‘Roswell Was Real’ Claimed Apollo 14 Astronaut: Elizondo Suggests 2 UFOs Crashed That Day

Bryce Zabel, a CNN reporter has done a marvelous job in presenting the detailed Roswell incident in his personal blog. He collectively mentioned top witnesses’ statements that assure Roswell disclosure is on a fast track. The legendary incident that happened in 1947 was indeed real, according to moon-walking astronaut Edgar Mitchell. He claimed in his interviews that he had informants that had told him about the inside story of Roswell, but he never disclosed their names.

“Make no mistake, Roswell happened. I’ve seen secret files which show the government knew about it — but decided not to tell the public,” claimed Edgar Mitchell, Ph.D., Apollo 14 Astronaut.

In February 1971, after the successful completion of the mission, the Apollo 14 crew returned to Earth. Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell became the fifth and sixth astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface. While Shepard chose to live in the glory, Mitchell became the main troublemaker for many years.

He publicly accepted the existence of aliens after being on the Moon and stuck to it until his death. He accused the US government of hiding the truth about contact with aliens. Immediately after his return, Mitchell left NASA and immersed himself in studying UFOs, ancient history, and human consciousness.

Mitchell grew up in the small town of Artesia, a few miles from the very Roswell airbase where the crash allegedly occurred. The astronaut claimed that many of his neighbors, acquaintances, and friends worked at that base, and what he heard from them is enough for him to consider the Roswell incident a real UFO crash. Mitchell did not disclose the names of his informants, referring to the fact that they all signed a non-disclosure agreement and he did not want them to have any problems.

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Michell, who claimed he briefed the highest members of the Pentagon, said the reality is that there was an advanced civilization that could penetrate our air defenses at will and that we could not stop them in any way, shape, or form, immediately doomed the Roswell incident to become one of the greatest coverups in history.

ET stopped Nuclear War

According to Mitchell, he once had a confidential conversation with a Navy admiral, who secretly told him that in fact, aliens had established contact with the government back in the early 1940s. They were interested in earthly weapons, primarily the atomic bomb. At the very beginning of the Cold War between the USSR and the USA, aliens often came to Earth because they feared nuclear war and tried to influence the world elites in some way. (Source)

Growing up in New Mexico gave him a unique insight to the Roswell area, he told the UK’s Mirror in 2015.

“White Sands was a testing ground for atomic weapons – and that’s what the extraterrestrials were interested in… They wanted to know about our military capabilities. My own experience talking to people has made it clear the ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war and help create peace on Earth.”

According to a 2015 story, Apollo 14 astronaut said: “My own experience talking to people has made it clear the ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war and help create peace on Earth.”

However, he clarified in his interview with Observer that he did not make those statements but at the same time, he somewhat agreed with those words. He said: “I don’t remember speaking to them personally. I don’t know where they got that information. I didn’t make those statements. Somebody has added to my words. Those weren’t my exact words but I don’t necessarily disagree with those statements.”

However, the 2016 Wikileak emails say Mitchell was worried about space weaponization. Despite the fact that aliens might be violent as shown in various sci-fi, the notable astronaut called them nonviolent in his email. In January 2015, he sent an email to Podesta, asking him to have an urgent meeting to discuss Disclosure and Zero Point Energy (ZPE). He was concerned about the peace in space.

Mitchell wrote: “My Catholic colleague Terri Mansfield will be there too, to bring us up to date on the Vatican’s awareness of ETI. Another colleague is working on a new Space Treaty, citing involvement with Russia and China. However, with Russia’s extreme interference in Ukraine, I believe we must pursue another route for peace in space and ZPE on Earth.”

Mitchell emailed Podesta again on September 18, 2015. He wrote: “Because the War in Space race is heating up, I felt you should be aware of several factors as you and I schedule our Skype talk. Remember, our nonviolent ETI from the contiguous universe are helping us bring zero point energy to Earth. They will not tolerate any forms of military violence on Earth or in space.”

Why Believe the Roswell Crash?

Bryce Zabel writes: “That storyline has hundreds of witnesses testifying to roughly the same fact trail. Some were first-hand witnesses to debris and even the recovery of bodies, and several accounts came from death bed confessions. Many more witnesses were family members who learned of the secret their fathers and husbands had kept inside them for decades. There were many dozens who attested to extremely tight security and transportation of material in the aftermath of what crashed at Roswell.”

Moreover, the hype of Roswell stories has increased. The New York Times started covering this issue in the summer of 2020 and is continuing its investigation into crash wreckage. Besides, the former head of the AATIP Luis Elizondo gave his candid take on the 1947 Roswell crash in New Mexico and more in an interview with the Roswell Daily Record.

Here are some excerpts courtesy of the Roswell Daily Record:

Elizondo: “I’ll share with you… some of the observations that were made by some people. Before I was part of AATIP, I had no idea about Roswell, other than that there was sort of some alleged crash at some point and some farmer found debris — but during my time with AATIP, there was some very interesting anecdotal information that suggests there wasn’t just one crash, there may have been two crashes, and that somehow it may have been related to some sort of testing that was being done at the time at White Sands, and that material was recovered.

And that material that was recovered, samples of that material found their way into the hands of private citizens, some of them, but that the … allegedly the larger sections of debris were all recovered by the U.S. Government.”

During the interview, Elizondo said that while he headed the AATIP, his job was to concentrate on current UAP incidents, however, he added that he had conversations with so-called “graybeards” at the Pentagon who had been involved with UAPs since Project Blue Book. It was from these individuals that Elizondo learned what probably occurred at Roswell in 1947.

Elizondo: ”These individuals were convinced that the events in New Mexico were not fiction. In fact that it was a, very much a real event and that some very exotic material was recovered… And then there was a subsequent effort to try to be very dismissive about what occurred in New Mexico. But again, I will share with you that it was, from my understanding, it wasn’t one, it was two crashes, and it may have been related to some sort of nuclear-type testing of technology that we were doing, atomic and/or nuclear technology at Los Alamos at the time.”

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19-08-2023 om 00:33 geschreven door peter  

LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS - 18/08/2023

Neptune's clouds are vanishing, Hubble Space Telescope reveals

Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Neptune has revealed that the planet's clouds are disappearing and the Sun may be to blame:

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Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

What comes next after UFO hearing? | NewsNation Now

Several members of Congress who have been pushing for UAP transparency joined The Hill for a special event Thursday. The Hill's Mychael Schnell, who moderated the conversation, joined "NewsNation Now" to discuss the highlights.

UAP Whistleblower: No Place in This for ATTACKS on Anyone with PTSD | UFOs & National Security

Former Navy Pilot Lt. Ryan Graves (Executive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace) in conversation with Brian Entin (Senior National Correspondent, NewsNation). The Truth Is Out There: UFOs & National Security, streamed on August 17, 2023.

Is There Dark Matter hidden in the Center of the Earth?

In this episode, you will learn about a fascinating topic: dark matter annihilation at the center of the Earth. Dark matter is a mysterious substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe, but has not been directly detected yet. However, some astronomers have been searching for signs of dark matter colliding with itself and producing neutrinos, which are tiny particles that can travel through the Earth without being stopped by anything.

To do this, they have been using a giant detector called IceCube, which is a neutrino observatory located at the South Pole. IceCube has been looking for neutrinos from dark matter annihilation for seven years, and it has found some intriguing hints of a possible signal. But it is not sure yet if this signal is from dark matter or from something else. This could be a breakthrough discovery, or a false alarm. You will find out more about this exciting research and what it means for our understanding of the cosmos.

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander captures amazing close-ups of lunar surface

The Chandrayaan-3's Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) captured several images of the lunar surface on August 15th and 17th, 2023.

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UFO Navigation! New studies suggest that pulsars are actually alien technology!

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Rep. Burchett: 'Powers That Be' Will SHUTDOWN UAP Amendment in NDAA | UFOs & National Security

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), Member, House Oversight & Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, & Government Innovation, in conversation with Mychael Schnell (Congressional Reporter, The Hill). The Truth Is Out There: UFOs & National Security, streamed on August 17, 2023.

UAP Expert: Sole Focus on Military Leaves Science on the BACKBURNER | UFOs & National Security

Greg Eghigian (Former Director, Science, Technology, & Society Program, Pennsylvania State University; Professor of History & Bioethics, Pennsylvania State University) in conversation with Mychael Schnell (Congressional Reporter, The Hill). The Truth Is Out There: UFOs & National Security, streamed on August 17, 2023.

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18-08-2023 om 23:56 geschreven door peter  

India Space Agency records face on Moon, Aug 18, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Aug 18, 2023

Location of discovery: Earths moon
Source: ISRO

 

India space agency posted a video on Twitter, at which this face appeared in the upper left side at the 20 second mark. The face is huge and easy to see. The face has many similarities to a human male face except for its wider nose wider jaw. This may be the first moon evidence of alien life ever produced by India gov. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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18-08-2023 om 21:01 geschreven door peter  

UFO Documentary: Secret Alien Contacts the Best Evidence

In the azure skies over Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, the unknown beckoned. When a strange object was spotted near the Aguadilla Airport on April 25th, 2013, both air traffic controllers and the crew of a nearby US Customs and Border Protection plane took notice. The event wasn’t just another dot in the vast canvas of UFO sightings; it was a captivating episode that has since taken on an almost legendary status.

