Whistleblower Releases Never-Before-Seen Footage Of A UFO Taken Near Border In Arizona

A man who spent 14 years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has shared a never-before-seen video of a UFO that was spotted in the Arizona sky. In his duties with the CBP, Army veteran Bob Thompson was part of the Tucson, Arizona sector’s special operations detachment mobile response team and was tasked with coordinating airspace along the border. During those 14 years, he reports witnessing numerous objects in the sky that he could not explain.

“I’ve seen orbs that were off in the distance. I’ve seen crafts that were cigar-shaped, I’ve seen triangles,” Thompson told Reality Check with Ross Coulthart on NewsNation. He added that he had personally spoken to “at least 100” border agents who had witnessed anomalous objects.

He gave one example where “small triangles that were flying over agents” that showed no visible means of propulsion. He also discussed “a very large triangle” that an agent who was near Yuma, Arizona out on patrol saw fly over him. “The way he described it was at least 100 feet maybe 50 to 100 feet wide, silent, flying right over him,” said Thompson.

One video Thompson and Coulthart discussed was taken in November 2019 by an infrared camera on a RC-26B surveillance aircraft that was tracking a group of people who had crossed the border illegally in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Area. Thompson says that it appeared to show a UFO he says was almost shaped like a rubber duck. That UFO’s thermal signature also didn’t match known planes or drones.

“They seemed to think it was searching for something,” Thompson said.

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21-05-2025 om 23:17 geschreven door peter  

US F-16 Viper Fighter Jet Damaged After Collision With UFO Over Arizona

According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report, a U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper fighter jet was damaged earlier this year by a UFO in a collision over Arizona. The force of the impact with the UFO reportedly cracked the jet’s canopy and forced the pilot to land.

The incident occurred on January 19, 2023 while the F-16 Viper was flying in restricted airspace over Gila Bend. No injuries were reported, but the fighter jet was grounded for repairs. The report states that the UFO collision occurred over the U.S. Air Force’s Barry Goldwater Range where the military conducts combat exercises, so there should not have been, as the FAA reported, a “orange-white UAS” (uncrewed aerial system) in the area.

DailyMail.com reports that the F-16 Viper collision is just one around two dozen incidents that have occurred in recent years within 100 miles of Luke Air Force Base, where many of the F-16 fighter jets using Barry Goldwater Range launch.

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21-05-2025 om 22:55 geschreven door peter  

Deep in the green border of Kenya and Tanzania is a volcanic crater lake that quietly keeps an ancient geophysical journal. For thousands of years, Lake Chala has lain in a volcanic caldera, its calm waters hiding the seismic and geomagnetic theatrics playing out over deep time. Scientists drilling into its bottom sediments recently have revealed a 150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic oscillations—a finding that bridges planetary physics to early Homo sapiens migrations!

Lake Chala's location, shielded from raging rivers and floods, and a gentle runoff from the crater's surrounding ridges and forests, has resulted in sediment layers so undisturbed and linear that they are a virtual perfect geological timeline. Unlike most lake cores convoluted with flood sediments or seismic events, the sedimentary record in Lake Chala holds year-by-year histories, and it is thus an unrivaled platform for paleoenvironmental study.

It was here that Dr. Anita Di Chiara and colleagues from Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology pulled out a core sample that is now a key to reconstructing the earth's ancient magnetic behavior. They’ve published their finds in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Reading the Magnetic Script of Earth

As volcanic ash and other sediment settle onto a lake bottom, they capture microscopic magnetic grains. These grains align themselves to the Earth's magnetic field of the day, behaving as tiny frozen compass needles. There have accumulated on top of each other in a vertical record of geomagnetic history over thousands of years—a chronology carefully deciphered by Di Chiara's group.

Whereas polar magnetic records are plentiful, equatorial information such as that of Lake Chala is scarce. And that is its value. Earth's magnetic field originates with the chaotic flow of its molten outer core, and whereas pole-based records show the wild oscillations and reversals, an equatorial view can show the more subtle, world-encompassing changes.

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"Having an equatorial record is sort of special," Di Chiara said in an interview with Live Science. "It's a key piece in the puzzle."

Following the Magnetic Pulse of the Past

The Lake Chala sediment core chronicles six large geomagnetic excursions—periods during which Earth's magnetic field tottered, lost strength, or temporarily reversed without actually going through a complete pole reversal. One of these excursions is completely new to the geological record and provides new information on the unstable nature of Earth's core.

These outings are not innocent curiosities. The field protects the planet against solar wind—barrages of charged particles that can trouble satellites, radio communications, and even planetary climate patterns. When the field weakens, Earth lies open to enhanced cosmic radiation.

But how did these variations affect people living in and around Lake Chala in ancient times?

A Landscape Witness to Human Odyssey

Between 150,000 years ago and now, Lake Chala's sediments record a period of intense human transformation. It was the time the anatomically modern humans emerged, left Africa, and went on to fill Eurasia.

Although a magnetic anomaly may not have been detectable to early Homo sapiens, its environmental impact—alterations in climatic patterns, radiation flux, or even animal migration—would have quietly influenced the survival tactics and migrations of early human societies.

21-05-2025 om 22:45 geschreven door peter  

De wedloop is begonnen: Wie bouwt het beste ruimteveer?

Over de hele wereld ontwikkelen ingenieurs nieuwe ruimteveren. Bekijk hier zes van de spectaculairste opties.

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21-05-2025 om 22:25 geschreven door peter  

Astronomen zagen iets vreemds: Mysterieus reusachtig object ontdekt in ons eigen sterrenstelsel

Er is een mysterieus cirkelvormig object waargenomen in de Melkweg. Als de veronderstellingen van de astronomen kloppen, gaat het om een object dat zo zeldzaam is dat het eigenlijk niet zou moeten bestaan.

Astronomen denken dat het overblijfselen kunnen zijn van supernova’s of botsingen tussen zwarte gaten en neutronensterren.

Tot nu toe zijn er slechts vijf ORC’s bevestigd, maar nu steekt één ontdekking met kop en schouders boven de rest uit.

Een team onder leiding van onderzoekers van de Western Sydney University in Australië vond een perfecte cirkel in ons eigen sterrenstelsel, de Melkweg.

De bol wijkt af van andere waargenomen ORC’s ver buiten ons eigen sterrenstelsel, die tot wel 50 keer groter waren dan de Melkweg en zelfs een heel sterrenstelsel omcirkelden.

