his 8-year-old daughter who actually led him to discover the paintings. 

Bison from Magdalenian occupation of Altamira Cave. c. 16500 – 14000 years ago. 

( CC BY-SA 3.0 )

He published his findings, and the cave was excavated by two archaeologists from the University of Madrid. In an 1880 publication, they stated the paintings were Paleolithic in origin.

The piece was widely ridiculed. The art in the caves was deemed to be of too high a quality to be so old and their exceptional conservation raised suspicions. Sautuola was accused of forging the paintings and paying a local artist to paint them. 

It wasn't until the early 20th century, when French archaeologist Henri Breuil visited the cave and confirmed the authenticity of the paintings, that they were finally recognized as one of the greatest examples of prehistoric art in the world. Some of Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola’s initial critics backed down and admitted their mistake, but it was too little too late. Sautola had died 14 years earlier. 

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7. Otzi the Iceman Mummy: Found by Hikers

While most accidental discoveries must be pretty exciting, some of them are a little scary. Ötzi the Iceman is a mummified human corpse that was discovered in the Ötztal Alps on the border between Austria and Italy in 1991. The mummy is believed to be around 5,300 years old, making it one of the oldest and best-preserved human corpses ever found.

Reconstruction of the Iceman. Prehistory Museum of Quinson, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

( CC BY SA 3.0 )

He was discovered by a couple of German hikers, Helmut and Erika Simon who found him sticking out of a melting glacier. It was initially thought the mummy was the body of a mountaineer who had died on the mountain, but Otzi was soon determined to be a prehistoric human from the Copper Age (around 6000 BC).

Ötzi's remains have been extensively studied by scientists, who have been able to learn a great deal about his life and times. It is believed that he was a man in his mid-40s who was about 1.6 meters (just over 5 ft) tall and weighed around 50 kilograms (110.2 lb). He had brown eyes, a beard, and long hair.

From his clothing and equipment, it has been deduced that Otzi was most likely a skilled hunter and craftsman who was remarkably well-equipped for survival in the harsh alpine environment. He was found with a variety of tools and weapons, including a copper ax, a quiver of arrows, and a wooden bow. Ötzi also had several tattoos on his body, which may have had symbolic or medicinal significance.

Ötzi's body and artifacts now sit in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy, where they are on display for all to see. The discovery of Ötzi has provided valuable insights into the life of prehistoric humans and has shed new light on the ancient history of Europe.

Conclusion

These amazing discoveries are proof that we never know what we’re going to stumble across next. It’s amazing to think that if it were not for pure chance, many of these incredible discoveries would never have been made. 

These discoveries have helped us to better appreciate the achievements and experiences of our ancestors, while also providing insights into the evolution of our species. They have demonstrated the incredible diversity and ingenuity of human cultures across time and geography and have inspired generations of explorers and scholars to continue uncovering the secrets of our past. 

So, whether you’re walking your dog, working in a field, or going for a nice long hike, keep your eyes peeled. You never know what you’ll find or how you might accidentally change history as we know it.

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• Source: Credited in article body

By Robbie Mitchell

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16-05-2023 om 02:03 geschreven door peter  

Watch the Evolution from Ape to Man in this Remarkable Animation (Video)

The journey of evolution has been a long one, spanning over millions of years, and our ancestors have survived some of the toughest conditions imaginable to get where we are today. Starting from the primitive fruit-eating creatures that lived in African trees called Proconsuls, we have evolved through many stages, including Ardipithecus and gracile australopiths, before ultimately evolving into the first humans, Homo habilis . With a growing brain size and new hunting tools, our ancestors thrived and evolved into Homo ergaster, which were the first humans to conquer new territories beyond Africa.

Finally, Homo heidelbergensis emerged as the first prehistoric humans whose brain size was comparable to modern humans, and this marked the dawn of a new era in human evolution . Through hardships and challenges, our ancestors' journey towards reason and intelligence has been nothing short of remarkable, and their legacy continues to shape the way we live today.

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16-05-2023 om 01:30 geschreven door peter  

Ret. USAF Testified His Terrifying Alien Abduction With Tall Being & UFO Encounter To Pentagon AARO

In the 1970s, Mario Woods, a U.S. Air Force sergeant stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, had a terrifying encounter with a UFO. This particular incident unfolded something that would forever change Woods’ perspective. Along with his captain/team leader Michael Johnson, Woods witnessed a large luminous object floating above the ground, emitting a dazzling light.

This incident, known as the Ellsworth UFO Case, was featured in the second season of “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation.” Woods is considered a witness and experiencer of the events related to the Ellsworth UFO Case. The encounter described by Mario Woods is just one of the many reports studied by Lue Elizondo, a former Pentagon official who investigated UFO encounters.

Mario Woods had served in the US Air Force until 1983 before joining the United States Department of Energy (USDOE) and working in nuclear industry production facilities. He began his career as a security inspector at General Electric Neutron Device in Florida, responsible for ensuring the safety of nuclear materials. Later, he was assigned as a personal guard to a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where advanced nuclear research took place. Woods also worked at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Facility, known for uranium enrichment during the Manhattan Project. He held a Q Clearance as a lieutenant and security inspector. In 1986, he left USDOE due to downsizing.

Sergeant Mario Woods was a member of the Security Response Team stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota from 1975 to 1983. In 1977, at around 10:45 p.m., Woods and his team received a serious alarm from the launch control officers, indicating a breach of the exterior alarm at a missile silo code-named “November 5.”

Acting swiftly, Woods informed his team leader, Michael Johnson, about the situation. Shortly after, they were ordered to investigate the area surrounding a missile silo. As they drove onto Highway 79, they immediately sensed that something was amiss. The night sky was bathed in an eerie glow, signaling the presence of an unusual phenomenon.

The entire atmosphere around them became brilliantly illuminated, resembling the rising sun. Rounding a bend, they came face to face with an enormous object hovering just above the ground, about 5 to 10 feet high.

According to Woods, the object’s size was astonishing, at least as large as a building. Its perfectly circular shape suggested a gaseous composition, as fluttering materials adorned its surface. The object appeared to emit a gaseous exterior, with colors swirling around it. Rather than a conventional craft, it was a completely round sphere without discernible edges.

As they observed the UFO, Woods and Johnson experienced an overwhelming change in the atmosphere inside their truck. The air became thick and difficult to breathe. Woods noticed that Johnson was frightened and unresponsive while staring ahead. Woods suspected that Johnson’s behavior was related to the UFO they were witnessing.

Leaning forward, he grabbed a flashlight and directed its beam toward the interior of the vehicle, hoping to disrupt the strange phenomenon.

Strangely enough, Woods experienced an immediate reduction in the thick gas concentration surrounding them. His breathing became easier as the intense tension dissipated, but the sudden transition back to normality overwhelmed him, causing him to slump into his seat. Soon after, Woods lost consciousness.

