Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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MY BLOG EXISTS ALREADY 13 YEARS AND 2 MONTH.
ON 06/08/2024 MORE THAN 2.161.100
VISITORS FROM 135 DIFFERENT NATIONS ALREADY FOUND THEIR WAY TO MY BLOG.
THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 400GUESTS PER DAY.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY BLOG AND HOPE YOU ENJOY EACH TIME.
The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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Deze blog is opgedragen aan mijn overleden echtgenote Lucienne.
In 2012 verloor ze haar moedige strijd tegen kanker!
In 2011 startte ik deze blog, omdat ik niet mocht stoppen met mijn UFO-onderzoek.
BEDANKT!!!
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
06-11-2023
Beyond UFOs: the Future of Unexplained Anomalous Phenomena
Beyond UFOs: the Future of Unexplained Anomalous Phenomena
Astrophysicist Shelley Wright discusses NASA and the search for intelligent life
UC San Diego Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Shelley Wright has a lifelong love of outer space. She’s made a career of building state-of-the-art telescopes that can study everything from black holes to “technosignatures” from alien civilizations. Wright, who recently served on NASA’s panel on unexplained anomalous phenomena (UAPs), takes a moment to reflect on her career, the panel and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life.
What kind of research do you specialize in?
I'm an experimental astrophysicist. One topic I've studied throughout my career is SETI — the search for extraterrestrial intelligence — particularly in trying to build new devices that operate at unique wavelengths to search for what we call “technosignatures” — technological evidence or signals from an alien civilization that is detectable across interstellar distances.
How did you become interested in astrophysics and SETI?
I was captivated by humanity’s question of “Are we alone?” This led me to ponder our place in the universe and whether there is other intelligent life that existed and co-exists with us now. In pursuing those questions, I fell in love with the universe.
Shelley Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC San Diego.
I got involved with SETI early in my career. I was a junior at UC Santa Cruz and saw an advertisement for the first-ever astrobiology conference, which was an emerging field at the time. On a whim, I decided to cut school and attend. It was there I met other SETI researchers, and I've collaborated with them and the community ever since.
How did you get selected for the NASA UAP panel?
I’ve been exploring this topic for over 20 years and have established myself as a SETI researcher in the field of astrobiology. I also specialize in developing unique instrumentation, and have thought extensively about how to image and sense unusual characteristics in the night sky. I think these qualifications likely played a role in why I was selected.
For NASA to even form a UAP panel — it lent credibility to the field was a big deal for the scientific community and the public. It was apparent that the panel process was intended to make a positive impact in the field and within our scientific and national community. I was also struck by the caliber and diversity of the panel members and could see that our approach to this problem would be unique, so I agreed to participate.
What was the main objective of the panel?
I think the public and even the scientific community had different expectations about what our panel was charged to do. Some people presumed we would sit down and analyze every single UAP case out there. We did investigate several UAP cases to better understand the characteristics of observed and reported UAPs, but our primary objective wasn’t to diagnosis each case.
The panel was tasked with understanding the landscape of UAPs, what they look like and how often UAPs were reported. What kind of resources could NASA and other government agencies offer? What kind of industry partnerships could be beneficial? Our goal was to establish guidelines for processes, scientific protocols and communications across government agencies for future UAP events.
The NASA UAP panel boasted a diverse membership, including oceanographers, astrophysicists, government agencies and industry experts.
(cr: NASA)
How would someone report a sighting?
It’s a great question. The panel spent a lot of time investigating how things were reported, and the truth is, there isn’t really a functioning reporting mechanism within U.S. government agencies. One of our leading recommendations was to fix this and to have better inter-agency communication. The difficult thing with reporting is that it's often anecdotal, and there’s little-to-no data to assess.
The panel explored the use of cell phones and metadata on cell phones. If someone did record something, what metadata would be associated with it? For instance, in what direction was the phone pointing? What were the conditions? Was the data manipulated? The panel also looked at earth-observing satellites and the type of data we have today and will have in the future for scientific investigations. Proper reporting in all these cases is important since we want to access the right scientific data for follow-up investigation.
Do you think in our lifetime we will find something that looks like a sign of extraterrestrial life?
In the context of UAPs, I think it would be really surprising if we ever found a marker that alien life was here on planet Earth. Simply because of the energy resources needed to travel between stars, the time it would take — it really is unfathomably large. You get humbled by it, being an astronomer.
But I do think that in our lifetime we will find something. Maybe a biosignature in a distant planet's atmosphere. It could even be what we call an “artificial signal” in another atmosphere that showed the presence of some technology. Maybe it’s a direct signal, but that’s an even rarer possibility.
Truthfully though, we don't know the answer to this question. And what shocks me most is that we barely try to answer it. That’s why I’m interested in this field. I do SETI research because we should be looking for the answer.
(L-R): Graduate students Sanchit Sabhlok and James Wiley assembling a Panoramic SETI telescope in Shelley Wright's lab.
(cr: Regents of the University of California)
Now that the panel has concluded, what’s next on the horizon for you?
In terms of life in the universe, there are a lot of exciting projects out there. Of course, James Webb Space Telescope is capturing amazing images and is also recording spectra to try to understand the chemical compositions of exoplanet atmospheres. There are also future missions like the Roman Space Telescope, launching in 2027.
We have ground-based facilities too — extremely large telescopes coming online that will also record spectra of planetary atmosphere. There are dedicated SETI programs, like Breakthrough Listen, where we continue to look for technosignatures at radio wavelengths.
For myself and my projects here at UC San Diego, we did the first ever near-infrared SETI search to explore signals at new wavelengths. Now we have an ambitious program to build an optical, or visible light, observatory where we try to image the entire observable sky, all the time at very fast speeds. Which, coincidentally, is also interesting for Earth-bound objects that are moving quickly in our atmosphere as well. That project is called Panoramic SETI. We've spent the last several years conducting research and development, building unique detectors and telescopes. Panoramic SETI is now ready, and our goal is to build a SETI optical observatory. If we pull this off, it’ll be a first in technosignature and astrophysical research. I’m really excited about what we might discover.
Ex-Ministry of Defence alien hunter demands UK gov open public UFO investigation
Ex-Ministry of Defence alien hunter demands UK gov open public UFO investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-government alien hunter Nick Pope has demanded the UK take UFO sightings more seriously and wants the Official Secrets Act overhauled to allow whistleblowers to reveal the truth
An ex-Ministry of Defence alien hunter has called on the Government to announce an official probe intoUFO sightings in Britain.
Nick Pope, who once ran the UK's UFO investigation unit, said Britain must follow America's lead in examining strange happenings to avoid a "catastrophic failure of national security".
He wants to see a Commons Select Committee tasked with probing sightings dating back to WWII - like the team currently investigating 650 cases in the US.
The Official Secrets Act should be waived so whistleblowers who worked on hush-hush Government UFO programs can speak freely.
The UK's chief alien hunter has been speaking exclusively to the Daily Star(Image: Nick Pope)
And the MoD’s UFO investigations unit - axed in 2009 - should be relaunched.
Nick, 57, revealed he has viewed Brit military "gun camera" footage from the 1950s and 60s of UFOs performing out-of-this-world manoeuvres at high speed no human-made technology could perform.
Satellite imagery showing other strange craft is said to have been captured recently.
And he said there is no explanation for "Britain’s Roswell’ - an apparent UFO landing near an airbase in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk in 1980.
The existence of alien life could be a well kept secret, Nick believes (stock)(Image: Getty Images)
But while the US has launched an official investigation into sightings dating back seven decades and urged whistleblowers who worked on secret Government programs to tell-all Nick said the UK has done nothing.
In America UFOs have been labelled a potential threat to national security and risk to commercial flights.
But Nick said the MoD refused to tell him if it was even helping the US probe – let alone conducting one of its own.
He told the Daily Star: "It would be a catastrophic national security failure if we had a chance to do something but didn’t engage just because of prejudices about UFOs.''
While most reports do turn out to have reasonable Earth-bound explanations, not all do (stock)(Image: Getty Images/Tetra images RF)
Nick, who spent three of his 21-year MoD career leading its UFO hunt, said though "most" reports turned out to be misidentifications with mundane explanations, there remained a number of "core sightings' that "you just couldn't explain in conventional terms".
He said the UK Government has been "spinning" the public for years that there is "nothing to see here - move on".
But to continue to ignore such cases beside the US probe could be putting Brits in danger.
Nick appears in a new National Geographic series UFOs: Investigating The Unknown, which starts on Tuesday (May 2) and explores the on-going US probe including eyewitness accounts and declassified footage of sightings.
The UK government knows more than it's letting on, Nick believes(Image: Getty Images)
He said it was "groundbreaking and "moves this subject from fringe to mainstream where it totally should be.
"This should be the series to convince people,'' he said.
"It's government, military, intelligence community, pilots, radar operator, all coming forward and saying, "look, this is real".
"We are beyond stories and rumours. It's here now.''
Nick said he thinks ETs are trying to make contact.
Asked if he believed Earth was witnessing "extraterrestrial activity" he replied: "I think so. I think curiosity and intelligence are inextricably linked. They would want to know what is out there.
