WAT IS DE LANGSTE TIJD DAT IEMAND KLINISCH DOOD WAS - EN DAARNA TERUG TOT LEVEN GEWEKT?

Kunnen mensen echt uit de dood terugkeren nadat ze minuten of zelfs uren lang geen hartslag hebben gehad?

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Wat is de langste tijd waarin iemand klinisch dood is geweest en daarna weer tot leven is gebracht? Die vraag lijkt op een paradox: hoe kan iemand die niet ademhaalt, geen polsslag heeft en mogelijk geen hersenactiviteit vertoont, later weer opduikt alsof er niets is gebeurd? Wetenschappelijk gezien gaat het om grenzen tussen klinische dood, hersendood en levende toestand, en om de manieren waarop het menselijk lichaam kan worden teruggebracht tot leven wanneer de condities gunstig blijven. In dit essay verken ik wat “klinische dood” precies betekent, welke voorvallen de geschiedenis sieren, en waarom sommige mensen na lange perioden van stilstand toch weer kunnen opveren. Daarbij geef ik voorvallen en voorbeelden met de meest betrouwbare details die in de medische literatuur terug te vinden zijn. Ik sluit af met wat deze verhalen ons leren over genezende technologieën, ethiek en de menselijke veerkracht.

1. Klinische dood en de grenzen van leven en dood

Klinische dood is de toestand waarin iemands hart en ademhaling zijn gestopt, wat doorgaans ook leidt tot afwezigheid van hersenactiviteit. In de literatuur wordt vaak gesproken over de “noodrem” waar medische ingrepen nog mogelijk zijn: reanimatie, beademing, en een reeks lifesaving-technieken zoals defibrillatie en later mogelijk extracorporale membraanoxygenatie (ECMO). Cruciaal is de korte periode waarin het lichaam kan worden gekoeld of de stofwisseling kan worden afgeremd, zodat cellen minder snel beschadigd raken vanwege gebrek aan zuurstof. Dit fenomeen—waarbij de hersenen en het lichaam lange tijd zonder stroom en zuurstof kunnen overleven als de temperatuur laag genoeg daalt of de stofwisseling tijdelijk wordt teruggebracht—wordt hypothermie genoemd. Hypothermie kan als een soort “verzamelaar” fungeren van tijd: het lichaam vertraagt de inwendige processen en houdt organen in leven, zelfs terwijl de ademhaling en hartslag ontbreekt.

2. Het helderste en meest betrouwbare geval:

Anna Bagenholm Het meest bekende en vaak aangehaalde geval van een extreem lange periode van klinische dood die eindigde in herstel met opmerkelijk goede neurologische uitkomsten, is dat van Anna Bagenholm, een Zweedse arts. In 1999, tijdens een ski-ongeluk in de bergen nabij Åre, raakte zij door een sneeuwlawine of het openen van een geultje onder de sneeuw zo ondiep dat ze in koud water terechtkwam. Haar lichaamstemperatuur daalde naar een recordlage waarde voor een mens die nog leefde: ongeveer 13,7°C (56,7°F). De totale tijd waarin haar lichaam onder extreme onderkoeling verkeerde, werd pas later bestuderd in rapporten van de medische teams en omvatte een lange periode waarin de hartslag en ademhaling afwezig waren. Uiteindelijk werd zij gered; haar hart kwam terug op gang en ze werd met functionele neurologische uitkomsten uit het ziekenhuis ontslagen.

Waarom dit geval zo prominent is, gaat verder dan de toevallige duur van de onderkoelde toestand. In Anna Bagenholms geval speelde een combinatie van factoren een rol: buitengewone onderkoeling verlengt de periode waarin hersenen kunnen overleven bij gebrek aan zuurstof, een snelle medische interventie na redding, en geavanceerde reanimatietechnieken. Dit incident werd uitvoerig gedocumenteerd in de medische literatuur en heeft geleid tot een verhoogde interesse in onderkoeling als een therapeutische strategie in sommige gevallen van hartstilstand. Het geeft ook aan hoe menselijk herstel mogelijk is, zelfs wanneer de klokken lijken te hebben stilgestaan.

3. Andere bekende en gedocumenteerde voorbeelden 

Hoewel Anna Bagenholm een schijnbaar besteendrecord blijft in termen van onderkoelde toestand met herstel, zijn er nog enkele opmerkelijke gevallen waarin mensen na langere perioden van klinische dood weer tot leven kwamen, vaak onder vergelijkbare omstandigheden van onderkoeling of intense medische zorg.

• Prolonged cardiac arrest op het gebied van onderkoeling: Er zijn meerdere gevallen uit de literatuur waarin personen na tientallen minuten tot meer dan een uur van klinische dood herwonen met minimale of matige neurologische schade. In sommige van deze gevallen werd de toestand vergezeld door diepe onderkoeling en door onmiddellijke, agressieve reanimatiemaatregelen. De conclusies uit deze gevallen zijn vaak afhankelijk van de totale duur van hartstilstand, de temperatuur van het lichaam bij redding, en de snelheid en kwaliteit van de medische zorg, inclusief cardiopulmonale reanimatie (CPR) en later ECMO (extracorporale membraanoxygenatie).

• Hypothermie als “levensverlengende truc”: De centrale wetenschappelijke les uit deze gevallen is dat hypothermie de metabole behoeften aanzienlijk verlaagt. Hersencellen gebruiken zuurstof en glucose, maar bij lagere temperatuur vertraagt de biochemische snelheid van celprocessen considerably. Daardoor kan hersenschade tijdelijk worden beperkt, zelfs als de zuurstoftoevoer is gestopt. Dit biedt een kans dat, wanneer de bloedtoevoer en ademhaling worden hersteld, de hersenen nog kunnen terugkeren tot functioneel niveau van activiteit.

• Berichte gevallen met lange CPR- en bewuste perioden: Er zijn gevallen waarin personen na tientallen minuten CPR weer een polsslag en spontane ademhaling kregen, en sommigen vertrokken met geringe neurologische beperkingen, terwijl anderen herstellen tot vrijwel volledig functioneren. Dergelijke gevallen zijn echter zeldzaam en worden met voorzichtigheid geïnterpreteerd vanwege de afhankelijkheid van bijschrijvingen, de definitie van “klinische dood” en de manier waarop volgzwaarte van neurologische uitkomsten wordt beoordeeld.

4. Wat maakt deze verhalen complex en soms controversieel?

• Definities variëren: Klinische dood kan anders geïnterpreteerd worden afhankelijk van de bronnen. In sommige definities is het de afwezigheid van hartslag en ademhaling voor een korte tijd, in andere definities gaat het om het ontbreken van geen hersenactiviteit of een lange-termijn hersendood. Moderne geneeskunde maakt vaak onderscheid tussen reversible en irreversibele dood. Eigenlijk is de vraag: wanneer is herstel niet meer mogelijk vanwege onherstelbare hersenbeschadiging? Hypothermie kan deze grens tijdelijk verschuiven, maar het blijft een raadsel hoe lang en onder welke omstandigheden herstel volledig of nabij volledig kan plaatsvinden.

• Neurologische uitkomsten zijn onvoorspelbaar: Zelfs in gevallen waarin lichamelijk leven kan worden hersteld, is de uitkomst voor de hersenen verre van gegarandeerd. Sommige patiënten herstellen tot bijna normaal functioneren, terwijl anderen ernstig cognitief of motorisch beperkt blijven. Dit maakt de verhalen zowel hoopvol als tragisch en roept ethische vragen op over welke interventies wel of niet gepast zijn.

• Publicatie- en verhalingsbias: Populaire media slurpen vaak de meest spectaculaire gevallen op en herhalen ze als “recorden” of “ondenkbare reddingen”, waardoor het publieke begrip scheefgroeit ten opzichte van de statistische realiteit. Wetenschappelijke artikelen geven doorgaans een meer genuanceerde kijk, maar het bereik van de verhalen blijft beperkt. Het is belangrijk om onderscheid te maken tussen een geval met extreem gunstige omstandigheden en de gemiddelde patiënt.

5. Technologische en medische factoren die invloed hebben op herstelkansen

• Snelle CPR en defibrillatie: De koppeling van snelle borstcompressies en anti-ritmische defibrillatie kan de kans op terugkeer van spontane ademhaling en circulatie vergroten. Hoe eerder deze ingrepen starten, hoe groter de kans op behoud van hersenfunctie.

• Onderkoeling (therapeutische hypothermie): In sommige gevallen wordt gecontroleerde onderkoeling toegepast na terugkeer van circulatie om hersenbeschadiging te beperken. Dit wordt soms toegepast bij mensen die na hartstilstand een redelijke kans hebben om te herstellen maar een verhoogd risico op hersenschade hebben.

• ECMO en geavanceerde reserve-vormen van zuurstofvoorziening: ECMO geeft artsen de mogelijkheid om de bloedcirculatie en zuurstoftoevoer kunstmatig te leveren terwijl de onderliggende oorzaak van de hartstilstand wordt aangepakt. Dit kan vooral belangrijk zijn wanneer borstcompressies alleen niet voldoende zijn om de organen te beschermen.

• Neurorevalidatie: Herstel is niet alleen een medische of operationele zaak; het omvat ook uitgebreide neurologische zorg. Fysiotherapie, ergotherapie, en cognitieve revalidatie zijn cruciaal voor het terugkrijgen van functies en het terugwinnen van onafhankelijkheid.

6. Leringen en bredere implicaties

• Medische schattingen zijn altijd schattingen: Zelfs met de beste moderne technieken blijven de uitkomsten probabilistisch. Elke case draagt bij aan wat we weten over de grens tussen leven en dood en de mogelijke genezende kracht van het lichaam wanneer de omstandigheden gunstig zijn. Het leren van deze gevallen helpt bij het verbeteren van protocollen voor reanimatie, onderkoelsector, en post-resuscitatiezorg.

• Ethiek en besluitvorming: Familie, zorgverleners, en juristen raken in deze arena betrokken bij moeilijke keuzes. Wanneer moet men doorgaan met reanimatie? Welke uitkomsten zijn acceptabel of gewenst? Daarnaast komen er vragen op over wat “kwaliteit van leven” betekent als de kans op neurologische normalisatie laag lijkt. Dit soort gesprekken is niet alleen medisch maar ook menselijk, cultureel en ethisch van aard.

• Publieke perceptie en hoop: Verhalen van reddingen die lijken te trotseren wat mogelijk is, geven hoop aan patiënten en families, maar kunnen ook misleidend zijn als ze uit meer algemene statistieken worden gehaald. Het is essentieel om realistisch te blijven: de meerderheid van hartstilstanden wordt niet gered met volledig herstel, en elk geval moet door de lens van wetenschappelijke kans en individuele variabiliteit worden bekeken.

7. Wat betekent dit vandaag voor jou en voor toekomstige generaties?

• Voor medische professionals: Het blijft van vitaal belang om reanimatieprotocollen bij te houden, kennis van hypothermie te verdiepen, en te investeren in geavanceerde ondersteunende technologieën zoals ECMO en post-reanimatiezorg. Ook de ethische dimensie van besluitvorming vraagt voortdurend om dialoog en scholing.
• Voor de samenleving: Draagvlak voor medische onderzoeksfinanciering, betere data-infrastructuur over uitkomsten na reanimatie en betere voorlichting aan het publiek over wat wel en niet realistisch is in termen van hervatting van leven is belangrijk. Dit helpt families te helpen maken wat voor hen de beste keuzes zijn in tijden van crisis.
• Voor toekomstige onderzoekers: De intrinsieke vraag blijft bestaan: hoe lang kan een mens onder kritieke omstandigheden in leven blijven en toch hersenfunctie behouden? Geavanceerde bewakingssystemen, betere definities van hersenfunctie, en de combinatie van hypothermie met andere neuroprotectieve strategieën zullen naar verwachting de overleving en functionele uitkomsten blijven verbeteren.

8. Reflecties op wat het ons vertelt over menselijkheid en wetenschap

Deze verhalen van herstel herinneren ons aan twee tegengestelde maar harmonieuze ideeën: ten first, de menselijkheid van de genezende artsen die met ruim hart en verstand opereren onder extreme druk; ten seconde de wonderbaarlijke veerkracht van het menselijk lichaam, dat in staat kan zijn tot herstel onder omstandigheden die ooit als onmogelijk werden beschouwd. De grens tussen leven en dood is minder strikt dan men soms denkt. Door de combinatie van snelle interventie, hypothermie, geavanceerde technologie en onwrikbare menselijke wil lukt het in zeldzame gevallen toch om te genezen wat ooit als definitief werd beschouwd.

Conclusie Hoewel er geen eenvoudige of eenduidige antwoorden zijn op de vraag “wat is de langste tijd dat iemand klinisch dood was en daarna weer tot leven kwam?”, is het duidelijk dat er in de annalen van de moderne geneeskunde bemoedigende voorbeelden bestaan van opmerkelijke redingen. Anna Bagenholm blijft een van de krachtigste illustraties van wat mogelijk is wanneer een combinatie van extreme onderkoeling, snelle en doeltreffende medische zorg, en sterk klinisch inzicht samenkomen. Haar verhaal en die van andere gelijkaardige gevallen geven hoop en richting aan artsen, patiënten en families die met de onzekere realiteit van hartstilstand en reanimatie te maken hebben.

Maar ze herinneren ons ook aan de grenzen van wat we weten. Elk herstel is een complex samenspel van factoren, en neurologische uitkomsten kunnen variëren van volledig herstel tot aanzienlijke beperkingen. Het veld blijft zich ontwikkelen, met de hoop op betere overlevingskansen en eerlijkere verwachtingen in elk individu dat te maken krijgt met een hartstilstand en de kans op terugkeer van ademhaling en circulatie. In die zin vertellen deze verhalen een verhaal over de menselijke veerkracht, de grenzen van wetenschap en de voortdurende zoektocht naar betere zorg voor iedereen die ooit “klinisch dood” lijkt te zijn geweest en toch ergens verder aandrong in het pad naar herstel.

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06-10-2025 om 21:58 geschreven door peter  

First Human Face Carved on Ancient T-Pillar Discovered at Karahantepe

Gary Manners

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery at Karahantepe has shattered expectations about Neolithic symbolic expression, as researchers uncovered the first T-shaped pillar ever found with a distinctly carved human face. This historic find, announced by Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, represents a revolutionary moment in understanding how our ancestors first began depicting themselves in stone over 12,000 years ago.

The discovery was made during ongoing excavations as part of the Taş Tepeler (Stone Mounds) Project, which explores the earliest known monumental sites in human history across southeastern Turkey. Located approximately 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of the more famous Göbekli Tepe, Karahantepe has emerged as a rival to its more celebrated neighbor, potentially offering even more sophisticated examples of Neolithic architecture and artistry reports Turkey Today.

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Revolutionary Leap from Abstract to Realistic Representation

For decades, archaeologists have recognized that the massive T-shaped pillars found throughout the Taş Tepeler sites symbolized human figures, evidenced by the carved arms and hands visible along their shafts. However, this new discovery at Karahantepe marks the first instance where a pillar directly portrays recognizable human facial features, transforming abstract symbolism into direct representation.

The newly unearthed monolith features sharply defined facial contours, deep-set eye sockets, and a broad, flattened nose. These artistic elements closely mirror the stylistic characteristics found in other human sculptures previously discovered at the site, suggesting a shared cultural and symbolic language among early Anatolian communities around 12,000 years ago.

A close-up view of the 12,000-year-old T-shaped pillar featuring a human face discovered at Karahantepe in southeastern Turkey.

(Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

Experts describe this development as a major cognitive leap in understanding the emergence of self-awareness and identity in the prehistoric mind.

"This artistic style closely resembles other human statues previously found in Karahantepe, suggesting a shared cultural and symbolic language among early Anatolian communities around 12,000 years ago," according to the archaeological report, relates Arkeonews.

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Karahantepe Emerges as Archaeological Superstar

Located in the heart of southeastern Turkey's archaeological treasure trove, Karahantepe is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most significant Neolithic sites ever discovered. The site forms part of the ambitious Taş Tepeler Project, which encompasses 12 interconnected Neolithic locations representing the earliest known monumental architecture built by hunter-gatherer societies before the advent of agriculture.

Current excavations at Karahantepe have revealed more than 250 T-shaped pillars arranged within enclosed communal structures, along with intricately carved sculptures depicting both humans and animals. Archaeological evidence suggests that Karahantepe offers a more advanced architectural layout than even Göbekli Tepe, with clear indications of early forms of settlement and sophisticated social organization.

Some of the other T-shaped pillars at Karahantepe.

(Vincent Vega/(Vincent Vega/CC BY-SA 4.0)

The newly discovered human-faced pillar reinforces the growing understanding that these ancient communities possessed not only remarkable technical skills but also profound spiritual and symbolic comprehension of their world. The find provides tangible evidence of how early humans began representing themselves and their beliefs through art, architecture, and ritual practices that would influence human civilization for millennia to come.

