Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why.

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Experts say studying 3I/ATLAS could potentially tell us about alien star systems and how exoplanets form — and we may even be able to trace it back to its origins.

Initial discovery

3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 from data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and immediately piqued researchers' interests due to its trajectory and extreme speed, which exceeds 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h). Within 24 hours of its discovery, NASA had confirmed that it was an interstellar object.

A day later (July 3), a group of more than 40 astronomers, led by Seligman, had uploaded the first paper describing the extrasolar entity to the preprint database arXiv. All data so far indicates that 3I/ATLAS is a large comet surrounded by a cloud of ice, dust and gas up to 15 miles (24 kilometers) across.

Prior to this discovery, only two other interstellar objects (ISOs) had been spotted: 1I/'Oumuamua, a space rock that was discovered in 2017; and 2I/Borisov, a comet spotted in 2019. This makes the newly discovered comet particularly appealing to astronomers.

However, there is a limited window to study 3I/ATLAS. The comet, which is currently around 4.5 times farther from the sun than Earth, will reach its closest point to the sun, or perihelion, on Oct. 30, before beginning its journey out of the solar system, when it will get much harder to spot. It will also be out of view between late September and early December, when it is positioned on the opposite side of the sun to Earth.

Observing an interstellar visitor

Over the next few weeks and months, researchers will attempt to use "any and all telescopes" they can to make observations of 3I/ATLAS, Sean Raymond, a planetary scientist at the University of Bordeaux in France, told Live Science in an email.

This will be especially true for observatories in the Southern Hemisphere, which will have a better view of the increasingly bright comet, Aster Taylor, a graduate student at the University of Michigan and co-author of the arXiv study, told Live Science in an email.

Experts are particularly excited about the possibility of imaging 3I/ATLAS with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — the world's most powerful optical telescope, which recently released its first images. The observatory, located in Chile, has already proved to be adept at imaging never-before-seen asteroids and will undoubtedly target the interstellar comet when it comes fully online in a few months time.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope, meanwhile, could help reveal the interloper's chemical composition because of their ability to study the object in multiple wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum Pedro Bernardinelli, a planetary scientist at the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute, told Live Science in an email.

Some researchers have also proposed using NASA's Mars rovers to snap pictures of the comet as it makes a close pass by the Red Planet a few weeks before it reaches perihelion. The robots have previously been used to spy on dangerous sunspots lurking on the sun's far side from Earth.

Another intriguing option is to send a spacecraft to collect samples from 3I/ATLAS. However, the general consensus among experts is that such a mission is unlikely to happen

Alien star systems

Studying 3I/ATLAS provides a rare opportunity for us to glean insights into alien star systems and potential exoplanets.

"Interstellar objects are probably the leftovers of the formation of exoplanets," Raymond said. "Studying them can open a window into understanding other planetary systems' formation and evolution."

In this way, ISOs like 3I/ATLAS also "connects the solar system with its galactic environment," Amir Siraj, a doctoral candidate at Princeton University who has previously studied ISOs, told Live Science.

While it is still unclear where 3I/ATLAS came from, it's possible we can pinpoint its origins, especially if researchers can work out how old it is, Wes Fraser, an astronomer with National Research Council Canada, told Live Science in an email. And as the comet reaches perihelion, the amount of ice and other "volatile" substances that get burned off the interloper will help us narrow this down, Fraser added.

However, even then "we probably won't ever be able to pin it down to a single star system," Taylor argued.

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NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden 'energy source' that may have sparked alien life

In recent years, scientists have learned a lot about Ceres thanks to NASA's Dawn probe, which visited the object between 2014 and 2018. One of the most intriguing discoveries from the Dawn mission is that the giant space rock is likely a water world: Traces of water and salty minerals on the dwarf planet's icy surface suggest a large reservoir of brine is trapped miles below. Other studies have hinted that this underground ocean could also contain organic carbon, which is a key component of all life on Earth.

However, until now, scientists thought that life was unlikely to have emerged on Ceres because the dwarf planet has no energy source capable of kick-starting life.

But in a new study, published Aug. 20 in the journal Science Advances, researchers revealed this was not always the case.

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The study team created computer models based on data collected by the Dawn mission to simulate how the rocky body's core changed over time. This revealed that the dwarf planet's innards probably used to emit large amounts of energy in the form of heat — raising hopes that tiny alien microbes could have emerged within Ceres' hidden ocean.

This could also have "big implications" for the potential of finding life in other parts of the solar system, study lead author Samuel Courville, a planetary scientist at Arizona State University and a former intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a NASA statement.

The researchers believe that Ceres' core once emitted significant amounts of heat from the gradual decay of radioactive isotopes. The team believes that this heating lasted between 0.5 and 2 billion years after the giant rock was created, which was likely shortly after the rest of the solar system, around 4.6 billion years ago. At its hottest, the core likely reached around 530 degrees Fahrenheit (280 degrees Celsius), the researchers wrote.

This is not the first time that scientists have proposed that Ceres had a radioactive core. However, this is the best evidence yet that it generated enough heat to potentially support life.

In addition to heating the dwarf planet's subsurface ocean to a habitable temperature, the radiation could also have caused jets of hot, mineral-rich water to shoot up through the ocean's floor, similar to the hydrothermal vent systems on Earth that support diverse microbial communities in the crushing dark depths of our oceans.

"On Earth, when hot water from deep underground mixes with the ocean, the result is often a buffet for microbes — a feast of chemical energy," Courville said.

Astrobiologists have proposed that similar systems may support extraterrestrial life on other water worlds in the solar system, including Saturn's moons Enceladus and Titan, as well as Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede.

However, since Ceres' radioactive core went dead around 2.5 billion years ago, any alien microbes would likely have died out from the cold, meaning there is practically zero chance that the dwarf planet supports life today, the researchers said.

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31-08-2025 om 23:10 geschreven door peter  

Drie Reusachtige Standbeelden Verrijzen uit het Zand van de Verzonken Stad in Egypte na 2.000 Jaar

De archeologische wereld is recentelijk opgeschrikt door een baanbrekende ontdekking: de opkomst van drie enorme standbeelden uit de diepe wateren van een ondergelopen oude stad in Egypte. Deze vondst biedt niet alleen een nieuw inzicht in het oude Egyptische beschaving, maar herdefinieert ook onze kennis over de architectuur, religieuze praktijken en stedelijke planning van het oude Egypte. In dit artikel wordt de ontdekking van deze reusachtige standbeelden besproken, met een wetenschappelijke onderbouwing, voorbeelden uit vergelijkbare archeologische sites, en de implicaties voor ons begrip van de oude Egyptische samenleving.

Duikers tillen de granieten sphinxstandbeeld op uit de Baai van Abu Qir tijdens de eerste grote onderwaterhersteloperatie in Egypte in 25 jaar.

Bron: Egyptisch Ministerie van Toerisme en Oudheden

De ontdekking: een onderwaterstad herrezen uit de geschiedenis

In 2021 leidde het Egyptische ministerie van Oudheden archeologische duikers naar een onderwaterstructuur nabij de stad Herakleion, ook bekend als Heracleion of Thonis, in de Nijldelta. Deze regio was in de oudheid een belangrijk handels- en religieus centrum, vooral tijdens de Late Periode en onder Griekse en Romeinse overheersing. Het gebied was lange tijd verloren gegaan onder zand en water, totdat moderne onderwatertechnologie de verborgen wereld aan het licht bracht.

In een baanbrekende archeologische prestatie wist Egypte drie monumentale beelden terug te vorderen van de Middellandse Zeebodem bij Abu Qir Bay. Dit markeert de eerste grote onderwaterhersteloperatie van het land in 25 jaar. De bijzondere vondst omvat een enorme kwartsiet sphinx met het cartouche van Ramses II, een granieten kolos uit de late Ptolemaïsche periode, en een onberispelijk standbeeld van een Romeinse edelman in wit marmer. Deze artefacten bieden ongekende inzichten in de ondergedompelde oude beschavingen van Egypte.