"The answer to that question for them is us.''
The MoD had not responded to a request for comment as of Friday night (April 28).
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A new analysis of data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope has revealed a system of seven giant planets around Kepler-385.
An artist’s concept of Kepler-385, the seven-planet system revealed in a new catalog of planet candidates discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.
Image credit: NASA / Daniel Rutter.
Kepler-385 is an F-type star located 4,944 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus.
Also known as KIC 11968463, KOI-2433 or TIC 27082352, the star is about 10% larger and 5% hotter than the Sun.
The star hosts seven planets smaller than Neptune: Kepler-385b, c, d, e, f, g, and h.
The two inner planets, both slightly larger than Earth, are probably rocky and may have thin atmospheres.
The other five planets are larger — each with a radius about twice the size of Earth’s — and expected to be enshrouded in thick atmospheres.
This planetary system is among the highlights of a new Kepler catalog that contains almost 4,400 planet candidates, including more than 700 multi-planet systems.
It is one of only a few planetary systems known to contain more than six verified planets or planet candidates.
“We’ve assembled the most accurate list of Kepler planet candidates and their properties to date,” said Dr. Jack Lissauer, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
“NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the majority of known exoplanets, and this new catalog will enable astronomers to learn more about their characteristics.”
While the Kepler mission’s final catalogs focused on producing lists optimized to measure how common planets are around other stars, Dr. Lissauer and colleagues were able to produce a comprehensive list of accurate information about each of the systems, making discoveries like Kepler-385 possible.
The new catalog uses improved measurements of stellar properties and calculates more accurately the path of each transiting planet across its host star.
This combination illustrates that when a star hosts several transiting planets, they typically have more circular orbits than when a star hosts only one or two.
After Kepler already showed us there are more planets than stars, the new study paints a more detailed picture of what each of those planets and their home systems look like, giving us a better view of the many worlds beyond our Solar System.
“Our primary catalog lists all known Kepler planet candidates that orbit and transit only one star,” the astronomers said.
“For completeness, we also provide an abbreviated listing of the properties of the two dozen non-transiting planets that have been identified around stars that host transiting planets discovered by Kepler.”
Jack J. Lissauer et al. 2023. Updated Catalog of Kepler Planet Candidates: Focus on Accuracy and Orbital Periods. Planetary Science Journal, in press; arXiv: 2311.00238
Hey Magician David Copperfield Answered Me On Twitter Today. UFO Sighting News.
Hey Magician David Copperfield Answered Me On Twitter Today. UFO Sighting News.
Date of Tweet: Nov 5, 2023
David Copperfield is about to perform his newest magic trick, one that would out perform all other acts he has done in the past. He will make the moon disappear on Feb of 2024. He also suggested that people worldwide might see some moon or strange lights appearing and disappearing in the sky over the last few months, so I got onto twitter and asked him about a several moon shaped objects over the mountains of Las Vegas area that were seen on 9-21-2023. Those objects were the same shape, and color of the moon itself. Oh, and David Copperfield lives in Las Vegas. See the tweet below.
I have seen him perform in Taiwan about 5 years ago, Davids parents sat a few rows ahead of me and my wife. Davids acts on stage and off were just mind boggling. I can't wait to see him make the moon disappear.
I had to go on and ask him, a burning question that I have long wondered about David Copperfield, is he more than human? Is he from another world and these illusions are real? So I asked him. (tweet below).
UFOs, Reverse Engineering, and the Enigmatic Colonel Nell
UFOs, Reverse Engineering, and the Enigmatic Colonel Nell
In a world where the extraordinary becomes the mundane, stories of UFOs might seem passé. Yet, the tale of retired Army Colonel Karl Nell and David Grusch stands apart, echoing the eerie chills of a conspiracy-laden blockbuster.
Unearthing the Whistleblower’s Secrets
David Grusch is not your everyday whistleblower. An Afghanistan combat veteran and a former Air Force intelligence officer, Grusch stepped into the limelight in 2023. His claims? The U.S., under secretive operations, has been reverse-engineering UFO craft and studying non-human pilots. Such a revelation, if true, would redefine our understanding of the universe and our place within it.
Colonel Nell: The Unwitting Protagonist
Enter Colonel Karl Nell, Grusch’s senior and a heavyweight in the military aerospace and defense sectors. Nell’s resume reads like a fiction novelist’s dream: multiple advanced degrees, top-tier military positions, involvement with defense giants like Lockheed Martin, and advisory roles in cutting-edge projects like AI-powered surveillance systems.
In simple words? If someone were privy to the nation’s well-guarded secrets, it would be Nell.
The Deafening Silence
What’s even more intriguing than Grusch’s revelation is Nell’s endorsement of it. In a media landscape hungry for sensational news, Nell’s validation of Grusch’s claims in 2023 was met with baffling silence. Why would mainstream channels shy away from such groundbreaking revelations?
Perhaps it’s the weight of Nell’s character – a person with his credentials would hardly risk it all for a frivolous claim. His assertion lends an undeniable gravity to Grusch’s claims.
A Modern Day Enigma
The lack of uproar in media houses forces one to ponder: are Grusch’s claims too earth-shattering to digest, or are they strategically overlooked? The truth remains buried in layers of conjectures, with stalwarts like Nell pointing towards a reality we might not be ready for.
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Army Colonel Admits UFO Reverse Engineering Programs DO Exist
In a universe of unknowns, one thing is certain – the story of Grusch and Nell has added another layer to the enigmatic world of UFOs, awaiting a keen detective to unearth its truths.
During an ancient collision, the protoplanet named Theia slammed into Earth, leading to the creation of the Moon. But it left some of its remains inside Earth. Image Credit: CalTech
Earth’s early history is marked by massive collisions with other objects, including planetesimals. One of the defining events in our planet’s history, the formation of the Moon, likely resulted from one of these catastrophic collisions when a Mars-sized protoplanet crashed into Earth. That’s the Giant Impact Hypothesis, and it explains how the collision produced a torus of debris rotating around the Earth that eventually coalesced into our only natural satellite.
New research strengthens the idea that Theia left some of its remains inside Earth.
The Giant Impact that created the Moon occurred in the Hadean eon. The Hadean is the first of Earth’s four eons and spans from the Earth’s formation about 4.5 billion years ago up to about 4.03 billion years ago when it was succeeded by the Archaean eon.
Earth was a magma ocean for about the first 50 million years. It began cooling during the Hadean, but the mantle was still much more viscous than it is today. Residual heat from its formation and the higher level of radiogenic heating kept the mantle in a more fluid state. There was more water in the mantle at that time, too, adding to the mantle’s fluidity.
Artist’s impression of magma ocean planet. Scientists think all terrestrial planets go through a magma ocean phase early in their history, and Earth is no exception. Credit: Mark Garlick
That’s important because when objects slammed into Earth, they were able to sink deeper into the mantle.
Back in the 1980s, scientists made a remarkable discovery. Two gigantic, continent-sized blobs were embedded deep in the Earth. One is under Africa, and one is under the Pacific Ocean. They’re called LLSVPs, or Large Low-Shear-Velocity Provinces, and they have unusually high iron levels. The iron concentration changes the speed of seismic waves that travel through them, leading to their discovery.
Scientists discovered two large low-shear-velocity provinces deep inside Earth in the 1980s. They contain high levels of iron that generate tell-tale seismic wave patterns. Image Credit: Edward Garnero.
Both the LLSVPs extend for thousands of kilometres horizontally and extend up to 1000 km upwards from the boundary between the Earth’s core and its mantle. They contain about 8% of the Earth’s mantle volume and about 6% of the Earth’s total volume.
For decades, their origins were a mystery. Scientists wondered if they could be the remains of Theia, the protoplanet that slammed into Earth, resulting in the Moon. But convincing evidence was elusive.
Now, new research points convincingly at the Giant Impact as the LLSVP’s source. The new paper is “Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies.” It’s in the journal Nature, and the lead author is Qian Yuan, a Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate at Caltech’s Seismological Laboratory.
Yuan is a geophysicist, but when he attended a seminar on planet formation by Mikhail Zolotov, a professor at Arizona State University, in 2019, a light went on. Zolotov was explaining the Giant Impact Hypothesis. Two things happened simultaneously: Qian noted that the Moon is relatively iron-rich, and Zolotov explained that no trace of Theia has ever been found.
“Right after Mikhail had said that no one knows where the impactor is now, I had a ‘eureka moment’ and realized that the iron-rich impactor could have transformed into mantle blobs,” says Yuan.
This schematic from the research shows how the LLSVPs formed. Image Credit: Yuan et al. 2023.
Yuan isn’t the first scientist to consider this possibility. But, scientific methods and tools improve over time. Yuan worked with other researchers from multiple disciplines to perform multiple simulations of the Giant Impact with different chemical compositions for Theia and its impact on the Hadean Earth.
According to their work, this is what happened.
When Theia slammed into Earth, it released an enormous amount of energy. It sprayed molten material from both planets into orbit around Earth. Some escaped, much of it coalesced into the Moon, and some of it remained inside Earth’s molten form.
