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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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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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...
08-06-2024
Alien investigator 'solves' legendary Scottish UFO mystery after more than 30 years
Alien investigator 'solves' legendary Scottish UFO mystery after more than 30 years
Story by Mark McGivern & Ewan Mowat
An alien expert believes he has "solved" one of the UK's biggest UFO mysteries after more than three decades. Former BBC producer Simon Holland reckons he may have cracked the legendary 'Calvine Incident' from Perthshire in 1990.
The alleged extraterrestrial encounter provided a photo that is regarded as one of the best images of a UFO ever taken. It is at the centre of a mystery after images sent to the Ministry of Defence disappeared, but one certified copy came to light in 2022, showing a diamond-shaped object in the sky.
Last March, the Daily Record unearthed new clues on the iconic picture, revealing the man behind the picture. We identified hotel porter Kevin Russell as the man who snapped the photo, which has caused worldwide intrigue for more than 30 years.
The Calvine photo taken in Perthshire on August 4, 1990
Simon - who worked on Horizon, the Beeb's long-running documentary series covering science, philosophy, and controversial topics - got in touch to share details of his own investigation.
The alien buff, who runs a popular YouTube channel which often delves into the unknown and mysterious, believes that British Aerospace were developing a classified Radar-busting defence system, which may have involved a secret diamond shaped aircraft escorted by privately owned Harrier jets.
Simon, who reached out to the Record within hours of our story on Calvine, said: “I was sent the Daily Record story and I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of people out there excited at this exciting development.
"The Kevin Russell mentioned in the story would have the best, first hand account of what happened and he could help settle this enduring mystery. But I do have my own theory on what he photographed.”
Simon Holland believes he may have cracked the story behind the iconic image
Whatever the truth behind Calvine, it is accepted that the photo was taken in 1990, with negatives sent to the MOD before being lost. One photo was retained by an RAF press officer, with a note on the back saying “copyright Kevin Russell”. Kevin was a porter at the Pitlochry Hydro at the time.
Simon said: “I think there is an acceptance by many that the photo is not a fake. There was, I believe, a mysterious aircraft in the sky that day. The MOD previously stated, no ‘known’ Harriers were flying in Perthshire on August 4, 1990. That turns out to be a massive clue to whose they were.
“I discovered that the only other British Harriers were privately owned by BAE Systems, the defence contractor. They used their Harriers as multi-roll defence test platforms, testing BAE advanced technology. I dug deeper and found that Marconi Advanced Materials, based inside BAE HQ at Warton, Lancashire, were probably working on an advanced ‘stealth’ skin material for the USAF.”
Simon claimed to have tracked down Ron Evans, the man behind British Aerospace’s Stealth Programme at Warton Airfield, in Lancashire in the late 1980s. He said: “Ron did not confirm any Calvine testing but has explained the use of secret meta materials to hide aircraft from radar.
"I think there is enough evidence to suggest there was something going on and it would be very helpful if the MOD would just come out and tell us all about it.”
The ex-BBC producer's findings seem to align with some of the investigations of Matthew Illsley, who laid out his appeal for information in the original Record article last year. Illsley has worked closely with Professor David Clarke, who tracked down the only photo of the incident known to exist.
Illsley received a decades-old photo of Kevin by one of his former colleagues at the Pitlochry Hydro, and shared it in the hope of tracking him down. The UFO hunters contacted 300 different men named Kevin Russell in Scotland, as well as around 150 more across the rest of the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia - but none said they were the mystery photographer.
The Calvine file should have been released after 30 years in 2021 but the MoD blocked the release of key details until 2076 due to “privacy concerns”. Some UFO experts believe the object is a secret US reconnaissance aircraft named Aurora - a silent, supersonic spy craft. - while one MOD insider described the Calvine photo as the most spectacular UFO picture ever captured - and the Holy Grail in terms of hard evidence that such things really exist.
BAE Systems were approached for comment after Simon Holland's revelation.
The Unsolved Mystery of the Calvine UFO: Man Breaks Silence After 34 Years
The Unsolved Mystery of the Calvine UFO: Man Breaks Silence After 34 Years
In the quiet wilderness of the Scottish Highlands, a mystery has lingered for over three decades, capturing the imagination of UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike. It all began on a summer evening in 1990, when two young chefs embarked on a hike that would lead to a chilling encounter and their subsequent mysterious disappearance. After 34 years of silence, their friend Richard Grieve has finally opened up about the events that transpired that fateful night.
The Extraordinary Encounter
It was around 9 PM when the two chefs, whose names have faded from memory but whose story remains vivid, stumbled upon something extraordinary in the sky. Nestled in the bushes, they managed to capture a photograph of a diamond-shaped object hovering above them, with a smaller aircraft seemingly trailing behind. The image, which has withstood rigorous scrutiny and analysis, shows no signs of manipulation, adding a layer of authenticity to their incredible tale.
The Men in Black
Days after capturing the photo, the chefs’ lives took a dramatic turn. While on a lunch break at their hotel, a dark car pulled up, and two men in black suits emerged. They called the chefs by name and requested a private conversation. According to Richard Grieve, who was working with them at the time, the two men returned visibly shaken and disturbed.
Young Richard Grieve
“They were never the same after that night,” Richard recalled. “They mentioned feeling like they were being followed and started acting very paranoid.”
Descent into Mystery
The encounter with the mysterious men seemed to have a profound impact on the two friends. One of them, previously a cheerful and outgoing individual, became withdrawn and sullen. The other turned to alcohol, leading to his eventual dismissal from the hotel. Within months, both had vanished from their jobs and, seemingly, from the face of the earth.
Richard, now in his eighties, has been haunted by their disappearance. “I’ve waited for 30 years for someone to come forward about this. It’s like they vanished off the face of the earth,” he lamented.
Retired RAF officer Craig Lindsay held on to a copy of the original pictures taken by the two hikers for 32 years, waiting for someone to ask about the case.
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The Photo: A Lingering Enigma
The photograph they captured remains one of the most compelling pieces of alleged UFO evidence. Andrew Robinson, a photography specialist, conducted a detailed analysis and found no signs of tampering. The image, grainy yet striking, depicts a diamond-shaped object with a smaller aircraft in pursuit. Despite extensive investigations, the object remains unidentified.
Theories and Speculations
Over the years, various theories have surfaced regarding the chefs’ disappearance and the identity of the object in the photograph. Some speculate that the men in black were government agents, possibly American, given one chef’s cryptic remark: “It was the Americans.” Others believe that the object was a top-secret military aircraft, and the chefs simply saw something they were never meant to witness.
The Silent Witness
For three decades, Richard Grieve kept the story to himself, perhaps hoping that time would provide answers. Now, by sharing his account, he hopes to shed light on this enduring mystery. “Whatever they saw, they weren’t meant to see it,” Richard stated, his voice tinged with the weight of years gone by.
The Calvine UFO incident remains an enigma, a tantalizing puzzle piece in the broader mosaic of unexplained aerial phenomena. As the search for truth continues, the haunting image of the diamond-shaped object serves as a reminder that some mysteries, no matter how much time passes, refuse to be easily explained.
In the end, Richard’s revelations add a human element to the story, transforming it from a mere UFO sighting to a deeply personal tale of fear, intrigue, and the unknown. As we ponder the fate of the two young chefs and the secrets they might have uncovered, we are reminded that the truth is often stranger—and more elusive—than fiction.
He ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its powers, was worshipped as a living god, and was the grandfather of Tutankhamun.
And now the true face of Amenhotep III has been revealed.
The pharaoh, described by one archaeologist as 'one of the richest men that ever lived', led Egypt through a period of unprecedented prosperity and international power.
He's considered one of the greatest pharaohs and has more surviving statues than any other, yet a scientific reconstruction of his face had never been made.
Now, using data from the skull of his mummy, a multinational team has revealed his true likeness for the first time in almost 3,400 years.
He ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its powers, was worshipped as a living god, and was the grandfather of Tutankhamun. And now the true face of Amenhotep III has been revealed
Michael Habicht, an archaeologist at Flinders University in Australia, said he looked quite different to the pharaoh seen on statues.
He said: 'It's a placid face for a man who promoted peace and lived in a time of the greatest economic prosperity.
'He might well have been one of the richest men that ever lived, at least in his epoch.'
He continued: 'It is difficult to know the cause of death by analysing the available remains.
'Research carried out in the 1970s described Amenhotep III as an obese, sick, and sedentary man, who was almost bald, and suffered from dental problems in the last years of his life.
Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, who brought the face back to life, said the reconstruction began by digitally recreating the pharaoh's skull, using images and data from his mummy
The mummy of Amenhotep III is now kept at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo
Who was Amenhotep III?
Amenhotep III is one of the most important kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
He built or rebuilt many temples in the country (Luxor, Memphis, Elkab, Armant).
At Thebes he had a vast temple constructed to his own cult on the West Bank; the colossal statues (known as the Colossi of Memmon, before the entrance) are the most monumental elements still standing.
He also built at Thebes a palace complex (Malqata) which was until the 1900s relatively well preserved.
The king issued a number of scarabs with longer inscriptions describing events of his reign.
His main wife was Tiy, who seems to have played an important part in the reign.
She appears on monuments more often and more prominently than virtually any queen before her.
'Although he was one of the truly great kings of Egypt, his body height is about 156cm, making him one of the smallest kings we know from their preserved mummies.
'This rather small body height is not reflected in art – in artworks he is famous for his gigantic statues.'
Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, who brought the face back to life, said the reconstruction began by digitally recreating the pharaoh's skull, using images and data from his mummy.
Additional data from living donors was then used to inform the likely dimensions and position of the king's nose, ears, eyes, and lips.
Mr Moraes said: 'Based on historical knowledge, Amenhotep III had a robust appearance, which is why we used data from individuals with a high body mass index.'
He added: 'If we are not mistaken, this is the first facial approximation of Amenhotep III.
'Compared to other approximations of pharaohs that I have participated in, this was the most complete too, as we modelled the clothes and accessories.
'We were amazed with the final result; seeing a complete bust with these colours and the facial serenity is quite satisfying.
'It is our gift to all those who appreciate history.'
The pharaoh was worshipped as divine in his lifetime, and he claimed the god Amun was his real father – with the name Amenhotep meaning 'Amun is satisfied'.
He is thought to have died between the ages of 40 and 50, leaving his successor a kingdom at the height of its power and wealth.