Window into Humanity's Symbolic Awakening

The Taş Tepeler Project continues to reshape our understanding of the Neolithic Revolution - the crucial period when humans transitioned from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent settlements. This human-faced T-shaped pillar represents potentially one of the earliest known depictions of humanity itself, bridging the evolutionary gap between abstract symbolism and portrait-like representation.

This discovery reinforces theories that southeastern Turkey served not only as a cradle of agricultural development but also as the birthplace of symbolic thought—the foundation upon which all subsequent human artistic and religious expression would be built. The human face gazing out from this 12,000-year-old pillar represents nothing less than one of humanity's first attempts to see itself reflected in stone, marking a pivotal moment in our species' journey toward self-awareness and cultural expression.

• Top image: A 12,000-year-old T-shaped pillar featuring a carved human face discovered at Karahantepe in southeastern Turkey, representing the first such find in archaeological history.
• Source: Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

By Gary Manners

References

• Kayra, O., 2025. Historic Discovery in Karahantepe: The First T-Shaped Pillar with a Human Face Unearthed. Arkeonews. Available at: https://arkeonews.net/historic-discovery-in-karahantepe-the-first-t-shaped-pillar-with-a-human-face-unearthed/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNQr3BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhvEDexygRvibO2QdBM2geDCfu3omNIHpyzK09T4HTiA_8lki2mc1VIhlkd8_aem_yBgdNPW7H3hiSKEdaVzOUg
• Erdogan, K., 2025. 12,000-year-old human-faced pillar unearthed in Karahantepe marks a new chapter in archaeology. Turkey Today. Available at: https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/12000-year-old-human-faced-pillar-unearthed-in-karahantepe-marks-a-new-chapter-in-arc-3208024

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06-10-2025 om 21:24 geschreven door peter  

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06-10-2025 om 21:09 geschreven door peter  

EXCLUSIVE - NASA goes dark hours before first look at interstellar object moving closer to Earth

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By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

NASA has gone dark just hours before humans get the closest look at the mysterious object barreling through our solar system. 

The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS will come within 18 million miles of Mars on October 3, its closest flyby of any planet this year.

Two space probes orbiting the Red Planet, Mars Express and ExoMars, are preparing to take Earth's best picture and closest scans of the strange visitor, which scientists have widely concluded is an unusual comet from a distant solar system. 

However, when those readings come in, America's space agency may remain completely silent about what the object really is.

NASA has announced that its official website will not be updated during the government shutdown, which has resulted in thousands of federal employees being sent home without pay.

It's unclear whether NASA staff will make any announcements regarding the object's close pass by Mars, similar to the history-making press conference that revealed the discovery of microbial life on Mars in September.

The shutdown couldn't have come at a worse time, as scientists say Friday's flyby could answer many questions about the mysterious comet, including whether it's actually an object of extraterrestrial origin.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has maintained that 3I/ATLAS has too many confounding characteristics to be a simple comet streaking through the solar system.

NASA's website has announced that no new updates will take place during the government shutdown when start on October 1

3I/ATLAS will come within 18 million miles of Mars on Friday, and two space probes have already started observing it

'Hopefully, we will learn much more about 3I/ATLAS in the coming days,' Loeb told the Daily Mail on Thursday.

The professor added that both Mars Express and ExoMars started their observations of the object on October 1 and will continue studying it until Tuesday, October 7.

Loeb noted that he's interested in several of the findings the space probes should be able to compile while in such close range to 3I/ATLAS, adding that the readings could determine once and for all whether it's a comet or an artificial structure.

'The image and composition would be the top two findings of interest,' Loeb revealed.

Since its discovery by an amateur astronomer this summer, the prevailing theory has been that 3I/ATLAS is a comet with a chemical composition that is unlike anything created within our solar system.

In September, scientists from Michigan State University announced that 3I/ATLAS was spewing gas or dust into space long before it started approaching our sun, something highly unusual for a distant comet.

Their study in the Astrophysical Journal Letters concluded that this meant it was filled with a unique collection of molecules, including carbon monoxide, an odorless gas often produced by burning wood or fossil fuels.

However, Loeb and his researchers have found even more clues that point to the interstellar object being something else, including its incredibly unusual course through the solar system and its potentially massive size.

The interstellar object will make close passes by three separate planets, something Harvard Professor Avi Loeb has declared as highly unusual and possibly a sign of alien influence

A new study found 3I/ATLAS was emitting gases into space long before it got close enough to our sun to melt normal gas and dust seen coming from other comets

Based on earlier scans and photos of the alleged comet, Loeb calculated that 3I/ATLAS may be over three miles long.

However, NASA has noted that it could be as small as 1,444 feet in length, which is still considered a 'city-killer' if it were to strike Earth.

'The new data during the Mars encounter will certainly help in clarifying some of the anomalies of 3I/ATLAS, like its anomalous size and composition, but it will not explain its rare alignment with the ecliptic plane of the planets and rare timing in arriving close to Mars, Venus, and Jupiter,' Loeb explained.

NASA and the European Space Agency have said that Friday's historic meeting over Mars should also clear up questions about the suspected comet's trajectory through space and its physical properties. 

High-resolution images and spectral data will provide more information about the object's nucleus, tail, and coma - the bright, fuzzy cloud of gas and dust forming around it.

However, some scientists have already dismissed alternative theories about 3I/ATLAS. 

Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and astrophysicist working at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said: 'It is clearly a natural comet; suggestions to the contrary are laughed at by people who are actual comet experts.'

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06-10-2025 om 20:56 geschreven door peter  

Mysterious interstellar visitor spotted above Mars appears as 'massive cylindrical craft'

• MORE:  NASA goes dark hours before first look at interstellar object moving closer to Earth

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

New extraordinary images of the interstellar object flying through our solar system have been released, sparking fresh theories about its origins. 

Although most scientists have concluded that the mysterious object is a comet, NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface sent back photos showing what appears to be a massive cylindrical shape.

Stargazers on social media shared color-enhanced images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, which showed the interstellar visitor having a green glow as it passed Mars and heads closer to the sun. 

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who has been convinced that the object could be an alien craft or probe, analyzed the Perseverance rover's photos by calculating its distance, speed, and camera settings.

According to his initial study, Loeb was not convinced 3I/ATLAS is actually a massive cylindrical object, noting that the strange shape might have been a trick of the rover's camera stretching out its shape.

He explained that the apparent cylinder from the rover's 'Navcam' was likely caused by the camera stacking hundreds of images of 3I/ATLAS over a period of about 10 minutes, making it look more like a log than a ball.

The professor added that 3I/ATLAS is likely smaller and rounder, but still massive, with a potential diameter of more than 28 miles across.

Dr Horace Drew, a retired senior researcher at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), noted that the mysterious green glow seen in some images could be a result of the object being an interstellar spacecraft coated in nickel.

The Perseverance rover on Mars captured new images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passed by the planet this weekend

Color-enhanced images shared by multiple social media users revealed a strange green glow around 3I/ATLAS

Drew explained that humans use the same practice on Earth-made space technology on a much smaller scale.

'It is not a 'comet,''  Drew declared on a post on X Monday morning. 

Drew disagreed with Loeb's conclusion that the cylindrical shape was a result of the Mars rover sending back a stretched image over several minutes, claiming that an amateur astronomer on Earth captured a similar shape with their telescope.

'We can see an extended white shape, with a green coma outside. Not a small white ball,' Drew explained in a post about the astronomer's photograph.

Drew, who earned his PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, added that previous images of the interstellar object were allegedly from a 'head-on view' and didn't capture its shape from the side, like the new photos from Mars. 

Loeb said he's excited about another image taken by a different Mars camera, called HiRISE, which has better resolution and could show 3I/ATLAS more clearly.

That image is being sent back to Earth by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and has yet to be released by NASA.

Loeb has previously theorized that 3I/ATLAS could be a second craft sent by an extraterrestrial intelligence, following the strange cylindrical object known as Oumuamua, which passed Earth in 2017.

3I/ATLAS came within 18 million miles of Mars on October 3. Two space probes from Earth have been observing it for a week

Dr Horace Drew said an amateur astronomer's photo of the 3I/ATLAS (bottom 3 images) prove the object has a cylindrical shape and is not a comet

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Loeb told the Daily Mail on Thursday that clear images and a scan of the supposed comet's composition were the key findings that could definitively tell scientists what 3I/ATLAS is.

Despite images emerging from NASA, space agencies around the world have still not commented by their initial findings from the Mars flyby.

Daily Mail reached out to NASA for comment and received a message noting that the space agency 'is currently closed due to a lapse in government funding.'

The European Space Agency (ESA) used the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter to successfully observe 3I/ATLAS, but it's expected to take days or even weeks to process all the data.

Meanwhile, some on social media have claimed that the global silence surrounding 3I/ATLAS adds proof that governments are covering up what they know about the alleged craft.

'NASA's shutdown is suspicious. The ESA's delay is strange. But China's silence, when they have every geopolitical reason to publish and show off, is the sign that something is happening behind closed doors,' one X user said on Monday.

'All eyes are on 3I/ATLAS — but suddenly, the silence is deafening,' another person posted.

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06-10-2025 om 20:41 geschreven door peter  

However, when we delve a bit deeper into the observational data, we find that there is little evidence that the high-energy physics that is associated with the cores of galaxies has any relation to the “black holes” that came out of Einstein’s equations. 

When I was writing Yuga Shift, I had used the term “black hole” to refer to the cosmic entity that generates the powerful energetic emissions from the Galactic Center. However, that does not mean that I was convinced that the galactic core is, indeed, a black hole. In fact, when we look back at how the idea of black holes originated from Einstein’s equations, and how they were expected to behave, it becomes obvious that galactic cores simply do not behave in the manner that is expected of a black hole. Something else is going on, and scientists seem to have no clue as to what it is. 

What are Black Holes?

American physicist Michio Kaku, in his lucidly written book, Parallel Worlds,[1] has provided an illuminating look into the origins of the world of black holes. 

It all began in the year 1916, when Karl Schwarzschild, a German physicist serving in the German army on the Russian front, found a weird solution to Einstein’s equations for a large star. He calculated that, if an object the size of our Sun were to be compressed down to 2 miles, it would turn into a “dark star” and its gravity would be so powerful that not even light could escape from it. If any object crossed the “Schwarzschild radius” or “event horizon” of this dark star (which is the radius of the dark star i.e., 2 miles in this example) it would get sucked into the star, never to be seen again.

Interestingly, Einstein never liked the idea of a dark star or a “singularity” where gravity becomes infinite and the laws of physics cease to operate. In a paper authored in 1939, he posited that dark stars cannot be formed by natural processes. “The essential result of this investigation is a clear understanding of why the “Schwarzschild singularities” do not exist in physical reality,” he wrote. 

Unfortunately, Einstein’s opinion did not prevail in this matter. Robert Oppenheimer – the father of the atomic bomb - and his student proposed an idea that caught the fancy of other physicists. They said that an old massive star that has used up its nuclear fuel could implode under the force of its gravity and get compressed within its Schwarzschild radius. “Black holes, they suggested, were not only possible, they might be the natural endpoint for billions of dying giant stars in the galaxy.”

All of a sudden, black holes became ubiquitous celestial objects, with countless numbers of them lurking unseen in every cosmic neighborhood like giant, open manholes, waiting patiently to suck in an unsuspecting cosmic voyager into their dark underbelly, never to return again to the world of light.

In 1963, New Zealand mathematician Roy Kerr added another weird attribute to this enigmatic object. He proposed that, as a star collapses under gravity, it will spin faster to conserve its angular momentum. A spinning star will collapse into a “ring of neutrons,” which would remain stable due to the centrifugal force pushing outward. Thus, if you fell into the Kerr black hole, you would not be crushed. Instead, you will be transported through a “wormhole” to a parallel universe. 

“Pass through this magic ring and – presto! – you’re in a completely different universe where radius and mass are negative!” Kerr exclaimed to a colleague.

Thus, black holes came to be visualized as a dark star with enormous gravitational pull, which was formed when a dying star imploded under its own gravity and got compressed within its Schwarzschild radius. Its gravitational force is so powerful that it sucks in any matter passing near its event horizon, either crushing and transforming it or transporting it via a wormhole to a radically different universe.

In spite of all the mathematical wizardry that went into its formulation, till around the 1990s, most astronomers regarded black holes as science fiction. But things began to change with the discovery of Sgr A*, the powerful radio source at the heart of the Milky Way.

A Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Center?

For a long time, astronomers had been observing a powerful radio source at the center of the Milky Way, which they termed Sgr A*, since the radio source was located in the direction of the Sagittarius constellation. They began to think that the only cosmic object that could generate such powerful radiation in the radio frequency (RF) is a black hole. It was proposed that Sgr A* could be a supermassive black hole, nearly 4.3 million times the mass of the sun, squeezed into a tiny space only ten times bigger than the sun. 

Astronomers further speculated that when the nuclear bulge was forming, a small fraction of the mass lacking orbital momentum collapsed in the middle to form the supermassive black hole. The radio waves from Sgr A* are not coming from the black hole itself, they said, but from the “accretion disk” that surrounds the black hole. The accretion disk was believed to consist of rings of superheated hot gas, dust and stars that surround a black hole and spiral towards the event horizon, being pulled by the powerful gravity of the black hole. 

Subsequent observations of many other galaxies, including our own, revealed that galactic cores are not only emitting intense electromagnetic radiation at all frequencies – from radio waves to gamma rays – but they are also ejecting relativistic plasma jets from their north and south poles.

As time went on, and more observational data came in, however, it was noticed that Sgr A* was not behaving as expected of a black hole. But, since no one seemed to know that Sgr A* could otherwise represent, astronomers stuck to the same story. And as it happens so often in science, a faulty hypothesis turns into a theory simply by virtue of repetition, and all the anomalies are quietly filed away.

So what are the anomalous behaviors of Sgr A* that undermine the supposition that it is a black hole? Firstly, astronomers always said that the region near the center of the galaxy, close to Sgr A*, would be too volatile for active star formation, due to the tremendous gravitational pull of Sgr A*. But when they got a good, hard look into the region of the Galactic Center with Hubble's NICMOS infrared camera, they found that, 

“The Galactic Center is a hotbed of star formation activity, containing the most massive star formation site and three of the most massive young star clusters in the galaxy.”[2]

This is the exact opposite of what had been posited by scientists! The region of the Galactic Center is a prolific site of star formation, not at all what you would expect if a monstrous black hole were lurking nearby and trying to rip apart the clouds of gas and dust. But this anomaly did not deter our perseverant astronomers. It was just an oddity that needed to be handled later, perhaps when the stars were perfectly aligned. 

It’s quite stunning how big and dense the star clusters in the Galactic Center are. A Hubble Telescope image of a pair of star clusters called Arches and Quintuplet, located less than 100 light-years from the center of our galaxy, shows that the clusters are 10 times larger than typical young star clusters scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. The Arches cluster is so dense that over 100,000 stars will fit into the space between our sun and its nearest neighbor, the star Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light-years away. Only 1 out of every 10 million stars in the galaxy is as luminous as the Arches cluster stars. At least a dozen of the stars weigh about 100 times the mass of our sun.[3]

In other words, the stars near the Galactic Center are much bigger, far more luminous, and a lot more densely packed than those found in the spiral arms. 

The other claim that astronomers had made about Sgr A* is that it must be gobbling up passing stars and molecular clouds on a routine basis, and whenever it does so, it emits powerful X-ray flares. But, despite careful observations over long periods of time, Sgr A* has never been seen to suck in nearby matter. One example stands out from the rest, thanks to all the hullabaloo that was generated in the years leading up to the grand non-event.

In 2011, astronomers discovered a cloud of gas termed G2, heading towards Sgr A*. It was predicted to pass within about 36 light-hours of the black hole in 2014 and be tidally disrupted, causing much of its material to accrete onto Sgr A*, thereby causing a bright X-ray outburst. Guess what happened? Nothing! To the utter shock of astronomers - who were eagerly observing Sgr A* like a bunch of kids gathered around an aquarium during shark feeding time - G2 wafted past Sgr A*, and continued merrily along its orbit, without even pausing to exchange courtesies. Needless to say, the much-anticipated fireworks of X-ray emissions from Sgr A* did not happen either.[4]

But did this little setback inspire our astronomers to revisit the hypothesis that Sgr A* is a black hole? Of course not! Why would you topple a perfectly good story for want of corroborating data and get into everyone’s bad books? That’s a sure shot way to get your telescope time taken away from you.

Astronomers had also contended that the powerful electromagnetic emissions from Sgr A* are being emitted by the “accretion disk” around the black hole. But new observations reveal that Sgr A* does not even have an accretion disk! Instead, it is encircled by strong and organized magnetic fields, which sustain filaments of gas. This is consistent with observations from other galaxies as well.