But much of the energy delivered by the collision remained in Earth’s upper regions, never penetrating to the core. This is where Yuan’s simulations differ from previous efforts. They’re more detailed and higher resolution. Previous efforts failed to show that the energy never penetrated the core, leading to uncertain conclusions.
But if Earth’s core was effectively blocked off from the impact energy, it remained much cooler. That also means that the Earth’s lower mantle wasn’t heated to the degree previous research showed. So, the material from Theia, called Theia Mantle Material (TMM) that remained inside the Earth didn’t dissolve completely into the mantle. Instead, it formed the two recognizable clumps that form both of Earth’s LLSVPs.
If the mantle had been warmer, meaning it had received more energy from the impact, the Earth’s mantle material and the TMM would’ve mixed together more thoroughly. But they didn’t mix, and the higher iron content in the TMM makes the LLSVPs visible in seismic probing because all that iron slows down the seismic waves.
The result is what geophysicists call thermochemical piles.
This figure from the study’s simulations shows how the Giant Impact formed LLSVP-like thermochemical piles from Theia Mantle Material. a shows how TMM is introduced to a depth of 1400 km to the core-mantle boundary (CMB.) When introduced, the material is in the form of randomly distributed spheres. b shows the temperature at 4.5 billion years. c shows the TMM accumulating into two distinct LLVPS-like thermochemical piles. d shows the perturbations measured in the seismic shear velocity. Image Credit: Yuan et al. 2023.
“Our mantle convection models show that dense TMM blobs with a size of tens of kilometres after the impact can later sink and accumulate into LLVP-like thermochemical piles atop Earth’s core and survive to the present day,” the authors write in their paper. “The LLVPs may, thus, be a natural consequence of the Moon-forming giant impact.”
This all leads to another fascinating line of inquiry. How did this material influence the rest of Earth’s history? Its plate tectonics, climate, even the course of evolution?
“A logical consequence of the idea that the LLVPs are remnants of Theia is that they are very ancient,” said study co-author Paul Asimow. “It makes sense, therefore, to investigate next what consequences they had for Earth’s earliest evolution, such as the onset of subduction before conditions were suitable for modern-style plate tectonics, the formation of the first continents, and the origin of the very oldest surviving terrestrial minerals.”
Lucy Completes its First Flyby… and Discovers a Bonus Asteroi
Moonlet rise over Dinkinesh as seen from NASA's Lucy spacecraft, taken within a minute of closest approach. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO
Lucy Completes its First Flyby… and Discovers a Bonus Asteroid
NASA’s Lucy mission hits the jackpot on its very first asteroid flyby earlier this week.
Welcome to Dinkinesh. NASA’s Lucy missionflew past its first target of Wednesday, November 1st, and turned up a surprise: 152830 Dinkinesh (meaning ‘marvelous’ in the Amharic language) is not one asteroid, but two (!)
The Dinkinesh Flyby
The the 16,000 kilometers per hour (10,000 mph) flyby occurred at a range of 430 kilometers (270 miles), and served as a test for Lucy’s instruments on its way to the Trojan asteroids. Closest approach was on November 1st and occurred at 16:54 Universal Time (UT)/12:54 PM U.S. Eastern Time (EDT). The image really caught lots of us off guard, revealing a boulder-strewn surface on both small worlds. At most, we were expecting a few small pixels, so the dramatic resolution was a huge bonus.
An animation of Dinkinesh and its newly discovered moonlet as seen from Lucy’s tracking camera. NASA/SwRI
The L’LORRI Long Range Reconnaissance Imager and T2Cam tracking cameras really demonstrated their resolution and pinpoint tracking capability on this first flyby. If the names sound familiar, its because the instruments are similar to those carried aboard NASA’s New Horizons mission, with completed a flyby past Pluto and Charon in 2015.
The flyby is reminiscent of New Horizons’ dramatic 2019 rendezvous with the Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth. That passage also surprised scientists, with the object’s strange twin-lobed structure.
A Tiny Moonlet
The Dinkinesh moonlet is an estimated 220 meters (720 feet) across, about the size of an Iowa-class battleship. Variations in brightness seen in Dinkinesh on approach hinted at the presence of the unseen moon. As of yet, no orbital period for the moon has been published.
Dinkinesh is a small main belt asteroid, discovered in 1999. Up close, 790 meter-wide Dinkinesh actually looks lots like 101955 Bennu, visited by OSIRIS-REx. The next target for Lucy is asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson in 2025. Lucy will perform another Earth flyby for a gravitational assist later next year in December 2025. Lucy delivered a great portrait of the Earth and Moon pair during the October 2022 flyby:
The Earth and Moon (faint, to the left) as seen by Lucy during the first Earth flyby. Credit: NASA/SwRI
“Dinkinesh really did live up to its name; this is “marvelous’” says principal investigator Hal Levison (Boulder-SwRI) in a recent press release. “When Lucy was originally selected for flight, we planned to fly by seven asteroids…now with this satellite, we’ve turned it up to 11.”
What’s Next for Lucy
Lucy takes its name from the 3.2-million year old Lucy hominid fossil, which in turn was named from the Beatles song ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.’ The naming alludes to the fossils of planetary formation sought out by planetary researchers in the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Not only does the spacecraft’s L’TES instrument carry a disc made of lab-grown diamonds, but it also has a plaque with poems, speeches and quotes from Earth.
The Lucy plaque affixed to the spacecraft. Credit: NASA
Launched in 2021 atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the main goal of Lucy is the exploration of the Trojan asteroids, located at stable L4 and L5 points ahead and behind massive Jupiter in its orbit. Plans at launch called for Lucy to visit seven Trojans from 2027 through 2033, though the number has now grown to 11. This now includes two main belt asteroids, plus two moonlets discovered since launch.
Asteroid 15094 Polymele targeted for a Lucy flyby in 2027 was found to possess a moonlet in March 2022. This moonlet is informally named ‘Shaun’ and was discovered during a stellar occultation. There’s an intriguing campaign underway worldwide to observe stellar occultations by target asteroids for the mission. This effort will help map asteroid profiles, refine orbits, and tease out undiscovered moonlets. This is a professional and amateur collaboration, with several events coming right up in 2024.
Lucy will be an amazing mission to follow in the coming decade. Now, what will we name Dinkinesh’s new companion moon?
Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean no one needs to have a job in a conversation with the Prime Minister following the summit at Bletchley Park
Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean no one needs to have a job in a conversation with the Prime Minister following the summit at Bletchley Park
Britain is hosting the world's first AI Safety Summit in Buckinghamshire
Artificial intelligence will eventually mean no one needs to work, Elon Musk told Rishi Sunak last night.
In conversation with the Prime Minister, the tech billionaire compared AI to a 'magic genie' that would bring a time when 'no job is needed'.
Mr Musk said people could still work 'for personal satisfaction' if they wanted, and one of the future challenges would be finding 'meaning in life'.
Mr Sunak replied: 'I'm someone who believes work gives you meaning.'
Speaking in front of tech bosses and journalists, Mr Musk said: 'You can have a job if you want to for personal satisfaction, AI can do everything.
'I don't know if that makes people comfortable or uncomfortable. It's both good and bad.
'One of the challenges in future will be how do we find meaning in life. We won't have universal basic income but universal high income. It'll be good for education - it'll be the best tutor.'
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, attends an in-conversation event with Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk in London, Thursday, November 2, 2023
Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk met in London following the AI summit in Buckinghamshire
'There is a need for government to play a role when public safety is at risk. It can be annoying, but having a referee is a good thing,' Musk said
Speaking at Lancaster House following the AI summit at Bletchley Park, Mr Musk described 'a future of abundance where there is no scarcity,' calling AI a 'magic genie'. But he then quipped that those fairytales rarely end well.
MI5 to vet new software
Artificial intelligence software will be vetted by the security services to prevent 'misuse' by terrorists and rogue states, under plans approved by world leaders.
Rishi Sunak led a discussion at yesterday's AI summit on the introduction of 'state-backed testing'.
Whitehall sources said the plan would involve testing by agencies including GCHQ and MI5. One insider said: 'The safety assessment is done by the companies themselves. But they do not have access to the kind of classified material that would allow them to ask the right questions to discover whether this technology can do the really dangerous stuff.'
Mr Sunak said all the leading AI pioneers had agreed to have their new models tested by British and US 'safety institutes' before their release to the public.
Chinese ministers were notably excluded from the sessions on national security.
The X owner also suggested AI robots could also become our friends. 'An AI with memory could know you better than you know yourself – you could actually have a great friend,' he said.
Mr Musk hailed the Prime Minister's decision to invite China to the summit.
He said: 'If China is not on board, it becomes a weird situation. China is willing to participate in AI safety.
'This is something they care about – having them here was essential.'
The pair agreed that AI had major potential – though Mr Musk warned it should have a physical 'off switch' as well as regulation.
'There is a need for government to play a role when public safety is at risk. It can be annoying, but having a referee is a good thing.
'AI will be a force for good – most likely – but the chance of it going badly is not zero.'
He had earlier warned that AI poses 'one of the biggest threats' to humanity, clashing with Nick Clegg over the extent of the dangers. Speaking at the first day of the summit, the Facebook boss urged governments not to 'micro-manage' tech companies.