Data from living donors was used to inform the likely dimensions and position of the king's nose, ears, eyes, and lips
The pharaoh was worshipped as divine in his lifetime, and he claimed the god Amun was his real father – with the name Amenhotep meaning 'Amun is satisfied'. Pictured: a bust of Amenhotep III in the Cleveland Museum of Art
Dr Habicht said: 'Diplomatic letters by foreign potentates begged him to send them some gold as a present, 'as gold shall be abundant in Egypt as sand'.
'It's the usual overexaggeration for such a letter, but nevertheless hints towards extreme wealth.'
He added: 'There are speculations that the mummy of Amenhotep III may have been entirely covered with gold leaf, so that he must have looked like a statue of a god.'
The archaeologist said the pharaoh may also have been something of a womanizer.
'He was apparently very interested in women; he imported hundreds of foreign harem ladies and collected them as other people collect postal stamps,' he said.
On his death, Amenhotep III was succeeded by his son, Amenhotep IV.
The new pharaoh would rebel against the powerful Amun priesthood, installing the sun god Aten as the top Egyptian deity.
He changed his name to Akhenaten – meaning 'beneficial to Aten' – and even moved his capital away from Thebes – the 'city of Amun' – to a new city honouring the sun god, Akhetaten.
But his son, Tutankhaten, would restore the cult of Amun to prominence, changing his name to Tutankhamun – meaning 'the living image of Amun'.
Tutankhamun would become one of history's most famous pharaohs thanks to the discovery of his tomb in 1922, which was largely intact and contained many of its original artifacts.
Dr Habicht, Mr Moraes, and their colleagues Elena Varotto from Flinders University, and Francesco Galassi from the University of Lodz in Poland, plan to publish their findings in a scientific journal.
The complex family arrangements of Tutankhamun has been one of the great mysteries surrounding the young king.
While his father was known to have been Pharaoh Akhenaten, the identity of his mother has been far more elusive.
DNA testing has shown that Queen Tiye, whose mummy is pictured above, was the grandmother of the Egyptian Boy King Tutankhamun
In 2010 DNA testing confirmed a mummy found in the tomb of Amenhotep II was Queen Tiye, the chief wife of Amenhotep III, mother of Pharaoh Akhenanten, and Tutankhamun's grandmother.
A third mummy, thought to be one of Pharaoh Akhenaten wives, was found to be a likely candidate as Tutankhamun's mother, but DNA evidence showed it was Akhenaten's sister.
Later analysis in 2013 suggested Nefertiti, Akhenaten's chief wife, was Tutankhamun's mother.
However, the work by Marc Gabolde, a French archaeologist, has suggested Nefertiti was also Akhenaten's cousin.
This incestuous parentage may also help to explain some of the malformations that scientists have discovered afflicted Tutankhamun.
He suffered a deformed foot, a slightly cleft palate and mild curvature of the spine.
However, his claims have been disputed by other Egyptologists, including Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
His team's research suggests that Tut's mother was, like Akhenaten, the daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye.
Hawass added that there is 'no evidence' in archaeology or philology to indicate that Nefertiti was the daughter of Amenhotep III.
ANOTHER ALLEGED SIGHTING IN NY ... During Blue Angels Show
ANOTHER ALLEGED SIGHTING IN NY ... During Blue Angels Show
Another alleged UFO has been spotted in New York City -- if you buy this blink-and-you'll-miss-it footage, that is ... which looks eerily similar to other sightings of late.
Check out this video obtained by TMZ ... which lasts no more than a nanosecond, but where an unidentified object whizzes across a clear blue sky during a Blue Angels demonstration in Long Island last Friday.
The object in-question moves at a wildly fast speed ... as one of the planes does its thing in the air -- and considering this is a super hornet jet we're looking at, it's damn impressive.
For those unfamiliar with the Blue Angels, they are the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. So, they know a thing or two about speed ... and yet, this *thing* is going faster!
This is the 2nd alleged UFO sighting in NY in recent months, BTW ... and the other one in the Empire State looked awfully similar to this -- with something whizzing across the sky.
Remember, a woman, named Michelle Reyes, claimed to capture evidence of a UFO while flying high above LaGuardia Airport. In her video, a dark, cylinder object zipped across the sky as she filmed the NYC landscape from the plane window.
APRIL HIGH IN THE SKY
Michelle Reyes/NewsNation
At the time, Michelle said she reported her sighting to the FAA ... but had yet to hear back from them.
These sightings remind us quite a bit of one report from 2020 ... where a Long Beach, CA resident captured a UFO-like object making its way across the sky.
As we previously reported, the resident wasn't sure if the object was a drone ... but made it clear the footage was in no way doctored.
Don't expect to be blasted off to another galaxy anytime soon, however, as the Pentagon released a case study in March reviewing 8 decades of alleged UFO sightings ... stating they had ZERO evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.
So, for now, you don't need to work on your tin foil hats ... but still keep your eyes peeled!
One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. This is true not only for UFOs, but also for their supposed occupants, andparanormal researcher and author Albert S Rosaleshasuncovered one such wave of encounters from 1968 in Spain and has kindly passed along a selection of bizarre reports from that year. Here we will look at a country that at the time seemed to be besieged by an array of humanoid sightings and high strangeness.
Quite a few of these reports from 1968 seem to have happened right in people’s own homes, the safety of their own rooms not enough to protect them from the strange. One such case involves a man named Ventura Munoz, from Colmenarejo, Madrid, Spain. One night he was drifting off to sleep when he was pulled from its clutches by a “deep voice” calling out to him. As he sat in the gloom looking about for the source of this intrusive voice, a large, dark humanoid shape materialized from the murk before him, with eyes that were “an intense red, very persuasive and perversive.” This mysterious figure apparently offered Munoz anything he desired, but the man refused and began praying. As soon as the praying began, the strange entity simply melted away into the darkness, never to be seen again. What was going on here?
That same year an 8-year-old witness in Malaga, Spain, woke up to quite the strange sight, indeed. There, standing in her bedroom, were three curious small humanoid figures, described as having large heads and rough skin. These entities apparently took her to a craft outside and within it performed an examination on her, during this process implanting some sort of device in her body. There is no word on what happened to her after this, and her case remains a conundrum.
Another 8-year-old known only as “Julia G” was in her bedroom in Huelva, Spain, when she woke to see "a dark-skinned woman that was at the same time extremely luminous” looming over her at the foot of her bed. This enigmatic woman was dressed in a white robe and was rather creepily just standing there smiling at the witness. The scared little girl allegedly hid under her covers, after which she felt something grasp at her several times. When she dared to look again, the figure was gone.
In the summer of that year, a Trinidadian named Gomez Sanchez was at her home in Capuchinos, Malaga, Spain, doing chores along with a young neighbor when they had an experience they would never forget on the indoor patio of the home. As she went about her chores, her attention was suddenly captured by a thin figure with long hair and less than a meter in height, with a disproportionately large head resembling that of a “newborn.” The sight sent her running and screaming as the entity jumped up to run along the rooftop while letting out “a loud howling scream.” A neighbor by the name of Jose Santana Cordoba heard the ruckus and went to the rooftop armed with a large club, where he saw the creature himself but was unable to catch up to it before it disappeared. Dubious police were called in to investigate but found no evidence of such an entity.
One morning in November of 1968, a 6-year-old witness was playing at his house in Barrio del Carmen, Valencia Spain, when he saw perched upon an outside terrace a “strange, winged creature” that looked like it was looking around for something. The witness purportedly approached this bizarre creature out of sheer curiosity, and as he drew closer he could see that the wings were leathery and bat-like and that the thing was devoid of feathers. When he got closer, the creature whirled around to face him, and the witness could see that it had “a semi-human face, and its body was human like also and it was perched on a pair of feet that ended in claws.” This beastly thing then lifted off on its wings and flew off out of sight.
1968 also brought plenty of these sorts of encounters that occurred outdoors. In January of that year, an unnamed witness was at a boarding school in El Escorial, Madrid, Spain and he decided one afternoon to climb a nearby hill with a friend. After reaching the top of the hill, they spied a “solid, dull looking cigar-shaped object,” and although no humanoids were actually sighted, the timing of the incident is interesting. Rosales’ report reads:
They looked at it for a few seconds before they could comment on it and decided it was not a cloud since the edges were crisp and there were some obvious 3 dimensionalities to it. The object was huge since they actually had to move their heads from left to right to see it end to end. Within 15 to 20 seconds the object seemed to shrink in size, tilt and vanish. To their estimation the whole incident lasted not more than 30 seconds. They ran down to the school to report what they saw, and a group of the other children were very excited when they saw the witnesses. To their surprise their excitement was due to the fact that both had been missing for over 2 hours and had missed lunch and the head count. Fortunately for them the Franciscan monk in charge of the school was very sympathetic and offered to call the local US air base (Torrejon) to ask about the phenomenon. The base reported that there had been no scheduled test flights that day but were very interested in a personal report. Both witnesses declined.
The fact that this happened towards the very beginning of the whole humanoid wave is intriguing, indeed. The very next month there was an odd sighting when a huge, hairy creature looking very much like Bigfoot was seen drinking from a pond at El Escorial, Madrid, Spain. The hairy biped was apparently seen by other witnesses in the area at around the same time. In spring of that year, a 14-year-old witness was working on his father’s farm when he saw something odd in the wooded area nearby. The report reads:
The 14-year-old witness was working on his father’s land located in a wooded area when around 11:30 a.m. he saw emerging out of the tree line located next to the Vencherque River at about 200 meters away two shiny metallic ‘objects or figures resembling “metallic robots”, silvery in color and about 2.5 meters in height, which were walking towards the witness with their arms straight down on their sides and without moving their legs. Both entities seemed to move in unison and had square heads and thorax and on each of their hands they were carrying some sort of metallic ‘briefcase’. When they were about 60 meters from the witness he ran home and notified his parents of what he had seen. Immediately the adults searched the area but failed to find anything.
That same spring, a woman in Monte Ulia, near San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain, saw a bright light descend towards a peach tree in her yard. When the light touched down it disgorged two very tall men, wearing white diving suits and what appeared to be ‘wings’ on their backs. They apparently spoke to the witness in Spanish, saying they were looking “for passage.” The woman lost consciousness and the next morning when she examined the area she found it to be scorched, the tree burnt to a crisp.