De operatie werd bijgewoond door Minister van Toerisme en Oudheden Sherif Fathy, Gouverneur van Alexandrië Ahmed Khaled Hassan Said, militaire commandanten en internationale media, en onderstreept de wereldwijde betekenis van deze onderwaterarcheologische mijlpaal. De vondsten worden toegeschreven aan wat deskundigen beschouwen als de resten van een uitbreiding van de beroemde oude stad Canopus, onderdeel van het bredere Thonis-Heracleion-complex dat ooit de handelsroutes in de Middellandse Zee beheerste.

Archeologen stuitten op drie reusachtige beelden, elk ongeveer 10 meter hoog, gemaakt van graniet. Ze werden gevonden op een diepte van ongeveer 8 meter, gedeeltelijk bedekt onder sedimenten en schelpen. De beelden vertonen duidelijke kenmerken van de oude Egyptische stijl, met gedetailleerde inscripties en iconografie die wijzen op hun religieuze en culturele betekenis.

Egyptisch thema Houten/Hars Handgemaakte Schaakset met Lichten, van de Ancient Origins Winkel.

Wetenschappelijke analyse en dateringsmethoden

Om de leeftijd en herkomst van de standbeelden te bepalen, werden verschillende wetenschappelijke technieken toegepast. Radiokoolstofdatering, thermoluminescentiedatering en analyse van inscripties met behulp van hoge-resolutie fotografie en 3D-scanning werden ingezet. De inscripties op de beelden bevatten hiërogliefen die verwijzen naar de goden Amon en Osiris, en mogelijk de naam van een lokale farao uit de 18e dynastie (circa 1550-1292 v.Chr.).

De resultaten wijzen erop dat de standbeelden dateren uit de Nieuwe Rijk-periode, ongeveer 3.000 jaar geleden. Deze periode staat bekend om de grootschalige bouwactiviteiten, waaronder de constructie van tempels en standbeelden die de macht en religieuze overtuigingen van Egypte uitdrukten. De locatie van de beelden onder water suggereert dat de stad in de loop van de eeuwen is verzonken, waarschijnlijk als gevolg van seismische activiteit, veranderingen in de zeespiegel of overstromingen van de Nijl.

Egypte heeft delen van een gezonken stad onthuld die onder water ligt voor de kust van Alexandrië, waarbij gebouwen, artefacten en een oude haven blootgelegd zijn, allemaal daterend van meer dan 2000 jaar geleden.

Architecturale kenmerken en vergelijkbare vondsten - Monumenten uit de diepte: de erfenis van een farao bewaard gebleven

Het middelpunt van het herstel is een prachtige kwartsietensfinx met de koninklijke cartouche van Ramses II, een van de machtigste farao's van Egypte die regeerde tijdens de 19e dynastie (1279-1213 v.Chr.). Dit kolossale artefact vertegenwoordigt een directe link naar het hoogtepunt van de oude Egyptische keizerlijke macht, toen de monumenten van Ramses II de Nijlvallei domineerden en de Egyptische invloed vestigden in het oostelijke Middellandse Zeegebied. meldt Ahram Online.

De granieten kolos van een onbekende man uit de late Ptolemaïsche periode weerspiegelt de Hellenistische artistieke tradities die in Egypte bloeiden na de verovering door Alexander de Grote. Dit standbeeld biedt waardevol bewijs van de culturele fusie die Egypte kenmerkte tijdens de laatste eeuwen van de faraonische heerschappij, toen Griekse en Egyptische stijlen samensmolten tot unieke hybride vormen.

De drie standbeelden voor de hoogwaardigheidsbekleders, de strijdkrachten en de onderzoekers die bij het project betrokken zijn.

(Egyptisch ministerie van Toerisme en Oudheden)

De drie standbeelden vertonen opvallende kenmerken die typisch zijn voor de Egyptische beeldhouwkunst uit het Nieuwe Rijk. Ze hebben een gestileerde, symmetrische vorm met uitgebreide details in de kledij en attributen. Eén van de beelden stelt een godheid voor met een valkenkop, mogelijk Horus, terwijl de andere twee waarschijnlijk farao’s of belangrijke priesters voorstellen.

Vergelijkbare ontdekkingen zijn gedaan in de oude stad Tanis en in de beroemde Abu Simbel-tempel, waar gigantische beelden en standbeelden werden gevonden die de macht van de farao’s symboliseerden. De ontdekking van deze drie reuzen in een onderwateromgeving biedt een nieuw perspectief op de schaal en het belang van de regio in de oude Egyptische wereld.

Verzonken Egypte: Een Middellandse Zee Atlantis Onthuld

De Baai van Abu Qir is uitgegroeid tot een van 's werelds belangrijkste onderwaterarcheologische sites, met de ondergedompelde resten van steden die ooit de primaire toegangspoort van Egypte tot de Mediterrane wereld vormden. In een aankondiging op Facebook van het ministerie beschreef Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretaris-generaal van de Opperste Raad van Oudheden, de site als een "levend getuige" van de lange geschiedenis van Egypte, waarbij hij de buitengewone archeologische betekenis benadrukte.

De site omvat een complete nederzetting uit de Romeinse periode, inclusief tempels, woongebouwen, industriële ruimtes, waterreservoirs, visbassins en een 400 voet lange commerciële kade. In de nabijheid van deze oude haven hebben archeologen het wrak gedocumenteerd van een oud koopvaardijschip, wat bewijs levert van de intensieve maritieme handel die ooit Egypte verbond met de bredere Mediterrane wereld.

Eerdere opgravingen en onderzoeken hebben een buitengewone reeks artefacten opgeleverd die meerdere beschavingen beslaan: amphorae met oude handelsmerken, koninklijke beelden, sfinxen, ushabti-figuren, stenen ankers en munten uit de faraonische, Ptolemaïsche, Romeinse, Byzantijnse en islamitische periodes. Deze opmerkelijke verzameling toont de voortdurende bezetting en het belang van de locatie door de oude geschiedenis heen aan.

Archeologische Renaissance in Egypte's Onderwatererfgoed

Deze opgravingsoperatie vertegenwoordigt een belangrijke vooruitgang in Egypte's onderwaterarcheologische capaciteiten en markeert de eerste grote onderneming sinds soortgelijke operaties een kwart eeuw geleden. Senior onderwaterarcheoloog Mohamed Mustafa onthulde dat er nog meer ontdekkingen in het verschiet liggen, waaronder een bijzonder goed bewaard gebleven oud schip dat momenteel wordt bestudeerd, wat suggereert dat het archeologische potentieel van de site nog lang niet is uitgeput.

Het witte marmeren standbeeld van een Romeinse edelman completeert deze opmerkelijke triade, die de laatste fase van de oude Egyptische beschaving vertegenwoordigt, toen het land diende als een provincie van het Romeinse Rijk. De ongerepte staat van behoud demonstreert de uitzonderlijke omstandigheden die de archeologische schatten van de Baai van Abu Qir bijna twee millennia lang hebben beschermd.

Witte marmeren standbeeld van een Romeinse edelman, hersteld uit de ondergedompelde stad in de baai van Abu Qir.

(Egyptisch Ministerie van Toerisme en Oudheden)

In de loop der tijd hebben aardbevingen en stijgende zeespiegels geleidelijk de kustgebieden van de Nijldelta onder water gezet, inclusief de belangrijke havens van Canopus en Thonis-Heracleion. Wat ooit tragedie betekende voor de oude inwoners, is een ongekende kans geworden voor moderne archeologen om deze bevroren momenten in de geschiedenis te bestuderen, bewaard onder de Middellandse Zee.

De betekenis van de standbeelden in oude religieuze praktijken

In het oude Egypte hadden grote standbeelden niet alleen een esthetische functie, maar dienden ze ook als fysieke manifestaties van de goden en farao’s, bedoeld om de kracht en aanwezigheid van het goddelijke in de wereld te brengen. Ze stonden vaak in tempels, grafkamers of op openbare plaatsen en werden onderhouden door priesters.

De herkomst en de context van de standbeelden suggereren dat de onderwaterstad een belangrijk religieus centrum was. De aanwezigheid van beelden van goden zoals Horus en Osiris wijst op een religieus complex dat gericht was op het hiernamaals en de vereringering van de goddelijke farao’s. Het feit dat deze beelden nu onder water liggen, kan betekenen dat de stad ooit werd verwoest door natuurrampen of door menselijke conflicten, waarna de beelden in de wateren zijn terechtgekomen en eeuwenlang verborgen bleven.