Mr Musk last night issued a further warning about humanoid robots that 'can basically chase you anywhere'.
'What if they get a software update one day, and they're not so friendly any more?'
The Prime Minister said 'we've all watched' movies about androids that end with the machines being switched off. But Mr Musk said the UK 'is in a strong position' on developing robots, praising Dyson in particular.
Mr Sunak hinted that the next General Election will take place in 2024 – rather than January 2025, the latest one could take place.
Speaking about the dangers of deep fakes, the Prime Minister said: 'I have already had a situation with a doctored image. Next year we have elections in India, the US, Indonesia, probably here. An enormous proportion of the world population is voting.
'Next year will be the first time that this has been an issue. It is mission critical to work out how to deal with this.' He declared that the summit had shown that the world had both the 'political will and capability' to control the technology.
He also said that the two-day event would 'tip the balance in favour of humanity'.
Rishi Sunak (L) and US tech entrepreneur Elon Musk (R) attend a conversation event in central London, Britain, 2 November 2023
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) shakes hands with X CEO Elon Musk (R) on November 2
It came as the Prime Minister announced that leading AI firms had agreed to allow governments to test the safety of their models before they are released.
Mr Sunak, who had earlier warned the threat of AI was similar in scale to pandemics and nuclear wars, said: 'We can't expect companies to mark their own homework.'
While admitting 'binding requirements' would likely be needed to regulate the technology, Mr Sunak said now was the time to move quickly without laws.
However, he indicated it may need to be put on a statutory footing in the future.
Musk waarschuwt op top over kunstmatige intelligentie met Britse premier voor mensachtige robots
Techmiljardair Elon Musk heeft in een gesprek met de Britse premier Rishi Sunak gewaarschuwd voor de gevaren van kunstmatige intelligentie. Hij had het onder meer over “mensachtige robots die je overal achtervolgen”. Sunak en Musk sloten donderdag een top over kunstmatige intelligentie af in het Zuid-Engelse Bletchley Park.
De top duurde twee dagen en werd druk bijgewoond door politici en experten van overal ter wereld. Musk, de eigenaar van onder meer X, Tesla en SpaceX, werd er tijdens een slotgesprek geïnterviewd door de Britse premier Rishi Sunak, die hem een “briljante innovator” noemde.
Sunak vroeg Musk onder meer naar de impact van artificiële intelligentie op de arbeidsmarkt, waarop Musk antwoordde dat er “een moment komt waar geen enkele job nog nodig is” en “de enige reden dat mensen nog zullen werken hun eigen voldoening zal zijn”. Kunstmatige intelligentie zal volgens de techmiljardair een “tijdperk van overvloed” inluiden en dus wordt het in de toekomst dan ook vooral een uitdaging om nog betekenis te vinden in het leven “wanneer er een magische geest is die alles kan doen wat je wilt”.
De in Zuid-Afrika geboren X-eigenaar gelooft ook dat AI een “universeel hoog inkomen” teweeg zal brengen en op die manier meer gelijkheid in de wereld zal brengen.
Tegelijk waarschuwde Musk ook voor de gevaren van kunstmatige intelligentie, bijvoorbeeld in de vorm van mensachtige robots die je in principe “overal zouden kunnen achtervolgen”. Voor dat soort van robots zou er dan ook een uit-knop moeten worden voorzien, betoogde hij. “We moeten daar bezorgd om zijn. (..) wat als ze op een dag een software-update krijgen, en niet meer zo vriendelijk zijn?”
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UAP Fleet Over Del Mar, California 7-20-2023, UFO Sighting News. Video.
UAP Fleet Over Del Mar, California 7-20-2023, UFO Sighting News. Video.
Date of sighting: 7-20-2023
Location of sighting: Del Mar, California, USA Source: MUFON
Several video reports came in, but I chose this one because it's the best quality. Glowing spheres were seen along the ocean at Del Mar last week and the objects are each different colors. Now sure LED lights exist, but guess what? UFOs do glow these colors and are stated in hundreds of UFO reports, many are over 30 years old.
So yeah, keep an open mind please.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Over 30 minutes viewed multiple orbs over ocean solana beach ca changing colors and morphing into and out of each other.
This day in UFO history: Travis Walton’s Enigmatic Disappearance: 48 Years Later
This day in UFO history: Travis Walton’s Enigmatic Disappearance: 48 Years Later
On November 5, 1975, the serene landscapes of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona witnessed an event that would become one of the most debated and intriguing mysteries in UFO history. Today, 48 years later, the abduction of Travis Walton remains a puzzling narrative that has been dissected, criticized, and marvelled at by enthusiasts and skeptics alike.
A Night Like No Other
The setting sun was casting its golden hues over the dense Arizona forest, as Travis Walton and his six logging crew members wrapped up another hard day’s work. As they journeyed home, an unusual glow caught their attention. The team witnessed what Travis initially perceived as a UFO, a sight so uncanny that he couldn’t resist the pull to approach it. What followed next was a bright, bluish-green beam of light which, according to witnesses, struck Walton and sent him flying backward.
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Joe Rogan with Travis Walton
The rest of the crew, stricken with panic, fled the scene. However, upon their return to the spot, Travis was nowhere to be found. This began a 5-day-long search, with the crew facing accusations of foul play.
Voices from the Abyss
Five harrowing days later, Travis was found on the side of a road. Disoriented and traumatized, he recounted an experience that sounded straight out of a sci-fi novel. He described being in an unfamiliar room, with three peculiar-looking creatures observing him. These beings, according to Walton, had large, brown eyes and wore orange jumpsuits, standing just about four to five feet tall with disproportionate heads. The narrative took another twist when Travis described being moved to another room, which appeared like a planetarium, where he was met by two different entities before blacking out.
Controversy and Debate
The mystery surrounding Travis’s disappearance piqued the curiosity of UFO enthusiasts, but also drew skeptics to the fore. Many factors added fuel to the skepticism: the Walton family’s penchant for pranks, a prior interest in UFOs, and debates surrounding the polygraph tests administered. The National Enquirer’s coverage of the event, which some argued glossed over key inconsistencies in the narrative, also came under scrutiny.
Travis’s narrative also diverged from the typical “alien abduction” accounts which surged in popularity during the 1980s. Notably, Travis did not report experiences like sleep paralysis or recovered memories which were common in other testimonies. This, coupled with the controversies surrounding the event, kept the debate alive and impassioned.
Legacy of the Enigma
Walton’s experience was immortalized in the 1993 film “Fire in the Sky”, although the film took considerable creative liberties, diverging from Travis’s own account in his book “The Walton Experience”. While the story has often been dismissed as a money-making scheme or an outright hoax, it’s hard to deny the lasting impact of Travis’s tale in the annals of UFO lore.
Decades later, the Walton case remains a testament to the enduring fascination with the unknown. Whether a genuine encounter, a misremembered experience, or a well-orchestrated hoax, the Travis Walton abduction invites us to ponder the limits of human understanding and the vast mysteries of the cosmos.
As we mark the 48th anniversary of this perplexing event, we’re reminded of the infinite wonders and enigmas that our universe holds, and the stories, like Travis’s, that keep us forever looking to the stars.
In the high-stakes Chess game of international politics, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the board on which future conflicts will be strategized and future societies shaped. In a recent essay published by The RAND Corporation, researchers there examined the current trajectory of AI development and have painted a picture of a world where AI is not merely a tool but a transformative force with the power to redefine global leadership.
Illustration by Dan Page for TIME
The race to AI supremacy is not just about technological bragging rights; it’s a strategic maneuver to gain a geopolitical edge. AI’s potential to drive economic growth, revolutionize military capabilities, and enhance cyber operations makes it a critical asset for any nation-state. The United States, long the torchbearer of technological innovation, finds its dominance challenged by China’s ambitious AI strategy. This contest is not just about who can develop more intelligent algorithms; it’s a proxy for ideological, economic, and military power. In other words, a 21st-century Moon-shot.
The current tension between the US and China in the AI domain is a flashpoint for broader geopolitical concerns. China’s “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan” is a clear signal of its intent to become the world leader in AI by 2030. Meanwhile, the United States, through initiatives like the American AI Initiative, is striving to maintain its lead. This rivalry is not confined to research labs and tech campuses; it extends to the global stage, where AI capabilities are increasingly seen as a barometer of national power.
In the military arena, AI is poised to revolutionize warfare. Autonomous drones, AI-driven intelligence analysis, and predictive logistics are just the tip of the iceberg. The United States Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and China’s advances in military AI applications indicate a future where AI not only supports but also conducts warfare.
French soldiers using a drone in training.
(Image: MOD)
Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, the former director of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said in a 2019 speech that the “integration of AI capabilities” is being pursued by the Department of Defense. Shanahan said that he could imagine a future where AI could be used in determining how to use lethal force after a human makes the decision.
“I’m not going to go straight to ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems,'” he stated, “but I do want to say we will use artificial intelligence in our weapons systems … to give us a competitive advantage. It’s to save lives and help deter war from happening in the first place.”
