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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...
28-12-2024
US Gov Releases new UFO Video, But I See a Second UAP exiting volcano, Sighting News.
US Gov Releases new UFO Video, But I See a Second UAP exiting volcano, Sighting News.
Funny, the US gov thought only one UFO was in the video but there are three or more.
Hey all, hope this brightens up your day. I found a newly releseaed UFO video and guess what? There is a second, and maybe a third UFO exiting the volcano! I slow it down at 1:30 mark to show you, but then show the whole video. Not only was the UFO video recorded and released by the US gov, but they missed another 1 to 2 other UFOs exiting Mt. Etna! This is a gov source video! Hard to believe but true. This is proof aliens have a base below this volcano and I have said for over two decades that aliens like bases to be deep below active volcanos to make them inaccessible to humans.
9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole
An artist's rendering of an Artemis astronaut working on the Moon's surface.
Credits: NASA
9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole
NASA’s Artemis campaign will send the first woman and the first person of color to the Moon’s south polar region, marking humanity’s first return to the lunar surface in more than 50 years.
Here are some out-of-this-world phenomena Artemis astronauts will experience:
1. A Hovering Sun and Giant Shadows
This visualization shows the motions of Earth and the Sun as viewed from the South Pole of the Moon. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Near the Moon’s South Pole, astronauts will see dramatic shadows that are 25 to 50 times longer than the objects casting them. Why? Because the Sun strikes the surface there at a low angle, hanging just a few degrees above the horizon. As a result, astronauts won’t see the Sun rise and set. Instead, they’ll watch it hover near the horizon as it moves horizontally across the sky.
2. Sticky, Razor-Sharp Dust ...
This dust particle came from a lunar regolith sample brought to Earth in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts. The particle is about 25 microns across, less than the width of an average human hair. The image was taken with a scanning electron microscope.
NASA/Sarah Noble
The lunar dust, called regolith, that coats the Moon’s surface looks fine and soft like baking powder. But looks can be deceiving. Lunar regolith is formed when meteoroids hit the Moon’s surface, melting and shattering rocks into tiny, sharp pieces. The Moon doesn’t have moving water or wind to smooth out the regolith grains, so they stay sharp and scratchy, posing a risk to astronauts and their equipment.
3. ... That’s Charged with Static Electricity
Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, inside the lunar module on the Moon after his second moonwalk of the mission in 1972. His spacesuit and face are covered in lunar dust.
NASA
Because the Moon has no atmosphere to speak of, its surface is exposed to plasma and radiation from the Sun. As a result, static electricity builds up on the surface, as it does when you shuffle your feet against a carpeted floor. When you then touch something, you transfer that charge via a small shock. On the Moon, this transfer can short-circuit electronics. Moon dust also can make its way into astronaut living quarters, as the static electricity causes it to easily stick to spacesuits. NASA has developed methods to keep the dust at bay using resistant textiles, filters, and a shield that employs an electric field to remove dust from surfaces.
4. A New Sense of Lightness
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke hammered a core tube into the Moon’s surface until it met a rock and wouldn’t go any farther. Then the hammer flew from his hand. He made four attempts to pick it up by bending down and leaning to reach for it. He gave up and returned to the rover to get tongs to finally pick up the hammer successfully. NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Artemis moonwalkers will have a bounce to their step as they traverse the lunar surface. This is because gravity won’t pull them down as forcefully as it does on Earth. The Moon is only a quarter of Earth’s size, with six times less gravity. Simple activities, like swinging a rock hammer to chip off samples, will feel different. While a hammer will feel lighter to hold, its inertia won’t change, leading to a strange sensation for astronauts. Lower gravity has perks, too. Astronauts won’t be weighed down by their hefty spacesuits as much as they would be on Earth. Plus, bouncing on the Moon is just plain fun.
5. A Waxing Crescent … Earth?
This animated image features a person holding a stick with a sphere on top that represents the Moon. The person is demonstrating an activity that helps people learn about the phases of the Moon by acting them out.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
When Artemis astronauts look at the sky from the Moon, they’ll see their home planet shining back at them. Just like Earthlings see different phases of the Moon throughout a month, astronauts will see an ever-shifting Earth. Earth phases occur opposite to Moon phases: When Earth experiences a new Moon, a full Earth is visible from the Moon.
6. An Itty-Bitty Horizon
A view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in July 1969 shows Earth rising above the Moon’s horizon.
NASA
Because the Moon is smaller than Earth, its horizon will look shorter and closer. To someone standing on a level Earth surface, the horizon is 3 miles away, but to astronauts on the Moon, it’ll be only 1.5 miles away, making their surroundings seem confined.
7. Out-of-This-World Temperatures
This graphic shows maximum summer and winter temperatures near the lunar South Pole. Purple, blue, and green identify cold regions, while yellow to red signify warmer ones. The graphic incorporates 10 years of data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been orbiting the Moon since 2009. NASA/LRO Diviner Seasonal Polar Data
NASA/LRO Diviner Seasonal Polar Data
Because sunlight at the Moon’s South Pole skims the surface horizontally, it brushes crater rims, but doesn’t always reach their floors. Some deep craters haven’t seen the light of day for billions of years, so temperatures there can dip to minus 334 F. That’s nearly three times colder than the lowest temperature recorded in Antarctica. At the other extreme, areas in direct sunlight, such as crater rims, can reach temperatures of 130 F.
8. An Inky-Black Sky
An animated view of Earth emerging below the horizon as seen from the Moon’s South Pole. This visual was created using a digital elevation map from LRO’s laser altimeter, LOLA.
NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
The Moon, unlike Earth, doesn’t have a thick atmosphere to scatter blue light, so the daytime sky is black. Astronauts will see a stark contrast between the dark sky and the bright ground.
9. A Rugged Terrain
An overhead view of the Moon, beginning with a natural color from a distance and changing to color-coded elevation as the camera comes closer. The visual captures the rugged terrain of the lunar South Pole area. It includes a color key and animated scale bar. This visual was created using a digital elevation map from NASA LRO’s laser altimeter, LOLA.
NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Artemis moonwalkers will find a rugged landscape that takes skill to traverse. The Moon has mountains, valleys, and canyons, but its most notable feature for astronauts on the surface may be its millions of craters. Near the South Pole, gaping craters and long shadows will make it difficult for astronauts to navigate. But, with training and special gear, astronauts will be prepared to meet the challenge.
By Avery Truman
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Why is the moon's south pole so significant? | DW News
NASA is Considering Designs and Simulations to Prepare Astronauts for Lighting Conditions Around the Lunar South Pole
In the coming years, NASA and other space agencies will send humans back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era—this time to stay! To maximize line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water ice, NASA, the ESA, and China have selected the Lunar South Pole (LSP) as the location for their future lunar bases. This will necessitate the creation of permanent infrastructure on the Moon and require that astronauts have the right equipment and training to deal with conditions around the lunar south pole.
This includes lighting conditions, which present a major challenge for science operations and extravehicular activity (EVA). Around the LSP, day and night last for two weeks at a time, and the Sun never rises more than a few degrees above the horizon. This creates harsh lighting conditions very different from what the Apollo astronauts or any previous mission have experienced. To address this, the NASA Engineering and Safety Council (NESC) has recommended developing a wide variety of physical and virtual techniques that can simulate the visual experiences of Artemis astronauts.
In the past, the design of lighting and functional vision support systems has typically been relegated to the lowest level of program planning. This worked well for the Apollo missions and EVAs in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) since helmet design alone addressed all vision challenges. Things will be different for the Artemis Program since astronauts will not be able to avoid having harsh sunlight in their eyes during much of the time they spend doing EVAs. There is also the challenge of the extensive shadowing around the LSP due to its cratered and uneven nature, not to mention the extended lunar nights.
Artist’s rendering of the Starship HLS on the Moon’s surface. NASA has contracted with SpaceX to provide the lunar landing system. Credit: SpaceX
In addition, astronaut vehicles and habitats will require artificial lighting throughout missions, which means astronauts will have to transition from ambient lighting to harsh sunlight and/or intense darkness and back. Since the human eye has difficulty adapting to these transitions, it will impede an astronaut’s “function vision,” which is required to drive vehicles, perform EVAs safely, operate tools, and manage complex machines. This is especially true when it comes to rovers and the lander elevator used by the Starship HLS – both of which will be used for the Artemis IIIand IVmissions.
As Meagan Chappell, a Knowledge Management Analyst at NASA’s Langley Research Center, indicates, this will require the development of new functional vision support systems. That means helmets, windows, and lighting systems that can work together to allow crews to “see into the darkness while their eyes are light-adapted, in bright light while still dark-adapted, and protects their eyes from injury.” According to the NESC assessment, these challenges have not been addressed, and must be understood before solutions can be implemented.
In particular, they indicated how functional vision and specific tasks for Artemis astronauts were not incorporated into system design requirements. For example, the new spacesuits designed for the Artemis Program – the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) – provide greater flexibility so astronauts can walk more easily on the lunar surface. However, there are currently no features or systems that would allow astronauts to see well enough when transitioning between brilliant sunlight into dark shadow and back again without losing their footing.
The NESC assessment identified several other gaps, prompting them to recommend that methods that enable functional vision become a specific and new requirement for system designers. They also recommended that the design process for lighting, windows, and visors become integrated. Lastly, they recommended that various physical and virtual simulation techniques be developed to address specific requirements. This means virtual reality programs that simulate what it is like to walk around the LSP during lunar day and night, followed by “dress rehearsal” missions in analog environments (or both combined!).
Astronauts operating around the Lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA
As Chappell summarized, the simulations will likely focus on different aspects of the mission elements to gauge the effectiveness of their designs:
“Some would address the blinding effects of sunlight at the LSP (not easily achieved through virtual approaches) to evaluate [the] performance of helmet shields and artificial lighting in the context of the environment and adaptation times. Other simulations would add terrain features to identify the threats in simple (e.g., walking, collection of samples) and complex (e.g., maintenance and operation of equipment) tasks. Since different facilities have different strengths, they also have different weaknesses. These strengths and limitations must be characterized to enable verification of technical solutions and crew training.”
This latest series of recommendations reminds us that NASA is committed to achieving a regular human presence on the Moon by the end of this decade. As that day draws nearer, the need for more in-depth preparation and planning becomes apparent. By the time astronauts are making regular trips to the Moon (according to NASA, once a year after 2028), they will need the best training and equipment we can muster.
Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland
Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland
Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland
Finland, known for its serene landscapes and rich folklore, has also been home to baffling UFO encounters that blend mystery with cultural intrigue. Documented in Tapani Kuningas’ book, Ufoja Suomen taivaalla (UFOs in the Finnish Sky), these accounts reveal astonishing tales of humanoid entities, unexplained phenomena, and a peculiar connection to spirituality.
One of the most extraordinary stories involves a young girl who, after being taken aboard a metallic craft, received cryptic messages about Jesus and eternity. This tale, along with two other notable encounters, challenges the boundaries of belief, folklore, and the unexplained.
The Encounter in the Barn
The first story takes place in a drying barn in South Ostrobothnia, where a young girl, Laura Lanin, had a life-changing encounter at the age of five. While playing hide-and-seek with her neighbors, Laura saw the barn’s logs mysteriously open, allowing sunlight to flood the room. Moments later, a loud buzzing sound heralded the arrival of a humanoid figure.
The entity, described as a tall, slender man with red eyes and a space suit-like outfit, seemed otherworldly. Despite its unsettling appearance, Laura felt no fear. After a brief and peculiar interaction, the humanoid exited through the barn’s walls, which then closed up as if nothing had happened. Finnish researchers speculated that the entity may have entered through a dimensional “wrong opening,” but the mystery remains unresolved.