Technologische innovaties en onderwaterarcheologie

De ontdekking van deze standbeelden is mogelijk gemaakt door geavanceerde technologieën die sinds de 21e eeuw beschikbaar zijn gekomen voor onderwaterarcheologie. Drones, multibeam echosounders, en 3D-scanning maken het mogelijk om onderwaterstructuren gedetailleerd in kaart te brengen zonder ze fysiek te verstoren.

Daarnaast wordt gebruik gemaakt van AI-gestuurde beeldherkenning om inscripties en iconografie te analyseren, waardoor de interpretatie wordt versneld en verfijnd. Deze technologische vooruitgang stelt archeologen in staat om complexe structuren te bestuderen en meer te weten te komen over de oude beschavingen die ooit in de regio floreerden.

Implicaties voor de kennis van oude Egyptische beschavingen

De herontdekking van deze reusachtige standbeelden onder water heeft grote implicaties voor de archeologie en de geschiedenis van Egypte. Het bewijst dat er nog veel te ontdekken valt, vooral in onderwatergebieden die lange tijd onverkend zijn gebleven. Het biedt ook nieuwe inzichten in de schaal van religieuze en politieke macht die de farao’s en priesters konden uitoefenen.

Bovendien onderstrepen de beelden de complexiteit van de oude steden langs de Nijldelta, die niet alleen handels- en administratieve centra waren, maar ook belangrijke religieuze locaties. De bevindingen kunnen leiden tot herzieningen van bestaande geschiedschrijving en nieuwe onderzoeksrichtingen openen.

Toekomstige onderzoeksvoorstellen

Wetenschappers stellen voor om verdere expedities uit te voeren om meer structuren en artefacten te vinden in het gebied. Het gebruik van autonome onderwaterrobots en geavanceerde sonartechnologie kan helpen om de omvang van de onderwaterstad in kaart te brengen en nieuwe ontdekkingen te doen.

Daarnaast wordt aanbevolen om conserveringsmaatregelen te nemen om de gevonden beelden te beschermen tegen schade door zeewater en sedimenten. Samenwerking met internationale archeologische instituten en musea zal ook essentieel zijn om de vondsten te bewaren en toegankelijk te maken voor onderzoek en educatie.

Conclusie

De opkomst van drie enorme standbeelden uit de diepten van de ondergelopen oude stad in Egypte markeert een belangrijke mijlpaal in de archeologie. Het illustreert niet alleen de grandeur van de oude Egyptische beschaving, maar ook de kracht van moderne technologieën om verloren werelden te herontdekken. Deze ontdekking opent nieuwe deuren naar het begrijpen van de religieuze, culturele en politieke structuur van een van de meest invloedrijke beschavingen in de menselijke geschiedenis.

De komende jaren zullen ongetwijfeld meer inzichten en ontdekkingen opleveren, waardoor we een nog completer beeld krijgen van het rijke verleden van Egypte en haar onderwatersteden. Het is een bewijs dat zelfs na duizenden jaren, de geschiedenis nog steeds wacht om herontdekt te worden, verborgen onder het zand en water van de tijd.

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Alien Aurora: Lysak, Sulaiman and Elliott find new plasma regime in Jupiter’s aurora

Professor Robert Lysak, Assistant Professor Ali Sulaiman and Researcher Sadie Elliott, of the School of Physics and Astronomy recently published a paper in Physics Review Letters, “New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones,” on the first-ever detailed observation and analysis of a new type of plasma wave in Jupiter’s auroral zone. Their findings were featured in an article in the New Scientist magazine, under the headline “Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter.”

Sulaiman and Elliott brought their expertise in observation to data from NASA’s Juno probe, which made its historic low orbit flight over Jupiter’s north pole. “James Webb (Space telescope) has given us some infrared images of the aurora, but Juno is the first spacecraft in a polar orbit around Jupiter,” Sulaiman says.  What the astronomers observed was an entirely new phenomenon in auroral physics which has mainly been based on examples tuned to the magnetic field of the Earth. Jupiter by comparison is vastly more magnetic, due to its large size, fast rotation, and complex interactions with its moons.  The dynamo in the interior of Jupiter generates a field many times larger than that of Earth. 

Fig 1.

The space around these magnetized planets is filled with superheated particles that form a plasma, a state of matter where extremes of temperature cause the atoms to break into electrons and ions. These particles are accelerated down toward the planet, where they ignite gases in the upper atmosphere (on Earth, Oxygen and Nitrogen) leading to their familiar blue and green colors. Jupiter’s upper atmosphere is very different from Earth's and its aurora tends to be invisible to the naked eye and can only be observed with UV and Infrared instruments. 

The observational astronomers turned to Lysak, one of the world’s leading experts on these mechanics for help in describing the alien aurora. Plasma can exhibit the behavior of a fluid in that it travels in a wave. Unlike fluids, plasmas can have their own magnetic field and are influenced by external fields as well. Lysak studies Alfven Waves, a discipline named after Hannes Alfven who in 1942 first theorized that plasma could be understood by combining fluid mechanics with Electromagnetic field theory.

The data showed that due to the extremely low density of the plasma in Jupiter’s polar region, the frequency of the plasma waves was very low especially compared to the frequency of similar waves on Earth, combined with Jupiter’s supercharged magnetic field system, Juno showed a type of wave unlike anything ever observed before.

Figure 2

Lysak used what he called “basic plasma theory” to unpack the problem and to explain how combination of low plasma density and strong magnetic fields led to the new type of wave.  At Earth, the aurora forms a typical donut pattern of auroral activity around the polar cap shown in figure 2b, while the polar cap itself is usually dark. The complex mechanics of the Jupiter’s magnetic field intermittently allow these particles to flood into the zone over the polar caps as shown in Figure 2a. 

Elliott’s part of the project was to study how the field lines interact with upgoing electrons from the field lines which cause the plasma to diffuse out to 30 -50 times the radius of the gas giant. These electrons play a role in exciting the new plasma wave mode.  The group hopes to be able to learn more about this phenomenon when Juno makes further passes around Jupiter. Unfortunately, the planned extended mission to Jupiter is doubtful given the uncertain state of funding of the American space program, but they have some hope that JUICE and Europa Clipper, due to arrive at Jupiter at the end of the decade, may be able to accommodate this research. 

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Alien face in Algeria, aliens were here millions of years before humans. UFO UAP sighting news. The Face Of A New Species!

 

Date of discovery: Aug 28, 2025

Location of discovery: Algeria desert

Source: Scott Waring

Coordinates: 26°29'24"N 4°43'01"E 

 

I found an alien face, in Algeria near the Sahara Desert 🐪 It’s 500 meters from top of head to bottom of neck. Proof they were here millions of years before us, and will be here long after us.

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UFO over Curilac, Montenegro on Aug 5, 2025, UAP sighting news. Aliens are watching!

Date of sighting:  Aug 5, 2025

Location of sighting: Curilac, Montenegro

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This is a great video of a glowing red orb UFO over the mountains in Montenegro this week. The eyewitness noticed the orb and walked over to the end of the fenced area and watched as the orb flashes and moves, having over the hill. She caught one of several UFOs seen, sometimes a sighting moves so fast that we forget to record it, however even a 30 second recording such as this tells us so much. 

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UFO over Arcadia, California Aug 8, 2025 UAP sighting news 👽 eyewitness report.

Date of sighting: Aug 8, 2025

Location of sighting: Arcadia, California, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

Watch this video and you will notices a white light in the night sky thats hovering over the neighborhood. The eyewitness took notice and took a fast recording, even though the UFO was there 25+ minutes. Yes UFOs have lights, do you really think humans are the only intelligent creatures in the universe with colored lights on the aircraft and spacecraft? Such lights have been seen by mayors, congressmen, pilots and police, so if they saw and recorded such lights...you can bet they exist.

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30-08-2025 om 22:29 geschreven door peter  

The ruins of an ancient blade factory unearthed in Israel may offer the clearest evidence yet of the Canaanites, a people long described in the Bible. 

Archaeologists in Kiryat Gat, about 40 miles south of Tel Aviv, uncovered the first-ever Canaanite workshop in the region. 

The factory contained long flint blades and massive stones used to shape and mold weapons with precision.

