Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
04-12-2023
7 Mile Disk Found In Surface Of Venus, In Google Map, UFO Sighting News.
7 Mile Disk Found In Surface Of Venus, In Google Map, UFO Sighting News.
I found this huge oval UFO landed on the surface of Venus. I was using google Venus map and the thing that really decided it was the clear dome at its center. Google ruler says it's exactly 7 miles across.
The whole planet has many tunnels that create networks moving from place to place above the surface of Venus. It's clear that the surface is even too poisonous for aliens, so they chose to live below ground and when above ground, within the tunnels.
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New England Emerges as UFO Hotspot: Startling Surge in Sightings & Compelling Evidence!
New England Emerges as UFO Hotspot: Startling Surge in Sightings & Compelling Evidence!
In recent years, New England has emerged as a significant hotspot for UFO sightings. This fascinating phenomenon has captured the attention of both the public and UFO researchers, with an astonishing 300% increase in sightings over the past decade. The compelling cases from Connecticut to Massachusetts paint a picture of an area rich in unexplained aerial phenomena.
Historical Context:
Dating back to the 1950s, New England’s UFO narrative began unfolding. Notably, a sighting in Connecticut in the late 1950s involved Lieutenant Frank Woolley witnessing a mysterious white object. Such early encounters set the stage for a series of inexplicable events that continue to intrigue and mystify.
Recent Developments:
A striking case from Fairfield, Connecticut, involving a fast-moving object captured near a house, has reignited interest. Video analysis by experts like Mark D’Antonio, a veteran photo and video analyst for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), suggests these are not isolated incidents. MUFON’s in-depth scrutiny of these sightings points towards a pattern of increased UFO activity in the region.
Technological Evolution in Sightings:
The evolution of UFO sightings from classic flying saucers to orbs and light formations indicates a potential technological advancement in extraterrestrial visitations. Local experts like Brian Bowden, a historian and UFO researcher, theorize that these changes reflect advancements in alien technology, mirroring humanity’s progression in transportation and aerospace design.
Impact on Locals:
For residents like Samantha and Tom, these sightings are more than just fleeting encounters. Reports of electronic failures and lost time accompanying these sightings add a layer of complexity and personal impact. Such experiences echo the harrowing account of Tom Reed, whose encounter near a river involved missing time and electronic interference, suggesting a deeper, perhaps more personal interest by these unidentified entities in human activities.
Scientific and Paranormal Perspectives:
The debate continues among scientists and paranormal researchers about the nature of these sightings. Are they mere anomalies, or do they represent a tangible, albeit unknown, aspect of our universe? The presence of magnetic anomalies in the region, as pointed out by experts, adds a scientific dimension to these occurrences, potentially attracting these unidentified flying objects to New England.
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Multiple UFO Sightings & Evidence Confirm New England As A Hotspot | UFO Witness
As we delve deeper into the mysteries of UFO sightings in New England, the question remains: what brings these unidentified objects to this region? With a rich history of sightings and an ever-growing list of encounters, New England stands as a significant chapter in the ongoing narrative of UFO phenomena. As we await more concrete answers, the skies above New England continue to be a canvas for some of the most intriguing and unexplained events in our modern history.
An uncommon view of the Martian horizon was recently obtained with help from NASA’s Odyssey orbiter, in new images that captured the dusty skies of the Red Planet, as well as a glimpse at one of the most mysterious objects trapped in its orbit.
The new imagery was captured by the orbiter’s THEMIS camera, presenting a vantage from roughly the same altitude above Mars as the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth.
The images were the result of months of planning by engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and its partners at Lockheed Martin Space, showcasing the infrared camera’s ability to detect everything from stony features on the Martian surface to ice and dust in its atmosphere, as well as the subtleties of the planet’s temperatures.
A Martian vista seen from 250 miles high, courtesy of the Odyssey orbiter’s THEMIS infrared camera (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU).
Normally, the THEMIS camera’s design has it pointing straight down, which means the entire spacecraft must be tilted to obtain the view of the Martian atmosphere that the new imagery reveals, a problematic angle for Odyssey since that also means its antenna is pointed away from Earth, which temporarily blocked radio communication.
However, while positioned to photograph the Martian atmosphere, Odyssey’s successful operation also managed to obtain images of one of the Red Planet’s great mysteries: its irregularly shaped moon, Phobos.
The largest of the Martian moons and with a shape that is often likened to a potato, Phobos boasts a massive crater on one end and orbits about 3,700 miles above the Martian surface. Given its close distance, it is the innermost of the Red Planet’s natural satellites, possessing the closest orbit of any known natural object to its nearest planetary body.
One in a series of images of the Martian moon Phobos recently captured by the THEMIS camera aboard NASA’s Odyssey orbiter
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech).
Discovered in the summer of 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall, Phobos and its sibling moon, Deimos, were named after the sons of the Greek god Ares, whose Roman counterpart is the planet’s namesake. According to Greek tradition, Phobos was the god of fear and panic, which is a surprisingly appropriate name given the speed at which Phobos races around the Red Planet: it completes each of its orbits in just 7 hours and 39 minutes.
ODD FEATURES AND UNKNOWN STRUCTURES WITHIN PHOBOS
Several questions remain about Phobos, which include its composition and internal structure, as well as its mysterious origin. The darkest moon ever discovered by astronomers, it has been theorized that Phobos’ dim coloration suggests a composition of dark rock and ice. This, along with its odd shape and the peculiarities of its orbit, hints that Phobos may have been an asteroid that became captured in orbit around Mars at some point in the distant past.
Phobos also possesses a series of unusual straight lines, which may suggest odd structural features beneath its surface or even that it is slowly being torn apart as its rapid orbit brings it nearer to the surface of Mars, where it may eventually collide with the Red Planet.
Detailed imagery of Phobos, depicting the Martian moon’s curious “tiger stripe” markings (Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin).
Although the idea that Phobos is being gradually disassembled as Mars drags the curious moon toward its surface remains a possibility, radar detections made in 2022 by Europe’s Mars Express spacecraft suggest the presence of unknown structures within the object, which could also account for its unusual “tiger striped” appearance.
On September 22, 2022, Mars Express was able to use its Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument to peer beyond the surface of Phobos, revealing the presence of the moon’s odd inner structures.
Following the odd detections, Andrea Cicchetti with the MARSIS team said they revealed “possible signs of previously unknown features below the moon’s surface.”
Data obtained by the MARSIS flyby in late 2022
(Credit: ESA).
“We are excited to see the role that MARSIS might play in finally solving the mystery surrounding Phobos’ origin,” Cicchetti said of the findings.
THE PHOBOS MONOLITH
On September 12, 1998, several of the highest-resolution images of Phobos that had ever been obtained at that time were captured by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft as it completed its fourth pass by the object and used its Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) to photograph the odd moon, revealing the most detailed view of the Martian moon’s features that had ever been available.
Peppered with boulders that were likely ejected from the impact that formed the moon’s massive Stickney crater, the high-resolution images of the surface of Phobos revealed a genuine curiosity: an unusually large feature that cast an elongated shadow, suggesting that the strange object was massive not only in diameter but also in height.
The curious “Phobos monolith”, captured in imagery obtained in 1998 by the Mars Global Surveyor’s Mars Orbital Camera
(Credit: NASA).
Popularly known as the Phobos monolith, the object is believed to be a very large and unusually shaped boulder, possessing an equally curious orientation: its height of close to 300 feet, based on the length of the shadow it casts, exceeds its estimated width of approximately 279 feet across.
The strange feature was discovered by amateur astronomer Efrain Palermo in the late 1990s while conducting detailed surveys of the Phobos imagery, with additional studies of its size and features later undertaken by imaging analyst Lan Fleming, who at the time worked at NASA Johnson Space Center. However, the monolith received renewed attention in 2009 after astronaut Buzz Aldrin made a series of cryptic references to the object during an appearance on C-SPAN.
“There’s a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this little potato-shaped object that goes around Mars once in seven hours,” Aldrin said excitedly.
“When people find out about that, they’re gonna say, ‘Who put that there! Who put that there?’”
“Well, the universe put that there,” Aldrin said, alluding to its likely natural origin. “If you choose, God put that there.”
The area around the so-called monolith has been discussed as a landing site for future robotic missions, such as the Phobos Reconnaissance and International Mars Exploration (PRIME) mission, a joint effort between Teledyne Optech and the Mars Institute proposed in 2007, which never garnered funding.
NEW IMAGERY AND NEW HORIZONS
Although the new images are the latest to capture Phobos in its racetrack orbit around Mars, this was not the first time NASA has used the Odyssey orbiter’s THEMIS camera to obtain imagery of the moon. In fact, the recent images mark the seventh time in more than two decades that such images have been obtained with the camera, which helps to provide information about changes in temperature that occur on what is arguably the most unusual moon in our solar system.
However, the newest set of images did manage to offer some unique new additions.
“We got a different angle and lighting conditions of Phobos than we’re used to,” said Dr. Jonathon Hill, a mission planner at Arizona State University’s Mars Space Flight Facility.
“That makes it a unique part of our Phobos dataset.”