The Aguadilla UFO encounter isn’t just any tale. It’s an incident backed up by radar data, a thermal imaging camera, and witness testimonies. As the object whisked through the sky at a whopping 120 mph, the onboard camera recorded its flight. But the story took an even stranger turn when the object plunged into the ocean, only to continue underwater at nearly the same speed. Even more baffling, it grew in size and split into two before the footage came to a startling end.

Yet, beneath the surface of this captivating sighting lies an intricate tapestry of rumors and tales. There are whispers of an enigmatic underwater submarine base and a mysterious blimp said to mask a secret Area 51-type base in Puerto Rico. While many UFO enthusiasts point to these as evidence of a larger conspiracy, skeptics remain unconvinced.

The Aguadilla incident has since become the subject of a detailed 167-page report, with researchers like Richard Hoffman delving deep into its mysteries. His key finding? The video’s authenticity could be validated by FAA radar data, linking the event to a known military and Homeland Security aircraft. It’s this level of concrete evidence that makes the Aguadilla sighting stand out from the countless tales of UFO encounters.

In today’s digital age, with a plethora of UFO sightings shared daily, the Aguadilla incident serves as a reminder. Armed with cameras and an insatiable curiosity, we must chase the truth while steering clear of hoaxes. After all, genuine evidence like this might just help unravel the age-old mystery of UFOs.

With the global interest in UFO sightings at its peak, one message remains clear: keep your eyes on the skies, and perhaps you too might witness the inexplicable.

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18-08-2023 om 20:50 geschreven door peter  

Unlocking the Mysteries of UFO Sightings: The Catalina UAPx Expedition

When we hear about UFO sightings, our curiosity is often piqued. We wonder if it’s a genuine extraterrestrial visitation or just another optical illusion. One thing is certain, the stories surrounding these sightings have enthralled humankind for decades. And now, an intriguing development emerges from Catalina Island, painting a compelling picture that UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike can’t ignore.

The Mystery Begins

Catalina Island, known for its pristine beaches and biodiverse marine life, gained a new reputation in 2004. It became the location of the renowned “Tic Tac UFO” sighting, an incident that sent ripples through the UFO community. Fast forward to 2021, and the island’s skies are under the microscope again.

Meet the UAPx Team

Leading the quest to uncover the truth is physicist Matthew Szydagis, an associate professor of physics. Along with his team, he initiated UAPx, an organization on a mission to demystify the enigma of unidentified aerial phenomena scientifically. Szydagis, a firm believer in evidence-based research, admits that the sheer volume of UFO sightings over the decades suggests that “something strange is happening in our skies.”

In July 2021, UAPx embarked on an expedition to Catalina Island. Despite their concerns about potentially leaving empty-handed, they stumbled upon a tantalizing piece of evidence. At the heart of their discovery was a video capturing a mysterious dark spot in the sky, a possible hole in the clouds. Within a span of just two minutes, this dark spot was surrounded by luminous white pixels. What’s even more mystifying is the inability to acquire satellite imagery of this occurrence, leading to suspicions of a cover-up.

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Possible Explanations and Their Rebuttals

While skeptics were quick to offer a plethora of explanations, each one was systematically debunked by the UAPx team:

1. Water Droplet on Camera: Dismissed due to the rapid evaporation speed.
2. Reflection of City Lights: Deemed implausible due to their sudden appearance and disappearance.
3. Fallstreak Hole: Typically formed by aircrafts piercing clouds. Yet, FAA records showed no aircraft presence.
4. Stars or Camera Glitch: Neither the star pattern nor dead pixel theory aligned with the observation.

The Importance of Scientific Exploration

This enigmatic finding from Catalina Island reinforces the need for continued scientific exploration into UFO sightings. Szydagis passionately believes that these phenomena deserve rigorous data collection and study. Only through committed research can we ever hope to unveil the truth.

• So, the next time you look up at the sky, remember: the mysteries it holds might be far more complex than we imagine. And with dedicated teams like UAPx on the case, we might just be a step closer to unravelling them.

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18-08-2023 om 20:40 geschreven door peter  

Ex-CIA Pilot Said US Buried Huge UFO That Was Too Big To Move, Corroborating Coulthart Claim

On July 8, 2023, one of the greatest UFO stories was told by Ross Coulthart to Project Unity host Jay Anderson. The investigative journalist claimed that there is a huge UFO in the possession of the United States that could not be moved, and he knows the location of the craft. Coulthart clarified that the immovable craft is not in the US.

In the interview, Coulthart discussed the potential implications of the new US Senate intelligence bill. He referenced Douglas Dean Johnson’s writings about the bill, which purportedly mandate holders of non-earth origin or exotic UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) material to make it accessible to the All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) within six months.

Anderson raised concerns that this six-month window might offer enough time for those holding such materials to hide or conceal them. Coulthart acknowledged the possibility but suggested that certain UAP materials could be so large that relocating them is not feasible. He mentioned the existence of a building constructed over such a massive object in a foreign country, which might sound implausible to some.

This revelation left the UFO community curious about the place where the craft might be situated. Interestingly, the late former CIA pilot John Lear previously mentioned the existence of buried crafts too massive to move. In 2018, Lear posted on Facebook, recounting the enigmatic tale of a massive buried UFO near Garrison, Utah. This peculiar incident became a topic of discussion at a UFO conference in Las Vegas, piquing Lear’s curiosity.

The incident dates back to 1953 when a large UFO, measuring between 150 to 200 feet in diameter, crashed near Garrison, Utah. Lear explained that the UFO was so large that even the United States Air Force Security Forces’ “Blue Berets” could not relocate it. Consequently, a decision was made to bury the UFO on the spot. Lear wrote that a team of hundreds of soldiers dug the ground and managed to bury the craft 50 feet below ground level. (Earthfile source)

“While all of the digging to bury the saucer was going on, they also dug a tunnel from the saucer several hundred feet to the south, where they built 2 or 3 houses. The houses were constructed to appear about 75 years old, using old, weathered wood, nails, window frames, and roofing. The only hint that these houses might not be so old were the brand-new padlocks on the doors.

I don’t recall the exact description of the interior, except for a door leading to a stairwell that connected to the tunnel leading to the craft. Everything I’m telling you is from my recollection of the report, likely written by the person who accessed the buildings. My memory isn’t perfect. One of the houses contained a logbook in which visitors from various organizations like Air Force, Navy, Army, and others would inscribe their names.”

Lear and his associates intended to visit Garrison to witness this buried craft. They planned to use a helicopter, a fuel truck, and specialized equipment to explore underground. However, the trip never materialized for reasons unknown. Lear maintained his belief that the craft remains in place. He even shared Google Earth images indicating the potential location. He marked the houses on the images, but they no longer appear on Google Earth.

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“About 300 yards east from this claim, there was an alleged Spanish treasure location. This treasure spot had been discovered by an individual from the Phoenix area with access to Spanish treasure maps, and this location was marked on one of the maps.

In a pile of rocks, there was a precisely square cutout approximately 10 inches wide and 16 inches deep. The bottom seemed like concrete. I had the underground radar team scan the area and found only a few potential returns. The area is now in an ACEC (Area of Critical Environmental Concern). Nevertheless, we were all set to convene for the Garrison expedition in 2 weeks, but somehow it never took off.”

Lear even provided the coordinates of the location: Latitude 38 degrees 37 minutes 40 seconds North, Longitude 113 degrees 40 minutes 40 seconds West. This further deepens the mystery, leaving people intrigued about the truth surrounding the buried UFO near Garrison, Utah.

Moreover, there is alleged John Lear’s statement on the alien presence, posted to Paranet on December 29, 1987. Here are the paragraphs published by UFOmind.com discussing the buried craft: [this page was first archived on January 31, 1997]

“Moore is also in possession of more Aquarius documents a few pages of which leaked out several years ago and detailed the supersecret NSA project which had been denied by them until just recently. In a letter to Senator John Glenn NSA’s Director of Policy Julia B. Wetzel wrote, “Apparently there is or was an Air Force project by that name Aquarius) which dealt with UFO’s. Coincidentally, there is also an NSA project by that name.”

NSA’s project Aquarius deals specifically with the ‘communications with aliens’ (the EBE’s). Within the Aquarius program was project ‘Snowbird’ a project to test fly A recovered alien aircraft at Groom Lake, Nevada. This project continues today at that location. In the words of an individual who works at Groom Lake ‘our people are much better at taking things apart than they are at putting them back together’. Another saw a saucer being trucked into the Nevada Test Site in March of 1988. Still another informant witnessed a saucer being buried at that location (for God knows whatever reason) during the second week of August 1988.”

There is another version of this statement: (Source)

“Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939. General James H. Doolittle went to Sweden in 1946 to inspect a flying saucer that had crashed there in Spitzbergen…

In July of 1952, a panicked government watched helplessly as squadron of “flying saucers” flew over Washington, D.C., and buzzed the White House, the Capitol Building, and the Pentagon. It took all the imagination and intimidation the government could muster to force that incident out of the memory of the public.

Thousands of sightings occurred during the Korean war and several more saucers were retrieved by the Air Force. Some were stored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, some were stored at Air Force bases near the location of the crash sight.

One saucer was so enormous and the logistic problems in transportation so enormous that it was buried at the crash sight and remains there today. The stories are legendary on transporting crashed saucers over long distances, moving only at night, purchasing complete farms, slashing through forests, blocking major highways, sometimes driving 2 and 3 lo-boys in tandem with an extraterrestrial load a hundred feet in diameter.”