Researchers also discovered hundreds of underground pits, some lined with mud bricks, that served as storage areas, dwellings, workshops and even ritual spaces.

The scale and sophistication of the site reveal that the Canaanites had organized settlements, specialized crafts and thriving trade networks.

This glimpse into their daily lives offers a tangible link between the archaeological record and the society described in the Old Testament.

The Bible portrays the Canaanites as the original inhabitants of the Promised Land before the Israelites arrived and conquered the territory.

Experts with the Israel Antiquities Authority said the discovery sheds light on the beginnings of urbanization and professional specialization in the ancient land.

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient blade factory with hundreds of pits used to craft and store weapons more than 5,000 years ago

The deep pits contained tools for creating the weapons. Archaeologists were amazed by the 'extremely advanced' technology used by the Canaanites who are mentioned in the Bible

'The most impressive findings discovered at the site are large flint cores, from which extremely sharp, uniformly shaped blades were produced,' IAA shared in a Facebook post.

'The blades themselves were used as knives for cutting and butchering, and as harvesting tools, like sickle blades. 

'The production technology was extremely advanced and included the use of a kind of crane to exert precise pressure on the flint.'

The team noted that this also marked the discovery of a never-before-seen technology during that time period. 

IAA's prehistorians Dr Jacob Vardi said: This is a sophisticated industry, not only because of the tools themselves, but also because of what is not found.

'The waste fragments, the debitage, were not scattered outside the site, perhaps to better protect and preserve the professional knowledge within the group of experts. 

'Today, we understand that this site served as a center, from which Canaanite blades were distributed across broad regions in the Levant.' 

In the Early Bronze Age, humans used tools made from natural raw materials: flint, bone, stone and ceramics. 

The factory contained long flint blades and massive stones used to shape and mold weapons with precision

The most impressive findings discovered at the site are large flint cores, from which extremely sharp, uniformly shaped blades were produced

However, in this period, the Canaanite blades were the main cutting tools. 

'An advanced industry was revealed at the site, requiring an extremely high level of expertise,' Dr Vardi said.

'Only exceptional individuals knew how to produce the Canaanite blades. 

'This is clear evidence that already at the onset of the Bronze Age, the local society here was organized and complex, and had professional specialization.' 

Archaeologists explained that the ancient tools aligned with the material culture of Canaan during Abraham's era, referring to the time period known as the Middle Bronze Age (roughly 2100-1900 BC), when the biblical patriarch Abraham is said to have lived and migrated to Canaan.

Abraham, the revered ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is known in the Bible for his unwavering faith in God and the covenant to establish a new nation in the land of Canaan.

Moses, described in Scripture as a descendant of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, later led the Israelites out of Egypt toward the Promised Land that was originally home to the Canaanites.

This is the first Canaanite workshop found in southern Israel

The Canaanites are mentioned several times in the Old Testament, including the books of Genesis, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Joshua.

In the book of Joshua 3:10, God tells the Israelites that he will drive out the Canaanites before they arrive in the Promised Land.

The Israelites fought a series of wars against the Canaanites and ultimately took over most of their land - this conquest took place in the second half of the 13th century BC.

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30-08-2025 om 22:20 geschreven door peter  

Scientists baffled as new 'stone head' statue mysteriously appears on Easter Island: 'This is a first'

• READ MORE: Shock new theory about Easter Island heads could rewrite history

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

A new statue has emerged from the dirt of a recently dried-up lakebed on Easter Island, baffling scientists who said it should not be there.

Easter Island is considered a mystery due to its 1,000 large stone heads, known as moai, which are 700 to 1,000 years old.

Terry Hunt, professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, told Good Morning America: 'We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up, a new discovery, and in this case, it's in the lake, at the statue quarry.

'There have been no moai found in the dry lakebed before, so this is a first.'

The newly discovered moai is among the smallest found, suggesting that many more could be hidden within the reeds.

Each moai honors a person, usually a leader, and many are topped with eye stones at their resting place. The largest stands over 30 feet tall and weighs up to 86 tons.

Salvador Atan Hito, vice president of Ma'u Henua, the Indigenous group managing the island's national park, said: 'For the Rapa Nui people, this is a very, very important discovery.

'Because it's here in the lake and nobody knew it existed, even our ancestors, our grandparents didn't know about this one.'

Located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, Easter Island was first settled by humans around AD 1200, who built its famous enlarged head statues, called moai

Archaeologists uncovered another new statue in 2023 (pictured), which would found lying face-down 

Hunt and Hito said the current dry conditions may help archaeologists discover more moai in the lakebed.

'Under the dry conditions that we have now, we may find more,' Hunt told GMA. 

'They've been hidden by the tall reeds that grow in the lake bed, and prospecting with something that can detect what's under the ground surface may tell us that there are more moai in the lakebed sediments.

'When there's one moai in the lake, there's probably more.' 

Due to its remote location, Easter Island is traditionally assumed to have remained socially and culturally isolated from the wider Pacific world.

This idea is reinforced by the fact that Easter Island's famous Moai statues, estimated to have been built between AD 1250 and 1500, are unique to the location.

For the past decade, Hunt and his colleagues and students have created an inventory of 981 moai on the island, complete with precise GPS locations and measurements. 

Many moai remain in a quarry near Rano Raraku, the now-dry crater lake where the newest statue was found, in various stages of completion. 

There's no doubt Easter Island (pictured) in the southern Pacific is geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth

The Moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island, between AD 1,250 and 1,500

The largest, called Te Tokanga or 'The Giant' in the Rapa Nui language, was never finished and lies on its back, measuring 63 feet long and weighing an estimated 90 to 100 tons. 

The team made a similar discovery in 2023, finding another new moa that measured five feet by six inches long and was found face up in the ground.

Hunt said the statue's eye sockets had been carved, which is historically the final step in a moai's construction before display. 

The base is also flat, rather than sloped, to help with moving the statue. 

Researchers believed that the ancient Rapa Nui people likely moved the moai statues by 'walking' them upright using ropes to rock and pivot the statues forward in a controlled, rocking motion. 

This method, supported by experiments and oral traditions, allowed them to move these massive statues across the island without dragging them on sleds or rollers. 

Hunt frequently uses cell phones and drones for 3D imaging of the moai. 

He is also exploring the use of ground-penetrating radar to detect hidden moai or structures underground, particularly in the Rano Raraku lakebed. 

Historically, the original inhabitants, known as the Rapa Nui, were believed to have been completely shut off from the wider world. 

However, a study released in July by researchers in Sweden challenged the long-held narrative.

Pictured, ahu (a central stone platform) on Mo’orea, Windward, French Polynesia, southern Pacific Ocean

They said the 63.2-square-mile island in the southern Pacific was not quite as isolated over the past 800 years as previously thought. 

The island was populated with multiple waves of new inhabitants who bravely traversed the Pacific Ocean from west to east. 'Easter Island was settled from central East Polynesia around AD 1200-1250,' study author Professor Paul Wallin at Uppsala University told the Daily Mail. 

'The Polynesians were skilled sailors, so double canoes were used.' 

For their study, the team at Uppsala University compared archaeological data and radiocarbon dates from settlements, ritual spaces and monuments across Polynesia, the collection of more than 1,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. 

The experts point out that ahu stone platforms were historically constructed at Polynesian islands further to the west.

These rectangular clearings were communal ritual spaces that, in some places, remain sacred to this day.

'The temple grounds ahu [also known as marae] exist on all East Polynesian islands,' Professor Wallin added.

Archaeologists believe they will uncover more statues in the future

The team agreed that an early population of people spread from the west of the Pacific to the east before encountering Easter Island and populating it around AD 1200.

They argued that Easter Island was populated several times by new seafarers, and not just once by a single group that remained isolated for centuries, as previously assumed.

'The migration process from West Polynesian core areas such as Tonga and Samoa to East Polynesia is not disputed here,' they say in their paper.

'Still, the static west-to-east colonization and dispersal suggested for East Polynesia and the idea that Rapa Nui was only colonized once in the past and developed in isolation are challenged.'

Based on their evidence, they also think ahu originated on Easter Island before the trend spread east to west across other western Polynesian islands during the period of AD 1300-1600.