Hill and his colleagues say the new imagery helps to offer insights into the moon, its structure, and composition and may eventually provide data points that could help to determine once and for all whether Phobos is an asteroid caught in orbit around the Red Planet, or possibly a massive chunk of the planet’s surface that became dislodged following an impact at some point in the past.
In the future, NASA also plans to participate in a joint effort with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Mars Moon eXplorer (MMX), which aims to retrieve samples from Phobos and Deimos. The new imagery could be helpful in planning for the retrieval mission, which could provide material from the surface of Phobos, which may assist scientists in unraveling some of the moon’s lingering mysteries.
Ruins of an ancient fortress wall found in Antarctica
Ruins of an ancient fortress wall found in Antarctica
On the top of a mountain ridge in Antarctica, the remains of what appears to be part of an ancient fortress wall can be observed.
The first structure measures 32 meters in height, 26 meters in length, and 16 meters in width. A second similar structure is visible in the opposite direction. The two structures seem to have been part of an ancient fortress wall.
Furthermore, it is noteworthy that below the first structure, a large cave is visible, possibly connected to the first structure.
A strange large tube, measuring 10 meters in length and 5 meters in width, seemly hovering in the air before the cave, defying conventional explanations.
These ancient structures, the cave (or portal), and the strange cylinder (resembling a UFO) in the air, as well as next to the first structure, you can see what looks like a large antenna, or crane, all contribute to the mysterious ambiance surrounding this location.
At all, it raises questions about the activities that may have transpired in this remote Antarctic area.
Coordinates Google Earth: 78°10'34.87"S 162° 2'27.51"E
Now I'm sure some will say this is old news, but I just today decided to try my hand at focusing and enhancing these old NASA images of the two moons orbiting the astroid discovered in Arecibo Observatory and written about in 2008. Today's image technology allows us to focus these images which too fuzzy to truly see detail. So I went after it. I added contrast (shadow), deepening and focus (sharpening) and came out with this eye opening image.
NASA always tries to deliberately hurt the image quality in order to keep the public in the dark, but they did not realize, the future was going to change that.
These two objects orbing the asteroid are UFOs. One has seven or more right angles, which is impossible for a moon. The other has a cigar long body, with an arrow head and an arrow fin tail. Nothing like that has ever been seen as a moon or as a astroid. It's a UFO too. Two UFOs orbing a small asteroid that is passing earth, so that it can send out small orb probes to gather data on earth and nobody will every know, because the asteroid itself hides the alien crafts existence.
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Submerged Mysteries Uncovered: UFO Phenomena Along Alaska’s Coastline
Submerged Mysteries Uncovered: UFO Phenomena Along Alaska’s Coastline
The icy waters of Alaska, known for their breathtaking beauty and unforgiving nature, hide secrets far beyond the known. Among these are the enigmatic Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs)– a phenomenon that has intrigued UFO enthusiasts and researchers alike. Alaska, with its vast and secluded coastline, has become a focal point for UFO sightings, particularly those emerging from beneath the waves.
The Alaska Triangle – A Hotspot for USO Activity
The Alaska Triangle, a region covering a large part of the state from Juneau to Barrow to Anchorage, is notorious for mysterious disappearances and unexplained phenomena. It’s here that the deep, often unexplored waters have become the subject of numerous USO sightings. Residents and visitors alike have reported seeing objects defying conventional understanding, rising from the depths of the ocean and disappearing into the skies.
Eyewitness Accounts – A Glimpse into the Unknown
One of the most compelling aspects of Alaskan USO sightings is the consistency in eyewitness accounts. Locals recount seeing luminous objects, sometimes thousands, emerging from the water near places like Smitty’s Cove. These accounts often describe the USOs as showing advanced technology, capable of both underwater travel and flight, challenging our understanding of existing vehicular capabilities.
The Enigma Beneath the Waves
The Gulf of Alaska, part of this mysterious triangle, boasts some of the world’s deepest waters, reaching depths of 26,000 feet. This vast, uncharted territory presents a perfect hiding spot for these enigmatic USOs. The possibility of an underwater alien base, as some theorists suggest, isn’t far-fetched when considering the vast, unexplored expanses of our oceans.
Satellite Imagery and Research Efforts
Recent advances in satellite technology have provided researchers like Debbie Zigglemeyer, director of underwater research at MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), with new tools to explore these phenomena. Intriguing satellite images off the Alaskan coast have revealed formations resembling underwater highways and structures, sparking further investigation into the possibility of an alien presence beneath the sea.
Historical Context and Global Implications
The phenomenon of USOs isn’t just confined to the present day. Historical reports, such as the 1945 sighting by the crew of the US Delaroff near the Aleutian Islands, add credibility to the ongoing sightings. These accounts describe large, silent, and fast-moving objects emerging from the ocean, suggesting a long-standing presence of unknown entities in our waters.
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Underwater UFOs Found Off The Coast Of Alaska
The pursuit to understand USOs in Alaska is more than just a quest for extraterrestrial life; it’s a journey into the unknown realms of our planet. With 70% of the Earth’s surface covered by water and only a fraction explored, the potential for discovery is immense. The Alaskan USO sightings offer a window into these uncharted territories, beckoning the curious and the brave to explore further.
The mysterious USOs of Alaska present a tantalizing puzzle. As we continue to explore these phenomena, we edge closer to possibly uncovering one of the greatest mysteries of our time. Whether these sightings are evidence of extraterrestrial life or a yet-to-be-understood natural phenomenon, one thing is certain – the icy waters of Alaska hold secrets waiting to be unveiled.
De meest angstaanjagende wezens die voorkomen in de Bijbel
In de bijbel komen verschillende, mysterieuze wezens voor waarvan sommigen best eng kunnen zijn. Hoewel we er een paar kennen die elders voorkomen, zijn er ook waarvan we geen weet hebben. Als je bijvoorbeeld denkt dat cherubijnen schattige en mollige baby-engeltjes zijn, zul je je nog verbazen. Alsof het eerste beest in het boek de Openbaring van Johannes niet eng genoeg is, zal het tweede beest je wellicht nachtmerries bezorgen.
Nieuwsgierig? Bekijk dan de volgende galerij om de meest angstaanjagende wezens te ontdekken die in de Bijbel worden genoemd.
Het Eerste Beest In De Openbaring van Johannes (of simpelweg Openbaring) vinden we het eerste beest, bekend als een van de meest angstaanjagende wezens die worden genoemd. Het wordt afgebeeld met zeven koppen, tien hoorns en verschillende lichaamsdelen van dieren. Openbaring 13:1-2 geeft een gedetailleerde beschrijving van dit mysterieuze beest.
Het Eerste Beest "En ik stond op het zand der zee. En ik zag uit de zee een beest opkomen, hebbende zeven hoofden en tien hoornen; en op zijn hoornen waren tien koninklijke hoeden, en op zijn hoofden was een naam van gods lastering. En het beest dat ik zag, was een pardel gelijk, en zijn voeten als eens beers voeten, en zijn mond als de mond eens leeuws; en de draak gaf hem zijn kracht, en zijn troon, en grote macht."
Het Tweede Beest "Toen zag ik uit de aarde een ander beest komen. Het had net als het Lam twee horens op zijn kop, maar het sprak als de draak" (Openbaring 13:11). Ja, er is een tweede beest en het was een obstakel: "Het liet zelfs vuur uit de hemel komen voor de mensen."
Het Tweede Beest Hij was ook verantwoordelijk voor het markeren van een getal op ieder individu, bekend als het nummer van het beest. "Het beest had iedereen in zijn macht: machtige en gewone mensen, rijke en arme mensen, vrije mensen en slaven. "Het dwong iedereen om een merkteken op zijn rechterhand of op zijn voorhoofd te dragen. Alleen mensen die dat merkteken hadden, konden iets kopen of verkopen. Het merkteken was de naam van het beest, of het getal dat zijn naam voorstelt." (Openbaring 13:16-17).
Sprinkhanen De sprinkhanenplaag in Egypte wordt beschreven in het boek Exodus. "Ze bedekten het hele land. Het zag er zwart van de sprinkhanen. Ze aten alle planten en vruchten op die niet door de hagel waren vernield. Zo bleef er in heel Egypte geen sprietje groen meer over."
Reuzen Wanneer we het hebben over reuzen in de Bijbel, is het verhaal van David en Goliath vaak het eerste dat in je opkomt. Goliath is echter niet de enige reus die in de Schriften worden genoemd.
Reuzen De Amorieten worden meerdere keren genoemd in de bijbel. Amos 2:9 geeft een beschrijving van een van hen: "En toch heb ik ter wille van jullie de Amorieten uitgeroeid, die zo groot waren als ceders en zo sterk als eiken: met wortel en tak roeide ik ze uit."
Leviatan Dit chaos creërende beest uit het Oude Testament was een zeemonster dat door God was geschapen. Hoewel er in de Openbaring van Johannes een zeemonster voorkomt, is het niet duidelijk of deze een verband heeft met Leviatan.
Leviatan Volgens Jesaja 27:1 heeft God het echter met Zijn goddelijke krachten uitgeschakeld. "Op die dag zal de Heer ingrijpen: Hij trekt zijn groot en machtig zwaard tegen Leviatan, de snelle, kronkelende slang, en Hij zal Leviatan doden, het monster in de zee."