When Woods regained consciousness, he heard a radio transmission directed at their call sign, November 1, from Wing Security Control (WSC). Woods was confused and realized that their truck had mysteriously relocated from November 5 to Newell Lake, a distance of about 5 to 7.5 miles, with no memeory of how they got there. There were no tire tracks or signs of their journey, just their vehicle in the middle of the mud.

Woods and Johnson had seemingly lost several hours, a period of time they could not account for. Seeking assistance, Woods contacted WSC and provided details about their surroundings. In some time, a backup alert team arrived, and they were instructed to wait. Woods attempted to communicate with Johnson, but his attempts were met with silence. He eventually had to rely on another individual to help move him to the passenger seat.

Relieved of their weapons, Woods and Johnson were escorted by the backup alert team back to the main base. They were taken to the wing commander’s office, where Woods was questioned about the incident. He described the massive size of the object and admitted that he had no knowledge of how they had been transported to their new location. The wing commander then sent Woods to the base hospital for a medical examination.

The doctor at the hospital examined Woods thoroughly, including his eyes, ears, nose, and skin. To his surprise, the doctor collected a skin sample, explaining that Woods had burns on his face and hand. The skin sample was placed in a vial and stored on a silver tray.

Two weeks later, Woods was visited by Michael Johnson. They discussed their experiences, and Johnson expressed fear over what had transpired. However, that meeting was the last time Woods saw Johnson, and he has been unable to locate him since.

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Woods’ encounter with the UFO left him with physical and psychological scars. He suffered burns on his face and hand, and the skin sample taken from him was never shared with him or explained. The incident also prompted Woods to undergo hypnosis in an attempt to recover memories from the four-hour gap in his recollection. Although he remembers the event like a dream, he remains haunted by the experience, which continues to impact his life to this day.

Encounter With Tall Beings

During his Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe, Woods describes a chilling encounter with “Tall Beings” that gazed at him during his abduction experience. As he and Michael Johnson sat in a truck, they noticed a black sphere with vents bobbing in front of the windshield. Woods recalls feeling a sense of something communicating with him, repeatedly urging him not to fear. He then experienced tunnel vision and saw small beings approaching the vehicle, followed by a taller and more menacing figure behind them.

The smaller beings, about 4.0 to 4.5 feet tall, wore gray uniforms, while the taller being had a darker gray uniform. The taller being’s appearance was different from the smaller ones, with a rugged and threatening face, higher cheekbones, and a thinner, protruding jawline. Their arms were not directly at their sides but rather held in front of them, with three fingers and a thumb on their hands.

Contrary to popular depictions of reptilian beings, the taller entity did not have scales and had a light blue-gray skin tone, leaning towards teal color. Despite being inside the truck with closed windows, Woods perceived a communication that felt like thoughts inside his eardrums, reassuring him not to fear. He focused mainly on the eyes of the tall being and noticed the distinctive differences in facial features between the tall one and the smaller ones.

As the encounter progressed, Woods experienced a moment of passing out or losing consciousness, during which he had a profound introspective experience. It felt as if he underwent a rapid life review, with memories and thoughts flooding his mind. He mentioned contemplating his entire existence, including the loss of loved ones. This intense experience deeply affected him and left him questioning everything.

When asked about the purpose or significance of this life review, Woods admits he does not have a clear answer. He acknowledges that it was a surreal and overwhelming experience, suggesting that perhaps he was in the wrong place at the wrong time or vice versa. The encounter did not end there; Woods recollects being taken out of the truck and finding himself in a dark, cold, and unfamiliar environment, feeling isolated and filled with dread.

Overall, Woods’ description portrays a vivid and unsettling encounter with extraterrestrial beings, leaving him with lasting memories and a profound sense of the unknown. The experience raises questions about the motives and intentions of those beings, as well as the impact such encounters can have on people.

Woods Testifies to Pentagon’s UFO Program AARO

Woods testified to the Pentagon’s UAP / UFO Program, AARO, of his UFO experience while he was deployed at the 44th Missile Security Squadron in 1977. During his testimony to the Pentagon’s UAP/UFO Program, Mario Woods discussed his UFO experience under oath. He mentioned that the process was similar to having a conversation and that he was instructed about the security measures and what he could or could not disclose. He was given the opportunity to discuss the entire incident and provide any relevant information.

Woods stated that the questioning was not significantly different from his conversation with the interviewer. He answered specific questions and provided names associated with the incident. He expressed his willingness to help in any way possible and cooperate with their requests.

Woods also mentioned that he found it amusing when Sean Kirkpatrick said during a briefing that there was no correlation between UFOs and nuclear weapons. He challenged Kirkpatrick to sit down and discuss the matter, asserting that if he believed there was no connection, he was mistaken. Woods emphasized that he stood by his own experiences and that UFO encounters had happened to people, including himself.

When asked about the duration of the AARO interview, Woods stated that it lasted for four hours and 19 minutes. He clarified that Dr. Kirkpatrick was not the interviewer, but he could not disclose the identity of the interviewer due to the legal agreement.

Regarding the questions asked during the interview, Woods mentioned that he could not directly repeat them due to the non-disclosure agreement. However, he noted that the questions were not significantly different from what had been discussed previously, and they did not change the nature of the incident. Woods emphasized that the incident remained the same, regardless of who was asking the questions, and it would not alter the truth of what happened.

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16-05-2023 om 00:42 geschreven door peter  

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Most importantly we have Cassini itself. As it looped around the world in its last few orbits it gathered an enormous amount of data about the gravitational environment it experienced. And finally during its fatal plunge we got our first direct measurements of the upper reaches of Saturn’s atmosphere.

Recently astronomers have put all together all that data to give us a hazy but compelling portrait of the planet’s interior. All the available evidence indicates that the planet’s atmosphere undergoes differential rotation down to a depth of 10,000 km, which is roughly 1/6 of the entire planet’s radius. This means that the atmosphere near the equator of Saturn moves faster than the atmosphere near the pole, matching what we see on the surface. Deep within Saturn, however, the differential rotation gives way to a unified rotation rate of 10 hours and 33 minutes – that is the true “day” length on that planet.

It appears that Saturn does have a core, composed of a central concentration of heavy elements. This core weighs somewhere between 12 and 20 times the mass of the Earth. However, this core is not compact like the Earth itself, but instead slowly diffuses and mixes with the hydrogen and helium atmosphere that envelops it. That gives a rough boundary of the core of somewhere around half the radius of Saturn.

Astronomers still do not fully understand how Saturn generates all of its heat. One possible mechanism is that helium condenses out of the upper atmosphere and sinks to lower depths, serving as a way to transfer energy from the core to the upper atmosphere, but this is not yet proven.

The astronomers behind the study call for future missions to Saturn, especially ones designed to pierce the upper atmosphere and sink as deep into the planet as possible so that we can get a clearer picture.