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18-08-2023 om 01:22 geschreven door peter  

4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Pyramid Found in Kazakhstan Is First Ever on Asian Steppe!

A giant 4,000-year-old Bronze Age pyramidical structure with links to a horse cult has been uncovered in the ochre-tinted earthen steppes of Kazakhstan. The culmination of almost a decade of research and excavation, this large-scale steppe pyramid in Kazakhstan—which dates back to the 2nd millennium BC—languished in relative obscurity for countless centuries. Nothing like it has ever been discovered in the Central Asian steppes, making it an especially exciting find.

The Pyramid in Kazakhstan: A Geometric Marvel and an Equestrian Cult?

This carved stone edifice, possessing an air of sophistication and considerable proportions, has finally had its veil of anonymity lifted, with archaeologists diligently excavating a segment of the Kyrykungir monumental and funerary complex in Toktamys. As announced in a press release by the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University on August 8, 2023, the pyramid in Kazakhstan traces its origins to an illustrious Bronze Age , with its symmetrical proportions speaking volumes about the geometric precision of its ancient architects.

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“The steppe pyramid is built with great precision, it is hexagonal,” explained Ulan Umitkaliyev, Head of ENU’s Archaeology and Ethnology Department, in a press release. “There are thirteen meters and eight rows of stones between each face. It is a very sophisticated complex structure with several circles in the middle. The exterior walls of the structure of this complex are dominated by images of various animals, especially horses.”

Excavations have been taking place at the site of the pyramid in Kazakhstan since 2014. Previous archaeological digs have unearthed groupings of sepulchral hillocks originating from the Hun (4th-6th century AD) and Saka (mid-2nd century BC to mid 1st century AD) periods. These burial sites have revealed an assortment of mortuary contents, encompassing ceramic containers, culinary tributes and intricately fashioned bronze beads.

One side of the pyramid in Kazakhstan, each section is adorned with a block stone.

(L. N. Gumilyov / Eurasian National University )

Ancient Architecture and Artifacts at Pyramid in Kazakhstan

The pyramidical structure possesses a striking hexagonal form, with each face spanning a length of approximately 42 feet (12.8 meters). A glimpse at the photographs shared by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan shows that each terminal of the monumental wall is adorned by a grandiose upright black stone whose flattened facade faces outwards to the world beyond. Meanwhile, in between these resolute markers, a different kind of rock was used to create an imposing exterior wall.

An assortment of other relics was unearthed too – fragments of pottery, gold earrings and other adornments. Umitkaliyev described these in conjunction with the pyramid as a shining example of “the pyramid’s former role as the pulsating heart of ancient cultural expression.” Another snapshot shared by the Ministry documented a less immaculately conserved stretch of the pyramid in Kazakhstan, revealing a tableau of dilapidated walls.

“Findings in excavations, ceramics, female gold earrings and other jewelry indicate that this Bronze Age was the center of culture in ancient times. This means that even at that time the cult of the horse was extremely high, as evidenced by the discovery of horse bones around the stone building,” stated Umitkaliyev. “There are also images of camels,” he added.

A cross-section of the pyramid which was unearthed in Kazakhstan.

( Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education )

The Bronze Age in the Eurasian Steppe: A Culturally Rich Era

Situated in Toktamys, some 420 miles (676 km) southeast of the bustling capital Astana, this archaeological site is the gift that keeps on giving. It provides some missing pieces to the larger jigsaw of the Bronze Age civilizations in the Eurasian steppe . The tribes that inhabited these regions were responsible for many landmark achievements, including the transport of languages (the Indo-European languages), foods, ideas and other cultural symbols across the ancient Silk Routes .

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The Eurasian steppe played a significant role in the Bronze Age, a period characterized by the widespread use of bronze for tools, weapons and other artifacts. The steppe region, which stretches from Eastern Europe to Asia, served as a conduit for cultural exchange, trade and the movement of people.

The steppe was home to various nomadic and semi-nomadic cultures that relied on pastoralism (animal herding) as a primary means of subsistence. These cultures included the Yamnaya, Andronovo, and Srubna cultures in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, known for their expertise in horse domestication , which facilitated mobility and warfare. The steppe cultures also had interactions with sedentary civilizations located on the periphery of the steppe, such as the Sumerians, Akkadians and later the Persians and Chinese.

• Top image: Archaeologists with 4,000-year-old pyramid remains in uncovered in Kazakhstan.
• Source: L. N. Gumilyov / Eurasian National University

By Sahir Pandey

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18-08-2023 om 01:04 geschreven door peter  

MoD UFO Files

The British Government has declassified and released most of its UFO files. Nick Pope worked on these files, wrote many of the documents in them and – through his hundreds of media interviews – has been the public face of the release program. The following Q&A with Nick Pope gives an overview of the release of the files and is also designed as a quotable resource for journalists and academics (see especially the quotes at the end).

How much material has been released?

228 files and around 60,000 pages of documentation have been released. This is in addition to a number of UFO files that had already been released under the old Public Record Act, the best-known provision of which was the so-called 30-year rule, which said files could be considered for public release 30 years after the date of the most recent document contained in them.

Why were these files released?

There were three reasons. Firstly, the French Government released their UFO files in 2007, setting a precedent that would have been difficult for us to ignore. Secondly, the MoD hoped this would generate good PR about the Department’s commitment to open government and freedom of information, while helping to dispel rumours of a cover-up. But the third and biggest reason was that the MoD devised this as a means of dealing with the huge number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests the Department was getting on UFOs. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, there were many months when the MoD got more FOIA requests on UFOs than on any other subject. The workload involved in responding to them on a case-by-case basis was huge. But once the decision had been made (in 2007) to release the files proactively, all future FOIA requests could be dealt with simply by saying that the Department was in the process of releasing the material. In this way, new FOIA requests would not require a substantive answer, because “information intended for future release” is one of a number of FOIA exemptions. Similarly, once all the files have been released, pretty much all FOIA requests on UFOs can be dealt with by a statement saying that all information held on the subject is available at the National Archives.  

How exactly did the release take place?

Firstly, all of the material had to be scanned-in, so it was available electronically. The MoD then had to redact the files. That is, they went through them word by word and blacked out anything still classified, or anything covered by any of the other exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act. Then, the unclassified/declassified files were transferred to the National Archives. This was a slow and time-consuming process, so the files were released in separate batches. The first batch was made public in May 2008 and the final files were released in 2019.

I’ve seen one or two ufologists claim they were responsible for the file release. Is there any truth in such boasts?

No. Such claims are either dishonest or incredibly naïve. Hundreds of people made UFO-related FOIA requests. Writing in 2006, on the MoD’s website, the Under Secretary of State for Defence, Tom Watson said this: “There is a real and enduring interest in Unidentified Flying Objects. By far the most popular topic of FOI requests has been UFOs, followed by recruitment enquiries, enquiries from staff, and historical events such as World War Two, the Falklands conflict and the Balkans. Recent freedom of information releases on UFOs have attracted media interest from as far away as Japan”. This was the main factor that led the MoD to decide to transfer its UFO files to the National Archives, so it’s insulting to the hundreds of other members of the public, journalists and ufologists who lobbied MoD on this issue and made FOI requests, if any individual ufologists dishonestly try to take credit for this.

So what’s actually in the files that have been released?

Let me start by saying what’s not in the files: there’s no ‘spaceship in a hangar’ smoking gun that’s going to prove we’re being visited by extraterrestrials. If we have such a thing, I’m afraid they didn’t tell me! Now, as to what’s in the files, it’s a mixture. Firstly, there are policy documents, setting out how those of us charged with researching and investigating UFOs viewed the phenomenon. These papers set out the MoD’s strategy on the issue, so to speak. Secondly, there are the sighting reports themselves. This category is a mixed bag, because obviously the vast majority of sightings turn out to be misidentifications, so people have to wade through a lot of bland one or two-page reports of what are obviously aircraft lights or Chinese lanterns, before they get to the better material – it’s a classic example of the old saying that “the best place to hide a book is in a library”! To add to the frustration, the MoD’s investigations didn’t often generate the paper trail researchers would like. Thirdly, there are the public correspondence files. Fourthly, there are files showing how the subject was handled when raised in Parliament.

If there’s no ‘smoking gun’, what do the files show, taken collectively?

What’s readily apparent from a detailed study of all this is that the MoD was telling Parliament, the media and the public that the UFO phenomenon was of “no defence significance” and of limited interest to the MoD. However, the files show that behind the scenes, the subject was obviously taken more seriously than we let on, with many of the cases self-evidently being of great defence significance – e.g. when UFOs were seen in close proximity to military bases, were encountered by RAF pilots, or were tracked on radar by fighter controllers or air traffic controllers. Those of us working on this subject often found ourselves having to employ an Orwellian ‘doublethink’ in our handling of this issue.

Do the files cover other mysteries too?

The UFO files inevitably include some alien contact/alien abduction accounts, as well as some material on other mysteries that some people believe are linked to the UFO phenomenon, such as crop circles and animal mutilations. And occasionally – mainly because there was nowhere else in government to send such material – the UFO project received reports of ghosts seen at military bases, and approaches from psychics, offering to undertake ‘remote viewing’ for the MoD. The last batch of files that was released even contained some papers relating to interest in anti-gravity and gravity modification research expressed by MoD scientists. I wasn’t joking when I referred to MoD’s UFO project as being “the real-life X-Files”.