Behemot Behemoth, vergelijkbaar met Leviatan, werd in het begin ook door God gecreëerd. Terwijl Leviatan over de zee regeerde, dwaalde Behemot door het land.
Behemot Job 40:15-24 geeft een beschrijving van dit wezen. "Zie nu Behemot, welken Ik gemaakt heb nevens u; hij eet hooi, gelijk een rund. Zie toch, zijn kracht is in zijn lenden, en zijn macht in den navel zijns buiks. Als het hem lust, zijn staart is als een ceder; de zenuwen zijner schaamte zijn doorvlochten. Zijn beenderen zijn als vast koper; zijn gebeenten zijn als ijzeren handbomen."
De Vier Beesten van Daniel Daniël, een profeet die het Bijbelboek Daniël schreef, had een bijzonder visioen. Hij zag vier dieren uit de zee oprijzen. De beschrijving van dit buitengewone visioen kan men vinden in Daniël 7:1-28.
De Vier Beesten van Daniel Daniel zei: "Vier grote dieren rezen op uit de zee, elk met een andere gestalte. Het eerste dier leek op een leeuw, maar dan met adelaarsvleugels. Ik zag hoe zijn vleugels werden uitgerukt, hoe het dier werd opgetild, op twee voeten overeind werd gezet als een mens en ook het hart van een mens kreeg. Toen verscheen er een tweede dier; het leek op een beer en het had zich half opgericht. Het hield drie ribben tussen de tanden van zijn muil, en het dier werd aangespoord met de woorden: 'Sta op, eet veel vlees.' "
Cherubijn Cherubijnen, ook wel cherubs genoemd, worden vaak afgebeeld als schattige en mollige baby-engeltjes. Dit toont echter niet hoe ze werkelijk zijn. Volgens de bijbel zijn het in feite angstaanjagende wezens. De cherub die de Hof van Eden bewaakte droeg een vlammend zwaard, waardoor hun intimiderende karakter nog meer naar voren kwam.
Cherubijn De beschrijving in Ezechiël 1:5-11 gaat echter nog een stap verder door te stellen dat ze vier gezichten hebben! "[...] Ze zagen er mensachtig uit, maar ze hadden vier gezichten en vier vleugels. [...] En aan de rechterkant was het gezicht van een leeuw, aan de linkerkant het gezicht van een os. Ook hadden ze alle vier het gezicht van een adelaar."
Draken Draken zijn eeuwenoude, kwaadaardige wezens die al duizenden jaren in mythologieën voorkomen. Christelijke verhalen, waaronder het beroemde verhaal van Sint-Joris en de draak, zijn in talloze culturen aanwezig.
Draken Ook in de Bijbel wordt naar draken verwezen. Een opvallend voorbeeld is te vinden in Openbaring 20:2, waarin staat: "Hij greep de draak, de slang van weleer, die ook duivel of Satan wordt genoemd, en ketende hem voor duizend jaren."
Vampieren Vampieren? Ja, enigszins. Bepaalde verzen zijn gelinkt aan vampirisme. In Spreuken 30:14 staat bijvoorbeeld: "Een geslacht, welks tanden zwaarden, en welks baktanden messen zijn, om de ellendigen van de aarde en de nooddruftigen van onder de mensen te verteren."
Vampieren Bloed is in de Bijbel iets onmisbaars, waarin duidelijk wordt beschreven dat het niet genuttigd dient te worden. In Deuteronomium 12:23 wordt gesteld: "Alleen, houd eraan vast geen bloed te eten, want het bloed is de ziel, en u mag niet, samen met het vlees, ook de ziel eten.
Weerwolven Weerwolven zijn al langere tijd meerdere malen genoemd en op dezelfde manier beschreven als in Daniël 4:33, maar in de Bijbel worden ze niet expliciet genoemd.
Weerwolven Er staat: "Op datzelfde moment gebeurde wat ik, Nebukadnezar, had gedroomd: ik werd bij de mensen weggejaagd, at gras als een koe en dronk van de dauw. Mijn haar werd zo lang als de veren van een arend en mijn nagels werden zo lang als de klauwen van een vogel."
Nefilim De Nefilim, die voortkwamen uit geslachtsgemeenschap tussen de "zonen van de Goden" en de "dochters van de mensen", blijven mysterieuze wezens.
Nefilim De Nefilim worden vaak gigantische wezens genoemd die over de aarde zwierven. Sommige theorieën stellen dat ze nakomelingen zijn van gevallen engelen of van Kaïn. Deze mysterieuze wezens blijven mensen die de Bijbel lezen boeien.
Slangdraak Er wordt driemaal naar dit mythologische wezen verwezen in het boek Jesaja. Het is een combinatie van een haan en een slang, vergelijkbaar met een kleine draak.
Eenhoorns In de King James Version (Engelse vertaling van de Bijbel) wordt negen keer naar eenhoorns verwezen. Ze worden afgebeeld als krachtige wezens in Numeri 23:22 en 24:8. In Jesaja 34:6-7 kwam hun aard nog meer naar voren.
Eenhoorns Er staat: "The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness."
Pratende ezel In Numeri 22:21 wordt een merkwaardig wezen genoemd: een pratende ezel. Terwijl Bileam op de ezel reed, kwam hij een engel tegen, waardoor de ezel stopte. Bileam reageerde door de ezel drie keer te slaan en op wonderbaarlijke wijze zorgde God ervoor dat het dier kon praten!
Ofanim De ofanim, die in het jodendom als heilige engelen worden beschouwd, kunnen ook behoorlijk intimiderend zijn. Uit Ezechiël 1:15 blijkt dat ze vier gezichten en veel ogen hebben.
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The enigma surrounding Mexican alien mummies has taken a more intricate turn. On November 6, 2023, Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan gathered a group of doctors and scientists to present new data on the Peruvian mummies, which show potential signs of non-human life forms, while refraining from confirming that the remains were extraterrestrial. Now, new information has emerged, deepening the mystery of alien corpses.
Mr. Maussan initially showcased the Peruvian alien mummies during the historic UAP hearings held on September 12, 2023, in Mexico. The hearings were organized by the Commission of Science and Technology of the Chamber of Deputies and were attended by various UAP experts and whistleblowers, including former US Navy pilot Ryan Graves. Despite facing criticism regarding the alien bodies, Maussan persisted in his investigation, leveraging additional expertise to delve deeper into the matter.
The two tiny alien corpses that are at least 1,000 years old were displayed in windowed boxes for all to see. The small mummified specimen was retrieved from Cusco, Peru, in a layer of diatomaceous earth. “These aren’t beings that were found after a UFO wreckage,” Maussan said, “They were found in diatom mines and were later fossilized.” He later added: “Whether they are aliens or not, we don’t know, but they were intelligent, and they lived with us. They should rewrite history.… We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this reality.”
Scientists who previously said the bodies were nothing more than the assembly of human and alien bones have changed their views when investigating the corpses. In this study, they found each of the corpses belonged to a single skeleton. According to Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, a director of the Scientific Institute for Health of the Mexican Navy, the studies showed that the alleged bodies belonged to a single skeleton and were not assembled.
A ufologist named Will Galison, a close friend of the archaeologist who initially analyzed the “alien mummies,” believes that the miniature corpses are not extraterrestrial but rather may have been made from animal remains, possibly for ritual purposes. He noted that the heads of the mummies bear a “remarkable similarity” to alpaca skulls. Despite the suggestion that they are not extraterrestrial, Galison does not consider them a hoax. Galison saw the mummies in Peru in 2017, well before Maussan’s presentation, and initially believed they might have been extraterrestrial remains.
On August 1, 2019, the San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Peru, received four desiccated bodies exhibiting characteristics of both humans and reptilians. These specimens were transferred while safeguarding the confidentiality of the source of information, following the provisions outlined in the second article, subsection 18, of the Political Constitution of Peru. The purpose behind the delivery of these bodies was to ensure their custody and preservation and facilitate research aimed at elucidating the authenticity of these desiccated specimens.
Experts described the creatures as a ”new breed” of ”non-human creature” that had no lungs or ribs Image credit: REUTERS/Raquel Cunha)
One of the bodies, known as “Maria,” is approximately human-sized but displays distinct anatomical variations. It possesses an elongated skull and three fingers on both its hands and feet. Upon examination of the bones, a consistent structure was observed, devoid of any indications of finger damage.
The smaller bodies, measuring approximately 60 cm in length, display a morphological and anatomical structure markedly distinct from that of humans. Their skin exhibits morphological and histological characteristics reminiscent of reptiles, featuring three-digited hands and feet. Notably, they possess voluminous skulls, and their bone and joint system deviates significantly from human anatomy, showcasing unique and sui generis atypical features.
Importantly, it is worth noting the absence of rigid or metallic elements for union and support in the joints throughout the entire body. Given the extraordinary nature of these bodies and the pronounced anatomical and structural disparities, further comprehensive investigations are imperative for a deeper understanding of their essence.
In October 2023, Mr. Maussan and other experts claimed the specimens were tested and found to be “non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution.” He said, “None of the scientists say [the study results] prove that they are extraterrestrials, but I go further,” suggesting that they could be evidence of non-Earthly life forms.