The implications are profound and double-edged: AI could help deter conflicts and make conflicts more precise or more impersonal and, potentially, more frequent. The ethical and strategic dilemmas of AI in combat, such as using lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), are concerns that have yet to be fully grappled with on the international stage.
The cyber domain is another battleground that AI is transforming. Cyberattacks can now be more targeted, complex, and challenging to trace back to their origins. AI enhances the ability to exploit vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale. The United States’ Cyber Command and China’s Strategic Support Force are both investing heavily in AI to defend against and conduct cyber operations. Microsoft’s Vice Chair, Brad Smith, wrote in 2020 that large-scale hacks, such as the recent SolarWinds hack, attributed to a nation-state actor, demonstrate the scale of disruption possible when AI augments cyber warfare.
“These types of sophisticated nation-state attacks are increasingly being compounded by another technology trend, which is the opportunity to augment human capabilities with artificial intelligence (AI),” Smith wrote in 2020. “One of the more chilling developments this year has been what appears to be new steps to use AI to weaponize large stolen datasets about individuals and spread targeted disinformation using text messages and encrypted messaging apps. We should all assume that, like the sophisticated attacks from Russia, this too will become a permanent part of the threat landscape.”
Beyond military and cyber applications, AI’s most profound impact may be on society itself. AI is set to reshape economies, with automation promising efficiency gains but also job displacement. The inequalities could stretch the societal fabric that AI is likely to exacerbate. Moreover, AI’s role in information dissemination and consumption has the potential to influence public opinion, with implications for democracy and governance. How nations adapt to these changes, manage the societal implications, and govern the use of AI will be crucial in determining their stability and prosperity.
Looking to the future, AI’s trajectory will intersect with every aspect of human life. In the geopolitical context, AI will determine a nation’s influence and status. Economically, AI will drive innovation and productivity, potentially widening the gap between the “AI-haves” and “AI have-nots.” Militarily, AI will redefine the principles of deterrence and defense, making the next war—if it comes—a battle of algorithms as much as armaments.
The interference of AI in traditional geopolitical dynamics cannot be overstated. It can potentially alter the balance of power by enabling smaller nations with advanced AI capabilities to punch above their weight. Regarding societal development, AI could either be a force for good, democratizing access to information and services, or it could deepen divides and erode privacy and individual freedoms. These concerns surrounding AI’s rise as a geopolitical lever necessitate a robust international governance framework. The world needs a set of rules to ensure that AI development is aligned with human values and global stability. This includes agreements on the militarization of AI, norms for cyber conduct, and frameworks to address the societal impacts of AI.
AI is the new fulcrum of geopolitical power. The United States and China, as the current frontrunners in AI, carry a particular responsibility to lead the way in establishing global norms. The choices we make now will determine whether AI becomes a tool for widespread benefit or a new vector for conflict and division. The future is not just being written in code; it is being coded with the power to transform our world.
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Lucy Shows Its Flyby Target Dinkinesh is Actually Binary Asteroid
Lucy Shows Its Flyby Target Dinkinesh is Actually Binary Asteroid
On November 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid — the small main-belt asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh — but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that Dinkinesh is actually a binary asteroid.
This image, captured by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) onboard NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, shows the main-belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its moonlet. This image was taken at 12:55 p.m. EDT (16:55 UTC) on November 1, 2023, within a minute of closest approach, from a range of approximately 430 km (270 miles). Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL / NOIRLab.
Dinkinesh, also known as 1999 VD57, is a stony asteroid located in the main asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter.
It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey on November 4, 1999.
It rotates with a period of 52.67 hours and varies in brightness with a light curve amplitude of 0.39 magnitudes.
“Dinkinesh really did live up to its name; this is marvelous,” said Lucy principal investigator Dr. Hal Levison, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute, referring to the meaning of Dinkinesh (‘you are marvelous’) in Amharic.
“When Lucy was originally selected for flight, we planned to flyby seven asteroids. With the addition of Dinkinesh, two Trojan moons, and now this satellite, we’ve turned it up to 11.”
From a preliminary analysis of the first available images, Dr. Levison and colleagues estimate that the larger body is approximately 790 m (0.5 miles) at its widest, while the smaller is about 220 m (0.15 miles) in size.
This flyby of Dinkinesh primarily served as an in-flight test of the spacecraft, specifically focusing on testing the systems that allow Lucy to autonomously track an asteroid as it flies past at 16,000 km per hour (10,000 mph), referred to as the terminal tracking system.
“We have seen many asteroids up close, and one may think little is left to discover and surprise us. Well, that is clearly wrong,” said Lucy deputy principal investigator Dr. Simone Marchi, also from the Southwest Research Institute.
“Dinkinesh, and its enigmatic moonlet, differ in some interesting ways from the similarly sized near-Earth asteroids that have been seen by spacecraft like OSIRIS-REx and DART.”
“This is an awesome series of images,” said Tom Kennedy, Lucy’s guidance and navigation engineer at Lockheed Martin.
“They indicate that the terminal tracking system worked as intended, even when the universe presented us with a more difficult target than we expected.”
“It’s one thing to simulate, test, and practice. It’s another thing entirely to see it actually happen.”
While this encounter was carried out as an engineering test, the Lucy scientists are excitedly poring over the data to glean insights into the nature of small asteroids.
“Sharing the anticipation of viewing the first images with the team has been incredibly thrilling, as has been the lively discussion regarding the geology of these two remarkably small yet fascinatingly intriguing targets,” said Dr. Silvia Protopa, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute.
“I am eagerly looking forward to unraveling the color variations across this binary system.”
“We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close,” said Lucy project scientist Dr. Keith Noll, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
“The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting. In some ways these asteroids look similar to the near-Earth asteroid binary Didymos and Dimorphos that DART saw, but there are some really interesting differences that we will be investigating.”
The Lucy researchers will continue to downlink the remainder of the encounter data from the spacecraft over the next week.
They will use the data to evaluate Lucy’s behavior during the encounter and prepare for the next close-up look at an asteroid, the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in 2025.
Lucy will then be well prepared to observe the mission’s main targets, the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, starting in 2027.
Inside the weird and wonderful world of Robbie Williams and Ayda Field: How the former Take That star went from 90s hellraiser to new-age vegan UFO hunter… with the help of his wife
Inside the weird and wonderful world of Robbie Williams and Ayda Field: How the former Take That star went from 90s hellraiser to new-age vegan UFO hunter… with the help of his wife
Turkey teeth, botox, hunting for aliens, and having baths surrounded with scented candles. It's a world away from Robbie Williams's drug, drink and sex-fuelled days during Take That's hey'day in the 1990s.
Williams' hell-raising rock star life during which he bedded more than a hundred women and was drinking a bottle of vodka a day is well and truly behind him - and his wife of 13 years Ayda Field has played a huge part in him turning his life around.
The 49-year-old now describes himself as a 'Coca-Cola lite agoraphobic' and would rather eat a tangerine than have sex.
He shares pictures to his three million Instagram followers of himself indulging in a zen-like vegan lifestyle, playing with his four children and their doll house.
And, he talks about his back 'being full of arthritis' and having plastic surgery as his 50th birthday nears in February.
It's a life in stark contrast from the cocaine and vodka binges and several stints in rehab he had in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Robbie Williams, 49, and his American actress wife of 13 years Ayda Field, 44, who he credits with for saving his life
In its stark contrast to his hell-raising days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when he openly admitted he battled with drugs and alcohol addiction
(Pictured in London in 1999)
The former Take That singer has candidly opened up about his darker days and mental health battles as he tried to cope with the enormous fame he experienced - with a four-part Netflix docu-series charting his roller-coaster career set to be released on November 8.
A year after he embarked on what would turn out to be a hugely successful solo career following his split from the boy band in 1995, he went on a six-day vodka and cocaine binge where he was vomiting 'black bile' and didn't sleep for 144 hours, believing he was 'indestructible'.
His drugs and alcohol battle was described by Williams as a 'fast track to death' and has seen him have several stints in rehab, including in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and 'heart-stopping' amounts of prescription drugs, reported The Sun.
Williams has previously revealed his ongoing battles with body dysphoria and anorexia, which he discusses in the Netflix series and how one time he was surviving on just one banana a day.
His love-life was just as frantic and saw him date a string of high-profile celebrities including Spice Girls Melanie C and Geri Horner, Lindsay Lohan, and All Saints' Nicole Appleton, while rumours swirled he bedded Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman.
Today, Williams' life has taken a complete turn and he has channelled his addictive personality into living a healthy lifestyle with his American actress wife Ayda, their four children - Teddy, Charlie, Coco, and Beau - through exercise, art, pickleball - and searching for aliens.
Gone are the days of drugs and alcohol, with the star, thought to have a net worth of £155 million, instead relaxing in soapy hot baths surrounding in lit candles and proud to be 23 years sober.