A Winter Night’s Eerie Companion
The second encounter, from the winter of 1938, features Elina Ahokas in Lumara, Carelia. Walking home late at night, Elina noticed a bright, oval light in the sky. To her astonishment, a humanoid figure dressed in fur-like clothing began walking alongside her on the snow-covered path.
The figure remained silent, its presence unsettling yet non-threatening. When Elina reached her gate, the figure vanished, accompanied by a buzzing sound and an intensifying light that eventually darted toward Lake Logga. Despite the bizarre nature of this event, UFO investigator Tapani Kuningas found the details credible, noting the witness’s sincerity and inability to fabricate such a tale.
A Spiritual Message from Beyond
The most intriguing encounter occurred in 1942, involving a nine-year-old girl from Helsinki. While walking home, she met a woman described as tall, pale, and kind, who led her toward an open clearing. There, a metallic craft stood on three legs, with two men dragging a frightened boy inside.
The girl was invited aboard and observed a room filled with futuristic yet oddly familiar technology, including a control panel with switches and dials. In a smaller room with maps and charts, the woman began explaining profound spiritual truths. She emphasized the eternal love of Jesus, the immortality of the soul, and the absence of time in eternity. This interaction left a lasting impression on the girl, but she awoke later in a field, disoriented and ill.
Her post-encounter symptoms were severe, including light sensitivity, nausea, and weight loss, leading to hospitalization. The boy in the craft suffered long-term mental health issues, further deepening the enigma of this experience.
Cultural Reflections or Genuine Phenomena?
These Finnish UFO stories raise thought-provoking questions. While the humanoids’ calm demeanor, Nordic features, and technologically advanced crafts seem otherworldly, their appearance and behavior align strikingly with mid-20th-century cultural and technological norms. This blending of the familiar and the fantastical suggests that these experiences could be shaped by both external phenomena and the witnesses’ cultural or psychological frameworks.
Tapani Kuningas, known for his cautious approach to documenting such encounters, excluded dubious claims to maintain credibility. He noted that while these stories seem extraordinary, they carry recurring themes: abrupt appearances, inexplicable technology, and lasting effects on witnesses.
A Profound Connection to Spirituality
The inclusion of Jesus and eternal themes in the third account adds a layer of spiritual significance rarely seen in UFO encounters. This raises questions about whether these beings intended to convey a divine message or if the experience reflected the witness’s subconscious understanding of faith and spirituality.
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Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland
The UFO encounters in Finland challenge our understanding of reality and belief. Whether these stories are manifestations of external phenomena, internal projections, or a mix of both, they invite us to explore the mysterious intersections of culture, spirituality, and the unexplained. As we ponder these accounts, one thing is clear: the Finnish skies hold secrets that continue to inspire curiosity and wonder.
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NASA makes HISTORY as spacecraft survives closest-ever approach to Sun: US space agency confirms Parker Probe is 'operating normally' after coming within just 3.8 million miles of the solar surface
The US space agency has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe survived the close encounter, and is now 'operating normally'.
'Parker Solar Probe has phoned home!' NASA tweeted this morning.
'After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe's beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe.'
During the flyby, Parker endured temperatures of up to 982°C, while moving at 430,000 miles per hour.
Despite these extreme conditions, the probe's heat shield effectively protected its instruments.
NASA said the mission operations team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, received the signal on Boxing Day evening.
The spacecraft is next expected to send back detailed data about its condition and experiences on January 1.
The US space agency has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe survived the close encounter, and is now 'operating normally'
'Parker Solar Probe has phoned home!' NASA tweeted this morning. 'After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe's beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe'
NASA said: 'Following its record-breaking closest approach to the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it's in good health and operating normally.'
The news of Parker's survival has been welcomed by space fans across X (formerly Twitter).
'We live in an amazing time! Congratulations!' one user replied to NASA.
Another added: 'It worked. You guys are special.'
And one joked: 'It's like a sun-kissed spacecraft now.'
The Christmas Eve flyby was the first of three record-setting close passes, with the next two - on March 22, 2025, and June 19, 2025 - both expected to bring the probe back to a similarly close distance from the sun.
Nick Pinkine, Parker Solar Probe mission operations manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), said: 'No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star, so Parker will truly be returning data from uncharted territory.'
Beyond breaking records, scientists hope the mission will allow them to measure how material is heated to millions of degrees, find where solar wind comes from and learn how energetic particles reach near light speeds.
The Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral in August 2018 before embarking on the 93 million-mile journey to the sun
Arik Posner, Parker Solar Probe program scientist for NASA, says: 'This is one example of NASA's bold missions, doing something that no one else has ever done before to answer longstanding questions about our universe.'
The Parker Solar Probe travelled seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) will travel seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it by the end of its mission.
It launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on August 12, 2018.
The probe flew to the sun's outer atmosphere to study life of stars and their weather events.
It is hoped that Parker can help scientists to better understand solar flares — brief eruptions of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface that can knock out communications on Earth.
Over the next few years the probe will continue to make new discoveries as it moves closer to the sun, eventually making its closest approach in the year 2024, as it flies 3.9 million miles above the solar surface.
The craft faces extremes in heat and radiation and will reach speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour (700,000 kph) at its closest flyby of the star.
The craft's kit includes a white light imager called Whisper, which will take images of solar waves as the craft propels through them at high speeds.
To measure the 'bulk plasma' of solar winds — described by Nasa as the 'bread and butter' of the flares — a set of magnetic imaging equipment will also be stored on board.
NASA Science Live: Parker Solar Probe Nears Historic Close Encounter with the Sun
Telescopes in space and on Earth snapped some incredible shots too, capturing stars, other planets and even entire galaxies in unprecedented detail.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and European Southern Observatory (ESO) are just a few of the highly-sophisticated imaging instruments that changed our understanding of the universe this year.
Below, DailyMail.com highlights some of 2024's most jaw-dropping space photos.
Star-forming region NGC 604
JWST captured this near-infrared view of the star-forming region NGC 604, which sits in the Triangulum galaxy 2.7 million light-years from Earth
JWST's NIRcam instrument is a powerful near-infrared camera that can capture images of distant nebulae in astonishing detail.
This year, the telescope snapped this photo of the star-forming nebula known as NGC 604.
This enormous cloud of gas and dust is located 2.7 million light-years from Earth in the Triangulum galaxy.
Stretching almost 1,500 light-years across, NGC 604 is nearly 100 times larger than the Orion Nebula in our own galaxy.
NHC 604 contains more than 200 hot, massive young stars — significantly more than the Orion Nebula's four.
This JWST image shows the nebula's arms of gas and dust, which serve as a nursery for young, still-forming stars.
Starlink satellites captured by ISS astronaut
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the ISS, shared this photo he took in November, which shows Starlink satellites streaking by
In November, NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared this image taken from the ISS, which shows Starlink satellites streaking by.
In a post on X, Pettit compared the satellites to 'a miniature version of the monolith from '2001: A Space Odyssey', where the large flat face of the monolith points towards earth and the solar panel protrudes outward like the fin on the back of a Dimetrodon.'
He described the image, saying: 'Compared to the well-defined streaks from star trails, this time exposure shows wonky streaks flashing ISS.
'These are Starlink satellites reflecting pre-dusk or pre-dawn sunlight off their solar panels. They are only seen from 5 to 18 degrees preceding or trailing the sun.
'They create bright flashes, perhaps lasting for a few seconds each due to the orientation of their outward pointing solar panels.'
Pettit is well-known for his orbital astrophotography, which he creates from the unique vantage point of the ISS.
SpaceX's 'chopsticks' rocket catch
SpaceX achieved a historic spaceflight maneuver this year when the Mechazilla launch tower's 'chopstick' arms caught the Super Heavy booster in mid-air, executing a bull's eye landing
Elon Musk's SpaceX made spaceflight history in October with the successful execution of a 'chopstick' maneuver.
It was the fifth time the spaceflight company launched its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket, but this launch was anything but routine.
In a world's first, SpaceX aimed to return the rocket's Super Heavy booster directly to its launch mount, snatching it out of mid-air with a pair of 'chopstick' arms attached to the launch tower.
Just seven minutes after liftoff, Super Heavy executed a bull's eye landing, hovering near the 'Mechazilla' launch tower as the metal arms caught it.
The bold, historic maneuver marked a major achievement for SpaceX and the spaceflight industry at large.
'Are you kidding me?' SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot added from the launch site following the event. 'Even in this day and age, what we just saw — that looked like magic.'
Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*
In 2024, astronomers captured the first image of the polarized light and magnetic fields that surround Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
This year, astronomers captured the first image of the polarized light and magnetic fields that surround Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole that sits at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
This image was made using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global network of radio telescopes that can observe a supermassive black hole's event horizon, or the boundary where the velocity needed to escape exceeds the speed of light.
At just 26,000 light years from Earth, Sagittarius A* is one of very few black holes in the universe where astronomers can actually observe the flow of matter around it.
This historic image provides the first direct visual evidence of this supermassive black hole's existence.
Although we cannot see the black hole itself — as it is completely dark — the glowing whirls of gas around it reveal a telltale signature: a dark central region (or 'shadow') surrounded by a bright ring-like structure.
The image therefore shows light bent by the black hole's extreme gravity.
HP Tau: An infant star
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the infant star HP Tau this year, located 550 light-years from Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this stunning photo of the infant star HP Tau this year.
HP Tau is located roughly 550 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At just 10million years old, it is the youngest among its neighbors.
It can be seen at the top of a trio of stars captured in this Hubble image. These three stars reside within a hollow cavity in a huge cloud of gas and dust, 'looking like a glittering cosmic geode,' as NASA described it.
HP Tau is a T Tauri star, a type of young variable star that has not begun nuclear fusion yet, but will eventually evolve into a hydrogen-fueled star similar to our sun, according to NASA.
At 4.6 billion years old, our sun is far older than this infant.
First-ever commercial spacewalk
Tech billionaire and SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman made history when he emerged from the Polaris Dawn capsule to complete the first civilian spacewalk
In September, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew made history by executing the first privately-funded spacewalk.
The achievement marked a major milestone for the commercial spaceflight industry, of which SpaceX is a key leader.
In this image, tech billionaire and Polaris Dawn mission commander Jared Isaacman can be seen emerging from the Crew Dragon capsule 434 miles above Earth's surface as the sun rises over the eastern portion of the US.
He spent 12 minutes testing the mobility and functionality of SpaceX's new extravehicular activity (EVA) suits, which had never been used in space before.
After Isaacman retreated back into the capsule, Polaris Dawn mission specialist Sarah Gillis, emerged and performed the same EVA test maneuvers.
'Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do,' said Isaacman as he looked down at our planet. 'But from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world.'
'Doomed' star Eta Carinae
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the unusual nebula that surrounds Eta Carinae, a star that is likely to explode at any time
This 2024 image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope brings out details in the unusual nebula that surrounds Eta Carinae, a star that may be about to explode.
Scientists aren't sure exactly when this explosion could occur. According to NASA, it could be next year, or it could be a million years from now.
But when it does blow, it will likely cause a supernova — the biggest type of explosion known to man. Eta Carinae is about 100 times more massive than our sun.
Located 7,500 light-years away in the Keyhole nebula, its violent death would not impact Earth. But still, Hubble has been monitoring Eta Carinae for the last 25 years, waiting for it to explode.
In this image, two distinct lobes of the surrounding Homunculus Nebula encompass the hot central region, while some 'strange' radial streaks are visible in red extending toward the right, according to NASA.
Total solar eclipse
On April 8, skywatchers in 15 US states witnessed a total solar eclipse
On April 8, millions of Americans looked up at the sky in unison to witness a total solar eclipse.
All of North America experienced at least a partial solar eclipse. But 15 US states from Texas to Maine were in the 115-mile-wide path of totality, which also stretched through Canada and Mexico.
In this area, spectators experienced several minutes of near-total darkness as the sun disappeared behind the moon's shadow.