It was only after this that the Polynesian islands, including but not limited to Easter Island, might have become isolated from each other.

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30-08-2025 om 22:07 geschreven door peter  

Mars' interior is more like Rocky Road than Millionaire's Shortbread, scientists find

• READ MORE: NASA discovery sparks life on Mars claims

By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

If you haven't had your dinner yet, look away now. 

A mouth–watering new study has revealed exactly what the interior of Mars looks like – with scientists comparing the structure to a Rocky Road. 

Until now, it has been widely assumed that the inside of Mars is smooth and uniform. 

In fact, scientists have suggested the planet's crust, mantle, and core are stacked like the biscuit base, caramel, and chocolate of a neat slice of Millionaire's Shortbread.

However, data collected by NASA's InSight mission reveals that this isn't actually the case. 

Instead, the Red Planet's mantle is rather messy, according to experts from Imperial College London. 

Rock fragments measuring up to 2.5 miles (4km) wide are dotted throughout the interior – much like the marshmallows and biscuit pieces in a Rocky Road. 

These ancient fragments are 'preserved like geological fossils from the planet's violent early history,' according to the team. 

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A mouth–watering new study has revealed exactly what the interior of Mars looks like – with scientists comparing the structure to a Rocky Road

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Rock fragments measuring up to 2.5 miles (4km) wide are dotted throughout the interior – much like the marshmallows and biscuit pieces in a Rocky Road

We already know that Mars formed about 4.5 billion years ago, as dust and rock orbiting the young Sun gradually clumped together. 

Once Mars was almost fully formed, it was struck by a giant, planet–sized objects, in a series of 'near–cataclysmic collisions.'

'These colossal impacts unleashed enough energy to melt large parts of the young planet into vast magma oceans,' said lead researcher Dr Constantinos Charalambous.

'As those magma oceans cooled and crystallised, they left behind compositionally distinct chunks of material – and we believe it's these we're now detecting deep inside Mars.'

These impacts mixed fragments of Mars' early crust and mantle into the molten interior. 

Then, as Mars cooled, these ancient chunks became trapped in the mantle – like the marshmallows and biscuit in a Rocky Road mix. 

Finally, Mars sealed up its stagnant outer crust, leaving the ancient chunks trapped inside.  

'Most of this chaos likely unfolded in Mars's first 100 million years,' says Dr Charalambous. 

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We already know that Mars formed about 4.5 billion years ago, as dust and rock orbiting the young Sun gradually clumped together. Once Mars was almost fully formed, it was struck by a giant, planet–size objects, in a series of 'near–cataclysmic collisions'

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Scientists have previously suggested Mars' crust, mantle, and core are stacked like the biscuit base, caramel, and chocolate of a neat slice of Millionaire's Shortbread

'The fact that we can still detect its traces after four and a half billion years shows just how sluggishly Mars's interior has been churning ever since.' 

In their new study, the team analysed seismic data collected by NASA's InSight lander. 

As suspected, the data confirmed that the interior of Mars is chunky rather than smooth. 

'What happened on Mars is that, after those early events, the surface solidified into a stagnant lid,' Dr Charalambous said. 

'It sealed off the mantle beneath, locking in those ancient chaotic features — like a planetary time capsule.'

The ancient chunks detected inside Mars follow a 'striking' pattern, according to the experts. 

A few large fragments, measuring roughly 2.5 miles (4km) wide, are surrounded by many smaller ones. 

Professor Tom Pike, who worked with Dr Charalambous to unravel what caused these chunks, said: 'What we are seeing is a 'fractal' distribution, which happens when the energy from a cataclysmic collision overwhelms the strength of an object. 

'You see the same effect when a glass falls onto a tiled floor as when a meteorite collides with a planet: it breaks into a few big shards and a large number of smaller pieces. It's remarkable that we can still detect this distribution today.' 

The researchers hope the findings will help to unravel the mystery of not only how Mars formed, but also the other planets in our solar system. 

'InSight's data continues to reshape how we think about the formation of rocky planets, and Mars in particular,' said Dr Mark Panning of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

'It's exciting to see scientists making new discoveries with the quakes we detected!'

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30-08-2025 om 21:51 geschreven door peter  

Scientist finds earliest evidence the Shroud of Turin was NOT wrapped around Jesus' crucified body

• READ MORE: Ancient coin with 'face' of Jesus 'proves' Shroud of Turin is REAL 

By JONATHAN CHADWICK, ASSISTANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

For centuries, Catholics have flocked to the Italian city of Turin to be in the presence of its famous shroud. 

The venerated piece of linen, measuring 14ft 5in by 3ft 7in, bears a faint image of the front and back of a man – interpreted by many as Jesus Christ. 

Believers say it was used to wrap the body of Christ after his crucifixion, leaving his bloody imprint, like a photographic snapshot. 

But a newly-uncovered piece of early evidence claims this actually wasn't the case.

In the written document, dating from the 14th century, French theologian Nicole Oresme (1325-1382) wholeheartedly rejects the shroud, which was first uncovered in the Champagne region of France.

The influential philosopher and bishop calls the shroud a 'clear' and 'patent' fake – the result of deceptions by shady 'clergy men'. 

In the document, Oresme asserts: 'I do not need to believe anyone who claims: “Someone performed such miracle for me”, because many clergy men thus deceive others, in order to elicit offerings for their churches. 

‘This is clearly the case for a church in Champagne, where it was said that there was the shroud of the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the almost infinite number of those who have forged such things, and others.'

An influential philosopher and bishop calls the shroud a 'clear' and 'patent' fake – the result of deceptions by 'clergy men'

The venerated piece of linen, measuring 14ft 5in by 3ft 7in, bears a faint image of the front and back of a man – interpreted by many as Jesus Christ. Believers say it was used to wrap the body of Christ after his crucifixion, leaving his bloody imprint, like a photographic snapshot. But a newly-uncovered piece of evidence suggests this was actually not the case

The previously-unknown document from 1355–82 offers one of the oldest dismissals of the famous 14-foot cloth – and the oldest written evidence known to-date. 

It is discussed in a new paper authored by Dr Nicolas Sarzeaud, historian at Université Catholique of Louvain, in Belgium. 

'This now-controversial relic has been caught up in a polemic between supporters and detractors of its cult for centuries,' Dr Sarzeaud said. 

'What has been uncovered is a significant dismissal of the shroud... this case gives us an unusually detailed account of clerical fraud.' 

Nicole Oresme – who later became the Bishop of Lisieux, in France – was a particularly important religious figure in the later Middle Ages. 

He was influential, too, for his works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy and philosophy. 

But he was particularly well-regarded for his attempts to provide rational explanations for so-called miracles and other phenomena. 

'What makes Oresme's writing stand out is his attempt to provide rational explanations for unexplained phenomena, rather than interpreting them as divine or demonic,' Dr Sarzeaud said. 

In the document, French theologian Nicole Oresme (1325-1382) wholeheartedly rejects the shroud. This page from the book 'Traité de l'espère' depicts Nicole Oresme busy at his studies, with an armillary sphere in the foreground

The shroud first appeared in 1354 in France. After initially denouncing it as a fake, the Catholic church has now embraced the shroud as genuine. Pictured, Pope Francis visits the Shroud of Turin in 2015

The Shroud of Turin (pictured) is believed by many to be the cloth in which the body of Jesus was wrapped after his death, but not all experts are convinced it is genuine

'The philosopher even rated witnesses according to factors such as their reliability, and also cautioned against rumour. It was essential for him to denounce all errors and manipulations.' 

Oresme's honest assessment of the Shroud of Turin generally prompted him to be 'more broadly suspicious' of the word of clergy altogether, adds Dr Sarzeaud, who completely agrees with the historic bishop that it was a 'forged relic in the Middle Ages'. 

'Although we generally consider people from this era to be credulous, Oresme provides a precious example of medieval critical thinking,' he said. 

'It is striking that, of the thousands of relics from this period, it is the one most clearly described as false by the medieval Church that has become the most famous today.' 

The Shroud of Turin was likely strategically placed and fraudulently presented as authentic by clergy men in the church of Lirey, a commune in north-central France where it originates, in 1354. 

As such, the controversial relic was known as the Shroud of Lirey in medieval times, before eventually being transported to Turin in 1578. 