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15-05-2023 om 23:36 geschreven door peter  

Retired Air Force Captain Alleges UFO Attack on Montana Nuclear Base, Accuses US of 50-Year Cover-Up 🛸

In the vast expanse of the universe, we humans have often pondered our place, questioning whether we’re truly alone. This curiosity, combined with numerous reported sightings, has long fueled the belief in extraterrestrial beings and UFOs. One such event, a half-century-old UFO sighting in Montana, has recently been spotlighted by a retired Air Force Captain who alleges a cover-up by the US government. However, official sources maintain there is “no credible evidence” of extraterrestrial activity.

In 1967, Robert Salas, a former US Air Force captain, was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. In a recent expose on National Geographic’s “UFOs: Investigating The Unknown,” Salas revealed a startling encounter with an unidentified flying object. On March 24, he reported “strange lights” hovering over the facility—an event that, according to him, was swiftly shrouded in secrecy by the government.

Salas described the lights as eight reddish-orange orbs, surrounding an oval-shaped craft. In his account, he claimed that this craft somehow disabled all the nuclear missiles stored in the subterranean bunkers of the base. The guards on duty were petrified, making desperate attempts to escape. The incident left the military establishment in disarray, with key components of US nuclear deterrence rendered non-operational.

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This shocking revelation raises critical questions about the credibility of the US government and its handling of UFO sightings. Salas maintains that despite the severity of the incident, no official inquiry was launched. Furthermore, personnel involved were reportedly coerced into signing confidentiality agreements, thus ensuring the event remained a well-guarded secret.

In an intriguing twist, the US Air Force closed down its UFO investigative division just three years after the incident, citing that no reported sightings posed a credible threat. This move further fueled speculations and allegations of a cover-up. Salas vehemently contests this official stance, calling it an “undeniable falsehood.”

Despite these startling claims, the Pentagon continues to assert the non-existence of extraterrestrial phenomena. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, the head of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), recently testified before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, reiterating the lack of any “credible evidence” supporting the existence of UFOs or any objects that defy physics.

This statement stands in stark contrast to the account of the retired Air Force captain, adding another layer of complexity to the ongoing debate about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. While believers and skeptics continue to lock horns, the truth remains as elusive as ever.

This episode serves as a potent reminder of the mysteries of the universe and our relentless quest for answers. As long as the cosmos continue to bewitch us with its unexplored vastness, the search for extraterrestrial life will endure, and so will the intrigue surrounding UFO sightings.

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15-05-2023 om 22:45 geschreven door peter  

Inside the Alaska Triangle: Exploring UFO Sightings and the Unsolved Mysteries of Mount Hayes

Alaska, the largest and one of the most sparsely populated U.S. states, is known for its diverse terrain of open spaces, forests, and mountains, and it has been the center of numerous unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings for many years. One intriguing area, known as the Alaska Triangle, has become infamous for a variety of mysterious phenomena.

The Alaska Triangle: Alaska’s Bermuda Triangle

The Alaska Triangle is a vast region delineated by the points of Anchorage, Juno, and Barrow. This area, running along the border of the Canadian territories and the state of Alaska, has been likened to the infamous Bermuda Triangle due to the high number of inexplicable occurrences reported within its boundaries. From UFO sightings to strange lights in the sky, the phenomena reported are as diverse as they are puzzling.

Mount Hayes: A UFO Hotspot

Standing tall amidst this region of anomalous activity is Mount Hayes, one of Alaska’s tallest peaks. Historically, this mountain has attracted significant attention due to the frequency of UFO sightings reported in its vicinity. Witnesses have described seeing flying saucers, strange lights, and unusual objects in the sky around Mount Hayes. Intriguingly, access to this remote mountain is limited to air travel, ruling out the possibility of terrestrial misidentifications.

Uncovering Project Stargate

For years, these reports remained in the realm of speculation and eyewitness accounts. That was until 1995 when declassified documents revealed Mount Hayes’ prominence in a top-secret government project known as Stargate. The project, initiated by the CIA, used a technique known as remote viewing, a form of psychic projection that enables the viewer to see into different places on the Earth’s surface.

Remote viewing was primarily employed during the Cold War as a method of gathering intelligence on Soviet activities. Among the many participants in Project Stargate, one individual stood out – Pat Price.

Pat Price: The Visionary Behind Mount Hayes’ Mysteries

Pat Price, one of the most renowned remote viewers, was the first to report the existence of an alien base under Mount Hayes. Price described seeing structures under the mountain, including tubes, tunnels, and sophisticated equipment. Further, he reported seeing strange humanoid creatures working alongside what he believed were military personnel. His accounts added a new layer of intrigue to the mysteries of Mount Hayes.

Tragically, Price reported fears that his remote viewing sessions had put him in grave danger. Following a suspicious encounter in Las Vegas, he fell ill and died shortly after. His death, shrouded in mystery, raises questions about the lengths to which information on these phenomena is controlled and concealed.

A Legacy of Unsolved Mysteries

The mysteries of Mount Hayes and the Alaska Triangle continue to captivate those interested in UFO phenomena and government secrecy. The legacy of Pat Price lives on in the questions he left behind about the existence of extraterrestrial life and the possible cooperation between alien entities and human military personnel. As we continue to explore these enigmas, we are reminded that sometimes the most significant mysteries can be found not only in the far reaches of the universe but also in the remote corners of our own world.

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15-05-2023 om 22:20 geschreven door peter  

Images From NASA’s Perseverance May Show Record of Wild Martian River

Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars.

Mars Rock Samples Collected by Perseverance Rover

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New images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover may show signs of what was once a rollicking river on Mars, one that was deeper and faster-moving than scientists have ever seen evidence for in the past. The river was part of a network of waterways that flowed into Jezero Crater, the area the rover has been exploring since landing more than two years ago.

Understanding these watery environments could help scientists in their efforts to seek out signs of ancient microbial life that may have been preserved in Martian rock.

Perseverance is exploring the top of a fan-shaped pile of sedimentary rock that stands 820 feet (250 meters) tall and features curving layers suggestive of flowing water. One question scientists want to answer is whether that water flowed in relatively shallow streams – closer to what NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence of in Gale Crater – or a more powerful river system.

Stitched together from hundreds of images captured by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z instrument, two new mosaics suggest the latter, revealing important clues: coarse sediment grains and cobbles.

“Those indicate a high-energy river that’s truckin’ and carrying a lot of debris. The more powerful the flow of water, the more easily it’s able to move larger pieces of material,” said Libby Ives, a postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which operates the Perseverance rover. With a background in studying Earth-based rivers, Ives has spent the last six months analyzing images of the Red Planet’s surface. “It’s been a delight to look at rocks on another planet and see processes that are so familiar,” Ives said.

Following the Curves

Years ago, scientists noticed a series of curving bands of layered rock within Jezero Crater that they dubbed “the curvilinear unit.” They could see these layers from space but are finally able to see them up close, thanks to Perseverance.