New Update
In September 2023, Maussan revealed that DNA testing had been done on the mummies, and more than 30% of it is unknown. But it was not until a new DNA analysis was conducted on Peru’s non-human corpses, revealing that 30% of their genetic code belongs to an “unknown species,” as reported by the Daily Star.
While it remains unclear what the other 70% of the so-called aliens’ DNA matched up with, Maussan argued that the DNA analysis confirms the mummies are “definitely not human.” Additionally, one corpse was allegedly discovered to have what appeared to be eggs or ovaries inside, while another had implants of rare metals, such as Osmium.
Mr. Maussan said: “This is the first time extraterrestrial life has been presented in this manner. We have a clear example of non-human specimens unrelated to any known species on our planet. The public has the right to know about non-human technology and beings. This reality unites humanity rather than dividing us. We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this truth…These specimens do not belong to our terrestrial evolution. They were not creatures discovered after a UFO crash. Instead, they were found in diatom mines and later transformed into fossilized mummies.”
Dr. Rubén García Linaje, an orthopedic surgeon mentioned that they were observing bones, and it appeared to be a skeleton. He pointed out that there were some unusual features, such as the circular shape of the ribs. He did not see a sternum, and the ribcage seemed to have limited expansion capabilities due to the shape of the ribs.
Daily Mail writes: The bodies underwent carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which determined the bodies had three-fingered hands, no teeth, and were more than 1,000 years old, Maussan claimed.
“These specimens are not part of our terrestrial evolution […] These aren’t beings that were found after a UFO wreckage,” Maussan said to Congress in September. “They were found in diatom [algae] mines and were later fossilized.” He later added: “Whether they are aliens or not, we don’t know, but they were intelligent and they lived with us. They should rewrite history. We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this reality.”
Celestino Adolfo Piotti, a doctor in medicine and surgery and the founder of a special branch of anthropology in Argentina, said he reached this conclusion by studying X-rays of the skulls of non-human beings. He compared them to his theory of evolution called the “guardian theory,” which disagrees with Charles Darwin’s theory.
[Translation] “The final numerical result that it gives me is that they are not individuals from the past or the present but rather from the future, so it means that these two beings, Mary and these two beings 60 centimeters high (those that Maussan presented). They should have existed in the future and not in the past a thousand years ago,” he said.
The researcher acknowledged that the scientific method cannot provide an answer to the conclusion he reached. However, he stated that non-human beings are “the link of our human species that goes from being returned towards a new species… The lower beings would be a complete evolution of a species that will come after us, in summary, they would be our descendants.”
Thierre Maurice Pierre, a researcher at the Inkari Institute in Cusco, Peru, stated that the analysis concluded that non-human beings date back thousands of years and that their DNA is not human. However, he clarified that this does not necessarily mean they belong to extraterrestrial beings.
“The laboratories concluded that these bodies were centuries, even millennia old. The DNA of these beings does not belong to the human species. For this reason, the laboratories will speak of at least two unknown species. I want to insist on this important point: none of the laboratories have mentioned extraterrestrials,” he said.
Anthropologist Roger Zúñiga Avilés of San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica, Peru, said researchers had studied five similar specimens over four years. “There was absolutely no human intervention in the physical and biological formation of these beings,” he added, saying he did not know the origin of the beings.
Zúñiga presented a letter signed by 11 researchers from the university declaring the same. The letter made clear, however, that they were not implying the bodies were “extraterrestrial.” According to Reuters, “When asked about those studies, Zúñiga said the specimens were probably fake. The bodies that he and the other university researchers looked at, however, were real, he said.”
After thorough investigations, the research team has conclusively determined that the desiccated bodies under study are entirely authentic from a biological standpoint. There are no indications of tampering or artificial assembly. The scientific approach has been meticulous, and these results further affirm the authenticity of the bodies.
Mexican September UAP hearings came after the US Congress conducted its hearings, where corner US intelligence officer David Grusch testified that the US government has its possession of intact alien crafts and claimed that “non-human biologics” had been recovered from crashed vehicles of unknown origin. He further claimed the Pentagon was secretly reverse-engineering the recovered craft without oversight by Congress or the US public.
After Stalling Out for 40 Years, the Largest Iceberg in the World is on the Move
An animation from Copernicus Sentinel-1 images shows iceberg A23a’s movements from 2 November 2023, 14 November 2023 and 26 November 2023. Credit: ESA.
After Stalling Out for 40 Years, the Largest Iceberg in the World is on the Move
In 1986, a gigantic iceberg separated from the Fichner-Ronne ice shelf in West Antarctica. It was so big that it became grounded, stuck to the seafloor, and remained in position for 40 years. Finally, it has now been pushed off the seafloor and has begun drifting in the Weddell Sea to a region in the South Atlantic called Iceberg Alley. Designated A23a, this monster berg measures 4000 sq km (1,500 square miles) and is about 400 meters (1,300 feet) thick – the world’s largest.
On the surface, A23a is about four times the size of New York City. But as is well known about icebergs, you must look below the surface, too. At 400 meters thick, the entire body of ice adds up to more than a trillion tons of frozen water.
ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite has been keeping an eye on the moving behemoth, which appears to be driven by winds and currents. Scientists estimate it is currently moving at a rate of about 4.8 km (3 miles) each day.
ESA said it is not unusual for icebergs to become grounded, but over time they shrink enough to unground and float.
Images from Copernicus Sentinel-1 to show how the A23a iceberg rotated and travelled between 2 November 2023 (blue) and 26 November 2023 (red). Credit: ESA
Now that this iceberg is on the loose, scientists can’t predict exactly where it will go next. However, like most icebergs from the Weddell sector, A23a is likely to end up in the South Atlantic on Iceberg Alley.
While A23a is huge, it’s not the biggest ever. It is only about one-third the size of the biggest iceberg in recorded history, B-15 which calved off of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. The B-15 iceberg covered more than 10,878 square km (4,200 square miles) when it broke away, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. B-15 has since fractured into numerous smaller bergs, and most have melted away.
Another biggie was A-76 which came loose in 2021 and measured around 4,320 square km (1,670 square miles) in size. At 170 km (106 miles) in length and 25 km (15 miles) wide, the iceberg was slightly larger than the Spanish island of Majorca, and bigger than the state of Rhode Island in the US.
In 2005, astronomer Mike Brown and his colleagues Chad Trujillo and David Rabinowitz announced the discovery of a previously unknown planetoid in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune’s orbit. The team named this object Eris after the Greek personification of strife and discord, which was assigned by the IAU a year later. Along with Haumea and Makemake, which they similarly observed in 2004 and 2005 (respectively), this object led to the “Great Planet Debate,” which continues to this day. Meanwhile, astronomers have continued to study the Trans-Neptunian region to learn more about these objects.
While subsequent observations have allowed astronomers to get a better idea of Eris’ size and mass, there are many unresolved questions about the structure of this “dwarf planet” and how it compares to Pluto. In a recent study, Mike Brown and University of California Santa Cruz professor Francis Nimmo presented a series of models based on new mass estimates for Eris’ moon Dysnomia. According to their results, Eris is likely differentiated into a convecting icy shell and rocky core, which sets it apart from Pluto’s conductive shell.
Their paper, “The internal structure of Eris inferred from its spin and orbit evolution,” recently appeared in the journal Science Advances. The research began while Nimmo was visiting Professor Brown at Caltech and realized that some of his previously-unpublished data could help reveal information about the properties of Eris. At present, we know that Eris is about the same size and mass as Pluto and has a highly eccentric orbit around our Sun, ranging from 38.271 AU at perihelion to 97.457 AU at aphelion. This is almost twice as eccentric as Pluto’s orbit and roughly 50% farther from the Sun.
Comparison between the eight largest TNOs with Earth (all to scale). Credit: NASA/Lexicon
For several months, Brown and Nimmo worked on models of Eris that incorporated two key pieces of information. The first had to do with Eris’ only known satellite, Dysnomia, and how the two bodies always face the same way toward each other. “That happens because the big planet gets spun down by the tides that the little moon raises on it,” said Nimmo in a recent UCSC press release. “The bigger the moon is, the faster the planet spins down. And so as soon as you know that, then you can actually start to do real calculations.”
Astronomers can use the spin and orbital characteristics of planets and their moons to infer certain properties, like their internal structures. But until recently, scientists did not have estimates on Dysnomia’s size, mass, and density. Luckily, Brown and his colleague Bryan J. Butler – a researcher at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) – recently conducted observations of Dysnomia and Eris (and Orcus and its satellite Vanth) using the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on their findings, published in The Planetary Science Journal, Dysnomia has a diameter of about 615 km (382 mi) and Dysnomia and Eris have a mass ratio of 0.0085.
This upper mass limit provided the second crucial piece of information, which concerned Eris’ internal structure. The main result of Brown and Nimmo’s model (but did not expect) is that Eris is surprisingly dissipative, a concept in thermodynamics where a system operates out of equilibrium. From this, they determined that Eris has a rocky core surrounded by a layer of ice and a crust that is likely convecting. “The rock contains radioactive elements, and those produce heat,” Nimmo said. “And then that heat has to get out somehow. So as the heat escapes, it drives this slow churning in the ice.”
