Alien Abducted Irish Man And Told Him The World Would END in 850 Years

A retired carpenter named Gerry Battles (65) claimed that he had been abducted by aliens while coming home after Christmas drinks in Pallaskenry (a village in County Limerick, Ireland) on December 26, 2001. The aliens warned him that the Earth would end with an asteroid the size of Munster in 850 years.

In 2016, Gerry told the Limerick Post what had happened to him in 2001. He said that the sky was very clear and beautiful on the night he had been abducted.

“IT was a clear, dry night. It was really crisp and frosty — just beautiful. You could have read a book with the light off the night sky, but I wasn’t drawn by the light of the stars or the moon but by a bright, surgical, white light coming from the other end of the boreen,” he said.

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It was around 8 PM, he was returning home from The Seven Sisters Pubs in Kildimo, when a strange light coming from the end of the laneway took him to the spacecraft. He remembered that there were 40 males of different ages upon the board, but they all were in a subdued state, standing shoulder to shoulder like mannequins and not moving.

The man standing next to Gerry was wearing a Columbo-style coat and hat. He felt himself in a state of paralysis and could only move his eyes. “I was only minutes away from my house but it was such a clear and beautiful night that I stopped to gaze at the stars,” he explained.

“They were all male, of different age groups, all standing shoulder to shoulder like mannequins. I remember one man next to me wearing a Columbo-style coat and hat. We were all in a state of paralysis, I could only move my eyes, so I couldn’t see much,” Gerry tells me.

After that, he found himself floating into another chamber but bigger in size with a 360-degree view, and that was the place where he first saw the extraterrestrial. He only remembered seeing the alien’s big cone head and his beautiful, ginormous eyes.

The alien talked to Gerry through telepathy and said to him not to be terrified.

“No, I am not. Should I be?” Gerry asked.

The next thing the alien asked Gerry was what would he like to see. He instantly chose the North Pole. The alien fulfilled his wish and took him to the North Pole within seconds.

Gerry compared the incident with the  Star Trek film.

He said that people laughed at him when he revealed his fantastical story to them, but he assured them that he had never had any history of mental illness.

Gerry claimed the alien had told him they are four million light-years more advanced than humans, and they have been observing us for thousands of years.

On Stephen’s Night, 2001, the alien warned him that an asteroid the size of Munster (a city in Germany) originating from the ’35th Quadrant’ would end our world in 850 years (19 years have passed since the message was conveyed).

“In all that time you have only excelled at two things — global warfare and lying to your own species. You must use force. Be one with the force. Harness the force,” the alien said.

According to Gerry, the alien told him that the government and the banks tell lies to people because they are a hidden agenda and we should not trust them.

“He also forewarned the impending global financial crisis and told me that if we do not change our ways we are going to end up like the dinosaurs.”

Gerry did not remember how he was abducted and had no memory of the incident only until he found his coat he had been wearing on the day of his abduction.

A few weeks later, his coat was found at the rooftop of the regional hospital, and he had no idea how it had got there. After he received his coat, his memory of December 26, 2001, started to come back.

According to him, the aliens use ‘dark matter’ or ‘dark energy’ to hide in the universe. He is hopeful his story will reach the world’s scientific community and prove useful in helping to finally uncover these distant galaxies. “The truth is definitely out there,” he insisted.

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09-06-2024 om 23:45 geschreven door peter  

Man Who Knew Two Photographers Who Took 1990 Calvine UFO Photo Reveals They Disappeared Mysteriously From The Face Of The Earth

The biggest UFO revelation happened in 2022. A mysterious UFO photo from the Calvine incident, which was set to be released on January 1, 2072, was somehow found and released by UAP Media UK. The 1990 Calvine UFO incident is one of the most discussed cases in the UAP community. After 34 years, the colleague of the two British photographers who witnessed and captured this historic UFO photo has finally come forward with an even more bizarre story.

There are many videos and photographs of UFOs on the Internet, and some of them have credibility. However, there is one photograph sent to the UK defense ministry, the MoD, which is considered to be the most spectacular UFO photo, although somehow, it has disappeared. The photograph contains a 100-foot diamond-shaped flying saucer hovering over a village named Calvine in the Scottish Highlands. The photo was taken in 1990.

Vinnie Adams of the UAP Media UK disclosed that his team not only found the original print of the Calvine “UFO,” taken directly from the negatives, but also the original envelope which was sent from the Scottish Daily Record to Craig Lindsay, who was the MOD Press Officer that dealt with the case at the time.

Mail Online has covered the new addition to the Calvine incident. Dr David Clarke, a research fellow and lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University writes that retired chef Richard Grieve, who at the time of the incident was 21, spoke about that mysterious night in 1990 for the first time in 34 years. The story goes like this: (Source)

On a dark, stormy night in Pitlochry, Scotland, a group of young chefs took a break outside their hotel kitchen. Normally, they joked and shared drinks, but this night was different. Two chefs were talking excitedly about seeing a huge, diamond-shaped object hovering silently in the sky while hiking in Calvine a few nights earlier. They took photos and showed them to a newspaper.

As they discussed their experience, a dark car arrived, and two men in black suits emerged, calling the two chefs by name. The rest of the group was ordered to get back inside. The chefs were taken for a private talk.

The following morning, different chefs were on duty. Richard remembered the two chefs being very shaken after the meeting with the men who claimed to be from the Royal Navy. Following the encounter, the chefs felt they were being followed, their behavior changed dramatically, and they eventually left their jobs. Richard never saw them again. One of the chefs hinted that whatever they saw involved Americans.

Dr. David Clarke writes that for over 15 years, he has been deeply intrigued by the “Calvine Incident” and the mystery surrounding the photographs taken by two chefs on that night. His search for the truth has led him from the Highlands of Scotland to the secretive depths of the US Pentagon. Dr. Clarke first discovered the story in 2009 when the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) disbanded its UFO desk and released thousands of files. Among these files, he found the heavily redacted Calvine file, which contained a poor photocopy of the chefs’ photograph.

After years of continued investigation with other experts, Dr. Clarke finally found the original photo at the home of Craig Lindsay, a retired RAF press officer. Lindsay had kept the photo hidden on a bookshelf for 32 years. When Dr. Clarke contacted him in 2022, Lindsay, then in his 80s, revealed he had been waiting for someone to ask about the photo for more than 30 years.

In 2022, this Calvine UFO photo was published by the Daily Mail. Dr. Clarke has been flooded with emails from UFO enthusiasts wanting more information and sharing their theories about the object in the photo. Some believe it is an alien spacecraft that was intercepted by Royal Air Force (RAF) jets. Others think that it might be a secret U.S. military project involving advanced technology, like the Hopeless Diamond or Aurora, which is known for its stealth capabilities.

Some skeptics think the photo could be a hoax. Despite all this interest, Dr. Clarke has not been able to contact the two men who had taken the photo. Richard Grieve, who worked at a hotel in Pitlochry where those men were chefs in 1990, mentioned that they seemed to have disappeared.

The name “Kevin Russell” was written on the back of the photo print. The Daily Record newspaper sent the photo to Lindsay. Lindsay then faxed the photo to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and tried to contact the photographer using the phone number provided by the newspaper. However, there was no luck finding any further information about them.

The chefs who took the photo reported seeing a military Harrier jet flying below the UFO, and another jet circling it. They also said the UFO shot up into the sky without making any noise. Lindsay summarized this account and sent it to the MoD, who told him to let their London office handle it.

Dr. Clarke and a film crew have been looking for Kevin Russell, the photographer of a controversial photo, for 18 months. They found 140 people named Kevin Russell, but none admitted to taking the photo. It is possible the name is fake, or the real photographer is still too scared to come forward.