Images of the eclipse were shared widely on social media, including this one which shows solar prominences erupting from the sun's surface - the squiggly red lines that appear to be jetting out from the perimeter of the sun.
Solar prominences are eruptions of solar plasma, a hot gas made of electrically charged hydrogen and helium.
US sees far-reaching aurora
The aurora borealis is typically only seen at northern latitudes. But in October, this dazzling light display stretched as far south as Florida
In an extremely rare event, the aurora borealis — also known as the northern lights — stretched as far south as Key Largo, Florida in October.
The dazzling light display was triggered by a severe geomagnetic storm, or a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when an outburst of solar radiation impacts out planet.
This storm was a G5, the most severe class of geomagnetic storm. Aurora were visible at much lower latitudes than usual, with spectators sharing images from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and other southern states.
Perseid meteor shower
This long exposure photo shows the Perseid meteor shower over Osijek, Croatia on August 11
In August, the Perseid meteor shower streaked across the night sky, allowing stargazers to capture striking long-exposure photos like this one taken in Osijek, Croatia.
The Perseid meteor shower occurs annually, and is considered the best meteor shower of the year. It can produce 50 to 100 shooting stars per hour, which frequently leave long 'wakes' of light and color behind them, according to NASA.
This meteor shower results from the Earth passing through debris, or bits of ice and rock, left in the wake of the comet Swift Tuttle, which last passed close to Earth in 1992.
The peak of the shower is from August 11 through 12, when our planet travels through the densest part of this debris trail.
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From the steam engine in 1712 to the first ever iPhone in 2007, each year sees the birth of ever more incredible inventions.
And after a year of mind-boggling tech, it's clear that 2024 has been no exception to the rule.
The last 12 months have seen brilliant minds from around the world creating some mind-blowing and potentially world-changing breakthroughs.
With 2024 almost at its end, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of this year's coolest gadgets and most exciting innovations.
From an AI for designing proteins to a real-life pair of Wallace and Gromit's 'techno trousers', these inventions are a glimpse of how we all might be living in the future.
And when it comes to big breakthroughs, this year has been a resounding success for billionaire Elon Musk.
This year, Musk has overseen the debut of Telsa's futuristic Robotaxi and the successful launch and landing of SpaceX's Superheavy rocket.
So, what do you think has been this year's best creation?
With 2024 soon coming to a close, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of the year's coolest gadgets and groundbreaking inventions
Huawei released one of the most impressive phones of the year with its tri-folding smartphone the Mate XT Ultimate Design
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design
While Apple's iPhone 16 range might have stolen the spotlight, 2024 has really been the year of the folding phone.
Some of the biggest manufacturers have launched their own folding designs - but no company did it better than Huawei with its triple folding Mate XT Ultimate Design.
The device uses two hinges to extend from a 6.4-inch OLED display to a huge 10.2-inch tablet-like screen.
That means it can go from a phone the size of the Google Pixel 9 to a tablet almost as large as the Apple's 10th generation iPad.
Thanks to the Z-shaped design, the Mate XT can also be used while only partially unfolded with a mid-sized 7.9-inch display – which is just a little smaller than a fully opened Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
Speaking at the launch event, Huawei executive director Richard Yu said: 'We have never stopped innovating, and never given up in the pursuit of making it possible.
'That's how we were able to develop the world's first commercial triple foldable phone.'
The Mate XT Ultimate Design uses two hinges to fold in a Z-shape, allowing it to expand from the size of a smartphone to that of a tablet
When it's turned on, users have the option to either keep the screen see-through, like a window with a movie projected onto it, or turn it opaque so that the room beyond is no longer visible.
That nifty transformation is made possible thanks to a black 'contrast screen' which rises up behind the transparent pane.
And, thanks to LG's wireless transmission box, the TV has no cables to mess around with and can be placed anywhere in the room.
LG's futuristic transparent TV was unveiled earlier this year. When it's turned on users have the option to either keep the screen see-through, like a window with a movie projected onto it, or turn it opaque so that the room beyond is no longer visible.
The transmission box remains plugged in at the wall and beams audio and visual data to the screen via a 60GHz wireless antenna.
Speaking at the TV's launch, LG's Frank Lee said: 'The TV no longer has to dominate the room. This heightens the relationship between the TV and the space it inhabits.'
We don't have an exact release date for the OLED T yet, but LG has said this will be available at some point soon.
LG hasn't set a price point but if the $87,000 (£69,000) price tag on its 65-inch wireless 8K OLED TV is anything to go by, it could easily be over $100,000 (£79,000).
Apple Vision Pro
While some companies have been trying to revolutionise screens, this year, Apple tried to do away with them altogether.
These futuristic goggles allow users to overlay virtual information on the real world or, with a twist of a dial, immerse themselves in an entirely virtual world.
Launched in January, the Apple Vision Pro is currently one of the most advanced virtual reality headsets on the market and boasts extremely impressive body and eye-tracking technology
Billed as the world's first 'spatial computing' device, the Vision Pro was a huge departure from Apple's usual products and its first venture into virtual reality.
Upon release, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that these were 'the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created.'
The headset boasts stunning resolution with 3660x3200 pixels per eye - the equivalent of two 4K TVs.
But what makes the Vision Pro truly special is its unique control system.
While other headsets like the Meta Quest 3 require users to hold onto cumbersome controllers, Apple's offering is controlled through body and eye tracking.
Simply by looking around and reaching out with their hands, users are able to interact seamlessly with a virtual world.
Created by the French health giant Withings, this 'multiscope' can gather data normally only collected in a GP checkup.
The portable device is stacked with censors to check everything from temperature and blood flow to heart and lung health.
By lightly gripping the device, for example, it can measure users' blood oxygen, and heart rate, and carry out an ECG simultaneously.
The smartphone-sized device can also use light waves to interpret blood flow patterns and gather acoustic information from the chest and back.
Withings says that it will alert users of any possible fevers or infections and give them an early warning of any cardiovascular issues like arterial fibrillation.
Founder Eric Carreel said: 'BeamO is a transformative multiscope device. Once, body temperature was the only health scan routinely taken at home.
BeamO is a handheld 'multiscope' which can carry out a full doctor's check-up from home. In under a minute, the handheld device uses a range of sensors to check for everything from temperature and blood flow to lung and heart health
'BeamO will revolutionize the measurement of the core vitals carried out during medical visits from the comfort of one's own home.'
Currently pending regulatory approval, BeamO will launch first in the US for $249.95 (£195) from 2025.
AirXeed
Not every invention needs to come from a massive corporation with millions of pounds of investment.
In fact, one of 2024's most exciting inventions comes from two young students.
All around the world, scientists launch weather balloons containing small devices called radiosondes to measure air pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction.
These measurements are vital to helping scientists predict weather patterns, but these single-use devices create tonnes of harmful plastic waste.
The AirXeed, this year's winner of the James Dyson Award for sustainability, solves this issue by making radiosondes reusable.
AirXeed was this year's winner of the James Dyson Award for sustainability. These maple leaf-inspired gadgets are reusable instrument arrays for weather balloons which can safely steer themselves to the ground to help scientists reduce their plastic waste
Taking inspiration from maple seeds, inventors Shane Kyi Hla Win and Danial Sufiyan Bin Shaifu from Singapore created a device that can control its drift back to Earth.
By adjusting its stability, AirXeed can steer itself on the wind back towards a collection zone where scientists can collect it and use it again.
This lets researchers make potentially lifesaving predictions about upcoming weather events, without harming the planet.
But if that wasn't impressive enough, this year the company has released the sequel: AlphaFold 3.
While AlphaFold 2 predicted the structure of proteins, AlphaFold 3 is able to predict how they interact.
AlphaFold 3 is a hugely significant invention which can predict the interactions between proteins with 'unprecedented accuracy'. In this image, you can see a comparison between AlphaFold's simulation of an interaction with DNA (colour) and the real scenario (grey)
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his role in the creation of AlphaFold
In a paper published by Nature in May, DeepMind showed how the algorithm could predict the interaction of all of life's molecules with 'unprecedented' accuracy.
That breakthrough could allow scientists to predict how drugs will interact with the body before they are created, potentially accelerating the discovery of new medicines.
Writing in a blog post, DeepMind said: 'This leap could unlock more transformative science, from developing biorenewable materials and more resilient crops, to accelerating drug design and genomics research.'
Yet what truly sets this apart as one of the year's best inventions is the decision by Google DeepMind to make the software open-source.
This means that researchers all around the world will be able to use a version AlphaFold 3 at no cost; in a move which could lead to an explosion of new discoveries.
MO/GO robotic trousers
All the way back in 1993 Ardman Studios released the Oscar-winning animation Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.
In this classic animation, Wallace creates a pair of robotic 'techno-trousers' which can walk for their wearer.
The MO/GO robotic trousers were invented by outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx and Google spinout Skip. They give hikers a mechanical boost while coming uphill and reduce the impact of walking back down
Now, outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx and Google spinout Skip have made the first pair of techno trousers a reality.
The MO/GO robotic trousers are a strength-boosting exoskeleton built into a pair of hiking trousers which can boost a walker's power uphill and take away the impact while coming down.
The trousers feature a lightweight electric motor at the knee, powering a set of carbon struts which clip into braces hidden in each leg.
Skip claims that the trousers can make the wearer feel up to 13 kg (30lbs) lighter and provide a 40 per cent boost to leg muscles in ascents.
In addition to being extremely cool, these modern-day techno trousers could be a game-changer for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to enjoy hiking.
Skip says that the goal is to help people with injuries or disabilities access parts of the outdoors that wouldn't otherwise be accessible.
The trousers even feature an adjustable assistance level so people who need less help can still enjoy the challenge of a good hike.
However, before you get too excited it's worth knowing that the MO/GO 'starter pack' will set you back $5,000 (£3,940) and won't arrive until at least 2026 if you order today.
Fans of Wallace and Gromit might notice a striking similarity to the 'techno trousers' from the 1993 animation, The Wrong Trousers
Arc'teryx says these mechanised trousers could help people with injuries or disabilities stay active and access the outdoors when they might otherwise not be able to
Tesla Robotaxi
Of course, it would be impossible to make a list of the year's best inventions without mentioning something created by Elon Musk.
Launched at the 'We, Robot' event in October, the futuristic vehicle features no steering, wheel, pedals, or rear window and only has enough room inside for two passengers.
While you might mistake it for a prop from the science-fiction blockbuster I, Robot, Musk says that these autonomous cars will soon be a reality.
According to Musk, the all-electric vehicle should cost less than $30,000 (£23,000) to buy and only 20 cents (15p) per mile to drive.
In another sci-fi touch, the Robotaxi won't even feature a charging port for its batteries.
Instead, the car will drive itself over an inductive charging station built into the ground, allowing it to receive power wirelessly without human assistance.
This year Elon Musk unveiled the long-awaited self-driving Robotaxi, which should hit the road sometime in 2027
Tesla's futuristic Robotaxi will have no steering wheel, pedals, or rear window. The two passengers will simply sit back and allow the car to drive itself
According to Musk, these vehicles could fundamentally change the way we think about car ownership.
Instead of simply parking your car when you're not using it, owners would be able to turn the Robotaxi loose to earn money picking up strangers.
In the future, Musk claims that individuals might own entire fleets of Robotaxis and 'take care of them like a shepherd tends to their flock.'
Speaking at the event, Musk said: 'The vast majority of the time, cars are just doing nothing. But if they're autonomous, they could be used five times more, maybe 10 times more.'
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From the steam engine in 1712 to the first ever iPhone in 2007, each year sees the birth of ever more incredible inventions.
And after a year of mind-boggling tech, it's clear that 2024 has been no exception to the rule.
The last 12 months have seen brilliant minds from around the world creating some mind-blowing and potentially world-changing breakthroughs.