This sets it apart from Pluto, which has a conducting shell, as revealed by the New Horizon mission. Brown and Nimmo hope that more exact measurements of Dysnomia’s mass will be available in the near future, as well as additional data about the shape of Eris. Because of its distance, Eris appears as a single pixel of light, while Dysnomia is visible as a faint speck next to it (see below). Therefore, astronomers must monitor Eris as it passes in front of background stars to reconstruct its shape. This is similar to the Transit Method astronomers use to detect exoplanets and constrain their sizes.
Eris (center) and its moon of Dysnomia (left of center), taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Mike Brown
As Nimmo summarized, these measurements will help he and Brown refine the models they created:
“If Dysnomia is smaller than that, then Eris is even more squishy. We make the point that Eris should be pretty smooth because if there’s any surface topography, the ice is going to flow, and that topography will go away. So it would be nice to get some measurements of what shape Eris is because if it’s very irregular, that would not agree with our model.”
“The star blinks out and then the star comes back, and that tells you how wide Eris is at that point. And if you do that with a whole bunch of stars, then you can actually reconstruct shape. I’m hoping people are actually doing it, I just don’t know whether they are.”
Watch this video and notice a strange object shoot past behind the person speaking. There is an UFO orb, which is a small metal sphere move past, stop and then vanish. This particular orb is a cloud orb and are just a bit smaller than a basketball in size. The objects main job are to scan and record anything and everything in hopes of retrieving new information. Here it found an TikTok influencer. If Presidents Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Obama all had UFOs near them, then maybe we can assume this influence may have some massive destiny in the future.
This UFO was caught by an eyewitness yesterday that saw this tic-tac white UFO moving across the sky. He said he has seen such things before over the area. This craft has no wings, no contrail, no windows, lights or color other than the white cigar shaped craft itself. Just a fantastic catch, and proof that UAPs are over Ireland. I wonder....if there is a link to old Irish stories about little green men...otherwise known as leprechauns. It all makes sense now.
Unveiling the Mystery: Eisenhower’s Alleged Extraterrestrial Encounter
Unveiling the Mystery: Eisenhower’s Alleged Extraterrestrial Encounter
In the annals of American presidential history, few stories spark as much intrigue and debate as the alleged encounter between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and extraterrestrial beings. This extraordinary claim, emerging from the depths of Cold War secrecy and UFO lore, proposes a clandestine meeting that, if true, could profoundly alter our understanding of human history and our place in the cosmos.
The Disappearance That Sparked a Thousand Theories
The tale begins on a seemingly ordinary night in February 1954. President Eisenhower, taking a winter vacation in Palm Springs, California, reportedly vanished. The official statement claimed he was urgently whisked away due to a dental emergency. However, this explanation didn’t satisfy everyone, leading to rampant speculation.
A Meeting of Worlds?
The most sensational of these theories posits that Eisenhower didn’t visit a dentist but instead attended a secret rendezvous with aliens at Edwards Air Force Base. According to various accounts, these beings offered Eisenhower advanced technology in exchange for the cessation of nuclear weapons testing — a proposal Eisenhower allegedly declined, fearing the Soviets wouldn’t adhere to such an agreement.
Skepticism and Secrecy
While this narrative is compelling, it’s met with skepticism. No concrete evidence has emerged to confirm such an encounter. Critics argue that the story is a blend of Cold War paranoia, the era’s fascination with science fiction, and the secrecy surrounding UFO phenomena.
The Legacy of Unexplained Aerial Phenomena
Despite the skepticism, the Eisenhower alien encounter theory feeds into a larger narrative about UFOs and their potential links to high-level government knowledge. The U.S. government’s historical stance on UFOs has been one of dismissal or downplaying. However, recent shifts, including congressional hearings and official reports, signal a growing willingness to discuss and investigate these unexplained phenomena.
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The UnXplained: Did President Eisenhower Meet Aliens? (Season 6)
The question of whether Eisenhower met with extraterrestrials remains unanswered. This enigmatic episode serves as a fascinating reflection of the human desire to explore the unknown and ponder our place in the vast universe. As we continue to witness a gradual shift from fringe conspiracy theories to mainstream scientific inquiry, the story of Eisenhower’s alleged extraterrestrial meeting endures, a compelling chapter in the ongoing saga of humanity’s quest to understand the mysteries of the skies.
At least, an international team of researchers from Italy, Norway, Canada and the US has reached that conclusion in a new study, which analyzed sulfur and fluorine gases trapped in ancient volcanic rocks from the infamous Deccan Traps supervolcano.
This sulfur and fluorine — belched out by the Deccan Traps over 200,000 years before the extinction-level event — would have dropped global temperatures by as much as 18 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), their new study determined.
Their work aligns itself with a compromise theory: the 'press-pulse extinction model.'
Repeated 'volcanic winters' may have left the dinosaurs hungry, shivering and vulnerable to a fatal 'final blow' by the asteroid that ultimately did them in, according to a new study
An international team of researchers from Italy, Norway, Canada and the US analyzed sulfur and fluorine gases trapped in layers of ancient volcanic rocks (labelled above right) from India's Deccan Traps supervolcano. The volcanic gases likely led to temperature drops globally
'Our research demonstrates that climatic conditions were almost certainly unstable,' said study co-author and geologist Don Baker, 'with repeated volcanic winters that could have lasted decades, prior to the extinction of the dinosaurs.'
'Our work helps explain this significant extinction event that led to the rise of mammals and the evolution of our species,' according to Baker, who teaches at Canada's McGill University in Montreal.
The group analyzed trapped sulfur and fluorine compounds in samples taken from the Deccan Traps 'lava pile' in India's Western Ghats mountain range, near Bombay.
The compounds' minute concentrations, measured in parts-per-million, were determined via synchrotron radiation x‐ray fluorescence spectrometry — which bombards samples with magnetized corkscrews of radiation and then records how that radiation bounces and scatters back.
Some of the 'volcanic winters,' according to study co-author, geologist Don Baker, 'could have lasted decades' each, prior to the meteor that led to the dinosaurs' extinction
Baker drew a cooking analogy to explain the process of calculating atmospheric sulfur and fluorine volume from the small percentages held within these lava rocks.
'Imagine making pasta at home. You boil the water, add salt, and then the pasta,' Baker began in a statement.
'Some of the salt from the water goes into the pasta,' he said, 'but not much of it.'
Baker and his team worked with similar known ratios to estimate how much sulfur and fluorine gas compounds had flooded into Earth's atmosphere during the Cretaceous period.
A steady drop in temperature during the late Cretaceous period, as estimated by past paleoclimate studies, happened to track with higher concentrations of the Sulfur compounds in several layers of ancient lava from the Deccan Traps: layers known as the Thakurvadi through Bushe rock formations.
Sulfur content was found to be as high as 1,800 parts-per-million in these layers.
By the researchers' calculations, that would indicate that a volume of sulfur gas somewhere between 86,000 and 466,000 cubic-kilometers in size erupted into the prehistoric atmosphere.
When it came to the fluorine gasses, Baker and his colleagues do not believe it contributed to major climate change, but that its concentrations had other, more local, toxic effects.
'There is historical evidence for local impacts of fluorine degassing,' they wrote in their study, published in the journal Science Advances, 'as readily deposited from the volcanic haze.'
Above, a November 2023 eruption from one of most active and tallest volcanos in Europe, the snow-capped Etna in Italy. Etna shows what global 'volcanic winters' might have looked like
Huge regions of western India were carved and grooved by the lava flows of the Deccan Traps supervolcano over 66 million years ago. Above, a SkySat satellite image of the Deccan Traps taken in March of 2018 over Maharashtrain in India
The 'the final blow' in the researchers' view was almost assuredly the well-known Chicxulub impact, when a carbon-rich asteroid crashed into Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula roughly 66 million years ago. The impact led to trillions of metric tons of dust clouds and a new Ice Age
Those local impacts included, 'acid rain, crop failure, and livestock poisoning' after Iceland's Laki volcano eruptions in 1783 and 1784.
In essence, the researchers speculate that the Laki volcano's fluorine episode might be a good example of how the Deccan Traps' supervolcanic activity could have further harmed the dinosaurs over 66 million years ago.
'Deccan Traps volcanism set the stage for a global biotic crisis,' as the team put it in their new study, 'repeatedly deteriorating environmental conditions by forcing recurring short volcanic winters.'
But the 'the final blow' in their view was almost assuredly the well-known Chicxulub impact, when a carbon-rich asteroid crashed into Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula roughly 66 million years ago.
The impact, which left a six-mile-wide crater visible to this day, devastated the planet smashing up a hot cloud of dust, ash and steam and spreading 25 trillion metric tons of material into the atmosphere, some of which even escaped Earth's orbit.
The heated rentry of the rest of that material caused forest fires across 70 percent of the planet and left massive dust clouds that hastened a new Ice Age, scientists say.
But the dinosaurs were already struggling with bad weather by that time, based on Baker and his teams' new work.
'Our dataset,' they wrote, 'indicates that volcanic-driven climate disturbance was already underway.'
The mystery of Mexico's 'aliens' is deepening after an analysis claimed the DNA of tiny corpses is not human but of an 'unknown species.'