Richard Grieve believes they were genuinely frightened and would not have made up the story. After developing the photos, one chef took a bus to Glasgow to deliver them to the Daily Record newspaper. Soon after, a mysterious dark car appeared. One chef hinted to Richard that “it was the Americans,” suggesting U.S. involvement. The Ministry of Defence refuses to release information about the photos, saying the negatives were returned to the newspaper and all other records were sent to The National Archives or destroyed.

The MoD file mentions that analysis of one of the missing images revealed a second jet in the distance, making a hoax even less likely. The images underwent at least three separate analyses by UK and US government agencies. A 1990 briefing for Defence Minister Ken Carlisle concluded that the jet in the photo was likely a Harrier, even though no Harriers were known to be flying in Scotland that evening. The experts could not definitively identify the diamond-shaped object.

Despite preparing for a story, the Daily Record never published the photos. Malcolm Speed, a former news editor at the paper, recalls seeing the photos and being surprised they were not published, especially after being told by the picture editor, Andy Allan, that the RAF said they were fakes. Andy Allan, who passed away in 2007, could not provide his account, leaving Malcolm Speed to wonder if Andy was misled by the RAF.

Dr. Clarke noted the sighting’s date, August 4, 1990, coincided with the early stages of the Gulf War. The US military was mobilizing many resources, including the F117A stealth fighter, which had been in development for years and resembled the object photographed in Scotland. The US government has since admitted to flying prototype aircraft that looked like UFOs, including triangle-shaped ones capable of hovering. The Calvine UFO might have been one of these prototypes.

The US Department of Defence’s All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recently released a report stating that many UFO sightings were actually misidentified highly sensitive national security programs. The report refers to a 1990s sighting near a US military facility, possibly Area 51, where experimental aircraft were tested. This sighting had characteristics matching those of a secret platform being tested at the time.

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Dr. Clarke suggests that what the chefs saw over Calvine might have been one of these secret American prototype aircraft.

According to a 30-year rule in the UK, the MoD was supposed to release the secret UFO dossier on January 1, 2021, but the UK government banned the release for another 50 years. This secret file is said to contain the infamous UFO photo from the Calvine incident. Now, it is set to be released on January 1, 2072.

UAP Media UK has been working hard to bring a serious resource to British media outlets on the discussion of UFOs. One of the members of this project, Vinnie Adams had been working with Dr. Clarke and a small team of researchers on the Calvine case from 1990 in Scotland.

In May 2022, Dr. Clarke interviewed Craig in Scotland and was shown the original print. In June, Craig agreed to donate the photograph to the Sheffield Hallam University Archives, handing it to Dr. Clarke and Vinnie Adams. The image now resides in its new home at the Sheffield Hallam University folklore archives.

Authenticity of Calvine UFO Photo

Andrew Robinson, a senior lecturer in Photography at Sheffield Hallam University claims the authenticity of the 1990 Scottish highlands UFO photo. In his detailed analysis, he found the image showing no evidence of negative or print-based manipulation, and all visible signs suggest this is a genuine photograph of the scene before the camera. (Source)

Robinson concluded in his study:

• The photograph is a color print from XP-1 or XP-2 chromogenic Black and White C41 film printed on a standard;
• It is not possible to identify the object in the center of the frame. However, the evidence present suggests that this object was in front of the camera in the position shown when the photograph was captured;
• Thus it follows that this is either a genuine unidentified flying object in the sky OR that any construction or manipulation used to create this effect occurred in front of the camera and not in the capturing of the scene on film nor in the subsequent processing and printing of the image;
• The results of this analysis are consistent with, and support the claimed heritage of the print.

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09-06-2024 om 23:16 geschreven door peter  

Journalist Reveals Bob Lazar’s Astonishing Claim: Extraterrestrials See Humans as ‘Containers of Souls’

By Vicky Verma

The origin of humanity is perhaps the most significant mystery that the world needs to unravel. In mainstream science, the theory of evolution is proposed to provide an explanation for human biological history. However, not many people subscribe to this theory, and there may be much more to the story that we are not yet aware of.

In episode number 2028 of the Joe Rogan podcast, the two current popular figures in UFOlogy, Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp discussed the possibility that humans were genetically engineered by a non-human intelligence for nefarious purposes, and some individuals within the government are aware of this. Knapp also mentions that he knows someone high-ranking who told him that human conflict, specifically war, is sometimes intentionally designed by a malevolent non-human intelligence through manipulation.

During the podcast, George Knapp discussed Bob Lazar and mentioned that Lazar was told while working on “the program” that humans were viewed by extraterrestrials as “containers of souls.” This may sound bizarre and fictional to many people; however, Lazar can be seen saying the exact same thing in his 1989 interviews. (Source)

“These beings conveyed information about the capability of affecting the human brain to anesthetize the human body. This is done without any physical contact from a remote source. For this anesthesia to be accomplished, the brain has to be in a relaxed state, similar to that required for hypnosis. If the brain is subject to any external stimulation, like stimulant drugs or loud music, this manipulation of the nervous system is ineffective.

These beings said that man was the product of externally corrected evolution. They said that man, as a species, had been genetically altered 65 times. They referred to humans as containers. Yet, I don’t know what we’re containers of. As I’m sure you now know, it was impossible for me to corroborate the information in the second section. And obviously, if this information is true, the ramifications are far-reaching and you don’t have to be a nuclear physicist to figure that out.”

In the podcast, Corbell discusses John Lear, who told him that “Aliens see us like a wine and our bodies are containers and our souls are beings matured as like a commodity.” Moreover, according to another bizarre theory that has been covered by researchers like Linda M. Howe, David Icke, etc., these non-human intelligence or extraterrestrials feed on human souls.

“It’s my conclusion over many years that reincarnation is a trap. It’s not that it doesn’t exist although I don’t think it’s quite the same as it’s explained it’s a bit more subtle maybe but I do think it’s a trap, said David Icke.” Whereas Linda said, “The recycling of souls reincarnation is the Machinery of this universe.” (Watch this episode of the Why Files for more context)

Robert Allan Monroe (1915-1995) was a radio broadcasting executive from Indiana known for his research into altered consciousness and founding The Monroe Institute. His 1971 book, “Journeys Out of the Body,” popularized the term “out-of-body experience.”

In 1958, Monroe suffered a series of bizarre events, prompting him to seek medical advice, but doctors found him to be healthy. He decided to dedicate his life to studying altered states of consciousness, eventually developing Hemispheric Synchronization (Hemi-Sync), a technology using binaural beats to harmonize brain hemispheres.

The US government took an interest in Monroe’s work and invited him to join a classified project called the Gateway Process, aimed at using his techniques for remote viewing. According to declassified files, this program aimed to alter consciousness, allowing participants to access intuitive knowledge and other dimensions. (CIA file)

During these experiments, participants sat in darkness wearing headphones and reported encountering interdimensional entities. According to Robert, subjects would often encounter interdimensional entities. Most frequently, reptilian humanoids were witnessed. Viewers referred to the uncanny creatures as ‘the alligators’ due to their crocodilian features. Curiously, Monroe was already quite familiar with the unsettling breed. During countless expeditions, he observed identical saurian creatures. For over 35 years, he gathered insight about these startling beings.

Here is what he uncovered: For millennia, humanity has been controlled and enslaved by nefarious vertebrates known as Reptilians, who operate within the 4th dimension, invisible to most but those who can perceive beyond our limited spectrum of visible light. These parasitic entities thrive on our spiritual lifeforce, referred to as “loosh” by Monroe, and rely on negative and low vibrational energy for their survival. Viewing Earth as a vast farm, they harvest human emotions such as fear, hatred, anxiety, anger, and depression. With intelligence equal to or surpassing that of humans, this elusive lizard-like race considers itself superior and the rulers of mankind.