Vernoemd naar het oude Griekse woord voor ‘perfect’

De nieuwe ORC’s – Teleios genoemd naar het Oudgriekse woord voor perfectie, téleion – zijn een stuk kleiner dan de andere.

De astronomen hadden moeite om de juiste grootte van Teleios vast te stellen, maar ze denken dat hij tussen de 10,76 en 156,55 lichtjaar in diameter is.

Hij bevindt zich op ongeveer 7175 tot 25.114 lichtjaar van de aarde en de onderzoekers denken dat hij het restant is van een zogeheten type 1a supernova.

Supernova’s behoren tot de helderste sterexplosies in het heelal en ontstaan wanneer een witte dwergster in een dubbelstersysteem te veel massa krijgt en explodeert.

Als het een type 1a supernova is, heeft de cirkel een diameter van 46 tot 156,55 lichtjaar en is hij tussen de 1000 en 10.000 jaar oud.

In 2028 zal ’s werelds grootste radiotelescoop – de Square Kilometre Array – klaar zijn. Wetenschappers verwachten hiermee meer antwoorden te krijgen op de vraag hoe Teleios is ontstaan.

• De resultaten worden gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift Astronomical Society of Australia, maar zijn beschikbaar in een vroege versie op arXiv.

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21-05-2025 om 21:40 geschreven door peter  

The structure under Antarctica that satellites keep detecting remains a scientific mystery

What lies beneath is still unknown. Some believe it could be the remnants of a massive asteroid impact, far older and larger than the one linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Whatever it is, the anomaly has kept showing up in satellite data for more than two decades. And the more we learn about it, the stranger it seems.

The anomaly was first brought to attention during Earth gravity surveys conducted by NASA’s GRACE satellites in the early 2000s. GRACE, which stands for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, works by measuring minuscule shifts in the distance between twin satellites as they pass over different regions of Earth. Where gravity is stronger, one satellite is pulled slightly more than the other. This data reveals the distribution of mass below Earth’s surface.

When GRACE passed over Wilkes Land, something unexpected happened. The satellites accelerated in a way that could only be explained by an enormous mass buried beneath the ice. Further measurements confirmed it was not an error. The same pull was detected again and again.

This region became known as the Wilkes Land Gravity Anomaly, a name that now represents one of the most enduring geological puzzles on Earth.

What could create such a massive signal?

Scientists quickly developed theories to explain the readings. One of the leading ideas is that this structure under Antarctica might be a buried impact crater, the scar left behind by an asteroid or comet that struck Earth over 250 million years ago. If this is true, the object responsible would have been twice the size of the one that created the Chicxulub crater, which contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The implications would be enormous. An impact of that scale could have unleashed global tsunamis, ignited wildfires across entire continents, and triggered a chain reaction of volcanic activity. Some geologists have even speculated that it might be linked to the Permian–Triassic extinction, the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history.

However, direct evidence of an impact is still missing. No shocked quartz, no melted glass, no layers of iridium have been recovered, mostly because no drilling has ever reached the suspected site. The entire theory rests on remote sensing data and gravitational modeling.

Not just gravity, but radar and magnetic signals, too

The mystery deepens when other datasets are taken into account. Airborne radar and magnetic mapping missions have also detected anomalies in the same region. These instruments show irregular magnetic patterns and unusual reflectivity beneath the ice. The readings are consistent with either a massive slab of denser-than-usual rock or a geophysical structure unlike anything previously seen in Antarctica.

Some scientists have proposed that the anomaly may be the result of an ancient geological uplift, formed by tectonic forces long before the continent froze over. Others suggest that it could be a remnant of a supervolcano whose cone has long since collapsed and disappeared beneath layers of compacted ice.

Still, none of these ideas explain why the anomaly is so round, so dense, and so isolated from other known features.

Why no one has drilled into Wilkes Land

The biggest barrier to understanding the structure under Antarctica is the ice itself. At Wilkes Land, the ice sheet is more than 2,500 meters thick. That’s deeper than the Grand Canyon. No existing drilling project has come close to penetrating this depth in such a remote and harsh environment.

Antarctic logistics are among the most difficult in modern science. The region sees some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, with high winds and no infrastructure. Getting a team of scientists, drilling equipment, and support personnel into Wilkes Land would be a multi-year operation costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even ground-penetrating radar, which has successfully mapped subglacial lakes and ancient riverbeds in other parts of Antarctica, provides only partial data here. The anomaly remains just out of reach, a ghost in the numbers.

Mussel-shaped ice structures were found on the underside of the vast glacier 

(Image credit: Filip Stedt / University of Gothenburg)

Sand dune shaped ice structures were discovered on the underside of the Dotson Ice Shelf

(Filip Stedt / University of Gothenburg)

Satellites still circle back to it

Despite the lack of direct access, Wilkes Land continues to be a focus for Earth observation missions. It is routinely used to calibrate instruments on new satellite platforms because its gravitational signal is so intense and consistent.

GRACE was retired in 2017, but its successor, GRACE-FO (Follow-On), is still monitoring changes in Earth’s gravitational field, including over Antarctica. Other satellites — such as ESA’s CryoSat and NASA’s ICESat-2, pass over the area regularly, measuring ice elevation and surface movement.

What they all share is a need to account for the pull from Wilkes Land. It affects radar returns. It adds noise to magnetometers. And yet, it has no face. The anomaly exerts influence without revealing its source.

Remote sensing

This situation highlights a broader challenge in geophysics. Remote sensing tools can measure gravity, magnetism, and radar reflections with exquisite precision, but they cannot tell us exactly what lies underground. The data must be interpreted, and interpretations always depend on models, assumptions, and what we expect to find.

In the case of the structure under Antarctica, nothing about it aligns with conventional expectations. It is too dense, too wide, too circular. If it is an impact crater, it is one of the most perfectly preserved ever detected, and yet there are no signs of a crater rim, ejecta, or deformation in the overlying rock layers.

That leaves us with a persistent anomaly, real enough to move satellites, yet invisible to the human eye.

What scientists hope to learn next

Some scientists believe it’s time to take a closer look at Wilkes Land. There have been proposals to send long-range radar drones across the ice, or even to drill down using equipment similar to what was used at Lake Vostok. But the logistics are difficult, and the cost is high.