One location within the curvilinear unit, nicknamed “Skrinkle Haven,” is captured in one of the new Mastcam-Z mosaics. Scientists are sure the curved layers here were formed by powerfully flowing water, but Mastcam-Z’s detailed shots have left them debating what kind: a river such as the Mississippi, which winds snakelike across the landscape, or a braided river like Nebraska’s Platte, which forms small islands of sediment called sandbars.

When viewed from the ground, the curved layers appear arranged in rows that ripple out across the landscape. They could be the remnants of a river’s banks that shifted over time – or the remnants of sandbars that formed in the river. The layers were likely much taller in the past. Scientists suspect that after these piles of sediment turned to rock, they were sandblasted by wind over the eons and carved down to their present size.

“The wind has acted like a scalpel that has cut the tops off these deposits,” said Michael Lamb of Caltech, a river specialist and Perseverance science team collaborator. “We do see deposits like this on Earth, but they’re never as well exposed as they are here on Mars. Earth is covered in vegetation that hides these layers.”

A second mosaic captured by Perseverance shows a separate location that is part of the curvilinear unit and about a quarter mile (450 meters) from Skrinkle Haven. “Pinestand” is an isolated hill bearing sedimentary layers that curve skyward, some as high as 66 feet (20 meters). Scientists think these tall layers may also have been formed by a powerful river, although they’re exploring other explanations, as well.

“These layers are anomalously tall for rivers on Earth,” Ives said. “But at the same time, the most common way to create these kinds of landforms would be a river.”

The team is continuing to study Mastcam-Z’s images for additional clues. They’re also peering below the surface, using the ground-penetrating radar instrument on Perseverance called RIMFAX (short for Radar Imager for Mars’ Subsurface Experiment). What they learn from both instruments will contribute to an ever-expanding body of knowledge about Mars’ ancient, watery past.

“What’s exciting here is we’ve entered a new phase of Jezero’s history. And it’s the first time we’re seeing environments like this on Mars,” said Perseverance’s deputy project scientist, Katie Stack Morgan of JPL. “We’re thinking about rivers on a different scale than we have before.”

More About the Mission

A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

For more about Perseverance:

• mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

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15-05-2023 om 18:28 geschreven door peter  

Nukes Attract Not Only UFOs but Something Bone-Chilling, Revealed By Ex-Worker At Nuclear Depot In Nevada Desert

There has been a rise in the number of reported UFO sightings across many places in the United States since 2020. Moreover, officials have expressed concerns regarding the repeated occurrence of UFO sightings over military bases. Is there any possibility that these UFOs are controlling military actions?

Not so long ago, former US Air Force Captain Robert Salas claimed that UFOs are real and interfere in the military’s nuclear program. Additionally, former head of AATIP Luis Elizondo revealed that the U.S. Military created environments to attract UFOs to study them. He noted that there was much data that showed UFOs are interested in nuclear activities and the latest weaponry systems.

The UFO activity over US army bases has been observed since 1948, with the majority of incidents occurring at Malmstrom, Minot, F.E. Warren, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Walker AFBs between 1963 and 1996. Other sources stationed at Wurtsmith and Loring AFBs, where B-52 nuclear bombers were based during the Cold War era, also reported incidents.

In 1967, Captain Salas was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, when he received reports of a red glowing object hovering outside the front gate of the base. A security guard reported that the object had a saucer shape and was constantly hovering near the front gate.

At the same time, the missile system suffered a complete failure, with ten intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) going offline due to a “No-Go” (inoperable) condition, which caused several alarms to go off. After investigating the incident, a team of engineers from Boeing could not find any significant failures, engineering data, or findings that would explain how the missiles had been knocked off alert.

The cause of the failure remains unknown, but it was suggested that it could have been due to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sent from an unknown source. Despite the severity of the situation, Salas believed that the UFO did not have hostile intentions because it could have caused permanent damage to the weapons system if it wanted to.

The incident was reported by a UFO researcher Robert L. Hastings, who collected information from various army personnel, including Staff Sgt. Louis D. Kenneweg, Airman 1st Class David Hughes, Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Chassey, and Lt. Col. Robert Peisher (USAF Ret.) in his 30 years of investigation.

A similar attraction of UFOs toward nuclear bases was noticed in Canada as well. A report from Winnipeg reveals that over 200 years, there have been 2,000 UFO sightings reported in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

In the mid-1970s, there were numerous UFO sightings all along the US-Canadian border, with Manitoba being one of the places where a large number of sightings occurred. These sightings included a high number of cattle mutilations and were often seen over restricted areas where nuclear activities were conducted.

Chris A. Rutkowski, a Canadian UFO researcher, has studied UFO sightings in Canada for over 25 years and concluded that Manitoba has a long history of close encounters with aliens. His UFO research, which contains 30,000 reports, has been donated to the University of Manitoba.

In 2017, author Grant Cameron published a book entitled “Charlie Red Star: True Reports of One of North America’s Biggest UFO Sightings,” in which he described in detail the largest UFO sightings in history witnessed by Manitobans. The province was stunned by the object known as “Charlie’s Red Star,” which was seen almost every night in 1975.

Cameron claims that Manitoba UFO sightings have connections to nuclear weapons because 35 years later, he found out that the government secretly installed nuclear missiles and other weapons in restricted areas just south of the border. He believes that the sightings stopped after the missiles had been removed in November. The author thinks that the nuclear technology that humans possess could be created after extraterrestrial contact. (click here to read the full article)

Strange Occurrences Near Nuclear Bases

The Reddit user “BumblebeeExpensive” claimed to have worked at a now-closed nuclear weapons storage depot in Nevada for six years and shared various strange occurrences. “When people say UFOs are attracted to nukes, they are telling the truth. But so much more goes on,” the user writes. (Source)

The user claimed to have seen a ball of light triggering a sensor on the fence line, causing security to respond and witnessed three mutilated donkeys that were dropped off out of nowhere with various organs removed. The user also claimed to have witnessed a figure on the roof of a structure. He writes it was “30 meters from me and 14 other personnel. I took a spotlight and shined it up there and as soon as the light hit the figure it disappeared – we all saw it happen.”

“I heard a man laughing maniacally once, nothing there. Sweep with night vision and thermals revealed nothing, three other witnesses. We wrote it off as the ‘laughing Colonel,’ an urban legend passed down by the security personnel for ages.”

The user and his partner also heard a soft cooing sound coming from a hot pad loaded with 500 lbs bombs, seemingly luring them past the pad and into the pitch-black desert, but they did not pursue. Dur ing a training exercise, their machine gun overwatch team spotted two figures on thermals in the desert behind them, but their sweep revealed nothing.

The user claimed to have experienced the weirdest event when they were responding to a truck approaching on the side of a nearby mountain. They visually confirmed the truck on NVGs, but suddenly the headlights disappeared, and they believed the occupants had turned them off and were then approaching on foot. They called for K9 and moved to a blocking position where they waited for ten minutes, but their radios died, and they were out of contact for twice as long as they thought.