What has your personal involvement been with the release of these files?

Having worked on MoD’s UFO project, staff at the National Archives asked me to select some cases that could be highlighted to the media in the run-up to the release. The media could run whatever stories they liked, of course, but inevitably, most times they would pick the ones I suggested. I was asked to ensure that there were cases from all parts of the UK, so as to appeal to the regional press, and to ensure that the material selected catered to a wide cross-section of viewpoints, i.e. picking out some cases that were easy to explain, some that were genuine mysteries, some disturbing cases (e.g. near-misses between UFOs and commercial aircraft) and some of the more amusing cases in the files, such as the man who claimed that his car, tent and pet dog had been abducted by aliens. I was also asked to record a promotional video for the National Archives, drawing attention to the release and talking about it in positive terms. But my biggest involvement in all this was to do literally hundreds of TV, radio, newspaper and magazine interviews on the story (and write some of the features myself) and thus become the public face of the file release project. It was certainly a success and I appeared on a huge range of news programmes, chat shows and radio programmes, including Newsnight, BBC News, ITV News, CNN News, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Sky News, This Morning, GMTV and Radio 4’s Today programme, to name but a few.

What was it like for you on the actual days the files were released?

It was manic! As regard to the practicalities of a “file release day”, two days beforehand, an embargoed press release would be sent out to the world’s media. On a couple of occasions the embargo was broken, but we managed (just) to get the genie back into the bottle. On many occasions, I would be asked to write a feature article for a newspaper. I wrote several for The Sun, but also wrote for The Times, The Guardian and the Daily Mirror. Once the embargoed press release was sent out, I would receive requests for short, punchy comments that could be used in newspaper articles (that often ran in parallel to the features I wrote myself), as well as numerous TV and radio interview bids. I’d try to accept as many of these bids as possible, but inevitably, if I was at the BBC studios in White City for a live TV interview at 7am, I wasn’t going to be able to get to the Sky News studios in West London by 7.15am. I partly got around this by trying to stagger things, so that I would do, say, a BBC news interview at 6am, an ITV chat show at 7am and a Sky News feature at 8am. But inevitably, things got hectic and stressful, especially as the BBC, ITV and Sky studios are in different parts of London, and the traffic can be a nightmare. I’m pleased to say that I never once missed an interview, but there were certainly some very close calls. Things got even more hectic as new requests came in all the time, and there were some surreal moments, such as doing a down-the-line interview with a BBC radio station on my mobile phone, while sitting in the back of a courtesy car taking me to my next TV interview. Another way we got around these difficulties was by pre-recording things where possible. Before most file release days I would record a string of ‘to camera’ remarks about the files at the studios of ITN Productions, in Holborn. They would then produce 2 or 3 different news packages, which any media outlets could use. This was particularly useful for US networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox. If people Google “Nick Pope” & “ITN” they can watch a few of these. It became a tradition that after my final interview, usually in the late evening, the courtesy car would drop me off at my local sports bar for a well-earned cold beer.

What was your favourite interview or news feature?

I have several. Newsround and Blue Peter were great fun to do, as was The Alan Titchmarsh Show. One of the most unusual stunts involved my writing a science fiction story based on the files, for the BBC World Service show The World Today. I then had to judge the entries from listeners, who were invited to email in suggestions for continuing the story. I also enjoyed giving a talk about the file release at the Royal Albert Hall, in October 2010.

What’s your favourite story from the files?

It was good to see more papers released on ‘classic cases’ such as the Rendlesham Forest incident and the Cosford incident, though it was unfortunate that some Defence Intelligence Staff files containing documents on Rendlesham had been destroyed. There were also some interesting (and highly disturbing) reports of near-misses between UFOs and commercial aircraft. However, if readers will forgive me for highlighting a somewhat light-hearted story, I rather like the case of the man who placed a 100-1 bet that alien life would be officially confirmed by the Millennium, and then tried to enlist the help of the MoD to support his case against the bookmakers. Sadly, the man lost his bet.

How did you feel, seeing all this material again after so many years?

The whole file release project has been something of a ‘blast from the past’ for me, seeing material that I worked on (or wrote), when I never thought I’d see it again. Bear in mind that when I was working on MoD’s UFO project, the UK didn’t have a Freedom of Information Act, so the assumption was that none of the files I was working on would even be considered for public release until 30 years after a file was closed. So, there were mixed emotions really. I had some feelings of nostalgia, obviously, but also some feelings of pride at a job well done, and some regrets for the inevitable mistakes and missed opportunities.

Have all the MoD’s UFO files been released?

No. Firstly, many UFO files from the 1950s and 1960s were destroyed many years ago, before any decisions were made to retain files on this subject, or release them. Secondly, there are a number of exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act, which can exclude from public release material covering such areas as “defence”, “national security” and “intelligence”. Many exemptions in the UFO files are little more than deleting the names and addresses of witnesses, to protect their privacy, but there are cases where other exemptions have been used. The final report of an intelligence study into UFOs, codenamed Project Condign, is a good example of a publicly-released UFO document where a small (but significant) amount of information has been blacked out. Thirdly, and by the MoD’s own admission, Defence Intelligence Staff files on the Rendlesham Forest incident were “inadvertently destroyed”. Similarly, the MoD stated that a ship’s log for HMS Manchester, that might have contained details of a UFO seen during a NATO exercise, was lost after having been blown overboard by a “freak gust of wind”. Gun camera footage of UFOs taken by RAF jets in the Sixties has apparently “not survived”, while a spectacular UFO photograph that had been on my office wall for many years was “mislaid” – along with the negatives. I make no accusations of foul play here, but I can certainly understand the anger and frustration that has been expressed by some people in the UFO community and the conspiracy theory community. And finally, some additional files (mainly public correspondence) have recently come to light and will be published on the UK’s GOV.UK website in 2020.

What has been the reaction of the UFO community to the release of these files?

To be honest, the reaction was a little disappointing. True believers tended to dismiss the release as disinformation: “All the good stuff’s been held back” was a frequent comment. The revelations concerning material that has been destroyed or lost didn’t help, while my central role in publicizing the release project further fueled the fire: “He’s still on the payroll” is a phrase that I often heard from true believers and conspiracy theorists, when they saw me in the media, discussing these files. The reaction from die-hard debunkers was equally disappointing. There was a sneering tendency to focus on the odd case which clearly involved a hoax or an eccentric, while ignoring or glossing over the sightings where the witnesses were police officers, pilots or military personnel, where UFOs were tracked on radar, or where a photo or video was analysed by MoD’s technical wizards, with no evidence of fakery being found. The reasons for these reactions, of course, had to do with belief. Just as fascist and communist regimes are actually very similar, despite the apparent distance implied by phrases like “left-wing” and “right-wing”, so true believers and die-hard debunkers are actually chiseled from the same block, united by their dogma and their conclusion-led approach to the subject. The MoD files played to this, because they told neither group what they wanted to hear. True believers wanted definitive proof of extraterrestrial visitation and a government cover-up, while die-hard debunkers wanted confirmation that all sightings could be explained in terms of misidentifications, hoaxes, delusions, or people who’d had too much drink or drugs. But the files didn’t tell them this – they reflected a more subtle and complex truth about UFOs, i.e. that MoD isn’t covering up proof of extraterrestrial visitation, but that some UFO sightings appeared to defy conventional explanation, with even those of us in government not being aware of the true nature of the phenomenon.

So what happens now? Where do we go from here?

There was massive media and public interest on each of the days that the files were released, and for maybe a day or two afterwards, but memories fade quickly. There’s an old saying in the UK media that today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s fish and chip paper. Once the dust has settled, the UFO community turns its attention elsewhere. More sightings take place, new stories surface and things move on. MoD’s UFO files are a valuable resource, but in time they will doubtless become little more relevant to the ufological debate as, say, the Project Blue Book archive. In the final analysis, little will change. True believers and die-hard debunkers will occasionally cherry-pick cases, information and quotes that fit their existing worldview – a classic case of what cognitive science calls “confirmation bias”. Ultimately though, true believers will naïvely continue to believe every tall tale they hear, while die-hard debunkers will dishonestly ignore good data, or alter the facts of a case so as to shoehorn it into their pre-conceived views. The irony is that UFO phenomenon itself will endure, as it always has done, oblivious to the views of either faction.

Do you have any final comments to make on the release of these files?

Perhaps I can finish by restating two points I made when the June 2013 file release took place, as they were quoted in most of the media articles about this story. I think they encapsulate things quite nicely:

“I hope people have as much fun reading these real-life X-Files as I had working on them. These documents don’t resolve the UFO mystery but they certainly show how the phenomenon was just as intriguing to the government as it is to the public.”

“These are the real-life X-Files. Most UFO sightings had conventional explanations, but a small percentage remained unexplained. These included cases where UFOs were seen by police officers, chased by pilots and tracked on radar. Whatever you think about UFOs, the release of these files shines a light on one of the most intriguing subjects ever studied by the British Government”.