Others think the answers might already be buried in the data we have. With better tools for processing satellite measurements and more advanced models of the Earth’s crust, they believe we may be able to piece together what lies below without setting foot on the ice.

What’s at stake is more than just an explanation for an unusual gravity signal. If this is the scar of an ancient impact, it might hold evidence of a global catastrophe, perhaps even one that shaped the evolution of life. If it is something else, it could reveal parts of Earth’s interior that have been hidden for hundreds of millions of years.

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21-05-2025 om 21:27 geschreven door peter  

The Scientist Who Says Nature Has Memory and Minds Aren’t Trapped in Brains

His work has appeared in many well-known magazines and newspapers, and he has been featured on BBC radio and TV.

In the interview, philosopher Hilary Lawson asks Rupert Sheldrake why the scientific community has been so critical of his work, even though he has been very successful with the general public. Sheldrake explains that the scientific community is not just one group—it’s made up of many different people with different opinions.

When he first shared his ideas, some scientists were interested and friendly, while others were more skeptical. He had especially good experiences with scientists in India, who were open to his ideas, like morphic resonance.

But things changed after he published his first book, A New Science of Life, in 1981. A powerful editor at the science journal Nature, Sir John Maddox, harshly criticized the book and even said it was “a book for burning.” This public attack made Sheldrake seem like an outsider or a heretic in the eyes of many scientists, which made others afraid to openly support him.

Sheldrake believes that the scientists who attack him most often are militant atheists. He explains that these people treat materialist science almost like a religion, and because his work challenges their worldview, they react very strongly. This kind of criticism also appears on platforms like Wikipedia, where a group called “guerrilla skeptics” has taken control of his biography and prevents others from changing it.

However, Sheldrake also says that most scientists are not so extreme. When he gives talks at scientific institutions, people often come up to him privately afterward and say they’re very interested in his work and have had similar experiences, like feeling telepathic connections or sensing when their dog knows they’re coming home. But they admit they’re afraid to speak up about it because they don’t want to be judged or attacked by their peers. Sheldrake tells them that they’re not alone, and many of their colleagues feel the same way in secret.

Sheldrake agrees that he does have a philosophical view. His worldview is holistic: he believes that consciousness exists throughout the universe, that minds extend beyond just the brain, and that nature has a kind of memory—what he calls “morphic resonance.” These ideas go against the usual materialist and mechanistic view of science, which sees everything as just matter and machines. But Sheldrake says the key difference is that he thinks all of these views—including his own—should be openly discussed and tested scientifically. He does experiments to test his theories.

He says the people who oppose him don’t want open discussion. Instead, they label anything that doesn’t fit their materialist worldview as “pseudoscience” and try to cancel or suppress it. He calls this an unfair, one-sided situation.

Sheldrake points out that in most areas of life, like philosophy, politics, or religion, there are many different points of view, and people accept that. But in science, he says, there’s no real culture of open debate about controversial ideas. Instead, the dominant view controls everything: funding, journals, jobs, peer review, and government science advice. Those who don’t agree with the mainstream often get pushed out and silenced.

Sheldrake sees his ideas as models, not as the final truth. Morphic resonance is the idea that memory exists in nature and that past forms and behaviors influence present ones based on similarity.

He thinks some kind of memory in nature must exist because, in his view, evolutionary biology doesn’t make full sense without it. But he admits that while he’s fairly sure the phenomenon is real, he doesn’t know for certain that his specific explanation is correct.

He says it’s the only detailed model of its kind currently out there, though other, more general ideas touch on memory in the universe, like in Hindu and Buddhist beliefs about karma, which also involve effects traveling across time.

Sheldrake compares his situation to how science developed over time. For example, Michael Faraday proposed the existence of electric and magnetic fields without knowing exactly how they worked. Later, James Clerk Maxwell created a mathematical model involving the “ether,” which was widely accepted until Einste in’s theory of relativity showed that the ether didn’t exist.

Then, quantum physics introduced entirely new ideas. So, the models changed over time, but the actual phenomena—like electricity and magnetism—remained real and important. He sees his theory of morphic fields and resonance in the same way: the phenomenon may be real, but the model explaining it might evolve.

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That’s why he keeps doing experiments. If he already knew the truth, he says, there’d be no need to keep testing his ideas. The point is to explore and discover, not to claim he already has all the answers.

Sheldrake says that his theory of morphic resonance, which he describes as a theory of memory, could have several real-world uses. He explains that this theory includes not only the memory we have in our minds but also a kind of collective memory that influences learning. According to him, if morphic resonance is real, then people could learn faster and better by tapping into the experiences of others who have already learned the same things in the past.

He says this might explain why people often learn practical skills, like sports or using tools, better through doing and repetition rather than through books. He thinks this approach could especially help in teaching languages.

For example, learners could benefit more from immersive, experience-based methods that connect with this collective memory instead of memorizing grammar rules and verb lists (like how he was taught French).

He also believes morphic resonance could be important in treating memory-related issues like Alzheimer’s or other psychological problems.

Looking ahead, he imagines that if we could build computers based on morphic resonance (which he says would need to be analog rather than digital), they might be able to access shared memory banks. These computers could lead to a type of artificial intelligence that is truly intelligent, not just simulating human thinking.

Sheldrake also talks about another area of his research: the idea of the extended mind. This includes things like the feeling of being stared at, telepathy, and intuitions about future events (what he calls “pre-sentiment”).

He believes that if we could train people to improve these intuitive skills, they might be better at sensing dangers or responding more naturally to situations in daily life. He says there’s a lot of potential for training in this area.

Sheldrake explains laws of nature were fixed at the moment of the Big Bang and never change. Instead, it suggests that just like nature evolves, the “laws” of nature might also change and grow over time. Instead of calling them laws (which is a very human concept), Sheldrake prefers to think of them as habits of nature—patterns that repeat and get stronger the more they happen, just like how animals or people develop habits. (Source)

He believes that everything in nature, including living things, thoughts, and even social behaviors, is guided by invisible fields called morphic fields. These fields carry memory from the past and influence present behavior. So if something has happened many times before, it’s more likely to happen again. That’s how species inherit instincts or how languages and cultures form and evolve.