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Robert Monroe pursued transcendental endeavors until he passed away in 1995. His beliefs never changed, and he frequently warned of the sinister spiritual vampires. Gateway’s revolutionary experiments continued throughout the 1980s.

There is a case of a British woman named Samantha McDonald who claimed that she had been repeatedly abducted by reptilians since her first contact in the 1990s, but on every abduction, her memory was wiped by her abductors. In 2014, she was invited to a British talk show named “This Morning,” where she revealed there were two alien species, the Greys and Reptilians, who worked together. (Source)

She said that when she woke up, there were needle marks, scratches, and bruises on her body. “I’ve asked them what they want with me and they said they have come to take me and my family. What they were after was my energy and soul essence. I don’t know why they keep coming back to me. I think it is to do with my energies as I’m into healing and meditation.”

Dr. Ellis Silver, an author of the book “Humans are not from Earth: A Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence,” has a strong belief that life on Earth was sparked by aliens thousands of years ago. He said, “Mankind is supposedly the most highly developed species on the planet, yet is surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment: harmed by sunlight, a strong dislike for naturally occurring foods, ridiculously high rates of chronic disease, and more.” (Source)

Ellis strongly believes that Earth is some kind of galactic jail made by aliens to teach humans a behavior lesson. Similarly, in 2019, members of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), a San Francisco-based research organization, convened in Paris and suggested that we could all be living in a Galactic Zoo run by aliens.

Florence Raulin Cerceau, who is the METI director as well as an astrobiologist explained: “This puzzle of why we haven’t detected extraterrestrial life has been discussed often,” adding, “But in this workshop’s unique focus, many of the talks tackled a controversial explanation first suggested in the 1970s, called the ‘zoo hypothesis.’” METI president Douglas Vakoch weighed in by saying, “Perhaps extraterrestrials are watching humans on Earth, much like we watch animals in a zoo.” (Source)

MIT researcher John Ball presented the zoo hypothesis in his 1973 paper. He wrote, “Extraterrestrial intelligent life may be almost ubiquitous,” adding, “The apparent failure of such life to interact with us may be understood in terms of the hypothesis that they have set us aside as part of a wilderness area or zoo.” He later wrote in another research paper: “ETI may be discreetly and inconspicuously watching us but not dabbling.”

Additionally, former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, UFO advocate, and media personality Luis Elizondo explained his reasoning behind claiming that UFO mysteries have made him “somber.” His speculative ideas are straight out of middle 20th-century science fiction, particularly the so-called “zoo hypothesis” that appeared in a number of stories at that time, imagining that Earth was essentially a zoo run by space aliens.

“What if it turns out that there’s another species that is even higher on that ladder than we are? Do we need the social institutions that we have today, do we need government and religious organizations that we have today, if it turns out that there is something else or someone else that is technologically more advanced and, perhaps from an evolutionary perspective, more advanced? Have we been wasting our time all this time? Or are we doing exactly as we are supposed to be doing?

[What] if it turns out that mankind is in fact just another animal in the zoo? If we saw ourselves as the zookeeper before, maybe we’re just another exhibit inside the zoo? What would that mean to us?

So, when I say ‘somber’ or ‘sobering’, I mean there’s going to come a point in this conversation when we’re going to have to do a lot of reconciling with ourselves, whatever that means, from whatever philosophical background you have. This is going to impact every single one of us. And I think that’s important. Do we find ourselves in a situation where history may have to be rewritten? So that’s what I meant.”

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09-06-2024 om 01:41 geschreven door peter  

The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration

There are several reasons why pits and caves on Mars are of interest. For one, they could provide shelter for astronauts in the future; because Mars has a thin atmosphere and lacks a global magnetic field, it cannot ward off radiation from space the way that Earth does. Consequently, radiation exposure on the Martian surface averages between 40 and 50 times greater than on Earth. 

The other enticing aspect of these pits is they might not just provide shelter for human astronauts; they could hold astrobiological interest in the sense that they could have been sheltered abodes for Martian life in the past — perhaps even today, if microbial life indeed exists there.

The presence of these so-called holes on the flanks of volcanoes is a big clue that they are probably connected to volcanic activity on Mars. Channels of lava can flow away from a volcano underground; when the volcano grows extinct, the channel empties. That leaves behind a long, underground tube. We see such tubes not only on Mars, but also on the moon and on Earth. 

Sometimes, if the crust is thin enough, the ceiling of these tubes collapses. If a collapse happens along the tube's entire length, it forms a feature called a rille, which is a long trench commonly found on the moon and sometimes in other areas of Mars. If the tube's ceiling just collapses in small areas, however, we get pits like those imaged on Arsia Mons. Planetary scientists have also seen pit chains on the flanks of Martian volcanoes, which are linear stretches of multiple pits seemingly following the length of a lava tube.

How deep these pits descend is a mystery, however, and it remains uncertain whether the pits open into a large cavern or whether they are contained to a small, cylindrical depression. Some Martian pits have been imaged when the sun is high enough in the sky to illuminate what appears to be the sides of the pit wall, which implies they are shafts that go straight down into the flank of the volcano. This would seem to suggest these pits are unlikely to open into larger caves or tubes. If so, this would make them similar to pit craters found on the volcanic mountains of Hawaii, which also don't open up to anything larger and which are produced by the collapse of material deeper underground, which causes material above to sink.

However, pits on the moon have been shown to have boulder-strewn floors that appear as though they could lead to a larger subterranean volume.

Pits can also be formed through tectonic stresses that fracture a world's surface, and these may be less likely to lead to a larger cavern. And finally, one other — possibly less likely — explanation is that these pits open up into where underground rivers once flowed billions of years ago.

We can see a similar phenomenon on Earth, in the form of a geological feature called a karst, which forms when limestone bedrock dissolves and weakens, creating pits and sinkholes that open up into areas of groundwater. If that is the case on Mars, then, if the Red Planet ever once had life, those organisms may have sheltered in karsts. Indeed, running water down the flank of an active volcano would have been warm, providing the perfect protected environment for life to flourish and stay safe.

Still, this is all speculation for now. We'll only have some concrete answers after future missions actually explore some of these pits. Though a rover that drives to the edge of a pit would be unable to descend, an airborne mission along the same lines as NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which operated on Mars for three years before it became grounded in January 2024 after damaging one of its rotor blades, would have the ability to hover over and descend into a pit to see what is down there.

If these pits do open up into caves, they may become a preferred landing site for future crewed missions to Mars that will require astronauts to build a sheltered basecamp away from the world's unrelenting radiation.

{ https://www.space.com/ }

09-06-2024 om 01:24 geschreven door peter  

Seahenge werd opgericht tijdens een periode van intense kou, met als doel de zomer te verlengen en de warmere dagen terug te brengen, zo vermoedt een Engelse onderzoeker nu.

Op het strand in Norfolk, gelegen in het oosten van Engeland, werd in 1998 een mysterieuze, duizenden jaren oude houten cirkel ontdekt. Het monument, dat bestaat uit een omgekeerde boomstronk die omringd is door 55 nauwsluitende eiken palen, kwam aan het licht door verschuivende zandduinen. Sinds zijn ontdekking vragen wetenschappers zich al af waar dit monument in vervlogen tijden precies voor diende. En onderzoeker David Nance denkt het nu te weten.