In 2008, astronomer Andrew Fabian of Cambridge University in the UK, looked at the Hubble Telescope images, and found that, “Long-lived magnetic fields are sustaining a mammoth network of spaghetti-like gas filaments around a black hole…at the heart of a large galaxy known as NGC 1275.”[5]

In 2015, the Event Horizon Telescope detected magnetic fields just outside the event horizon of Sgr A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. A report by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics published in ScienceDaily states, 

“Most people think of black holes as giant vacuum cleaners sucking in everything that gets too close. But the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are more like cosmic engines, converting energy from infalling matter into intense radiation that can outshine the combined light from all surrounding stars…For the first time, astronomers have detected magnetic fields just outside the event horizon of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy...In the case of Sgr A*, polarized light is emitted by electrons spiraling around magnetic field lines. As a result, this light directly traces the structure of the magnetic field…The team found that magnetic fields in some regions near the black hole are disorderly, with jumbled loops and whorls resembling intertwined spaghetti. In contrast, other regions showed a much more organized pattern.”[6]

In March 2024, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration unveiled a new image of Sgr A* in polarized light, which revealed strong, twisted, and organized magnetic fields near the edge of Sgr A* in the center of the Milky Way galaxy, very similar to that seen around the M87* black hole.[7]

So, instead of an accretion disk, Sgr A* is encircled by strong, twisted, organized magnetic fields, which, quite possibly, support filaments of gas. Therefore, the EM radiation and plasma jets cannot be coming from an accretion disk surrounding a black hole. They must be emitted by Sgr A* itself! 

It should be evident from these observations that Sgr A* bears no similarity to the black hole that came out of Einstein’s equations. Not only does it not gobble up nearby matter by means of its gravitational force or disrupt star formation in regions close to it, it does not even have an accretion disk. Moreover, Sgr A* emits enormous amounts of EM radiation and plasma jets, while a black hole was visualized as a dark star from which nothing ever came out, not even light.

Which brings us to an important question: If Sgr A*, the galactic core, is not a black hole, then what could it be?

If we go by the observational data, then Sgr A* appears to be functioning as the “central engine” of our galaxy. It could be drawing in matter from the rest of the galaxy (or even from outside it) through filaments of gas, which are supported by powerful magnetic fields, and transforming this matter into EM radiation and plasma jets to support galactic functions. Which means, Sgr A* must be imbued with a “cosmic intelligence” that allows it to know what needs to be done to support, organize, and regulate our galaxy.

It would not be amiss to argue that Sgr A*, the galactic core, is the central, creative, and organizing consciousness of our galaxy. It is this galactic soul or galactic consciousness that orchestrated the evolution of our galaxy over eons and continues to regulate its vital functions. All the high-energy physics that we see around it is the manifestation of this consciousness. We are observing consciousness in action, but we are unable to recognize it as such, since we don’t have the mathematical tools to describe consciousness, nor do we have a well-established reference point to compare it against. 

Interestingly, many ancient cultures knew about the central organizing consciousness of our galaxy, and referred to it in their texts and traditions as the Supreme Creator or Great Spirit. Their descriptions of this ultimate creative entity resonate with what has been discovered about Sgr A* till now. Let me begin with the Vedic descriptions of the unformed, creative spirit known as Brahma, and then I will move on to other religious and spiritual traditions, which have a similar philosophical outlook.

Sgr A* - The Galactic Consciousness

The Vedic sages believed that our world was brought forth by the supreme creative principle Brahma, who exists in an unformed, unmanifested state at the “navel of Vishnu,” i.e., Vishnunabhi; whereas, Vishnu, the god of preservation, was said to recline in the “middle of the cosmic milky ocean” on his serpent couch. 

In Yuga Shift and prior articles, I had contended that the enormous central bar of our galaxy, which stretches across the middle of our galaxy for nearly 27,000 light-years, is what the Vedic sages knew as Vishnu, while the “navel of Vishnu” or Vishnunabhi – around which our sun revolves, as Sri Yukteswar had claimed - is the Galactic Center, since the navel is the center point of the human anatomy, and we also know that our sun revolves around the Galactic Center.

The only cosmic entity in the vicinity of the Galactic Center deserving of the epithet Brahma, the unmanifested creative spirit, is Sgr A*, which astronomers believe is a supermassive black hole.

As per the Vedic texts, Brahma is the unformed spirit who brings forth the world of forms. He is the eternal, omniscient consciousness, who multiplies himself and lives in the heart of all living beings as their immortal soul. What this implies is that Sgr A*, the galactic soul or galactic consciousness, produces small “packets of consciousness” that we call the soul or self, which animates all life. 

In other words, all souls emanate from Sgr A* and return there after the completion of their reincarnation cycles. The Vedic texts also tell us of a very long cycle of time called the “Day of Brahma” (spanning 12.9 million years), following which there is a cosmic reset. This is when Brahma withdraws all souls back inside himself, and the entire galaxy becomes lifeless for another 12.9 million years, which comprises the “Night of Brahma”. Consider the following hymns from the collection of Vedic texts called the Upanishads, which elucidate these ideas.

“In the beginning was only Being (Brahma), 
One without a second.
Out of himself he brought forth the cosmos 
and entered into everything in it.
There is nothing that does not come from Him.
Of everything, He is the inmost Self.”8 (CU 6.2.2)
    
“The ruler Supreme (Brahma), inner Self of all,
 Multiplies his oneness into many.”9 (KU 2.2.12)

“He (Brahma) is the inner ruler in all beings. 
He projects the cosmos from himself, maintains and withdraws it back into himself at the end of time.”10 (SU 3.2)

This is the basic understanding of the Vedic philosophical tradition: “The Atman (i.e., individual soul) is Brahma (i.e., Universal Soul)”. Our soul is of the same essence as the Creator, and therefore, our bodies are the sacred Temple of God. In order to find joy and fulfilment, we need not search around aimlessly in the world, but tap into our inner divine essence, i.e., our self or soul, which is the repository of love, bliss, joy, contentment, truth and wisdom. Those who can do this break free from the reincarnation cycle. 

“Wherever the mind wanders, restless and diffuse in its search for satisfaction without, lead it within; train it to rest in the Self. Abiding joy comes to those who still the mind.” (BG 6.26-27)
“He (Self) is formless, and can never be seen with these two eyes. But he reveals himself in the heart made pure through meditation and sense-restraint. Realizing him one is released from the cycle of birth and death.” (KU 2.3.9)

The Vedic texts also tell us that, when a person exits the reincarnation cycle on attaining self-realization, he returns to the Brahmaloka or Brahma-world, where he dwells for immortal years in bliss and love, free of grief or suffering. If Sgr A* is Brahma, the galactic soul, then the Brahma-world or Brahmaloka is likely to be the effulgent central bulge of our galaxy, i.e., the galactic nucleus, which contains Sgr A* in its center. 

In other words, the Milky Way’s nucleus is the heavenly domain of the primordial Creator, the “paradise in the center of the world” that so many ancient traditions speak of, where the sages and virtuous souls dwell in eternal bliss. This was the exalted afterlife destination sought by the saints of the past. Thanks to our ever-evolving awareness of the universe, it is now becoming possible to bring these esoteric concepts out of the metaphysical realm and relate them to a tangible, physical reality.

As to what Sgr A*, the galactic consciousness, may be composed of is, of course, hard to guess. The Bhagavad Gita, the spiritual poem of India, provides some clues to the nature of the soul or self, which is of the same essence as Brahma, the galactic consciousness. The poem states,

"The Self cannot be pierced by weapons or burned by fire; water cannot wet it, nor can the wind dry it. The Self cannot be pierced or burned, made wet or dry. It is everlasting and infinite, standing on the motionless foundations of eternity. The Self is unmanifested, beyond all thought, beyond all change.” (BG 2.23-25)[11]

What we can gather from these descriptions is that the soul or self is likely to be made up of an invisible, exotic form of energy, which does not react with other types of energies or matter, and therefore, it cannot be dissipated or transformed, although it is capable of making copies of itself. This energy is aware, intelligent, and capable of storing massive amounts of information, and is completely unlike any other form of energy.

The Judaic philosophy has similar thoughts about the cosmos and the nature of souls. In the book, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Howard Schwartz writes that all souls in Paradise are stored in a “Treasury of Souls” or Guf, until it is time for them to be born into this world. Regarding the “Treasury of Souls”, which is also called the “Chamber of Creation”, Howard says that it is located,

“In the highest heaven, known as Aravot...The Guf is found near the Throne of Glory, and a dazzling brilliant light emanates from the many souls in repose there. Those souls are in their pristine state, untainted by existence in this world. Some of them flicker like a small candle and some shine like a torch, and there are some whose radiance rivals the sun…
When the time comes for it to descend into this world, an angel is issued along with it, who accompanies it...As soon as the soul leaves the Guf, it divests itself of its heavenly garment, and is clothed in a garment of flesh and blood.”[12]

Judaic philosophy further states that once a soul has been born in this world and is tainted by its sins, it is extremely difficult for it to go back to Paradise, the original place where it was born. “Those who stray from there, exiled into the fallen world, eventually find themselves naked and in need of repair by the field master...For even the greatest soul has difficulty reentering the field once it has departed.”[13]

I would argue that the “Treasury of Souls” or “Chamber of Creation” in Judaism refers to the central bulge or galactic nucleus, also called Paradise or the highest heaven, Avarot. Since the “Treasury of Souls” is said to be located near the “Throne of Glory”, i.e., the seat of God in Paradise, my interpretation is that Sgr A*, the galactic soul or galactic consciousness, is the “Throne of Glory” in Judaism. 

The “Treasury of Souls” or the galactic nucleus is also the original Garden of Eden, where the soul of man was fashioned, and where he lived in eternal bliss until he was exiled from Paradise and sent to the fallen world outside; and it is only after he has regained his original purity and attained self-realization, can he return to the galactic nucleus.

The Judaic doctrine makes an interesting statement about the newly born souls that are kept in the “Treasury of Souls”. It states that a brilliant light emanates from the many souls in repose there. Some of them flicker like a small candle, and some shine like a torch, and there are some whose radiance rivals the sun. 

Let’s recall here that most ancient societies believed that the souls of their ancestors appeared as “stars” in the sky. Therefore, going by this Judaic doctrine, the central bulge should contain faint, young stars in addition to massive, brilliant ones. Isn’t that exactly what scientists have found in recent years – that, in proximity to Sgr A*, intense star formation activity is going on, and massive young star clusters are present there, containing stars that are bigger and brighter than our sun?

It’s amazing how things begin to fall in place and make sense, and esoteric doctrines reveal their secrets, once you find a clue to the whole mystery. A lot of observational data about our galaxy and the universe has been amassed over the past few decades by astronomers, and when we try to correlate them to the information in the ancient esoteric and cosmological doctrines, we can arrive at surprising realizations.

Christian mysticism - such as Franciscan mysticism – speaks of the “Eternal, Cosmic Christ” or the “Christ Consciousness”, which activates the heart center and inspires men and women towards oneness with all of creation. But who or what is the “Eternal, Cosmic Christ”, many have wondered? Before attempting to answer that question, let’s remember that “Christ” was not Jesus’s last name. It was a title given to Jesus. The term Christ derives from the Greek word Christos, which means “Anointed One” or “Messiah”. The term Christos precedes Jesus and the Christian religion by millennia, and was typically given to someone who was perceived to be a human incarnation of the “Eternal, Cosmic Christ,” i.e., someone who has willingly descended on the mortal plane to guide the suffering humanity to salvation. 

I believe that it is Sgr A*, the galactic soul or the galactic consciousness, whom the Vedic sages revered as Brahma and the Hebrews called the “Throne of Glory”, that is the “Eternal, Cosmic Christ” or the “Christ Consciousness”. It is from this Source that all souls are born into this world; they return to the Source after attaining liberation. The liberated beings who dwell in the galactic bulge – such as Jesus or Buddha - can willingly reincarnate on earth from time to time as the teachers and guides of humanity.

Jesus often referred to this galactic soul as his “Father” in heaven, since all souls emanate from it. When he told his disciples that, “If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I,”[14] he was, in all likelihood, talking about returning to the galactic nucleus, which was the Paradise in the center of the world and the original Garden of Eden.

It is well-known that the Greeks had an enviably large pantheon of gods. But there was also a prevailing belief that all life derives from a single, omniscient Source, which is fixed in space and regulates all affairs by the power of its mind. The earliest account of such a Supreme Being comes to us from a travelling poet and sage of ancient Greece called Xenophanes of Colophon, who lived in the 6th century BCE. There are 45 surviving fragments of his poetry, which offer glimpses into the fundamental tenets of his philosophy. Some of the extant fragments describe the Supreme God:  

“One god is greatest among gods and men,
Not at all like mortals in body or in thought. (frag. 23)
…whole he sees, whole he thinks, and whole he hears. (frag. 24)
…but completely without toil he shakes all things by the thought of his mind. (frag. 25)
…always he abides in the same place, not moving at all,
nor is it seemly for him to travel to different places at different times. (frag. 26)”[15]

The Supreme Being described by Xenophanes is “not at all like mortals in body,” i.e. not made up of matter, “always abides in the same place”, and “shakes all things by the thought of his mind.” These attributes have obvious correlations with Sgr A*, the galactic consciousness, for Sgr A* is not made up of matter, remains fixed in the center of the galaxy, and it regulates all galactic functions by means of its powerful energetic emissions. 

In Cicero’s Prior Academics, there is a passage claiming that the eternal, unchanging One God is spherical in shape. This strengthens the association of the One God with Sgr A*, which is a spherical cosmic entity: 

“(Xenophanes said that) all things are one, that this is unchanging, and is god, that this never came into being and is eternal, and has a spherical shape.” (2.18)[16] 

In many Native American tribes, the supreme creative spirit was known as the Great Spirit or Great Mystery, which, I believe, also refers to Sgr A*, the galactic consciousness. The Great Spirit was known by different names by different tribes – such as Wakan Tanka in the Lakota tradition or Gitche Manitou in the Algonquian tradition - but in all cases, the overarching beliefs were the same: that the Great Spirit was the Supreme Being, who infused everything with a life force or soul. He is the Creator who lives in all of us. Chief Luther Standing Bear (1868–1939) of the Lakota Nation explained it eloquently:

“From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things – the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals – and was the same force that had been breathed into the first man. Thus all things were kindred, and were brought together by the same Great Mystery.”[17]

In some cultures, the name of the Creator revealed his location in space. For instance, in the Popul Vuh, which recounts the mythology and history of the K’iche Maya people of Guatemala, the Creative Spirit is called Huracan, the Heart of Heaven. It is Huracan who dreams the world into existence in the darkness of the night and breathes life into all creatures. The term “Heart of Heaven” is not incompatible with Sgr A*, the galactic consciousness, which lies in the heart of the Milky Way. 

Another example is the foundational figure of Shinto creation myths, called Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi-no-Mikoto, whose name translates as “Deity of the August Center of Heaven”. The Kojiki portrays him as the first deity to appear during the creation of the world. He was the divine source from which the later kami (gods) originated. Incidentally, Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi-no-Mikoto hid his form upon coming into existence. This is consistent with our understanding of Sgr A*, which is not only hidden from our view (only its outline is visible using sophisticated telescopes) but is also located at the cosmic center.

Evidently, many ancient conceptions regarding the Supreme Being have a strong correlation to what we know about Sgr A*, the galactic core. The connections are striking and persuasive. It isn’t far-reaching to propose that we live in a conscious, living galaxy that is constantly creating, growing and transforming. This is not a new idea by any means. The sages and philosophers of antiquity believed that the heavenly bodies, such as the sun, moon, and the planets, were imbued with souls and intelligences. The currently used scientific term for this belief system is panpsychism, which posits that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of our reality. 

The Conscious Sun

A well-known proponent of panpsychism is British author and biologist Rupert Sheldrake, who believes that the Sun’s complex electromagnetic rhythms might be indicative of a form of awareness. 

In a paper titled, “Is the Sun Conscious?”[18] Sheldrake argued that, “nervous systems in general, and brains in particular, function electromagnetically.” Within the brain, rhythmic patterns of electrical activity emerge from the activities of countless neurons - such as alpha waves, theta waves, and gamma waves - which can be measured through electrodes placed on the skull, as in electroencephalographs (EEG). These electrical waves set up oscillating magnetic fields.

Sheldrake referred to various studies in the “field theory of consciousness”, all of which agree that consciousness is related to the electromagnetic activity of the brain. Some researchers have gone further and proposed that the brain’s electromagnetic fields actually are conscious. According to John Joe McFadden, “the brain’s EM field is in fact the physical substrate of consciousness, and conscious volition results from the influence of the brain’s EM field on neurons that initiate motor actions.”