He says these morphic fields affect our minds too. For example, the feeling that someone is staring at you, or the experience of thinking about someone just before they call you, might not be coincidences—they could be examples of telepathy through morphic fields. According to Sheldrake, this is not magic or paranormal, but a natural process. Experiments have shown that people often correctly guess who is calling them on the phone, and this might be a common form of human telepathy. Similar behavior is also seen in animals, like dogs, that know when their owners are coming home.

Morphic fields are not limited to the brain—they can reach far beyond the body, just like magnetic fields go beyond magnets or cell phone signals go beyond the phone. These fields help explain connections between people or animals, even over long distances.

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21-05-2025 om 18:32 geschreven door peter  

27 weirdest things on Google Earth - PART I

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20-05-2025 om 22:56 geschreven door peter  

27 weirdest things on Google Earth - PART II

Vostok Island, which sits in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, appears to be blacked out on Google Earth. 

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20-05-2025 om 22:47 geschreven door peter  

How many satellites orbit Earth?

As of May 2025, there are roughly 11,700 active satellites in orbit around Earth, a majority of which are located in low-Earth orbit (LEO) — below 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) above our planet's surface, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who has been tracking satellites since 1989, told Live Science.

However, the total number of satellites, including those that have stopped working and are either waiting to be deorbited or have been moved to an elevated "graveyard orbit," could be as high as 14,900, according to data from the United Nations' Office for Outer Space Affairs, although this number is harder to properly track.

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But this is just the beginning: Some experts predict that the number of active satellites could increase almost tenfold before eventually leveling out. If this does happen, it could create numerous problems for astronomy, space exploration and the environment.

"It causes a space traffic management problem, it will exacerbate the proliferation of space debris, it is interfering with astronomy and stargazing, and the rocket launches and reentries cause atmospheric pollution," Aaron Boley, an astronomer at The University of British Columbia who has previously studied these effects, told Live Science. "We're still trying to understand the extent of the impacts."

Rising numbers

The exponential rise in satellite numbers is largely the result of "megaconstellations" — giant networks of satellites built by private companies, such as SpaceX's Starlink constellation, that aim to provide communications services across the globe.

For example, as of May 2025, roughly 7,400 active Starlink satellites are orbiting Earth, which account for more than 60% of the total number of active satellites, according to McDowell. All of these have been launched since May 2019.

SpaceX may be leading the way, but other organizations are hot on their heels, including Eutelsat's OneWeb constellation, AST's SpaceMobile network, Amazon's upcoming Project Kuiper and China's "Thousand Sails" constellation, among others.

It is hard to predict exactly how many satellites will be launched and when. However, researchers can predict the maximum number of satellites that can safely orbit our planet. This total, known as the carrying capacity, will likely be the upper limit of how many active satellites can coexist at once, without constantly smashing into one another.

McDowell and Boley, as well as other astronomers — including Federico Di Vruno at the transnational Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Observatory and Benjamin Winkel at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany — all believe that the carrying capacity for LEO will likely extend up to 100,000 active satellites. At this point, new satellites will likely only be launched to replace those that eventually die and fall back to Earth.

It is unclear when this carrying capacity will be reached. However, based on the current rate of increasing launches, several experts predict that it could happen before 2050.

Potential issues

The sheer number of satellites expected to orbit our planet will likely impact us in several ways.

One of the major issues associated with satellites is space junk. Although most modern rockets are at least partly reusable, they still use boosters that get discarded in LEO and can drift there for years before reentering the atmosphere. If these pieces collide with one another, satellites or larger spacecraft, like the International Space Station, they can create thousands of smaller pieces of debris, which increase the likelihood of further collisions.

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If left unchecked, this could create a cascade of collisions that render LEO effectively unusable and limit our ability to expand out into the solar system. Researchers call this problem the "Kessler syndrome" and are already warning that it should be tackled now, before it is too late.

Satellites also reflect light to Earth's surface, which is already causing headaches for optical astronomers. The brightest objects can photobomb telescope images with large streaks of light as they move across a camera's field of view during long exposure photos, interfering with observations of distant objects.

Hidden pollution, such as radiation leaking from Starlink satellites, is also impacting radio astronomy. If the carrying capacity is reached, some experts fear that the level of radio interference could render some types of radio astronomy completely impossible.

Rocket launches also release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which contribute to human-caused climate change. A single launch can release up to 10 times more carbon than an average commercial plane flight, although they are significantly less frequent.

Satellites can also impact the environment in other ways. As the old saying goes, "what goes up must come down" — and satellites are no exception. Emerging research has suggested that when spacecraft burn up upon reentry, they release large amounts of metallic pollution into the atmosphere. While this area of study is still young, some scientists have suggested that megaconstellations could deposit enough metal in our skies to potentially disrupt Earth's magnetic field, with potentially catastrophic results.

Although private satellites can also provide useful services, such as connecting rural and disadvantaged communities to high-speed internet, many experts question whether the benefits outweigh the potential dangers. At the very least, most experts agree that we should reduce the number of launches until we have a better idea of what's going on.

"I don't think a full stop on satellite launches would work," Boley said. "However, slowing things down and delaying the placement of 100,000 satellites until we have better international rules would be prudent."

• Editor's note: This article was originally published on Nov. 14, 2021 and updated on May 18, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET to reflect changes in the number of orbiting satellites and add new research into the potential impacts of megaconstellations.

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20-05-2025 om 21:56 geschreven door peter  

The desert lines that only make sense from the sky — and we still don’t know why

From Peru’s Nazca Lines to the vast Sajama network, some ancient geoglyphs are only visible from the air — and we still don’t know why they were made.

Across deserts and high plains, ancient cultures carved massive lines into the Earth. Geometric shapes, animal forms, paths that stretch for miles. From the iconic Nazca Lines of Peru to lesser-known networks in Bolivia and Kazakhstan, these geoglyphs can only be truly understood from the sky. The strange part? Many of them were built long before flight was possible. To this day, no one fully agrees on who made them, or why.

The Nazca Lines — and what we still don’t know

Southern Peru’s Nazca Desert is home to one of the world’s most puzzling landscapes. Etched into the surface are hundreds of perfectly straight lines, massive geometric forms, and stylized figures, all only truly visible from high above. The Nazca Lines. First widely documented in the 20th century, the Nazca Lines are now believed to have been created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by the Nazca culture.

By clearing away the dark, oxidized pebbles of the desert surface, the builders exposed lighter-colored ground beneath, creating images that have endured for centuries in the arid climate. The figures include a hummingbird with delicate wings, a monkey with a curling tail, a giant spider, and even a humanoid shape with large, exaggerated eyes staring skyward.