Seahenge
Hoewel het raadselachtige monument oorspronkelijk bekend stond als Holme I, verwierf het al snel de bijnaam Seahenge vanwege zijn gelijkenis met Stonehenge en zijn ligging aan de kust. Wat we over het monument weten, is dat het zo’n 4000 jaar oud is en uit de oude Bronstijd stamt. Het lijkt te zijn gebouwd met hout dat dateert uit het voorjaar van 2049 vóór Christus. In eerste instantie werd het gebouwd op het zoutmoeras, ver verwijderd van de kustlijn. Door de moerassige omgeving ontstond er een laag turf die geleidelijk aan de houten structuren bedekte, waardoor ze werden beschermd tegen verval.

Functie
Ondertussen gaan al veel speculaties over de oorspronkelijke functie van het monument de ronde. Men vermoedde al eerder dat de cirkel is opgericht om de dood van een persoon te markeren. Sommigen denken dat het werd gebruikt voor begrafenissen, waarbij de overledenen binnenin werden gelegd om door aaseters te worden opgepikt. Maar nu brengt Nance in zijn onderzoek een ander idee naar voren.

Prehistorische klimaatverandering
Nance vermoedt dat Seahenge werd gebouwd als reactie op een periode van hevige klimaatverandering tegen het einde van het derde millennium vóór Christus. Zo zou het zijn opgericht tijdens een periode van extreme kou. Hij denkt dat dit gebeurde met het doel om rituelen uit te voeren die bedoeld waren om de zomer te verlengen en warmer weer terug te brengen. “Ongeveer 4000 jaar geleden, toen Seahenge werd gebouwd, waren er langdurige periodes van koud weer met strenge winters en late lentes,” licht Nance toe. “Dit zorgde voor problemen voor de mensen die langs de kust woonden. Het lijkt er sterk op dat dit monument werd gebouwd met als doel om de ernstige dreiging van het koude weer te stoppen.”

Koekoek
Om dit te ondersteunen, wijst Nance op de uitlijning van Seahenge met de zonsopgang tijdens de zomerzonnewende. “Het onderzoek naar de houten palen van Seahenge toonde aan dat ze in het voorjaar werden omgehakt,” licht Nance toe. “Het is aannemelijk dat deze palen werden geplaatst in overeenstemming met de opkomst van de zon tijdens de zomerzonnewende.” Hij denkt dat Seahenge opgericht werd om een oude legende na te bootsen waarbij een koekoek wordt gevangen om de zomer langer te laten duren. “Volgens de oude verhalen stopte de koekoek, die werd gezien als een symbool van vruchtbaarheid, op de zomerzonnewende met zingen,” zegt Nance. “Dan keerde hij terug naar de ‘Andere Wereld’, en verdween de zomer samen met hem.” Het lijkt erop dat het monument de vorm nabootst van twee veronderstelde winterverblijven van de koekoek uit de legende: een holle boom of de ‘bogen van de Andere Wereld’, gerepresenteerd door de omgekeerde eiken boomstronk in het midden.

Holme II
Nance bestudeerde ook ‘Holme II’ – een tweede, aangrenzende cirkel die dateert uit hetzelfde jaar, en die gecentreerd is rond twee plat gelegde eiken stammen. Voor Holme II verwijst hij naar legendes over ‘heilige koningen’ uit de IJzertijd in Ierland en noordelijk Groot-Brittannië. Volgens deze legendes werden deze koningen geofferd als er tegenspoed over de gemeenschap kwam. Dit werd gedaan in een poging om de godin Venus gunstig te stemmen en zo harmonie te herstellen. “Ze werden elke acht jaar ritueel geofferd tijdens Samhain (nu Halloween), in overeenstemming met de achtjarige cyclus van Venus,” legt Nance uit. “De structuren in Holme II, die verondersteld werden een doodskist vast te houden, waren gericht op de zonsopgang tijdens Samhain in het jaar 2049 vóór Christus, toen Venus nog steeds zichtbaar was.”

Al met al denkt Nance voor beide mysterieuze monumenten nu een sluitende verklaring te hebben gevonden. “Hoewel beide monumenten zijn opgericht voor verschillende rituelen, delen ze één gemeenschappelijk doel: het stoppen van het extreme koude weer,” besluit hij.

{ https://scientias.nl/ }

09-06-2024 om 00:32 geschreven door peter  

Nu ook microplastics ontdekt in bloedpropjes die uit de hersenen en harten van mensen zijn gehaald.

Caroline Kraaijvanger

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09-06-2024 om 00:24 geschreven door peter  

NASA Needs SpaceX’s Starship to Work — Here’s the Critical Reason Why

It's Not Just About Artemis 3, there's also an important side quest.

BY KIONA SMITH

 

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images

AN EXTREMELY COOL ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

The largest rocket ever flown, Super Heavy uses a combination of liquid oxygen and methane to get off the ground. Despite the exhaust blasting out the back end of the rocket at several thousand degrees Fahrenheit, the propellant in Super Heavy’s tanks has to be kept at a chilly -300 degrees Fahrenheit; any warmer, and it will boil away into gas, useless for fueling those 33 Raptor engines. SpaceX is one of several contractors — including Eta Space, Lockheed Martin, and United Launch Alliance — whose flights will gather data for NASA’s study of how to manage propellants like these on long flights.

On its third test flight (also known as the first one in which Starship made it to orbit), engineers moved propellant from the header tanks to the main tanks while the ship was coasting in orbit. That's going to be an important step for the Artemis III and IV missions to get the spacecraft out of Low Earth Orbit and on their way to the Moon. Engineers are also using these test flights to study how all those bouncing blobs of rocket fuel affect Starship’s stability in orbit.

Rockets have used super-cold, or cryogenic, liquid propellants, for decades. The Apollo missions traveled to the Moon on a mix of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, both cryogenic (after using liquid kerosene and liquid oxygen to get to space). They work well, but they can be tricky, especially in space, where the temperature can swing from bitter cold to boiling hot in a matter of hours — and the way liquid floats around in microgravity means it’s difficult to transfer fuel from a storage tank to a thruster, or even measure how much is left in the tank.

And if NASA wants to realize its ambitions on the Moon, and eventually Mars, the agency and its contractors will need to store and transfer more cryogenic propellant, for longer flights, than ever before.

“Storing and transferring cryogenic propellant in orbit has never been attempted on this scale before,” said Jeremy Kenny, project manager, NASA’s Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio at Marshall, in a March 2024 statement.

That’s where SpaceX comes in, along with a few of its competitors. Starship is working on a particular piece of the problem, called slosh. Once Starship’s main engines cut off, there’s no acceleration forcing the propellant to sit neatly at one end of its tank, where it’s easy to measure. Instead, you get a bunch of little blobs of super-cold fluid bouncing around in the tank. If there’s not enough pressure to keep the propellant all together, then the engine may end up pulling in a bunch of gas, rather than propellant, which means it won’t fire.

One way Starship deals with this problem is by using header tanks: a pair of smaller propellant tanks that can keep the propellant under enough pressure that it doesn't have room to slosh. The header tanks provide the initial sip of propellant the engines need to restart in orbit. Once the engines restart, their thrust will push the liquid in the main tanks back into the right position to flow to the engines and keep them firing.

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09-06-2024 om 00:11 geschreven door peter  

The general assumption among astronomers and planetary scientists is that both Earth and Venus started life with similar amounts of water. But something happened to release enormous quantities of carbon dioxide into its atmosphere, leading to an extreme runaway greenhouse effect. The high temperatures melted off any ice, and boiled away any liquid water, filling the atmosphere with water vapour. Much of this hot vapour would eventually blow off into space, drying out the planet, but some should remain. The puzzle is that the usual models predict a great deal more remaining water vapour than what is actually there. So, what happened?