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18-08-2023 om 00:44 geschreven door peter  

Ex-Defence Minister: E.T.s From Andromeda & Saturn’s Moon Visiting Earth For Thousands Of Years

There are already dozens of claims in favor of extraterrestrial visitation. Today, numerous astronauts and government officials support the UAP phenomena, and some are highly positive that they could have an alien origin. The Honorable Paul Hellyer (1923-2021), former Canadian Minister of Defense said extraterrestrials have been visiting our planet for thousands of years and it is likely that at least two of them are working with the U.S. government and sharing their highly-advanced technologies with humans.

In the 1960s, Paul Hellyer, a high-ranking official during the Cold War, asserted that he had discovered with certainty about the existence of aliens while serving in the military. He said that people from other worlds had been coming to Earth for a very long time. He insisted that a lot of the stuff that makes up our high-tech gadgetry had been gifted to us by overly-advanced ETs.

Hellyer had long expressed his views on extraterrestrials in public. He testified at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in May 2013 in Washington, DC. Five former members of U.S. Congress and one former U.S. senator listened to more than thirty hours of testimony from government officials, military personnel, researchers, and witnesses.

Huffington Post Canada described that, as part of his testimony, Hellyer stated that “aliens are living among us and that it is likely at least two of them are working with the U.S. government.” More specifically, Hellyer announced that at least four species of extraterrestrials had been visiting Earth for thousands of years. According to Huffington Post Canada, he also stated that some extraterrestrials originate from the “Zeta Reticuli, the Pleiades, Orion, Andromeda, and Altair star systems” and “may have different agendas.”

He first spoke openly about his belief governments are covering up an alien presence back in 2005, saying UFOs are as plentiful in our sky as airplanes. “Much of the media won’t touch it, so you just have to keep working away at it and we will get a critical mass and one day they will say Mr. President or Mr. Prime Minister, we want the truth and we want it now because it affects our lives.”

In 2013, Hellyer appeared on the RT interview show SophieCo with Sophie Shevardnadze to discuss extraterrestrials and UFOs. Shevardnadze asked Hellyer, “Why do you say that UFOs are as real as airplanes flying over our heads?” Hellyer replied, “Because I know that they are. As a matter of fact, they’ve been visiting our planet for thousands of years.” He further stated military action had brought down UFOs, and humans had adapted alien technology for use on Earth. (Source)

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He said: “As far as technology is concerned, they are light years ahead of us, and we have learned a lot of things from them. A lot of the things we use today we got from them, you know – led lights and microchips and Kevlar vests and all sorts things that we got from their technology and we could get a lot more too, especially in the fields of medicine and agriculture if we would go about it peacefully. But, I think, maybe some of our people are more interested in getting the military technology, and I think that’s wrong-headed, and that’s one of the things that we are going to have to change, because we’re going to have to work together, all of us, everywhere on the planet.”

Shevardnadze asked: “Have you ever had your own encounter with aliens?” Hellyer replied: “Not encounter with aliens, no. I’ve seen a UFO, about 120 miles north of Toronto, over Lake Muskoka, where I have a cottage. Two years ago, at Thanksgiving, which is October, [my wife?] said that she wanted to go out and look at the stars, so… I’m not much of a night man… but I put on my cap and went out with her and she looked into the eastern sky and said, ‘There’s a star,’ and I turned the other way and said, ‘Oh, there’s a much brighter one over here,’ and she looked there and we watched it until our necks almost broke for about 20 minutes, and it was definitely a UFO because it could change position in the sky by three or four degrees in three or four seconds.”

Shevardnadze further asked Hellyer if shooting down those UFOs was risking an interstellar war, and, if so, “should we be creating a Star Wars force to defend ourselves from possible invasion or something like that?”

Hellyer said: “I think it’s a possibility, but it’s a possibility especially if we shoot down every UFO that comes into our airspace without asking who they are and what they want. Right from the beginning, we started scrambling planes, trying to shoot them down, but their technology was superior enough that we weren’t able to get away with it, certainly not for a long while.”

He continued: “During that period of time they could have taken us over without any trouble if they wanted to, so I think, rather than developing our own Star Wars to protect ourselves against them, we should work with the benign species that are of a vast majority and work together, and rely largely on them, of course, and cooperate, so that we would be contributing something at the same time; I don’t think there’s any point in us developing a galactic force that would tempt us to ride on our own and get into mischief, which is one of the things that some of them are concerned about.”

On countering physicist Stephen Hawking’s assertion that any alien visitors to Earth would likely be malevolent, Hellyer argued that not only have aliens already visited Earth but that they have helped contribute to humanity’s technological progress. He said earthlings owe a lot to their alien friends. “Even that computer screen on your desk,” he said, “can trace its origins to spaceships. Microchips, for example, fiber-optics, they are just two of the many things that allegedly — and probably for real — came from crashed vehicles,” Hellyer added. (Source)

Hellyer was not the only one speaking of a partnership between humans and extraterrestrial intelligence. The former head of the Israeli space security program and retired general Haim Eshed also claimed that a sort of agreement had been made between aliens and the US government to keep silent on their experiments on Earth and secret bases on Mars.

Mr. Eshed said that aliens and “Galactic federation” do exist and have been working with the US and the Israel government for years, but they keep it a secret to avoid mass hysteria. According to him, President Trump was aware of it and has already been in contact with space aliens. He further said that the aliens have been waiting for humans to evolve and reach a certain stage to actually understand space and spaceships. Besides, they signed a contract with humans to do experiments on Earth and also research with them to learn the fabric of the universe.

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18-08-2023 om 00:24 geschreven door peter  

In 1979, a military pilot photographed a UFO over Italy

JAKE CARTER

Pilot Giancarlo Cecconi was returning to Treviso AFB, Italy, in his G-91R fighter with his G-91R group 14 of the Air Force’s 2nd Fighter Wing, after completing a reconnaissance mission on June 18, 1979 at 11:30 am.

The Istrana Radar Center (TV) registered the intruder’s presence on its radar screens and instructed Cecconi to approach an unidentified aircraft that entered the restricted area.

With unused film in the cameras of his aircraft, the pilot activated the cameras and approached the UFO at a distance of 70-80 meters and at a speed estimated at 300 knots (450-500 km).

Airport ground staff watched the event through binoculars. Cecconi was called in by the Treviso control tower to warn him that the object was emitting a strange blue trail.

He pursued the object at an altitude of 7,000 feet, but did not notice its trace. When the pilot approached the object, he moved up and down at an altitude of 1,000 feet at a time, climbing up to 13,000 feet.

Cecconi flew seven to eight flights near the object and each time photographed the UFO with a camera, resulting in 82 frames in which the intruder was captured.

The visible UFO was stationary relative to the G-91, but the radar center confirmed to Sesconi that it was moving, its course and speed were determined.

The pilot saw a matte black cylindrical object and the presence of a small white or transparent “dome” located on the upper side of a slightly flattened object.

The dome was similar in shape to those found on sports cars. While Cecconi was making another call to return to another series of photographs, Istrana’s radar called and reported that the object had suddenly disappeared from their and other radars.

Seconds later, Treviso’s control tower confirmed that the UFO had visually disappeared. A few minutes later the plane landed, the films were removed and quickly developed.

The object was a cylindrical object no less than eight meters (26 feet) long and no more than three in diameter, flying thirteen thousand feet in the sky.

The incident is significant thanks to the camera footage, radar, and visual evidence from several witnesses, including a highly respected fighter pilot.

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17-08-2023 om 23:58 geschreven door peter  

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander snaps 1st photo of lunar surface

Russia's first moon mission in nearly 50 years keeps notching milestones.

The Luna-25 lander has snapped its first detailed photo of the moon's surface, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced today (Aug. 17) in a Telegram post.

"Pictured is the south polar crater Zeeman on the far side of the moon," Roscosmos officials wrote in the post, which also shared the photo. "The coordinates of the center of the crater correspond to 75 degrees south latitude and 135 degrees west longitude." (The post is in Russian; translation by Google.)

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• Russia launches Luna-25 moon lander, its 1st lunar probe in 47 years

Luna-25 launched on Aug. 10, marking the start of a new era of Russian space exploration. The last Russian moon probe to take flight was Luna-24 in 1976, when the nation was still part of the Soviet Union.

Luna-25 snapped its first in-space photos on Sunday (Aug. 13), capturing selfies with the distant moon and Earth in the background. That milestone was soon followed by an even bigger one — reaching lunar orbit, a success that Roscosmos announced yesterday (Aug. 16). 

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17-08-2023 om 22:57 geschreven door peter  

Dinosaur Wall Mystery: How Did Dino Prints End Up On Bolivian Cliff Face?

Long before we left our mark with handprints on cavern walls, some unexpected artists left their traces on Bolivian rock faces. These mysterious imprints? None other than dinosaur tracks! A magical blend of events left us puzzling over these traces on a nearly vertical wall.

The dinosaur track wall at Bolivia’s Cretaceous Park.

(Source: CC BY 2.0 ).

Mural of Mysteries

Tucked away in Bolivia's Chuquisaca, near its capital Sucre, Cal Orcko boasts the Parque Cretácico (‘Cretaceous Park’), famed for a wall teeming with the world's densest collection of dinosaur tracks. Imagine the buzz of discovering not just one, but thousands of ancient footprints! Dubbed the ‘dinosaur dancefloor', this crisscross of trails helps researchers picture various dinosaur species that once ruled, played, and competed here.