The nation's Congress has been a circus for the past two months as controversial UFO enthusiast and journalist Jaime Maussan has held court several times to prove the mummified remains found in Peru are extraterrestrial life.
In his recent attempt, Maussan ushered in a team of researchers who performed a DNA analysis on the figures that showed 30 percent is 'not from any known species' and stated that the figures were 'authentic,' comprising a single skeleton.
The other 70 percent has not yet been revealed.
DailyMail.com revealed that a UFO expert who has handled the tiny bodies suggested humans put them together - and the pair could have been made with now-extinct animals 1,000 years ago.
The mystery of Mexico 's ' aliens ' is deepening after an analysis claimed the DNA of tiny corpses is not human but of an 'unknown species'
This is the first time extraterrestrial life has been presented in this manner, Maussan said to Congress.
'We have a clear example of non-human specimens unrelated to any known species on our planet.
'The public has the right to know about non-human technology and beings. This reality unites humanity rather than dividing us. We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this truth.'
Maussan added that the two corpses have sturdy bones, are toothless, and contain implants made of the soft, slivery-white metal cadmium and the bluish-white metal osmium - rare elements on Earth.
He revealed in September that 30 percent of the DNA was unknown, but it was not until recently that claims of an unknown species surfaced.
The nation's Congress has been a circus for the past two months as controversial UFO enthusiast and journalist Jaime Maussan has held court several times to prove the mummified remains found in Peru are extraterrestrial life
The figures underwent carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which determined the bodies had three-fingered hands, no teeth and were more than 1,000 years old, Maussan claimed
The figures underwent carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which determined the bodies had three-fingered hands, no teeth and were more than 1,000 years old, Maussan claimed.
'These specimens are not part of our terrestrial evolution [...] These aren't beings that were found after a UFO wreckage,' Maussan said to Congress in September.
'They were found in diatom [algae] mines and were later fossilized.'
He later added: 'Whether they are aliens or not, we don't know, but they were intelligent and they lived with us. They should rewrite history.'
'We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this reality.'
Maussan said that the two corpses have sturdy bones, are toothless, and contain implants made of the soft, slivery-white metal cadmium and the bluish-white metal osmium - rare elements on Earth
Experts also indicated that their DNA is hybrid, suggesting the bodies were descendants of the being human
The experts also indicated that their DNA is hybrid, suggesting the bodies were descendants of the being human.
'We have a hybrid being, we have other beings that are apparently more evolved than us…we are facing something truly extraordinary,' said Maussan.
While Mausaan and his team declared the mummified corpses, named Clara and Mauricio, 'are real,' the experts did not have an origin story and did not imply the bodies were 'extraterrestrial.'
At the hearing, he focused on proving the bodies were not fake by providing insights from medical experts.
'None of the scientists say [the study results] prove that they are extraterrestrials, but I go further,' he said, suggesting that they could be evidence of non-Earthly life forms.
Ufologist Will Galison - a close friend of the archaeologist who first analyzed the supposed 'aliens' - said he believes the 'corpses' are dummies that are 1,000 years old
Maussan brought a squad of medical experts who carried in a letter signed by 11 researchers from San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica, Peru, declaring the same.
Anthropologist Roger Zuniga of San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica Peru said Tuesday: 'There was absolutely no human intervention in the physical and biological formation of these beings.'
However, the letter made clear that the team was not implying the bodies were 'extraterrestrial' but did not answer where the remains originated.
Argentine surgeon Celestino Adolfo Piotto also took the stand, claiming he reviewed the results of testing done on the bodies and made the bizarre case that 'they were an evolved version of today's human beings, calling them 'our descendants.'
But ufologist Will Galison - a close friend of the archaeologist who first analyzed the supposed 'aliens' - said he believes the 'corpses' are dummies that are 1,000 years old.
Galison said they may have been made from animal remains a millennia ago, possibly for ritual purposes, with the heads bearing a 'remarkable similarity' to alpaca skulls.
Many online have expressed skepticism about the veracity of the mummies origins.
In een historisch gebouw in het Amerikaanse Deep Ellum wordt tegenwoordig een enorme inspanning geleverd om enkele van de beroemdste uitgestorven dieren weer tot leven te brengen. Een in Dallas gevestigd bedrijf genaamd 'Colossal Biosciences' gaat deze hallucinante uitdaging aan. Zo werkt het momenteel al aan de creatie van de wolharige mammoet, die 4000 jaar geleden uitstierf.
"We creëren technologie die de toekomst zal veranderen voor de uitgestorven soorten, maar het verbazingwekkende is dat deze technologieën vandaag de dag al een verschil kan maken voor het behoud van bedreigde diersoorten", zegt Matt James, de hoofddierenfunctionaris van Colossal.
Met behulp van DNA van Aziatische olifanten en DNA van wolharige mammoeten die bevroren zijn in de arctische toendra, gebruiken onderzoekers van Colossal Biosciences genbewerkingstechnologie om het genoom van een Aziatische olifant opnieuw te ontwerpen totdat het dat van een wolharige mammoet weerspiegelt. “Het blijkt dat de wolharige mammoet en de Aziatische olifant gnomisch gezien voor 99,6% op elkaar lijken”, zegt James.
In de laboratoria in Deep Ellum wordt gewerkt aan het creëren van kunstmatige baarmoeders waarin een wolharige mammoetkalf kan groeien. Colossal heeft er zelf een doel van gemaakt om te slagen tegen het jaar 2028.
James zegt dat het herstellen van een gigantisch ecosysteem de permafrost, oftewel de grond die bevroren blijft, kan behouden en de uitstoot van broeikasgassen kan vertragen. “Dit is waarschijnlijk 100 verschillende levens waard om dit doel te bereiken, maar we moeten zo snel mogelijk doorzetten omdat we worden geconfronteerd met deze onmiddellijke dreiging van de mondiale klimaatverandering”, aldus James.
Sinds de aankondiging van zijn voornemen voor de wolharige mammoet, heeft Colossal ook soortgelijke plannen aangekondigd voor de dodovogel en de Tasmaanse tijger, oftewel thylacine.
(Skwadra by Tagtik/Source: NBC Los Angeles/Illustration picture: Unsplash)
The Pentagonbranch tasked with protecting America from space-based threats, local and galactic, has detected thousands of UFOsin Earth's orbit, DailyMail.com can reveal.
US Space Force, America's newest military branch created under President Trump in 2019, told personnel this month that the sightings were so regular that they are 'hindering threat identification,' the branch's core mission.
While many of the sightings will prove to be man-made space junk and 'natural debris' like meteoroids, US foreign adversaries continue to launch spy satellites, like North Korea's new Malligyong-1, and other covert orbital platforms.
One new concern, Space Force noted: the risk of threatening spacecraft hidden in the large unwatched area between Earth and the moon, dubbed 'cislunar' orbit.
In their new report, published this month, Space Force's leadership emphasized the importance of finding these grave 'threats' among mere 'hazards' like space junk.
But the military branch also went into considerable detail on a weirder, new category of potential 'hazards and threats' under scrutiny.
US Space Force, America's newest military branch created under President Trump in 2019, told personnel this month that 'abnormal observables' in space are a pervasive problem that is 'hindering threat identification,' the branch's core mission
Space Force hopes to 'distinguish between sources of spacecraft anomalies in support of anomaly resolution, recovery, and space attack assessment.' Since the branch's creation in 2019, the number of UFO 'unknowns' in Earth's orbit has skyrocketed by the thousands (above)
Space Force's mandate 'to rapidly identify and respond to threats and hazards,' the strategy document noted, also includes, 'objects that exhibit abnormal observables and patterns of life and cannot [be] correlated to any owner or point of origin.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to STARCOM, Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command which published the new document, for detailed clarification on its precise meaning by the terms 'abnormal observables' and 'patterns of life.'
In recent years, Pentagon officials tasked with investigating UFO cases, including the now famous 2004 Tic Tac incursions, have focused their attention on 'five observables' they say are unique features of serious unexplained phenomena.
'Unidentified aerial phenomena' or UAP that check off these 'observables' appear to display either one or all of the following: (1.) gravity-defying behavior, (2.) eerily low observability on radar or other sensors, (3.) sudden or instantaneous accelerations, (4.) hypersonic speeds without signatures like 'sonic booms,' and (5.) so-called 'trans-medium' travel between air, sea and outer space.
It's unclear from the Space Force STARCOM document, however, whether these five, established UFO techno-signatures overlap with their own 'abnormal observables.'
It's also unclear what 'patterns of life' have been detected from orbital unknowns.
Space Force's strategy document, titled 'Space Doctrine Publication 3-100, Space Domain Awareness,' outlines the military branch's mission to monitor a vast orbital range that includes everything from low earth orbit (LEO) to the moon
Across US military branches, the term 'patterns of life' has been used to reference the thermal heat signatures given off by living human targets, for everything from drone warfare to troop deployment surveillance.
The Pentagon's departing UFO investigation chief, physicist Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, also used the term to indicate UAP mysteries that would include extraterrestrial craft.
'We are executing a rigorous science and technology plan to ensure controlled calibration of sensors, patterns of life, and signature characterization development,' Kirkpatrick said last December.