According to a study, led by Dr Eryn Cangi and Dr Mike Chafin, both of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), the answer may be a molecule named HCO+. In their earlier work studying the atmosphere of Mars, they discovered a process by which this molecule can remove water from planetary atmospheres. In their new paper, they suggest that the same process could be at work on Venus. The only catch is that this molecule has never been detected in the Venusian atmosphere.

Unfortunately, there is little evidence to confirm this theory. HCO+ has never been detected in the atmosphere of Venus. However, Cangi and Chafin point out that this is because nobody has ever looked for it, and none of the missions sent to Venus so far were equipped with instruments that could detect it. They are optimistic for future missions, however.

“One of the surprising conclusions of this work is that HCO+ should actually be among the most abundant ions in the Venus atmosphere,” says Chaffin.
“There haven’t been many missions to Venus,” adds Cangi. “But newly planned missions will leverage decades of collective experience and a flourishing interest in Venus to explore the extremes of planetary atmospheres, evolution and habitability.”

The planetary science community has gotten increasingly interested in Venus, and a number of future missions are planned to study it in more detail. NASA’s planned Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission is one example. DAVINCI will drop a probe down to the surface, which will study the atmosphere at different altitudes as it falls. Unfortunately for Cangi and Chafin, it is not designed specifically to look for HCO+, but it may reveal other clues to either confirm or disprove their theory. But they remain optimistic that additional missions will be sent in future that will carry the necessary instruments that they can use to test their work.

For more information, visit CU Boulder’s announcement at 

• https://www.colorado.edu/today/2024/05/06/venus-has-almost-no-water-new-study-may-reveal-why

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08-06-2024 om 23:30 geschreven door peter  

Schimmels ontdekt die plastic kunnen afbreken: is dit het juiste moment?

Door Janine

Pexels

Een nieuw onderzoek heeft schimmels ontdekt in het noordelijke deel van de Stille Oceaan die een belangrijke rol spelen: het afbreken van plastic in het water. Laten we eens kijken hoe.

Schimmels zetten plastic in het noordelijke deel van de Stille Oceaan om in koolstofdioxide

Freepik

Plastic is helaas aanwezig in de zeeën en oceanen van onze planeet, dat weten we. Onderzoekers van het NIOZ, het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, hebben echter een aangename ontdekking gedaan: een schimmel genaamd Parengyodontium album, die in de Stille Oceaan is gevonden, is in staat om dit soort afval af te breken, en ook nog eens heel snel.

Dit organisme is in het bijzonder in staat om polyethyleen af te breken tot kooldioxide met een snelheid van 0,5 procent in één dag gedurende negen dagen, na voorbehandeling met UV-licht. Daarna geeft het de CO₂ af in milieuveilige hoeveelheden. Voor hun studie, die is gepubliceerd in Science of The Total Environment, isoleerden de wetenschappers de schimmel uit gebieden in het noordelijke deel van de Stille Oceaan waar de hoeveelheid plastic het grootst is. Vervolgens gebruikten ze gelabelde koolstofisotopen om het afbraakproces zo nauwkeurig mogelijk vast te leggen.

Het is niets nieuws dat bacteriën plastic afval kunnen afbreken: volgens onderzoekers zijn enkele nog onbekende soorten mariene en oceanische schimmels verantwoordelijk voor het afbreken van plastic in de diepere zeebodem.

Schimmels die plastic afbreken en de impact op het mariene ecosysteem

De Parengyodontium album is in feite slechts één van de vier bekende schimmels die dit vermogen hebben en er zijn er zeker nog meer die hetzelfde werk kunnen doen in afgelegen gebieden van de oceaan. In ieder geval is de ontdekking van dit nieuwe plastic-etende organisme een baken van hoop voor het welzijn van de zee, omdat het een belangrijke bondgenoot is in de strijd tegen de hoge aanwezigheid van plastic en microplastics in deze kwetsbare ecosystemen.

Het kan echter nauwelijks worden beschouwd als een oplossing voor de situatie van de Great Pacific Garbage Patch, of Pacific Trash Vortex, de draaikolk van afval bestaande uit deeltjes zeeafval in de centrale Noordelijke Stille Oceaan. De hoeveelheid afval in dit gebied is zodanig dat het zeer lang zou duren voordat deze schimmels dit significant zouden kunnen verminderen.

Jaarlijkse plasticproductie en voorspellingen

Freepik

Jaarlijks wordt er meer dan 400 miljard kg plastic geproduceerd en de verwachting is dat dit aantal in 2060 verdrievoudigd zal zijn. Een groot percentage van dit afval is bestemd om in zee terecht te komen en op de oppervlakte te drijven, om uiteindelijk naar de zeebodem te zinken. Zoals Annika Vaksmaa van het NIOZ, hoofdauteur van het onderzoek, uitlegt, raken ze vaak verstrikt in subtropische draaikolken, concentrische oceaanstromingen waarbij het water bijna stilstaat. In de noordelijke Stille Oceaan is de hoeveelheid drijvend plastic ongeveer 80 miljoen kg.

Uiteindelijk kan deze schimmel met succes koolstofhoudend polyethyleen afbreken dat eerder is blootgesteld aan UV-licht. In de praktijk is dit een veelvoorkomend soort plastic waaruit waterflessen en plastic tassen bestaan, voorwerpen die vaak in onze wateren terechtkomen. Vaksmaa gelooft dat UV-licht de mechanische afbraak van plastic bevordert, evenals de biologische afbraak door Parengyodontium album. Natuurlijk impliceert of stimuleert het effectieve werk van deze schimmels niet een onbewust en schadelijk gebruik van plastic: om het welzijn van het mariene ecosysteem te bevorderen, is het essentieel dat iedereen met gezond verstand handelt en dat het gebruik van plastic drastisch wordt verminderd.

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08-06-2024 om 18:45 geschreven door peter  

An alien expert believes he has "solved" one of the UK's biggest UFO mysteries after more than three decades. Former BBC producer Simon Holland reckons he may have cracked the legendary 'Calvine Incident' from Perthshire in 1990.

The alleged extraterrestrial encounter provided a photo that is regarded as one of the best images of a UFO ever taken. It is at the centre of a mystery after images sent to the Ministry of Defence disappeared, but one certified copy came to light in 2022, showing a diamond-shaped object in the sky.

Last March, the Daily Record unearthed new clues on the iconic picture, revealing the man behind the picture. We identified hotel porter Kevin Russell as the man who snapped the photo, which has caused worldwide intrigue for more than 30 years.

The Calvine photo taken in Perthshire on August 4, 1990

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Simon - who worked on Horizon, the Beeb's long-running documentary series covering science, philosophy, and controversial topics - got in touch to share details of his own investigation.

The alien buff, who runs a popular YouTube channel which often delves into the unknown and mysterious, believes that British Aerospace were developing a classified Radar-busting defence system, which may have involved a secret diamond shaped aircraft escorted by privately owned Harrier jets.

Simon, who reached out to the Record within hours of our story on Calvine, said: “I was sent the Daily Record story and I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of people out there excited at this exciting development.

"The Kevin Russell mentioned in the story would have the best, first hand account of what happened and he could help settle this enduring mystery. But I do have my own theory on what he photographed.”

Simon Holland believes he may have cracked the story behind the iconic image

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Whatever the truth behind Calvine, it is accepted that the photo was taken in 1990, with negatives sent to the MOD before being lost. One photo was retained by an RAF press officer, with a note on the back saying “copyright Kevin Russell”. Kevin was a porter at the Pitlochry Hydro at the time.