With 2024 almost at its end, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of this year's coolest gadgets and most exciting innovations.
From an AI for designing proteins to a real-life pair of Wallace and Gromit's 'techno trousers', these inventions are a glimpse of how we all might be living in the future.
And when it comes to big breakthroughs, this year has been a resounding success for billionaire Elon Musk.
This year, Musk has overseen the debut of Telsa's futuristic Robotaxi and the successful launch and landing of SpaceX's Superheavy rocket.
So, what do you think has been this year's best creation?
With 2024 soon coming to a close, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of the year's coolest gadgets and groundbreaking inventions
SpaceX Super Heavy
Self-driving cars aren't the only thing that one of Musk's companies has created this year.
Most impressively of all, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its 71-metre-tall (242 ft) Super Heavy booster.
In October, SpaceX used this 3,000-tonne rocket to blast a 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft into orbit.
In one of the most exciting spaceflight breakthroughs of the year, SpaceX successfully launched and landed the 71-metre-tall (242 ft) Super Heavy booster (pictured), potentially opening the way to future Mars missions
The Super Heavy booster is used to carry the SpaceX Starship spacecraft into orbit. After five minutes the booster detaches and flies back down to Earth where it is caught by the 'Mechazilla' arms of the landing platform
SpaceX shares glorious slow-motion video of rocket takeoff
However, in possibly one of the biggest spaceflight breakthroughs this year, the Super Heavy booster then managed to land safely back on the very same launch pad.
After five minutes of burn the booster detached from Starship, righted itself and gently hovered back into the waiting 'Mechazilla' arms of the landing platform.
This was the fifth test of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and the first time that a launch of this powerful new rocket has been a complete success.
What makes this so exciting is that the Super Heavy booster is both reusable and powerful enough to potentially carry humans to Mars.
By landing back in the arms of the landing platform the booster removes the need for landing gear, saving weight for even more fuel.
Super Heavy's 33 'Raptor' engines produce a staggering 16.6 million lbs (74.3 meganewtons) of force.
That is 700 times the kick of the most common commercial passenger planes and twice as much power as the Saturn V rocket which first took humans to the surface of the Moon.
Likewise, by landing on the platform the time between launches is significantly reduced which could pave the way for the near-continuous launches needed to establish a viable human settlement on a distant planet such as Mars.
Self-driving cars often use a combination of normal two-dimensional cameras and depth-sensing 'LiDAR' units to recognise the world around them.
However, others make use of visible light cameras that capture imagery of the roads and streets.
They are trained with a wealth of information and vast databases of hundreds of thousands of clips which are processed using artificial intelligence to accurately identify people, signs and hazards.
In LiDAR (light detection and ranging) scanning - which is used by Waymo - one or more lasers send out short pulses, which bounce back when they hit an obstacle.
These sensors constantly scan the surrounding areas looking for information, acting as the 'eyes' of the car.
While the units supply depth information, their low resolution makes it hard to detect small, faraway objects without help from a normal camera linked to it in real time.
In November last year Apple revealed details of its driverless car system that uses lasers to detect pedestrians and cyclists from a distance.
The Apple researchers said they were able to get 'highly encouraging results' in spotting pedestrians and cyclists with just LiDAR data.
They also wrote they were able to beat other approaches for detecting three-dimensional objects that use only LiDAR.
Other self-driving cars generally rely on a combination of cameras, sensors and lasers.
An example is Volvo's self driving cars that rely on around 28 cameras, sensors and lasers.
A network of computers process information, which together with GPS, generates a real-time map of moving and stationary objects in the environment.
Twelve ultrasonic sensors around the car are used to identify objects close to the vehicle and support autonomous drive at low speeds.
A wave radar and camera placed on the windscreen reads traffic signs and the road's curvature and can detect objects on the road such as other road users.
Four radars behind the front and rear bumpers also locate objects.
Two long-range radars on the bumper are used to detect fast-moving vehicles approaching from far behind, which is useful on motorways.
Four cameras - two on the wing mirrors, one on the grille and one on the rear bumper - monitor objects in close proximity to the vehicle and lane markings
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Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'
Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'
UFO sightings in New Jersey dominate headlines as local footage captures a mysterious object over the Hudson River. Meanwhile, Pentagon radar shows an unidentified orb moving through restricted military airspace.
A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey.
(AP Photo)
In Short
Ex-NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recounts UFO encounter in Texas.
He suspects military drones but remains uncertain about the objects.
The incident adds to recent surge in US UFO sightings.
With a series of UFO sightings making waves across the US, former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recalled a chilling encounter with two mysterious objects while flying his private plane last summer in Texas.
Chiao, who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and served as the commander of Expedition 10 aboard the International Space Station (ISS), recalled the eerie incident in an interview with NewsNation, reported The New York Post.
In August, while flying from Colorado to Houston, Chiao was near 9,000 feet in clear air when the unusual encounter occurred. "Suddenly, out of nowhere, these two big, metallic, spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three-feet in diameter each, went zipping by the left side of my airplane, right underneath, about twenty feet away,” Chiao recalled. "It happened so quick there wasn’t even a chance to get scared, but it could’ve been a bad result if they had actually hit me."
Chiao said he had a brief but clear view of the orbs, which did not appear on his plane’s radar or show up on the display for other aircraft that use FAA-required transponders. "It wasn’t on radar, air traffic control certainly didn’t alert me," he explained. "I don’t know what it was. My first guess is that it’s some kind of military program, a drone of some kind, but it’s hard to say, right?"
Chiao said that the incident left him "shaken but grateful" for the "dumb luck" that prevented a collision.
He added that the orbs moved too quickly for him to react in time, saying that it could’ve been a bad result if they had hit him.
Chiao’s chilling experience is just one of the many stories that have gripped Americans over the last few months amid a wave of reports of unexplained aerial phenomena.
NASA and other agencies have attributed these sightings to natural or man-made objects. But Chiao’s encounter remains a mystery.
The former NASA official suggested that the orbs could have been part of a military program but added that he cannot be sure.
He also commented on the drone activity in New Jersey, calling it "hard to believe" that the government isn’t aware of what’s happening in the skies.
UFO sightings, particularly in New Jersey, have been making headlines in US. In New Jersey, local news footage recently captured a mysterious object flying over the Hudson River.
The Pentagon has also released radar footage showing an apparent orb moving through military airspace, which remains unidentified.
As for Chiao, he remains puzzled by the event: "I think whoever was operating the drone wasn’t aware that I was there." His sighting adds to the growing number of UFO encounters, furthering the mystery surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena.
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Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'
Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'
UFO sightings in New Jersey dominate headlines as local footage captures a mysterious object over the Hudson River. Meanwhile, Pentagon radar shows an unidentified orb moving through restricted military airspace.
A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey.
(AP Photo)
In Short
Ex-NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recounts UFO encounter in Texas.
He suspects military drones but remains uncertain about the objects.
The incident adds to recent surge in US UFO sightings.
With a series of UFO sightings making waves across the US, former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recalled a chilling encounter with two mysterious objects while flying his private plane last summer in Texas.
Chiao, who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and served as the commander of Expedition 10 aboard the International Space Station (ISS), recalled the eerie incident in an interview with NewsNation, reported The New York Post.
In August, while flying from Colorado to Houston, Chiao was near 9,000 feet in clear air when the unusual encounter occurred. "Suddenly, out of nowhere, these two big, metallic, spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three-feet in diameter each, went zipping by the left side of my airplane, right underneath, about twenty feet away,” Chiao recalled. "It happened so quick there wasn’t even a chance to get scared, but it could’ve been a bad result if they had actually hit me."
Chiao said he had a brief but clear view of the orbs, which did not appear on his plane’s radar or show up on the display for other aircraft that use FAA-required transponders. "It wasn’t on radar, air traffic control certainly didn’t alert me," he explained. "I don’t know what it was. My first guess is that it’s some kind of military program, a drone of some kind, but it’s hard to say, right?"
Chiao said that the incident left him "shaken but grateful" for the "dumb luck" that prevented a collision.
He added that the orbs moved too quickly for him to react in time, saying that it could’ve been a bad result if they had hit him.
Chiao’s chilling experience is just one of the many stories that have gripped Americans over the last few months amid a wave of reports of unexplained aerial phenomena.
NASA and other agencies have attributed these sightings to natural or man-made objects. But Chiao’s encounter remains a mystery.
The former NASA official suggested that the orbs could have been part of a military program but added that he cannot be sure.
He also commented on the drone activity in New Jersey, calling it "hard to believe" that the government isn’t aware of what’s happening in the skies.
UFO sightings, particularly in New Jersey, have been making headlines in US. In New Jersey, local news footage recently captured a mysterious object flying over the Hudson River.
The Pentagon has also released radar footage showing an apparent orb moving through military airspace, which remains unidentified.
As for Chiao, he remains puzzled by the event: "I think whoever was operating the drone wasn’t aware that I was there." His sighting adds to the growing number of UFO encounters, furthering the mystery surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena.
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Shortly after 6:30 pm Thursday evening, a beaming orange glow in the distant night sky stopped the anonymous father in his tracks outside of his home in Central Georgia.
'Was taking out the trash and looked up and noticed something bright orange headed overhead through the pines,' he shared to Reddit.
'Not sure what my son and I just witnessed,' he wrote.
A father and son in Georgia followed a mysterious 'orange UFO orb' after they spotted the luminous hue gliding through the sky shortly after 6:30pm on Thursday evening
Unsure of what he and his son just witnessed, he shared the 58-second video he captured to a UFO forum on Reddit and explained that he thought it was a plane at first, but it made absolutely no noise and appeared to vanish after several moments
'I've seen similar sightings by myself before but this was the first time I was able to film something I witnessed while being in company of another person.'
The 58-second video, which has since accumulated more than 2,000 shares and 500 comments, captured the distant orb gliding through the winter night sky.
Through the tops of the massive pine trees surrounding the area, the shining circle seemed to coast through the gray skies above - moving slightly upwards or downwards while on its path.
As the father followed the orb while filming, he finally reached an area where there was no abundance of trees blocking his view.
But the mysterious orange glow seemed to vanish suddenly.
'When I first observed it the light was huge, but it was way off, like a 1/2 mile,' the father wrote under the posted video.
'As it got closer, it seemed to dim but stayed the same luminous lighting. As I walked further to capture it, I thought what if it was trying to evade me.'
'Near the end of the video, it seems as if it elevates or lessened its luminosity,' he added.
Earlier this week, another perplexing light was captured hovering over the skies of New Jersey
In the short 13-second clip shared to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before abruptly vanishing as family members are heard discussing what they just witnessed
'Still not sure if it disappeared or went behind the clouds, either way I’m unsure of what I saw.'
Reddit users flocked to the comments to discuss their own theories with many suggesting that it could be a plane.
'Had the sun recently set?' one commenter asked. 'When it is dark on the ground, planes in the air can still be lit up by the sun and they will appear to reflect that orangish light back to the ground.'
Another chimed in, adding: 'Usually I'm a sucker for a good orb post but this looks like a plane that's moving through some low clouds. Looks like it's making a turn and the fog it's moving through is creating an illusion of varying velocity but it looks like it's a plane making a turn.'
The father responded to a few of the hundreds of suggestions, noting how at first, he also thought it may have been an aircraft.
'It had no sound, and we noticed that it wasn’t something we notice normally as planes and other air craft fly over,' he answered.
'I first thought that it could be a plane, but like I said, we never heard a sound neither could see the lights of normal aircraft that we see regularly,' he added.
'For added context, it was around 6:41pm when I looked at the time on my device right after recording.'
He continued to explain that his home is located a mile away from an airport, so it wasn't uncommon to hear the sounds of planes in the sky.
'I can hear helicopters, private planes at the altitude that this was at,' the father wrote in the Reddit thread.