Disturbing the Dinosaurs

Cal Orcko means ‘lime hill’ in the local Quechua language, and is an indication of the rock found at the site, i.e. limestone. This site is located within the territory of FANCESA, the national cement company of Bolivia. This cement company has been quarrying limestone for many decades, and it was the workers of this company who discovered the first dinosaur footprints at Cal Orcko in 1985. It was, however, only nine years later, in 1994, that the giant dinosaur track wall was exposed by mining activities.

Although palaeontologists had begun to investigate the dinosaur tracks, exposure to the elements and mining operations resulted in the erosion and crumbling of the wall. To protect it, it shut its doors for 8 years, finally reemerging as a tourist magnet in 2006.

Dinosaur (titanosaurs) footprints.

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Wall of Prehistoric Fame

Undoubtedly, the park's crown jewel is the dinosaur track wall, stretching 80 m high and 1200 m long. It's a footprint treasure trove with over 5055 identified marks, branching into 462 unique trails, which showcase up to 15 different dinosaur species, all from the Cretaceous era. Hence, the park's moniker.

Tracing the Footprints

It has been speculated that the Sucre area was once a large ocean inlet, and Cal Orcko a part of its shoreline. As dinosaurs walked along this shoreline during the Cretaceous period, they left their footprints in the soft clay, and were preserved when the clay solidified during the dry periods. A new layer of sediment would cover up the old one, and the process would begin again. As a result of this, multiple layers of dinosaur tracks were formed over time. This became evident in 2010, when a section of the wall collapsed. Whilst this destroyed some of the tracks, it also revealed another layer of footprints underneath it.

The Wall’s Rise to Fame

It has been hypothesized that the ocean inlet eventually became an isolated freshwater lake, based on the presence of freshwater creatures in the fossil evidence. Additionally, as a consequence of the shifting of the tectonic plates during the Tertiary period, the path that the dinosaurs once walked on rose upwards, and became an almost vertical wall. This is what led to today’s appearance of dinosaur tracks climbing the wall.

In the past, the cliff wall was fully accessible to the public, though in recent years, visitors could only get a glimpse of the wall from a viewing platform within the park. A new path has been unveiled, however, that allows visitors to get within a few meters of the wall, thus allowing much closer access to the dinosaur footprints.

The Wall’s Fragile Future

One of the main concerns regarding the dinosaur track wall is the fact that it is a limestone cliff. Pieces of rock, which may occasionally detach and fall from the cliff, can be considered to be a safety hazard. More alarming is the estimation that if the tracks are not adequately protected, it would be completely destroyed due to erosion in the near future. Therefore, the park is seeking to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which would provide it with the funds to carry out conservation work.

• Top image: Fossilized dinosaur footprints at Cal Orko, Bolivia.
• Source: Nataliya / Adobe Stock.

By: Wu Mingren 

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17-08-2023 om 22:28 geschreven door peter  

NASA ROVER DISCOVERS STRANGE HEXAGONAL PATTERNS ON MARS THAT COULD SUGGEST PAST LIFE

Mars once again delivers an enchanting science trove.

BY DORIS ELÍN URRUTIA

 

A close-up of a panorama taken by the Curiosity rover’s Mastcam at a Martian site called Pontours reveals hexagonal patterns — outlined in red in the same image, right — that suggest these mud cracks formed after many wet-dry cycles occurring over years.  

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/IRAP)

Hexagonal formations on Mars are record-keepers of its ancient wet environment — and may reveal if Earth’s neighbor could have ever supported microbial life.

On August 9, the journal Nature published a paper based on observations made by NASA’s Curiosity rover, a mission that, earlier this month, celebrated its eleventh year of exploring Gale Crater. There are cracks within the hexagonal formations the six-wheeled rover encountered in 2021 that formed “in fresh mud,” caused by ongoing and intense wet-dry cycles on the surface of ancient Mars.

These polygons hint at a critical transition in Mars’ global mineral composition, with important implications for life on Mars. “This indicates that the Noachian–Hesperian transition (3.8–3.6 billion years ago) may have sustained an Earth-like climate regime, and surface environments favourable to prebiotic evolution,” the paper authors write.

WHAT DO THESE HEXAGONS MATTER?

Climate models require a lot of data. Thankfully, these hexagons help fill in a gap.

Mars looks relatively barren today when compared to what it probably was like billions of years ago. Scientists know that Mars had persistent wet surface environments in its ancient history, but they have fewer clues about when that climate would move between wet and dry like Earth does. These are important to understand because, without them, models of ancient Mars’ hydroclimate are incomplete, and scientists are prone to drawing “diverging” results from one another.

That’s why the hexagons are a useful tool for Mars climatologists. The hexagons reveal these episodic changes, as their initial T-shaped junctions likely formed when the wet surface dried up. When water returned and softened up these cracks, they turned into Y-shaped junctions that make the hexagonal patterns.

According to a NASA statement that describes the findings, water does not always equate life-friendly conditions. There must be a finesse.

“Although water is essential to life, a careful balance is needed — not too much water, not too little. The kinds of conditions that sustain microbial life — those that allow a long-lasting lake, for example — aren’t the same as the conditions scientists think are required to promote chemical reactions that might lead to life,” write agency officials.

LIFE REQUIRES A BALANCE TO EMERGE

The hexagons on Mars’ surface are a sign that the right conditions may have existed to make polymers, the long chains of carbon-based molecules that act like the building blocks of life as we know it.

Polymers are forged through special chemical reactions. It turns out that polymers can form from short-term episodes of wet and dry conditions, like those behind the hexagonal shapes.

According to NASA, these cycles control the concentration of chemicals that feed the reactions required to form these building blocks of life.

Curiosity scientists are thrilled about the new findings. “Over 11 years, we’ve found ample evidence that ancient Mars could have supported microbial life,” Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada shares in the NASA statement. “Now, the mission has found evidence of conditions that may have promoted the origin of life, too.”

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17-08-2023 om 20:55 geschreven door peter  

A team of researchers says they have developed a new technique that allows them to cool a small membrane to temperatures nearing absolute zero, the theoretically lowest temperature attainable, with nothing more than light from lasers.

For centuries, it has been understood that the reflection of light off the surface of objects produces a force. Such observations led astronomer Johannes Kepler to first envision the concept of solar sails which, like the sails that capture wind and propel boats across the ocean, could drive futuristic sailing vessels through space.

Such ideas helped early astronomers understand why the appearances of comets always revealed them to be oriented with their tails in the direction opposite of the Sun. Today, scientists are employing the light force in novel ways that allow atoms and other particles to be slowed down and thus cooled.

The results of such technology could enable innovative new applications that include sensors that possess unparalleled sensitivity. However, cooling particles down to such extreme temperatures, such as those nearing absolute zero, isn’t a simple task, and generally requires an array of specialized equipment.

Enter Professor Philipp Treutlein of the University of Basel, along with Dr. Patrick Potts, whose team has succeeded at producing a new process that allows a wafer-thin membrane to be cooled to such extremely cold temperatures—close to 273.15 Celsius—with nothing but laser light.

In the past, Professor Treutlein worked alongside Theodor W. Hänsch in his lab at LMU Munich and the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, initially working as a doctoral student in Jakob Reichel’s team. Treutlein eventually went on to lead a team of his own, which undertook studies with ultracold atoms, primarily in what are known as “atom chips”, consisting of chip-based microtraps.

Through their studies, Terutlein and his team were able to demonstrate a chip-based atomic clock, as well as a unique atom interferometer, in addition to conducting some of the earliest experiments involving quantum metrology with entangled atoms.

In 2010, Treutlein came to the University of Basel, establishing a team that continued research into ultracold atoms, along with optomechanics (involving interactions between electromagnetic radiation and mechanical systems related to radiation pressure), as well as hybrid quantum systems.

The new technique Treutlein’s team of researchers devised is novel because the cooling effect they succeeded in engineering can be achieved even without any requirement for making measurements, which are significant in terms of the laws of quantum mechanics since measuring any component of a system will inevitably lead to a change in its quantum state, resulting in disturbances.

Although measurement is typically also required in things like a feedback loop, the Basel University researchers were able to find a workaround for this by developing what they characterize as a coherent feedback loop, where laser light is used to function as both a sensor, but also as a kind of damper that allowed them cool thermal vibrations in a small silicon nitrate membrane.

“Our platform consists of a light beam exerting a force onto a nanomechanical membrane oscillator,” the team reports in a recent paper detailing their experiments. “Vibrations of the membrane generate a phase modulation on the light, which serves as a readout signal.”

Directing a laser onto the membrane, the reflected light was fed into a 30-meter-long fiber optic cable that allowed optimal delay times of close to 100 nanoseconds, while vibrations in the membrane produced very minute changes in the oscillations of the light being reflected.

From the oscillations, the team was able to obtain information that was used with a time delay to determine the exact amount of force to be applied to the membrane with the same laser light.

Maryse Ernzer, a Ph.D. student and lead author of the new research paper outlining the team’s studies, compared it to “slowing down a swing by briefly touching the ground with one’s feet at the right time.

The lowest expected temperatures were calculated using a theoretical description based on the new technique, which the researchers say experimental results were able to thereafter confirm.

Postdoc researcher Dr. Manel Bosch Aguilera, also one of the team members, said in a statement that he and his colleagues succeeded in cooling the membrane to 480 micro-Kelvin, which approaches within one-thousandth of a degree of absolute zero.