Also that spring, four young girls were out collecting flowers in Palmar de Troya, Andalucia, Spain, when witness Ana Garcia Gonzalez saw movement behind a nearby bush. When the girls approached, they saw a human-like figure. When they drew closer they could see that it was a beautiful, ethereal-looking woman with a “round and pink face, large black eyes and wearing a brown mantle.” At the time, the story hit the media, and flocks of people gathered in the area convinced that the girls had seen the Holy Virgin Mother.
That same month, in March of that year, an unnamed witness was taking a walk next to a deserted, ruined castle at San Vicente De Sonsierra, La Rioja, Spain on a very quiet night and had sat down on one of the patio areas almost falling asleep. At around midnight, he snapped out of his sleepy stupor to see standing just 10 meters away three huge humanoid figures with very wide shoulders that were completely covered in black hoods that reached all the way to the ground, and each one carrying what appeared to be a scythe. These enigmatic intruders apparently just stood there staring at the witness, and all three had “large round red eyes that seemed to blink unison as they looked at the witness.” The witness allegedly fled in terror and hid in a nearby grapevine field until morning.
In the summer of that year, a young man visited an area of Palmar De Troya, Utrera, Andalucia, Spain with his family in the hopes of seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary that had been frequently seen in the vicinity. They joined a group of other people there for the same reason, and Rosales’ report continues:
At sundown, the group waited for something to happen, looking around in all directions. After what seemed to be quite a long time the witness spoke to one of the men present who seemed to be very well informed of the situation and happenings. This man pointed to a nearby wooded hill where the “Virgin” had been seen recently. The man then walked towards the hill and entered the woods, quickly disappearing from the view of the others present. Meanwhile, as the young man watched the man disappear behind some trees, he saw what appeared to be some type of “humanoid” figure, which had suddenly appeared, completely immobile and silent. The strange figure resembled a thick “bowling pin” it didn’t seem to have any depth and was facing towards the group. It lacked any arms or legs or any discernible facial features. It was the height of a man, and it was uniformly shiny, even though it did not illuminate its surroundings. It supports itself on the ground by its bottom base.
Surprised by what he was seeing the young man was unable to move. He yelled at his family asking them if they had seen the strange figure. Apparently, his family and the others had not seen a thing. The others thought he had seen the man who had walked into the woods earlier. Still staring at the strange figure and watched as it disappeared and then reappear again within the wooded area, finally disappearing from sight for good. Perplexed by what he had seen the young man immediately returned with his family to Sevilla. As they drove back on the highway the whole family observed flying above the fields on the side of the road, it looked like a glowing cloud. Even though it seemed to be moving at the same speed of the automobile and going in the same direction it eventually fell back and was lost from sight.
What was going on here? That same summer, in August, a witness by the name of Pedro Pablo Barrios was driving between Betanzos and Villalba, Spain, when he suddenly saw a very luminous object shaped like “two plates glued together” and with an “antenna” rise into the sky near his vehicle. The strange craft rotated and he could see that it had two bright lights on each end and a sort of “H” shaped device with three hanging leg-like protrusions on its belly. The report says:
The craft chases Barrios approaching very close on two occasions. Finally, Barrios stopped and parked on the side of the road to see the object more clearly. A few seconds later the object rose up into the air and vanished. According to the witness during the “chase” he saw several pedestrians on the road who apparently also saw the object and had to “lay flat on the ground” to avoid being struck by the low flying craft.
Although there were no humanoids sighted on this occasion, the timing is once again interesting. In that same August, a rancher by the name of Jose Pio Mayo was bringing back the cattle to the town of Belagua, Navarra, Spain, accompanied by his dogs when he suddenly saw what appeared to be two approaching shadowy figures that seemed to be hovering over the ground in a wingless object that looked sort of like a canoe. The report continues:
Jose watched awestruck as the object and figures approached within 10 meters of his location. According to Jose the occupants of the ‘boat’ saw him and then made a sharp right turn and quickly disappearing into the brush. The whole time his two dogs cowered between his legs. The two figures appeared to have been sitting inside the ‘flying canoe’, side by side. The canoe-like object was about 4-meters long. At no time did the occupants communicate or acknowledge the presence of the witness. The object flew at very low speed the whole time. That night Jose was unable to sleep and the next morning returned to the site to check but did not find anything out of the ordinary. However, his dogs refused to accompany him. One of the dogs had to be put down several days later as it developed a strange malady all over its body, something resembling tumors.
The following week, a local man by the name of Juan Gascon del Toro was returning on his bicycle from hunting on some local pastureland in Aldaya Valencia Spain, and as he turned a corner, he saw about 100 meters away an object which had apparently landed on a field. This object was described as being football-shaped and standing on four metallic legs. What was even stranger than this was what was lurking nearby. The report reads:
Next to the object were some figures which the witness first thought were children. However, as he kept approaching the object and arriving to within 40 meters from it, he stopped and looked directly at the craft. The craft was about 8 meters in diameter and about 3.20 meters in height, its base was about 60cms from the ground and had landed on three leg-like protrusion the same color as the object. On the top of the craft, he could see what resembled a metallic (iron) antenna connected to a shiny protrusion on the top of the craft. He could see a door, about 1.50 x 0.50 m, on which stood two apparently occupants of the craft, standing on a protruding four rung “ladder” (again the same color of the craft). The humanoids were approximately 1.45 m in height, were wearing helmets with dark visors, similar to diver’s and from the area of their mouth protruded a sort of segmented ‘rubber hose’ which connected to their chests, brown in color. On the chests they wore a wide belt. They were dressed in white diving suits; the belt seemed a little ‘dimmer’ than the rest of the suit. They also wore small white boots. The humanoids were completely indifferent to the witness and just observed him without any apparent reaction. Del Toro then boarded his bicycle and took a side route losing sight of the landed craft. The encounter lasted about 1 minute. He heard no sounds during the encounter.
The following month, on September 24, 1968, a local shepherd in Puerto Serrano, Cadiz, Spain, saw a “round luminous object” in a nearby field emitting bright beams of light. As he approached, he apparently heard voices calling his name, but the craft suddenly rose up into the sky and disappeared at great speed. Interestingly, on that very same day a woman in Cedeira La Coruna Spain, saw a bright light and two tall figures walking towards her on a rural road, each one of them with "lights of changing color were visible on their faces.” There would later be found a burned area around 2 meters in diameter wrenched into the grass at the site.
In November of that year, businessman Francisco Donis was driving near Castillo De Alarcon, Cuenca, Spain on his way to Malaga when he received a telepathic message instructing him to go to a certain isolated location. He felt overwhelmingly compelled to go there, and when he reached the designated spot he was surprised to see a disc-shaped object hovering above 3 meters from the road next to the road. The report says of what happened next:
As he watched an opening became visible on the craft and a retractable ladder descended to the ground, on which a human-like figure descended and approached Donis with arms outstretched in an obvious sign of peace. Speaking in perfect Spanish the stranger informed Donis that his name was “Francisco Atienza” and that he was a descendant of extraterrestrials. The stranger was totally human in appearance and wore a one-piece gray diver’s suit. A long conversation ensued between “Atienza” and Donis, which took place inside the witness car. Atienza told Donis that he came from a planet called “Urin”, whose original inhabitants were short, large headed humanoids. However there existed on “Urin” a human colony, which lived under huge glass domes, since the atmosphere of “Urin” was toxic to humans. He further explained that life under these conditions had caused a massive sterilization among the human colony, which had more female members than males.
That same month, just two days later, witness Manuel Trejo was returning home in his car near Zafra, Extremadura, Spain, when suddenly the engine of the car began to falter as his headlights flickered and dimmed. Moments later, he claims that an “invisible shock wave” struck his vehicle hard enough to cause his vehicle to careen from side to side. He managed to keep control of his car, and after rounding a bend he saw standing in the road a humanoid figure wearing a tight-fitting diver’s outfit completely covered in tiny red, green, and blue lights, “like a Christmas tree.” These lights became ever more bright and brilliant as the witness drew closer, but he continued on, passing the figure and letting the strange humanoid fade into the distance. This report would be followed by a wave of UFO sightings in the same area, including a number of which that involved people seeing blurred figures through opaque windows on the craft.
Reports like these would continue all through December of that year until suddenly dropping off, leaving us to wonder about many things. What was it about this place and this year that attracted so much strangeness? One thing that is interesting to note is the wide range of descriptions of these entities. What could this mean? Were these aliens, or perhaps was this a rift opened between realities, with interdimensional interlopers coming through some veil between dimensions to bleed over into ours? Or maybe it was just delusions and overactive imaginations? Whatever the case may be, 1968 was surely a bizarre year in Spain.
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'Insanse' clip showing UFO flying at street level through Iran leaves locals baffled
'Insanse' clip showing UFO flying at street level through Iran leaves locals baffled
Locals in Tehran, Iran, were left baffled and shocked after something that look remarkably like a UFO was seen flying over their in four places across the major city.
It could be a UFO, or maybe not(Image: Reddit/YouTube)
A video of what appears to be a UFO flying at street level in Iran has left locals baffled.
The circular object, which appears to be made up of three rings of around 20 lights, was seen flying through the air at the end of May. The clip, posted on social media site Twitter/X sees locals staring at the object hovering no more than around five metres above their heads.
It took place in Tehran, and has left users on social media divided, with many claiming that it could be a real UFO. It was seen in four separate areas, and one clip shows it being accompanied by a whirring noise while flying in a straight line.
One person on Reddit claimed: “We got mfs testing actual bodies in Peru and US colonels telling us the interdimensional karma aliens are real. At this point, there’s no reason not to believe or take these things seriously.”
While another raged: “I believe it. UFOs are real. End of the day, it’s up to us. We believe the lying government and accept the matrix, or we believe our eyes, hearts, and common sense? I choose heart and truth.” And a third commented: “Nothing will convince people until we all see a massive thing coming out with our own eyes.”
'It could be real,' said one web sleuth(Image: Reddit/YouTube)
However, some did post their own theories, with one bloke on Twitter/X claiming that it could have been a “drone swarm,” while others pointed to the fact that the object had “no reflection” on any buildings it flies past. The videos also all appear to have had artificial digital zoom applied, which seems to be a massive red flag to web sleuths.
“Artificial digital zoom on the second video (made during editing to make it “more real”), I can see it from miles away,” one wrote.