Explanations for their purpose vary. Some researchers believe they were ritual pathways walked during ceremonies. Others think they may have served as astronomical markers or offerings to deities linked to water and fertility. But even after decades of aerial surveys, fieldwork, and speculation, no consensus has been reached. The full meaning of the Nazca Lines still eludes us.

Bolivia’s Sajama Lines — the world’s largest network

On the high Andean plateau of western Bolivia lies a lesser-known but far more expansive set of lines, the Sajama Lines. Unlike the figures of Nazca, these are strictly geometric: hundreds of thousands of straight lines etched into the ground, forming the world’s largest known network of geoglyphs.

Covering more than 22,000 square kilometers, some of the lines stretch over 10 kilometers in flawless straight lines, even when crossing rugged terrain and slopes. There are no large figures or animals here, just an intricate lattice that defies easy explanation.

Archaeologists believe the Sajama Lines were created by Aymara-speaking peoples, possibly as part of pilgrimage routes connecting shrines, sacred peaks, and burial towers. The sheer number and precision of the lines suggest sustained, large-scale effort over generations. Yet exactly how they were laid out and maintained — and whether their orientation held symbolic meaning, remains unknown.

The Steppe geoglyphs of Kazakhstan

In the vast steppes of northern Kazakhstan, satellite imagery has revealed another mystery: over 260 geometric earthworks, many forming rings, squares, crosses, and swastika-like spirals. These geoglyphs span several kilometers and are invisible at ground level, only satellites and aerial views bring them into focus.

Often referred to as the Turgai Geoglyphs, they were first noticed in the early 2000s and have since become the subject of archaeological investigation. Radiocarbon dating places some of the structures between 2,000 and 8,000 years old, making them potentially among the oldest large-scale land markings ever discovered.

Their original builders remain unidentified, and no writing or obvious artifacts have been linked to them. Some alignments suggest solar or seasonal functions, but the full cultural and symbolic framework behind these creations is still being pieced together. Like the Nazca and Sajama lines, they were made to be seen from above, long before anyone had the means to do so.

Were they really meant to be seen from above?

This is perhaps the most perplexing aspect of all these ancient geoglyphs: their design only becomes clear when viewed from high altitudes. It’s as if the builders anticipated a perspective they could never reach. That has led to a variety of speculative theories, some scientific, others bordering on the fringe.

One popular hypothesis suggests that the lines were intended for divine or spiritual viewers, gods, ancestors, or sky spirits who would observe human actions from above. Others believe the geoglyphs reflect an early form of astronomical or cosmological mapping, encoding knowledge of the heavens onto the Earth. Still others propose that the elevated perspective was symbolic, meant to convey power or ritual purity, even if it couldn’t be physically accessed.

What unites them all is their stubborn resistance to easy interpretation. The sheer accuracy and scale of the lines, accomplished without aerial tools, continue to challenge our assumptions about what ancient civilizations could plan, organize, and achieve.

What science can — and can’t — explain

Today’s technology has made it easier than ever to spot these ancient markings. With satellite imagery, LIDAR scans, and aerial photography, we can now follow the full sweep of Bolivia’s Sajama Lines, uncover new geoglyphs in Kazakhstan, and trace even the faintest shapes in Peru’s desert. The lines are clearer than ever. But their meaning still slips through our fingers.

Researchers have learned a lot about how these geoglyphs were made. The Nazca people, for example, used nothing more than wooden stakes and simple tools to plot out enormous shapes with remarkable precision. In Bolivia, erosion patterns help date the lines that crisscross the high plains. We know more about the methods, the materials, and the timelines, but not much more about the “why.”

Strangely, the clearer the picture becomes, the harder it is to explain. Patterns grow more tangled, regional styles blur together, and the deeper logic behind them stays just out of reach. Science can show us where and how these lines were made. Understanding what they meant, and to whom, is a different challenge entirely.

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20-05-2025 om 21:28 geschreven door peter  

The mysterious orbs pilots keep seeing — and no one can explain

The objects in question are not blurry lights on a horizon. They are often visible to the naked eye and confirmed through advanced sensors and radar systems.

What pilots are actually seeing

The objects in question are not blurry lights on a horizon. They are often visible to the naked eye and confirmed through advanced sensors and radar systems. Pilots describe them as metallic spheres, about the size of a basketball, moving at speeds and with precision unmatched by conventional aircraft.

There are no wings, no control surfaces, no visible propulsion. Some hover motionless in high winds. Others accelerate abruptly or reverse direction without turning. Most leave no heat signature. These are not assumptions based on guesswork. They are observed, filmed, and reported by aviators trained to identify every known type of airborne vehicle.

Encounters tend to occur near restricted airspace. They disrupt training exercises and, in some cases, have nearly caused mid-air collisions. These are not casual or recreational observations. They are events documented in flight logs and analyzed by military intelligence.

Gimbal UFO: a turning point in official recognition

One of the most famous incidents occurred in 2015 and was made public in 2017 as part of a leak that changed the U.S. government’s approach to unidentified aerial phenomena. Captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet using a forward-looking infrared system (FLIR), the object shown in the video became known as the Gimbal UFO.

The video shows a disc-like craft flying at high altitude off the U.S. East Coast. What made it unusual was not just its speed or shape, but its behavior. The object rotated in mid-air while maintaining a consistent trajectory, something that defied known aerodynamic principles. Pilots speaking on the video can be heard expressing shock and confusion. There were no wings, no exhaust, and no clear method of propulsion. Radar also confirmed its presence.

This was not an isolated case. The Gimbal UFO was one of several objects tracked over days. Military personnel were told to report the sightings, but no explanation was ever given. The craft moved against the wind and changed direction abruptly, traits shared by other spherical and orb-like UAPs encountered around the same period.

The Tic Tac UFO: maneuverability beyond known physics

Perhaps the most analyzed incident involving a spherical or elliptical object occurred off the coast of Southern California in 2004. Referred to as the Tic Tac UFO, it was encountered by pilots from the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group during a routine training operation.

Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Jim Slaight were among those who visually confirmed the object. They described it as a smooth, white, oblong shape, about 40 feet long, with no wings or exhaust. It hovered at 80,000 feet, then dropped to sea level in under a second.