Now, the sun is an extraordinarily complex electromagnetic system, whose effects permeate the solar system. The movements of electrified plasma on the solar surface create a magnetic field, which extends throughout the body of the sun to the limits of the solar system. The changing magnetic fields within and beyond the sun give rise to electrical currents in the plasma. During times of solar maxima, there are many sunspots on the solar surface from where extraordinarily strong magnetic fields emerge from the sun’s interior, loop around above the photosphere, and re-enter the sun through spots of opposite magnetic polarity. Sometimes these extraordinarily powerful loops of magnetic energy break and rejoin, emitting enormous amounts of energy in the form of solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

Sheldrake argued that, if the electromagnetic activity of the brain is indicative of a conscious mind, “then the electromagnetic activity of the sun may well be the principal interface between the physical activity of the sun and the solar mind… The mind of the sun, though centered in the sun itself, may integrate information from the entire heliosphere, just as our minds, centered in brains, integrate information from our own bodies and the world around us.” Sheldrake, then, went on to speculate what would be the principal preoccupations of the solar mind:

“The sun would be able to sense what is going on throughout the solar system through the electromagnetic field that pervades the heliosphere, which could act as its primary sense organ. Thus, the sun’s mind could, in principle, know about all events within the solar system…
In the first place, the sun is presumably concerned with the regulation and preservation of its own body, the sun itself, and its extended body, the solar system, right out to the heliopause… influencing it through the intensity of the solar wind, through directional solar flares, and most dramatically through coronal mass ejections pouring billions of tons of charged particles towards anything in their path… 
Secondly, the sun may be aware of its position and interactions with other stars and solar systems in its immediate neighborhood, and ultimately throughout the entire galaxy. These systems may in turn be part of a galactic mind, like neurons within a galactic brain. They are literally interconnected through the plasma permeating the arms of the galaxy, through which vast electric currents flow, spiraling around enormous magnetic field lines radiating out through the galactic arms that are tens of thousands of light years long. The sun is part of a vastly greater electromagnetic system…
At the center of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole that emits huge amounts of energy, with a galactic wind passing along the spiral arms extending outwards from it...The sun is influenced by the electromagnetic patterns of activity within the galaxy as a whole, which could in turn be closely connected with a galactic mind, perhaps centered in or around the supermassive black hole at the galactic center. The galactic mind could influence what happens here on earth through its effects on the sun and the solar mind.”

Sheldrake’s proposition that the activities of the conscious sun may be regulated by a “galactic mind” centered in the supermassive black hole at the galactic center is very similar to what I have proposed - except that I now no longer believe that there are any black holes. Every so-called black hole is a galactic soul. Remember that Sgr A* is enclosed by “strong, twisted, and organized magnetic fields”, and as per the field theories of consciousness, Sheldrake presents in his paper, EM fields are associated with consciousness. 

Soul Consciousness

There is another thing that I need to discuss here. Sheldrake talks about the EM field of the brain and posits that this EM field is the means through which the brain senses the nerve stimuli and carries out its conscious actions. But the human heart also generates a very powerful EM field, which is 5000 times more powerful than the brain’s EM field. The heart's energy is said to reach about three feet outside of the physical body and can be detected in another person sitting nearby via an electrocardiogram (ECG).[19]

This means consciousness also resides inside our heart, and it is this consciousness that the ancients called the self, soul, or soul consciousness. It is the soul that is the source of the mind and our sense faculties. In various Vedic texts, it has been repeatedly stressed that the faculties of vision, audition, thought, etc. are not ours but “only the names given to forces that He (Self) projects and reabsorbs.”[20]

At the time of death, the soul draws the mind and sense faculties within itself before exiting the body. This is the reason why some people enter into a coma before death. That’s when the soul reabsorbs the mind and sense faculties within itself, and then waits for the conditions within the body to deteriorate to a sufficient extent to allow the soul to exit. This is also the reason that when a person has a Near-Death Experience (NDE) and hovers above his own body, he is able to see, hear, feel, and think with perfect clarity. The soul is the ultimate source; it contains everything it needs within itself. The physical body is simply a vehicle through which the mind is cleansed of the egoic dross that it tends to accumulate.

Therefore, Sgr A* is not just the galactic mind; it is the galactic soul, which is capable of seeing, hearing, feeling, and knowing everything within the galaxy, and orchestrating all actions within the galaxy by means of its EM field and the powerful plasma jets. It is the source from where all of us have sprung as packets of consciousness called souls, and to live in proximity to this Source within the galactic nucleus in the afterlife was the desire of the great saints and prophets of the earlier ages. 

References

[1] Michio Kaku, Parallel Worlds, Anchor Books, 2006, pp. 114 – 125. 
[2] D. F. Figer, “Massive Star Formation in the Galactic Center”, arxiv.org, 11 Mar 2008, https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1619
[3] Hubble Spies Giant Star Clusters Near Galactic Center, HUBBLESITE, September 16, 1999, https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-30.html
[4] Deborah Byrd, "How G2 survived the black hole at our Milky Way’s heart", EarthSky 4 Nov 2014, https://earthsky.org/space/how-g2-survived-the-black-hole-at-our-milky-ways-heart/
[5] Rachel Courtland, "Galactic 'spaghetti monster' powered by magnetic fields", NewScientist, 20 August 2008, https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14573-galactic-spaghetti-monster-powered-by-magnetic-fields/
[6] "Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields at Milky Way's central black hole", ScienceDaily, December 3, 2015, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203150233.htm
[7] “Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole" Event Horizon Telescope, 27 March 2024, https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-unveil-strong-magnetic-fields-spiraling-edge-milky-way%E2%80%99s-central-black-hole
[8] Chandogya Upanishad 6.2.2, from “The Upanishads”, tr. by Eknath Easwaran.
[9] Katha Upanishad 2.2.12, “The Upanishads”, tr. by Eknath Easwaran. 
[10] Shvetashvatara Upanishad 3.2, “The Upanishads”, tr. by Eknath Easwaran.
[11] Bhagavad Gita 2.23-25, tr. Eknath Easwaran, Penguin Books, 1996.
[12] Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 166
[13] Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, Oxford University Press, 2004, p 168
[14] John 14:28, New International Version
[15] Michael Patzia, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2009, http://www.iep.utm.edu/xenoph/
[16] Ibid
[17] Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans, MJF Books, 1999, pg 15.
[18] Rupert Sheldrake, "Is the Sun Conscious?" Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol.28, No.3–4, 2021, pp. 8–28, https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Is_the_Sun_Conscious.pdf
[19] Jessica I. Morales CHt./EFT, "The Heart's Electromagnetic Field Is Your Superpower", Psychology Today, 29 November 2020, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/building-the-habit-of-hero/202011/the-hearts-electromagnetic-field-is-your-superpower
[20] BU I.4.7; I.5.2; I.6.3 etc. taken from Symbolism of the Stupa, p 63

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Key North Atlantic current is on the brink of COLLAPSING – plunging Europe into a 'Little Ice Age', scientists warn

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By JONATHAN CHADWICK, ASSISTANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

A key ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean is weakening to the point of total collapse due to climate change, a new study warns. 

Scientists say the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre – a massive system of rotating ocean currents south of Greenland – has been losing stability since the 1950s.

It is now approaching a 'tipping point' – a critical threshold in the system which, if passed, could cause sudden and dramatic climate changes. 

The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre moves heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic, helping to regulate temperatures in Europe and North America. 

But this movement slowing down or 'weakening' could plunge Europe into another 'Little Ice Age', a dramatic period of regional cooling like the one between around 1300 to 1850.

During the last Little Ice Age, rivers froze over and crops were decimated when average temperatures dropped by about 3.6°F (2°C).

Study author Dr Beatriz Arellano Nava, a lecturer in physical oceanography at the University of Exeter, called the findings 'highly worrying'. 

'Our results provide independent evidence that the North Atlantic has lost stability, suggesting that a tipping point could be approaching, although it remains uncertain when this threshold might be reached,' she said. 

The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is a massive system of rotating ocean currents that transports heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic, helping to regulate temperatures in Europe and North America

In oceanography, a gyre is a large system of ocean surface currents moving in a circular fashion driven by wind movements. 

The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is one of five major subtropical gyres around the world that are part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – the vast system of ocean currents that distributes heat around the world, as well as transferring nutrients and carbon dioxide to deeper ocean parts.

Described as 'the conveyor belt of the ocean', AMOC delivers warm water near the ocean's surface northwards from the tropics up to the northern hemisphere, keeping Europe and the US east coast 'temperate' – neither very hot nor very cold. 

But due to climate change, both systems could pass a tipping point and even collapse, which would mean much of the northern hemisphere, including Europe and North America, could experience harsh, freezing cold winters. 

For the study, the researchers analysed data from clams found around the North Atlantic region, which have secrets hidden in their shells. 

They focused on shells of the ocean quahog and dog cockle, two species of clam that live buried in the North Atlantic seabed. 

The clam forms a new shell growth band every year and the width of this band reflects environmental conditions for hundreds of years – much like the concentric rings within a tree trunk. 

In other words, the chemical composition of the shells encodes information about the state of the seawater in which the clam was growing. 

In the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow (pictured), ocean currents around the world stop as a result of global warming, triggering a new ice age on Earth

Researchers based their findings on clam shells recovered from around the North Atlantic region. In this colour map, redness indicates greater loss of current stability preceding rapid circulation changes

What is the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre?

The North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is a massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic. 

It transports heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic, helping to regulate temperatures in Europe and North America.

It also helps to power the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – a key part of the global ocean conveyor belt that moves heat and nutrients around the world.

Crucially, oxygen and carbon isotopes in the shells provide insights on a range of processes in the marine environment, such as regional changes in circulation. 

'We don't have ocean observations going back into the distant past, but the bands in clam shells give us an unbroken annual record covering hundreds of years,' said Dr Nava. 

The data revealed that the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre has had two 'destabilisation episodes' over the past 150 years where it has lost stability – suggesting that a tipping point could be approaching. 

The first destabilisation episode happened in the early 20th century before the 1920s, while the second stronger episode began around 1950 and continues to the present day. 

This suggests that the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is moving toward a tipping point that could lead to a cascade of 'catastrophic, irreversible changes' to our climate, such as more extreme weather events, particularly in Europe, and changes in global precipitation patterns. 

While it would be less catastrophic than the collapse of the AMOC, it would still bring substantial impacts including more frequent extreme weather in the North Atlantic region and deep freezes in Europe. 

The UK and northern Europe could experience much harsher winters typical of parts of Canada, while the east coast of the US could see dramatic sea level rises due to changes in ocean circulation. 

While the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre looks likely to 'weaken abruptly', it 'would not completely collapse' as it is also driven by winds, Dr Nava said. 

North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is part of, and helps power, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation  Earth's vast system of ocean currents that distributes heat and nutrients around the world. The new study finds evidence of 'stability loss' that suggests the region is 'moving towards a tipping point'

The Little Ice Age was a period of major mountain-glacier expansion that spanned from around the early 14th century through to the mid-19th century, when rivers froze over and crops were decimated 

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'Such a weakening would reduce the northward flow of heat carried by ocean currents, likely triggering a chain of climate changes including more frequent extreme weather events, stronger seasonal contrasts in Europe, and shifts in global rainfall patterns,' she told the Daily Mail.

However, a weakening North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is what occurred during the early years of the Little Ice Age – suggesting similar climate effects could be seen again even if the wider AMOC doesn't collapse. 

The study, published in the journal Science Advances, offers independent evidence that the North Atlantic has 'lost stability over recent decades and is vulnerable to crossing a tipping point'. 

'Melting of polar ice due to climate change is certainly contributing to the weakening of ocean currents and pushing them closer to a tipping point, so rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the best way to prevent tipping points in the Atlantic Ocean,' the expert added. 

How does global warming affect global currents?  

Scientists think melting glaciers could cause the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC, the system of ocean currents.

Described as 'the conveyor belt of the ocean', the AMOC transports warm water near the ocean's surface northwards – from the tropics up to the northern hemisphere.

When the warm water reaches the North Atlantic (Europe and the UK, and the US east coast), it releases the heat and then freezes. As this ice forms, salt is left behind in the ocean water.

Due to the large amount of salt in the water, it becomes denser, sinks, and is carried southwards – back towards the tropics – in the depths below.

Eventually, the water gets pulled back up towards the surface and warms up in a process called upwelling, completing the cycle.

Scientists think AMOC brings enough warmth to the northern hemisphere that without it, large parts of Europe could enter a deep freeze.

Prior studies have already shown that due to climate change, the AMOC is weakening (meaning the movement of heat is slowing down)

The engine of this conveyor belt is off the coast of Greenland, where, as more ice melts from climate change, more freshwater flows into the North Atlantic and slows everything down. 

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06-10-2025 om 18:08 geschreven door peter  

Revealed: The scientific breakthroughs that could allow same–sex couples to have their OWN biological children

• READ MORE: Fertility breakthrough as experts create eggs from human skin cell

By JONATHAN CHADWICK, ASSISTANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

Becoming a parent is something that many people dream of – but for gay couples, the reality can be complicated. 

As it stands, same–sex partners must rely on a surrogate mother or father – but this means only one of the couple passes on their genes. 

However, this could soon be about to change. 

In a stunning breakthrough this week, scientists revealed they've been able to create human eggs from skin cells. 

The technique opens the possibility for DNA from a man's skin cells being placed inside a donor egg, before being fertilised by another man. 

In theory, this could allow two men to have a baby, without any DNA from a woman. 

This is not the only cutting–edge advance in the last few years that could allow same–sex couples to have their own biological children – with other researchers looking at everything from lab–grown sperm and eggs to 'virgin births'.

So in mere decades, gay people could have a multitude of options to choose from on their journey to parenthood. 

Becoming a parent is something that many people dream of – but for gay couples, the reality can be complicated

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Sperm cell insertion 

During heterosexual reproduction, genetic material carried by the sperm combines with genetic material from a female contained in the egg.

A biological baby to be born to a same–sex couple would of course have to have genetic material from both parents – from two sets of sperm, for example.

While this may sound like an impossibility, scientists in China have excitingly demonstrated that it is feasibly possible.  

The experts managed to insert two sperm cells – one from each father – into a mouse egg whose nucleus had been removed. 

A gene editing technique was then used to reprogram parts of the sperm DNA to allow an embryo to develop – a process called androgenesis. 

The embryo (featuring the genetic material from two fathers) was transferred to a female womb and allowed to grow to term. 

Finally, the resulting offspring managed to grow to adulthood and become a parent after mating conventionally with a female, suggesting that a baby born to two dads would be able live and breed as normal. 

Although promising, experts caution that we are not ready to start such experiments in humans, which could be deeply unethical. 

Christophe Galichet, research operations manager at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in London, points out that the success rate of the experiments was very low. 

Of 259 mice embryos that were transferred to female mice, just two survived, grew to adulthood and then fathered their own offspring. 

Genetically modified eggs 

Sperm cell insertion would theoretically allow two fathers to have a biological baby, but how about two mothers? 

A hallmark experiment in Japan in 2004 created the first ever 'bimaternal' mouse using eggs from two female parents. 

Experts at the Tokyo University of Agriculture managed the feat by genetically modifying eggs from a female mouse to make them act like sperm. 

The resulting miracle mouse, named Kaguya, was the first mammal born from two genetic mothers. 

However, ethical concerns and technological limitations pose barriers to duplicating the technique in people, the experts cautioned. 

These adult male mice, which each have the genetic material of their two fathers, have gone on to have offspring of their own

Human eggs from skin cells 

An exciting future scenario is where anyone, man or woman, could have their genetic material in an egg.

And earlier this week, scientists offered fresh hope that such an eventuality could soon be possible. 

The experts at Oregon Health & Science University revealed that they'd used human skin cells to create eggs ready for fertilisation. 

The technique involves removing the nucleus from a woman's skin cell and inserting it into an egg from which the nucleus has been removed.  

The breakthrough opens the possibility for DNA from a man's skin cells being placed inside a donor egg, before being fertilised by another man. 

In theory, this could allow two men to have a baby, without any DNA from a woman. 

While further research is needed to ensure safety and efficacy before clinical trials can go ahead, experts have described the news as a 'major advance'. 

Experts from Oregon Health & Science University have created fertilizable eggs from human skin cells for the very first time. Pictured, a human oocyte with visible spindle (bright spot inside) before fertilisation 

Lab-grown sperm and eggs 

It sounds like something from a Mary Shelley novel, but some scientists think babies could be grown from scratch in a lab as soon as this decade. 

They're pinning their hopes on in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), a new lab technology that's breaking the rules of reproduction. 

IVG works by taking cells from a person's blood or skin and reprogramming them to become induced pluripotent stem cells.

In theory, pluripotent stem cells can become any cell in the body, including egg and sperm cells that could be used to make embryos and then implanted into women's wombs.

Scientists have been able to make very basic human eggs and sperm this way, but have not yet been able to make embryos. 

One California–based startup called Conception is working on IVG to 'give families the opportunity to still have children at much older ages, eliminate barriers for couples suffering from infertility, and allow everyone to have biological children'.

Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi, a Japanese geneticist at the University of Osaka, expects the first viable lab–grown human sperm by about 2030. 

Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi of Kyushu University (pictured), a Japanese scientist who has already figured out how to do IVG in mice, guessed it would take five years to produce egg–like cells from humans

Sperm cells from bone marrow 

It was nearly 20 years ago that scientists revealed they'd used human bone marrow to create early–stage sperm cells for the first time. 

The experts from the UK and Germany took stem cells from the bone marrow – the soft, spongy tissue in the centres of bones – of male volunteers. 

Usually, such samples would be developed into cells that form part of muscle tissue, but the team developed them into spermatogonial cells, which become mature sperm cells. 

The 2007 achievement heralded the possibility of using 'artificial sperm', removing men from the process of creating life.

In theory, one member of a lesbian couple could used their bone marrow sample to grow sperm that could fertilize their partner's egg. 

Scientists said their next goal was to get the spermatagonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the lab, although it's unclear if they're still working on this. 

Their paper, published in the journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, was redacted two years later due to claims of plagiarism. 

Today, gay couples who want to have children usually rely on a surrogate mother or father to bring a child into the world (file photo)

Virgin births 

In the animal kingdom, a seemingly miraculous phenomenon of Biblical proportions exists in nature that offers hope to millions of gay couples. 

Known as parthenogenesis or virgin birth, it allows a baby to be born without any kind of sexual intercourse. 

Parthenogenesis usually happens when the female has been isolated for a long time and has little hope of finding a male to mate with. 

By this logic, women who are living alone should be able to get pregnant even if they are not having sexual intercourse with a man. 

Virgin births have been observed in sharks, snakes, crocodiles, crustaceans, scorpions and wasps – but scientists say they might be possible in humans. 

Dr Louise Gentle, lecturer in zoology at Nottingham Trent University, said parthenogenesis in humans is 'technically possible', but it would require humans with similar genetic tweaks or mutations to breed together. 

'To get parthenogenesis in humans, you would need to have individuals with the same chance mutations (there would have to be many mutations) breeding together,' she said. 

Just a few years ago, parthenogenesis was thought to be impossible in mammals – but recent experiments have changed all that. Scientists in China reported in 2022 that parthenogenesis had been achieved with mice using the clever but controversial gene–editing tool CRISPR 

'It's an extremely long shot, with a tiny probability, but it is technically possible.' 

Likewise, Tiago Campos Pereira, a professor of genetics at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, said there are 'biological barriers' established by our genetic makeup that prevents parthenogenesis in humans.

But this genetic makeup may be 'altered by natural mutations', he told the Daily Mail.  

All babies born due to parthenogenesis are essentially 'identical' genetic clones of their mother right down to their sex, but long–term this could be disastrous for the survival of a certain species due to a lack of genetic diversity. 

Would it be worth it? 

Lluís Montoliu, a biotechnologist based in Spain, said such procedures would 'revolutionize fertility treatments' if they were ever to successfully and safely produce human embryos. 

He said such methods could potentially 'be optimised to the point where we can consider offering them in fertility clinics'. 

'For the moment, these human applications remain in the realm of science fiction,' he said in a piece earlier this year for The Conversation. 

'We must ask ourselves, as a society, whether we would be willing to ethically and legally accept these techniques.' 

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06-10-2025 om 17:36 geschreven door peter  

Scientist finds evidence of 'alien DNA' in humans

• MORE: Scientist claims life on Earth was not random... but engineered

By ROB WAUGH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A wild new study claims to have found evidence of alien genetic manipulation in human DNA, with large sections of genes seemingly 'inserted' into people, potentially affecting millions of humans. 

If confirmed, the discovery could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution and the future of the human race, said lead researcher Dr Max Rempel, the founder and CEO of the DNA Resonance Research Foundation.

The study, which has not yet undergone peer review, analyzed DNA from both ordinary people and self-reported alien abductees. 

In an examination of 581 complete families from the 1,000 Genomes Project, Rempel found 'large sequences' of DNA in 11 families that appeared to match neither parent. 

These anomalies include a cluster of 348 non-parental genetic variants, some of which were from children born before 1990, ruling out human gene-editing technologies like CRISPR, which only emerged in 2013.

Rempel cautioned that his findings are preliminary and require more rigorous analysis. 

'No conclusive evidence yet, because we need better datasets, which are available only on approval. That takes time and effort,' he said. 

Nevertheless, he believes the implications could be staggering. 'Humanity may be undergoing genetic transformation. If confirmed, it could be possible to detect which humans carry alien DNA, essentially identifying hybrids,' he explained.

Rempel told the Daily Mail that he analyzed 581 complete families in the 1,000 Genomes project

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The researcher's hypothesis resonates with fringe theories long circulating among UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists. 

Some have suggested that alleged alien-human hybrids exist, citing examples such as the so-called Nazca mummies, which purportedly contain both human and alien DNA. 

Rempel's findings, while not conclusive, could lend scientific credence to these theories if validated. However, both NASA and the US Pentagon have admitted that alien life does not exist.

In addition to analyzing publicly available family DNA datasets, Rempel reviewed 23andMe results from individuals who self-identify as alien abductees. 

He found that some families showed strings of non-parental markers, though others did not. 

Rempel noted that current commercial genotyping services, which rely on array-based data, are insufficiently precise to confirm such radical claims. Instead, he advocates for next-generation sequencing (NGS) or whole-genome sequencing (WGS), which can detect novel variants with much higher resolution.

According to Rempel, if he can access DNA from parents and children who self-report as alien abductees, high-resolution sequencing could definitively identify alien insertions. 

He suggested that future studies might reveal astonishing possibilities, including humans developing unusual abilities such as telepathy as a result of genetic modifications.

Rempel now hopes to conduct further research with self-reported alien abductees (Stock Image)

Rempel emphasized the need for high-quality, non-cultured genetic data to avoid artifacts caused by cell culturing. 

'Most public DNA databases contain old data from cultured cells. Culturing can produce genomic changes, so we cannot treat these results as proof,' he said. Moving forward, he hopes to secure funding and access to public DNA repositories for further research.

While Rempel's work remains controversial, he insists it is driven by genuine scientific curiosity. 

He has a PhD from the Institute of Gene Biology but is known for exploring unconventional fields, including DNA resonance, which investigates subtle fields around human bodies.

Skeptics, including UFO researchers, have urged caution. 

Nigel Watson, author of Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited, highlighted the small sample size and the inherent challenges of studying self-reported abductees. 

'Alien abduction experiences can stem from a variety of terrestrial factors. We need to carefully verify these accounts before drawing conclusions about DNA,' he said. 

Watson added that technical errors or unknown biological mechanisms could also explain the anomalies.

To this point, there has been no conclusive evidence ever revealed which confirms the existence of extraterrestrials (Stock Image)

Despite the skepticism, both Rempel and Watson agreed that further genetic research involving volunteer abductees could provide groundbreaking insight. 'If proven, this would be as world-shattering as recovering a flying saucer,' Watson said.

Rempel's study also raises ethical questions. If alien DNA can be identified in humans, how should the rights of those individuals be protected? 

He noted that a high percentage of people with neurodivergent traits, such as autism, ADHD, and Asperger's, could potentially carry these genetic insertions, though this remains speculative.

The study underscores the urgent need for rigorous, high-resolution genetic analysis. Rempel has expressed interest in collaborating with families willing to provide DNA samples and pay for sequencing. 

He believes that such research could definitively show whether extraterrestrial forces are influencing human genetics.

In the meantime, Rempel continues to advocate for literacy in 'alien hybridization' and DNA resonance, suggesting that understanding these phenomena could inform major decisions about humanity's future. 

'We need to consider how much alien hybridization is healthy for the planet, and which alien races we might give priority,' he said.

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06-10-2025 om 17:03 geschreven door peter  

Unravelling the mystery of Egypt's Karnak Temple: Ancient complex was built 4,000 years ago as a place of worship for the supreme and powerful god Amun-Ra, study reveals

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By JONATHAN CHADWICK, ASSISTANT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

Egypt's Karnak Temple must be one of the ancient world's most magnificent wonders. 

Located about 300 miles south of capital Cairo, the UNESCO World Heritage site welcomes millions of tourists every year. 

It's described as Ancient Egypt's most important religious complex, but the origins of the site has long been a mystery – until now.

Scientists at the University of Southampton have carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of the Karnak Temple.

They say it was built some 4,000 years ago by a group of elites as a place of worship for the supreme and powerful god Amun-Ra.

This merged deity, worshipped throughout Egypt, was at the time a newly-created fusion of the 'invisible' god of the air Amun and the sun god Ra. 

Study author Dr Ben Pennington, an archaeologist at the University of Southampton, called Karnak the 'most important temple' in the north African country. 

'This new research provides unprecedented detail on the evolution of Karnak Temple, from a small island to one of the defining institutions of Ancient Egypt,' he said.

Karnak Temple (pictured) is a UNESCO World Heritage site welcoming millions of tourists every year - but its original date of occupation has long been unclear 

It is Ancient Egypt's most important religious complex, but the earliest occupation of the site has long been subject to debate.

Pictured, mighty columns at Karnak

Egypt's Karnak Temple comprises a vast mix of individual temples, pylons, chapels and other buildings in the form of a village or 'complex'. 

The stunning structures made of sandstone, limestone and granite spread across 200 acres and are 'extremely well preserved', Dr Pennington said. 

Archaeological investigations have been ongoing at the site for about 150 years, but the age of earliest occupation has long been debated. 

To learn more, Dr Pennington and colleagues analysed 61 sediment cores and tens of thousands of ceramic fragments from within and around the temple site. 

This allowed them to map out how the landscape around the site changed throughout its history and gather new evidence about the age of Karnak Temple. 

According to the team, led by archaeologist Dr Angus Graham at Uppsala University in Sweden, the site would have been unsuitable for permanent occupation before about 2520 BC as it would've been regularly flooded by fast-flowing water from the Nile.

Instead, the researchers estimate the earliest occupation at Karnak would have likely been during the Old Kingdom (c.2591–2152 BC), a result of evolving river channels. 

Ceramic fragments found at the site corroborate this finding, with the earliest dating from sometime between c.2305 to 1980 BC. 

Egypt's Karnak Temple is located about 300 miles south of capital Cairo and very close to the River Nile. This map also shows the location with the Red Sea to the east

Pictured, landscape reconstruction at Karnak: a) beginning of the Middle Kingdom (1980 BC); b) end of the Middle Kingdom (1760 BC); c) start of the New Kingdom (1539 BC); d) middle of the New Kingdom (1350 BC); e) end of the Third Intermediate Period (664 BC); f ) end of the Macedonian/Ptolemaic period (30 BC) 

Pictured, core samples - roughly cylindrical pieces of subsurface material - being extracted from the ground at Karnak

According to the experts, their findings settle a 'hotly contested' debate surrounding Karnak Temple's earliest occupation and construction. 

'There have been two main competing arguments – first that the temple may have been of a very early age, around 3000 BC,' Dr Pennington told the Daily Mail. 

'And the second that it probably dated later, to the First Intermediate period or perhaps just before, about 2000 BC. 

'We have found that an earlier date is not viable and the later date is supported by the evidence.' 

Karnak Temple is located less than half a mile (500 metres) east of the present-day River Nile near Luxor, at the Ancient Egyptian religious capital of Thebes, just over from the famous Valley of the Kings. 

Researchers say the land on which it was founded was formed when river channels cut into their beds to the west and east, creating an island of elevated ground surrounded by water. 

This emerging island, slightly higher than the surrounding land, would have been an apt choice in that it was likely linked to its religious significance. 

Ancient Egyptian texts of the Old Kingdom say that the creator god Amun-Ra manifested as high ground, emerging from 'the lake'. 

The stunning structures made of sandstone, limestone and granite spread across 200 acres and are 'extremely well preserved', Dr Pennington said 

Over subsequent centuries and millennia, the river channels either side of the site diverged further, creating more space for the temple complex to develop. 

The new study, published in the journal Antiquity, summarizes the evolution of Karnak as 'from a small island to one of the defining institutions of Ancient Egypt'. 

'Activity there demonstrates a coupling between the natural environment and the religious, functional and constructional aspects of the temple,' authors conclude. 

'As at other places in the Nile Valley, the natural riverine landscapes at Karnak appear strongly connected to cultural dynamics. 

'They can be linked to the religious and cosmogonical views of the inhabitants, who also opportunistically adapted to changes in their physical environment.' 

The team are now planning and carrying out work at other major sites in the area, to further understand the landscapes and waterscapes of the whole Ancient Egyptian religious capital zone. 

WHAT IS EGYPT'S VALLEY OF THE KINGS?

The Valley of the Kings in upper Egypt is one of the country's main tourist attractions and is the famous burial ground of many deceased pharaohs.

It is located near the ancient city of Luxor on the banks of the river Nile in eastern Egypt - 300 miles (500km) away from the pyramids of Giza, near Cairo.

The majority of the pharaohs of the 18th to 20th dynasties, who ruled from 1550 to 1069 BC, rested in the tombs which were cut into the local rock.

The royal tombs are decorated with scenes from Egyptian mythology and give clues as to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period.

The majority of the pharaohs of the 18th to 20th dynasties, who ruled from 1550 to 1069 BC, rested in the tombs which were cut into the local rock. Pictured are statues of goddesses at the site

Almost all of the tombs were opened and looted centuries ago, but the sites still give an idea of the opulence and power of the Pharaohs.

The most famous pharaoh at the site is Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered in 1922.

Preserved to this day, in the tomb are original decorations of sacred imagery from, among others, the Book of Gates or the Book of Caverns.

These are among the most important funeral texts found on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs.

The Valley of the Kings in upper Egypt is one of the country's main tourist attractions. The most famous pharaoh at the site is Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered in 1922

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06-10-2025 om 15:56 geschreven door peter  

The first supermoon of the YEAR rises tonight – here's the best time to see the Harvest Moon

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By WILIAM HUNTER, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

If you're a keen stargazer, you won't want to miss out on this rare spectacle. 

The stunning full Harvest Moon, also known as the Hunter's Moon, will rise tonight.

This year's event will be a special treat – as it will also be the first supermoon of the year.

That means the Harvest Moon will appear up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.

This will be the first supermoon since November last year, and kicks off a run of three consecutive supermoons in the coming months.

The moon will technically be at its fullest on the night of September 7, but will appear full to the naked eye from this evening.  

It should be visible from anywhere in the UK with a good view of the night's sky, but weather conditions could make a big difference.

So, here's how you can get the best chance of seeing tonight's spectacular lunar display.

Tonight, the Harvest Moon will rise in the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. Here's how you can see it. Pictured: The Harvest Moon over New York yesterday evening

What is the Harvest Moon and why is it special?

The Harvest Moon is the full moon which rises closest to the Autumn Equinox, the point at which day and night are the same length.

It usually falls in September, but this year the equinox came on September 22 – making the October full moon this year's Harvest Moon.

All the full moons in the year have their own unique names and associated traditions, but the Harvest Moon is special for a scientific reason.

Due to the shape of the moon's orbit around Earth, the moon rises at almost exactly the same time during the nights surrounding the Harvest Moon. 

That means there are a few nights near the equinox when there is consistent, bright moonlight every evening.

That allowed farmers to harvest their crops at night before the start of the colder months. 

This was also a great help to hunters who would be looking to stock up on meat and supplies ahead of winter, giving it the alternative name of the Hunter's Moon. 

This year, the Harvest Moon is also the first supermoon of the year, meaning it could appear up to 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent larger than normal. Pictured: The Harvest Moon rising in California yesterday

But for modern–day stargazers, this consistency also makes the Harvest Moon one of the easiest full moons to watch rise since the timing is so consistent. 

Excitingly, this year's Harvest Moon happens to fall at the same time as a supermoon.

Since the moon's orbit around Earth is oval rather than round, our lunar satellite is closer or further away during different parts of the month. 

A supermoon refers to a full moon which happens while the moon is within 90 per cent of its closest point to Earth, known as a perigee.

Typically, the moon orbits the Earth at an average distance of 252,000 miles (405,500 km) from Earth.

However, at its perigee, the moon can reach a distance of around 226,000 miles (363,300 km). 

That means the moon appears to be brighter and larger than normal, although it can be difficult to see the difference with the naked eye. 

How to see tonight's Harvest Supermoon

Supermoons occur when the moon is at its closest point to Earth, known as the perigee. At this point, the moon can be around 30,000 miles closer than average 

The good news for any keen space fans is that you don't need any special equipment or even to travel out of town to see the supermoon tonight.

The moon will rise in the East at 18:13 BST, which should be just around sunset, and will set in the West around dawn.

As long as you can see the sky, you'll be able to get a good look at the bright full moon at any point during the evening.

However, there are also a few simple steps you can take to get the best possible viewing experience.

If possible, find a place with a clear view of the Eastern horizon and try to see the moon while it is as low as possible.

Although it won't actually be larger, a phenomenon called the 'moon illusion' means the full moon will appear to be bigger when it's just above the horizon.

Scientists still aren't quite sure why this is the case, but it does lead to much more spectacular views. 

If you can wait a bit longer, until around 19:00 BST, you will also have the opportunity to see the moon alongside another celestial body.