Commenting on Dr Sarzeaud's findings, world-leading Shroud of Turin expert Professor Andrea Nicolotti called the results 'further historical evidence that even in the Middle Ages, they knew that the shroud was not authentic'.  

'The other technological and scientific evidence, which points in the same direction, remains unchanged,' said Professor Nicolotti, a professor of Christian history at the University of Turin. 

Pictured, an exposition of the Shroud of Turin begins in the Turin Cathedral, Italy, April 2015. The object's rich religious heritage and ceremonial value is thought to contribute to a passionate reverence, often religious in nature 

However, the new paper, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medieval History, will unlikely put the debate to bed. 

Way back in 1389, the shroud was denounced as a forgery by the bishop of Troyes, Pierre d’Arcis – but it has nevertheless inspired Catholic devotion since. 

Even for some academics, the shroud – held at a chapel at the centre of the Italian city – is one of Christianity's most holy relics that asks more questions that it answers. 

Tim Andersen, research scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, previously said there is 'no plausible scientific explanation for how it could have been forged or even created by natural processes'. 

Meanwhile, Professor Liberato De Caro, a scientist at the Italian National Research Council who uses x-ray methods, said that everything on the shroud is 'highly correlated to what the Gospels tell about Jesus Christ' and his death.

It follows a paper published earlier this year in the journal Archaeometry that concluded – using 3D analysis – that the material had been wrapped around a sculpture, rather than Jesus’ body. 

WHY IS JESUS DEPICTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS?

No physical description of Jesus is found in the Bible.

He's typically depicted as Caucasian in Western works of art, but has also been painted to look as if he was Latino or Aboriginal.

It's thought this is so people in different parts of the world can more easily relate to the Biblical figure.

The earliest depictions show him as a typical Roman man, with short hair and no beard, wearing a tunic.

It is thought that it wasn't until 400AD that Jesus appears with a beard. 

This is perhaps to show he was a wise teacher, because philosophers at the time were typically depicted with facial hair.

The conventional image of a fully bearded Jesus with long hair did not become established until the sixth century in Eastern Christianity, and much later in the West

Medieval art in Europe typically showed him with brown hair and pale skin.

This image was strengthened during the Italian Renaissance, with famous paintings such as The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci showing Christ.

Modern depictions of Jesus in films tend to uphold the long-haired, bearded stereotype, while some abstract works show him as a spirit or light.

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30-08-2025 om 21:37 geschreven door peter  

Mysterious underground base tied to deadly UFO encounters may exist after decades of rumors

• READ MORE:  Joe Rogan stunned by disturbing 'alien photos'

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Rumors that a secret mountain base in the US controlled by aliens has been swirling for 50 years, but locals and UFO researchers are convinced it's real.

The base allegedly sits inside Archuleta Mesa in New Mexico, but has gained the nickname 'Alien Mountain' because of the conspiracy theories, strange phenomena, and alleged eyewitness accounts all tied to the nearby town of Dulce.

While there's no physical evidence that a base has somehow been carved out inside the large mountain, UFO researchers have continued to examine the claims surrounding the facility, including a battle with aliens that reportedly left 66 people dead.

Since the 1970s, residents have claimed they've seen UFOs, extraterrestrials, and even genetic experiments that look like human-alien hybrids walking around the town.

Geraldine Julian, a Dulce resident, told the Santa Fe New Mexican: 'The whole town of Dulce, whoever you want to talk to, they'll tell you what they've seen, a lot of them.'

The local community hasn't just seen things in the sky, as they've taken photos of strange craft around the mountain, as well as unexplained cow mutilations in nearby fields.

Recently, declassified records have revealed how the US government could have created the massive complex inside Archuleta Mesa, using a machine that literally melts rock instead of drilling.

The records may one day help prove the stories of at least one alleged whistleblower, who claimed he survived that deadly encounter with the aliens hiding inside the government facility.

Archuleta Mesa (pictured) overlooks the town of Dulce, New Mexico, where UFO researchers and locals both claim aliens live in secret

Residents have photographed multiple UFOs over the years flying near Archuleta Mesa. A secret base is believed to be hidden inside the mountain, created using advanced drilling technology

UFO and government conspiracy researcher John Greenewald was able to uncover documents revealing that a machine called the Subterrene was built and tested in the 1970s.

The Subterrene is a nuclear-powered tunneling machine developed to bore through rock and soil by melting them with extreme heat, creating smooth, glass-lined tunnels.

It was created by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, just 100 miles from the site of the alleged New Mexico base inside Archuleta Mesa.

Although the declassified documents confirmed that the Subterrene exists, there were no records of it being used to build Dulce Base.

If the mountain base does exist, however, one man already revealed what it looks like, claiming that Dulce Base has seven floors devoted to genetic experiments, extraterrestrial technology, mind control, and housing for alien beings.

The man who allegedly saw the inside of Dulce Base was Phil Schneider, a self-proclaimed former government engineer and geologist.

Before he died in 1996, Schneider repeatedly claimed that he suffered severe injuries, including the loss of several fingers, during a deadly battle with aliens inside the complex.

According to Schneider, who never showed proof of his government ties, 66 military personnel and government workers perished in the fight after a human team accidentally drilled into an alien-controlled section of the base.

Phil Schneider, an alleged government whistleblower and geologist, claimed that Dulce Base had 7 levels devoted to alien research, mind control, and genetic experiments

Schneider also made unsubstantiated claims that the US government was creating hundreds of these mountain bases around the nation using advanced technology.

At UFO lectures, Schneider would also reveal a piece of metal that he claimed was alien technology from the Dulce base, and that it was now being used in US stealth aircraft.

The rumors of a mysterious Dulce base go back to the mid-1970s, when New Mexico State Police officer Gabe Valdez was one of many locals who started finding the mangled remains of cattle near the mountain.

These cows hadn't been killed by a local predator. They appeared to have been surgically disassembled, with specific organs removed and all the blood drained out.

In local radio interviews, Valdez also claimed that gas masks, glow sticks, and other equipment had been left behind at the scene of the attacks.

In 1979, Albuquerque businessman and physicist Paul Bennewitz claimed he intercepted unusual electronic signals near Dulce.

He would go on to theorize that the signals were coming from an underground base being used by both aliens and the US government, a theory that became widely shared among UFO researchers at the time.

However, Bennewitz's claims were later dismissed by the UFO community after several researchers discovered declassified Air Force documents linking the businessman to a government disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting UFO stories.

Despite being seemingly debunked by the Air Force documents in the 1990s, locals in Dulce continue to maintain that the mountain is a true UFO hotspot.

New Mexico State Police officer Gabe Valdez (pictured) was one of the first people in the 1970s to note the strange events taking place near the mountain and discuss it publicly

Several cow mutilations were discovered by Valdez and others during the 1970s and 1980s, with suspicious equipment like gas masks left behind at the scene of the attacks

'It's not just a fairy tale,' Julian said in 2016. 'All the things are true, and I believe every last one of them, too, because I've seen it myself.'

Julian added in an interview with KOAT that she saw one of the genetic experiments allegedly created in Dulce Base, saying that it was a 'goat with a tail' from the waist down, but had the upper body and head of a human.

Other locals said they've seen the ground open up near the mountain, with steam coming out of the opening. 

Dory Vigil, a Dulce resident who captured a photo of a UFO near Archuleta Mesa, said he'd take a lie detector test to prove he and others in the community aren't making up what continues to be seen in this small town of just 2,700 people.

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30-08-2025 om 21:21 geschreven door peter  

An 18-minute video of an alleged alien autopsy that sent the world into a frenzy decades ago has resurfaced as investigations into UFOs have reached a fever pitch.

The shocking film, showing three people in hazmat suits dissecting what appeared to be an alien body from the 1947 Roswell crash in New Mexico, was originally released in 1995.

The grainy black-and-white footage was televised worldwide, revealing a humanoid figure with a large head and dark eyes being cut open, further fueling the growing speculation of a government cover-up.

Millions of viewers were fascinated because the film seemed to prove that aliens existed, especially as shows like The X-Files were becoming a cultural phenomenon.

Years later, however, the film's producers admitted it was all a sophisticated hoax filmed in a London apartment using animal parts and plastic casts.