When Fravor attempted to intercept, the object responded with what appeared to be intelligent maneuvering. It mirrored movements, accelerated instantly, and disappeared from sight. The encounter was also tracked by the Princeton’s SPY-1 radar and captured by targeting cameras. The performance was beyond what any known drone or aircraft could accomplish.

This case stood out not only for its technical data but for the credibility of the witnesses. Multiple pilots, radar operators, and camera systems all observed the same object at the same time. The flight characteristics could not be replicated, and the incident remains unexplained to this day.

Pentagon confirmation and video evidence

In 2023, the Pentagon officially released new footage recorded by a Reaper drone over the Middle East. The object, clearly spherical, darted across the screen in a way that ruled out conventional drones or balloons. It showed no means of lift, no exhaust trail, and no thermal emissions.

The Department of Defense has now acknowledged multiple videos as authentic. Among them are the Gimbal, GoFast, and FLIR1 recordings (above). Each shows an unidentified craft exhibiting extraordinary behavior. The spherical shape is particularly common. It presents minimal drag and is difficult to track by radar, but the speed and control are what truly stand out.

These objects are not streaking meteors or atmospheric illusions. They maintain altitude, respond to nearby aircraft, and sometimes linger in restricted airspace for long durations. Intelligence reports confirm that these sightings are not isolated to one region or mission. They occur globally, across different climates and altitudes.

Historical sightings long before the headlines

Though public interest in orbs has grown in the last decade, pilots have seen them for nearly a century. During World War II, U.S. and Allied pilots reported glowing spheres that followed their aircraft. Dubbed Foo Fighters, these objects were considered advanced enemy tech — yet neither side ever claimed them.

During the Cold War, similar sightings occurred over U.S. and Soviet nuclear installations. In some cases, the objects disabled weapons systems or triggered alerts. Files declassified in recent years reveal that these events were taken seriously. Teams were dispatched to investigate. The patterns were tracked. No conclusions were reached.

The continuity of sightings — from WWII to 2023 — suggests something persistent and physical, not a trend of misperceptions or radar errors.

What they might be — and what they are not

Several explanations have been offered. Some say they are drones, possibly foreign or classified domestic technology. Others suggest weather balloons, optical illusions, or rare electromagnetic phenomena. Each theory has limits.

Drones do not hover without noise or heat. Balloons do not change direction abruptly or remain stable in strong winds. Optical illusions do not appear on multiple sensors and radar simultaneously. No known system can match the agility, speed, and endurance shown in the verified videos.

What is more troubling is the absence of any confirmed origin. No government has claimed ownership. No fragments have been found. Despite hundreds of documented cases, there is no traceable launch site, signature, or manufacturer. The U.S. government, after years of denial, now openly states that many of these objects remain unexplained.

Speaking personally, I don’t believe there are little green men piloting these things. Traveling across interstellar distances is an enormous challenge, even for a hypothetical advanced civilization. But if these craft are not ours, and not from here, then what we may be seeing is something else entirely — something like autonomous probes. Highly advanced, possibly guided by artificial intelligence far beyond anything we’ve developed. That, to me, seems far more plausible than crewed ships. It would make sense for an alien civilization to send machines ahead of itself, long before arriving in person — if arriving at all.

Why the military is treating it as a serious threat

The response to these encounters has evolved. What was once quietly dismissed is now being discussed in congressional hearings. In 2022, the Department of Defense formed the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Its mission is to investigate reports of unidentified aerial, underwater, and transmedium objects.

Military pilots have testified under oath about near-collisions and routine sightings. Some report being discouraged from speaking up in the past. That is changing. The focus is not on proving extraterrestrial origins. It is on identifying unknown technology that could pose risks to aircraft or infrastructure.

Air safety is a driving concern. When fast-moving, unidentified objects appear in restricted airspace, the risk is not just hypothetical. It is immediate. Pilots cannot react to something they cannot identify. Commanders cannot defend against something they cannot track.

Closing reflection

So, what’s my take? The mysterious orbs pilots keep seeing aren’t stories or secondhand accounts. They’re real, they’re recorded, and they’re showing up on sensors across different platforms. Pilots from different squadrons and different years keep describing the same thing. Small, fast, spherical objects that move in ways we don’t understand.

They don’t follow the rules of conventional flight. They don’t give off heat, don’t have wings, and they move in ways that don’t make sense with current technology. And they keep showing up where they’re not supposed to be. That alone should be enough to take them seriously.

What’s encouraging is that this isn’t being shrugged off anymore. Pilots are speaking publicly. Congress is listening. And scientists are getting involved. One of them is Avi Loeb, a professor at Harvard. He’s behind the Galileo Project, a scientific effort to gather hard data on unidentified objects in Earth’s skies, oceans, and even space. His team is building instruments to detect and track them. They’re also analyzing physical materials from unexplained sources, like the fragments recovered off Papua New Guinea’s coast. Instead of waiting for answers to fall into our laps, they’re going out and looking for them.

And personally, I don’t think we’re seeing aliens flying around in these orbs. Traveling across the galaxy isn’t easy, and I doubt beings are hopping out of these things. If these are from somewhere else, what we might be seeing are autonomous probes. Machines, not crewed ships. That makes more sense to me. An advanced civilization would probably send AI long before it sent itself.

The important part is, this isn’t fringe anymore. These sightings are documented. They’re happening. And for the first time, people are actually paying attention.

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20-05-2025 om 21:00 geschreven door peter  

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20-05-2025 om 20:37 geschreven door peter  

On the night of Friday, May 16, something extraordinary lit up the skies over the American Southwest. A brilliant, fast-moving streak of light that captivated onlookers from Arizona to Colorado. 

Witnesses in towns such as Safford, Fountain Hills, and Payson, as well as regions of New Mexico and Colorado, were left asking the same question: What exactly did we just see? 

Speculation spread rapidly. Some suggested a Chinese rocket launch earlier that day could be responsible, possibly placing satellites into orbit. Others floated more exotic theories: perhaps STEVE, a rare atmospheric light phenomenon similar to the aurora borealis, or even a “light pillar,” formed when light reflects off high-altitude ice crystals. 

Attempts to reach officials at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in southern Arizona, and Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque have so far yielded no response. 

What if it wasn’t a rocket plume from a Chinese launch at all? What if something entirely different passed near our planet, like a comet or UFO, or perhaps it was a test of a space-based weapon or a directed-energy system? 