Looking Southeast tonight after sunset, there will also be a great opportunity to view the moon next to the planet Saturn. Saturn will be visible to the naked eye all evening, but you won't be able to make out its rings 

As the moon climbs higher into the sky, you should see a bright 'star' just to the right.

This star is actually the planet Saturn, which is currently visible to the naked eye from sunset until sunrise.

Saturn has just passed a point called 'opposition', arriving on the opposite side of Earth from the sun and making the planet especially easy to see. 

Just like any stargazing, to get the best views, you'll want to get away from street lights and other sources of light pollution.

Make sure to give your eyes at least half an hour to adjust to the dark while making sure not to look at your phone, which would ruin your night vision.

Unfortunately, local weather will have a big impact on your viewing conditions, and there is a good chance of cloud over large parts of the UK.

If you miss the moon tonight, conditions may have improved by tomorrow, when the moon will be even fuller.  

A Met Office spokesperson told Daily Mail: 'Visibility for the supermoon on Tuesday night looks to be best in Scotland, with patchy cloud in the South and cloudier conditions in the North.'

Unfortunately, weather conditions may not be ideal for viewing the moon tonight, with cloud forecast over much of Northern England, Wales, and Scotland from sunset onwards 

However, if clouds do ruin your chances of seeing this month's supermoon, there is no need to worry.

The Harvest Moon is just the first in a run of three supermoons coming through October, November, and December.

The November supermoon, also known as the Beaver Moon, will rise on November 5.

The December supermoon, appropriately called the Cold Moon, will follow on December 4 and will come alongside a great opportunity to see the planet Jupiter. 

The phases of the moon

Like Earth, the Moon has a day side and a night side, which change as the Moon rotates. 

The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark, but how much we are able to see of that illuminated half changes as the Moon travels through its orbit.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the phases of the moon are:

1. New Moon

This is the invisible phase of the Moon, with the illuminated side of the Moon facing the Sun and the night side facing Earth.

2. Waxing crescent

This silver sliver of a Moon occurs when the illuminated half of the Moon faces mostly away from Earth, with only a tiny portion visible to us from our planet.

3. First Quarter 

The Moon is now a quarter of the way through its monthly journey and you see half of its illuminated side. 

4. Waxing Gibbous

Now most of the Moon's dayside has come into view, and the Moon appears brighter in the sky. 

5. Full Moon

This is as close as we come to seeing the Sun's illumination of the entire day side of the Moon.

6. Waning Gibbous

As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the Moon now reflects the Moon’s light. 

7. Last Quarter

The Moon looks like it’s half illuminated from the perspective of Earth, but really you’re seeing half of the half of the Moon that’s illuminated by the Sun ― or a quarter. 

8. Waning Crescent

The Moon is nearly back to the point in its orbit where its dayside directly faces the Sun, and all that we see from our perspective is a thin curve. 

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06-10-2025 om 15:28 geschreven door peter  

Secret Chinese Space Shuttle Caught in Satellite Photo

This article is a work of speculative investigative journalism. It examines rumors surrounding a supposed “secret Chinese space shuttle” captured in a satellite photograph. It does not claim that such a vehicle exists or that the image is authentic or verified. Instead, it analyzes how satellite imagery, geopolitics, and media narratives intersect to produce compelling but often misleading stories. Readers are invited to consider how such claims arise, how they could be verified or debunked, and what the broader implications would be if genuine evidence emerged.

A rumor in orbit: the lure of a secret shuttle In the era of high-resolution commercial satellites, a single image can ignite a wildfire of speculation. A blurred silhouette on the edge of a high-orbit photo, or a shot of a gleaming, winged vehicle tucked among cargo ships and desert scrub, can spark headlines and a rush of social media activity. The strongest appeals of such a story lie not in the photograph alone, but in the political imagination it awakens: national pride, strategic superiority, the possibility of a silent, unseen asset in space that could alter the balance of power. When a claim is framed as “secret” or “hidden from public view,” it hits a nerve for readers who suspect that their government or rival powers are withholding information that would matter to global security.

Yet the mechanics of proving a claim about a “secret shuttle” are notoriously difficult. Space programs—whether manned or unmanned—are complex, with layers of public documentation, procurement pipelines, and visible milestones. A legitimate breakthrough typically produces a traceable record: launch manifests, design reviews, and sometimes even education and contractor announcements. When a claim rests on a single satellite image, the burden of proof shifts toward multiple corroborating signals: verifiable satellite metadata, independent corroboration by other sensors, and, ideally, official acknowledgement or a public leak that is subsequently corroborated. In the absence of these, an image becomes a symptom of speculation, a retouched rumor, or a misunderstanding of ordinary space hardware.

The anatomy of a persuasive image What makes a satellite photo compelling is not just its content but the context in which it is presented. Analysts look for certain cues:

• Resolution and sensor characteristics: A genuine image will carry metadata—satellite name, orbit altitude, and timestamp—that can be cross-checked. If the metadata is missing or inconsistent, the claim becomes dubious, though not automatically false, since metadata can be stripped or manipulated.
• Known hardware silhouettes: Engineers and space historians develop intuition for what is feasible given the known capabilities of current launch vehicles, orbital stages, or reusable systems. A “secret shuttle” would require a highly unusual combination of propulsion, airframe design, and thermal protection that would, plausibly, have visible features detectable in other data streams.
• Telemetry and corroboration: If multiple independent satellites capture the same object from different perspectives, the picture grows stronger. If only a single image exists, it remains vulnerable to manipulation or misinterpretation.
• Production quality: A convincing image can still be a hoax, but the more professional the image, the greater the temptation for interest groups to seed misinformation, either for political gain or to test the public’s willingness to believe sensational claims.

The historical parallel: past “secret” projects and the danger of confirmation bias There is a long history of rumors about secret space hardware. Projects that were officially disclosed later often turned out to be less sensational than rumored, while some genuine advances remained classified for longer than the public could easily verify. The cautious approach is to place any current claim within that historical frame: the fact that a claim exists does not equate to its truth; the absence of official confirmation is not confirmation of falsehood either—but it does set a high bar for credibility.

How to evaluate a satellite photograph claim responsibly If a journalist, researcher, or policy analyst encounters a claim about a “secret Chinese space shuttle” in a satellite image, a responsible approach involves a structured verification process:

1. Source assessment: Where did the image come from? What is the chain of custody? Are there independent confirmations of the image’s authenticity?

2. Metadata and sensor analysis: Can the image’s metadata be recovered? What satellite captured it? What is the ground resolution, radiometric quality, and atmospheric conditions at the time of capture?

3. Cross-comparison: Are there other images or sensor data (optical, radar, infrared) that show the same object? Do other sites report similar observations?

4. Historical consistency: Does the image fit within what is publicly known about that country’s space program, its launch cadence, and its reusability efforts? Are there any recent official statements or budget announcements that would align with or contradict the claim?

5. Expert consultation: Aerospace engineers, satellite image analysts, and space policy scholars can help parse whether a silhouette could realistically be a shuttle-like vehicle, a test platform, a payload, or a misidentified object such as a standard booster, a debris fragment, or cloud shadows.

China's Proposed Cargo Shuttle, the Haolong

Why a secret shuttle claim stands out in the Chinese context China’s space program has consistently demonstrated rapid progress and ambitious goals, including crewed missions, lunar exploration, and plans for a space station. This environment can create fertile ground for rumors about concealed capabilities. Three features shape the discourse:

• Strategic signaling: A claim about a “secret shuttle” is, in part, a narrative device—an indicator that a power is moving beyond conventional boundaries, potentially changing deterrence calculations and alliance dynamics.
• Domestic transparency vs. international scrutiny: Chinese space ventures, like those of many nations, operate within a broader political framework. When a story surfaces in international media or on social platforms, it can be read through the lens of competition and credibility, regardless of the factual basis.
• Media ecosystems and misinformation: In the digital age, stories spread quickly across disparate platforms, amplified by sensational wording and dramatic visuals. The same image can be repurposed to serve different agendas, from geopolitical posturing to commercial satire.

Image: CCTV

What would count as credible evidence? To elevate the claim beyond speculation, several conditions would need to be met:

• Independent verification: Multiple reputable organizations or agencies would need to confirm the existence of a vehicle that resembles a shuttle, preferably with disclosed technical plans or mission objectives.
• Official acknowledgment or leakage with corroboration: An official statement from the country’s space agency, or an authenticated leak from a credible insider, would move the needle significantly.
• Technical feasibility and public policy alignment: The claimed design should be plausible within known technical constraints and align with the country’s publicly stated space ambitions, budgets, and timelines.

The ethics of publishing unverified claims Journalists and researchers bear responsibility for how they present unverified claims. Labeling something as rumor, framing it as a possibility rather than a confirmed fact, and clearly distinguishing between image analysis, speculation, and reporting are essential. The temptation to publish dramatic headlines for clicks must be resisted when it risks spreading misinformation or stoking geopolitical tensions. Responsible reporting involves seeking corroboration, explaining uncertainties, and avoiding sensationalism that could damage diplomatic relations or public perception.

What if the claim were true? hypothetical implications If, in a hypothetical scenario, credible, independently verified evidence of a secret space shuttle were released, the implications would be wide-ranging:

• Strategic balance and defense policy: Verification of a secret operational asset would trigger reassessments of space defense doctrines, arms control considerations, and alliance commitments. It would prompt questions about transparency norms in space security discussions.
• International norms and transparency: A breakthrough or secret capability would likely spur calls for new treaties or confidence-building measures to prevent misunderstandings in a crowded orbital environment.
• Economic and technical ripple effects: The disclosure could reframe national industrial policy, accelerate investment in related technologies, and influence global supply chains for space hardware and software.

This undated photo shows a model of China's Haoloong space cargo shuttle which will debut at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province.

(PHOTO / XINHUA)

A constructive path forward for readers For readers who encounter sensational claims about space hardware, a practical path is to approach with healthy skepticism, engage with primary sources, and seek out expert analyses. Consider the following steps:

• Check the provenance of the image and any accompanying metadata.
• Look for independent verification from credible aerospace or space policy sources.
• Assess whether the story relies on a single image or multiple corroborating data streams.
• Read across different perspectives, including official statements, independent researchers, and security analysts.
• Distinguish between legitimate curiosity and speculative sensationalism, especially when geopolitical stakes are high.

A closing reflection: the power and perils of a single photograph In the end, a single satellite image can illuminate possibilities, but it cannot alone prove or disprove a sweeping claim about secret space programs. The human appetite for dramatic discoveries—especially in space, a realm associated with wonder and national pride—will continue to generate headlines fueled by curiosity, suspicion, and occasionally, mischief. The best journalism in this space, as in any other, will blend disciplined verification with thoughtful context, clarify uncertainties, and resist the lure of narratives that require us to suspend critical thinking.

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05-10-2025 om 23:51 geschreven door peter  

International Space Week: waarnemingen van Ufo's in de geschiedenis - PART I

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De hype rond ufo's is terug van (nooit) weggeweest
Sinds het Pentagon afgelopen mei toegaf dat het sinds 2004 minstens 400 waarnemingen van 'ongeïdentificeerde vliegende objecten' heeft geregistreerd in de Verenigde Staten, is de publieke belangstelling voor dit fenomeen toegenomen.

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Een "frequent” fenomeen
Het was 50 jaar geleden dat de ufo-kwestie voor het laatst in het Congres werd besproken. Maar dit jaar was de verrassing nog groter, omdat de adjunct-directeur van de inlichtingendienst van de marine in de VS, Scott Bray, verzekerde dat ufo-waarnemingen "frequent en aanhoudend" zijn.

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Ufo-waarnemingen in andere landen
Andere landen zoals Frankrijk (in 2007), of het Verenigd Koninkrijk (in 2011) hebben nationale dossiers over ufo's gedeclassificeerd. Japan kondigde in 2020 zelfs een nieuw actieprotocol aan voor zijn leger in het geval van waarnemingen.

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Historische waarnemingen
Als we teruggaan in de tijd, zijn er veel momenten rond het ufo-fenomeen die de geschiedenis zijn ingegaan. Laten we eens kijken naar de beroemdste gevallen ...

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Kenneth Arnold: de eerste waarneming?
De eerste geregistreerde waarneming van een ufo dateert van 24 juni 1947. De Amerikaanse piloot Kenneth Arnold (in het midden op de foto) aanschouwde wat als de eerste ufo-waarneming kan worden beschouwd. Hoewel er eerdere soortgelijke gevallen werden gemeld, kreeg deze waarneming veel publiciteit en aandacht.

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Onregelmatig, helder en snel
Arnold verklaarde dat, terwijl hij op zoek was naar een vermist vliegtuig, hij boven Mount Rainier (Washington) niet minder dan negen objecten met abnormale bewegingen zag die samen in een lijn vlogen. Hij beschreef ze als "extreem heldere objecten", met een "onregelmatige vliegwijze" die zich met "enorme snelheid" verplaatsten.

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Vliegende schotels
Het is door deze waarneming dat de mythe van de ovaalvormige ufo is ontstaan en de term 'vliegende schotel' begon te worden gebruikt, aangezien, in zijn eigen woorden, "ze onregelmatig 

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Een vonk in de wolken
Anderen gaan echter veel verder terug in de tijd. In het Zuid-Amerikaanse Chili werden in de 19e eeuw verschillende vreemde dingen gezien. Zo meldde Maria Graham in haar boek 'Journal of a Residence in Chile' (1822) dat ze een reeks vreemde lichten boven de zee had gezien. Ook zag commandant Buenaventura Martínez Díaz in 1853 dat hij en voorwerp had gezien dat "de wolken doorkruiste in de vorm van een vonk."

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Een alien in Talca
En op 15 mei 1861 berichtte de Chileense krant La Esperanza over de dagen van verschrikking die de inwoners van de stad Talca beleefden. Niet vanwege een ufo, maar vanwege de aanwezigheid van een wezen dat van een andere planeet leek te komen.

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De ufo's van Copiacó
In die Chileense precedenten springen "drie onverklaarbare luchtverschijnselen" het meest in het oog. De krant El Constituente had het over drie waarnemingen in maart, juli en november 1868. Ze waren allemaal in Copiacó, een stad waar vele jaren later, in 2013, nog eens een waarneming werd gemeld.

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Duizenden ufo-waarnemingen
Sindsdien zijn er duizenden ufo-waarnemingen gemeld, door strijdkrachten van verschillende landen, vliegtuigpiloten of gewone mensen. Waarnemingen die in veel gevallen een wetenschappelijke verklaring hebben, maar die in andere gevallen verontrustend mysterieus blijven.

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Project Blue Book
Van 1948 tot 1969 werd in de Verenigde Staten Project Blue Book gelanceerd, een overheidsinitiatief om ufo's te onderzoeken als een mogelijke bedreiging voor de nationale veiligheid. Dit alles in een tijd waarin de luchtmacht 12.618 waarnemingen rapporteerde, waarvan er vandaag de dag nog 701 ongeïdentificeerd blijven.

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Geen bewijs dat ufo's buitenaards waren
Project Blue Book werd in 1969 afgesloten vanwege de hoge kosten. De conclusie van het onderzoek luidde dat de ufo's geen bedreiging vormden voor de nationale veiligheid en dat er geen bewijs was dat het om buitenaardse vaartuigen ging, noch om technologische ontwikkelingen die de moderne wetenschap te boven gaan.

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Het Roswell-incident
In 1947, hetzelfde jaar van de waarneming van Kenneth Arnold, vond ook een van de meest legendarische ufo-gebeurtenissen plaats: het Roswell-incident. Een ongeïdentificeerd vliegend object stortte neer in een veld in deze stad in New Mexico, en onmiddellijk daarna volgde een ontmoeting met buitenaardse wezens.

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Velen geloven nog steeds dat het een ufo was
De Amerikaanse regering probeerde de commotie rond het Roswell-incident te sussen door te beweren dat het om een weerballon ging en niet om een vliegende schotel, zoals velen aanvankelijk beweerden. Volgens een opiniepeiling van CNN uit 1997 denkt echter bijna twee derde van de Amerikanen nog steeds dat het een ufo was die er was neergestort.

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Betrouwbare getuigen?
Er waren vermeende getuigen die toen verklaarden dat ze hadden gezien hoe militairen het ongeïdentificeerde object en de lichamen van de buitenaardse wezens uit het gebied van het incident hadden weggehaald. Toch was er geen echt bewijs.

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Ufo-toerisme
Momenteel leeft Roswell van het toerisme van ufo- en alien-liefhebbers uit de hele wereld die blijven zoeken naar antwoorden. De stad heeft zelfs een drukbezocht 'UFO Museum'.

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Area 51
En als Roswell een mythische plek is binnen het ufo-fenomeen, dan wat gezegd van Area 51, een gebied midden in de Nevadawoestijn? Velen geloven dat de Amerikaanse regering er zowel ufo's als lichamen van aliens verbergt.