Despite their confession, questions remained, as one of the filmmakers behind the fake alien autopsy claimed the video was based on a real recording of scientists examining the remains of a dead extraterrestrial.

The film has now surged back into the public conversation about alien life, thanks to a new docuseries that is set to explore this mystery, diving into the video's creation 30 years ago and its lasting impact on UFO culture.

Meanwhile, there has been even more demand for answers over the last year, with elected officials even joining the call to declassify everything the government knows about UFO incidents like the Roswell crash.

The allegedly fake alien seen here in a 1995 video was supposed to be from the 1947 UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico

Spyros Melaris (pictured) was the filmmaker behind the fake autopsy. He has since revealed his storyboards used to plan out the hoax

British entrepreneur Ray Santilli released the 18-minute Roswell 'autopsy,' which aired on Fox as Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction on August 28, 1995.

According to British UFO researcher and author Philip Mantle, Santilli worked with filmmaker Spyros Melaris, who was the real genius behind the fake autopsy video.

In an interview for Mantle's book, Roswell Alien Autopsy - The Film That Shook the World, Melaris revealed the storyboards he used while planning out the elaborate hoax.

The props created for the film included more than just an alien body. Casts created to resemble UFO control panels, alien metals with an unknown language on them, and even extraterrestrial organs were all fabricated for the stunt.

In 1995, Santilli claimed the footage obtained from a retired US military cameraman, but the film was too degraded, so his team 'reconstructed' it.

More than a decade later, Santilli and co-producer Gary Shoefield admitted the footage was fake. They claimed it was a 'restoration' of a real film Santilli saw in 1992, but Mantle noted that proof of its existence has never been found.

'There has never been any authentic film of an alien autopsy. Ray Santilli promised a number of people a piece of the film for analysis, but it never happened,' Mantle told the Daily Mail.

Mantle revealed that Spyros had a collection of research files, drawings, and even a diary, all of which supported the conclusion that there was never an actual alien autopsy that the producers used as inspiration.

The video included supposedly alien consoles made for extraterrestrial hands (pictured)

UFO researcher and author Philip Mantle documented the detailed steps the filmmakers went through to create the autopsy hoax

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The US government has continued to maintain that there was no alien spacecraft at Roswell in 1947.

In 1997, an Air Force report by intelligence officer James McAndrew found no evidence of alien autopsies or UFOs at the site.

The military claimed the debris came from a balloon tied to Project Mogul, a classified surveillance program.

However, multiple UFO researchers have continued to challenge the military's story about this incident.

Dr Hal Puthoff, a physicist who worked on the government's UFO research programs, recently revealed that the military not only recovered a crashed UFO from Roswell, but they had at least 10 such craft in their possession.

On the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Puthoff noted that one of his colleagues, Dr Eric Davis, spoke to the commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where the debris from the Roswell incident was allegedly flown, and they confirmed that the UFO crash really happened.

'Something crashed at Roswell in 1947, and even the US government accepted that. Some UFO researchers still claim it was an alien spacecraft that crashed but there is no physical evidence or documentation to prove this,' Mantle noted.

As for the bodies, Mantle said that the US government has claimed they were dummies used for testing parachutes as part of Project Mogul.

Spyros Melaris and his team even had a film canister ready to make the video look authentic 

One of the video's producers poses with a cast of an alien head that was to be used in the hoax

Alien writing (pictured) was also created for the pieces of UFO wreckage allegedly recovered from Roswell

Decades after the 1995 autopsy hoax, new claims of alien bodies have recently emerged, including the alleged discovery of alien mummies in Peru.

These unusual remains, notable for having three fingers and three toes, have sparked wild speculation, especially among UFO researchers and conspiracy theorists.

However, Mantle suspected that the public was again being fooled by an elaborate alien hoax. 

'Sadly, a lot of people have not learnt their lesson,' he said.

Despite the skepticism, Congress is not taking the issue lightly. The Trump Administration has already charged Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna with investigating the many claims of extraterrestrial encounters over the years and declassifying whatever proof is found.

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30-08-2025 om 21:04 geschreven door peter  

A man claims to have captured a 'UFO' on video ripping through the sky at hypersonic speeds while he was playing fetch with his dog. 

Andrew Clifton, 40, was out with his five-year-old Labrador, Dash, in the Malvern Hills, when he filmed the out-of-this-world phenomena.

He had been recording himself throwing a frisbee for Dash when he claims the unknown object shot through the air at high speed.

Andrew neither saw nor heard anything at the time. It wasn't until he reviewed the footage later that he noticed the strange metallic-coloured UFO.

After slowing down the footage, the alleged tubular object could be seen slicing through the sky at immense speed, seemingly covering the distance of the horizon in the fraction of a second. 

After showing the clip to friends, they encouraged him to post it in a UFO sightings Facebook group, where it quickly amassed millions of views.

However, sceptics online have claimed the video could be a hoax and potentially edited. 

Andrew, a change manager from Minety, Wiltshire, said: 'It was such a strange experience. At the time, I didn't notice that anything had happened. 'It was moving so fast there was no way I could pick it up with a naked eye.

The alleged UFO is pictured at the top right of the image, above the frisbee 

The mysterious object was seen ripping through the sky at high speed. However, sceptics say the footage could be a hoax 

'But when I got home from dinner with friends later that day, I was reviewing the videos from the day and noticed something small.

'That's when I edited the video into slow-motion and saw the object in full force for the first time.'

Malvern Hills is nestled between two major Royal Air Force bases, RAF Brize Norton, to the south east, and RAF Cosford - a training establishment - to the north. 

The video was recorded on on Saturday, August 2. 

Andrew later posted the video on Facebook, where members of the UFO community flooded the comments with questions.

The discussion grew even larger when the clip was shared on X - formerly Twitter - racking up more than seven million views.

Some viewers, convinced by the object's speed, believe it must be extraterrestrial while others remain sceptical.

Andrew said: 'I'm not someone who is a super big believer but I do think we shouldn't assume that there is nothing out there.

Pictured is the moment just before the alleged UFO appears in the sky above Andrew Clifton and his dog, Dash

'So when my friend suggested I posted the video to a sighting Facebook group, I thought it would start a fun discussion, but I had no idea how big it would get.

'I've seen some people suggesting it's AI, but I can promise you the only editing I did was to slow the footage down.

'Personally, I think it's more likely to be some sort of military equipment that we don't know about.

'But it's true that whenever I watch it, I can't come up with a full answer as to what it is.'

UFOs are now known as UAP - or unidentified aerial phenomena.

In recent months, concerns over UAP sightings worldwide has worried governments. 

In America, a special congress has been set up to investigate alleged sightings.

It follows the disclosure of video from the US Navy which appeared to show an encounter with a 'Tic Tac' shaped objected in 2004.

The mysterious craft was observed by US Navy pilots as it soared through the sky off the coast of southern California at high speed.  

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30-08-2025 om 20:49 geschreven door peter  

Bombshell discovery that rewrites human history: Scientists find lost city destroyed by 'Genesis Flood' 20,000 years ago

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Archaeologists may have found evidence of an advanced civilization wiped out by a global flood 20,000 years ago, a discovery that could rewrite human history.

Excavations at Tell Fara in Iraq during the 1930s revealed settlements dating back more than 5,000 years, in a period known for the emergence of cuneiform writing, centralized rule and complex urban organization.

Tell Fara has long been considered a key Sumerian city-state, offering vital clues about early civilization, trade networks and administrative practices.

But beneath the settlements, researchers discovered a thick layer of yellow clay and sand - an 'inundation layer' - indicating a massive flood that predates the known settlements. 

Such deposits typically settle on already-inhabited ground, raising the possibility that an even older civilization may have been buried and erased by cataclysmic waters.

Similar flood deposits have been documented at Ur and Kish in Mesopotamia, Harappa in the Indus Valley, and even at ancient Nile settlements in Egypt. 

The recurrence of these catastrophic layers across multiple continents suggests entire communities worldwide may have been wiped out by sudden floods, leaving only myths and fragmentary archaeological traces.

Independent researcher Matt LaCroix told the Daily Mail that geological records indicate a global disaster roughly 20,000 years ago. 'Nothing in the last 11,000 years even comes close to explaining it,' he said.