'More data will help build a more complete picture and support the resolution of […] anomalous phenomena.'
Thermal signatures from the body heat of a living thing (whether terrestrial or E.T. in origin), may fall into this category, to judge from the passages of Space Force's new strategy document that focused on the infra-red capabilities of US military satellites.
'Optical and infrared sensors with relatively wide (one square degree or more) field-of-view,' Space Force's STARCOM advised, 'are also well suited for searching for unknown objects or objects with only a roughly known location.'
However, Lt. General DeAnna Burt, the deputy chief devoted to Space Force's cyber and nuclear operations, among others, have also used 'patterns of life' to reference detectable, routine activity by any and all technological platforms in space.
Last May, Lt. Gen. Burt dropped the term of art while criticizing China for its opaque and noncooperative space program activities.
'We've said what our capabilities are,' Lt. Gen. Burt told SpaceNews. 'If you are honest and say what things are and have patterns of life that indicate they are what they are, then it's an everyday operation,' Burt said.
Whatever Space Force's intent, the branch issued its new publication in mid-November to announce, in part, its plan to identify and track UFOs in orbit around Earth — a high priority initiative the branch calls 'Space Domain Awareness' (SDA).
The strategy document, titled 'Space Doctrine Publication 3-100, Space Domain Awareness,' outlines Space Force's mission to successfully monitor a vast orbital range that includes everything from low earth orbit (LEO) to the moon.
STARCOM drafted the document as part of its mission to educate and train US Space Force personnel, officially dubbed 'guardians.'
Since the branch's creation in 2019, the number of orbital knowns and UFO 'unknowns' shadowing the Earth has skyrocketed by the thousands.
Space Force, citing NASA data, published a chart revealing that there are now over 25,000 objects total in orbit, although most were determined to be 'rocket bodies,' 'spacecraft,' 'mission-related debris' or other known man-made objects.
Much of the clutter orbiting Earth is man-made space junk and 'natural debris' like meteoroids, but Space Force's document detailed a weirder, new category: 'objects that exhibit abnormal observables and patterns of life and cannot [be] correlated to any owner or point of origin'
Over 60 percent of the US Space Force budget, or about $19.2 billion worth, has earmarked for research, development, testing and evaluation - creating the tools and techniques for the new and growing problem of defending US interests from foreign military activity in space
According to the Air Force Research Lab, its new security and monitoring probe, the Oracle spacecraft (above) 'aims to launch in 2026 to an area of gravitational stability between the Earth and the Moon to test techniques to monitor space traffic that travels through that region'
Space Force leadership said it hopes to positively identify any and all UFOs to determine if they should be recovered or if they pose a clear and present danger to the United States.
Or, in military's own unique jargon, Space Force hopes to 'distinguish between sources of spacecraft anomalies in support of anomaly resolution, recovery, and space attack assessment,' the new document states.
But that will cost money, alongside Space Force's other duties providing satellite and other space-based support for American troops on the ground worldwide.
The ex-Air Force security officer said he investigated two sightings of a 100-yard UFO witnessed by Boeing contractors and Air Force police on October 14, 2003. There's 'at least 80 people that know this happened,' the USAF vet., Jeff Nuccetelli, told the Merged podcast. As the officer recalled of the eyewitnesses, 'They're scared. Everyone's freaked out'
First it must organize, train and equip personnel to 'protect US and allied interests in space.' But, secondarily, it must also 'provide space capabilities to the joint forces' here on Earth, such as maintaining spy satellites and other space-based military hardware.
Space Force's STARCOM noted that figuring out the mystery of what these UFOs or UAP are is essential, in part, so that it can get on with it's other military troop-support tasks.
'Anomalous indications,' the new guidance document states, 'unnecessarily consume SDA resources (e.g., sensors, communication nodes, command and control [C2] centers, planners, operators) that would otherwise be supporting space and terrestrial combatant commands.'
One new concern, the document added, is the growing threat of foreign spy satellites and worse, in the large dark orbital region between the Earth and the moon, dubbed 'cislunar' orbit.
'Current sensor capabilities will find that the vastness of space between the Earth and the moon, and around the moon, creates challenging conditions for search, custody, and collection operations in support of joint forces,' the branch's new strategy document stated.
Space Force noted plans by the US Air Force Research Lab for a new security and monitoring probe, the Oracle spacecraft, which 'aims to launch in 2026 to an area of gravitational stability between the Earth and the Moon to test techniques to monitor space traffic that travels through that region.'
Given all this uncharted territory, which is at best poorly monitored by US defense systems, it is no surprise that the branch's 'guardians' are requesting $3.9 billion more from taxpayers for 2024 than its 2023 fiscal year budget.
At present, over 60 percent of the US Space Force's budget, or about $19.2 billion worth, has been earmarked for research, development, testing and evaluation.
Nearly $20 billion, in other words, just to create the tools and techniques for the new and growing problem of defending US interests from foreign military activity, terrestrial and possibly extraterrestrial, in outer space.
The Pentagonbranch tasked with protecting America from space-based threats, local and galactic, has detected thousands of UFOsin Earth's orbit, DailyMail.com can reveal.
US Space Force, America's newest military branch created under President Trump in 2019, told personnel this month that the sightings were so regular that they are 'hindering threat identification,' the branch's core mission.
While many of the sightings will prove to be man-made space junk and 'natural debris' like meteoroids, US foreign adversaries continue to launch spy satellites, like North Korea's new Malligyong-1, and other covert orbital platforms.
One new concern, Space Force noted: the risk of threatening spacecraft hidden in the large unwatched area between Earth and the moon, dubbed 'cislunar' orbit.
In their new report, published this month, Space Force's leadership emphasized the importance of finding these grave 'threats' among mere 'hazards' like space junk.
But the military branch also went into considerable detail on a weirder, new category of potential 'hazards and threats' under scrutiny.
US Space Force, America's newest military branch created under President Trump in 2019, told personnel this month that 'abnormal observables' in space are a pervasive problem that is 'hindering threat identification,' the branch's core mission
Space Force hopes to 'distinguish between sources of spacecraft anomalies in support of anomaly resolution, recovery, and space attack assessment.' Since the branch's creation in 2019, the number of UFO 'unknowns' in Earth's orbit has skyrocketed by the thousands (above)
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Space Force's mandate 'to rapidly identify and respond to threats and hazards,' the strategy document noted, also includes, 'objects that exhibit abnormal observables and patterns of life and cannot [be] correlated to any owner or point of origin.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to STARCOM, Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command which published the new document, for detailed clarification on its precise meaning by the terms 'abnormal observables' and 'patterns of life.'
In recent years, Pentagon officials tasked with investigating UFO cases, including the now famous 2004 Tic Tac incursions, have focused their attention on 'five observables' they say are unique features of serious unexplained phenomena.
'Unidentified aerial phenomena' or UAP that check off these 'observables' appear to display either one or all of the following: (1.) gravity-defying behavior, (2.) eerily low observability on radar or other sensors, (3.) sudden or instantaneous accelerations, (4.) hypersonic speeds without signatures like 'sonic booms,' and (5.) so-called 'trans-medium' travel between air, sea and outer space.
It's unclear from the Space Force STARCOM document, however, whether these five, established UFO techno-signatures overlap with their own 'abnormal observables.'
It's also unclear what 'patterns of life' have been detected from orbital unknowns.
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Space Force's strategy document, titled 'Space Doctrine Publication 3-100, Space Domain Awareness,' outlines the military branch's mission to monitor a vast orbital range that includes everything from low earth orbit (LEO) to the moon
Across US military branches, the term 'patterns of life' has been used to reference the thermal heat signatures given off by living human targets, for everything from drone warfare to troop deployment surveillance.
The Pentagon's departing UFO investigation chief, physicist Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, also used the term to indicate UAP mysteries that would include extraterrestrial craft.
'We are executing a rigorous science and technology plan to ensure controlled calibration of sensors, patterns of life, and signature characterization development,' Kirkpatrick said last December.
'More data will help build a more complete picture and support the resolution of […] anomalous phenomena.'
Thermal signatures from the body heat of a living thing (whether terrestrial or E.T. in origin), may fall into this category, to judge from the passages of Space Force's new strategy document that focused on the infra-red capabilities of US military satellites.
'Optical and infrared sensors with relatively wide (one square degree or more) field-of-view,' Space Force's STARCOM advised, 'are also well suited for searching for unknown objects or objects with only a roughly known location.'
However, Lt. General DeAnna Burt, the deputy chief devoted to Space Force's cyber and nuclear operations, among others, have also used 'patterns of life' to reference detectable, routine activity by any and all technological platforms in space.
Last May, Lt. Gen. Burt dropped the term of art while criticizing China for its opaque and noncooperative space program activities.
'We've said what our capabilities are,' Lt. Gen. Burt told SpaceNews. 'If you are honest and say what things are and have patterns of life that indicate they are what they are, then it's an everyday operation,' Burt said.
Whatever Space Force's intent, the branch issued its new publication in mid-November to announce, in part, its plan to identify and track UFOs in orbit around Earth — a high priority initiative the branch calls 'Space Domain Awareness' (SDA).