Based on their findings, the researchers hope to find ways to improve their new technique, allowing future experiments with membranes under such conditions to be chilled to the lowest possible temperatures indicating the membrane’s quantum mechanical ground state.

Once this is achieved, the researchers foresee being able to create “squeezed states” in the membrane, conditions that would be useful in the construction of sensors with applications that include atomic force microscopes capable of observing surfaces at resolutions down to the nanometer.

The team’s paper, “Optical Coherent Feedback Control of a Mechanical Oscillator,” was published in Physical Review X.

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on Twitter: @MicahHanks. 

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17-08-2023 om 20:36 geschreven door peter  

Ex-CIA Officer On UFOs & Aliens: Says ‘They Are Showing Up In 2027’

By Vicky Verma

In the 1940s, the CIA first became involved in UFOs. Since then, a number of former US military personnel and CIA officers have advanced UFOlogy by making stunning remarks. Former CIA and US military officials including R. James Woolsey, John Brennan, Jim Semivan, Lue Elizondo, and others have described how the existence of reality all around us that we are unable to perceive could be a major aspect of the UFO phenomenon.

Since 2021, John Ramirez, who spent 25 years in the CIA, has been providing truthful insights into the UAPs that he learned in his career. He is a highly intelligent individual who has an immense amount of knowledge and experience regarding the U.S. intelligence apparatus and the UAP subject. He has made an impressive social media presence after he revealed many UAP-related mysteries that had never been discussed in public by any government official.

CIA retired John Ramirez, who specialized in ballistic missile defense systems, worked for the CIA from 1984 to 2009, holding positions in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Directorate of Science and Technology, and the Directorate of Intelligence. He attained GS-15 grade, which indicates that he worked for the agency in a relatively senior capacity.

His appearance on the highly acclaimed Witness Citizen podcast on October 17, 2021 created a huge burst in the UFO community. Later, Ramirez made an appearance on Project Unity, where he delivered a series of slides to assist researchers in navigating the FOIA process. Ramirez was particularly helpful in identifying the appropriate agencies to contact when requesting particular types of information.

The slides, which are available online, also include historical information about UFOs and current statements made by prominent former U.S. intelligence officials, including John Ratcliffe, a former director of national intelligence. He stated a schematic on how to investigate a UFO in the CIA style:

Establish a group to investigate and evaluate sightings;
Determine the objectives of your investigation;
Consult with experts;
Create a reporting system to organize incoming cases;
Eliminate false positives;
Develop a methodology to identify common aircraft and other aerial phenomena often mistaken for UFOs;
Examine witness documentation;
Conduct controlled experiments;
Gather and test physical and forensics evidence and Discourage false reporting.

Ramirez made assumptions regarding the current UFO disclosure procedure, and it appears that his opinions may have been influenced by members of the intelligence community, either current or former, or perhaps by individuals connected to the Department of Defense. During his interview with Project Unity, Ramirez claimed that the US government does not currently discuss the UFO craft’s occupants. This is a significant comment from Ramirez, who has asserted his opinion that UFOs may indeed represent a form of non-human intelligence.

Ramirez is not the first CIA agent to make the assertion that UFOs might be non-human intelligence. John Brennan, a former CIA director, suggested that UFOs might be “a different form of life.” Brennan said: “You try to ensure that you have as much data as possible in terms of visuals and also different types of maybe technical collection of sensors that you have at the time. (Source)

Also, I believe, it’s important to reach out into other environments and find out, were there any type of weather phenomena at that time that might have, in fact, created the appearance of the phenomenon that you’re looking at? Were there some things that were happening on the ground, or other types of phenomena that could help explain what seems to be quite a mystery as far as what is there? You really have to approach it with an open mind, but get as much data as possible and get as much expertise as possible brought to bear.”

Ramirez made an intriguing statement in response to the rumor that the US government is reluctant to discuss the potential UFO occupants. The U.S. Air Force may be partially to blame for this current stance, according to Ramirez. However, not for obvious reasons. He commented:

“The air force and their exploitation of that type of technology made a mess of things, as when people see the triangular craft, and they’re not flying in space but in our atmosphere, it points to the fact that we know what the triangles are and we want people to think they’re seeing UFOs because then people won’t know exactly what they’re seeing.”

Some speculated that Ramirez suggests that the USAF may be responsible for sightings of triangular aircraft, which some have dubbed the TR3B. On the Joe Rogan Experience, Tom Delonge implied that the United States government owned such vessels, but also said that some of them belonged to other intelligence. Delonge claimed that triangle-shaped craft, assuming they contain tail fins, symbolize human technology.

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According to a member of the US House of Representatives Tim Burchett, it may all have started after the government recovered crashed alien vehicles. During an interview for On Balance With Leland Vittert, Burchett was asked about the Navy’s possession of more videos of UFOs that it is not willing to release to the public for reasons of National Security.

If anti-gravitic crafts exist, then potentially, such technology will be disclosed throughout the disclosure process. Former senator Harry Reid has already asserted that Lockheed Martin may have UFO materials, thus perhaps technology does exist. According to Lue Elizondo, the disclosure procedure and potential international collaboration (including with China) may lead to amazing technological advancements. (Source)

Ross Coulthart, an investigative journalist, in his tweet shared a link to a YouTube video (which is now private), stating John Ramirez tells IUFOC the agency’s weird desk investigations into UAP never stopped from the 1940s. “These are ongoing programs from the very beginning. They are still there.” It’s “more than” just the Pentagon’s AAWSAP-AATIP. Check the below Twitter thread to understand the context Coulthart is trying to explain.

“There for them to ask me questions. But it was very clear to me that AATIP was not the first of its kind effort. There was an organized effort back in the 80s to do exactly this as well. Now how far they got, I don’t know because what was told to me, verbatim,” Elizondo said.

Ramirez also experienced what might be considered alien abduction-type experiences, including being placed on an examination table in a circular craft. Interestingly, a number of his counterparts in the CIA and NSA also had UFO experiences, he revealed. In his job related to missile defense, he became aware of times when Russian radar would detect unusual craft, and in one instance, he said they tried to lure a UAP into landing.

Ramirez noted that CIA historian Gerald Haines wrote about the agency’s study of UFOs from 1947 through the 1990s, for a division that was initially called the Office of Scientific Intelligence. What was particularly intriguing to Ramirez is that the division had life sciences and medical people on staff, indicating possible interest in alien bodies.

He also described how an Air Force pilot on the plane that flew near Kamchatka to monitor Russian tests observed a massive “milky white wall” of light flying toward him at 6,200 mph, though the Air Force assumed it was some kind of countermeasure by the Russians. Regarding the military sightings of “trans-medium” UAP like the Tic Tacs, Ramirez said he does not believe that Russia or any other foreign country has the capabilities to produce this kind of antigravity technology.

Elizondo made these points in several interviews, but in this one, he was asked to elaborate on his comments about how our senses are reductive and limit our reality, and how this might be relevant to the phenomenon.

In his interview with Project Unity, Ramirez opined that Humans are hybrids. According to him, Elizondo is unable to use the word “hybridization,” but the Pentagon employees are counting on him to do so eventually. Elizondo discussed the possibility that non-human intelligence have been in contact with humans for a very long time on the Theories of Everything podcast. This would imply that we have all forgotten about our own past, which would hide the possibility that we are hybrids of humans and extraterrestrials.

Something is coming in 2027

On Podcast UFO with Martin Wills, Ramirez claimed that government is aware of an impending event in 2027 which 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 are 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? would we just simply prepare for a conflict or would we actually initiate something? (Source)

Former CIA replied:

“I think the dialogue we have now in this country, even with the recent legislation that passed through the legislature and is on its way up to the president’s desk, is preparing the U.S population, and by extension the world population, for the reality that there is a presence here that we need to explain. If they show up and we continue to do what we did before in previous decades, there will be mass panic. However, if we understand that these are real and we have five years from 2022, or maybe now four years, if they come in 2027, for the US government to prepare the people about what is up there.

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.

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17-08-2023 om 18:46 geschreven door peter  

UFO Hides On Clouds Edge, California Aug 14, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Aug 14, 2023

Location of  sighting: California, USA
Source: MUFON

 

The eyewitness didn't cite his city, so its unknown, but its clear they were on a wilderness trial with their bikes as he states below. The video is only 18 seconds long but it's absolutely amazing. It shows us the craft is spinning and the craft is hiding on the edge of a cloud, watching the guys on the bikes. Yet the UFO still attempts to hide. He also shows in a photo submitted a plane nearby and the UFO further away from the clouds, but then the UFO heads into the clouds to take cover from human eyes. This is 100% proof it's alien...only aliens would want to hide, and yes, they are afraid of us...afraid of alarming us, afraid of causing us to panic. Yes, even aliens worry about others emotions and reactions. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

Eyewitness states: 

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17-08-2023 om 18:05 geschreven door peter  

Pilot Encircled by UFOs and Struggles to Maintain Control

In the vast realm of UFO encounters, few stories capture the intensity and intrigue of Carlos De Los Santos’ mid-air experience. On May 3rd, 1975, what began as a routine flight turned into a life-altering experience that would forever haunt this pilot from Mexico.

A Normal Day with an Extraordinary Twist

Carlos, after dropping off passengers in the seaport town of Zihuatanejo on the Pacific coast, was flying his Piper pa-24 Comanche back to Mexico City. The skies were clear, and visibility was perfect. Approximately an hour into his flight at 10,000 feet, Carlos noticed a gray, wingless object floating beside his plane. But this was just the beginning.