And a second mused: “I don't know. I don't think I could know with video nowadays. Unless a mass arrival began. Otherwise, the technology of video editing has kinda negated the ability of basic ufo videos to show proof.”
Well, as always, the truth remains out there . . . somewhere.
The South Pole-Aitken Basin on the lunar far side is one of the largest and oldest impact features in the Solar System. It’s easily seen in the elevation data. The low center is dark blue and purple. Mountains on its edge, remnants of outer rings, are red and yellow.
Image credit: NASA / GSFC / University of Arizona.
The solar wind is a constant flow of radiation and particles from the Sun. Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield.
In contrast, the Moon has no magnetic field and a very tenuous atmosphere, called the exosphere.
When the solar wind hits the Moon, the surface reacts, kicking up secondary particles.
These particles may be positively or negatively charged or have no charge at all.
While the positively charged particles have been measured from orbit before, measuring negative particles was a challenge.
Negative ions are short-lived and cannot make it to orbit. This is why ESA scientists needed to operate their instrument close to the lunar surface.
“This was ESA’s first activity on the surface of the Moon, a world-first scientifically, and a first lunar cooperation with China,” said Neil Melville, ESA’s technical officer for the NILS experiment.
“We have collected an amount and quality of data far beyond our expectations.”
“These observations on the Moon will help us better understand the surface environment and act as a pathfinder to explore negative ion populations in other airless bodies in the Solar System, from planets to asteroids and other moons,” said Dr. Martin Wieser, NILS principal investigator.
Chang’e-6 landed successfully in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon known on June 1, 2024.
NILS started to collect science data 280 min after landing. The first data collection period lasted for 23 min, until the instrument reverted to low voltage. A few more rounds of data collection followed between communications blackouts and reboots.
“We were alternating between short bursts of full-power and long cooling-off periods because the instrument was heating up,” Melville said.
“The fact that it stayed within its thermal design limits and managed to recover under extremely hot conditions is a testament to the quality of the work done by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics.”
Hoe slim is de bij? “Ze hebben een eigen persoonlijkheid, emoties, unieke taal en kunnen tellen”
Je zal er waarschijnlijk zelden bij stilstaan als je er eentje ziet voorbijzoemen, maar de bij is een ingenieus diertje. Gedragsbioloog Lars Chittka (Queen Mary University) neemt ons mee in het wonderbaarlijke brein van het insect. Hoe zitten hun hersenen in elkaar? Hoe intelligent zijn ze echt? En hebben ze een persoonlijkheid? Ontdek hier alles wat je nog niet wist over de bij.
In vergelijking met de hersenen van de mens (86 miljard hersencellen) zijn die van de bij maar klein. Het insect komt net verder dan een miljoen. Maar volgens gedragsbioloog Lars Chittka mogen we het beestje niet onderschatten. “Zijn elegante miniatuurhersentjes zijn biologische voorspellingsapparaten, voortdurend op zoek naar nieuwe mogelijkheden. Ook ’s nachts.’’
Na uitgebreid wetenschappelijk onderzoek dicht de wetenschapper in zijn boek ‘Het bewustzijn van de bij’ de insecten eigenschappen toe waarbij we als mens nauwelijks stilstaan. “Bijen zijn slim, hebben een eigen persoonlijkheid, herkennen bloemen en menselijke gezichten, communiceren via een eigen taal, vertonen emoties, kunnen tellen en gebruiken eenvoudige gereedschappen.”
Chittka, verbonden aan het Research Centre for Psychology van de Queen Mary University in Londen, nodigt iedereen uit om zich in te leven in het bestaan van de bij. “Stel je voor dat je een uitwendig skelet hebt – als een harnas van een ridder. Daaronder zit geen huid. Je spieren staan in directe verbinding met het harnas. Je kunt vliegen, hebt een gezichtsveld van 300 graden en je ogen verwerken veel sneller informatie. Je kunt ook ultraviolet licht zien en beschikt over een magnetisch kompas. Met de uitsteeksels op je hoofd kun je elektrische velden proeven, ruiken, horen en bespeuren. Informatie sla je op en gebruik je als het van pas komt”, schetst de gedragsbioloog.
Een bij kan met zijn voelsprieten tegelijk ruiken, proeven én horen.
Lars Chittka
Chittka is vooral onder de indruk van de multifunctionele voelsprieten van de bij: “Wij mensen hebben onze zintuigen van zicht, gehoor, geur en smaak netjes verpakt in compleet verschillende zintuigen. Daarom kunnen we niet proeven met onze voeten. Maar stel je voor dat je met je vingertoppen tegelijkertijd zou kunnen ruiken, proeven, horen en elektrische lading meten, zoals een bij met zijn voelsprieten doet.” Het meten van elektrische lading is voor een bij erg nuttig. Vliegende bijen zijn positief geladen, terwijl bloemen letterlijk geaard zijn – en dus negatief geladen. “Wanneer een bij een bloem bezoekt, zorgt de elektrische ladingsoverdracht ervoor dat de bloem tijdelijk positiever geladen wordt. Dat vertelt andere bijen dat de bloem onlangs is bezocht en is leeggezogen, geen nectar meer bevat.”
De intelligentie blijkt ook uit de ratenbouw van honingbijen. Hun dubbelzijdige zeshoekige raten is een indrukwekkende truc om ruimte te besparen. Om de vloeibare honing er niet uit te laten lopen worden de raten onder een hoek gebouwd. Dat bijen zich daarbij niet alleen laten leiden door instinct, bleek uit een experiment aan boord van de Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984. “De honingbijen brachten een hele week door zonder zwaartekracht. Ze leerden niet alleen om te vliegen onder dergelijke omstandigheden, maar ze bouwden hun vertrouwde honingraat met cellen van normale afmetingen”, aldus Chittka. De honingbijen pasten zich moeiteloos aan aan omstandigheden die ze nog nooit hadden meegemaakt.
Dat bijen net als duiven een zogeheten thuisrichtingsgevoel hebben, staat buiten kijf. Bijen maken daarbij gebruik van ‘geheugenfoto’s’: ze leggen een rijke bibliotheek aan van ruimtelijke herinneringen van hun leefomgeving.
Ruimtelijke oplossingen
De nog onbeantwoorde hamvraag is of bijen cognitieve kaarten hebben, die hen niet alleen in staat stellen om markeringen in het landschap of routes te onthouden, maar ook om nieuwe ruimtelijke oplossingen te berekenen op basis van die herinneringen zoals nieuwe kortere routes tussen bekende locaties. Experimenten met radartracking hebben in elk geval vastgesteld dat bijen zoeken naar korte fourageerroutes tussen bronnen vol nectar. Na het uitproberen van mogelijke routes werd de totale reisafstand met 80 procent ingekort. “Zelfs zeer ervaren bijen die de optimale route al hadden gevonden, bleven met tussenpozen experimenteren met nieuwe oplossingen”, aldus de Duitse gedragsbioloog die zelf onderzoek doet naar cognitieve vaardigheden van de bij.
Om met elkaar te communiceren, gebruiken bijen niet alleen de voelsprieten. Zij kwispeldansen om locaties van nectarrijke bloemlocaties aan elkaar door te geven, of een geschikte plek voor een nieuw thuis kilometers verderop. Deze ‘danstaal’ is fascinerend. “Hoe langer de dans, hoe beter de locatie. Als dansers andere dansers tegenkomen die een andere locatie aangeven, dan zullen ze proberen die dansen te verstoren met stopsignalen die ze geven met kopstootbewegingen”, legt Chittka uit.
Het brein van bijen roept nog veel vragen op, maar er bestaat overeenstemming over een basisbouwplan. “Net als bij ons zijn de hersenen van een bij bilateraal en symmetrisch geordend. Het grootste en belangrijkste deel is het ‘protocerebrum’, de voorhersenen. Het bevat de optische kwabben die informatie van de samengestelde ogen verwerken, en de paddenstoellichamen met belangrijke functies voor het verwerken van informatie uit meerdere zintuigen.” Hij noemt de paddenstoellichamen de ‘harde schijf’ van de bij, met een extreem grote geheugencapaciteit.
Een andere belangrijke taak is weggelegd voor het zogeheten centrale complex. Het bevat een geavanceerd navigatiesysteem, verzamelt informatie over afstand, richting en oriëntatiepunten. “Daardoor kan een bij die langs een kronkelig pad naar een nieuwe bloemen met nectar heeft gezocht, bijvoorbeeld direct naar huis terugkeren, waarbij gegevens over alle afgelegde afstanden en hoeken die langs het uitgaande pad zijn gedraaid, worden gebruikt.”
Persoonlijkheden
Dat bijen dezelfde genen hebben, wil niet zeggen dat zij dezelfde ‘persoonlijkheid’ hebben. Subtiele zintuiglijke verschillen bepalen bijvoorbeeld dat informatie door de ene bij anders wordt opgeslagen en gebruikt dan door een andere. Niet alle variatie tussen individuele bijen is ook erfelijk bepaald. Onderzoek wijst uit dat sommige bijen agressiever zijn dan andere, sommige werken harder, zijn slimmer of reageren voorzichtiger dan andere. “Net zoals er ‘persoonlijkheidsverschillen’ zijn tussen individuele bijen, kunnen er ook dergelijke verschillen zijn tussen kolonies van sociale bijen.”
Formeel bewijs voor een bewustzijn van bijen levert Chittka niet, maar het bewijs voor een op zijn minst eenvoudige vorm van bewustzijn stapelt zich wel op, meent hij. “Maar het bewustzijn van bijen zou wel eens heel anders kunnen zijn dan dat van mensen. Misschien hebben zij unieke emotionele toestanden die gepaard gaan met de opwinding van het zwermproces of de sensatie van het ontdekken van een bijzonder nectarrijk bloemtype. Daar moet nog meer onderzoek naar gebeuren.”
Volgens Chittka is het alleszins belangrijk om de bijen te koesteren. “We hebben ze nodig om onze gewassen te bestuiven. We maken onder meer kaarsen van hun was. En we eten al eeuwen van hun honing. We hebben dus veel aan de bijen te danken.”