Simon said: “I think there is an acceptance by many that the photo is not a fake. There was, I believe, a mysterious aircraft in the sky that day. The MOD previously stated, no ‘known’ Harriers were flying in Perthshire on August 4, 1990. That turns out to be a massive clue to whose they were.

“I discovered that the only other British Harriers were privately owned by BAE Systems, the defence contractor. They used their Harriers as multi-roll defence test platforms, testing BAE advanced technology. I dug deeper and found that Marconi Advanced Materials, based inside BAE HQ at Warton, Lancashire, were probably working on an advanced ‘stealth’ skin material for the USAF.”

Simon claimed to have tracked down Ron Evans, the man behind British Aerospace’s Stealth Programme at Warton Airfield, in Lancashire in the late 1980s. He said: “Ron did not confirm any Calvine testing but has explained the use of secret meta materials to hide aircraft from radar.

"I think there is enough evidence to suggest there was something going on and it would be very helpful if the MOD would just come out and tell us all about it.”

The ex-BBC producer's findings seem to align with some of the investigations of Matthew Illsley, who laid out his appeal for information in the original Record article last year. Illsley has worked closely with Professor David Clarke, who tracked down the only photo of the incident known to exist.

Illsley received a decades-old photo of Kevin by one of his former colleagues at the Pitlochry Hydro, and shared it in the hope of tracking him down. The UFO hunters contacted 300 different men named Kevin Russell in Scotland, as well as around 150 more across the rest of the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia - but none said they were the mystery photographer.

The Calvine file should have been released after 30 years in 2021 but the MoD blocked the release of key details until 2076 due to “privacy concerns”. Some UFO experts believe the object is a secret US reconnaissance aircraft named Aurora - a silent, supersonic spy craft. - while one MOD insider described the Calvine photo as the most spectacular UFO picture ever captured - and the Holy Grail in terms of hard evidence that such things really exist.

BAE Systems were approached for comment after Simon Holland's revelation.

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08-06-2024 om 18:16 geschreven door peter  

The Unsolved Mystery of the Calvine UFO: Man Breaks Silence After 34 Years

In the quiet wilderness of the Scottish Highlands, a mystery has lingered for over three decades, capturing the imagination of UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike. It all began on a summer evening in 1990, when two young chefs embarked on a hike that would lead to a chilling encounter and their subsequent mysterious disappearance. After 34 years of silence, their friend Richard Grieve has finally opened up about the events that transpired that fateful night.

The Extraordinary Encounter

It was around 9 PM when the two chefs, whose names have faded from memory but whose story remains vivid, stumbled upon something extraordinary in the sky. Nestled in the bushes, they managed to capture a photograph of a diamond-shaped object hovering above them, with a smaller aircraft seemingly trailing behind. The image, which has withstood rigorous scrutiny and analysis, shows no signs of manipulation, adding a layer of authenticity to their incredible tale.

The Men in Black

Days after capturing the photo, the chefs’ lives took a dramatic turn. While on a lunch break at their hotel, a dark car pulled up, and two men in black suits emerged. They called the chefs by name and requested a private conversation. According to Richard Grieve, who was working with them at the time, the two men returned visibly shaken and disturbed.

“They were never the same after that night,” Richard recalled. “They mentioned feeling like they were being followed and started acting very paranoid.”

Descent into Mystery

The encounter with the mysterious men seemed to have a profound impact on the two friends. One of them, previously a cheerful and outgoing individual, became withdrawn and sullen. The other turned to alcohol, leading to his eventual dismissal from the hotel. Within months, both had vanished from their jobs and, seemingly, from the face of the earth.

Richard, now in his eighties, has been haunted by their disappearance. “I’ve waited for 30 years for someone to come forward about this. It’s like they vanished off the face of the earth,” he lamented.

Retired RAF officer Craig Lindsay held on to a copy of the original pictures taken by the two hikers for 32 years, waiting for someone to ask about the case. 

DAVID CLARKE

The Photo: A Lingering Enigma

The photograph they captured remains one of the most compelling pieces of alleged UFO evidence. Andrew Robinson, a photography specialist, conducted a detailed analysis and found no signs of tampering. The image, grainy yet striking, depicts a diamond-shaped object with a smaller aircraft in pursuit. Despite extensive investigations, the object remains unidentified.

Theories and Speculations

Over the years, various theories have surfaced regarding the chefs’ disappearance and the identity of the object in the photograph. Some speculate that the men in black were government agents, possibly American, given one chef’s cryptic remark: “It was the Americans.” Others believe that the object was a top-secret military aircraft, and the chefs simply saw something they were never meant to witness.

The Silent Witness

For three decades, Richard Grieve kept the story to himself, perhaps hoping that time would provide answers. Now, by sharing his account, he hopes to shed light on this enduring mystery. “Whatever they saw, they weren’t meant to see it,” Richard stated, his voice tinged with the weight of years gone by.

The Calvine UFO incident remains an enigma, a tantalizing puzzle piece in the broader mosaic of unexplained aerial phenomena. As the search for truth continues, the haunting image of the diamond-shaped object serves as a reminder that some mysteries, no matter how much time passes, refuse to be easily explained.

In the end, Richard’s revelations add a human element to the story, transforming it from a mere UFO sighting to a deeply personal tale of fear, intrigue, and the unknown. As we ponder the fate of the two young chefs and the secrets they might have uncovered, we are reminded that the truth is often stranger—and more elusive—than fiction.

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08-06-2024 om 18:04 geschreven door peter  

Meet the 'richest man who ever lived': Scientists recreate the face of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, for the first time in 3,400 years

• Amenhotep III ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its powers, 3,400 years ago
• Using the skull of his mummy, his true likeness has been revealed for first time 

By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE 

He ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its powers, was worshipped as a living god, and was the grandfather of Tutankhamun. 

And now the true face of Amenhotep III has been revealed.

The pharaoh, described by one archaeologist as 'one of the richest men that ever lived', led Egypt through a period of unprecedented prosperity and international power.

He's considered one of the greatest pharaohs and has more surviving statues than any other, yet a scientific reconstruction of his face had never been made.

Now, using data from the skull of his mummy, a multinational team has revealed his true likeness for the first time in almost 3,400 years.

He ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its powers, was worshipped as a living god, and was the grandfather of Tutankhamun. And now the true face of Amenhotep III has been revealed

Michael Habicht, an archaeologist at Flinders University in Australia, said he looked quite different to the pharaoh seen on statues.

He said: 'It's a placid face for a man who promoted peace and lived in a time of the greatest economic prosperity.

'He might well have been one of the richest men that ever lived, at least in his epoch.'

He continued: 'It is difficult to know the cause of death by analysing the available remains.

'Research carried out in the 1970s described Amenhotep III as an obese, sick, and sedentary man, who was almost bald, and suffered from dental problems in the last years of his life.

Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, who brought the face back to life, said the reconstruction began by digitally recreating the pharaoh's skull, using images and data from his mummy

The mummy of Amenhotep III is now kept at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo

'Although he was one of the truly great kings of Egypt, his body height is about 156cm, making him one of the smallest kings we know from their preserved mummies.

'This rather small body height is not reflected in art – in artworks he is famous for his gigantic statues.'

Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes, who brought the face back to life, said the reconstruction began by digitally recreating the pharaoh's skull, using images and data from his mummy.

Additional data from living donors was then used to inform the likely dimensions and position of the king's nose, ears, eyes, and lips.

Mr Moraes said: 'Based on historical knowledge, Amenhotep III had a robust appearance, which is why we used data from individuals with a high body mass index.'

He added: 'If we are not mistaken, this is the first facial approximation of Amenhotep III.

'Compared to other approximations of pharaohs that I have participated in, this was the most complete too, as we modelled the clothes and accessories.