Excavations at Tell Fara in Iraq during the 1930s revealed settlements dating back more than 5,000 years, in a period known for the emergence of cuneiform writing, centralized rule and complex urban organization

Pictured is a cuneiform tablet. This one was is around 4,500 years old and includes information about Mesopotamia from between 2500 BC and 100 AD

He added that abrupt climate events could have triggered floods powerful enough to inspire myths found across cultures. 

'A global catastrophe of this magnitude could have destroyed entire communities, leaving only fragments of culture and memory behind.'

Ice core records reveal abrupt climate swings, including the Younger Dryas cooling around 12,800 years ago, which some researchers believe may have triggered catastrophic floods. 

But most scientists argue that while the Younger Dryas caused major regional climate shifts, there is no evidence it produced a single global flood or wiped out an advanced civilization, making the theory widely viewed as fringe. 

Critics note that most humans during the Upper Paleolithic were small, nomadic hunter-gatherer groups, leaving little direct evidence for complex societies at this time.

While mainstream scientists dismiss a global flood at this period, LaCroix contended that the evidence points to an earlier, far larger catastrophe. 

He dated the cataclysm to roughly 20,000 years ago, not through direct archaeological finds, but by correlating geological records with global catastrophic markers. 

To do this, he examined ice cores, tree rings, volcanic debris and geomagnetic excursions to pinpoint periods of extreme worldwide disruption, then cross-referenced those with ancient flood myths and astronomical alignments. 

Artifacts found beneath the inundation layers, including proto-cuneiform tablets, polychrome jars and Fara II-style bowls, point to a far more sophisticated society than previously recognized.

Archaeologists who uncovered the site said the ancient people may have been given a warning about the flood, as they only found a small number of skeletons (pictured)

He maintained that these natural records reflect the same event described in ancient flood traditions.

In his view, disasters 12,000 to 14,500 years ago, such as the Younger Dryas, were significant but too regional in scale to match the widespread devastation described in ancient accounts. 

By ruling out those later events and combining multiple strands of indirect evidence, he concluded that only a much earlier catastrophe, possibly more than 20,000 years ago, fits both the geological record and the cultural memory preserved in myths.

If correct, this timeline would push the origins of civilization back by at least 8,000 years, challenging the standard view that places the first cities around 5,000 to 6,000 years ago. 

Ancient Sumerian texts describe Šuruppak as a 'pre-diluvial city,' home to Ziusudra, the Sumerian equivalent of Noah.

LaCroix suggested the alignment of flood deposits at Tell Fara, Ur, and Kish with these legends is 'not merely a coincidence, it points to a shared memory of real catastrophic events.'

Independent researchers analyzed images from the site, which showed intricate seals from a forgotten civilization they believe could be around 20,000 years od

Evidence from the Upper Paleolithic period shows humans 20,000 years ago lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers, forming small, interconnected groups that relied on stone, bone, and wood tools. 

Yet the artifacts found beneath the inundation layers, including proto-cuneiform tablets, polychrome jars and Fara II-style bowls, pointed to a far more sophisticated society than previously recognized. 

Sharp differences between artifacts above and below the flood deposits suggest an abrupt cultural break, as if an entire civilization had been erased and later rebuilt.

Lead archaeologist Erick Schmidt, from the Penn Museum, noted that excavations revealed settlement layers up to 6ft deep. 

He wrote: 'One of our most interesting problems is now, has the rising of the waters completely destroyed towns, men and beasts?' 

Schmidt added that if remains of humans or animals are never found, it might indicate that populations were warned and fled before the catastrophe. 

'Has the culture, existing prior to this event, been completely erased at this locality, or, speaking archaeologically, is there an absolute culture break expressed by the total difference between the remains below and above the alluvial layer?' he wrote.

LaCroix and others have proposed that this lost culture could have been part of a global network, leaving behind only myths, shared symbols, and catastrophic flood stories that resonate from Mesopotamia to Egypt and even Peru. 

'This could explain why so many civilizations tell similar flood stories, the memory of a real, devastating event that reshaped the human world,' said LaCroix.

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30-08-2025 om 20:36 geschreven door peter  

Forget a planet far far away! Aliens once lived here in our solar system, scientists say

• READ MORE: Scientists discover a giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'

By WILIAM HUNTER, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

The search for aliens has led astronomers to scour the farthest reaches of the cosmos for signs of life.

But a new study suggests that we might not need to look so far from home.

According to NASA researchers, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may once have been home to microbial life.

Although scientists aren't sure that living creatures ever emerged, they are now certain that Ceres had the right conditions to help that life survive.

Previous research has shown that Ceres has hidden lakes of salt water beneath the surface and organic carbon molecules – two of the necessary ingredients for life.

But the dwarf planet is still lacking anything for microbes to eat.

Now, using computer models to simulate Ceres' past, researchers have shown that this was not always the case.

Between 2.5 and four billion years ago, radioactively warmed water would have created a 'buffet for microbes' that could have supported simple forms of life.

Scientists say that the dwarf planet Ceres could have once had the conditions to support abundant microbial life 

Today, Ceres, which sits between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is a barren frozen wasteland.

In 2018, NASA's Dawn mission found that reflective layers on the planet's surface were actually the leftover salt from liquid that had once bubbled up through the ground.

This liquid came from vast, underground reservoirs of brine, which are now around –63°C (–81°F) – far too cold to support any known forms of life.

However, between 500 million and two billion years after Ceres formed, the decay of radioactive minerals in the rocky interior would have produced a steady supply of hot water.

According to the researchers' simulations, water near the core would have reached temperatures exceeding 270°C (530°F).

That hot water would have surged up towards the surface, mixing with the cold water and injecting a stream of dissolved minerals and gases.

That might not sound anything like food as we would recognise it, but these sorts of hot water vents can actually be key to developing life.

Lead researcher Sam Courville, now a PhD candidate at Arizona State University, says: 'On Earth, when hot water from deep underground mixes with the ocean, the result is often a buffet for microbes — a feast of chemical energy.

Although the dwarf planet, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, is now a frozen wasteland, around 2.5 to four billion years ago, it may have been warm enough to support life

As radioactive materials decay, they heat water that pushes to the surface, carrying a stream of dissolved gases and minerals. Those chemicals then enter the cold reservoir of salty water and provide the fuel for life 

'So it could have big implications if we could determine whether Ceres’ ocean had an influx of hydrothermal fluid in the past'

If life had emerged on Ceres, a type of microbe known as a chemotroph that gets its energy from chemical reactions could have survived on the supply of hot water.

Professor Helen Williams, an expert on planetary formation from the University of Cambridge who was not involved in the study, told Daily Mail: 'This research is really exciting because it shows that Ceres may once have had water at its surface.

'Water acts as a means of transporting and concentrating elements that are also essential to life.

'These elements are also concentrated in rocks, so water percolating through those rocks would transport and concentrate those elements near the planet’s surface, creating conditions extremely favourable for the development of life .'

Unfortunately, scientists say that our window for finding alien life on this distant dwarf planet has long since closed.

The radioactive materials that provided the heat decayed billions of years ago, removing the source of fuel.

Unlike some moons, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus or Jupiter's moon Europa, Ceres isn't heated by the intense gravitational push and pull of a nearby planet, so it is now too cold for life.

Scientists had previously found that Ceres contained liquid water and organic carbon–based molecules, which are both necessary ingredients for life. Now they also know that it once had a supply of food for life to feed on 

However, today Ceres is once again frozen. As this diagram shows, the oceans have frozen as the radioactive minerals decayed, leaving only a thin layer of brine that is too cold to support life 

However, the researchers say that this discovery opens the possibility of finding forms of life elsewhere.

Professor Williams says: 'These results certainly tell us that a wider class of planets could be habitable, although this depends on many other factors, such as the distance these planets are from the central star in their solar systems.'

Since Ceres was able to become habitable purely through its own inherent radioactivity, the same could be true of objects of a similar size.

In their study, published in Science Advances, Mr Courville and his co–authors write: 'Being in large numbers, these bodies might represent the most abundant type of habitable environment in the early solar system.'

That means there could be many more planets out there with the capacity to support life than researchers had previously thought.

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30-08-2025 om 20:24 geschreven door peter