“We are there for about ten minutes when one by one patrol members overwatching us from high points on the inside call in lights appearing at our 12, 3, and 9 o’clock- in effect flanking us (with fence line about 300 meters behind us). We see and hear nothing, not even on NVGs or thermals, dog never reacts. Suddenly panicked patrol calls in that the lights are ‘rushing’ us. We are already locked and loaded, I tell my partner to put a grenade in the tube. Nothing happens, dog never indicates. Our radios die and after ten minutes we hike back to fence line only to discover we were out of contact for twice as long as I thought we were. Very paraphrased event cuz on phone, but our radios only started working when we were back at fence line.”

The user claimed that those events, combined with the belief that UFOs are attracted to nukes. He says: “There’s more but these were the highlights or events I’m allowed to speak about. The world is not as normal as you believe it is.”

Many other users found the same story in the video published on “The Infographics Show” YouTube channel in 2020 and began doubting BumblebeeExpensive if he copied the story. But the user later clarified that was his story and added that he is the lead writer of the show. He also claimed to be the writer of the “100-day survival series” on the channel.

“There’s things I can’t talk about as I signed a 30-year non-disclosure contract with pretty stiff penalties- but I’ll say this: I know people think that there’s these big conspiracies with the government hiding knowledge of this or knowledge of that. Truth is, yes there are big secrets. But overwhelmingly, the government isn’t actively hiding knowledge of this or that- it’s literally just ignoring it because it can’t do anything about it or it doesn’t pose a threat. It does spend some time and effort investigating it- you can see that there’s a greatly increased effort to investigate UAPs now. But the truth is that a long time ago a choice was made about certain things: do they affect national security, or could we stop it if it did? If the answer is no, we’ve got bigger or more immediate concerns like the Soviet Union starting a nuclear war,” explains Reddit user BumblebeeExpensive. (Source)

Mr. Elizondo suggested that those interested in more information about this subject read “UFOs and Nukes” by Robert Hastings. The book describes the reality of UFO incursions at American nuclear weapons facilities.

Some of those incidents date back to as early as January 1945, months before the atomic bombings in Japan. Those events suggest that humans’ most dangerous weapons have been under scrutiny by unidentified observers with advanced technology. The author argues that the UFO-nukes connection is significant and may be the reason for the appearance of mysterious aerial crafts in the skies over the past 70 years. Mr. Elizondo recommends this book to those interested in learning more about this subject.

{ https://www.howandwhys.com/ }

15-05-2023 om 18:01 geschreven door peter  

Strange sounds recorded high in Earth's atmosphere have scientists baffled

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• Earth's atmosphere: Facts about our planet's protective blanket

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15-05-2023 om 17:27 geschreven door peter  

Former USAF Who Worked At Area 51 Testifies To Congress, Says ‘We Are Not Alone,’ James Fox Reveals

There are numerous US insiders hinting that there is a presence of higher intelligence on Earth, and they support the idea of humans not being at the top of the food chain and not being the dominant species on the planet. There is a suggestion that something significant may happen soon, including potential contact or interaction with one or two species out of a larger group. It is implied that the government might be aware of an upcoming event in 2027 and emphasizes the need for preparation.

On Julian Dorey’s podcast, Mr. Fox notes that the passing of recent UAP legislation by Senators Gillibrand and Rubio may provide whistleblowers with the opportunity to bring forward more information on this topic. Fox is hopeful that the increased transparency will force the government’s hand and lead to the release of more information on the phenomenon. Fox met with the insiders who had already testified to the UAP task force and is providing information to the public, even if the government is unwilling to do so. He notes that there is a lot of photographic evidence behind the wall of classified information.

Furthermore, in a podcast with Viva Frei, James Fox, known for “Moment of Contact,” revealed the testimony of a former U.S. Air Force UFO whistleblower with an NDA to the US Congress regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The former USAF personnel, who remains anonymous, was involved in a program related to Area 51 activities for two to three years. During this time, he had access to discussions about extraordinary technologies and materials at various locations.

Mr. Fox reveals that in October 2022, this former USAF personnel was interviewed by the UAP task force to testify before the Senate and the House. His intention was to provide Congress with more clarity on the UAP program, which has been difficult to gain insight into. After his testimony, he was asked to speak to the newly formed All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) earlier this year.

The former USAF acknowledges that certain technologies they discovered will likely remain classified due to national security concerns. However, he believes it is time for the public to know that we are not alone, referring to the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. He expresses his commitment to helping disseminate information while also acknowledging that it may be overwhelming for many people to comprehend.

Mr. Fox attests to the credibility of the former USAF personnel, having been introduced to him by other intelligence personnel and witnessed photographs of him with senators during his testimony. He vouches for the individual’s authenticity and states that the former USAF member also appeared on camera for him.

Below is the statement of former USAF personnel read by Mr. Fox on the podcast with Viva Frei:

Hello, James. Just wanted to give you a quick shot of the involvement I’ve had with UAPs. I was introduced to a program while I was in the Air Force that involved Area 51 activities and did that for two to three years. My job involved going to a lot of different locations and hearing discussions from a lot of people that are working on very extraordinary technologies and materials.

Jumping forward to October of last year, I had already been interviewed by the UAP task force to testify in 2022 with the Senate and the House who were passing the new NDAA legislation at the time. I provided them with the context of my job and what I had experienced in an effort to give Congress more clarity on the program, which has been particularly difficult to get insight into.

After my testimony, I was again asked to speak to the new AARO organization. So earlier this year, I interviewed at the AARO office to help them in their study of UAP. It’s been an extraordinary road for me, to say the least, and I’m doing what I can to help get this out. I will be straightforward that the technologies we have discovered will probably have to stay under classified programs due to national security, but I believe it’s time for us all to know that we’re not alone.

This has been my whole purpose for becoming involved. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes, and it’s way too much for a lot of folks to take in right now. I’ll do my best to guide any discussions between the powers that are behind all of this, and hopefully, my friends who are still in the program will hear this and consider separating the technologies from the contact. I wish you all well, and I hope I’ll have an opportunity to open up the discussion of what this is all about very soon.

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Are we alone on this Planet? This idea has been widely supported by various US insiders. For example, former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Luis Elizondo, who explained his reasoning behind claiming that UFO mysteries made him “somber.” His speculative ideas are straight out of middle 20th-century science fiction, particularly the so-called “zoo hypothesis” that appeared in a number of stories at that time, imagining that Earth was essentially a zoo run by space aliens. (Click here to read the full article)

He said:

“What if it turns out that there’s another species that is even higher on that ladder than we are? Do we need the social institutions that we have today, do we need government and religious organizations that we have today, if it turns out that there is something else or someone else that is technologically more advanced and, perhaps from an evolutionary perspective, more advanced? Have we been wasting our time all this time? Or are we doing exactly as we are supposed to be doing?