Emerged footage, which was filmed near Atlantic City on December 22, showed what appeared to be a UFO lingering above before suddenly accelerating away at speeds unattainable by human craft - leaving onlookers lost for words.
In the short 13-second clip shared to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before abruptly vanishing as family members are heard discussing what they just witnessed.
'It just vanished!' one said. 'I just watched it through the telescope.'
A US military witness with over 25 years of experience also revealed a late night encounter with a UFO that lit up his campsite. Above, Nest camera footage from a July 24, 2019 UFO case in Leominster, MA, showed a brightly lit object (a possible meteor) as it zoomed across the sky
The campsite UFO, according to the military witness who requested anonymity, hovered as close as 100 yards above him along the tree-line on October 21: 'The entire area lit up brighter than the brightest full moon I’ve ever seen,' he reported.
'I knew it wasn’t the moon because I had already located the moon prior,' the trained observer noted of this 20–30 foot UFO. '[The moon] was a dimly lit waning gibbous.'
The career military man, who reported this episode to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), added: 'I observed it for at least a minute before fear took over and I sank back down into the bed of my truck and into my sleeping bag.'
A US military witness with over 25 years of experience has revealed his own late night encounter with a UFO, that lit up his campsite and 'made absolutely no noise.'
The October 21, 2024 campsite UFO, according to the military witness who requested anonymity, hovered as close as 100 yards above him along the treeline: 'The entire area lit up brighter than the brightest full moon I’ve ever seen,' he reported.
'I knew it wasn’t the moon because I had already located the moon prior,' the trained observer noted of this 20–30 foot UFO. '[The moon] was a dimly lit waning gibbous.'
The career military man, who reported this episode to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), added: 'I observed it for at least a minute before fear took over and I sank back down into the bed of my truck and into my sleeping bag.'
The oval-shaped 'stationary, bright white light' resembles one newly public case reported this November by Connecticut policeman Robert Klein, who professed that an orb UFO, the size of a Mini Cooper, 'lit up the entire cab' of his patrol car in 2022.
Local leaders in the Garden State are 'livid,' according to journalist and author Michael Shellenberger, who obtained audio from a video briefing delivered to more than 500 New Jersey mayors by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A US military witness with over 25 years of experience has revealed a late night encounter with a UFO that lit up his campsite. Above, Nest camera footage from a July 24, 2019 UFO case in Leominster, MA, in which a similar brightly lit object (a possible meteor) zoomed across the sky
The US military witness saw their 30-40 foot long, oval shaped UFO while camping at the the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsites just southwest of Joshua Tree National Park in California. Above: the Milky Way galaxy seen over a Joshua Tree in the park on May 12, 2024
'One of them [i.e. a mayor] got up there,' Shellenberger told Fox News, 'and said, "I had two automobile-sized drones hovering over my house."'
The newly public military witness's case, as he told NUFORC was itself roughly 8–10 feet tall, making this bright oval UFO about the size of a school bus.
The sighting, which the military man said lasted for over a full minute, occurred at the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsites, just southwest of Joshua Tree National Park in California where he was 'the only camper/hunter in the area that night.'
'I was laying in the tarped bed of my truck,' he told NURFOC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on UFOs for decades.
'It was pitch black out,' he said, as the waning gibbous moon was shining weakly — when 'instantly' the ordinary noises of the insects and animals in the wild 'went completely silent' as the UFO appeared.
'It made absolutely no noise, didn’t pulsate or move, and did not radiate any sort of heat,' he said, adding the temperature was 'about 40 degrees Fahrenheit' that night.
By his estimation, this 'stationary, bright white light' was 'about the size of a medium sized helicopter but with the light encompassing the entire object' as it hovered at 'tree top level, behind an about 30-40 foot tall pine tree, only about 100 yards away.'
The encounter, which ended as abruptly as it began, differed from Officer Klein's encounter with a car-sized glowing orb UFO in that the Connecticut policeman's sighting pulsated its light from white to red to green to orange.
The veteran cop took pains to emphasize to NewsNation that, in the early moments of his encounter, he was able to get 'a very close-up view of it' from 30 feet below the hovering, orb-like object: 'It wasn't a drone — I can guarantee you that.'
Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' - with drone bans taking effect in some areas
Mayor Mike Ghassali of Montvale, New Jersey took to Facebook to reveal what happened to a resident's quadcopter drone when they had a run-in with a mysterious drone UFO hovering in the air nearby - noting there was 'sophisticated' technology at play in this December 15 event
The military witness delivered the coordinates of his October 2024 UFO sighting as 33 degrees 32' 12.8" North and 116 degrees 27' 38.7" West (red pin, above) - placing him at the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsite east of Los Angeles at the time of his
'I froze,' Klein said, recalling that moment looking up at the object. 'I wasn't in fear. I just was really trying to understand what exactly I was looking at.'
'I was trying to just process what I was looking at,' he said. 'Still to this day, I'm perplexed.'
Speaking before Congress this past November, Luis Elizondo, the former head of the Defense Department's UFO-hunting Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), criticized federal officials for 'excessive secrecy' on the UFO issue.
'I believe that we as Americans can handle the truth. And I also believe the world deserves the truth,' Elizondo said.
The former intelligence officer also urged Congress to pass legislation that would protect government whistleblowers afraid to reveal what they know about UFOs, a common refrain among those testifying at the November 13, 2024 open hearing.
The hearing, held by the House Oversight committee, was part of a larger investigation into UFOs to determine whether any government officials have been withholding evidence from Congress.
'Advanced technologies not made by our government, or any other government, are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe,' Elizondo insisted, raising unsettling implications for the rash of 'mystery drone' sightings at US bases.
In recent months, the Garden State has been ravaged by thousands of unexplained drone sightings, as over 5,000 reports of odd drones have been filed with federal law enforcement
For at least 17 nights in December 2023, swarms of these noisy, small UFOs were also seen at dusk 'moving at rapid speeds' and 'flashing red, green, and white lights.'
And these cases are almost identical to what has been reported above sensitive sites in New Jersey, like the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal, since mid-November 2024.
Base police have reported 11 confirmed and unauthorized drone sightings over the arsenal since November 13, meaning security officers 'visibly witnessed a drone.'
Senior ex-Pentagon security official Chris Mellon told DailyMail.com last October that the unexplained incursions over Langley-Eustis were 'part of a much larger pattern affecting numerous national security installations.'
'Two of the notable aspects,' he said, 'are the fact our drone signal-jamming devices have proven ineffective and these craft are making no effort to remain concealed.'
'In fact, in some instances,' as Mellon took pains to emphasize, 'it is clear they want to be seen as though taunting us.'
Footage has emerged of what appears to be a 'UFO' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away, leaving onlookers lost for words.
In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light blinks in the sky before suddenly vanishing.
In the footage, which was shot on Sunday night close near Atlantic City, family members are heard discussing what they are witnessing before the object suddenly disappears.
'It just vanished!' one said. 'I just watched it through the telescope.'
'I was starting to lose interest in these #drones #orbs until I received this video from our friends who went out tonight down by the bay. I don't trust random videos I see on X… but this is 100% real (wait till 4 sec mark),' he wrote.
The footage generated some comments online, many agreeing that what the family witnessed was extremely unusual.
The video is the most recent in a long line of mysterious drone sightings that have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why.
'You can see it didn't just disappear but took off with incredible speed, there's a small flash of light to the left as it leaves. Humans can't produce the energy required to go that fast, especially from standstill,' wrote one.
Footage has emerged of what appears to be a ' UFO ' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away leaving the family who were watching lost for words
In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before suddenly vanishing
'Yeah this is appears to be another genuine one. Exactly what I filmed in the UK. The light dims and moves off left and upwards. If you want me to frame by frame enhance send me the original. I've got a lot of experience doing this analysis for my own sighting,' added another interested observer.
'Send this to some proper Professors. They can make the math if it's moved at all and just freeze in time while the Earth keeps moving. I have a feeling they are just traveling back in time and keep recharging their batteries here on our Nuclear Energy and travel further back,' a third suggested.
'Note: it didn't vanish, it took off at impossibly high speed diagonally up and to the left of frame (about 10 o'clock angle). Using your own logic, we shouldn't believe this video,' added a fourth.
'This is exactly how the orb I saw flew away. That's why I said nothing can move like that. No flight system we have right now can go from stationary to warp drive in an instant. These flight characteristics are... Well beyond light years beyond us,' said another, transfixed.
FAA officials said federal security agencies requested the flight restrictions, which are effective through mid-January.
The FBI, the Homeland Security Department and state agencies have been investigating, but officials say there has been nothing so far to suggest any drones have posed a national security or public safety threat.
A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month including this footage from Bernardsville, New Jersey
Several drones appeared to be flying over Randolph, New Jersey earlier this month
Authorities say many of the drone sightings have actually been legal drones, manned aircraft, helicopters and even stars.
President Joe Biden ruled out anything nefarious about the flying objects.
Despite federal officials' comments, many state and municipal lawmakers have called for stricter rules about who can fly unmanned aircraft - and for the authority to shoot them down.
Dozens of witnesses have reported seeing dronesstatewide since mid-November, including near the Picatinny Arsenal, a military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has said drone-detection equipment supplied by the federal government has yielded little new information.
He declined to describe the equipment except to say it was powerful and could even disable the drones.
The growing anxiety among some residents is not lost on the Biden administration, which has faced criticism from Trump for not dealing with the matter more aggressively.
Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency'
In recent months New Jersey has been ravaged by thousands of unexplained drone sightings, as over 5,000 reports of unusual drone prevalence have been filed with law enforcement
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said the federal government has yet to identify any public safety or national security risks.
The federal government has deployed personnel and advanced technology to investigate the reports in New Jersey and other states, and is evaluating each tip reported by citizens, he said.
About 100 of the more than 5,000 drone sightings reported to the FBI in recent weeks were deemed credible enough to warrant more investigation, according to a joint statement by the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense.
Speculation has raged online, with some expressing concerns the drones could be part of a nefarious plot by foreign agents or clandestine operations by the U.S. government.
Drone activity earlier this month led to an hourlong closure of runways at New York's Stewart International Airport, about 60 miles north of Manhattan, a four-hour closure of air space around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and the arrests of two men in Boston accused by police of flying a drone too close to Logan International Airport.
Trump said he believes the government knows more than it is letting on.
'Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!' he posted on Truth Social.
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, said he has heard nothing to support the notion that the government is hiding anything. He said a lack of faith in institutions is playing a key part in the saga.
'Nothing that I´m seeing, nothing that I´ve engaged in gives me any impression of that nature. But like, I get it, some people won´t believe me, right? Because that's the level of distrust that we face,' Kim said.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut last week called for the drones to be 'shot down.'
Donut-shaped spheres disrupt NASA's Stereo Lasco C3 satellite near the sun
Donut-shaped spheres disrupt NASA's Stereo Lasco C3 satellite near the sun
On December 25, 2024, NASA's Stereo Lasco C3 satellite captured an extraordinary phenomenon near the sun. In a split second, the satellite's imaging was disrupted by what appeared to be a swarm of spherical objects hurtling through space at incredible speeds.
Speculation surrounds the event, with some suggesting it could be a meteor debris field. However, the unusual appearance of the objects has raised questions. Could debris naturally form into such perfectly round shapes, each featuring a dark center that resembles donut-shaped UFOs?
This event might be a natural occurrence, however, with all the recent strange sightings of unknown drones, UFOs, and orbs combined with predictions from several specialists that something significant might happen soon in the realm of the UFO phenomena, one might wonder if these mysterious spheres are connected to something larger on the horizon?
UFOs on official NASA LASCO C2 & LASCO C3 satellite images in the solar space - December 18, 2018
Whats going on with drones over New Jersey, or is the US gov downplaying it because they are real UFOs? Video, UFO UAP Sighting News.