Whatever it may have been, it remains a strange phenomenon, leaving many to wonder what truly streaked across the sky.

  

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20-05-2025 om 20:23 geschreven door peter  

Drie ogen, enorme scharen en een bek vol scherpe tanden: maak kennis met de 506 miljoen jaar oude Mosura fentoni

Jeannette Kras

 

Het lijkt op de foto een gruwelijk beest, de pas ontdekte Mosura fentoni. Gelukkig is hij maar zo groot als je wijsvinger (en al heel lang uitgestorven). Die drie ogen en enorme scharen worden dan toch iets minder angstaanjagend.

Het zijn paleontologen van het Canadese Royal Ontario Museum die het 506 miljoen jaar oude roofdier hebben gevonden. Ze troffen fossielen van het beestje aan op de beroemde vindplaats de Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park en schreven erover in een artikel in het tijdschrift Royal Society Open Science.

De radiodonten
De Mosura fentoni heeft een ronde bek met tanden en een lichaam met zwemvliezen aan de zijkant. Het dier maakte deel uit van een uitgestorven groep uit het Cambrium, de radiodonten. Ook de veel beroemdere meterslange grote broer Anomalocaris canadensis behoort daartoe.

• Bekijk hier beelden van de Anomalocaris canadensis, het meest iconische lid van de radiodonten. Hij kon wel een meter lang worden en is voor het eerst beschreven in 1892.

Maar Mosura heeft ook een uniek kenmerk dat geen enkele andere radiodont heeft: een buikachtig lichaamsdeel aan de achterkant, dat uit meerdere segmenten bestaat.

“Mosura heeft zestien dicht op elkaar zittende segmenten met kieuwen aan de achterkant van zijn lichaam. Dit is een mooi voorbeeld van evolutionaire convergentie met moderne groepen, zoals degenkrabben, pissebedden en insecten, die ook een aantal segmenten hebben met ademhalingsorganen aan de achterkant van het lichaam”, legt onderzoeksleider Joe Moysiuk uit. Hij is conservator paleontologie en geologie in het Manitoba Museum. Waarom de Mosura dit heeft, is nog niet helemaal duidelijk, maar het heeft vermoedelijk te maken met een voorkeur voor een bepaalde habitat of gedragskenmerken, die een efficiëntere ademhaling vereisten.

De zeemot
Het roofdier heeft als bijnaam ‘de zeemot’. Door de brede zwemvliezen in het midden en het smalle achterlijf lijkt hij enigszins op een mot. Het heeft zelfs geleid tot de officiële naam. Die verwijst namelijk naar een fictief dier uit het Japanse filmgenre kaiju (letterlijk: vreemd beest), waar de Mothra er eentje van is. De Mosura is echter slechts in de verte verwant aan echte motten en vertoont net zo goed gelijkenissen met spinnen, krabben en miljoenpoten. Het dier behoort tot een veel diepere tak in de evolutionaire stamboom van deze dieren, die gezamenlijk bekendstaan als geleedpotigen.

“Radiodonten waren de eerste groep geleedpotigen die zich vertakten in de evolutionaire stamboom, dus ze bieden belangrijke inzichten in de voorouderlijke eigenschappen van de hele groep. De nieuwe soort laat zien dat deze vroege geleedpotigen al verrassend divers waren en zich op een vergelijkbare manier aanpasten als hun verre moderne verwanten”, zegt medeonderzoeker Jean-Bernard Caron, curator bij ROM.

Unieke anatomische details
De fossielen leveren nog meer interessante informatie op over de Mosura. Zo laten ze details zien van de inwendige anatomie, waaronder elementen van het zenuwstelsel, de bloedsomloop en het spijsverteringskanaal. “Er zijn maar heel weinig fossiele vindplaatsen op de wereld die op dit niveau inzicht bieden in de zachte anatomie. We zien sporen van zenuwen in de ogen die betrokken waren bij de beeldverwerking, net als bij levende geleedpotigen. De details zijn verbazingwekkend”, aldus Caron.

Open bloedsomloop
In plaats van slagaders en aders zoals wij die hebben, had Mosura een ‘open’ bloedsomloop, waarbij het hart bloed in grote inwendige lichaamsholten pompte die lacunae worden genoemd. Deze lacunae zijn bewaard gebleven als reflecterende vlekken die het lichaam vullen en doorlopen tot de zwemvliezen in de fossielen.

“De goed bewaarde lacunae van de bloedsomloop in de Mosura helpen ons bij het interpreteren van vergelijkbare, maar minder duidelijke kenmerken die we eerder in andere fossielen hebben gezien”, voegt Moysiuk toe. “Het blijkt dat deze structuren op grote schaal bewaard zijn gebleven, wat de oeroude oorsprong van dit type bloedsomloop bevestigt.”

61 fossielen
De 61 fossielen van Mosura zijn op een na allemaal tussen 1975 en 2022 door het ROM verzameld, voornamelijk in de Raymond Quarry in Yoho National Park. “Museumcollecties, oud en nieuw, zijn een bodemloze schat aan informatie over het verleden. Als je denkt dat je alles gezien hebt, hoef je alleen maar een museumlade open te trekken”, besluit Moysiuk.

De Burgess Shale
De Burgess Shale is een wereldberoemde fossiellocatie in Canada, bekend om zijn uitzonderlijk goed bewaarde fossielen uit het Cambrium, meer dan 500 miljoen jaar geleden. Het ligt in de Rocky Mountains van British Columbia en werd in 1909 ontdekt door de Amerikaanse paleontoloog Charles Doolittle Walcott. Het bijzondere aan de fossielen is dat ook zacht weefsel, zoals spieren, ingewanden en voelsprieten bewaard zijn gebleven. Eerder schreven we al over een andere nieuwe radiodont die daar is gevonden, de Titanokorys gainesi. Die is niet zo groot als zijn beroemde soortgenoot, maar met een geschatte lengte van een halve meter nog altijd reusachtig voor zijn tijd. “Dit is één van de grootste dieren uit het Cambrium ooit gevonden”, aldus onderzoeker Jean-Bernard Caron destijds.