[What] if it turns out that mankind is in fact just another animal in the zoo? If we saw ourselves as the zookeeper before, maybe we’re just another exhibit inside the zoo? What would that mean to us?

So, when I say ‘somber’ or ‘sobering’, I mean there’s going to come a point in this conversation when we’re going to have to do a lot of reconciling with ourselves, whatever that means, from whatever philosophical background you have. This is going to impact every single one of us. And I think that’s important. Do we find ourselves in a situation that history may have to be rewritten? So that’s what I meant.”

Next, we have CIA retired John Ramirez who recently claimed that government is aware of an impending event in 2027 that will reveal something quite significant so people are being prepared. He has been stating that there is a presence on Earth (which he refers demonic), who is just projecting their own belief systems to make us disbelieve in what we believe. Wills asked Ramirez what would happen if there was mass Landing. And whether we would just simply prepare for a conflict or initiate something.

On Podcast UFO with Martin Wills, Ramirez said: 

“In many ways, I think the word got out within the government that they’re showing up in 2027, and we better be prepared. If not, there’s going to be a lot of explaining to do. So, I think that dialogue has happened within certain areas inside the government, that we need to prepare.

That’s why in 2017, that set a clock of 10 years, and why Lou Elizondo earlier in this year said, ‘Just find a hobby for five years, and it’ll all be out in five years,’ and he said that this year, so that was 2027. I’ve heard 2027 in an official capacity, and I can’t reveal, so I would say that people in the government are aware of something happening, and there’s limited time, a few more years to prepare the people. That’s what’s wrapping up this acceleration from the previous seven decades of not even acknowledging it to now acknowledging it at a faster and faster pace.”

Moreover, another retired CIA officer named Jim Semivan suggests that the truth about UFOs is terrifying & interdimensional beings are within us. According to him, “There is a force out there that can control our environment, that can put thoughts into our heads.” In fact, Mr. Semivan previously stated that UFOs sighted by the Navy are from another world. He made shocking assertions regarding unidentified flying objects in an interview with James Iandoli, saying that the occurrence can be startling, especially to children.

“When we started TTSA, we had discussions about this all the time. Are we sure we want to disclose this information? I mean, you know, are we going to scare eight-year-olds? I had some friends who were like, ‘Oh, my daughter wants to know all about UFOs. Can we talk to you about that?’ And I said no. I’m not going to talk to you about that. What am I going to tell her or him, these 10-, 11-year-olds? Could such a reality kill them psychologically for the rest of their lives?”

“Yes, that there is a force out there that can control our environment and put thoughts into our heads. That they can lie to you, deceive you, and that you are not in control of your life. Tell this to a 12-year-old,” while succinct, Semivan suggests that the “rabbit hole goes much deeper” when it comes to the UFO phenomenon.

Moreover, in his podcast appearance on “Calling All Beings,” he fiercely said that non-human intelligence is living with humans on Earth. “There’s an entity out there! There’s some kind of non-human intelligence that’s living with us on this F**KING planet,” Semivan said.

{ https://www.howandwhys.com/ }

15-05-2023 om 16:56 geschreven door peter  

NASA’s Webb Takes Closest Look Yet at Mysterious Planet

A science team gains new insight into the atmosphere of a “mini-Neptune,” a class of planet common in the galaxy but about which little is known.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system – and unlike anything in it – to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere. It’s the closest look yet at the mysterious world, a “mini-Neptune” that was largely impenetrable to previous observations.

And while the planet, called GJ 1214 b, is too hot to harbor liquid-water oceans, water in vaporized form still could be a major part of its atmosphere.

“The planet is totally blanketed by some sort of haze or cloud layer,” said Eliza Kempton, a researcher at the University of Maryland and lead author of a new paper, published in Nature, on the planet. “The atmosphere just remained totally hidden from us until this observation.” She noted that, if indeed water-rich, the planet could have been a “water world,” with large amounts of watery and icy material at the time of its formation.

To penetrate such a thick barrier, the research team took a chance on a novel approach: In addition to making the standard observation – capturing the host star’s light that has filtered through the planet’s atmosphere – they tracked GJ 1214 b through nearly its entire orbit around the star.

The observation demonstrates the power of Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which views wavelengths of light outside the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that human eyes can see. Using MIRI, the research team was able to create a kind of “heat map” of the planet as it orbited the star. The heat map revealed – just before the planet’s orbit carried it behind the star, and as it emerged on the other side – both its day and night sides, unveiling details of the atmosphere’s composition.

“The ability to get a full orbit was really critical to understand how the planet distributes heat from the day side to the night side,” Kempton said. “There’s a lot of contrast between day and night. The night side is colder than the day side.” In fact, the temperatures shifted from 535 to 326 degrees Fahrenheit (from 279 to 165 degrees Celsius).

Such a big shift is only possible in an atmosphere made up of heavier molecules, such as water or methane, which appear similar when observed by MIRI. That means the atmosphere of GJ 1214 b is not composed mainly of lighter hydrogen molecules, Kempton said, which is a potentially important clue to the planet’s history and formation – and perhaps its watery start.

“This is not a primordial atmosphere,” she said. “It does not reflect the composition of the host star it formed around. Instead, it either lost a lot of hydrogen, if it started with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, or it was formed from heavier elements to begin with – more icy, water-rich material.”

Cooler Than Expected

And while the planet is hot by human standards, it is much cooler than expected, Kempton noted. That’s because its unusually shiny atmosphere, which came as a surprise to the researchers, reflects a large fraction of the light from its parent star rather than absorbing it and growing hotter.

The new observations could open the door to deeper knowledge of a planet type shrouded in uncertainty. Mini-Neptunes – or sub-Neptunes as they’re called in the paper – are the most common type of planet in the galaxy, but mysterious to us because they don’t occur in our solar system. Measurements so far show they are broadly similar to, say, a downsized version of our own Neptune. Beyond that, little is known.

“For the last almost decade, the only thing we really knew about this planet was that the atmosphere was cloudy or hazy,” said Rob Zellem, an exoplanet researcher who works with co-author and fellow exoplanet researcher Tiffany Kataria at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “This paper has really cool implications for additional detailed climate interpretations – to look at the detailed physics happening inside this planet’s atmosphere.”

The new work suggests the planet might have formed farther from its star, a type known as a red dwarf, then spiraled gradually inward to its present, close orbit. The planet’s year – one orbit around the star – takes only 1.6 Earth days.

“The simplest explanation, if you find a very water-rich planet, is that it formed farther away from the host star,” Kempton said.

Further observations will be needed to pin down more details about GJ 1214 b as well as the formation histories of other planets in the mini-Neptune class. While a watery atmosphere seems likely for this planet, a significant methane component also is possible. And drawing broader conclusions about how mini-Neptunes form will require more of them to be observed in depth.