Whats going on with drones over New Jersey, or is the US gov downplaying it because they are real UFOs
Now this has been going on all month. The US gov is calling these drones, but that seems illogical since the US military admitted that they do not have drones with such stealth and covert capabilities. So that leaves only UFOs. That would also explain why the military does not want to shoot them down and why they were over US military bases worldwide. Most the bases have stopped reporting it, due to their commanders requiring silence so the media wont learn about them, but many bases already have reported them and the truth is getting out. These are real UFOs.
Glowing objects seen over Turkey on Dec 24, 2024, Video, UFO UAP Sighting News.
Glowing objects seen over Turkey on Dec 24, 2024, Video, UFO UAP Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 24, 2024
Location of sighting: Turkey
Hey this is a rare catch. A glowing UFO was over Turkey this week and some people driving along a freeway noticed and recorded it. The object has lots of lights as many UFOs have and the object seems silent, but difficult to say for sure over the noise of the road. The lights change formation and do not conform to any known aircraft lights. This has all the signs of being a real UFO.
The National Enquirer was attacked by the CIA using other news agencies to discredit the UFO stories! UFO UAP Sighting News.
The National Enquirer was attacked by the CIA using other news agencies to discredit the UFO stories! UFO UAP Sighting News.
This really explains a lot about the National Enquirer newspaper. Remember all those UFO and alien stories back in the 1970s-1990s? I sure due, it even made me buy a few to get in on the latest UFO news long ago. Well, Dr Steven Greer says the CIA deliberately tried to use other news agencies to discredit the National Enquirer which at the time, was the only newspaper in the world covering the subject of UFOs and aliens. So...the CIA wanted to public to lose interest in the UFO stories...which means...many were 100% real, but a threat to national security.
Now this is really interesting. I found an email in the US think tank Stratfor. Its not like any other, this one talks about an eyewitness and victim of an alien abduction, his experiences, his research about it, and his conclusions of how aliens manipulate individuals and masses through use of 10-80mhz frequencies. He is telling the truth, and he is of high intelligence. We need to listen to him, because it's been 50 years since then and guess what...America is 100% under control of an alien force. Email below.
Scott C. Waring
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Subject: [Analytical & Intelligence Comments] Critical Government Intelligence Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:22:25 -0600 (CST) From: danroth7@gmail.com Reply-To: Responses List <responses@stratfor.com>, Analyst List <analysts@stratfor.com> To: responses@stratfor.com
Dan Roth sent a message using the contact form at https://www.stratfor.com/contact.
I think this may help you understand why this planet is scientifically, environmentally, politically and religiously a disaster.
Several years ago after leaving the armed services I was abducted by Grey 3-6th dimension that are working with Reptilian's, "The Federation". The Federation is, "a non human NATO type organization", of Greys , Reptilian, Insectoid, Moth men, (recessive beings like the ones in the movies...mostly violent and self distrurctive. There are about 42 different type species of military males in various bases in the United States). Some of the reptilian bases are in the USA AZ, NM and in the Middle East. You can find more information on these Orion beings and non earth, non humans discussed in thousands of contact books, and thousands of Internet sites, (I'm not the only one who has been abducted). These humanoid beings lie, and manipulate you until the point of near mental and physical breaking.
The visiting ETs force you into daily decisions that you do not like nor want to do, by mind and body control using brain MHz control (master manipulators, even at the point they are abducting and you can not think , i.e.. for your own good they say). You struggle on a daily basis, they will manipulate you into buying things you do not need, relationships which are abusive, jobs you are not wanting, and into alcohol, sex drugs, food, and other abuses for years, mainly in the name of god mind control by a**Goda**. A case in point is Los Angles where many succumb through spirituality, religions, dark recessive behaviors all controlled by the federation. The free will violations are severe for many who understand and see how these ET societies control many people.
These Reptilian hybrids and Greys are working with a type of 5th & 6th dimension Ascended Brotherhood, "communally minded" hive mind society sub space beings (frequency energy space society beings) controlling many "false" religions and non human type religious belief systems. Why? A. for control, so that humans do not go into space to find their ET non human ET bases, cities and ships. B. Because of our SOULS, this is very complicated to understand we have a "soul", the soul is a *****[frequency atomic particle electric formation] that is part of us, but according to all legends and some modern technology the soul can be taken with the use of high frequency high voltage technology. The soul is a vestige of our "genetic pasta** that was a piece in much the same way our reptilian lower brain is, of another space ET race. There are several types of ET's that can remove this frequency part of your body, Reptilian, Grey (FALLEN ANGLES "Devils"), steal it and use it for longevity, for frequency energy, and for their own race studies just like some ETs do with our DNA ovum and sperm (abduction). Thousands of very well documented cases around the world. People choose to ignore this because it sounds far off, this type of information is found in thousands of mythology and factual alien abduction accounts, my account, and in all religious texts. C. For DNA, and because DNA is a resource, life for them, as is the soul and in many real medical ways!
The Federation, White brotherhood, Reptilian's, Grays (Fallen Angles), Ascended Masters, Ashatar, Midwayers, Draco's, Draconian's, Raelians all of these ET recessive demonic and dogmatic societies recruit people aggressively from dark religions; The Art of Living, the illuminati, Jesus demonic cults, Scientology, Raelians, Cults in general, Islamic Religions, Voodoo and African Botanic cults and many more religions, too numerous to list, they choose and influence people like puppets and then some, to govern us! The Greys are some of the most hive minded and dogmatic of the societies interacting with the earth and near space i.e. Mars!
This is important... Religion is a legend, *some are factual most are not*, a construct written by various non human inter dimensional recessive dogmatic ET races and by some not so well educated semi-primitive humans, it is very misleading and troublesome. Religion does not help us solve our problems of global warming, cancers, defense against recessive ET's, economy...instead religion focuses on a construct which is incoherent. Jesus and god will help,* neither can be further from the truth (the bible, Koran, Buddha Vedic texts etc. are full of wars initiated by; ET type "gods"** non human ET"S never helping but instead killing humans, WWII greys w/ Nazis. The earth is in the worst condition ever as is the human race. Read the newspapers....and neither Jesus, god nor Buddha is helping us. The churches are filled with pedophile, (Catholic and Christian churches i.e. USA arch diocese settling for billions of dollars and others, Evangelist Tony Alamo for raping young girls (in the news), "THE LORD IS IN CHARGE" mind control etc. Ex-cons, dumb human beings mind controlled people fill our religious and spiritual organizations. Social studies, social support and human directed initiatives are a need, and we are being blinded my mind controlling ET"S.
Many people who study history in detail will read about how the church enslaved many cultures to kill, rape, torture and tap into banking and world currencies. The Spaniards (grey ETs managed) in the holy conquistador wars, the Israeli zealots against their neighboring humans, and the Nazi (Grey) occult war of WWII, the Mormon cults (influenced by recessive greys) hurting, raping under age girls and on and on. The majority of religious people are good, they just do not understand and many will not listen to the history in their own bibles, the Vatican, and teachings who all speak of extra-terrestrials and human strife war and control. Many choose to believe god is good, study the bible killings, war, human suffering, rapes, destruction this is crazy stuff!
I was taken to the "Federation" caves by partial physical barely visible in our spectrum..beings. I used infrared/spectrum lenses goggles to see them ( to detect different light frequency ETs), including a type of sub-space being, as the attacks went on I compensated as much as I could. Regressive Sub-Space Beings working with Greys, called the White Brotherhood are the culprits. After my life threatening experiences of many years I learned from the Greys themselves buy watching and studying as I was being pulled, (they abducted me for sperm surgical removal, as they do with women's eggs all around the world). This is what I know to be true: WE AND OUR CHILDREN MUST BEGAIN TO ARM AND DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST THESE BEINGS, PRAYING, RELIGIONS AND AFRICAN VODOO ARE NOT REAL, AND SOME WHO TRY TO PRAY, IN A CRISES, TO GOD ARE GOING TO KEEP GETTING CONTROLLED!
If you are religious why would, if god did exist harm the pontiff? Hurt the popes by giving them parkinsonism, harm them with neurological disorders and knock them down and fracture their arms as was done with the current pope...these are harmful violent extra terrestrials !!
1). All extra-terrestrials are physical carbon based, silicon based, molecular based beings, atomic frequency based (ALL), including the ones who use magnetic field technology to cloak themselves, to travel, and as weapons and to appear as a human. Many of the non human ET's live for 100's of years, some sub space C=H types live for thousands of years. Many sub space (frequency energy beings) and many space beings are capable of low MHz telepathy 3-19 MHz and more importantly of astral body take over (soul frequency intrusion), seen on many movies as a form of possession or a**demonic slavery", having various levels of free will, to no free will at all, some religious leaders are seen as having little to no movement and lethargic speech they are in a controlled state of living! This state of being, who some believe can be resolved with exorcism or removing the controlling soul frequency, is associated with constant pains, muscle spasms, body manipulations and mind control... Tazer or mild electric shocks may force the invaders control away, RF and microwaves also have an effect, red light therapy also works after many months. Battling these demonic ETs is very difficult, you need brain MHz, (thinking frequency consciousness protection) protection discussed below. a**Ghostsa** or ET beings are at a different MHz then human beings, often they make noises to get our attention, we do not see them at these invisible to the naked eye frequencies use infrared and other goggles.
To clarify the a**soula**,a** frequency atomic and sub atomic energiesa**..... The planet is processed in various energy frequency fields measured in MHz (consciousness). We think in MHz energy, watch T.V. in MHz, listen to music, video, Speak in MHz and live in MHz thus we are controlled and are MHz energy too. So some very intelligent people see and believe in ghosts, elementals, space soul beings, ETs etc. Some people get cold in some areas or when some soul beings are around, these space MHz atomic beings a**steala**, take your energy. Another way to understand this is, how many times do you eat per day and why? The food is converted into energy and heat, when you encounter a** a ghosta** [ soul frequency being], it feeds off your energy!! Millions of people do not sleep well, get headaches, can not concentrate...they are bathed in frequencies from hundreds of sources, the soul, brain and body never rest. Shield yourself! Bringers of the Dawn: a**Some entities, in the process of their own evolution, began to discover that as they created life and put consciousness into things through modulating the frequencies of forms of consciousness, they could feed themselves; they could keep themselves in charge. They began to Figure out that this is how Prime Creator nourished itself. Prime Creator sends out others to create an electromagnetic frequency of consciousness as a food source for itself. The new owners of this planet had a different appetite and different preferences than the former owners. They nourished themselves with chaos and fear. These things fed them, stimulated them, and kept them in power. a** Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn. Human beings are a trapped and stable MHz frequency being...
The Reptiliana**s (1995) are coming back to raid you again because they don't want to starve,"the federation frequency maywaresa**. They understand that there is "systems busting" going on through you (Pleiadian) , so they are here to create greater havoc and fear, to fight once again for this territory. Their food source is important to them. They are losing control of the planet, so they are going back to their prime portal in the Middle East through war, where their nest is located underneath the ground (Reptilian), to create fear and chaos..... Barbara Marciniak 1995.
The weapons I have seen people subjected too are: Mind control, frequency signal control i.e. "the tower of babble", around the world the transmitters are hidden in caves, and beamed in by Grey satellite. This weapon seen by myself is difficult to describe it is a multi layer mist like carpet which contains both chemical and magnetic frequency structures in it. This plasma mist weapon is launched from the UFO and has electrical MHz stinging properties to it, I noticed that high intensity fire collapses the mist field. It has been shown by some **Crop Circle researchers that some crop circles have similar frequency field misting technology.