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Astronauts are Practicing Lunar Operations in New Space Suits
Astronauts were fully suited while conducting mission-like maneuvers in the full-scale build of the Starship human landing system’s airlock which will be located inside Starship under the crew cabin. Credit: SpaceX
Astronauts are Practicing Lunar Operations in New Space Suits
Through the Artemis Program, NASA will send astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. While the challenges remain the same, the equipment has evolved, including the rocket, spacecraft, human landing system (HLS), and space suits. In preparation for Artemis III(planned for September 2026), NASA recently conducted a test where astronauts donned the new space suits developed by Axiom Spaceand practiced interacting with the hardware that will take them to the Moon.
These new suits, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), were developed specifically for the Artemis III mission. The day-long test took place on April 30th at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, where astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson interacted with a full-scale model of the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System (HLS). This was the first time astronauts trained in pressurized spacesuits and conducted mock operations with the HLS hardware.
The test provided valuable feedback on theStarship HLSand the AxEMU spacesuits for NASA and its commercial partners. It also gave astronauts a chance to gauge the suits’ range of motion and to get a feel for the interior of the Starship HLSand its mechanical systems. Said Logan Kennedy, lead for surface activities in NASA’s HLS Program, in a NASA press statement:
The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU. Though this prototype uses a dark gray cover material, the final version will likely be all-white when worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface. Credit: Axiom Space
“Overall, I was pleased with the astronauts’ operation of the control panel and with their ability to perform the difficult tasks they will have to do before stepping onto the Moon. The test also confirmed that the amount of space available in the airlock, on the deck, and in the elevator, are sufficient for the work our astronauts plan to do.”
The test consisted of Wheelock and Whitson practicing putting on and taking off the spacesuits – which included the suit’s Portable Life Support System (PLSS) – in the Starship HLS‘ full-scale airlock. Since the Artemis III astronauts will need to put the suits on with minimal assistance, this test allowed NASA to test how easily the suits are to get in and out of. The suits were then pressurized and powered up, and Wheelock and Whitson began interacting with the mobility aids (handrails and straps) and control panel in the airlock.
They then walked from the airlock deck to the HLS elevator, which will take the Artemis III astronauts and their equipment to the lunar surface to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA). Though the tasks were routine, they validated the spacesuit design and brought NASA one step closer to achieving its goals through the Artemis Program. As Amit Kshatriya (NASA’s Moon to Mars program manager) expressed:
“With Artemis, NASA is going to the Moon in a whole new way, with international partners and industry partners like Axiom Space and SpaceX. These partners are contributing their expertise and providing integral parts of the deep space architecture that they develop with NASA’s insight and oversight. Integrated tests like this one, with key programs and partners working together, are crucial to ensure systems operate smoothly and are safe and effective for astronauts before they take the next steps on the Moon.”
Wheelock and Whitson tested the agility of the spacesuits by conducting movements and tasks similar to those necessary during lunar surface exploration on Artemis missions. Credit: SpaceX
Putting the spacesuits through rigorous testing is necessary since the Artemis III mission will include EVAs in space and on the lunar surface. The four-person crew will launch aboard an Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) while the Starship HLS launches separately and refuels in orbit. The Orion spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with the HLS in lunar orbit; two astronauts will transfer aboard and then take the HLS to and from the lunar surface. The AxEMU suits are designed to provide greater flexibility and accommodate a wider range of astronauts.
This is in keeping with NASA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its astronaut corps. Despite delays, things are undeniably coming together for Artemis III!
A Mission to Uranus Could Also be a Gravitational Wave Detector
Despite being extraordinarily difficult to detect for the first time, gravitational waves can be found using plenty of different techniques. The now-famous first detection at LIGO in 2015 was just one of the various ways scientists had been looking. A new paper from researchers from Europe and the US proposes how scientists might be able to detect some more by tracking the exact position of the upcoming Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP).
Initially suggested by NASA’s Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey, UOP will be the first mission to Uranus since Voyager visited the system in 1986. When it finally arrives in 2044, after a 2031 launch date, it will be almost 60 years since humanity last had an up-close look at the Uranian system.
But 13 years in transit sure is a long time. Part of that time will be spent getting a gravitational boost from Jupiter, but most will be spent coasting between planetary bodies. And that much time spent in between planets is what the paper’s authors want to utilize to do non-Uranian science.
Fraser has long been a proponent of returning to Uranus, as he explains here.
Gravitational waves can disrupt the fabric of space-time, causing discernible distortions, especially over long distances. If the instruments in question are sensitive enough, the massive distance between UOP and the Earth would be a viable way to detect them.
This isn’t the first time using the distance between a spacecraft and Earth has been considered for detecting gravitational waves. Pioneer 11, Cassini, and a triangulation of Galileo, Ulysses, and Mars Orbiter all had entertained suggestions of being utilized for gravitational wave detection while on their journey to their final destinations. However, the equipment they were designed with was not sensitive enough to pick up the minute fluctuations required for an actual detection.
UOP will have the added advantages of decades of improved equipment, especially communications and timing electronics, which are critical to any gravitational wave detection. It also benefits that we’ve already officially detected a gravitational wave, so we know at least what to look for.
Long distance communication is hard, as Fraser explains in this video, but it’s also key to capturing data on gravitational waves.
The underlying mechanism is simple enough – consistently track the exact established position of UOP during its 13-year cruise to Uranus and cross-reference any anomalies in its position against what could be expected from known causes. These include the gravitational pull of some of the planets, or even asteroids, and solar radiation pressure on the spacecraft itself. As the authors note, some or even all of these could impact the spacecraft’s exact position; for the calculations to work effectively to find gravitational waves, better accounting for what, if any, impact they have must be completed.
But there is another potentially scientifically interesting cause of slight positional drift for the UOP: ultra-light dark matter. In theory, UOP could be used to test or even directly detect a form of dark matter known as ultra-light dark matter if it happens to exist in the solar system. Theorists have numerous models showing how it would work if it did exist. UOP could also use the same sort of exact positional calculation to contribute to that scientific research.
Best of all, UOP can do all this with literally no change to its primary functional mission – exploring the Uranian system. All that would have to be changed about the mission would be to update Earth with consistent positional data about once every 10 seconds for the duration of the 13-year trip to UOP’s final destination. Suppose there’s a chance that those more frequent check-ins with home could help detect gravitational waves or potentially dark matter. In that case, it seems well worth the consideration of the UOP mission planners – but it remains to be seen whether it will be included or not. The paper’s authors have made a persuasive argument about why it should be.
If aliens actually crashed here on Earth, what would happen?
Would the debris, and the aliens themselves, vanish behind a massive government cover-up, only to emerge as classified military technology years later? Or would altruistic civilian scientists work together to study the alien artifacts for the good of humanity?
These questions seem like fodder for very trope-y science fiction, but last week, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer told Congress last week, with a straight face, that an unnamed source had told him that the U.S. Department of Defense (or possibly its contractors) has debris and “nonhuman biologics” from a crashed UFO.
To answer these suddenly relevant questions, Inverse spoke with Greg Eghigian, a Pennsylvania State University historian and bioethicist who specializes in the study of UFOs.
NASA and the Department of Defense have been paying much more attention to Unidentified Anamolous Phenomena, or UAPs, in recent years.
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WHO OWNS CRASHED UFOS?
If a flying saucer crashes in Oklahoma tomorrow, just for example, what happens next?
No law or treaty spells out who gets to claim the spaceship or alien remains. The U.S. and several other countries have laws about who owns meteorites (spoiler alert for U.S. readers: if the meteorite falls on private land, it belongs to the landowner; on public land, it depends) and even debris from human-made spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere (you can’t collect rocket parts in Florida, for example). Other laws even spell out who’s liable if a de-orbiting satellite crashes on someone’s house. At the moment, though, there’s nothing on the books about who technically owns a flying saucer that crashes on U.S. soil.
Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds are hoping to change that with an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Their amendment, if it passes, would (among other things) give the U.S. federal government “eminent domain over any and all recovered technologies of unknown origin (TUO) and biological evidence of non-human intelligence (NHI) that may be controlled by private persons or entities in the interests of the public good.”
“I think the sense is that the government, particularly the military, would be the key entity that would take on this stuff,” Eghigian tells Inverse. “I don't think civilian scientists would be getting first dibs on this. I think they would be out of the loop.”
The U2, SR-71, A-12, B-2 and F117 were flight tested at the Air Force’s Groom Lake facility in Nevada, better known as Area 51.
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COULD THE GOVERNMENT REALLY KEEP A CRASHED UFO A SECRET?
Does that mean the Department of Defense would whisk the crash debris (and the “nonhuman biologics,” as former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch recently described it to Congress) away to a top-secret bunker, never to be spoken of again?
“To start with, I think there's no question that the first people on the ground are going to be policing authorities: it’s going to be the police, and it’s going to be the military,” says Eghigian. Once the crash site is secure, the next step would probably be forensic work, involving a mix of technicians, scientists, and engineers from within the military branches or from defense contractors.
It’s likely the military’s interest would be threefold: first, to determine whether the flying saucer and its builders pose a threat to humanity, especially the U.S.; second, to try to reverse engineer the technology for military use; and third, to keep anybody else from doing part two. That would almost certainly involve some secrecy — or at least, an attempt at secrecy.
“Militaries keep secrets all the time, and the intelligence community is built around, not just holding secrets, but also exposing secrets for their benefit,” says Eghigian. “If something remarkable happened, I can believe that that would be a dynamic that would emerge.”
But SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak questions how long a veil of secrecy would last on a planet surrounded by high-resolution imaging satellites.
“Actual alien craft in our airspace bigger than an office desk would likely be visible to satellites that — among other things — supply imagery to Google Earth,” he writes in a recent essay for the SETI Institute. And it’s not just satellites; more than one country’s military personnel have managed to share sensitive operational information on social media. “I still strongly maintain that alien visitation is not something that could be kept secret. The size of such a secret is just too big,” writes Shostak.
Eghigian is also skeptical that an alien cover-up could last very long, but he says the fact that so many people expect — or already believe in — a government conspiracy to hide aliens from us is, in itself, very revealing.
“So often this stuff about UFOs isn’t about UFOs at all,” Eghigian says. “It gets to the heart of how a person or an organization or group of people, your image and your idea of how government works, and what modern governments are capable of and what they do."
Definitely not actual footage.
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Once the word gets out — and Shostak and Eghigian seem to agree that it almost certainly will, one way or another — scientists around the world would be clamoring for access to the evidence, and even the Department of Defense might have some good reasons to share.