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Programma's tegen de Sovjets
In 2013 declasseerde de CIA documenten waarin officieel werd erkend dat Area 51 een geheime militaire basis was waar niets buitenaards werd verborgen, maar dat het werd gebruikt om de luchtbewakingsprogramma's U-2 en OXCART te testen tegen de Sovjets tijdens de Koude Oorlog.

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Ufo's en kernwapens
Zeven voormalige leden van de luchtmacht van de Verenigde Staten beweerden in 2010 dat ze tussen de jaren zestig en tachtig ufo's hadden waargenomen in de buurt van kernwapeninstallaties.

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Gedeactiveerde raketten
Over een van de waargenomen ufo's zei Robert Salas, een voormalige kapitein van de luchtmacht: "Onze raketten begonnen in wat men een niet-actieve toestand noemt te komen; ze konden niet worden gelanceerd. Ze werden gewoon gedeactiveerd, terwijl dit object om ons heen was."

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Buitenaardse interesse in kernwapens
Ufoloog Robert Hastings, die de persconferentie organiseerde waarop deze waarnemingen werden gemeld, zei: "Deze heren geloven dat de planeet wordt bezocht door wezens uit een andere wereld, die geïnteresseerd zijn in de geschiedenis van nucleaire wapens die begon aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog."

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Bevolen om een ufo neer te halen
Op 20 mei 1957 kregen volgens de krant The Times twee Amerikaanse piloten het bevel een ufo neer te halen die boven het Engelse platteland zweefde. Enkele veteranen van het leger, zoals die op de afbeelding, hebben het verhaal publiekelijk verteld.

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De ufo die de piloten achtervolgden
Volgens Milton Torres (een van de betrokken piloten) bewoog het object "onregelmatig". Bovendien was het zo groot als "een vliegend vliegdekschip" en "hing het enkele ogenblikken in de lucht voordat het verdween met een geschatte snelheid van 12.000 kilometer per uur."

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Het ufo-incident in Shag Harbour
Shag Harbour is een klein dorpje op het schiereiland Nova Scotia in Canada, waar een groep vissers op 4 oktober 1967 een lichtgevend object zagen dat uiteindelijk neerstortte in de Atlantische Oceaan. Aanvankelijk dacht men dat het een vliegtuig was, maar er werden nooit stoffelijke resten gevonden.

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05-10-2025 om 21:36 geschreven door peter  

International Space Week: waarnemingen van Ufo's in de geschiedenis - PART II

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Een ontvoering in Chili
Door de zaak van korporaal Armando Valdés kwam de Chileense ufologie wereldwijd onder de aandacht. Armando zag in 1977 samen met zeven andere soldaten een ufo. Ze zagen vreemde lichten in de lucht en daarna verdween Armando gedurende 15 minuten.

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Hij herinnert zich de ontvoering niet
In een interview met Agence France Presse in november 1978 zei Armando dat hij zes of zeven stappen zette weg van de groep, richting het licht, en dat hij geen idee had wat er daarna gebeurde. Hij zei: "Iets trok me aan. Het was als een interne communicatie met het licht."

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Het onverklaarbare verstrijken van de tijd
Korporaal Armando, die zich de vorige dag had geschoren, had een baard van vijf tot zes dagen. Bovendien duidde zijn polshorloge de datum 30 april aan in plaats van 26, en liep de klok 15 minuten achter.

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Het ufo-incident in Voronezh
Op 27 september 1989 meldde het persbureau TASS dat voetballende jongens in een stadspark in Voronezh (Rusland) een roze gloed in de lucht zagen, een dieprode bal die zweefde, en een alien met drie ogen. De kinderen waren de enige getuigen, maar een politieagent meldde dat hij "een object in de lucht zag vliegen".

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De Phoenix Lights
De Phoenix Lights (soms ook wel de 'Lichten boven Phoenix' genoemd) waren een reeks op grote schaal waargenomen ufo's boven Arizona, Nevada en de Mexicaanse staat Sonora, op 13 maart 1997. Er werden verschillende soorten lichten gezien door duizenden mensen.

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Een deltavorming schip
Fife Symington, de voormalige gouverneur van Arizona en een voormalig luchtmachtofficier, verklaarde op CNN: "Ik zag een enorm deltavormig schip stilletjes over Squaw Peak vliegen, een bergketen in Phoenix. Het was echt indrukwekkend. Ik was stomverbaasd, omdat ik me naar het westen keerde op zoek naar de Phoenix Lights in de verte."

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Waarnemingen van Chileense piloten
In 2007 onthulde het Chileense leger tijdens een bijeenkomst van ufologen in Viña del Mar dat enkele van zijn piloten ufo's hadden waargenomen. Kapitein Rodrigo Bravo omschreef het volgens het persbureau EFE als "spectaculaire ervaringen op verschillende plaatsen".

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Winston Churchill hield ufo-waarnemingen geheim
In 2010 werd via de BBC en na enkele door het Ministerie van Defensie openbaar gemaakte rapporten onthuld dat de voormalige Britse premier Winston Churchill de opdracht gaf om vermeende ufo-waarnemingen door de luchtmacht vijftig jaar lang verborgen zodat er geen paniek zou ontstaan onder de bevolking.

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Vernietigd ufo-bewijsmateriaal

Wetenschapper Nick Pope verklaarde aan de BBC dat "Churchill en Eisenhower besloten om de buitengewone waarnemingen van ufo's geheim te houden". Hij merkte ook op dat "het meeste archiefmateriaal uit de jaren vijftig werd vernietigd".

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Oumuamua: een asteroïde of een buitenaards ruimteschip?
Oumuamua was een mysterieus object dat in 2017 door het zonnestelsel trok en werd ontdekt en drie dagen lang gevolgd door verschillende telescopen tot het verdween. Het incident veroorzaakte een groot debat in de wereld van de wetenschap. De meesten verzekerden dat het om een zeldzame asteroïde of komeet ging, maar anderen beweerden dat het misschien een enorm buitenaards ruimteschip was.

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Kenmerken van het meest controversiële object
Volgens de gemaakte berekeningen was Oumuamua ongeveer 400 meter lang en 40 meter breed, en had het een roodachtig oppervlak. Het meest verrassende kenmerk was dat de baan ervan niet lineair was, maar eerder chaotisch, zeer snel draaiend en met zeer uitgesproken richtingsveranderingen.

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Doelbewust gestuurd door aliens?
Volgens astronomen Shmuel Bialy en Abraham Loeb (foto) is Oumuamua mogelijk een volledig operationele sonde die opzettelijk door een buitenaardse beschaving naar de buurt van de aarde is gestuurd.

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Een nooit eerder gezien opject
Loeb is een groot verdediger van het feit dat Oumuamua het eerste ontdekte object in het zonnestelsel is dat daarbuiten is ontstaan. Hij herinnerde ons in een interview met de BBC eraan dat het ongewone kenmerken heeft die het tot een nooit eerder gezien zeldzaam object maken.

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Buitenaardse bezoeken tijdens de pandemie
De laatste vermeende waarnemingen deden zich voor en namen exponentieel toe tijdens de maandenlange lockdown van de COVID-19-pandemie. Plots was − volgens de getuigenissen op sociale media met foto's en video's − het luchtruim gevuld met ufo's.

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Andere gemelde waarnemingen
Om enkele historische waarnemingen te noemen in de wereld: de waarneming op Antarctica (1965); het ufo-incident in Teheran (1976); die van Manises (1979), de Canarische Eilanden (1976-1979) en Ochate (1981), alle drie in Spanje; het Colares-incident in 1977 (Brazilië) ...

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Beroemdheden en ufo's
De Republikeinse kandidaat voor het Congres in Miami, Bettina Rodríguez, heeft gezegd dat ze in 2009 werd ontvoerd door aliens. Ook de Argentijnse artiest Andrés Calamaro heeft bevestigd dat hij een ufo zag in de jaren tachtig, toen hij op tournee was met zijn groep Los Plateros.

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Zijn we echt alleen in het heelal?
Het ufo-fenomeen is nog steeds zeer interessant en bevat, zoals alle regeringen toegeven, mysteries. Voor veel van deze incidenten is er geen wetenschappelijke verklaring, al kan dat zijn omdat we niet over alle gegevens beschikken. Hoe dan ook: vliegende schotels zijn iconische, literaire en cinematografische elementen.

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05-10-2025 om 21:35 geschreven door peter  

This Scientist Claims Apollo Mission Brought Back “Metals” from Moon Made by Advanced Machines and Structures on Mars and Moon Possibly 50,000 Years Old from Our Past

For people in ancient Mesopotamia, heaven was described as having three layers. The lowest layer was the home of the stars, the middle layer was where the younger gods, the Igigi, lived, and the highest layer belonged to An, the sky god.

Other researchers have also made surprising claims connected to these ideas. Dr. Ken Johnston, a former aerospace engineer, said that NASA already knows astronauts discovered ancient alien structures and remains of advanced machinery on the Moon. He claimed some of these technologies had the power to control gravity.

Dr. Ralph Kennedy Johnston Sr., often known as Ken Johnston, was born in 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He worked as one of four Civilian Astronaut Consultant Pilots at NASA and helped train Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins for the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.

Johnston is also a retired U.S. Marine and has become known as a “NASA whistleblower,” though he rejects the name. He said he only wanted to share information that the public deserved to know.

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In addition, some people connect his claims with stories told by Ingo Swann, a well-known remote viewer, who said he psychically saw strange structures on the Moon. Swann described domes, tall towers, cross-shaped buildings, long tunnels, and signs of mining activity. He thought that either someone or something had secretly built these bases on the Moon.

Swann also said he saw human-like figures on the Moon digging into a cliff. The strange part, he added, was that they all appeared completely naked.

During this remote-viewing experiment, a man named Axelrod supervised Swann. Suddenly, Axelrod stopped the session and seemed alarmed, explaining that the beings on the Moon might have become aware they were being watched, which could be dangerous.

After that, Axelrod asked Swann if he knew a man named George Leonard. Swann said no. Around that same time, Leonard was writing a book titled Somebody Else Is on the Moon.

That book, published in 1977, described reports of mysterious, unnatural structures on the Moon — the very kind of things Axelrod seemed to worry about. Leonard’s work suggested that these lunar structures could not have been formed naturally and looked as though someone had built them.

Over time, Swann and Axelrod met secretly to discuss more of these strange observations. These secret meetings, which Swann later compared to scenes from a spy movie, suddenly ended in 1977 without explanation. Swann was left confused about the truth.

He wondered if his psychic vision had detected an extraterrestrial base built long ago. Yet because the people he saw looked completely human, he also considered the idea that it could have been a hidden Earth-based project. He thought maybe Axelrod wanted him to discover something without revealing the government’s involvement.

Despite decades passing, the mystery is still unresolved. The strange lunar structures described by Leonard, Swann, and Johnston continue to raise questions about whether the Moon hides evidence of advanced civilizations.

The idea that aliens might be secretly using the Moon reminds many of similar theories claiming aliens could be operating on Earth itself. Some people think those “ancient visitors” who might have built advanced cities or shared secret technology could have played a role in shaping human evolution and culture.

Al Worden’s comments about humans being the real aliens connect strangely well with these later stories. If humans came from somewhere else long ago, as he suggested, it might explain why ancient cultures around the world have myths about gods descending from the sky, teaching knowledge, and building great cities before disappearing.

Worden, unlike most astronauts, remained open to such possibilities until his last years. He said exploring space was not just about science but also about finding the truth of where we came from. Many found his words mysterious, but others thought he raised an interesting point — that our search for life beyond Earth might end with us discovering our own distant origin among the stars.

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05-10-2025 om 18:48 geschreven door peter  

Tales of alien sightings and government cover-ups have captured American imaginations for decades – but few with such global appeal as the Men in Black. David Clarke introduces the ufologist who popularised these shadowy space-age legends

David Clarke

One night in 1953, three mysterious men sporting black suits reportedly arrived uninvited at the home of Albert K Bender in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The menacing trio, who reportedly identified themselves as agents of the US government, threatened Bender with prison if he told anyone about a secret he had discovered – information relating to the source of the flying saucer mystery. They scared him so badly that he was physically sick for three days.

Bender was no mere disinterested civilian. An obsessive ufologist, he was the founder of the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB), the world’s first civilian UFO investigation club. Shortly after that ominous visit, and on the orders of those ‘secret agents’, he shut down the IFSB.

At least one person was both disappointed and intrigued by this development: Gray Barker, only recently recruited as the IFSB’s chief investigator and a contributor to its magazine, Space Review.

“He was 6ft 4ins tall, with a gentle southern accent and a sly sense of humour,” recalled his friend John Keel, a fellow investigator of UFOs and monster stories. “And it can truly be said that he knew too much about flying saucers.”

It was Barker’s exploration of the ‘men in black’ (latterly abbreviated as MIB) that had a long-lasting and global impact on ufology and wider popular culture.

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Born in West Virginia in 1925, in his youth Barker worked in the theatre industry, then began publishing, writing and editing stories about UFOs, monsters and the paranormal. He graduated from Glenville State College in 1947 – the year in which the phrase ‘flying saucers’ was coined to describe a formation of strange batwing-shaped objects reported by a private pilot, Kenneth Arnold, in Washington state. Arnold’s sighting was quickly followed by the Roswell incident, when wreckage of a flying object was recovered from the desert in New Mexico. This story would later become a central element of the most popular UFO conspiracy theory, which claims that the US government is hiding crashed alien spacecraft.

• Read more | The Roswell incident: Did the US Government cover up an alien crash in 1947? The real history that challenges the conspiracy

Barker enjoyed blurring the line between fact and fiction, and in his 1956 book They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers he dramatised and embellished his account of Bender’s story to capture the public imagination. It worked: his retelling of the episode launched the legend of the ‘men in black’ into the paranoid world of ufology at the height of the Cold War.

Silent alarm

Written around the time of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s infamous campaign to expose alleged communist infiltration of the US government, They Knew Too Much… became the best-known title in a series of books that Barker edited and published from his home in West Virginia. The book charted the activities of what he called the ‘Silence Group’, whom he claimed had warned Bender and other IFSB members to end their investigations. In it, Barker quotes Bender: “Just as the three men were leaving, one of them lingered for a moment and said, ‘In our government, we have the smartest men in the country. They can’t find a defence for [UFOs]. How can you do anything about it?’”

Menacing ‘agents’ travelled in groups of three, wore black suits and drove large, brand-new automobiles

As rumours about the ‘Silence Group’ spread following the book’s publication, other enthusiasts and people who claimed to have witnessed UFOs came forward, insisting that they’d also received visits from men in black. Like Bender, many appeared genuinely terrified – yet none suffered any reprisals after talking about their experiences. The menacing ‘agents’ often, but not always, travelled in groups of three, wore black suits and drove large, brand-new automobiles, usually Cadillacs or dark sedans.

Bender’s encounter occurred in the same year that the CIA convened a top-secret panel of scientists to decide how to deal with the growing number of unsolved sightings reported to the US Air Force. UFO writer Jerome Clark speculates that the men who visited Bender might have been genuine secret agents who were following the panel’s recommendations that civilian UFO groups should be closely watched.

The legend blurred with science fiction in 1962 when Barker published a book, Flying Saucers and the Three Men, written by Bender – who had now emerged from hiding, and promised to reveal the truth about his visitation. Even the more open-minded UFO believers found it hard to swallow one extravagant addition to Bender’s story – an account of his abduction to the south pole by monstrous aliens from the planet Kazik.

Aliens in disguise

More enticing to the UFO industry was the revelation that the ‘agents’ who visited Bender were aliens in disguise – a fresh theme that imaginative writers and artists could develop further. Barker continued to promote the legend, alongside UFOs and other mysteries, via the magazine he edited, The Saucerian (later The Saucerian Bulletin), while rival authors also began creating their own folklore.

The Silver Bridge, a creative fiction book published by Barker in 1970, linked the collapse of the bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in December 1967 with a frightening creature called the Mothman. His friend John Keel, another occult journalist, expanded on the legend in a book-length account, The Mothman Prophecies. Published in 1975, it featured Barker and was adapted into a 2002 Hollywood film starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. In his book, Keel – the first to use the acronym MIB – detailed visits to the homes of witnesses who had reported encounters with both the Mothman and UFOs before the bridge tragedy that claimed the lives of 46 people.

From the late 1960s, accounts of MIB visits were becoming ever more bizarre and surreal. Stories described MIB moving robotically, or having telepathic powers, odd hairstyles and shaved eyebrows. Their weird demeanour placed them alongside depictions of gangsters, fictional terrorists and spies in contemporary films and TV shows. They resembled, for example, the SMERSH agents pursued by James Bond in novels and films. Meanwhile, MIB links with conspiracy theories were cemented by ‘sightings’ in Dallas soon after John F Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

Believer or sceptic?