Some of the "orbs", glowing ones seen are either weapons with lasers or frequency attack projections or are recording your brains thoughts 5-80 MHz and sending theinfo. to the reptilian greys... We humans desperately need better more advanced detection in the areas of detecting magnetic crafts in our atmosphere ( non USA saucers), frequency control detection, field technologies, laser detection and better weapons, better armed military, guns do not work against some space midwayer frequency beings! High energy chemical lasers do, **RF lasers do, some stable plasmon technologies work. Some of these technologies can be detected with Geiger counters, and magnetic field detectors sold "on line", directional is preferred..also passive radar detecting magnetic changes in our atmosphere and around our homes find the electrical devices on them, and around them in their nearby craft. **For your homes and cars..some of the Grey and reptilian devices can be disrupted by MHz frequency devices built at home, someone could make a small fortune selling better portable particle, frequency, and wave detection and disruption devices for our pockets. ** High voltage tazer weapons work very well. Hand held powerful battery operated magnets, in close proximity can interfere with grey technologies, the size of a cell phone, need to be mass marketed for our protection. Magnetic shielding paint can shield a room in your house where no EMF or ELF is detected! Other races of sub space beings have technology that I have seen, are defended against with hand lasers, built at home!!
2). Critical, we are not the only humans in the universe or multi verse...there are humans from Lyra, Pleiadians, Andromidan, Procyons, Acruturins, Cassiopeia, Simion, Tau Ceti, human Confederations "pro human" galaxies and billions more! 3, Even more important the Grey Federation is using Religion to "Dumb Down", all of us on earth.
3). All Religions have misleading information, there is no god, only extra-terrestrials and human support groups from other worlds. The earths which NASA is just now locating are inhabited.
Our military, is being attacked by the Greys, (google on the Internet to get more info...), and by the Reptilian Federation all the time, all the time, the shootings at Army bases world wide are mind controlled by the Grey/Reptilian Federation, as is the sweat lodge incident "6 hospitalized", a**911a**, and the current state of our economy and health, chemical atmospheric "trails". Pay attention to numbers in the news... When you listen to the news or read the newspapers you will find a numerical correlation that is a sign of the sub-space Federation, for example "13" soldiers killed in Fort Hood, "6" miners killed in last years coal mining incident, coordinated attacks on the USA for "911". Historically, a**13a** students killed in Kent State in the 1960's. They use ( 8-120 MHz broadband mind control technologies piggybacked on T.V. cell phone and cable signals, important for you to remember). A strategy used by the Greys and others is to mind control in the name of Religions "ALLAH", a not so well informed person into doing the killing or attack on our government. Obama needs to knowthis as he has been manipulated openly by the federated greys, those of us who understand Grey, Reptilian Military mind control Strategy and Tactics listen closely to his speeches; for example...Jesus is my mentor and I am speaking with him now, no!! Jesus is dead, It was old to me Jesus did exist by some ET's, but he is dead it's an ET who learned earth languages and controlled Jesus. THESE MILITARY ET BEINGS SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH TOO!!!!!! It is not Obamas fault, nor is it Hillary Clintona**s fault...it was not President Kennedys fault, but the Grey military Federation did kill him in part because the Greys and others did not want us in Space. On more than one occasion the General in charge of a small team described a method by which they weaken and force out Greys and Reptilians. By burying into the rock or dirt several sound array metallic speakers, about 5 feet into the ground, they then turn on a high intensity sound that causes vibrational sound in the caves and forces them out!!
One being had an advanced weapon which I determined was a *magnetic laser weapon which would track me as I moved around my home either bio metrically or by implant, I sure would like an idea on how to protect against it, RF? It feels ***just like being under an extremely strong magnet making it very difficult to move, and think. I tried grounding myself, and to use nearby shielding to no avail....what an ordeal. This is a weapon we need to defend against...!!! I did a search to see if I could find something like it the closest thing I got was Raytheon's, "microwave crowd control beam weapon", it was not microwaves. A a**poncho" or a**tarp" which can be put over the whole body with microwave proof paint and frequency protection on it would keep one safe for a time. In the caves, and near my home the Gray types and Reptilian's make many rather a**high frequency screeching soundsa** like you get on t.v. interference or like the "brakes of a car" sound, I believe it's their inter dimensional technologies, using probes to come in and out of the area from their locations to mine. Ia**m still unsure of this, does anyone know about the sounds and their correlating technologies? In researching this further many modern sources say these are souls ie. (frequency energy beings, space beings).
It's being done mainly because these other types of ET"s, Greys, Reptilian Snake beings, insectoid which are more technically advanced and regressive in the way they think and act are working together against humans, abducting women mainly and men for experiments etc.
As we speak somewhere on earth a child is being abducted for food by the reptilian's, and or for DNA by the greys I know!!! According to all law enforcement agencies their are 100,000's of kids and people missing, in the USA every year (WHERE DO THEY ALL GO)? ???
There are technologies you can buy to protect yourselves, guns, tazers high volts, mind brain protection velostat 3M caps velostat 3M shielding material also works in many labs with high emf use (buy it at home depot or on the Internet), select a**polarized eye gogglesa** certain frequency beams, RF included from the Greys move through the optic nerve into the brain and produce a stun effect i.e. **paralysis by firing mass neurons at once, particle detectors, magnetic particle detectors... Critical infrared binoculars, portable magnetic field room detectors. The recessive and violent ETs have through chem trails and dropping poisons form the ships into our water supply, use water filters and A/C hepa filters, screwed our government not all of the chemicals in our oceans and local water supplies are human derived, look up chem trails on the net. Local National and Regional Government need to do more to protect its population.!! WE must invent better ways of protection against these recessive extraterrestrial races, mind defense technologies and home shielding as well as robots to detect and defend!!!
Have extra food and defenses at home for your family, it is no coincidence that in the movies on abduction and on aliens we are seeing a lot more of ET films, on T.V. "V", house, "2012", a**District 9a**, a**New Moona** etc... They are signaling massive problems ahead with recessive non human ETs, as mankind goes into "space Hotels" Luxury Space travel, more military crafts into near and far space., maybe another war? Many people are trying to educate you with films to inform you of the risks we are in! 2012, alien mind control, H1N1 grey federation attacks on humans etc, etc...
The Greys said that earth is entering a ***Photon Belt*** of very dangerous particles, this explains Global Warming, within the context of a very dormant sun spot cycle. Some ancient scriptures, books that I have researched speak about a method by which humans are selected, and "THE BELT" connection opens their souls but not for all humans, ASTRAL BODIES, SOULS. According to several Internet sites including a prominent sitea**enterprise mission.com, and a**dark missiona**, some members have observed an electro magnetic frequency a**TORSION FIELDa** forthcoming changes,.....which some NASA engineers told the government in 1947 producing a possible ****POLE SHIFTa**...... It has been presented to me that many societies of ETs are going to be speaking to us in the next few years, be extra careful who you stay or communicate with, that better ET society, "War of Souls". Very Carefully choose to be with human ET societies! A great book to read from people who worked for the U.S. government who meditated and used frequency, brain frequencies to connect with recessive ETs is [Cosmic Explorers by Courtney Brown Remote Viewing] free on line!!!!! We as humans transmit thoughts all the time!!!!
Below is a section from a Pleiadian, non recessive ET channeling a**spiritual sitea** which discusses the Photon Belt from a non scientific point of view, many more sites are, from Melora:
PHOTON BAND Pleiadian 1995 QUESTION: And what about the forecast of the three days of darkness when we enter the Null Zone? MELORA: This is when the Sun will become fully immersed in the Photon Band. We discussed this last time, and we wish to move beyond the forecast, for example, of the electricity becoming neutralized and batteries, and cars, and electrical devices no longer working. Although this may be true, understand that you are in a state of transformation. At the point at which . . . first there are the days of darkness-- absolute, total darkness--and people are saying, "Well, I'd better lay in some supplies, and water, and get a kerosene heater, and so on. But, you see, given your transformation, you will not need these things. And so we wish to emphasize that focusing your consciousness on your transformation, your transmutation, in the light is the most important. Now the scenario, as you may have been reading in recent books, has changed. And we wish to focus now on the various agendas of the various beings who are "spectators in the stands" in this "football game." Our strongest message is this: Aim as high as you can in your consciousness. Fifth-dimensional Pleiadians are going to want to use you as "human libraries" so that they can learn from you about dimensions above themselves through you in your connection to the Earth. Fifth-dimensional Sirians are going to wish to help you understand how three-dimensional reality manifests from ideal morpho genic structures so that you can begin now actively to co-create the peace and harmony forecast for your planet. And so, again, they are invested in your becoming fifth-dimensional humans so that they can partake of your experience, but in a different way than that of the Pleiadians.
Sixth-dimensional Sirians, of which we are "one," as a group, wish to have you understand that many of you will be returning to dimensions higher than Fifth. And so in the Barbara Marciniak books, for example, her Pleiadians are saying "Oh, this is what it will be like when you're a Fifth-dimensional human." We are saying that you don't have to "stay" there. Understand that many of you are returning to angelic light resonances, and so forth. And so when you read this material, understand that these are Fifth-dimensional beings talking about their agenda, and that happens to be Pleiadian. And these are also Fifth-dimensional, but they're Sirian, and that's a different agenda. And be discerning when you read these materials. This also applies to information about the Photon Band. The source of the information, and it is channeled . . .(Channeling is one of the few sources that is not controlled by "World Management" Teams, and what not.) Channeling often is the most direct source of the truth now--not trance channeling as in the old days. Channeling now is conscious, although the channel is in an baltered state, connecting directly with the Higher Self as we are here, and we tell the truth because this [indicating Jyoti Alla-An] is one of our children, here, and we would not deceive our children--not anyone. So the scenarios about the Photon Band and about Ascension will be filtered according to the agendas of the beings communicating through the channel. So if a channel is not coming directly from the Higher Self connection and is channeling a totally other entity who is a Fifth-dimensional Pleiadian and NOT in that soul "hierarchy," then that entity essentially can work its agenda through the channeled information. Each of you is sovereign; you must discern, because your free will is what keeps you strong in your acceleration. Your free will is also what you must always be conscious of so that you are not violated from outside your self. You need to be extremely cautious of where you are looking and who is there as a guide or as an enemy of humans, if you feel pain get out and stop , ask for the human 5th+ dimensional guides,,, When attacked as part of the defense use frequencies i.e. different tonal sounds like on a dead radio or on some t.v.'s "TONE", for hours...BEEP..............One of the most violent societies in all places are the short orange brown reptilian's some working with greys, if you are channeling or meditating or remote viewing watch your back !
Any scientist who has atmospheric x-ray, gamma ray detection please let us know about the increase in such particles vs. previous years! % ? Thank You! The earth will change violently and dramatically in just a few days, in the years leading into 2012!
The Grey Federation ruined myself and family like they did with Alex collier, and Billy Meier for example Mr. Meier's has recently, per his web site also recently been communicating with us and warning of 2012 and other recessive nonhuman ETs. The Internet and thousands of books tell about the many friendly human races who are trying to help us now.
When I was at the Grey army here in Santa FE, N.M.base, I did see many things, I have a PhD, I'm a quick learner and can now read their Sumerian type alphabet and words... I was taken on one type of craft they use, how they fly and what they use in them... ***The saucer shaped craft uses electrical batteries as propulsion power (this is why some are seen charging up on power lines), in the middle of some saucers there is a large circular ceiling to floor barrel structure it contains lithium type batteries extremely high voltage charges. The craft are made of layered and compressed metals titanium type layered compounds, the outer skin is electrified to reduce and eliminate drag and atmospheric resistance. Inside the saucer is a etwork of Compressed tiny frequency transmitting fiber optics for controls and for ON BOARD GUIDENCE SYSTEMS,SIMPLE.THEY USE THE EARTHS MAGNETIC AND GRAVATATIONAL FIELDS TO FLY ***************************************************** THE COPPER CLINDER CIRCLES ON TOP OF THE CRAFT AND BOTTOM SPIN, PICTURE TWO SMALLER CIRCULAR DISKS ON TOP AND BOTTOM SPINING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SAUCER. THEY CHARGE UP..THAT DIFFERENTIAL OF CHARGES INTERACTS WITH A PLANETS OR SPACES MAGNETIC FIELD LINES FOR LIFT AND MOVEMENT. THE SAUCERS ARE SHIELDED TO PREVENT EXPLOSIONS AND TO PREVENT MAGNETIC FIELD INTERACTIVITY......(THE OUTER SHELL IS CHARGED UP TO FLY W/O RESEISTANCE, IT STINGS when touched electrical pulse). I'M NOT A PHYSICS MAJOR BUT DID STUDY SOME ENGENERING. This may be the only way we can build these craft commercially and get off the earth before these earth changes end our civilization!! Not kidding, google the last few years of forest fires around the world.