“That would probably be followed by, you would hope, lots of questions coming from journalists like you,” Eghigian says. “And then I think the civilian scientists and researchers, if we catch wind of this stuff, would then be I think clamoring for an opportunity to have a look.”
With nearly 300 research universities in the U.S. alone, not to mention the private sector, there would be a lot of researchers clamoring for dibs on alien autopsies and analyzing the metals in the flying saucer’s hull. Sorting out who should get access to study which pieces of the evidence would quickly become a sticky, and highly politicized, problem.
“One thing I think you can expect absolutely right away is this would turn political,” says Eghigian.
Of course, this story has focused on what would happen if an alien spaceship crashed somewhere in the U.S., but there’s no reason — other than nationalism — to think the U.S. is any more likely to be a UFO crash site than any other country in the world.
“There is a kind of national hubris operating here: If extraterrestrial beings are going to come to Earth, they’re going to visit us!” writes Shostak.
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77 Years after the Roswell Incident, What Have We Learned?
Major Jesse Marcel, an intelligence officer from Roswell Army Air Field, with the debris found 75 miles northwest of Roswell in June 1947. Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photograph Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.
77 Years after the Roswell Incident, What Have We Learned?
For many Americans today, the name “Roswell” will inevitably conjure up images of flying saucers crash landing in the remote New Mexico desert; bald, diminutive aliens with gigantic eyes; and bizarre theories about government conspiracies and cover-ups. The events of 75 years ago have spawned books, movies, and TV shows, and the so-called “Roswell Incident” has attained the status of an American myth. To celebrate the 75th anniversary, here is a brief look at some of the many government publications available in Sycamore Library and on the Internet that provide insight into this intriguing story.
THE ROSWELL INCIDENT
In 1947, beginning in the spring and continuing into the fall, a rash of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were being reported across the United States, with the maximum number of these sightings occurring during the period from mid-June to early July.
On July 7, 1947, while interest in UFOs was at its height, W.W. “Mac” Brazel appeared at the office of sheriff George Wilcox in Roswell, New Mexico and described the wreckage of a metal disk and some other materials, including tinfoil, broken wood beams, strips of rubber, and thick paper, which he had discovered a few days earlier on the Foster Ranch where he worked, about 75 miles northwest of Roswell. Brazel had heard stories about UFO sightings on the radio recently and wondered if the debris he found might be part of one of those “flying saucers” everyone was talking about.
Sheriff Wilcox contacted Major Jesse A. Marcel, an officer in the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) intelligence office, about Brazel’s discovery. Marcel drove to the sheriff’s office to inspect the wreckage, then went out to the ranch with Brazel to collect as much of the debris as they could.
The next day, July 8, the Public Information Office issued a press release, prematurely announcing that the Army Air Force had recovered a “flying disk.” The news media went wild, for this was perhaps the first time the government had ever taken reports of alien aircraft seriously.
Meanwhile, military police were sent to the sheriff’s office to collect the wreckage, which was flown to Eighth Air Force headquarters in Fort Worth (later known as Carswell Air Force Base) for inspection. Officers and staff in Texas determined that the objects were remnants of a weather balloon and its attached metallic radar target.
A few hours after the previous announcement, the RAAF issued a correction, announcing that the debris found at Foster Ranch was from a weather balloon, not a flying saucer. Immediately suspicion was aroused that the government was covering something up.
Years later it turned out there had indeed been a cover-up, but it had nothing to do with aliens or flying saucers from outer space.
FBI REPORT ON ROSWELL
On July 8, 1947, the Dallas Office of the FBI issued a one-page teletype summarizing the Roswell incident. This document relays information from the U.S. Air Force that a hexagonal object appearing to be a “flying disk” had been recovered in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. The object was described as being attached by cable to a balloon about 20 feet in diameter, resembling a weather balloon. Because of the interest generated by the recent UFO sightings, the disk and balloon were transported to Wright Field in Ohio for examination.
This document is available on the FBI website in their FOIA library known as The Vault. Several more FBI investigations of UFOs conducted from 1947 to 1954 are also included in The Vault.
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12,618 sightings of UFOs were collected and investigated by the U.S. Air Force. The project, known as Project BLUE BOOK, was headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
As a result of several private and governmental investigations and studies conducted during this time period, the members of the Air Force running Project BLUE BOOK reached the following conclusions:
No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force had ever given any indication of threat to our national security.
There has been no evidence that sightings categorized as “unidentified” represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge.
There has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as “unidentified” are extraterrestrial vehicles.
On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of Project BLUE BOOK. The documentation collected is now in the possession of the U.S. National Archives, and anyone with any further testimony regarding UFOs is referred to one of the many private agencies and individuals that are currently researching such phenomena.
The following blog posts provide more information about records in the National Archives pertaining to UFOs:
In early 1987, British UFOlogist Timothy Good claimed to have been given a highly classified government document indicating that a secret committee of senior U.S. officials called the “Majestic 12” had investigated, and then covered up, the 1947 discovery of a crashed flying saucer containing the bodies of four humanoid aliens.
After this sensational story had been publicized through various news outlets, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations referred the Majestic 12 document to the Dallas FBI to determine whether it was still classified. The Office of Special Investigations announced on November 30, 1988 that the document was “bogus,” and FBI Headquarters instructed Dallas to close the investigation.
GAO REPORT
In February 1994, the General Accounting Office (GAO), acting on the request of Steven H. Schiff, a New Mexico Congressman, initiated an audit to attempt to locate any government records connected with the Roswell incident, and to determine if those records had been properly handled according to established procedures for reporting air accidents.
An extensive search ensued for government records related to the crash near Roswell, and a wide range of classified and unclassified documents dating from July 1947 through the 1950s were examined. These records came from numerous organizations in New Mexico and elsewhere throughout the Department of Defense, as well as from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the National Security Council.
In 1947, Army regulations required that air accident reports be maintained permanently, and although none of the military services filed a report on the Roswell incident, there was no requirement in 1947 to prepare a report on the weather balloon crash.
Although some of the records concerning Roswell activities had been destroyed, there was no information available regarding when or under what authority the records were destroyed.
Only two government records originating in 1947 have been recovered regarding the Roswell incident:
A 1947 Federal Bureau of Investigations record revealed that the military had reported that an object resembling a high-altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector had been recovered near Roswell.
A 1947 Air Force report noted the recovery of a flying disk that was later determined by military officials to be a radar-tracking balloon.
PROJECT MOGUL: THE REAL COVER-UP
In July 1994, the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force concluded an exhaustive search for records in response to the General Accounting Office (GAO) inquiry about the “Roswell Incident.” After reviewing its records, the Air Force concluded that the debris recovered from the ranch on July 7, 1947, was a weather balloon, but it was not being used strictly for weather purposes. In early 1995 the results of this inquiry were published in a document nearly 1000 pages long, entitled The Roswell Report: Fact vs Fiction in the New Mexico Desert.
An examination of now declassified technical and progress reports revealed that the Air Force had been conducting an experimental, top secret balloon project, called by the code name Project MOGUL, at the nearby Alamogordo Army Airfield (now Holloman AFB) during the summer of 1947. The Air Force admitted in the 1990s that they had been using this project to develop and test a surveillance device designed to fly over nuclear research sites in the Soviet Union and spy on them.
Project MOGUL was a then-sensitive, classified project, whose purpose was to determine the state of Soviet nuclear weapons research. This was the early Cold War period, and the U.S. government was concerned about the possibility that the Soviets were secretly developing an atomic weapon behind their closed borders. As early as 1945, Dr. Maurice Ewing of Columbia University had proposed to General Carl “Tooey” Spaatz (supervisor of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima) that a connected string of high-altitude balloons equipped with microphones could be sent floating over the Soviet Union to pick up sound waves and monitor any attempts by the Soviet government to test their own atomic weapon.
The weather-balloon story put out in 1947 had actually been a cover for this top secret spy operation, but only after the documents had been declassified in the post-Cold War era could the true cover-up finally be revealed.
CASE CLOSED
The 1995 Roswell Report dealt only with the material recovered from the first reported incident near Roswell, which had occurred in 1947.
In the decades after the Roswell Incident there were many more reports of UFOs, including two more that occurred near Roswell. Some of these new reports mentioned alien bodies that had been discovered among the crash debris. These bodies were not a part of the original reports of 1947, so they were not discussed beyond a brief mention in the Air Force’s report, but at some point dim memories and inaccurate retellings had caused the various reports to become mixed up and conflated, so that the original 1947 incident was associated not just with the idea of a flying saucer landing in the desert, but also with rumors of dead aliens and more government cover-ups. In 1995 there was even a film released of an alleged “alien autopsy” that took place in connection with the 1947 crash.
In order to respond to these later allegations, the Air Force published a 1997 update to their 1995 report. The update was confidently titled The Roswell Incident: Case Closed. Together, these two reports provide the definitive U.S. Army statement on what really happened during the Roswell incident.
In the final report, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, Air Force researchers investigated reports of alien bodies, and concluded that in every case there was a logical explanation much more mundane than treating them as evidence of the misadventures of extraterrestrial visitors. In almost every case, the fantastic stories collected by UFO theorists and enthusiasts proved to be misinterpretations—intentional or inadvertent—of actual operations and tests carried out by the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s. In some cases, the “alien” bodies were in reality anthropometric test dummies, sometimes damaged, used in scientific experiments involving high altitude balloons. In other cases, there were real bodies, but they were human Air Force personnel who had been injured or killed in the line of duty, not creatures from outer space.
In the public eye and in the popular media, UFOs have come to be associated primarily with “flying saucers” and other visits from extraterrestrial beings. For the armed forces and other government agencies, an unidentified flying object (now more likely to be referred to as “unidentified aerial phenomenon,” or UAP) is thought of as a matter of national security, and is more likely to be an airplane, drone, or other espionage device controlled by a member of an enemy government on Earth. This may not be as sensational as a visit from outer space, but it may be closer to the truth.
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Unveiling the Mysteries: Top Secret Alien Crashes and Cover-Ups
Unveiling the Mysteries: Top Secret Alien Crashes and Cover-Ups
The phenomenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and their alleged crashes have long intrigued both the public and researchers. Several key incidents, often shrouded in secrecy, have fueled speculation about extraterrestrial life and government cover-ups. This article explores some of the most notable undercover alien crashes reported over the years, drawing on testimonies and investigations that continue to captivate the imagination.