Williams pictured at the Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards in London, in 1995. He split form Take That that year and 12 months later he went on a vodka and cocaine six-day binge where he was vomiting 'black bile'
The former Take That singer holds a bottle of Champagne in a car as he is spotted out and about in London in 1997
His drugs and alcohol battle was described by Williams as a 'fast track to death' and has seen him have several stints in rehab (Pictured in 1999 leaving the Hanover Grand nightclub, in London)
Williams' battles with addiction and mental health came during the height of his fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s (Pictured performing with Tom Jones at the Brit Awards in 2008)
Williams walks through Heathrow Airport with his face covered with a plastic mask of himself
His love-life was just as frantic and saw him date a string of high-profile celebrities including Spice Girls Melanie C and Geri Horner (pictured in 2000 St Tropez, France in 2000)
A weary-eyed Williams smokes a cigarette at the Quentin Tarantino Party at the Ministry of Sound in 1996
The Angels singer poses with bikini-clad models wearing black high heels in 1996 for a 7Up advert
He's turned to being vegan with his healthy meals being cooked up by a personal chef that are packed full of his five-a-day, while images on Instagram show him enjoying playing golf and boxing.
He has even rubbed shoulders with royalty having attended Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle, with his daughter, Teddy, a bridesmaid.
Asked what caused such a dramatic change, Williams often returns to the same answer: Ayda.
Appearing on the Jonathan Ross show in 2020, the Angels hitmaker got emotional as he credited her with saving his life.
'I look back at 15 years of being with my wife, she did, she gave me a life,' he said.
'Here I am on the telly getting emotional. She absolutely did.'
That same year he spoke candidly about his relationship with his wife during an appearance on Jessie and Lennie Ware's Table Manners podcast.
The singer admitted it makes him want to 'cry' when he talks about Ayda as he revealed he feels 'safe' with her and their 'mini tribe' of children.
He said: 'It's a very special thing to have. In a very turbulent, unsafe world, our mini tribe, you know that saying people say "nothing outside can affect you when inside is safe", and that's how I feel. Nothing out there can hurt me when I am with her.'
Today, Williams' life has taken a 360 degree turn and he has channelled his addictive personality into living a healthy lifestyle with his American actress wife Ayda and their four children
Williams, dressed in a black cape, and Ayda attend the Giambattista Valli show at the Haute Couture Fashion Week, Paris, in 2022
From left to right: Laura Dunn, Beau Dunn, Ayda Field, and Williams at a Pickleball Tournament in Los Angeles, California, in April 2023
The singer posts images of his healthier lifestyle to his three million followers on his Instagram page
As well as pickleball, Williams exercises with boxing. He once challenged Oasis frontman to a boxing match in 2000
Gone are the days of drugs and alcohol, with the star, thought to have a net worth of £155 million, instead relaxing in soapy hot baths surrounding in lit candles and proud to be 23 years sober
Williams plays with his children and their doll house at his home in one heartwarming post on his Instagram page
Perhaps one of the more bizarre episodes in recent years saw him live stream snippets of his wife's labour where he sings to her.
But constant reminders of his battles are never too far away. Ayda still locks away painkillers out of fear he could relapse.
He told the On The Edge podcast with Andrew Gold: 'Something's always lurking around the corner and I still can't be trusted with pills.
'The wife has to put them behind lock and key... They can be there for 18 months, every single day. Vicodin, whatever, every day, see them, go to bed.'
He admits it's lucky he's still alive, but nowadays Williams' life appears calmer, content, and settled.
In one recent Instagram post he wrote: 'Im not worried about the future. It's amazing Im still here …
'My memory being s***,my thoughts being cloudy, my back being full of arthritis, My eyesight going, My looks fading, the elasticity of my skin being f*****, the hair thinning….ect,ect,ect.
'Im still here ,were still here….Still, so much to do….'
His partying antics have taken a toll on his health, though, with Williams revealing in a recent interview with The Sun how they had left him feeling 'knackered'.
'The hair is thinning, the testosterone has left the building, the serotonin is not really here and the dopamine said goodbye a long time ago,' he said.
'I’ve used up all of the natural good stuff. I’ve got the manopause.'
So what does he want to celebrate his 50th? Apparently he's going to gift himself a £20,000 neck life and some 'Turkey teeth' with the star already having had botox.
As for what else is ahead in the future, Williams has previously spoken of his fascination with UFOs and that 'something is up' and wants to go on a 'TV quest' in search of finding out if there's anything behind his mental health.
He once lavishly rented out a plane used by rapper Snoop Dogg and asked journalist Jon Ronson to go UFO hunting with him and wanted the documentary-maker to set up a night for him to spend a night in a haunted house in the search for ghosts. He changed his mind on the latter.
Speaking on Alan Buxton's podcast in January, Williams told of how he spotted an 'penalty box-sized' unidentified flying object 16 years ago when he was completely sober.
'This was flat and it appeared over a tree. It was matt black underneath had yellow stripes like The Hacienda (London nightclub).
'I didn't think "little green men", I thought "there's a bit of tech we are not being told about". I thought it was the American government.'
He has even rubbed shoulders with royalty having attended Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle, with his daughter, Teddy, a bridesmaid
Guys, I was exploring Google Earth when I found a long old ship off a small island called Wisteria island. The ship looks like it could be a US military ship that sunk during WWI or WWII, but could go back much earlier. According to Google ruler, it measures about 60 meters. ITs not a UFO, but I like to post things I discovery, things I think others may have interest in. I don't believe anyone has ever found this one or posted about it, so here it is. Someone is going to have some fun exploring this scuba diving.
Ex-Security Pro Drops SHOCKING Alaska UFO Footage! Must-See Revelation!
Ex-Security Pro Drops SHOCKING Alaska UFO Footage! Must-See Revelation!
In the vast, icy expanses ofAlaska, there’s a mystery that has been baffling locals and experts alike for decades. UFO sightings, while reported worldwide, seem particularly concentrated in one intriguing area of the state: the Alaska Triangle, with Mount Hayes right at its heart. But why is this remote region such a hotspot for unexplained aerial phenomena?
Mount Hayes: A Focal Point of the Unknown
At a towering 14,000 feet, Mount Hayes isn’t just another peak in the Alaskan range. It has drawn the attention of UFO investigators from around the globe. Few dare to scale its treacherous slopes, but it isn’t the peak that intrigues them—it’s what might lie beneath.
Former security officer Jared Augustine, while on patrol in 2016, captured puzzling video footage of a strange flashing light that split into three. This was just one of over 6,500 reported UFO sightings in Alaska. He stated, “There’s no satellite or aircraft that can divide into three like this. I believe it was a UFO of extraterrestrial origin.”
Alaskan Disappearances: A Pattern Emerges
The mysteries of Mount Hayes don’t stop at UFO sightings. Over 16,000 people have vanished within the confines of the Alaska Triangle. Could there be a connection? Is there a clandestine base hidden beneath Mount Hayes responsible for these strange occurrences? Many believers think so.
Charles Gaines, an electrician, shared an account from 2003 where he and his team witnessed an “armada” of UFOs while working on a remote wilderness lodge. They were “high, very fast, and seemed to defy the laws of physics,” he recalled.
Even eerier, a group of hikers in 1978 came across a sight that would haunt them for years: an indentation in the ground from a UFO landing, surrounded by the mutilated carcasses of various animals, including a 15-foot killer whale, hundreds of miles from any coast.
Secret Government Involvement?
What’s more captivating is the potential involvement of the U.S. government in these phenomena. There are whispers of a project named Stargate, initiated in the 1970s. Its aim? To employ psychics to spy, gathering intelligence on the Soviet Union, but potentially on these very extraterrestrial occurrences as well.
Historian Sasha Auerbach shares insights on Project Stargate, which involved the U.S. Army and the prestigious Stanford Research Institute. The project focused on individuals with psychic abilities, hinting at the U.S. government’s vested interest in matters well beyond our typical understanding.
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Former Security Officer Reveals Mysterious Alaska UFO Video | The Alaska Triangle
UFO sightings in Alaska, especially around Mount Hayes, beckon the curious, the brave, and those seeking answers. As we delve deeper into these mysteries, one can’t help but wonder: Are we truly alone? Or is there something, or someone, out there trying to make contact?
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft delivered an extra-special data package when it flew past asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter on Wednesday.
Dinkinesh was a trial target for the mission’s terminal tracking system as it flies toward a collection of ancient asteroids near Jupiter called the Trojans. Up until Wednesday, Dinkinesh was considered the smallest asteroid in the main belt to ever get an up-close spacecraft visit. But Dinkinesh was usurped when a tiny moonlet appeared orbiting around it.
DINKINESH AND ITS MOONLET
Lucy principal investigator Hal Levison calls the finding “marvelous.” According to an announcement from NASA published Thursday, the team had some suspicions about a second rock. Dinkinesh changed brightness in the weeks prior to Lucy’s flyby, a hint that, as the spacecraft crept closer, a moonlet was creating noticeable shadows as it passed in front of the larger object.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft took this image of asteroid Dinkinesh and its small satellite on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, with its Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) instrument.
The finding offers bonus science to what was otherwise a test-heavy rendezvous. Dinkinesh is interesting because of its location and diminutive size, at just half a mile across at its widest. The smaller asteroid is a measly 0.15 miles across, roughly the size of half a city block. In the coming weeks, Lucy’s team will download even more data from the encounter. And someday, this could add nuance to what’s already known about the main asteroid belt.