'We were amazed with the final result; seeing a complete bust with these colours and the facial serenity is quite satisfying.

'It is our gift to all those who appreciate history.'

The pharaoh was worshipped as divine in his lifetime, and he claimed the god Amun was his real father – with the name Amenhotep meaning 'Amun is satisfied'.

He is thought to have died between the ages of 40 and 50, leaving his successor a kingdom at the height of its power and wealth.

Data from living donors was used to inform the likely dimensions and position of the king's nose, ears, eyes, and lips

The pharaoh was worshipped as divine in his lifetime, and he claimed the god Amun was his real father – with the name Amenhotep meaning 'Amun is satisfied'. Pictured: a bust of Amenhotep III in the Cleveland Museum of Art

Dr Habicht said: 'Diplomatic letters by foreign potentates begged him to send them some gold as a present, 'as gold shall be abundant in Egypt as sand'.

'It's the usual overexaggeration for such a letter, but nevertheless hints towards extreme wealth.'

He added: 'There are speculations that the mummy of Amenhotep III may have been entirely covered with gold leaf, so that he must have looked like a statue of a god.'

The archaeologist said the pharaoh may also have been something of a womanizer.

'He was apparently very interested in women; he imported hundreds of foreign harem ladies and collected them as other people collect postal stamps,' he said.

On his death, Amenhotep III was succeeded by his son, Amenhotep IV.

The new pharaoh would rebel against the powerful Amun priesthood, installing the sun god Aten as the top Egyptian deity.

He changed his name to Akhenaten – meaning 'beneficial to Aten' – and even moved his capital away from Thebes – the 'city of Amun' – to a new city honouring the sun god, Akhetaten.

But his son, Tutankhaten, would restore the cult of Amun to prominence, changing his name to Tutankhamun – meaning 'the living image of Amun'.

Tutankhamun would become one of history's most famous pharaohs thanks to the discovery of his tomb in 1922, which was largely intact and contained many of its original artifacts.

Dr Habicht, Mr Moraes, and their colleagues Elena Varotto from Flinders University, and Francesco Galassi from the University of Lodz in Poland, plan to publish their findings in a scientific journal.

WERE KING TUTANKHAMUN'S PARENTS ALSO COUSINS?

The complex family arrangements of Tutankhamun has been one of the great mysteries surrounding the young king.

While his father was known to have been Pharaoh Akhenaten, the identity of his mother has been far more elusive.

DNA testing has shown that Queen Tiye, whose mummy is pictured above, was the grandmother of the Egyptian Boy King Tutankhamun

In 2010 DNA testing confirmed a mummy found in the tomb of Amenhotep II was Queen Tiye, the chief wife of Amenhotep III, mother of Pharaoh Akhenanten, and Tutankhamun's grandmother.

A third mummy, thought to be one of Pharaoh Akhenaten wives, was found to be a likely candidate as Tutankhamun's mother, but DNA evidence showed it was Akhenaten's sister.

Later analysis in 2013 suggested Nefertiti, Akhenaten's chief wife, was Tutankhamun's mother.

However, the work by Marc Gabolde, a French archaeologist, has suggested Nefertiti was also Akhenaten's cousin.

This incestuous parentage may also help to explain some of the malformations that scientists have discovered afflicted Tutankhamun.

He suffered a deformed foot, a slightly cleft palate and mild curvature of the spine.

However, his claims have been disputed by other Egyptologists, including Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

His team's research suggests that Tut's mother was, like Akhenaten, the daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. 

Hawass added that there is 'no evidence' in archaeology or philology to indicate that Nefertiti was the daughter of Amenhotep III.

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07-06-2024 om 21:29 geschreven door peter  

ANOTHER ALLEGED SIGHTING IN NY ... During Blue Angels Show

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07-06-2024 om 21:07 geschreven door peter  

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07-06-2024 om 20:47 geschreven door peter  

Locals in Tehran, Iran, were left baffled and shocked after something that look remarkably like a UFO was seen flying over their in four places across the major city.

• https://youtu.be/oXmfEySLbSA

It took place in Tehran, and has left users on social media divided, with many claiming that it could be a real UFO. It was seen in four separate areas, and one clip shows it being accompanied by a whirring noise while flying in a straight line.

READ MORE: 

• Top 20 worst UK places to live revealed as AI claims one is 'unattractively busy'

It was accompanied by a whirring noise 

(Image: Reddit/YouTube)

One person on Reddit claimed: “We got mfs testing actual bodies in Peru and US colonels telling us the interdimensional karma aliens are real. At this point, there’s no reason not to believe or take these things seriously.”

While another raged: “I believe it. UFOs are real. End of the day, it’s up to us. We believe the lying government and accept the matrix, or we believe our eyes, hearts, and common sense? I choose heart and truth.” And a third commented: “Nothing will convince people until we all see a massive thing coming out with our own eyes.”

However, some did post their own theories, with one bloke on Twitter/X claiming that it could have been a “drone swarm,” while others pointed to the fact that the object had “no reflection” on any buildings it flies past. The videos also all appear to have had artificial digital zoom applied, which seems to be a massive red flag to web sleuths.

“Artificial digital zoom on the second video (made during editing to make it “more real”), I can see it from miles away,” one wrote.

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07-06-2024 om 18:26 geschreven door peter  

NILS Detects Negative Ions on Lunar Surface

The Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument onboard China’s Chang’e-6 probe has detected negative ions on the surface of the Moon. These ions are produced on the lunar surface through interactions with the solar wind.

The South Pole-Aitken Basin on the lunar far side is one of the largest and oldest impact features in the Solar System. It’s easily seen in the elevation data. The low center is dark blue and purple. Mountains on its edge, remnants of outer rings, are red and yellow.

Image credit: NASA / GSFC / University of Arizona.

The solar wind is a constant flow of radiation and particles from the Sun. Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield.

In contrast, the Moon has no magnetic field and a very tenuous atmosphere, called the exosphere.

When the solar wind hits the Moon, the surface reacts, kicking up secondary particles.

These particles may be positively or negatively charged or have no charge at all.

While the positively charged particles have been measured from orbit before, measuring negative particles was a challenge.

Negative ions are short-lived and cannot make it to orbit. This is why ESA scientists needed to operate their instrument close to the lunar surface.

“This was ESA’s first activity on the surface of the Moon, a world-first scientifically, and a first lunar cooperation with China,” said Neil Melville, ESA’s technical officer for the NILS experiment.

“We have collected an amount and quality of data far beyond our expectations.”

“These observations on the Moon will help us better understand the surface environment and act as a pathfinder to explore negative ion populations in other airless bodies in the Solar System, from planets to asteroids and other moons,” said Dr. Martin Wieser, NILS principal investigator.

Chang’e-6 landed successfully in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon known on June 1, 2024.

NILS started to collect science data 280 min after landing. The first data collection period lasted for 23 min, until the instrument reverted to low voltage. A few more rounds of data collection followed between communications blackouts and reboots.

“We were alternating between short bursts of full-power and long cooling-off periods because the instrument was heating up,” Melville said.

“The fact that it stayed within its thermal design limits and managed to recover under extremely hot conditions is a testament to the quality of the work done by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics.”

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07-06-2024 om 18:05 geschreven door peter  

PREMIUM

Je zou het misschien niet zeggen als ze voorbij zoemen, maar bijen zijn slimmer dan je denkt. © Marit van Ekelenburg

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07-06-2024 om 17:48 geschreven door peter  

Through the Artemis Program, NASA will send astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. While the challenges remain the same, the equipment has evolved, including the rocket, spacecraft, human landing system (HLS), and space suits. In preparation for Artemis III (planned for September 2026), NASA recently conducted a test where astronauts donned the new space suits developed by Axiom Space and practiced interacting with the hardware that will take them to the Moon.