Bronmateriaal

• "Early evolvability in arthropod tagmosis exemplified by a new radiodont from the Burgess Shale" - Royal Society Open Science
  
• Afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel: Art by Danielle Dufault, © ROM

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19-05-2025 om 23:22 geschreven door peter  

Pulsating, Hexagon-Shaped UFO Captured On Camera Over California Desert

by Douglas Charles

A mysterious new video has the UFO community trying to figure out exactly what one person witnessed while he was staying in a remote cabin in Twentynine Palms, California. The pulsating, hexagon-shaped UFO appeared in the night sky near the Mojave Desert at around 9:30 p.m. local time and was visible for at least 15 minutes.

According to the witness who filed a report with the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), the shape of the UFO appeared to change over time and moved at a slow, irregular speed.

“The object was rough around the edges, huge moving in a jerky fashion with no clear trajectory all over the sky,” the witness who shot the video wrote in his report. “The object (there was only one) appeared suddenly.

“Tonight is the new moon – so it was definitely not the moon, and in any case was much brighter than even a full moon. It was much larger in appearance than the stars.

“The striking thing was its great brightness and irregular shape and path,” he continued. “It seemed to move arbitrarily with no clear path. The movements were jerky and at varying speeds. It covered the breadth of the sky in its path during the time it was visible.

“I have clear vision and had not used any mind altering substances. During the time I watched it, it began to take on a more circular shape, with an empty space in the middle.”

NUFORC noted in the report, “Possibly the SpaceX rocket launch seen widely but time seems off by an hour?” However, DailyMail.com reported that the Falcon 9 actually took off from Florida three hours earlier.

“This is a unique UFO,” UFO expert Scott Waring wrote on his website. “The object is a six sided hexagon and it has a black disk within its center. The black area of the disk is likely to be the dome of the disk and would be transparent to the pilots within.

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19-05-2025 om 22:29 geschreven door peter  

Whistleblower Claims Pentagon Has Secret UFO Program; Has Personally Seen Video Of A Flying Disc

by Douglas Charles

UFO whistleblower Matthew Brown, who authored the “Immaculate Constellation” report that was submitted to Congress a few months ago, says the Pentagon has a secret program that collects and compiles images and videos of UFOs. He knows this, he claims, because he has personally seen some of this visual evidence.

According to other whistleblowers, this secret Pentagon UFO data retrieval program has been hidden from Congressional oversight since 2017. It is, according to one government source, known as an “Unacknowledged Special Access Program,” or USAP.

Brown recently spoke to the Weaponized podcast about what he knows from his days working as a Department of Defense and State Department analyst.

In 2024, an enigmatic term began to percolate among a small group of UAP investigators. The name was “Immaculate Constellation.” Anyone who dared to even utter that term would put their own lives at risk, according to persons familiar with the program. “ImCon”, the abbreviated version of the term, was brought to the attention of Congress. Members were told it was a cover term for an Unacknowledged Special Access Program housed within the executive branch, specifically under the control of the White House. ImCon was supposedly a highly secretive program that relied on artificial intelligence to secretly scour classified servers used by the U.S. military and its intelligence agencies to search for and snatch images of UAP encounters.

A report about ImCon, written by an unknown policy advisor, was provided to Congress by Jeremy Corbell months prior to the start of a 2024 public hearing before a House subcommittee. The anonymous author of the report, who had been surreptitiously introduced to key House members by Corbell, had indicated he was willing to testify if requested to do so. A very curious series of events unfolded at the hearing, but in the end, the source of the Immaculate Constellation report was largely ignored, and the origin of the report itself was grossly distorted by members. A spokesperson for the Pentagon denied that any program by that name had ever existed within the Department of Defense.

In describing one video of a flying disc to Weaponized, Matthew Brown tells the show’s hosts, Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp, that the UFO that he saw footage of floats into the frame, but then appears to be “startled” and tries to maneuver out of camera range.

“What do you mean it looked ‘startled’ — what does that mean?” Corbell asked Brown.

“It’s just looking at an area over the ocean,” Brown replied. “This thing just comes trundling along, from underneath the cloud cover. It comes up, and then right when it’s almost center frame, it scoots off to the side and, like, tries to get out of being observed.”

While Brown did not share the video with Weaponized, Corbell told Elizabeth Vargas Reports that he too has seen it.

“I’ve seen it a long time ago, way before I ever met Matthew,” Corbell said. “That is a piece of footage that, within the intelligence community, if they have access to the servers, is kind of famous.”

Matthew Brown also told Weaponized that based on what he has witnessed, there have been UFOs on Earth for “most of recorded history” and that “they’re both just as powerful as we think, but also less.”

He also said at one point in the interview, “I’ve seen videos and read reports of engagements, but not like, we’re not shooting them, but engagements where we are trying to intercept something. Read lots of reports on that and from other countries as well trying to intercept these things. Each report will have its own shape that they’re chasing.

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19-05-2025 om 21:41 geschreven door peter  

Giant Glaciers Reshaped Earth’s Surface and Paved Way for Complex Life

By chemically analyzing crystals in ancient rocks, scientists from Curtin University, the University of Portsmouth and St. Francis Xavier University discovered that as glaciers carved through the landscape after the Neoproterozoic ‘snowball Earth’ events, they scraped deep into the Earth’s crust, releasing key minerals that altered ocean chemistry. This process had a profound impact on the Earth’s composition, creating conditions that allowed complex life to evolve.

An artist’s impression of a ‘Snowball Earth.’

Image credit: NASA.

“Our study provides valuable insights into how Earth’s natural systems are deeply interconnected,” said Curtin University Professor Chris Kirkland, lead author of the study.

“When these giant ice sheets melted, they triggered enormous floods that flushed minerals and their chemicals, including uranium, into the oceans.”

“This influx of elements changed ocean chemistry, at a time when more complex life was starting to evolve.”

“This study highlights how Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere and climate are intimately connected- where even ancient glacial activity set off chemical chain reactions that reshaped the planet.”

The research also offers a new perspective on modern climate change.

It shows how past shifts in Earth’s climate triggered large-scale environmental transformations.

“This research is a stark reminder that while Earth itself will endure, the conditions that make it habitable can change dramatically,” Professor Kirkland said.

“These ancient climate shifts demonstrate that environmental changes, whether natural or human-driven, have profound and lasting impacts.

“Understanding these past events can help us better predict how today’s climate changes might reshape our world.”

• The findings were publsihed in the journal Geology.
• C.L. Kirkland et al. The Neoproterozoic glacial broom. Geology, published online February 25, 2025; doi: 10.1130/G52887.1

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19-05-2025 om 21:29 geschreven door peter