1. The Rendlesham Forest Incident (1980)
One of the most compelling UFO encounters occurred in Rendlesham Forest, near a US Air Force base in Suffolk, England. On December 26, 1980, Airman John Burroughs and Sergeant James Penniston were dispatched to investigate strange lights reported in the forest. What they found defied explanation.
As they approached the lights, Penniston reported seeing a triangular craft with bizarre, hieroglyphic-like inscriptions. Upon touching the craft, he experienced a sudden influx of binary code, which he felt compelled to write down the next day. Decoded years later, this binary message suggested a mission of “exploration of humanity” and hinted at an origin year of 8100, leading some to speculate about time travel rather than extraterrestrial visitation.
Both Burroughs and Penniston experienced lasting health effects, possibly from radiation exposure. The incident, initially investigated briefly by the US military, was allegedly kept away from the public eye, adding to its mystery and allure.
2. The Berwyn Mountains Incident (1974)
Another significant event took place in Llandrillo, Wales, on January 23, 1974. The quiet rural village was shaken by an enormous explosion, accompanied by a bright light falling from the sky. Huw Lloyd, then 14, witnessed the aftermath, describing an intense glow on the mountainside.
Ancient astronaut theorists propose that the explosion was caused by the crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Despite alternative explanations, such as an earthquake, the distinct characteristics of the event—particularly the intense light—make it a compelling case for a UFO encounter.
3. The Kingman Incident (1953)
In 1953, following a nuclear test under the code name Upshot-Knothole, a disc-shaped object was seen descending rapidly from the sky near Kingman, Arizona. Scientists and engineers were covertly assembled to investigate the crash site, where they discovered a 40-foot diameter craft and four extraterrestrial beings.
The craft and its occupants were transported to Groom Lake, Nevada, now known as Area 51. According to accounts, one of the beings, referred to as “J-Rod,” survived and collaborated with the US government to reverse-engineer alien technology. Testimonies from individuals like Navy pilot Bill Uhouse and microbiologist Dan Burish describe direct interactions with J-Rod, who was housed in a special underground chamber.
4. The Roswell Incident (1947)
Perhaps the most famous of all UFO incidents, the Roswell crash, occurred in July 1947. Initial reports claimed the recovery of a flying saucer by the military, but the story was quickly changed to a weather balloon explanation. This sudden retraction has led to widespread belief in a cover-up.
Witnesses reported seeing strange debris and alien bodies at the crash site. Over the years, numerous leaked documents and testimonies have emerged, suggesting that the US government recovered extraterrestrial technology and beings, storing them at military installations. The hangar at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, where the wreckage was allegedly first taken, remains a focal point for researchers and enthusiasts.
These undercover alien crashes, marked by credible witnesses and compelling evidence, continue to spark debate and curiosity. The involvement of military personnel and the detailed descriptions of the encounters lend credence to these accounts, while the recurring themes of government secrecy and advanced technology underscore the potential significance of these events. Whether viewed as extraterrestrial encounters or advanced time travel experiments, these incidents challenge our understanding of the universe and our place within it.
The Ukrainian military recorded the flight of a disk-shaped UFO hovering over the front line.
This is reported by the Daily Mail and publishes the video.
The UFO was spotted by soldiers of the 406th brigade using a Mavic drone. Their drone was more than 150 meters above sea level.
“What can they shoot at us with? Holy shit,” ‘What the hell is that?’, ‘UFO whatever,’ military officials are discussing behind the scenes whether to attack the object.
It is reported that the unknown object could be the size of a large ship and is more than 50 kilometers away.
Ukrainian soldiers film disc shaped UFO hovering over war zone
(Picture: Ukraine Freedom News/frontier_conflict)
The thermal imager showed that the UFO was warmer than its surroundings, but the technology produced a red error message that prevented us from understanding more about the object.
It is noted that this flying object bore a striking resemblance to a thin cylindrical object spotted over Iraq in May 2022 by the infrared “thermal” camera of the US Air Force’s Reaper drone.
Experts believe this could also be a case of the mirage phenomenon known as “Fata Morgana.”
This mirage occurs when a top layer of warm air and a bottom layer of cold air create an “atmospheric channel” that refracts or bends light, creating reflections in the air.
Ruimteschip van Boeing, met 2 astronauten, veilig aangekomen bij ruimtestation ISS (maar niet zonder problemen)
Ruimteschip van Boeing, met 2 astronauten, veilig aangekomen bij ruimtestation ISS (maar niet zonder problemen)
Artikel door Wim De Maeseneer
Met meer dan een uur vertraging is vanavond rond half 8 de Starliner aangekomen bij het ruimtestation ISS. Even was het spannend, toen op 400 kilometer hoogte bleek dat er iets mis was met 5 van de 28 stuwmotoren van het ruimteschip.
De koppeling met het ISS moest wachten en de 2 astronauten, Butch Wilmore (61) en Suni Williams (58) moesten van automatische naar handmatige piloot overschakelen. Ze moesten op een veilige afstand achter het ruimtestation blijven vliegen, dat met 28.000 kilometer per uur rond de aarde vliegt.
Even later kwam het nieuws dat het team aan de grond een oplossing had gevonden om 4 motoren weer aan de praat te krijgen. Starliner mocht aan het ISS koppelen en om 19.34 uur klonken de verlossende woorden vanuit mission control: "Butch en Suni, mooi gedaan."
Nog eens 2 uur later, na een hele reeks procedures, mochten Wilmore en Williams eindelijk het luik van hun ruimteschip openen en het ISS betreden. Daar werden ze hartelijk verwelkomd en geknuffeld door de bemanning van het ruimtestation. Dat zijn momenteel 4 Amerikaanse en 3 Russische astronauten. Suni Williams kon zelfs een vreugdedansje in gewichtloosheid niet bedwingen.
Naast de 2 astronauten heeft Starliner ook nog 340 kilogram vracht mee naar het ISS gevoerd. En daar zit 1 heel opvallend wisselstuk tussen: een nieuwe urinepomp. Die moet het defecte exemplaar vervangen, om zo weer drinkwater van urine te kunnen maken aan boord.
2 nieuwe gaslekken gevonden in Starliner
Starliner werd gisteren voor de eerste keer gelanceerd met astronauten aan boord. Het is de eerste bemande testvlucht van het ruimteschip van lucht- en ruimtevaartbedrijf Boeing. Het hele project heeft jaren vertraging opgelopen door technische problemen. Ook de lancering moest verschillende keren worden afgeblazen.
Voor de lancering werd al een heliumlek gevonden in het ruimteschip, maar NASA en Boeing oordeelden dat het veilig genoeg was om ondanks het lek toch te lanceren. Vandaag werden nog 2 nieuwe lekken ontdekt in Starliner. Maar opnieuw werden de lekken niet beschouwd als ernstig genoeg om de missie of bemanning in gevaar te brengen.
De 2 astronauten blijven nu ongeveer een week in het ISS. Daarna keren ze met Starliner terug om hangend aan parachutes weer op de aarde te landen. Pas dan zullen we weten of Starliner klaar is om vanaf 2025 vaker astronauten en vracht naar het ISS te voeren en terug te brengen.
Het ruimtevaartuig Starship is bij de vierde testvlucht voor het eerst succesvol teruggekeerd naar de aarde. Fabrikant SpaceX meldt op X, het voormalige Twitter, dat het ruimtevaartuig is neergekomen in de Indische Oceaan.
The European Space Agency has retired its Ariane 5 rocket, and all eyes are on its next generation, Ariane 6. The rocket’s pieces have been arriving at the Kourou facility in French Guiana and are now assembled. ESA has now announced they’ll attempt a test launch on July 9th and hope to complete a second flight before the end of 2024. This new heavy-life rocket has a re-ignitable upper stage, allowing it to launch multiple payloads into different orbits.
“Ariane 6 marks a new era of autonomous, versatile European space travel,” said ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, who announced the launch data at the Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace (ILA) Berlin Air Show on June 5, 2024. “This powerful rocket is the culmination of many years of dedication and ingenuity from thousands across Europe and, as it launches, it will re-establish Europe’s independent access to space. … I would like to thank the teams on the ground for their tireless hard work, teamwork and dedication in this last stretch of the inaugural launch campaign. Ariane 6 is Europe’s rocket for the needs of today, adaptable to our future ambitions.”
An overview of Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6. Credit: ESA.
Ariane 6 has been in the works since the early 2010s to be a replacement the workhorse Ariane 5, which is no longer in production. Ariane 5’s first successful launch was in 1998, and since then has sent 109 spacecraft on their way, including the first ATV Jules Verne to the International Space Station and the James Webb Space Telescope to the second LaGrange point 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from Earth.
Ariane 6 is an expendable launch vehicle – not reusable like SpaceX’s rockets — that comes in two versions, with a modular design that can be customized: the rocket can use either two or four P120C strap-on boosters, depending on mission requirements. With the various designs, it can put a 4,500 kg payload into a geostationary transfer orbit or 10,300kg into low Earth orbit using the two boosters, and with four side boosters, it can launch 11,500 kg into a geostationary transfer orbit and 20,600kg into low Earth orbit. The re-ignitable upper stage allows for multiple satellites to launch on a single flight.
The Ariane 6 rocket test firing on its launch pad at the European Spaceport in French Guiana. Credit: ESA
Ariane 6 was developed at a cost of just under 4 billion euros ($3.9 billion) and was originally planned for its first launch in July 2020. However, the project has been hampered by several delays, including work-related issues during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The announcement of the scheduled date for Ariane 6’s first flight puts us on the home stretch of the launch campaign and we are fully engaged in completing the very last steps,” said Martin Sion, CEO of ArianeGroup, the prime contractor of the Arian 6. “This flight will mark the culmination of years of development and testing by the teams at ArianeGroup and its partners across Europe. It will pave the way for commercial operations and a significant ramp-up over the next two years. Ariane 6 is a powerful, versatile and scalable launcher that will ensure Europe’s autonomous access to space.”
Part of the first Ariane 6 rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kourou, French Guiana earlier in 2024. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Arianegroup.
At the Spaceport in French Guiana, various payloads have been integrated on Ariane 6’s payload carrier. One major milestone must be met before launch: a full wet dress rehearsal, which is having a fully fueled vehicle going through all the steps of a countdown, but not the actual ignition of the rocket engines. Once this activity has been completed, the Ariane 6 Task Force will provide an update, confirming the date for the inaugural flight.