They are trying to mind control our societies through MHz frequency control, we think in about 10-80 MHz, and they use computers and oscilloscope combination type MRI equipment to read thoughts as we read print or as scientist reads peaks on a graph, as well as gravitational field technology to beam in false info. These mind brain electron frequencies are read just like we read computer code. ****
Protect and shield your eyes, brains and spinal cords!!! All of our military and armed forces should wear velostat 3M or better (signal protection electrical grounded materials on your head) caps and monitor the frequency changes around them, eye shielding, the government of the USA ours needs to be informed of the greys methods and take steps to help each other, protect our families people this is real....(people in Britain were not ready, prepared for WWII, Study military history ) ...(we have a very weak and complacent military/police/NSA/CIA/) The Greys have even infiltrated some govt individuals in these agencies.........!!! Just because you were in church on Sunday and you see people speaking in tongs, falling to the floor, and saying they are talking to god? There is no god only ET groups (mostly the greys are lying about god and impersonating) ET governments. Just because our president says, "thank you Jesusa**, it's mind control.......pay attention and analyze what is going on in government, it is scary, not human.
Several devices which are still being used on my self and home include, some type of beam (laser), because I saw it and followed up on the net and found that these beams can turn off all electrical switches including some in our nuclear arsenal. How is it that these nuclear silo switches are not shielded? I'm working on electrical shielding for my computers, phones, weapons, appliances, etc.
Love Dan
P.S. This was written under partial duress......they know where I live. Pass the info on
The Federated reptilian/gray/insectoid societies are using harmful technology to harm the human mind, causing memory loss and fatigue...FIGHT BACK!!, I use the above mentioned technology and when I go out and they start to harm my body with high intensity back spasm devices i.e. microwave, particle , mind control, I use my mind and picture each attacker being attacked by me, mental warfare. They are distracted by loud music, food odors, perfumes, high intensity flood lights, mace, strobe lights, high frequency sound and our minds killing them......... I keep a gun and tazer by my side always now!!!
Listen to this highly educated and experienced old man, if you see a craft these are not dolls, these are recessive violent, harmful, controlling alien males, they have an agenda! Read the info. on the net with a grain of salt, why haven't they come forward? They will not because of violent abductions, use your logical brain the reptilian greys are "DEVILS depicted correctly in many books of legend, history and many religious books. Even the Nazis contacted the Greys. Protect your brains!!! stay away from them, Betty and Barney Hill were assaulted, all of the abduction cases are harmful rape and kidnaping humans, we in the USA have laws against these crimes yet our government turns in another direction, not detecting and imprisoning these violent ETs. Because they control some people in our not yet, "ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. Get involved the stakes are high.
Space is much more crowded than most people know, extremely dangerous NASA knows..Our Rocket systems and defense systems are frail... Connect the dots......... 2012 We are getting close, climate change, biology, secret governments, mind control, abductions, alien technologies genetic and magnetic fields, and we wonder where they come from reverse designs from crashed UFO...Many historians believe that many earth human races i.e. ayans lived with ET Reptilian control..
I'm building a small back yard underground shielded shelter for my wife don't laugh at me I have been through a great ordeal and know much more than most! Do we as a country, understand the risks of EMF radiation on our bodies and brain, is it not so that some highly educated people shield themselves from the cell phone radiation with either a "patch" or by using a wireless ear device or better Do any engineers have a million dollar idea to shield our bodies and mind from all kinds of radio/microwave/broadband EMFs the same way with a shielding patch shielding shirts and pants....our military needs them!!!!!!!!!
An entire platoon can be taken out with out ever firing a bullet shot.................frequency MHz brain defense, are you ready to re read the page.
1. Consciousness is allowed its expression, and you have been allowed your expression within limitation by those who have been governing you. From your point of view, you have never let them govern you and you have no idea that they exist. They bring dramas onto this planet in the guise of what you call religion, leadership, or, sometimes, inspiration. Events, even though they are orchestrated to achieve certain things, sometimes gather those who hang on, and many other probabilities come out other than what was intended.
2. Many of the structures built on this planet, particularly ancient sacred sites, have information stored within stone. In the same way, you have information stored within the bones of your skeletal form. When you allow sound to move through you, t unlocks a doorway and allows information to flood into your body. It also penetrates the ground, affecting the vibrations of Earth and allowing a rearrangement of a molecular alignment of information to take place. Those of you who use sound when you are working on others' bodies bring about a rearrangement of the molecular structure and create an opening for information to flood in. This kind of work will become more and more profound.
3. Sound is a tool for transformation. Keepers of Frequency, which is what we are encouraging you to become, learn how to modulate the frequency they hold through sound. Sound can penetrate any substance, move molecules, and rearrange realities.
4. Core Human contacts Andromidan Central Command, Simon.
5. These non human astral, and c=h , carbon beings are all behind humans in social development.......recessive, violent, vengeful, striking, manipulative, a**DEVILSa**. Technically and scientifically developed, but not so far ahead that humans could catch up in several dozen years.....the non human species got so technically advanced because ofmassive continuous wars and disasters through millions of years.
There exists 9th level frequency a**Galaxy Governmentsa**, THE GOVERNERS above the greys, reptilian, humans, insectoid etc... but these governments carry the thoughts i.e. frequency of all these beings whom they govern. This earth right now in 2009 is being subjected to the governors who are using frequency technologies, chemicals in the atmosphere, pieces of DNA , climate control in the from of a**torsion fieldsa** etc. to change humanity into three groups for the coming event in 2012...... The Governors, which have appeared in, a**STAR TREKa**, and in the films looking into time travel with Jodi Foster......are in appearance looking like a stable form of electromagnetic frequency being. Many are soul beings who can readily change forms into anybody! Many people in Ufology, Religion, Politics have asked themselves why did President Eisenhower allow greys to bait the United States with technology in exchange for DNA.....this had been done as a trick for the USA and the governors at that time simply did not care what was happening on this planet! These Galaxy governors have a totally different agenda than we do, i.e. who cares about the Sudan if you are from the Russian Government? Thus we are in a galaxy with 100a**s of totally different beings making contact, telepathically and in form with hundreds of thousands of earth humans. But because the greys have dumped their religions on us earth beings we are lead to believe we are communicating with god in dreams, church etc. not true... We live in an OPEN...... a**OPEN WORLDa**, all beings can come and go, and do as they please as long as we permit them to!
Source: http://www.stratfor.com/tour/
Kevin Stech Research Director | STRATFOR kevin.stech@stratfor.com +1 (512) 744-4086
For decades cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the scale. And the answer is: no, not really. But in some ways, yes. Look, it’s complicated.
Our universe is unimaginably vast and contains somewhere around two trillion galaxies. These galaxies aren’t scattered around randomly, but are assembled into a series of ever-larger structures. There are the groups, containing at most a dozen galaxies are so. Then there are the clusters, which are home to a thousand galaxies and more. Above them are the superclusters, which twist and wind for millions of light-years.
Is this the end of the story?
In the mid 20th century Benoit Mandelbrot brought the concept of fractals into the mainstream. Mandelbrot didn’t invent the concept of fractals – mathematicians had been studying self-similar patterns for ages – but he did coin the word and usher in our modern study of the concept. The basic idea of a fractal is that you can use a single mathematical formula to define a structure at all scales. In other words, you can zoom in and out of a fractal and it still maintains the same shape.
Fractals appear everywhere in nature, from the branches of a tree to the edges of a snowflake. And Mandelbrot himself wondered if the universe is a fractal. If as we zoom out we will see the same kinds of structures appearing again and again.
And in a way, that’s what we see: a hierarchy of structures at ever-larger scales in the universe. But that hierarchy does come to an end. At a certain scale, roughly 300 million lightyears across, the cosmos becomes homogenous, meaning that there are no larger structures and the universe is (at that scale) roughly the same from place to place.
The universe is definitely not a fractal, but parts of the cosmic web still have interesting fractal-like properties. For example, clumps of dark matter called “halos”, which host galaxies and their clusters, form nested structures and sub-structures, with halos holding sub-haloes, and sub-sub-halos inside those.
Conversely, the voids of our universe aren’t entirely empty. They do contain a few, faint dwarf galaxies…and those few galaxies are arranged in a subtle, faint version of the cosmic web. In computer simulations, the sub-voids within that structure contain their own effervescent cosmic webs too.
So while the universe as a whole isn’t a fractal, and Mandelbrot’s idea didn’t hold up, we can still find fractals almost everywhere we look.
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A Mission to Dive Titan’s Lakes – and Soar Between Them
Titan is one of the solar system’s most fascinating worlds for several reasons. It has something akin to a hydrological cycle, though powered by methane. It is the solar system’s second-largest moonMooner our own. It is the only other body with liquid lakes on its surface. That’s part of the reason it has attracted so much attention, including an upcoming mission known as Dragonfly that hopes to use its thick atmosphere to power a small helicopter. But some of the most interesting features on Titan are its lakes, and Dragonfly, given its means of locomotion, can’t do much with those other than look at them from afar. So another mission, initially conceived by James McKevitt, then an undergraduate at Loughborough University but now a PhD student at University College London would take a look at both their surface and underneath.
The mission, which has undergone several iterations, was initially designed to mimic the hunting motion of a gannet. This seabird famously dives under the water to search for fish and then floats back up to the top before setting off again. In the original paper describing the mission concept, Mr. McKevitt focused on the hydrodynamics of how such a mission would be possible on Titan, including the physics of diving into a lake of liquid methane without breaking the probe.
Luckily, the most fascinating lakes on Titan are all clustered around the north pole, so it would be theoretically possible to hop between one lake and another, given there was enough thrust/power. However, as time went on, the original mission concept seemed less and less feasible – especially given the most required to both take off from a resting position on top of a lake and dive down deeply enough into the next lake to make a meaningful difference in the environment.
Fraser discusses the importance of a mission to Titan.
Of particular concern was the power system – RTGs, the only current system that would feasibly power such a probe on Titan’s fully enveloped surface, would be too heavy for such a mission architecture. So, Mr. McKevitt changed tact and created something entirely different.
During COVID-19, he created an organization known as Conex Research to explore complex missions in a collaborative think-tank format. He then adapted Astraeus, as the mission was known, to a more achievable format, which was then described on Conex’s website. In a press release from August of 2022, the mission had morphed into a four-part system.
First is a “Main Orbital Spacecraft,” which would orbit the Moon Moondeploy two smaller vehicles – Mayfly and Manta. As their names suggest, Mayfly would flit about as an aerial observation platform, while Manta would dive into the lakes that were so intriguing in the original mission architecture. A series of 2U Cubesats, called “Mites,” would also join them and measure different parts of Titan’s atmosphere during a slow descent period after being released from the MOS.
Fraser discusses the Dragonfly mission planned to visit Titan’s surface.
That sounds like a pretty hefty lift, especially for a group of volunteer contributors, even if there are almost 30 of them. Lately, the group hasn’t had much of an update since they presented the mission format at the International Astronautical Conference in 2022. But if they are still making progress on the mission, there is a chance it might one day make it all the way to the bottom of one of Titan’s lakes.
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