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Suddenly, two more similar objects appeared — one to his right and another straight ahead. The one in front quickly dove below his plane, and to Carlos’s shock, he felt a thud. Fear gripped him as he realized that the objects were somehow controlling his plane. Despite his best efforts, his aircraft’s controls didn’t respond, and the plane began a terrifying ascent.

A Battle for Control

Pushing the boundaries of imagination, these unidentified flying objects seemed to have hijacked the Piper’s controls. Carlos watched in horror as the yoke moved on its own, causing the plane to climb dangerously close to its maximum altitude. Breathing became difficult in the unpressurized cabin, and the perilous height threatened a stall that could send the aircraft crashing.

Carlos’s frantic Mayday calls painted a distressing picture. He described the mysterious objects surrounding his plane and pleaded for guidance, but the climax was yet to come. As he neared a mountainous region, the objects suddenly detached and sped towards Mount Pobakatta Pedal volcano, leaving Carlos to grapple with a plane that refused to obey.

An Airport Ordeal

Regaining control was only the first part of Carlos’s ordeal. The UFO encounter had affected his landing gear, making descent a challenging task. With resilience and quick thinking, he improvised with a screwdriver to force the landing gear lever down. After several tense moments and numerous rounds circling the airport, Carlos managed a safe landing.

This incredible mid-air drama might have become another dismissed UFO story, if not for one compelling detail: the Mexican Air Traffic Control had also tracked these unexplained objects, offering Carlos vital corroboration.

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The aftermath of this high-altitude drama was equally chilling. Carlos faced not only the skepticism of a public hard to convince but also veiled threats from enigmatic figures. These “men in black” approached him twice, urging him to remain silent about his close encounter. Even when set to discuss his experience with famed UFO investigator J. Alan Heineck, Carlos was met with warnings.

However, with time, Carlos did speak out. His story stands as one of the most incredible aviation-UFO encounters, showcasing the fine line between belief and skepticism, understanding and mystery. While Carlos survived his encounter, other pilots faced dire consequences, raising questions and fueling debates in the realm of extraterrestrial encounters.

This intriguing tale from the skies above Mexico, though mostly overlooked in the U.S., serves as a reminder that sometimes, the skies hold secrets beyond our comprehension.

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17-08-2023 om 17:04 geschreven door peter  

Ever since the 1950s, when reports of UFOs began taking hold, the official line from the Pentagon has been that several are just military aircraft. Conspiracy buffs may claim these are just excuses, but the fact is that several experimental military aircraft used over the years are, in fact, outlandish enough to be mistaken for a flying saucer or otherworldly craft. Many were simply experimental models that could never be flown for real even when tested.

Other aircraft are notable for not only being in production but used for years. They stand out looking like some sort of advanced space fighter jet, while others have designs that defy the conventional idea of aircraft engineering.''

Seeing these in flight, it’s little wonder someone might mistake them for an aircraft from outer space. These ten amazing military aircraft look straight out of a sci-fi movie and little wonder some might spark the UFO buffs nicely.

10. Martin X-24B Lifting Body

One of the key training ships for NASA, the X-24B improved on the design of the X-24A and really did look like some sci-fi “drop ship” ready to fly. As it happens, that’s exactly what happened as the X-24B was launched from a B-52 before igniting its rockets for a landing.

It allowed pilots to test near zero-gravity conditions and master unpowered reentry and landing. It was also a cool-looking vehicle designed to fly fast and get a good landing, but it still stands out as an amazing ride for the actual space program.

9. North American X-15

The U.S. military had a fondness in the 1950s for “lean and mean” aircraft and the X-15 was a prime example. Looking like a missile with small wings, it set a record of Mach 6.7 at nearly 20 miles up, the world record for the highest speed recorded by a manned crew.

In fact, those pilots qualified for astronaut status before the space program got going. Thanks to that performance and its great design (plus how it could be dropped from a bomber), the X-15 qualified as close to spacecraft as a regular jet could get.

8. Vought V-173

If any U.S. aircraft could have helped spark the UFO crazy, it was “the Flying Pancake.” Created as an experimental program in World War II, the Vought V-173 was nothing but a huge disc-shaped body lifting the small cockpit up and the large propellers at the front making it odder.

The near-vertical takeoff aspect was revolutionary for the time and the craft made nearly 200 test flights. While it couldn’t get into full production, the sight of the V-173 taking flight over an airbase no doubt pushed a lot of flying saucer reports over the years.

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7. Douglas X3 Stiletto

It’s nice when an aircraft is self-explanatory in its name. The Douglas X-3 looks just like its title, a stiletto ready to jab its way anywhere. It’s historic as the first use of titanium in major airplane components and its amazingly thin construction added to its appeal.

The Stilettos frame looks just like a rocket ship from a 1950s movie, so little wonder it could be mistaken for the real thing. It never got to full production as it failed to reach Mach-1, but Lockheed used it as the basis for the F-104 Starfighter to show the Stiletto made its mark.

6. McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

Even for something nicknamed “the Goblin,” this was a weird excuse for an aircraft. A “parasite fighter,” it was designed to drop from the larger Convair B-36 bomber and then take off for fast attacks. It had to be small to fit but still bizarre with its squat nose and looks more like a kid’s toy of what a fighter jet should be.

As it happened, the jet couldn’t match the combat requirements needed so the project was canceled, although it would inspire future ideas for a drop-craft beyond a sci-fi vehicle.

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5. SNECMA C450 Coleoptera

It never got past testing, but this French attempt at a VTOL craft has to count as an aircraft looking more like it’s ready for a flight to the moon. It looks more like the front half of a larger plane cut in two, with the strange tube-like shape adding to its fun appeal.

That it appears to be rolling on wheels like a shopping cart before takeoff is weird, yet it was promised to launch fast and maneuver off its triangular winglets. They could never crack it, so it was ended after a few test flights but marked an aircraft only the French could create.

4. SR-71 Blackbird

If anything speaks to how fantastic the Blackbird is, the X-Men comics still have the team using it as their primary craft. One of the fastest aircraft of its time, the Blackbird was designed to avoid surface-to-air missiles and harder to catch on radar with its speed and unique construction.

It can roll past some modern aircraft with ease and the fun design seems straight out of a comic book. Put it in a dark night and the Blackbird can confuse more than a few folks about its earthly origins.

3. RQ-3 Darkstar

This Lockheed Martin craft always catches the eye due to its unique design. The unmanned aerial vehicle was meant to avoid radar detection but canceled after some test flights due to not being aerodynamically stable as well as too expensive.

That wing design may have been a factor with one wing for longer than the other (it would vary between models) with the bulging central part appearing pretty otherworldly. While not confirmed to have been put into actual production, the Darkstar is still a pretty weird sight.

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2. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

Seriously, looking at the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk looks like something out of a lower-rate Star Wars knock-off but still a standout craft. While not quite a full “stealth” fighter, it did boast great speeds, heavy armoring and a design that seemed ready to make a trench run at the Death Star.

That fancy cockpit is amazingly cool and the armament backs it up in a top performance. While semi-retired today, the Nighthawk can still tear it up in the daytime as an aircraft ahead of its time.

1. B-2 Stealth Bomber

From the moment it rolled out in 1989, the B-2 Stealth Bomber was seen as something from another world. While not as truly “invisible to radar” as hoped, the B-2, in various incarnations, stood out with that massive wingspan and unique design that looked like some otherworldly fighter plane.

It’s little wonder it got mixed up for a UFO over the years as that huge wingspan always caught the eye. It’s ironic a plane meant to avoid detection could never stop getting eyes on it constantly.

Sources:

• military.com,
• popularmechanics.com,
• aerotime.aero

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16-08-2023 om 21:43 geschreven door peter  

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16-08-2023 om 21:07 geschreven door peter  

Ancient Alien Monolith 3km High On Planet Mercury, UFO Sighting News.

 

Date of discovery: Aug 16, 2023

Location of discovery: Planet Mercury

Source Map exact location: 

https://mercury.quickmap.io/?extent=-176.7183265%2C-10.8896891%2C-174.2412547%2C-

9.4874096&id=msgr_public&showTerrain=true&queryOpts=N4XyA&layers=NrCMBYCYBoAZt

A6JIE5YGYn0QOwK4A2h0A3gL4C6lZVy4GWOSIGoArONkgcbdf0pA&proj=5

I found a huge Monolith at the center of a crater on planet Mercury in a NASA map today. The crater itself is just over 20km across according to the map ruler. Most craters that big are 3-4km deep, and with this monolith sticking up it looks to be that same exact height...just peeping over its top by a few meters. Coincidence? I don't believe in coincidences, I believe in scientific data, and photographs are serious facts. The old saying, that a photo is worth a thousand words, spoken by Henrik Ibsen may just been a serious underestimate. This photo is worth no a thousand words, not a million words, but a whole library of books would still not have enough words for this discovery. You see, this is 100% proof of an ancient alien culture exist or once existed in our own solar system. A discovery that is unknown to the world right now, but will reside silently on my site for years to come. Thats how the real evidence exists right now, passively waiting, hoping that someone somewhere will see it and acknowledge its existence. Till then, I am here bringing the truth to light and let history decide. 

Scott C. Waring 

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16-08-2023 om 18:20 geschreven door peter