These new suits, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), were developed specifically for the Artemis III mission. The day-long test took place on April 30th at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, where astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson interacted with a full-scale model of the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System (HLS). This was the first time astronauts trained in pressurized spacesuits and conducted mock operations with the HLS hardware.

The test provided valuable feedback on the Starship HLS and the AxEMU spacesuits for NASA and its commercial partners. It also gave astronauts a chance to gauge the suits’ range of motion and to get a feel for the interior of the Starship HLS and its mechanical systems. Said Logan Kennedy, lead for surface activities in NASA’s HLS Program, in a NASA press statement:

“Overall, I was pleased with the astronauts’ operation of the control panel and with their ability to perform the difficult tasks they will have to do before stepping onto the Moon. The test also confirmed that the amount of space available in the airlock, on the deck, and in the elevator, are sufficient for the work our astronauts plan to do.”

The test consisted of Wheelock and Whitson practicing putting on and taking off the spacesuits – which included the suit’s Portable Life Support System (PLSS) – in the Starship HLS‘ full-scale airlock. Since the Artemis III astronauts will need to put the suits on with minimal assistance, this test allowed NASA to test how easily the suits are to get in and out of. The suits were then pressurized and powered up, and Wheelock and Whitson began interacting with the mobility aids (handrails and straps) and control panel in the airlock.

They then walked from the airlock deck to the HLS elevator, which will take the Artemis III astronauts and their equipment to the lunar surface to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA). Though the tasks were routine, they validated the spacesuit design and brought NASA one step closer to achieving its goals through the Artemis Program. As Amit Kshatriya (NASA’s Moon to Mars program manager) expressed:

“With Artemis, NASA is going to the Moon in a whole new way, with international partners and industry partners like Axiom Space and SpaceX. These partners are contributing their expertise and providing integral parts of the deep space architecture that they develop with NASA’s insight and oversight. Integrated tests like this one, with key programs and partners working together, are crucial to ensure systems operate smoothly and are safe and effective for astronauts before they take the next steps on the Moon.”

Putting the spacesuits through rigorous testing is necessary since the Artemis III mission will include EVAs in space and on the lunar surface. The four-person crew will launch aboard an Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) while the Starship HLS launches separately and refuels in orbit. The Orion spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with the HLS in lunar orbit; two astronauts will transfer aboard and then take the HLS to and from the lunar surface. The AxEMU suits are designed to provide greater flexibility and accommodate a wider range of astronauts.

This is in keeping with NASA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its astronaut corps. Despite delays, things are undeniably coming together for Artemis III!

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If Aliens Actually Crashed Into Earth, Would We Know About It?

The military would probably call dibs on the evidence, but any attempt at a cover-up likely wouldn't last long, experts suggest.

BY KIONA SMITH

 

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If aliens actually crashed here on Earth, what would happen?

Would the debris, and the aliens themselves, vanish behind a massive government cover-up, only to emerge as classified military technology years later? Or would altruistic civilian scientists work together to study the alien artifacts for the good of humanity?

These questions seem like fodder for very trope-y science fiction, but last week, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer told Congress last week, with a straight face, that an unnamed source had told him that the U.S. Department of Defense (or possibly its contractors) has debris and “nonhuman biologics” from a crashed UFO.

To answer these suddenly relevant questions, Inverse spoke with Greg Eghigian, a Pennsylvania State University historian and bioethicist who specializes in the study of UFOs.

WHO OWNS CRASHED UFOS?

If a flying saucer crashes in Oklahoma tomorrow, just for example, what happens next?

No law or treaty spells out who gets to claim the spaceship or alien remains. The U.S. and several other countries have laws about who owns meteorites (spoiler alert for U.S. readers: if the meteorite falls on private land, it belongs to the landowner; on public land, it depends) and even debris from human-made spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere (you can’t collect rocket parts in Florida, for example). Other laws even spell out who’s liable if a de-orbiting satellite crashes on someone’s house. At the moment, though, there’s nothing on the books about who technically owns a flying saucer that crashes on U.S. soil.

Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds are hoping to change that with an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Their amendment, if it passes, would (among other things) give the U.S. federal government “eminent domain over any and all recovered technologies of unknown origin (TUO) and biological evidence of non-human intelligence (NHI) that may be controlled by private persons or entities in the interests of the public good.”

“I think the sense is that the government, particularly the military, would be the key entity that would take on this stuff,” Eghigian tells Inverse. “I don't think civilian scientists would be getting first dibs on this. I think they would be out of the loop.”

COULD THE GOVERNMENT REALLY KEEP A CRASHED UFO A SECRET?

Does that mean the Department of Defense would whisk the crash debris (and the “nonhuman biologics,” as former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch recently described it to Congress) away to a top-secret bunker, never to be spoken of again?

“To start with, I think there's no question that the first people on the ground are going to be policing authorities: it’s going to be the police, and it’s going to be the military,” says Eghigian. Once the crash site is secure, the next step would probably be forensic work, involving a mix of technicians, scientists, and engineers from within the military branches or from defense contractors.

It’s likely the military’s interest would be threefold: first, to determine whether the flying saucer and its builders pose a threat to humanity, especially the U.S.; second, to try to reverse engineer the technology for military use; and third, to keep anybody else from doing part two. That would almost certainly involve some secrecy — or at least, an attempt at secrecy.

“Militaries keep secrets all the time, and the intelligence community is built around, not just holding secrets, but also exposing secrets for their benefit,” says Eghigian. “If something remarkable happened, I can believe that that would be a dynamic that would emerge.”

But SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak questions how long a veil of secrecy would last on a planet surrounded by high-resolution imaging satellites.

“Actual alien craft in our airspace bigger than an office desk would likely be visible to satellites that — among other things — supply imagery to Google Earth,” he writes in a recent essay for the SETI Institute. And it’s not just satellites; more than one country’s military personnel have managed to share sensitive operational information on social media. “I still strongly maintain that alien visitation is not something that could be kept secret. The size of such a secret is just too big,” writes Shostak.

Eghigian is also skeptical that an alien cover-up could last very long, but he says the fact that so many people expect — or already believe in — a government conspiracy to hide aliens from us is, in itself, very revealing.

“So often this stuff about UFOs isn’t about UFOs at all,” Eghigian says. “It gets to the heart of how a person or an organization or group of people, your image and your idea of how government works, and what modern governments are capable of and what they do."

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Once the word gets out — and Shostak and Eghigian seem to agree that it almost certainly will, one way or another — scientists around the world would be clamoring for access to the evidence, and even the Department of Defense might have some good reasons to share.

“That would probably be followed by, you would hope, lots of questions coming from journalists like you,” Eghigian says. “And then I think the civilian scientists and researchers, if we catch wind of this stuff, would then be I think clamoring for an opportunity to have a look.”

With nearly 300 research universities in the U.S. alone, not to mention the private sector, there would be a lot of researchers clamoring for dibs on alien autopsies and analyzing the metals in the flying saucer’s hull. Sorting out who should get access to study which pieces of the evidence would quickly become a sticky, and highly politicized, problem.

“One thing I think you can expect absolutely right away is this would turn political,” says Eghigian.

Of course, this story has focused on what would happen if an alien spaceship crashed somewhere in the U.S., but there’s no reason — other than nationalism — to think the U.S. is any more likely to be a UFO crash site than any other country in the world.

“There is a kind of national hubris operating here: If extraterrestrial beings are going to come to Earth, they’re going to visit us!” writes Shostak.

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This article was originally published on Aug. 3, 2023

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