The strategy document, titled 'Space Doctrine Publication 3-100, Space Domain Awareness,' outlines Space Force's mission to successfully monitor a vast orbital range that includes everything from low earth orbit (LEO) to the moon.
STARCOM drafted the document as part of its mission to educate and train US Space Force personnel, officially dubbed 'guardians.'
Since the branch's creation in 2019, the number of orbital knowns and UFO 'unknowns' shadowing the Earth has skyrocketed by the thousands.
Space Force, citing NASA data, published a chart revealing that there are now over 25,000 objects total in orbit, although most were determined to be 'rocket bodies,' 'spacecraft,' 'mission-related debris' or other known man-made objects.
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Much of the clutter orbiting Earth is man-made space junk and 'natural debris' like meteoroids, but Space Force's document detailed a weirder, new category: 'objects that exhibit abnormal observables and patterns of life and cannot [be] correlated to any owner or point of origin'
Over 60 percent of the US Space Force budget, or about $19.2 billion worth, has earmarked for research, development, testing and evaluation - creating the tools and techniques for the new and growing problem of defending US interests from foreign military activity in space
According to the Air Force Research Lab, its new security and monitoring probe, the Oracle spacecraft (above) 'aims to launch in 2026 to an area of gravitational stability between the Earth and the Moon to test techniques to monitor space traffic that travels through that region'
Space Force leadership said it hopes to positively identify any and all UFOs to determine if they should be recovered or if they pose a clear and present danger to the United States.
Or, in military's own unique jargon, Space Force hopes to 'distinguish between sources of spacecraft anomalies in support of anomaly resolution, recovery, and space attack assessment,' the new document states.
But that will cost money, alongside Space Force's other duties providing satellite and other space-based support for American troops on the ground worldwide.
Artist rendition of proposed habitable airships traversing Venus’ atmosphere, which has been proposed as the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) mission. (Credit: NASA)
NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon with the Artemis missions in the next few years as part of the agency’s Moon to Mars Architecture with the long-term goal of landing humans on the Red Planet sometime in the 2030s or 2040s. But what about sending humans to other worlds of the Solar System? And, why not Venus? It’s closer to Earth than Mars by several tens of millions of kilometers, and despite its extremely harsh surface conditions, previous studies have suggested that life could exist in its clouds. In contrast, we have yet to find any signs of life anywhere on the Red Planet or in its thin atmosphere. So, should we send humans to Venus?
“Yes, we should send humans to Venus,” Dr. Paul Byrne, who is an Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, tells Universe Today. “But first, let’s talk about what ‘sending humans to Venus’ actually means. The surface of Venus is hellish, so nobody would last long there nor volunteer to go. Above the clouds, the temperature and pressure are almost like a nice spring day here on Earth, so aside from tiny sulphuric acid cloud droplets you’d be okay (with a breathing apparatus).”
These “hellish” conditions that Dr. Byrne alludes to are the extreme conditions across the surface of Venus, including surface pressures 92 times that of Earth’s surface and average surface temperatures of approximately 464 degrees Celsius (867 degrees Fahrenheit). In contrast, Earth’s average surface temperatures are a calm 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit). These extreme pressures and temperatures have made landing on the surface of Venus even more difficult, as the former Soviet Union continues to be the only nation to have successfully landed on Venus’ surface, having accomplished this feat with several of their Venera and Vega missions. However, the longest mission duration for the lander was only 127 minutes (Venera 13), which also conducted the first sound recording on another planet.
Color images taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera 13 lander on the surface of Venus on March 1, 1982, with the lander surviving only 127 minutes due to Venus’s extreme surface conditions. (Credit: NASA)
“If we were to send humans to Venus, they’d be going in a spacecraft that would fly by the planet en route somewhere else,” Dr. Byrne tells Universe Today. “If we were to one day send humans actually to Venus itself for science and engineering purposes, then a cloud-based habitat is the way to go. Getting humans onto the Venus surface is going to require so much technology and expense that, for the foreseeable future, I don’t think anyone will think it worth doing.”
A 2015 study presented at the AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition outlined a NASA study for the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) mission that would involve a 30-day crewed mission using an airship equipped with solar panels within the upper atmosphere of Venus. This is because Venus’ upper atmosphere at approximately 50 kilometers (30 miles) above the surface exhibits much more hospitable conditions, including temperatures between 30 to 70 degrees Celsius (86 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit) and pressures very close to that of Earth. However, Dr. Byrne refers to HAVOC as an “unbelievably expensive concept”.
Artist rendition of proposed habitable airships traversing Venus’ atmosphere, which has been proposed as the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) mission. (Credit: NASA)
As for using Venus while en route to another location in the Solar System, Venus has been used on several occasions to slingshot spacecraft to the outer Solar System as well as for exploration of the inner Solar System, such as Mercury and the Sun. For example, NASA’s Galileo and Cassini spacecraft used gravity assists at Venus while en route to Jupiter and Saturn, respectively, while NASA’s MESSENGER and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) BepiColombo spacecraft used gravity assists at Venus while en route to Mercury. Additionally, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the ESA Solar Orbiter used gravity assists at Venus for orbital adjustments to explore the Sun.
“Once within close proximity to Venus, astronauts could remotely operate spacecraft, landers, or even aircraft to conduct valuable science before moving out of range again,” Dr. Byrne tells Universe Today. “But to be clear, the real value for such a mission would be as part of learning how to live and work in deep space en route to distant destinations, i.e., Mars. That’s something I don’t think we’re talking enough about yet when we think about sending humans, one day, to the Red Planet
Will we ever send humans to Venus? Will it be a cloud or surface mission, and what can we learn from doing it? Only time will tell, and this is why we science!
Universe Todayrecently examined the potential for sending humans to the planet Venus despite its extremely harsh surface conditions. But while a human mission to the clouds of Venuscould be feasible given the environmental conditions are much more Earth-like, a human mission to the second planet from the Sun could be (at minimum) decades away. With NASA sending humans back to the Moon in the next few years, and hopefully to Mars, what if we could send humans to another planetary body worth exploring, though it could have its own harsh environmental conditions, as well? What about Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa? It has a massive interior liquid ocean that could harbor life, and NASA is currently scheduled to launch itsEuropa Clipper spacecraft to this small moon in October 2024, arriving at Jupiter in April 2030. Therefore, given the exploration potential, should we send humans to Europa?
“Honestly, while I find Europa fascinating, sending humans there is a terrible idea,” Dr. Alyssa Rhoden, who is a Principal Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, tells Universe Today. “The radiation environment can kill off a robotic lander in a few hours to days – with shielding! – so anything… fleshy… is going to have a very rough time.”
As previously discussed, Venus has searing surface temperatures and crushing pressures, making a human surface mission next to impossible. However, you can escape this harsh environment by traveling a few tens of kilometers higher. In contrast, Europa’s surface is constantly bombarded with intense radiation from Jupiter’s massive magnetic field, but you can’t escape it by slightly increasing your altitude. This is why every spacecraft that has explored Jupiter and its large moons, including NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper spacecraft, has required intense shielding to prevent the electronics from burning up.
Dr. Francis Nimmo, who is a Professor in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz, echoes Dr. Rhoden’s sentiments, telling Universe Today, “The biggest problem with sending humans to Europa is the radiation environment – it is extremely hostile. Even radiation-hardened spacecraft electronics have to be shielded inside a thick metal box in order to survive the Europa environment, so humans would be very unlikely to survive there for long enough to do anything useful.”
While NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will be exploring Europa, its orbital flight plan calls for the spacecraft to orbit Jupiter and not Europa to protect the spacecraft’s hardware and electronics from Jupiter’s intense radiation belts. Through this, Europa Clipper is slated to perform 50 flybys of Europa, coming as close as 25 kilometers (16 miles) of the icy moon’s surface. But, like Venus, could human exploration be conducted in orbit around Europa, despite the harsh radiation?
“An orbital colony would fare better, if it could be positioned to avoid too much radiation, but it would still be a major logistical challenge,” Dr. Rhoden tells Universe Today. “An orbiting colony of astronauts could provide (limited) ground support for ice shelling drilling projects and other short-term research excursions. And at least water retrieval would be easier! Overall, sending humans to Europa sounds exciting, but we have a long way to go before it’s feasible and likely to provide more benefit than orbiting spacecraft, landers/rovers, or autonomous drills.”
But even if an orbiting colony could work, what about resupplies for food and water (if the latter can’t be excavated from Europa)? With present propulsion technology, it takes spacecraft years to reach Jupiter from Earth while requiring multiple gravity assists just to slingshot their way to the outer Solar System. In contrast, future astronauts on the Moon would only have to wait a few days for a resupply mission. For Mars, astronauts might only have to wait six months if the positions of Earth and Mars were just right. All things considered, if a colony on Europa runs out of supplies, they might be doomed.
“Obviously, a colony on Europa would require just as much external support for food and breathable air as other targets like the Moon or Mars,” Dr. Rhoden tells Universe Today. “But on Europa, those externally supplied resources would be a decade away, and the external environment would be savagely attacking anything you put on the surface.”
Will we ever send humans to Europa? Will it be a surface or orbital mission, and what can we learn from doing it? Only time will tell, and this is why we science!
As always, keep doing science & keep looking up!
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This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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