TESTING OUT LUCY’S ABILITY TO LOCK ONTO A TARGET
The goal of the game was to test out Lucy’s systems. When the spacecraft launched in 2021, Lucy was set to test its systems on another main belt asteroid, Donaldjohanson. Last year, the Lucy team realized the spacecraft would fly near Dinkinesh, so they rerouted to get really close. This second testing opportunity provides a more robust evaluation of how well the spacecraft can lock onto a target, a critical feature of the mission that will be doing all of its science while careening past the elusive Trojans at 15,000 miles per hour. }The Trojans are a strange lot. They orbit the Sun inside Jupiter’s orbit, just ahead and behind the gas giant as two grand swarms. Lucy will spend the great majority of its time flying through space, weaving through the inner Solar System, and getting just moments to take imagery and data on each one. Wednesday’s flyby is giving the team confidence that Lucy is prepped for what lies ahead for this decade.
Humans having sex with a now-extinct subspecies they met in Asia some 60,000 years ago could be the reason you have depression, a new study has claimed.
Researchers discovered a gene variant linked to the crossbreeding of humans and Denisovans which they believe affects our mood.
Those with the variant have lower levels of zinc in the body - a nutrient which studies increasingly show is associated with mood and happiness.
Scientists said SLC30A9 is the most widespread Denisovan gene discovered to date - starting in Asia and has spread to European and Native American populations.
Only recently with the advances in genomic sequencing has it been possible for scientists to trace modern human's DNA back to our ancient ancestors.
Researchers led by Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University discovered a gene variant dwindling from the intermingling with an archaic human, Denisovans, involved in zinc regulation that releases lower amounts
The the mutation helped Denisovans cope with the cold, hostile climate that once ravaged Asia
The different branches of the human family tree have interbred and swapped genes — a processes known as 'introgression' — on numerous occasions.
Elena Bosch, IBE principal investigator and co-leader of the study, and her team identified an adaptive variant among current human populations in a region of our genome that bears remarkable similarity to the genome of an extinct ancestral population: the Denisovans.
'We discovered that this mutation surely had implications for the transport of zinc within the cell,' said Bosch.
Researchers did look into Neanderthal heritage but found the population was absent of the mutation.
Rubén Vicente, MELIS-UPF principal investigator, then joined the team to analyze intracellular zinc's movement.
'Elena contacted me because her team had observed a change in an amino acid in a zinc transporter, which was very different between the populations of Africa and Asia today, Vicente said.
'From there, we started asking ourselves questions and looking for answers.'
His laboratory identified that the observed variant causes a new zinc balance within the cell, promoting a change in metabolism.
This led them to find that the mutation helped Denisovans cope with the cold, hostile climate that once ravaged Asia.
Zinc transport is also involved in nervous system excitability and plays a role in people’s mental equilibrium and health.
The team points out that the variant found in this zinc transporter, which is expressed in all tissues of the body, is associated with a greater predisposition to suffering from some psychiatric diseases.
These include anorexia nervosa, hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.
The Denisovans are thought to have been a sister species of the Neanderthals, who lived in western Asia and Europe at around the same time.
The two species appear to have separated from a common ancestor around 200,000 years ago, while they split from the modern human Homo sapien lineage around 600,000 years ago.
Bone and ivory beads found in the Denisova Cave were discovered in the same sediment layers as the Denisovan fossils, leading to suggestions they had sophisticated tools and jewellery.
The Denisovans are an extinct species of human that appear to have lived in Siberia and even down as far as southeast Asia.
Although remains of these mysterious early humans have only been discovered at one site - the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, DNA analysis has shown they were widespread.
DNA from these early humans has been found in the genomes of modern humans over a wide area of Asia, suggesting they once covered a vast range.
DNA analysis of a fragment of pinky finger bone in 2010, (pictured) which belonged to a young girl, revealed the Denisovans were a species related to, but different from, Neanderthals.
They are thought to have been a sister species of the Neanderthals, who lived in western Asia and Europe at around the same time.
The two species appear to have separated from a common ancestor around 200,000 years ago, while they split from the modern human Homo sapien lineage around 600,000 years ago.
Bone and ivory beads found in the Denisova Cave were discovered in the same sediment layers as the Denisovan fossils, leading to suggestions they had sophisticated tools and jewellery.
DNA analysis of a fragment of a fifth digit finger bone in 2010, which belonged to a young girl, revealed they were a species related to, but different from, Neanderthals.
Later genetic studies suggested that the ancient human species split away from the Neanderthals sometime between 470,000 and 190,000 years ago.
Anthropologists have since puzzled over whether the cave had been a temporary shelter for a group of these Denisovans or it had formed a more permanent settlement.
DNA from molar teeth belonging to two other individuals, one adult male and one young female, showed they died in the cave at least 65,000 years earlier.
Other tests have suggested the tooth of the young female could be as old as 170,000 years.
A third molar is thought to have belonged to an adult male who died around 7,500 years before the girl whose pinky was discovered.
NASA has released footage showing a massive 'canyon of fire' about twice the size of the US shooting out from the sun on Halloween day.
The feature was a tremendous explosion of radiation that measured 6,200 miles wide and 62,000 miles long - large enough for the American Space Agency's Perseverance rover to see it on Mars, which is 145.59 million miles away.
The plasma ravine was around double the size of the entire United States and 50 times longer than the largest-known crater in our solar system, the Red Planet's Valles Marineris.
The video shows thefilament slowing formingon the sun's southeastern limb and accelerating until it bursts, releasing electrified gas toward the ‘Earth-strike-zone.'
NASA has released footage showing a massive 'canyon of fire' about twice the size of the US shooting out from the sun on Halloween day
The culprit is sunspot AR3477, which released an M flare that can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions.
However, EarthSky reports that the sunspot also released eight C flares in the last 24 hours.
On November 1, AR3477 shot an M1.2 flare that caused radio blackouts over the South Indian Ocean.
And the flare released last month could impact Earth on November 4.
NASA's probe, SDO, was recently named the fastest artificial object in history.
It was large enough for the American Space Agency's Perseverance rover to see it on Mars , which is 145.59 million miles away
The feature was a tremendous explosion of radiation that measured 6,200 miles wide and 62,000 miles long
The craft hit a record speed of 394,736 miles per hour (mph) last month, twice as fast as a bolt of lightning or 200 times the speed of a rifle bullet.
The achievement was made during its 17th sun swing on September 27, breaking its distance record by skimming just 4.51 million from the solar surface.
SDO launched on August 12, 2018, to study the sun.
In 2021, the probe uncovered the source in the sun, which produces solar energetic particles that threaten crewed spaceflight, near-Earth satellites and airplanes.
A team of US researchers analyzed the composition of particles that flew towards Earth in 2014 and found the same 'fingerprint' of plasma located low in the sun's chromosphere - its second-most outer layer.
The solar energetic particles are released from the sun at high speed during storms in its atmosphere.
The team behind the new study said the new information could be used to predict better when a major solar storm will hit and act faster to mitigate the risks.
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon UFO chief Dr Sean Kirkpatrick will be REPLACED by end of the year as whistleblowers accuse him of lying to the public and ignoring witnesses
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon UFO chief Dr Sean Kirkpatrick will be REPLACED by end of the year as whistleblowers accuse him of lying to the public and ignoring witnesses
A candidate 'short list' to replace Dr. Kirkpatrick at the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has been interviewed, an ex-official told DailyMail.com
New UFO whistleblowers, per one attorney, 'don't want to go to Sean's AARO'
'Really knowledgeable' UFO whistleblowers, 'people who've laid their hands on the equipment,' as the attorney told the DailyMail.com 'never did trust Sean'
The Pentagon's UFO chief will resign by year's end — amid a wave of complaints accusing him of making false statements about UFO whistleblowers and fostering an 'atmosphere of disinterest,' DailyMail.com understands.
'Four major candidates' have been interviewed to replace the current director of the Pentagon's UFO office, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, following months of heated public sparring between the former CIA physicist, UFO whistleblowers and activists.
The Pentagon appears to have already 'made the decision' on Kirkpatrick's unnamed successor, according to one former Pentagon official with past involvement in related UFO investigation programs, who spoke with the DailyMail.com.
'Given their public affairs track record,' this ex-official said, 'they may not put out anything to the press until well after the change, but who knows? They might surprise us.'
The personnel shift marks the culmination of months of accusations and counter-accusations traded between Kirkpatrick and former intel officer David Grusch, who has alleged widespread illegalities stemming from a long-secret UFO program.
This week, Grusch publicly accused Kirkpatrick of lying about his office's efforts to investigate these claims, which had been laid out by Grusch last July under oath before Congress.
Previously, Kirkpatrick had described Grusch's same testimony, made before the House Oversight committee, as 'insulting [...] to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.'
But fellow UFO whistleblowers working with Grusch, some past and present DoD and Intelligence Community officers themselves, reportedly 'don't trust and never did trust Sean,' according to an attorney aiding their efforts.