“By observing a whole population of objects like this, hopefully we can build up a consistent story,” Kempton said.

More About the Mission

The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).

MIRI was developed through a 50-50 partnership between NASA and ESA. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the U.S. efforts for MIRI, and a multinational consortium of European astronomical institutes contributes for ESA. George Rieke with the University of Arizona is the MIRI science team lead. Gillian Wright is the MIRI European principal investigator. Alistair Glasse with UK ATC is the MIRI instrument scientist, and Michael Ressler is the U.S. project scientist at JPL. Laszlo Tamas with UK ATC manages the European Consortium. The MIRI cryocooler development was led and managed by JPL, in collaboration with Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

For more information about the Webb mission, visit:

• https://www.nasa.gov/webb

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15-05-2023 om 01:07 geschreven door peter  

Weird balloon circling the Southern Hemisphere isn't a spy craft — it's NASA's newest telescope

An enormous balloon spotted circling the Southern Hemisphere is actually SuperBIT, a NASA telescope that is capturing Hubble-quality data from the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

Over the last few weeks, an enormous balloon has been spotted circling Earth's Southern Hemisphere in the upper reaches of the atmosphere, sparking fears that it may be a spy balloon like the UFOs that were shot down above North America in February. 

But the massive floating bubble is actually NASA's latest telescope, the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT). And rather than spying on unsuspecting people below, the telescope is peering into the cosmos above in search of dark matter.

The giant balloon, which is wider than a football field, was launched on April 16 from Wānaka, New Zealand and has since completed more than two full revolutions around the Southern Hemisphere — the longest continuous flight for a balloon-borne telescope, according to a NASA statement(opens in new tab).  

On May 6, photographer Erwin Enrique Sandoval captured a crisp image of SuperBIT around 25 miles (40 kilometers) above Coyhaique in southern Chile. "We could see it high in the afternoon sky," Sandoval told Spaceweather.com(opens in new tab). "It was very large."

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SuperBIT's primary goal is to search for evidence of dark matter by taking detailed images of galaxies in order to spot signs of gravitational lensing — the phenomenon where light from a distant galaxy gets magnified as it travels through gravitationally warped space-time around a closer galaxy — that could provide clues about the invisible yet abundant matter's true identity. 

A new study, released April 20 in the journal Nature Astronomy(opens in new tab), revealed that light from oddly-warped "Einstein rings" could shed light on dark matter's true identity.

At its lofty altitude, SuperBIT sits above 99.2% of Earth's atmosphere, which means there is little to no air to obscure its view of the stars, according to the SuperBIT website(opens in new tab). At this height, the telescope can also capture images by day or night. 

Astronomers believe the data collected by SuperBIT is comparable in quality to the Hubble Space Telescope, according to Spaceweather.com. And the balloon-borne telescope has already captured several stunning shots(opens in new tab) of distant galaxies.

But astronomy is not the only possible use for giant balloons like this. In June 2020, space tourism company Space Perspective released its plans to eventually take civilians to the edge of space using similar balloons.

Keen-eyed observers and astronomy enthusiasts could have plenty more chances to catch a glimpse of the balloon. "Hopefully, we'll complete many more revolutions about the hemisphere over the next several weeks," Debbie Fairbrother(opens in new tab), chief of NASA's Scientific Balloon Program Office, said in the statement. (A single revolution could take anywhere between one and three weeks depending on wind patterns.)

{ https://www.livescience.com/ }

15-05-2023 om 00:48 geschreven door peter  

Accidental Truth - UFO Revelations 2023 - Documentary

Those obligated to keep the facts hidden are no longer able to do so. The unmistakable truth that a different intellect is interacting with humans emerges. You will see information from real government insiders that has never been made public in this award-winning documentary.

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15-05-2023 om 00:34 geschreven door peter  

2006 Chicago O’Hare UFO Sighting: 22ft Long Alien Craft Witnessed by Many

The UFO event over Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in 2006 is one of the most intriguing UFO sightings in recent history. Despite being unremarkable as far as UFO sightings go, the reaction of the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was anything but ordinary, suggesting some type of cover-up between the implicated authorities.

On November 7, 2006, United Airlines Flight 446 was preparing to depart from O’Hare International to North Carolina when a dozen of airline employees, including mechanics and pilots, spotted a gray and metallic saucer-like object hovering above Gate C17 of the United terminal. The object remained there for several minutes before flying off into the clouds at an unnatural speed. This event was captured in official FAA audio recordings, with a United controller and a colleague discussing the sighting.

The disc was estimated to be at least 22 feet in diameter and hovered around 1,500 feet off the ground, below a heavy cloud cover at 1,900 feet. One grounded pilot announced his sightings over the radio, alerting a taxi mechanic and several other pilots to the presence of the object. At least two grounded pilots were able to lean out of their cockpit windows and see the object in great detail.

The story of the O’Hare UFO incident went almost completely unnoticed until the Chicago Tribune published an article on December 31, 2006, nearly two months after the incident. The story became the highest-hitting article in the website’s history, and other news outlets picked up the story as well.

Jon Hilkevitch, a transportation reporter with the Chicago Tribune, started interviewing the witnesses. Initially, both the FAA and United Airlines denied any knowledge of the event but were forced to admit that this was a lie when an audio tape was leaked to the press that captured a United Airlines radio conversation on the date of the event.

The FAA supervisor identified as “Sue” was asking several controllers at O’Hare if they had seen a flying disc over gate C-17. They initially laughed off the question, but she called back 15 minutes later to confirm that several pilots had seen the disc and that one had captured a photograph of it. Unfortunately, this alleged photograph has never surfaced.

The tape also recorded the control tower operators warning outgoing planes of the UFO and advising them to be cautious. Even in the wake of the tape, United Airlines and the FAA continued to brush off the incident. The airline prohibited any employees from discussing the incident with the media.

However, after the Chicago Tribune article compelled them to address the situation, a spokesperson from the FAA claimed that the alleged disc was nothing but the reflection of airport lights off the low cloud cover. However, this explanation was unconvincing, as the sighting occurred in daylight, before any of the airport’s lights were turned on.

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Despite the assertions of several credible witnesses, the airline and the FAA declined to investigate the matter further and wrote it off as a rare weather phenomenon known as a fallstreak or “hole-punch cloud.” However, Mark Rodeghier, the director for the Center for UFO Studies Scientific Director, did not accept this explanation and stated:

“It’s an unknown object over O’Hare, and it’s seen by official personnel and does United or the FAA take it seriously? Of course not, they have zero interest because UFOs can’t exist. But how can you not worry about something hovering over an airport after 9/11? It doesn’t make sense.”

This explanation did not stand up to reason too, as journalist Leslie Kean soon discovered. Hole-punched clouds form, when ice crystals from higher clouds fall down through a lower cloud shelf, punch a hole in it, and evaporate in the warm air below, only forming in below-freezing temperatures. The air at the altitude of the sighting on the day in question was 53 degrees Fahrenheit, which was above freezing.