Barker died in 1984, aged just 59, having contracted HIV. A decade after his death, the Men in Black launched onto the global medial landscape. They appeared in The X-Files TV series, then the first of four Men in Black movies was released in 1997 – the 50th anniversary of Arnold’s report of the first ‘flying saucers’. Based on a comic by Lowell Cunningham, the first three of these comedy sci-fi films follow the exploits of two agents, played by Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, who work for a secret agency that polices extraterrestrials living secretly on Earth.

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Did Barker really believe the stories that he promoted? Or was he purely motivated by financial gain? Evidence suggests that he was a sceptic: he told his friend (and fellow UFO writer) James Moseley that he “pretty much took all of ufology as a joke”. After Barker’s death, Moseley confessed that in 1957 the pair had written a fake letter, on US Department of State stationery, sent to George Adamski – who claimed to have met aliens from Venus and Mars, and travelled in their flying saucers. The letter appeared to corroborate Adamski’s fantastic tales.

In 2002, another of Barker’s circle, journalist John C Sherwood, published an exposé that revealed the MIB creator’s ‘dark side’. “He launched hoaxes, joined others’ deceptions, and manipulated people’s beliefs,” Sherwood claimed in Skeptical Inquirer.

Gray Barker laid the foundations for the modern belief that the US government is actively involved in a cover-up

Gray Barker laid the foundations for the modern belief that the US government is actively involved in a cover-up. In 2019, a Gallup poll found that 68 per cent of Americans believe “the US Government knows more about UFOs than it is telling us”. That came shortly after an online campaign called Storm Area 51, which drove support for breaking into the secret military base in the Nevada desert where many believe the US government is flying captured alien craft.

In July 2023, US intelligence officer David Grusch testified before a congressional hearing that the Pentagon was involved in reverse-engineering non-human spacecraft, and had recovered their dead pilots. He also claimed that people had been threatened and killed in order to conceal what has been called the ‘Cosmic Watergate 2.0’. If Grusch is to be believed – and his claims have been challenged by numerous experts – then the ‘men in black’ are more than a mere fantasy conjured up by Gray Barker.

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David Clarke is associate professor in the Department of Media Arts and Communications at Sheffield Hallam University

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05-10-2025 om 18:36 geschreven door peter  

Background: What are Ammonites?

Belonging to the Phylum Mollusca, these extinct marine invertebrates resemble a nautilus, complete with a spiral shell. Ammonites lived around 408-65 million years ago in Earth’s ancient seas, and because these creatures are related to cuttlefish, nautilus, octopus, and squid, their soft bodies did not fossilize well, leaving mainly their shells behind for scientists to study.

These shells have helped scientists date other fossils, as well as tell scientists the approximate locations of Earth’s ancient oceans. However, there are still mysteries surrounding these creatures, especially when it comes to how they moved and why their shells were such particular shapes. 

Analysis: Building Robotic Ammonites

To study ammonite movement, researchers at the University of Utah created robotic ammonites out of 3D-printed materials. The robots helped the researchers to better understand how the ammonites maneuvered through the water as well as the best shell shape for balanced movement. According to David Peterman, a postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Utah, “These results reiterate that there is no single optimum shell shape…My broader research goal is to provide a better understanding of these enigmatic animals, their ecosystem roles, and the evolutionary processes that shaped them.”

The researchers built three different robotic ammonites with designs based on nautilus shells and ammonite fossils. The three robots were tested in the water by doing laps. This helped the researchers see the pros and cons of each shell type. “Throughout their evolution, externally shelled cephalopods navigated their physical limitations by endlessly experimenting with variations on the shape of their coiled shells,” explained Peterman. This was illustrated in the differences in the fossils, as the spirals of the shells shifted into something similar to the ones we have today.

Outlook: Using Robots to Study the Past

While this study helped the researchers to better understand the evolutionary process behind ammonite movement and shell shape, it also illustrated the utility of using robotics to study the past. Robotics can help to bring fossils to life, allowing scientists to better understand the possible movements of these ancient animals. With other advanced technology like AI and virtual reality (VR), recreating the past will be easier than ever.

AI is already helping us to determine our ancient human roots, and with the help of virtual reality, we are closing in on recreating lifelike representations of extinct animals like mammoths in a virtual setting. In the years ahead, such advances may prove to be key assets for scientists in the years ahead, who will now have access to a clearer idea of how these extinct animals once thrived on our planet. 

• Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is a staff writer at the Debrief and the Science Communicator at JILA (a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder and NIST). She focuses on deep tech, the metaverse, and quantum technology. You can find more of her work at her website: https://kennacastleberry.com/

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04-10-2025 om 23:33 geschreven door peter  

Former US Army Colonel: ‘Aliens Destroyed Couple Of Nuclear Weapons That Were Sent To Space’

During the Cold War, the United States conducted the largest nuclear test in outer space, 400 km above the Northern Pacific Ocean. The results were devastating. More such testing would have destroyed Earth’s magnetic field, that is why outer-space nuclear testing was banned. Moreover, some accounts of the US military personnel including NASA astronauts convey that the extraterrestrials were behind the nuclear missile testing in outer space, and they even put surveillance on the nuclear facilities on Earth.

In the “Sirius Documentary,” hosted by UFOlogist Steven Greer, US Air Force retired Colonel Ross Dedrickson testified that he observed UFOs over the nuclear facilities in which he was assigned. Besides, he said the extraterrestrials were not allowing nuclear weapons in space. They stopped the nuclear missile that was sent to detonate on the Lunar surface. The US was urged to demonstrate its power to the Soviets.

Col. Ross Dedrickson was assigned to the US Atomic Energy Commission. A long service with the Energy Commission between 1950-1958 included contract administration duties at Nevada test sites, Pacific Nuclear Test Area west of Hawaii, nuclear weapon manufacturing and quality assurance in Albuquerque, and inspection of nuclear and non-nuclear facilities throughout the country. He served with the 5th Air Force in Japan and later as a ranking Colonel, Officer in Charge of the Pacific Unified Command (TM)s alternate “command and control center” in Hawaii. In 1962, he was transferred and served as Deputy for Material for the 832 Air Division at Canon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico. He retired from the USAF in 1964.

“A couple of nuclear weapons that were sent to space were destroyed by the extraterrestrials. Our government sent nuclear weapons for the explosion on the moon’s surface. It was intended to, as I understand it, assess some scientific data and reactions and so forth. The idea of an explosion in space by any Earth government was not acceptable to the extraterrestrials, and that has been demonstrated over and over,” Colonel said.

He is one of hundreds of military whistleblowers with verified backgrounds to have been brought forth by Dr. Steven Greer’s Disclosure Project. His testimony about UFOs — specifically about UFOs and nuclear weapons — can be corroborated by a wealth of information and evidence that’s now available within the public domain.

UFO Shot Down Missile In 1964

For 18 years, Robert Jacobs had been participating in the official United States Government-ordered UFO coverup. He claimed that he had been ridiculed by his colleagues for writing about this cover-up that appeared in The National Enquirer. The cover-up was about the UFO shooting down one of the ballistic missiles back in 1964 in Big Sur, California. (Click here to read the full article)

Retired USAF Lieutenant Robert Jacobs had been an officer in charge of optical instrumentation at the 1369th Photo Squadron at Vandenberg from 1963 to 1966. His job was to establish a long-range tracking site at Big Sur, California. Those days, ballistic missiles used to blow upon launch, and Dr. Jacobs’ duty was to determine the reason behind every missile failure at the Western Test Range. As the missiles had to carry a nuclear weapon to a specific target, they were monitoring the dummy warhead to find the reason behind their blow.

Dr. Jacobs recalled that the UFO incident had most probably been associated with the launch of an Atlas missile happened either September 2nd, 3rd, or 15th, 1964.

Dr. Jacobs explained: “Because of the length of the telescope as the Atlas missile entered the frame, we could see the whole third stage which has two rocket nozzles like this and one in the center or gimballed one in the center fill in our frame from one hundred and about 160 miles it was pretty exciting optics we watched that stage burnout we watched the second stage burnout we watch a third stage burnout and into the frame came something else it flew into the frame.”

According to him, the warhead was approached by a UFO, fired a beam of light at it from different directions. Subsequently, the warhead malfunctioned and tumbled out of sub orbit hundreds of miles short of its target. “This… unidentified flying… thing had apparently shot down an American dummy atomic warhead,” Dr. Jacobs said.

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Nuclear-adjacent sightings go back decades, said Robert Hastings, a UFO researcher and author of the book “UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites.” Hastings said he interviewed more than 160 veterans who witnessed strange things in the skies around nuclear sites.

UFO deactivated Malmstrom AFB Nuke System

Former US Air Force Captain Robert Salas mentioned an incident that took place on March 16, 1967. He was at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in an underground capsule when he was told by the security forces that a red glowing object had been seen at the front gate of the base. (Click here to read the full article)

One of the airmen was enjoying the clear morning sky when suddenly a star appeared, moving in a zig-zag manner. Then another light came. He called the Flight Security Controller (FSC), and they both watched the movement of those strange lights. They reported to Salas and he asked them to keep an eye on those lights.

Firstly, it did not concern Salas because he thought that his colleagues were possibly joking. In some time, he was called by the controller again, and he (FSC) was frightened and shouting. They were watching a UFO, hovering outside the front gate.

“I can’t really describe it. It’s glowing red. What are we supposed to do? Make sure the site is secure and I’ll phone the Command Post. Sir, I have to go now, one of the guys just got injured.”

After that, Salas lost communication with the airman and security guard. He immediately contacted his commander Lt. Fred Meiwald, who was sleeping at that time. While he was on the call with Lt. Meiwald, a security alarm rang, indicating a problem within the missile system. He checked the matter and found there was a “No-Go” light on, and two red security lights were lit. He was just trying to understand what went wrong, consecutively several alarms went off and they lost “entire flight of ten ICBMs to a ‘No-Go’ (inoperable) condition.”

Astronaut Leaked Email

In 2016, Wikileaks revealed thousands of emails that were allegedly linked to Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta. The emails unfolded secret information shared with Podesta about UFOs and ETs. (Click here to read the full article)

In 2015, Podesta received emails from Mitchell that expressed his concern about the weaponization of space and its impact on the ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence). Despite the fact that aliens might be violent as shown in various sci-fi, the notable astronaut called them nonviolent in an email.

In January 2015, he sent an email to Podesta, asking him to have an urgent meeting to discuss Disclosure and Zero Point Energy (ZPE). He was concerned about the peace in space.

Mitchell wrote: “My Catholic colleague Terri Mansfield will be there too, to bring us up to date on the Vatican’s awareness of ETI. Another colleague is working on a new Space Treaty, citing involvement with Russia and China. However with Russia’s extreme interference in Ukraine, I believe we must pursue another route for peace in space and ZPE on Earth.”

Mitchell emailed Podesta again on September 18, 2015. He wrote: “Because the War in Space race is heating up, I felt you should be aware of several factors as you and I schedule our Skype talk. Remember, our nonviolent ETI from the contiguous universe are helping us bring zero point energy to Earth. They will not tolerate any forms of military violence on Earth or in space.”

It was confirmed by one of Mitchell’s collaborators that the meeting between Podesta and him never took place. During the 2016 election campaign, Podesta declared he would convince Clinton to declassify as many UFO files as possible. In 2014, he tweeted that his biggest failure during the Obama administration was not to ask them for the release of UFO files.

Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell died in 2016 but for his entire life, he was a pacifist and a promoter of ETI reality. According to him, ZPE is the ultimate energy source from which all matter derives.

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04-10-2025 om 23:21 geschreven door peter  

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story:

• A Congressional hearing recently looked at a mysterious orb that a U.S. military missile seemed to bounce off in midair. Speculation ran rampant that it was a UAP—traditionally known as a UFO—after the blurry video was released.
• In reality, the UAP was likely a balloon that was drifting in the wind, reportedly in the air near Yemen. Its pieces continued drifting after a Hellfire missile tore into it.
• The U.S. Army is not releasing information about the event, or about how the military decides to deploy a missile, but a missile physics expert explains what probably happened.

Few people could make sense of it: a video played at a recent Congressional hearing concerning “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” or UAP, seems to show a U.S. military missile bouncing off a mysterious orb in mid-air. The blurry and short clip, appearing as if filmed from a point above the intersecting objects, was released at a House Oversight transparency hearing on Sept. 9. It attracted national attention, but what many people thought they saw was an illusion.

So, what was it, really?

An Expert on Missile Physics Weighs In

A U.S. Army spokesperson said in an email that while the hearing and video are in the public record, the newly renamed Department of War “has not authenticated the video, or issued a substantive confirmation about the event. Press reports reflect no Pentagon verification.”

So we asked a missile physics expert for some help. Fred Lamb, PhD, a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of Illinois, chaired a ballistic missile report earlier this year for the American Physical Society. He cautioned by e-mail that any analysis requires “many, many assumptions” for experts such as himself who have “no independent knowledge of the event,” but said he would do his best proceeding on assumptions.

Lamb’s conclusion—based on the evidence below—was that the object was likely a high-altitude balloon being cut up mid-air by a special variant of a U.S. missile designed to eject blades. He emphasized that this type of missile strike is not what the public would expect to see from watching Hollywood movies or TV series of ballistic explosions. “The main reason for this is to make the movie or TV event loud, dramatic, and exciting—not because that is what the destruction of a target, such as a balloon, would look like in reality,” he said.

What We See Doesn’t Always Reflect the Facts

Press reports from the hearing suggested that the event occurred in the air near Yemen and involved a variant of the 100-pound-scale “Hellfire” missile. Generally speaking, the U.S. Army uses these AGM-114 missiles, the spokesperson said—primarily a laser-guided variant called “Romeo” for its serial number, AGM-114R.

But there are at least 10 variants of Hellfire, Lamb said. His video analysis assumes one of these variants was fired from an MQ-9 Reaper drone, based on media reports, and that the camera that took the footage was flying on a second drone far above, using a “very high magnification thermal imaging camera,” he said. This drone type has a reported operational altitude of 25,000 feet, a little lower than typical commercial airliner flight routes, he said.

Lamb named the altitude and the camera specifically to highlight all the uncertainties the public is working with: the distance from the camera to the background, what the background is (might be ocean or cloud cover), the path of the presumed missile, the distance from the camera to the target, and the direction the camera is pointing towards (relative to the ground.)

“We don’t know any of these things,” he emphasized, which means an untrained observer might make conclusions, such as assuming “that the missile and the target are both moving in the same plane,” or “that the camera is not rotating,” among other misperceptions.

So we can’t say what we are looking at for sure.

However, Lamb said one possibility is that the camera is zooming far down to the intersecting objects, creating an optical illusion known as “parallax motion.” In a restricted field of view such as a camera lens, the target may be appearing to move very quickly—and that would especially be the case when there are few background objects with which to judge the motion.

Other UAPs that have appeared to be moving very rapidly have been found to be moving not under their own volition, but only because a wind was pushing them along, Lamb said. He therefore suggested it is plausible—but not a slam dunk—that the “target” might be a balloon high in the air reflecting sunlight, which “appears to be moving rapidly mostly because of ‘parallax motion,’ but also because it is being carried along by a high-altitude wind.”

What Happens When You Fire on a Balloon?

Assuming it is a balloon, who makes the decision to fire on the object? When asked if it is a pilot, a commanding officer or somebody else, the U.S. Army said it was unable to release that information “due to operational considerations.” Lamb added that generally, “There are many possible reasons why the U.S. military might want to bring down a balloon that was floating in an area where a conflict is ongoing.”

Assuming the missile hit a balloon, the video shows what appears to be a number of pieces—flying away in parallel—after the missile strike. “The missile continues on its way, indicating that the missile was not significantly deflected by its interaction with the target,” Lamb added of what he could plausibly see. “This indicates that there was not much interaction, and/or that the mass of the target was small, consistent with the target being a balloon.”

More evidence for the target being a balloon includes “the fact that once the target is intersected, the resulting pieces of the target move apart slowly, as they would if they are drifting apart while continuing to be carried by a wind.” The camera’s optics, he noted, likely couldn’t pick up all the debris—what was visible were pieces that “all seem to have the same noncircular shapes and the same orientation.”

As for why the missile continued and did not appear to explode? Lamb said there are a couple of possibilities. Perhaps the Hellfire’s warhead did not detonate. Or more likely, it is a “type of Hellfire missile that … did not have a substantial explosive warhead—but could nevertheless cut or tear the balloon.” The most likely example would be the AGM-114R9X, he added, which pops out sharp blades with only a small amount of explosive.

Hellfire missiles have been used in multiple operations and by different branches of the military, according to the U.S. Army. They were deployed during the 1991 Gulf War operations—also known as “Desert Storm” in the U.S., and continue to be used through the ongoing “War on Terror.” Hellfire missiles have been launched from both drones and helicopters.

While the nature of the video means we cannot know if a Hellfire missile was ripping up a balloon—or draw any detailed conclusions about what was shown—it’s an opportunity for all of us to realize that sometimes, what we think we’re seeing in a visual recording may not be what’s actually in front of us.

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04-10-2025 om 22:38 geschreven door peter