'Four major candidates' have been interviewed to replace the current director of the Pentagon UFO office, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick (above), following heated public sparring between the former CIA physicist and UFO whistleblowers, who sources say 'don't trust and never did trust Sean'
Air Force and intelligence agency veteran David Grusch (center) testified under oath before Congress this July alleging widespread illegalities stemming from a long-secret UFO 'crash retrieval' program. Flanking Grusch are two Navy pilots with knowledge of UFO incursions
While the precise reasons for his alleged departure remain murky, Dr. Kirkpatrick has faced vehement public criticism in recent weeks, from UFO enthusiasts and so-called 'disclosure' advocates seeking government transparency on UFOs and aliens.
A citizens' petition calling for Dr. Kirkpatrick's 'immediate removal,' hosted by Change.org, has garnered 1,739 signatures since its posting on October 22, 2023.
The petition's author, Lisa Fine, accused Kirkpatrick of operating 'a secret committee which directs the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)'s actions and public statements.'
'Dr. Kirkpatrick has repeatedly lied to the American people about a lack of evidence concerning UFOs/UAPs,' according to Fine, referencing the updated terminology for 'unidentified flying objects.'
In recent years, Pentagon brass, NASA experts and others have taken to calling what were once known as flying saucers 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' or UAP.
Grusch, a former Department of Defense official, first appeared on camera for NewsNation to tell his story of deeply covert US programs that he says possess 'intact and partially intact' craft of non-human origin
The petition's allegation that Dr. Kirkpatrick had assembled a secret advisory panel to run AARO, while still unproven, first emerged that same day via reporting by Matt Ford, host of 'The Good Trouble Show' YouTube channel, who had cited an anonymous source.
But the other recent accusations that Kirkpatrick has 'lied to the American people,' have come much more directly.
This Halloween, AARO hosted a conference call Q&A session between reporters and Dr. Kirkpatrick, in which the physicist fielded multiple questions about David Grusch and his allegations of a covert UFO crash retrieval and reverse engineering program.
On the call, Kirkpatrick told assembled media that he had interviewed 'a whole range of people, over 30 people now' in relation to the allegedly secret and illegal activity.
'I think we've interviewed most of the people that he [Grusch] may have talked to,' Kirkpatrick added, in reference to investigative work that Grusch reportedly performed while assisting AARO's predecessor, the Pentagon's UAP Task Force.
'We have extended an invitation at least four or five times now for him [Grusch] to come in over the last eight months or so,' Kirkpatrick told journalists on the call, 'and have been declined.'
But Grusch quickly accused Kirkpatrick of inventing these outreach efforts by his AARO team in their entirety.
'I have zero emails or calls from them,' Grusch told reporters for NewsNation the following day. 'That is a lie.'
Grusch accused Dr. Kirkpatrick of inventing outreach efforts by the Pentagon's AARO personnel, during a Halloween conference call with reporters earlier this week. 'I have zero emails or calls from them,' Grusch told reporters for NewsNation on Wednesday. 'That is a lie'
Similarly, one retired US Air Force Captain David Schindele, a former Minuteman ICBM launch control officer who reported his UFO encounter to AARO, said he felt that its personnel projected an 'atmosphere of disinterest.'
Schindele told viewers of Matt Ford's Good Trouble that Kirkpatrick and his AARO team were 'not people I want to talk to again.'
The Mail's former intelligence official — who has intimate knowledge of the military's ever-evolving UFO/UAP investigation portfolio — cautioned against drawing a direct line between these controversies and any plans for Kirkpatrick's departure, however.
'Sean has directly told folks he is leaving by the end of the year,' this former intelligence official told the DailyMail.com, under the condition of anonymity.
'I think it's completely a planned departure, he probably gave them a timeline when he took the job,' according to this source, citing geographical stress on Dr. Kirpatrick's family life.
'I am sure he's ready to go. I wouldn't read into it any more than that, honestly.'
The source added that he has heard AARO's first and current director would be moving on to a position with Oak Ridge National Laboratory — which briefly hosted the kernel of an apparent staff bio for Kirkpatrick before it mysteriously disappeared.
Veteran Australian TV news broadcaster and investigative reporter Ross Coulthart, who conducted the first televised interview with David Grusch, said that this staff bio 'requires explanation' in a series of posts to X (formerly Twitter).
'The AARO boss is presumably also investigating possible @Battelle links w crash retrieval/engineering programs,' Coulthart said, referencing military contractor UT–Battelle, which helps run the Oak Ridge lab on behalf of the Department of Energy.
Recent reporting by Daily Mail contributor Christopher Sharp and others has alleged that Battelle board member Stephanie O'Sullivan 'has knowledge of a UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program,' only to hide it from Senate investigators.
During her past years of government service, O'Sullivan was an associate deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), following successes managing parts of the US spy agency's Directorate of Science and Technology.
Nevertheless, when reached for comment, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough stated that, whatever his future plans may be, Dr. Kirkpatrick is not currently moonlighting for Battelle or ORNL in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Veteran Australian TV news broadcaster and investigative reporter Ross Coulthart, who conducted the first TV interview with David Grusch, said on social media that the apparent staff bio for Kirkpatrick at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's website 'requires explanation'
'Dr. Kirkpatrick remains the director, AARO,' Gough said. 'He is not currently employed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory'
'We have no AARO personnel announcements to make at this time,' she added.
Outside official channels, however, news of Kirkpatrick's planned departure have reached Daniel Sheehan, the Harvard-trained lawyer who represented past UFO whistleblower Luis Elizondo in his formal complaint to the DoD's Inspector General.
'He's out at the end of the year — and that's a big deal,' Sheehan told the DailyMail.com, adding that he understands 'four major candidates' are up for the job opening at the top of AARO.
When reached for comment, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough stated that Dr. Kirkpatrick (pictured above) 'remains the director, AARO' and is 'not currently employed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory'
Sheehan, whose history litigating progressive civil rights law cases dates back to the Vietnam War-era 'Pentagon Papers,' is now chief counsel, president and co-founder of the New Paradigm Institute.
The institute, a branch of the 501(C)(3) nonprofit Romero Institute, describes itself as dedicated to public policy advocacy on 'societal, environmental, and cosmic objectives,' which presumably includes UAP transparency.
Chris Mellon, a former official with the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and a passionate advocate for increased government diligence and transparency on the UAP issue, told the DailyMail.com that he too heard of similar developments at AARO.
'As to Sean, I've heard some of the same rumors,' Mellon wrote via email, 'but they're just rumors, I really don't know his plans.'
Earlier this summer, prior to Grusch's sworn Congressional testimony, Mellon told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, 'I've been told that we have recovered technology that did not originate on this Earth, by officials in the Department of Defense and by former intelligence officials.'
Sources with similar firsthand testimony to give, have become even more skittish about delivering what they know to AARO, despite the office's new 'second phase' efforts to faithfully investigate hidden UFO crash retrieval programs.
'This phase of the reporting mechanism is for current or former US government employees, service members, or contractors with direct knowledge of alleged US government programs or activities related to UAP dating back to 1945,' Kirkpatrick told reporters this Halloween.
But with the future of AARO's leadership in limbo, Sheehan told the DailyMail.com that many trepidatious UFO whistleblowers have opted to deliver their testimony to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, for now, instead.
Whistleblowers with knowledge of a classified UFO 'reverse engineering' program have opted to testify to the Senate intelligence committee, in part over their reported mistrust of Dr. Kirkpatrick and his Pentagon UFO office. Above, a page from Project 1794 declassified in 2012
Above, more documents from Project 1794: a Cold War-era US Air Force effort to build a supersonic flying saucer in collaboration with a Canadian defense contractor
US Customs and Border Patrol, the agency responsible for keeping terrorists and weapons out of the country, uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies. The videos document a fighter jet pursued by an apparently baffling flying orb, as well as something that appears to be a propeller-powered hang-glider, and another apparent orb hovering near a parked 16-wheeler truck
What they were doing is they were going straight through to the Senate Intelligence Committee,' Sheehan said.
'That's where the queue is forming of people who have real direct immediate knowledge — and Dave Grusch is in communication with these people, and our people are in communication with these people.'
'We know that they don't want to go into into Sean's AARO group until it's resolved as to who is going to take his place,' Sheehan emphasized.
'None of the whistleblowers want to go in there, because they don't view it as stable or safe.'
The former intelligence official, who confirmed word of Dr. Kirkpatrick's departure, weighed in with the opinion that 'the public push back from Dave [Grusch] was probably unexpected.'
Despite a long summer of contradictory timelines detailed by both Grusch and Dr. Kirkpatrick, in other words, the official suspects that AARO likely did not expect to have its director called a liar in public.
Among other inconsistencies, Grusch testified under oath before Congress this July that his last personal interaction with Dr. Kirkpatrick occurred in 2022.
'Him and I had a classified conversation in April 2022 before he took over AARO in July 2022,' Grusch told Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, under oath during the hearing.
Grusch added that he had provided Dr. Kirkpatrick with 'some concerns' he had, related to national security issues relevant to AARO's UAP mandate.
But, during AARO's Halloween conference call on Tuesday, Kirkpatrick asserted that the two had not spoken in nearly five years.
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