Success! SpaceX’s Starship Makes a Splash in Fourth Flight Test
SpaceX’s Starship earned high marks today in its fourth uncrewed flight test, making significant progress in the development of a launch system that’s tasked with putting NASA astronauts on the moon by as early as 2026.
The Super Heavy booster blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase complex in South Texas at 7:50 a.m. CT (12:50 p.m. UTC), rising into the sky with 32 of its 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines blazing. Super Heavy is considered the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, with 16.7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
Minutes after launch, the rocket’s upper stage — known as the Ship — separated from the first stage, firing up its own set of six Raptor engines. Meanwhile, Super Heavy flew itself to a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexic
The soft splashdown marked a new achievement for Starship. During the third flight test, which took place in March, only a few of Super Heavy’s engines were able to light up again for a crucial landing burn. As a result, the booster hit the water with an uncontrolled splat.
Eventually, SpaceX plans to have the Super Heavy booster fly itself back to its base after doing its job.
The upper stage reached orbital-scale altitudes in excess of 200 kilometers (125 miles), but completing a full orbit wasn’t part of today’s plan. Instead, SpaceX aimed to have Ship make its own soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
Streaming video, relayed via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, showed the rocket’s protective skin glowing with the heat of atmospheric re-entry. Burning debris broke off from one of Ship’s control fins, damaging the camera’s lens — but the fuzzy view nevertheless confirmed that the spacecraft successfully hit the mark. That represented another advance over the third test, when the Ship broke up during its descent to the ocean.
“Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!” SpaceX founder Elon Musk exulted in a posting to his X social-media platform.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson added his congratulations on X, and noted that the successful test was a plus for the space agency’s Artemis moon program. “We are another step closer to returning humanity to the moon through Artemis — then looking onward to Mars,” he wrote.
A customized version of Ship is slated to serve as the lunar lander for Artemis 3, which would mark the first crewed mission to the moon’s surface since Apollo 17 in 1972. That mission is currently scheduled for 2026, but the timing depends in part on when the Starship system will be ready.
SpaceX’s uncrewed flight tests are following a step-by-step path to get Starship in shape for a wide variety of missions — including the deployment of hundreds of Starlink satellites, point-to-point travel between spaceports on Earth, and crewed odysseys to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Starship rockets aren’t carrying payloads for these early tests. “We said it before, we’re going to say it 9,000 times: The data is the payload,” SpaceX commentator Dan Huot said during today’s flight test.
But as the development program proceeds, the envelope for the flight tests will be widened to include multi-orbit operations, payload deployments and precision touchdowns on landing pads. Before today’s test, SpaceX and the Federal Aviation Administration worked out an arrangement that’s expected to streamline the regulatory process for future flights.
After the Pentagon‘s great UFO declassification and congressional hearings, NASA decided to hunt down the aliens. The agency possesses advanced technology on Planet Earth, exploring the possibility of transforming satellites into alien seekers to probe unexplained sightings without launching new equipment. The Galileo Project is designing a space mission to rendezvous with the next anomalous (Oumuamua-like) interstellar object that zooms into our solar system.
Is that the first time NASA became interested in alien civilizations? NASA whistleblowers, who claimed to have closely worked in some of the top missions, do not think so. Former NASA employee, Donna Hare reportedly saw a photo of a distinct UFO. Her colleague explained that it was his job to airbrush such evidence of UFOs out of photographs before they were released to the public.
On May 9, 2001, over twenty military, intelligence, government, corporate and scientific witnesses came forward at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to establish the reality of UFOs or extraterrestrial vehicles, extraterrestrial life forms, and the resulting advanced energy and propulsion technologies. As part of the Disclosure Project, Donna Hare, a photographic scientist testified to have worked for NASA contactor Philco Ford in the early 1970s. She had a high-security clearance to walk in NASA’s photo lab and other departments.
During the Disclosure Project press conference, Hare revealed that NASA covered up and eliminated space anomalies such as UFOs from the satellite photos. Hare has got several awards in the space programs. She dedicated most of her time as a technical illustrator to space programs. She created lunar maps and landing slides and had been working for 15 years as a sub-contractor for NASA.
Donna Hare: Image credit: YouTube screencap
Hare claimed to have had access to a place known as “Building Eight,” from where she made contacts with high-ranking officials. Once, she walked into a restricted area which was NASA’s photo lab. She noticed the lab had photographs of the Moon taken from satellites. She was with a friend who pointed at one of the photographs and surprisingly, she saw a round white dot.
“Good morning everyone! My name is Donna Hare, and I worked at Philco Ford aerospace from 1967 to 1981. During that time, I was a design illustrator draftsman. I did the launch slides, landing slides, and also projected plotting boards lunar maps for NASA. We were a contractor but most of the time, I worked in Building 8. I had the opportunity to do extra work during downtime which was between missions, and I walked into a photo lab which was the NASA lab across the hallway. I had a secret clearance which is not that high but I was able to go into restricted areas.
At the time, I was talking to one of the techs in there and he drew my attention to a NASA photograph. It had a “Dot” on it, and I asked what it was. Well, he drew my attention to it and I said is that a dot on the emulsion? He was smiling and he had his hands crossed… This was an aerial photograph of the Earth, I’m assuming the Earth because it had pine trees on it and the shadows of the craft or whatever it was were at the same angle as the trees and by its very nature, a UFO. And I wanted to clarify that to the gentleman that was talking to me… So, I did not know what this was but I realized at this point that it’s very secret.
I asked him what he was gonna do with this piece of information. He said they always airbrush these out before they sell them to the public, so they’re pissed pesky little creatures appearing on this photograph they wanted to get rid of. After that, I decided I would ask questions to other people that worked there (away from the site and not on site).
A guard told me that he was asked to burn some photographs and not to look at them, and there was another guard guarding him who was in green fatigues watching him burn the photographs and he said he was too tempted he looked at one.
I knew someone in quarantine with the Apollo astronauts he told me that the Apollo astronauts saw crap on the moon when we landed. He said that the astronauts are told to keep this quiet.”
Hare was told by one of the sources that during one of the moon landings, three UFOs had landed. Subsequently, there was a codeword “Santa Claus” for these crafts. She said she would be willing to testify before Congress. (Source)
In 2000, Gary McKinnon, a British Hacker who got so fed up with the government hiding information related to UFOs and free energy that he decided to hack the most secured servers of NASA and the Pentagon. McKinnon said that he had seen real photographs of UFOs in computer files at the Johnson Space Center Building. He even took a screenshot of one of the cigar-shaped UFOs in-between space and the earth’s atmosphere. Unfortunately, it was removed from his computer after being seized.
Below is the recreation of the famous ‘NOT MAN MADE’ craft that was seen by McKinnon when he hacked & accessed NASA computers. (Source)
Gary claims he discovered a satellite picture of a cigar-shaped alien craft with domes on the sides, like this artist’s impression credit: PROJECT8BALL
Scientists have made an unexpected discovery on Greenland’s far northernArctic ice sheet.
As the frozen environment awakens in the spring after the months it spends blanketed in darkness each year, signs of life begin to return to Greenland’s icy landscape. Several large animals, including the region’s polar bears, arctic terns, and musk oxen, begin to stir as sunlight warms the frozen Earth.
Now, scientists have learned that those aren’t the only massive lifeforms that dwell on Greenland’s ice, although new research is revealing how others have remained undiscovered for so long.
GREENLAND’S INVISIBLE “GIANTS”
Researchers studying Greenland’s icy ecosystem report the new discovery of gigantic viruses thriving on the region’s Arctic ice. These viruses could help manage local algal blooms and may even reduce the speed at which ice melts.
Lying dormant on the ice during the months, Greenland remains in darkness. As spring arrives, algae begin to bloom, causing large darkened areas on the ice sheet. This reduces the sunlight it reflects and induces faster melting, a process that could contribute to global warming.
Laura Perini, a postdoctoral researcher from the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University, says the giant viruses she and her colleagues have discovered living alongside these Arctic algae may be acting as a natural control mechanism that helps to curb their blooms.
“We don’t know a lot about the viruses, but I think they could be useful in alleviating ice melting caused by algal blooms,” Perini said in a statement. “How specific they are and how efficient it would be, we do not know yet. But by exploring them further, we hope to answer some of those questions.”
At as little as 20 nanometers in size, viruses are generally much smaller than bacteria. However, the viruses Perini and her colleagues have discovered in Greenland are massive by comparison, capable of growing to sizes as much as 2.5 micrometers, making these “giant” viruses larger than most bacteria.
These invisible giants lurking on Greenland’s ice sheet aren’t the only unusually large viruses known to scientists. In 1981, similar massive viruses were discovered in oceanic environments. Like their icy cousins, these giant viruses also infected green ocean algae. Additional examples have also been found on land, and even a few varieties are known to dwell in our bodies.
Still, Perini and her team’s discovery marks the first time that giant viruses have been found thriving on surface ice, subsisting off of microalgae dwelling in snow. These curious organisms were found in dark ice, as well as samples of red snow that the team analyzed.
The new findings challenge past notions that the Arctic landscape was barren and devoid of life. Scientists today recognize it as an ecosystem where bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts, protists, and giant viruses thrive and interact.
“There’s a whole ecosystem surrounding the algae. Besides bacteria, filamentous fungi and yeasts, there are protists eating the algae, different species of fungi parasitizing them, and the giant viruses that we found, infecting them,” Perini says.
re massive in comparison to other viruses, these newly discovered arctic “giants” are still invisible to the naked eye. They might have gone unnoticed if Perini had not discovered them while analyzing DNA in the samples her team collected, where sequences similar to other known giant viruses were observed.
Although they aBy extracting and sequencing mRNA from their samples, Perini and her team confirmed that viruses were present and living on the ice.
Unlike normal viruses, giant viruses can transcribe their DNA into mRNA themselves, whereas smaller varieties have to rely on hijacking the cells of their hosts. Many questions remain about these unusually large viruses, including what ecological roles they play and about their specific hosts.
Further studies are expected to reveal how these giant viruses interact in their Arctic ecosystem, and in the months ahead, Perini and her team plan to publish additional research on how these viruses infect microalgae, which could help to reveal new insights into the curious, “invisible” giants that thrive on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Perini and her team’s paper, “Giant viral signatures on the Greenland ice sheet,” was published in the journal Microbiome in May.
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