Despite the FAA’s lack of interest in the O’Hare UFO incident, an independent investigation group called NARC conducted their own research. The team of former NASA scientists, pilots, meteorologists, and aerospace engineers, among others, prepared a 154-page report that confirmed the presence of a physical object over O’Hare. The report stated that the object’s maneuvers could not be explained by conventional means and advised the FAA to launch their own investigation. However, to this day, the FAA has not acted upon this recommendation. (Source )

“There have been documented cases where safety appears to have been implicated, and more and more we are coming to the point of view that we are dealing with an intelligent phenomenon. We must be proactive before an aircraft goes down,” said Richard Haines, a former chief of the Space Human Factors Office at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

The reaction of the airline and the FAA in the aftermath of the incident suggests some type of cover-up between the implicated authorities. The airline prohibited its employees from sharing the details of the incident, and the FAA provided unconvincing explanations for the UFO sighting, such as the reflection of airport lights off low cloud cover or a misidentified weather phenomenon. These explanations were quickly debunked by journalists and independent investigators.

Jon Hilkevitch emphasized how unusual it is for the FAA to ignore such a significant UFO sighting. The FAA has launched investigations for far less extraordinary incidents, such as spilled coffee pots and airport aisles. This lack of interest in the O’Hare UFO incident raises questions about the extent of government involvement in hiding the truth about UFOs from the public.

“The craft appeared to be hovering right below the ceiling of the cloud cover (about 700 or 800 feet). The cloud ceiling that day was 1900 feet. The top of the craft was clearly outlined as a very dark gray material, but the bottom and the edges of the craft were hazy like when you see the mirage-like surface of the road on a hot day.

The other interesting observation was that after the craft accelerated straight up (observed by other witnesses), there was a hole punched in the clouds. The hole in the clouds was about the same size as the unidentified craft. It looked like a cookie cutter hole stamped out of dough ‘very similar in size’ to the craft. The hole stayed for a little while and then dissipated into the overcast clouds. The sighting lasted about 20 minutes from the time of the first radio call to the time when the mechanic and witness parked the Boeing 777 that he was taxiing across the airport.”

Reddit user Buddy_Felcher describes what he saw during the 2006 O’Hare Airport UFO sighting:

“I was working at American Airlines as a ramp service clerk at O’Hare when that thing came. I saw it, and only one other coworker saw it as well. And nobody believed me even after other airline workers said they saw it too. Until I heard other people saw it everyone had me convinced I was crazy…

Have you ever seen the movie flight of the navigator? That’s what it sort of looked like but also kind of like it was a chrome bubble of air or like the way invisible people in movies look when it’s raining on them. I only saw the latter part of it being there, the guy I worked with said it was solid grey at first and then changed to what I saw.” (Source)

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See the moon in epic detail in stunning images taken by South Korea's lunar orbiter (photos)

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A KARI release(opens in new tab) published in April includes a view of Tsiolkovskiy crater on the far side, which was named for the scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who formulated the rocket equation. The image focuses on the crater's towering, prominent central peak, which rises over 10,500 feet (3200 meters) above the crater floor.

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Nikola Tesla's Life 10 Unsolved Mysteries

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Artist view of a binary black hole system.

Credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)

 BY PAUL M. SUTTER

That exotic structure in spacetime gave a team of researchers the tools they needed to identify a new class of object, something that they call a topological soliton. In their analysis they found that these topological solitons are stable defects in space-time itself. They require no matter or other forces to exist – they are as natural to the fabric of space-time as cracks in ice. 

The researchers studied these solitons by examining the behavior of light that would pass near them. Because they are objects of extreme space-time, they bend space and time around them, which affects the path of light. To a distant observer, these solitons would appear exactly as we predict black holes to appear. They would have shadows, rings of light, the works. Images derived from the Event Horizon Telescope and detected gravitational wave signatures would all behave the same.

It’s only once you got close would you realize that you are not looking at a black hole. One of the key features of a black hole is its event horizon, an imaginary surface that if you were to cross it you would find yourself unable to escape. Topological solitons, since they are not singularities, do not feature event horizons. So you could in principle go up to a soliton and hold it in your hand, assuming you survived the encounter.

These topological solitons are incredibly hypothetical object, based on our understanding of string theory, which is not yet been proven to be a viable update to our understanding of physics. However, these exotic objects serve as important test studies. If the researchers can discover an important observational difference between topological solitons and traditional black holes, this might pave the way to finding a way to test string theory itself.

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14-05-2023 om 21:32 geschreven door peter  

During the darkest days of the Cold War, leaders in the USSR publicly described the UFO mystery as a capitalist plot, unworthy of scientific study. But behind the scenes, communist dictators held a much different view. 

They authorized secret scientific studies of UFOs. For decades, individual scientists and academic groups throughout the USSR surreptitiously investigated UFO cases and incidents, at the risk of imprisonment - or worse. Most of their work wasn’t made public until the fall of the USSR in the early 90’s. 

But even after the fall of the USSR in the early 1990s, the cover-up of UFO incidents continues, similar to the UFO cover-up in the U.S. 

A famous case of a cover-up is the UFO that landed in Ostankino, Russia. 

A real event that happened in 1995 and has been covered up since. The video has suddenly disappeared and the witnesses have probably been manipulated to remain silent on this event. Only three images have surfaced and show the landing of a huge extraterrestrial spacecraft that took place right in the suburb of Ostankino, which is located in the suburbs of Moscow. In the above 3 photo sequences, which should be part of a video, you can see 2 people, presumably of the Russian military, who closely observe the landing of the alien aircraft.

Journalist George Knapp traveled to Russia twice in the 90’s and spoke with scientists who had never before appeared on camera to discuss their work. In this episode, he and Jeremy Corbell review the courageous work done by Russian scientists during dangerous times.

  

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14-05-2023 om 17:46 geschreven door peter  

Unprecedented UFO Sighting Over Deerfield Beach: A Cosmic Ballet at Dawn

As the sun began to crest over the eastern horizon, Deerfield Beach, Florida, became the stage for an extraordinary event that has left locals and online viewers astonished. On May 4th, 2023, at the crisp early hour of 6:13 a.m., a UFO sighting of remarkable clarity was captured on a Youtube live cam.

The video shows a fast-moving object streaking across the tranquil Florida sky, before it abruptly halts mid-air. In an astonishing display of aerial acrobatics, the UFO then catapults in the opposite direction, reaching velocities that defy our current understanding of physics. The event was over as quickly as it began, leaving only a trace of mystery and an excited online community in its wake.

This Deerfield Beach UFO sighting has sparked fervent discussion and speculation among both skeptics and believers. The object’s speed and maneuverability, combined with the crispness of the video, have left viewers in awe. Was it a drone? A secret military project? Or perhaps evidence of extraterrestrial life?

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